All that footage on your video camera isn’t going to do you any good until you can get it onto your computer. With , it’s easy to capture video from your camera and add it to your project.

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 button in the taskbar and choose Programs. From the Programs submenu, choose Accessories, followed by System Tools and then Disk Defragmenter.

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

Notes:

• If you are using a DVD-based video camera, you can use the Import DVD Camcorder Disc dialog to import your video into your project.

• If you are using an XDCAM camera, you can use the XDCAM Explorer window to import XDCAM clips from a camera or deck.

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1. From the File menu, choose Capture Video (or click the Capture Video button on the Project Media window).

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

3. 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.

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

   If you always capture from the same device, select the Always use the selected method check box, and you won’t be prompted to choose a capture method again. You can change the method 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. Click here to learn how to capture DV clips with Sony Video Capture.

6. Click here to learn how to capture HDV clips.

7. Click here to learn how to capture clips from a tape deck via an SDI (serial digital interface) card.

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

 

Capturing Video