Capturing from an SDI card

If you have an SDI card, you can use the card to capture video and print to tape from the timeline. For more information, see Printing video to tape from the timeline

The following procedure will guide you through the process of capturing clips from the an SDI card.

Before you begin capturing video, use the Capture Preferences dialog to configure your SDI card. For more information, see Capture preferences

Capturing a single clip or entire tape

TIP Connect your deck and power it on before starting VEGAS Pro.

1. Use the transport controls below the Video Preview window to cue your tape.

2. If you want to encode your video during capture, you can choose a setting from the Encoding drop-down list. Depending on your input format, the available encoding formats are as follows:

   Input	Encoding
   HDV	MPEG-2 Transport Stream
   SD SDI	8-bit YUV AVI (uncompressed) IMX MXF (compressed)
   HD SDI	8-bit YUV AVI (uncompressed) HD422 MXF (compressed)
   10-bit SDI	10-bit YUV AVI (uncompressed)

   When capturing to compressed formats, you can drag the Video quality slider on the General tab of the Capture Preferences dialog to adjust performance. For more information, see Capture preferences When you drag the slider to the left, you can increase performance by decreasing video quality. When you drag the slider to the right, higher-quality video is captured, and more processing power is required.

   Quality settings affect various types of material differently. With some experimentation, you may find that certain types of scenes can be captured at lower quality settings with little or no apparent loss of quality. Other material may need the highest possible setting to achieve the desired quality level.

3. The Capture folder box displays the path to the folder where your video will be saved. You can click the Browse button to choose a different folder.

4. Click the Start Capture button to start capturing.

5. Click the Stop button to end the capture procedure.

   Your clip is saved to the folder specified in the Capture Folder box.

   If you selected the Add new clips to project media checkbox on the General tab of the Capture Preferences dialog, the clip is also added to the Project Media list, from which you can add it to the timeline.

   If you've configured your capture device to capture multiple channels of audio, the audio will be added across tracks when you add the clip to the timeline. You can open the clips in the Trimmer window to choose which channels you want to use. For more information, see Using the Trimmer

Logging multiple clips and perform a batch capture

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1. Use the transport controls below the Video Preview window to cue your tape.

2. Click the Clip Edit tab on the right side of Video Capture window and log your clips:

   1. In the Clip Name box, type the file name you want to use to save the clip.

   2. In the Tape Name box, type the name of the tape that contains the clip.

   3. In the Timecode In box, type the timecode value that corresponds to the beginning of the clip, or click the Mark Timecode In button to use the current frame if you're cueing with the controls on your deck.

   4. In the Timecode Out box, type the timecode value that corresponds to the end of the clip, or click the Mark Timecode Out button to use the current frame.

      TIP Select the button next to the Timecode in, Timecode out, or Length box to prevent editing of that setting and calculate its value based on the other two timecode values.

   5. Click the Add Clip to Log button to add the clip to the Clip Log.

   6. Repeat steps 2a through 2f for each clip you want to capture.

3. If you want to encode your video during capture, you can choose a setting from the Encoding drop-down list. Depending on your input format, the available encoding formats are as follows:

   Input	Encoding
   HDV	MPEG-2 Transport Stream
   SD SDI	8-bit YUV AVI IMX MXF
   HD SDI	8-bit YUV AVI HD422 MXF
   10-bit SDI	10-bit YUV AVI

4. The Capture folder box displays the path to the folder where your video will be saved. You can click the Browse button to choose a different folder.

   TIP For uncompressed capture, select a folder on a fast RAID drive.

5. Click the Clip Log tab on the right side of Video Capture window.

6. Click the Capture Clips button and choose a command from the drop-down list to start capturing clips to the folder specified on the Disk Management tab of the Capture Preferences dialog.

   Command	Description
   Capture all clips	Captures all clips in the log. If a clip has already been captured, it will be recaptured.
   Capture selected clips	Captures all selected clips in the log. Hold Shift or Ctrl to select multiple clips.
   Capture offline clips	Captures all clips with a status of Offline in the log.

   The captured clips are also added to the Project Media list, and you can add them to the timeline.

   If you've configured your capture device to capture multiple channels of audio, the audio will be added across tracks when you add the clip to the timeline. You can open the clips in the Trimmer window to choose which channels you want to use. For more information, see Using the Trimmer

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   • Click the Save Clip Log button to save the current clip log as an XML file if you want to save your clip log for capture or recapture at a later time.

   • Click the Open Clip Log button and browse to a saved clip log to load a previously saved clip log.