Unable To Switch To Capture Mode-X6 ONLY

[sealilly]

Hope I am not beating a dead horse here, I have read many posts and tried every possible solution and still no joy. I eventually update my desktop PC to the latest version of Videostudio Pro and recently upgraded to X6. With all my previous versions, I was able to capture DV tape direct from a camera I use solely for ingesting. Now when I attempt to capture I get the dreaded "Unable To Switch To Capture Mode" error. Interestingly, I can control the camera (rewind, play, FF, etc) from VS but of course I am unable to select the Capture Video button. My PC does not do auto updates and the absolute only item changed on this PC is the upgrade to X6. This PC is used solely for ingesting video. Naturally my thoughts are it must be a VS X6 related issue? Is there any updated info on repairing this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[lata]

Hi

There have been some issues with Firewire Ieee legacy drivers


Error in IVIVideo.ax when capturing using firewire


This post also refers to same issues
http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... cy#p282922
Re: X-5 does not capture widescreen

Some users capture using Win DV
http://windv.mourek.cz/

Nice little program that also allows you to name your captured files.
If that shows similar problems then I would suspect the driver?

Hope this helps

[sealilly]

Thanks Trevor, I had tried the Legacy driver (and of course just tried again with the step by step instructions), rebooted but still no joy. I have captured what I needed to capture today using another program, but I would be disappointed to find out that I paid for an upgrade that actually makes an important feature no longer useable. I am determined (and hoping) to find a solution

[sealilly]

Very frustrated with VS and this issue, spent all afternoon trying different things. My Roxio captures fine, my Cyberlinks Power director captures fine and Win DV captures fine on my Windows 7 PC. This naturally points me to the VS X6 upgrade. Same camera will capture on my Windows 7 laptop running VS X5 so I certainly do not want to upgrade that machine!

[Ken Berry]

I know this is not really the point, but at least you have a workaround. If you can capture DV using all those other programs, then use them for capture and simply open the captured files in X6 for editing. Did you try that small freeware program WinDV mentioned above: www.windv.mourek.cz Many of us use other programs to capture, then we open the files for editing in VS.

For what it's worth, you are the first user that I can recall who cannot capture DV at all with X6, with or without the legacy driver rollback.

[sealilly]

Thanks Ken, I have read many posts about how the Legacy rollback worked for so many, I am just not that lucky. Yes, thankfully I have a workaround that works, but its just that thorn in my side that i cant overcome this problem.I had a happy workflow and am determined to figure it out

[sealilly]

Good afetrnoon VS editors, still have not fixed my original problem, but have another today. I ingested using Roxio Capture today and imported to VS to edit. Created proxy file which looked and played well during multi clip editing, however when played back on timeline the audio and video are completely out of sync by probably a full second. I deleted everything, including proxy and started from scratch, same result. Managed to edit without using proxy and all was fine. I got lucky today that my project did not need extensive clipping, but my weddings certainly will need my proxy back. Do you think this could be caused by my "new" method of capturing?

[lata]

Hi sealily

I assume you captured to DV Avi in which case you would not require Smart Proxy files.
Using Firewire from a Mini-DV camcorder transfers the video to the pc without any changes, so the capture should not be causing the audio problem.

I would advise that you use Win DV to transfer the video from camera to the PC...........

Can you right click one of the problem clips in the timeline and select properties, what are they?

If you wish copy the window as an Image and attach to the post.

[Ken Berry]

Just by way of a footnote, SmartProxy is designed for high definition video files -- essentially the demanding AVCHD format -- and computers which are a little underpowered to handle that very demanding format. It creates a standard definition copy or "proxy" of the high def original, You edit that proxy and then apply the edits back to the original. But as Lata suggests, there is simply no point in creating proxies of what are normally the easiest standard definition format around, namely DV/AVI.

[sealilly]

Thanks guys, I am capturing HDV video from tape. Without Smartproxy, the thumbwheel is noticeably slower when editing. Below is the file after capturing

[lata]

Hi Sealily

Now I am a little confused, no! I am a lot confused, maybe I am just missing something?
I had thought your camera was a MiniDV standard definition camcorder and that you were transferring DV- Avi.

We need to clarify just what type of video you are using the model and make of your camcorder would also be useful.

The properties you show are for HD video, I did however ask for properties from Video Studio timeline, they appear to be from Windows Explorer.

You say “and Win DV captures fine on my Windows 7 PC”

Can you please give the properties of your captured clips using Win DV

As far as I know Win DV will not capture HD video, I am sure Ken will comment as he has experience in capturing HD Tape.

But give us more info regarding the camera and the files captured using WinDV.

[sealilly]

Sorry Lata, your 100% correct, my bad, I had confused Win Dvd with HDV split (I formerly used Win dvd when I was SD, but of course now have HDV split for my HD). I had given up on the proxy files for my HD project yesterday and edited without since I did not have many edits to make.

To recap my issue, I imported the HD file to VS, then ran the Smart Proxy. Once the Smart Proxy was complete, I then ran through a handful of "multi-trim"'s. If I viewed in the "multi-trim" editor, all appeared fine. When I played on timeline, the audio was not synced with video, IE the lips were off by a second or so. I no longer have that project with a proxy file, did u want to see the props without the proxy? This I attached.

BTW, thanks for your patience and willingness to help!

[sealilly]

Just following up after some experiments, after running below experiment I seem to be in good shape, all worked well:

Captured using Vegas Movie Studio Pro 9.0, resulting in a file format of: AVCHD Video (.m2t)

Imported to VS

Created Smart Proxy

After Smart Proxy completed, I used Multi-Trim a half dozen times, editing quickly and smoothly, with the resulting project in the timeline experiencing no sync issues.

This will be me my workflow workaround until I can cure my VS capture issue, UNLESS, there would be any reason to capture via HDV Split. (I like to edit an hour at a time so I like capturing to 1 single 60 minute file)

Happy Again

[lata]

Hi Sealily

Thanks for that, it all seems clearer now.

I don’t use HD Tape so cannot really help in the capture problem, that’s Ken’s domain, I know he prefers HD Split.
But if you find Vegas Movie Studio does the job then use that.

Multi Trim

I know some have had problems using this tool, I have to say that I simply use the scissors on the timeline to cut and remove unwanted frames. Never used the multi trim, just don’t like it?

I don’t know if Multi Trim is the cause of the audio problem or the files being captured with different programs.
If you have further audio sync issues try using the scissors and the timeline trim options.

Smart Proxy
These are separate files used in the background, the timeline contains your files/clips, so the properties you give are your originals.
Proxy files help in editing speeding things up and allowing smoother playback, especially for the slower PC.
Try editing without proxy files, you may find its ok without.

[Ken Berry]

Another footnote, perhaps...? You have never given us the specifications of your computer, either in your Profile when you registered or subsequently. HDV, which until I bought my Hero 3 camera (HD mpeg-4), used to be my exclusive format. Like its standard def equivalent DV/AVI, HDV is normally one of the easier formats to edit (leaving aside the capture question), and does not require impressive computer specifications. For a short time, I even used to edit it on a Pentium IV machine with no trouble, though that was a bit slow.

What I am getting at is that once you have captured in HDV format, if your computer has reasonable, not high power, specifications it should be able to edit HDV with absolutely no need for SmartProxy, let alone any worry about out of sync video and audio. And it's easy peasy to convert afterwards to Blu-Ray mpeg-2, or even AVCHD mpeg-4, which is also Blu-Ray compatible. Both Blu-Ray formats in fact don't even need to be recorded to disc. They will play quite well from a USB stick drive either plugged directly into a recent HDTV or if your HDTV is older, then plugged into a Blu-Ray player (including the PlayStation 3 which is what I use) or other device which can play Blu-Ray formats.

But now that you are capturing using Sony Movie Studio (and an old copy to boot!!) and capturing direct to AVCHD, I am glad to see your problems are over -- apart from the capture issue with X6. AVCHD is an excellent, high quality format which gives more highly compressed, and thus smaller, files. If burning it to a Blu-Ray disc, this means you can fit more on the disc.