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Using Premiere Elements 4 To Capture Video

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Using Premiere Elements 4 To Capture Video

Postby JP's » Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:51 pm

Hello everyone,

I am starting to capture tapes recorded from a Canon HV20 to an external hard drive with the purpose of storage and using on a new computer. (current computer and external hard drive in signature)

My question is, are there any drawbacks or problems that may be incurred by doing it this way? (Creating a new project file for each tape/recording)

I have a lot of tapes to copy over and thought I would ask before getting to far along.

The footage will be used in future projects on a different computer running Windows 7 and Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium.

Thank You for your help.

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Re: Using Premiere Elements 4 To Capture Video

Postby JP's » Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:08 pm

Couple more questions.

When I copy a tape from the HV20 in SD the file is an avi. with each stop and start a clip.

When copied in HDV it is a mpeg. as one long video (no clips - stop / starts with the camera).

At the bottom right corner of the screen in Pre 4 at the end of a capture it says conforming. I looked in the HV20 manual, Pre El 2, Pre El 7 books and did not find an answer.

Is this normal?
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Re: Using Premiere Elements 4 To Capture Video

Postby Steve Grisetti » Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:39 pm

The HDV videos you capture will be in MPEG2 format. There is no harm in capturing the video the way you are.

Just make sure that any project you use this video in is set up for HDV video. And make sure to let the program completely conform the video before you start editing.
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Re: Using Premiere Elements 4 To Capture Video

Postby JP's » Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:41 pm

Did not think it would be a problem using Pre El 4 to capture the video but just wanted to make sure.

Thank you for your help.
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Re: Using Premiere Elements 4 To Capture Video

Postby Chuck Engels » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:30 pm

Many users prefer using WinDV for SD capture and HDVSplit for HDV capture.
HDVSplit will capture multiple clips, just like the SD capture in Premiere Elements.
I have never been a fan of the Premiere Elements capture for many reasons, including that is numbers the clips wrong.

Anyway, if you are interested in trying either of the capture utilities here are the links
http://strony.aster.pl/paviko/hdvsplit.htm
http://windv.mourek.cz/
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