Recording back to DV Tape

[clark77095]

I am trying to Record back to a DV tape, I have a Sony DCR-HC21 DV Camcorder. The software seems to be placing playing the video to the camcorder but it doesn't seem to be recording.

Also I am trying to record to CD since it is a short take, does it have to be recorded to DVD?

Kent,

[Ken Berry]

Can you tell exactly how you are playing the video back to the camcorder and the exact properties of the video, please. It has to be DV format. And please tell us also the version of Video Studio you are using.

[THoff]

The camcorder should be in VCR/Playback mode or Videostudio won't be able to control the camcorder.

If you are using V8.0, you should apply a patch or you'll lose the audio when you export back to tape.

[clark77095]

Can you tell exactly how you are playing the video back to the camcorder and the exact properties of the video, please. It has to be DV format. And please tell us also the version of Video Studio you are using.

I am using Video Studio 7, It is playing to the DV cam except I can't get the camcorder to record what is being played I am using a fireire interface.

Kent,

[Ken Berry]

It would still be useful to know the properties of your video. And though you live in the US, are you certain that your camera has DV-in as well as DV-out? I ask since in Europe in particular, many video cameras have the DV-in capacity disabled for tax reasons.

I seem also to recall that in VS 7, there were two ways of exporting back to camera: one was the straight Export function which you are presumably using. But the other was to use Project Playback, in effect using the camera as the preview monitor rather than the preview screen in VS 7. But you could also record what was being shown. Sorry I don't have more detail on this but it has been quite some time since I used VS 7 and I no longer have it on my computer. The VS7 manual may have something on it though...

[clark77095]

The camcorder should be in VCR/Playback mode or Videostudio won't be able to control the camcorder.

If you are using V8.0, you should apply a patch or you'll lose the audio when you export back to tape.

When I go into the menu it says Burn VCD, Burn DVD which the DVD is greyed out and on the third page it says rec start have not tried the function on the third page however. The TV studio will only except tapes in DV format.

Kent.

[THoff]

Sounds like you have Videostudio 7 SE Basic, which is feature-limited and can't burn DVDs. That shouldn't keep you from outputting back to your camcorder, though.

If you've done any editing such as applying filters, adding overlays or titles, or anything else besides cutting segments of video, I would suggest rendering to another DV AVI file first before you output back to the camcorder, or UVS will try to render on the file, which it may not be able to do in realtime.

[Ken Berry]

What is the operating system on your computer? XP or some other (Windows 98 or ME???) And have you every loaded an older version of Video Wave (version 6 or earlier) on your computer? I ask because these older versions installed a video codec which not only was unnecessary even to Video Wave, but which caused conflicts with other editing programs, including Video Studio 7. The other matter, relating to whether you have Windows 98 or ME, could reveal a problem relating to whether you are using a Texas Instruments Firewire host controller or the (preferred) Microsoft one. If either of these situations pertain to your set-up, get back to us and I might be able to suggest a solution to either one of them.

[clark77095]

What is the operating system on your computer? XP or some other (Windows 98 or ME???) And have you every loaded an older version of Video Wave (version 6 or earlier) on your computer? I ask because these older versions installed a video codec which not only was unnecessary even to Video Wave, but which caused conflicts with other editing programs, including Video Studio 7. The other matter, relating to whether you have Windows 98 or ME, could reveal a problem relating to whether you are using a Texas Instruments Firewire host controller or the (preferred) Microsoft one. If either of these situations pertain to your set-up, get back to us and I might be able to suggest a solution to either one of them.

I am using Windows XP Pro, It sounds like I need to upgrade to Video Studio 9. Last night I was able to burn to a DVD and the audio was garbled, I found out what the problem was there however I am using a program called Total Recorder to make sound files for the recording track and it defaulted as my Default device and Sound recording Defualt device, when I switched it back to the Realtek 97 audio which is my sound card the sound was no longer garbled.

The problem burning to DVD was I was using CD burner instead of a DVD burner I went out and purchased a DVD burner and used DVD blanks that seems to work fine now.

What I am going to try now is I was told by the TV studio is I need to install a USB interface to record to the camcorder, this doesn't make since to me, shouldn't it be able to record back using the Firewire interface? When I go into Device manager it is saying the Firewire manufacturer is VIA.

I will pick up a USB cable this afternoon when the stores are open, the USB cable that is required is a Mini USB cable at the camera end, does it really need a USB cable to record out?

Kent,

[Ken Berry]

All I can say is that I have been consistently exporting all my final videos back to the camera and mini DV cassettes for archiving (as well as burning them to disc), and I have always done it by Firewire. In any case, my video camera does not have a USB port. I notice that yours does, but can't find out quickly whether it is USB 1 or 2, though it sounds as though it is only USB 1 as it only says that it is used in connection with the camera's ability to produce streaming video or video conference type video, both of which are small format and low quality. In other words, if it is USB 1.0, then it simply won't be able to carry a high quality signal to the camera in any case. As far as I am aware, Video Studio will only export via Firewire.

In other words, the advice you got sounds highly suspect to me. You also need to ensure that your camera does in fact have DV-in (to accept input from the computer or another device) as opposed to just DV-out (for sending the video from camera to computer).