HDV Edit Help

[waterbee]

I have Sony HDV Z1U and HDV 25U VCR - I using Edius 4.54.
Please tell me the workflow to Capture HDV footage form tape and Edit it
with Edius.
Thank you!

[mattmatt]

1) shoot some HDV footage
2) make sure your camera is set to "ilink down convert" OFF
3) connect the camera using firwire and OHCI to your computer
4) open edius, create a HDV project 1440x1080i
5) Go to capture, generic HDV and chose Canopus HQ 1440x1080i
6) Press F5
7) tell edius where you want the footage to go
8) watch it capture ;)

[waterbee]

Thank you

Can you tell me another way to capture HDV footage but not using inside Edius
Like DVCapture do

[xtz_]

You can use MPEG Capture or free thirdparty soft HDVsplit.

[Martin de Roy]

HDV capture Edius 4.6 from Sony Z1

Newcomer on Edius 4.6 and Sony Z1.
Try to capture HDV, with Firewire directly from Sony Z1 to Edius 4.6.
Settings Camera: HDV, VCR HDV/DV: HDV, Ilink conv: OFF, Down Convert: Squeeze, A/V to DV: Out.
Settings Edius Capture: HDV 1440 x 1080i, Capture: Generic HDV, Canopus HQ 1440 x 1080i.
Press F5, Nothing happens! No image on the screen. Does not capture!
What do I do wrong?
Thanks
Martin

[mattmatt]

Does your computer make a "do-ding" USB noise when you turn your camera off,
and then back on again?

Like someone said earlier, make sure you have actually recorded HDV footage too....

[Martin de Roy]

Edius 4.6 doesn't capture HDV

Sure it says Ding dong. But no pictures on the screen. I did shoot HDV footage, so that cannot be the problem. It captures DV from the same cam without any problems, but not HDV although the guides below are followed exactly.

1) shoot some HDV footage
2) make sure your camera is set to "ilink down convert" OFF
3) connect the camera using firwire and OHCI to your computer
4) open edius, create a HDV project 1440x1080i
5) Go to capture, generic HDV and chose Canopus HQ 1440x1080i
6) Press F5
7) tell edius where you want the footage to go
8) watch it capture ;)

[tingsern]

Excuse me, mattmatt, but - why USB? Shouldn't that interface be Firewire? I don't know of any video camera from Sony that interfaces through USB.

Martin, can you play the HDV tape on your camera and see if there is any video appearing on the LCD screen? If everything appears to be fine, try changing your Firewire cable (it could be faulty).

[Martin de Roy]

Thanks Matt and Tingsern, but it cannot be the firewire cable, because it's the same cable working fine with capturing dV, HDV Footage is on the cam's LCD screen, and turning camera on or off produces ding dong.

Excuse me, mattmatt, but - why USB? Shouldn't that interface be Firewire? I don't know of any video camera from Sony that interfaces through USB.

Martin, can you play the HDV tape on your camera and see if there is any video appearing on the LCD screen? If everything appears to be fine, try changing your Firewire cable (it could be faulty).

[Rusty]

Be sure your camera is NOT in "Auto" VCR mode.

Go into the camera/deck menu and lock in HDV I/O.

Edius demands to see a HDV VCR during capture, not chose for you.

[Martin de Roy]

The cam is not in "Auto VCR", but in HDV.

[tingsern]

Can you try to capture using another HDV camera (borrow) and see whether it pose any problem? I use a Sony GV-HD700 HDV tape deck to capture HDV from tape via EDIUS Firewire - it works.

[Zorro]

Just a note: imho Edius Pro 4.x has one of the best help manuals. Just press F1 and you'll find everything you need without having to deal with a paper manual.

[Martin de Roy]

HDV capture on Edius 4.6

Thanks Rusty too.
Camera is not on AutoVCR but on HDV.
Is it not possible, the first time camera outputted HDV signal the computer did not recognize the device? (He did recognize the camera putting out DV).

[xtz_]

What is your OS? XP must be at least sp2 for HDV.
Have you tried capturing with MpegCapture?