Capturing video

With VEGAS Pro, it's easy to capture video from your camera and add it to your project.

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Capturing video can be demanding on your computer's resources. To avoid potential problems, we offer the following suggestions:

  • Defragment your hard drive. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and choose All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Defragmenter.

  • Don't use other software applications or screen savers while capturing video.

NOTE

  • If you are using a DVD-based video camera, you can use the Import DVD Camcorder Disc dialog to import your video into your VEGAS Pro project. For more information, see Importing video from a DVD camcorder

  • If you are using an XDCAM camera, you can use the XDCAM Explorer window to import XDCAM clips from a camera or deck. For more information, see Importing XDCAM Discs

  1. From the File menu, choose Capture Video (or click the arrow near the Import Media button on the Project Media window and choose Capture Video from the menu.

  2. A dialog is displayed to allow you to choose how you want to capture video:

    1. Select the DV radio button if you want to capture DV or Video for Windows clips using the video capture application specified on the Video tab of the Preferences dialog. For more information, see Preferences - Video Tab

    2. Select the HDV or SDI radio button if you want to capture SDI/HDV clips using the internal VEGAS Pro video capture application.

      If you always capture from the same device, select the Always use the selected format check box, and you won't be prompted to choose a capture format again. You can change the format later using the Video tab of the Preferences dialog.

  3. Click the OK button to start the selected video capture application.

  4. Capture your video:

  5. When you're finished capturing, your video is added to the Project Media list.