Printing video to HDV tape

From the Tools menu, choose Print Video to HDV Tape to print your project to an HDV camera or deck.

Printing to tape from the timeline

Use this procedure when you're creating an HDV project on the timeline and need to render a MPEG2 transport stream and print it to HDV tape.

  1. Load your HDV project.

  2. If you want to print only a portion of your project, create a time selection that includes the section of your project.

  3. From the Tools menu, choose Print Video to HDV Tape. The HDV Print to Tape - Device page is displayed.

  4. Choose your HDV camera or deck from the Device drop-down list.

  5. Click Next. The HDV Print to Tape - Select Format/File page is displayed.

  6. Choose render settings:

    1. Select the Render format radio button.

    2. In the File path box, type the path to the file you want to render, or click the Browse button to browse to the folder you want to use and then type a file name.

    3. From the Template drop-down list, choose the setting that matches your destination format. This list will include only formats that are supported by the selected device.

      Information about the selected rendering template is displayed in the Description box.

    4. Select the Render loop region only checkbox if you want to print only the portion of your project that you selected in step 2.

      The checkbox is available only if you've created a time selection in the timeline.

    5. Select the Delete file after print checkbox if you want to delete the rendered file after the print-to-tape operation is finished.

    6. Select the Use project output rotation setting checkbox if you're rendering a rotated project and want to use the Output rotation setting from the Project Properties dialog for your rendered file.

      When the checkbox is cleared, the media is rotated according to its Media Properties setting, but the project itself is unrotated—you can use this setting to proof your project on an unrotated display.

      For more information, see Creating rotated projects

    7. Click Next. The HDV Print to Tape - Device Control page is displayed.

  7. Use the Device Control dialog to indicate whether VEGAS Pro will have control of your HDV recorder and how you want to print to tape:

    • Select Manual if your HDV device is not OHCI-compliant or if the application is unable to obtain device control of your HDV recorder. You will need to cue the tape and press the Record button on your HDV recorder before recording.

    • Select Crash Recording if you are using an OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 HDV device and the application is able to obtain device control of your HDV recorder.

      You will need to cue the tape to the location where you want to begin printing. The device's timecode location is displayed in the Device timecode box.

      When you click Finish, recording will begin automatically and will stop after reaching the end of the selection or project.

  8. Click Finish. Your project will be rendered to the file you specified in step 6.

    • If you're using Manual mode, a dialog will be displayed after rendering is finished. You can specify a delay time in the Delay playback countdown timer box and select the Beep each second during countdown checkbox if you want to count down before sending video to your device.

    • If you're using Crash Recording mode, your HDV recorder will start and begin recording after rendering is finished.

Printing a rendered file

Use this procedure when you have a rendered MPEG 2 transport stream that you want to print to HDV tape.

IMPORTANT If you are printing a rendered file to HDV tape, the file must precisely conform to the target HDV device and file type requirements, or the print-to-tape operation will fail. Rendering using the provided HDV MPEG-2 render templates—unmodified in any way—is required to successfully print to HDV tape.

  1. Load your HDV project.

  2. If you want to print only a portion of your project, create a time selection that includes the section of your project.

  3. From the Tools menu, choose Print Video to HDV Tape. The HDV Print to Tape - Device page is displayed.

  4. Choose your HDV camera or deck from the Device drop-down list.

  5. Click Next. The HDV Print to Tape - Select Format/File page is displayed.

  6. Choose the file you want to print:

    1. Select the Use an existing file radio button.

    2. In the File path box, type the path to the file you want to print, or click the Browse button to choose the file you want to print.

  7. Click Next. The HDV Print to Tape - Device Control page is displayed.

  8. Use the Device Control dialog to indicate whether VEGAS Pro will have control of your HDV recorder and how you want to print to tape:

    • Select Manual if your HDV device is not OHCI-compliant or if the application is unable to obtain device control of your HDV recorder. You will need to cue the tape and press the Record button on your HDV recorder before recording.

    • Select Crash Recording if you are using an OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 HDV device and the application is able to obtain device control of your HDV recorder.

      You will need to cue the tape to the location where you want to begin printing. The device's timecode location is displayed in the Device timecode box.

      When you click Finish, recording will begin automatically and will stop after reaching the end of the selection or project.

  9. Click Finish.

    • If you're using Manual mode, a dialog will be displayed before printing begins. You can specify a delay time in the Delay playback countdown timer box and select the Beep each second during countdown checkbox if you want to count down before sending video to your device.

    • If you're using Crash Recording mode, your HDV recorder will start and begin recording after you click the Finish button.