Play Video in other programs(newbie ques)

Streak wrote on 3/13/2002, 8:40 AM

How do I capture a video file in Vegas 3.) that I can later use in another Non Sonic program like Nuendo(sorry). Whenever I try to open a captured avi file in any other program I just get a garbled image. Thanks
Streak

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Cheesehole wrote on 3/13/2002, 12:21 PM

if you are talking DV, then there is nothing you have to do special. just capture the DV footage from the camera or deck, and then use the file in whatever program you want.

do you see a garbled image if you just play the captured file with Media Player? I've heard that having certain other DV software on your system can cause the garbled image problem. (search this forum on 'garbled')

Streak wrote on 3/13/2002, 12:55 PM

It turns out that since I am using the Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge, that I must use the capture software that came with it. Apparently anything captured with the Vegas Video capture software won't work with other programs. at least with my capture device. Now I hope what I capture with the Dazzle software works in Vegas. Unfortunately I need to bounce around other programs.
Thanks

jcarney42 wrote on 3/13/2002, 6:16 PM

This is not true. The dv video captured by VV3 is standard DV/AVI (openDML) files. If you have the latest version of DirectX8 and Media Player 7 or newer installed, you should be able to preview captured clips in Media Player using the MS DV codec. If you are using VV3 capture, but not the VV3 codec, then you could be getting problems. Make sure to ignore 3rd party codecs when setting up DV capture. I do this all the time.
This is assuming you are talking about DV capture, not analog?

Streak wrote on 3/14/2002, 6:59 AM

I am sending VHS through the Dazzle DV Bridge. Does this make a difference? Thanks for your help

mayberryman wrote on 3/14/2002, 8:00 AM

I offer a slight "correction" to your statement...having been down this road. You are, of course, referring to "windows media player", which will, as you pointed out, correctly play vv3 dv/avi files. However, there IS also a "media player" (someone please whack the vp of filenames at microsoft, please).

It, sadly, will NOT play vv3 dv/avi files. Why the sadness? Any version of powerpoint uses "media player" (not "windows media player") as its native movie playback engine. As a consequence, you can not play back vv3 avi's in powerpoint, unless you add a "windows media player" control...which then puts up the ugly/annoying "windows media player" logo on your playback screen, before beginning your movie.