Capture stops no matter what settings I try.
Kurt Lang Jul 3, 2012 11:33 AMIt doesn't seem to be possible to tell Premiere Pro to capture a video until you tell it to stop. To save others from taking a trip around the web for a help page, I've already found and read this topic. We're trying to capture VHS video. Typical VHS player attached to a Datavideo DAC-100 converter. Output from the converter via FireWire.
First I'll cover the steps we tried. This to save time asking if we've tried x,y,z.
1) Turned off Scene Detect and Abort capture on dropped frames (actually, never had them on for any attempt).
2) Under Device Control, we've tried both selecting Datavideo (which is the type of converter we have) and Generic. Also tried all three of the Timecode Format options with both device options.
3) Tried it with the Device Control set to None (which produced the best run we could get with a manual start).
4) This is on mid 2010 Westmere Mac Pro, 6-Core Intel Xeon with 16 GB of RAM.
5) Have tried both in Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 with Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and under Lion 10.7.4 with Premiere Pro CS 6.
6) Tried clicking Tape to start the recording (the worst results no matter what the other settings) and a manual start (the best).
After going round and round, we finally determined what's happening. Premiere Pro is stopping the capture anytime it thinks it detects a time code difference. This no matter where we have the settings.
If you click on Tape to start, it's the worst. Any change (the video camera was turned off, then turned back on even just 5 seconds later), the capture stops. Very annoying since the tape is still running but you have to dismiss the naming box and then click record again. In that time you've lost the part of the video that was still going while you scramble to start it again. No, you can't back up because it keeps stopping at the same change in the playback.
What worked best was to set the Device Control to None, so the capture wouldn't be getting any type of timecode info from the Datavideo device, and clicking the manual record button.
Still a problem, though. The recording will run through short changes in the timecodes without stopping, but will still halt on a major change. Such as family videos a few months apart. They're right next to each other on the tape, like a cut scene, but the capture stops! And again, you cannot back up to get those missed 5-10 seconds because Premiere Pro will keep stopping on the switch.
So, how in the world do you tell Premiere Pro to continue capturing until YOU tell it to stop?



