Capture Monitor vs. Project Monitor

When capturing video directly from the Sony Handycam, it appears to be of normal brightness and contrast. But later when viewing the same clip in the project monitor it appears extremely dark. Exporting video to produce a DVD restores the original brightness of the capture monitor.
This has been a real issue because we use the project window for editing. Compensating for the extremely dark image on the project monitor causes the finished exported video to look very washed-out. If anyone has experienced this problem and found a way to deal with it, I would be grateful for your advice. Is there a way to adjust the settings of the project monitor to appear the same as the capture monitor?

You might go back a level or two (so you cover the entire forum) and do a SEARCH for something like
calibrate monitor
Or, buy a video card with a monitor and a TV connection, and connect a TV to the 2nd output
A computer monitor and a TV are simply different

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Hi there,
A wierd problem occured to my PC just recently.
I am unable to playback footage in my capture window...
I have no idea what has happened, but basically it doesn't work anymore!
Spec: SONY HVR-V1E camera, recording HDV.
Adobe Production suite CS3, all fully updated.
Windows XP SP2, 3.2 Ghz dual core, 3 GB RAM.
I know i cannot preview HDV while capturing, thats not the problem. I should be able to view the footage in my capture monitor before capturing.
I do get the normal capturing screen when i hit capture button though.
I have looked into all the capture settings and all seems okay, has anyone got a suggestion?
thanks...
Andrew-

Hi
Its not the capturing its when veiwing the footage and marking in and out points where it has dissappeared. I know you get a dialogue screen when you are capturing. It worked when I first used it with the HDV camera.
Cheers
Jon

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When capturing DV from a normal panasonic dv cam (GS250) into adobe premiere CS4 (4.2.1) i get flicker / interlaced image in the capture window during preview. But when I look at the captured video in the source monitor afterwards, the video image is perfect.Just upgraded from windows xp premire CS2 to windows 7 (64 bit) premiere CS4. Same camera. The problem with flicker during capture is not present when I use VirtualDub for capture in windows 7. Playback of the captured avi file is perfect, both from VirtualDub and Premiere.

To be more precise (this is difficult to explain in english for me):
1) Connect the camera
2) press F5 to get the Capture window
3) I press play button to start viewing whats on the tape in the camera. The video image is now "flickering" of "interlaced".
4) press G to start reccoring. The video images is still flickering/interlaced
5) press Escape
6) save the clip
7) drag the clip to the time line
8) replay the very same clip from the timeline, video images is now perfect with no trace of flickering/interlaced.
So it is actually saved allright into the computer. There is nothing wrong with the avi-file. It is just how it looks during capture.
I also tryed to view whats on the tape on the campera in another program called PowerDirector (a program that was pre installed in the coomputer). The video image is perfect in PowerDirector. I also checked the camera in my old computer, also perfect there.Then I tested Adobe OnLocation to see if I could get something similar there. But no, video image also perfect in OnLocation. I alse verifyed that I had set my project to PAL 25 fps 4:3, the same as the camera.
This problem is _only_ in Adobe Premere CS4 (windows 7 64bit) and _only_ in the capture window.
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Capturing strategies, saving projects.

Two questions.
I'd appreciate some advice in capturing clips with FCE. Is it better to mark the in and out points or clips for an entire tape, then capture them? Is this too much wear and tear on my camcorder? Or should I use Capture Now and then scan the clips for media stop/start detection? The latter seems quicker but the former seems more precise. Any recommendations?
Second, what is the difference between "Save Project" and "Save All"?
Information or advice greatly appreciated.

Depends on what's on the tape and the style required.
If I know most of the tape will be required then I use Capture Clip and set IN/OUT points to grab it in one go, name it clearly (very important when your BIG Scratch Drive fills up), then capture. I run DV start/stop to break 'em up a bit.
Using precise in/out points during capture of individual clips can backfire on you. My thoughts are if you use in/out points for each clip capture, add a few seconds on each end, no need to be frame accurate at the capture stage. This allows Media Handles to be available on your clips that can be available for transitions later. All the fine tuning (frame accuaracy) can be done in the Viewer just before dropping them into the Timeline.
"Second, what is the difference between "Save Project" and "Save All"?"
You may have more than one Project open at the Save time.
Al

Error msg "Capture requires a project to be open and a logging bin set"

Hi,
O.K. My project is open and when I create a bin, I still get this error message when I try to use "Log and Capture". I have already successfully logged and captured a previous video clip in this project several days ago but I can't do it now.
What is FCP asking me to do?

Can you capture in a new project?
If so- your problem project may be corrupt.
If not- you probably want to trash preferences.

Best "Capture" workflow for projects mixing HDV tape and XDCAM footage

I'm trying to determine the best workflow for projects that combine XDCAM and HDV footage.
I'd obviously do the editing in a project designed for XDCAM, as that's the higher quality footage,
and render the HDV clips in the XDCAM timeline...ending up with an XDCAM end product.
I'd use SONY'S XDCAM TRANSFER to get the clips into FCP.
My question concerns capturing the HDV footage in this scenario. I've never been able to get
the Log and Capture feature for HDV footage to work, unless I've created an HDV project and am capturing into that HDV project.
So, generally, I create an HDV project, open the log and capture utility which is now set to capture HDV, and then capture the footage. I then close that project and create a new project, designed for XDCAM footage. I use XDCAM Transfer to get the XDCAM footage into the project, and I import
the previously captured HDV footage into that browser and start editing, rendering the HDV in the XDCAM timeline.
My question...do I really have to open, what is essentially a "fake" HDV project just to capture that HDV footage? You don't seem to have the option of capturing HDV footage (out of a camera or HDV tape deck) directly into an XDCAM project. If I try to change the capture or audio video settings of the XDCAM project to HDV, you get messages saying you can't do it.
Is there something I'm missing or a more streamlined way of doing this?
Thanks in advance for any input.

No need to jump through these hoops. Just set yourself up with a universal Easy Setup that will handle both. Choose your regular XDCAM HD Easy Setup then open the Audio / Video Settings window and change the Capture Preset to "HDV" and the Device Control Preset to "HDV Firewire" ... then click the "Create Easy Setup" button and save it for recall whenever needed.
Regarding the overall workflow, I'd seriously question the idea of creating XDCAM HD masters. No real benefit to that unless you need to export to XDCAM HD. Much better would be export your final master as Apple ProRes 422.
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Program and Source Monitor buttons not working?

I need to take a screen capture of my project, but NONE of the Program monitor buttons are working. I click them and it doesn't do anything.
I'm posting this because none of the suggestions in the other discussions helped me at all.
Screen Capture worked perfectly when I used it YESTERDAY. Aside from closing the program, I can't find any other changes that have been made to either my computer or PP_CC.
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I'm at a complete loss....
Is there a way to take a screenshot in the meantime while I figure out what's going on with this issue?
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Hi,
This might help :
Go to Documents > Adobe > Premiere Pro and rename the 8.0 folder to 'old8.0' and then launch Premiere.
8.0 is Premiere CC 2014
7.0 is Premiere CC
Rename the respective folder.
Note: By doing this you will lose your customised keyboard shortcuts and custom workspaces.
Report back if it helps.
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Monitor playback issues in PE9

Hi,
I am posting on behalf of a colleague and I wonder if anyone has encountered the following issue or has any advice about resolving it.
When he starts a new project in PE9 and captures via firewire the capture monitor plays back fine but when switching back to the timeline/preview monitor there is no video playback, it just stays on the first frame of the clip in the timeline.
Similarly if he opens an existing project the timeline/preview monitor video playback is fine but if the capture window is then opened there is no video playback in that.
The only way around it is to reboot the PC and then start again with the required monitor.
In both instances the audio plays back fine.
The playback seems fine when scrubbing along the timeline.
This is a recent development, both capture and preview monitors used to function without a problem.
It's not an Windows or Adobe update issue as the PC is not connected to the internet.
It's a Dell PC, Win7 64bit, Intel i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, nVidia graphics card, 2TB hard drive.
Any help or advice would be most appreciated.

"It's not an Windows or Adobe update issue as the PC is not connected to the internet."
Actually, that could be part of the issue. You NEED to be connected to the internet and get all of the necessary updates. Even Windows 7 is on SP1 -- and your graphics card driver is probably a year out of date, even if the computer is brand new.
Other possible issues:
You don't say, but is this a miniDV camcorder connected by FireWire?
Are you capturing to your C drive or to a second hard drive?
You've got a pretty fast processor and it should fly with miniDV video. But without any operating system or Adobe or nVidia updates -- or the requisite latest version of Quicktime -- there's no telling what's going on with your configuration!

Long video sessions on two monitors

I am having three issues capturing long training sessions and teleconferences. They run 5-8 hours in length and have no natural breaking point. I have tried to capture them in one session and, without fail, the program crashes before it can even complete finalizing. It always terminates with a message about bad data or insufficient disk space (it’s being save to a blank 4Tb drive). So, apparently, saving the whole conference won’t work. So, I decided I would run two instances of Adobe Captivate. I would run one for one hour, then start the second. Once the second started, I’d terminate the first, it would finalize, then I’d save it, close it, and restart a third instance. I would continue this cycle until the conference ended and finish with a pile of slightly overlapping, slightly longer than one hour sessions and then edit and splice them together post production.
Doing this give me the three problems. First, I am working on a two monitor system. Once a screen capture is started, it appears Adobe takes control of the monitors. The capture monitor becomes primary and everything, and I mean everything, pops up in the middle of the capture screen first which destroys the integrity of the recording. How do I turn off that feature so I can work on the other monitor and have nothing interrupt the recording? Second problem, as soon as you stop a Captivate session, it finalizes the recording. Once the finalization completes, two things happen: 1) it immediately starts auto playback, including audio, in full screen mode, and 2) the started instance after hitting escape (Windows machine) to stop, defaults to an instance of Captivate which is now covering the recording screen even though the instance was started in the non-recording screen. This gives me the pleasure of not only polluting the screen with pop-ups in the middle of the recording, but now adds unwanted audio to the capture as everything coming over the sound card is captured. So, how do I reprogram this behavior to go away so it just finalizes and saves, silently and quietly until I am done for the day and can end my day and begin post production work?
So, I guess that’s four questions: 1) How can I record 8 hours at once, 2) how can I make the recording monitor not be the primary screen for the computer, 3) how can I get Captivate to not Auto play after finalizing and 4) how do I get the instance and recording controls to stay on the working monitor and not the recording monitor during before, during, and after a recording starts?
This happens in “Application capture”, “Window Capture” and “Region Capture” and it doesn’t matter which monitor I use for recording and which for working. They are not playing well together. I’ve even tried to make the computer sterile so it does nothing else but this and do all my work on another machine, but Captivate itself interferes with it working because of its behavior in finalizing. Right now the only way to overcome the behavior that I can see is to capture the whole session in one long video and leave the machine untouched during the recording, but the machine can’t take those long videos. Anyone got any help they can provide?
---Mike

Hi there
WRT "Funny, that's not what the literature says", can you please provide us with a pointer to exactly what you are referring to?
Personally, I think what you are hitting is some sort of "file size" limitation. Heck, even when you look at commercial DVD structure, you will notice that there are several VOB files. I think the split generally occurs at 2GB. So there is probably some limitation there.
FWIW, Captivate isn't alone with this capture issue. I use TechSmith Camtasia Studio as well as Captivate and I also participate in their forums. I notice similar reports for Camtasia WRT the problems trying to record those very lengthy sessions. And for the finalizing bit, Captivate and Camtasia Studio are similar creatures. In fact, you would be hard pressed to look at the finalizing part before you edit to know exactly which application you were actually using!
Cheers...Rick

Capturing and switching between 2 different projects

Everytime I capture, it only allows me to capture to project bin that is on the top. If I have other projects up, how do I change the information to capture to another project? The current solution that I know about is shutting down the top project, than restarting the software. Is there an easier way to capture to different projects?

bring the project you want to capture to, to the front. create a bin if you haven't already (CommandB). select the bin and from the file menu "Set logging bin". your footage will now go into the capture scratch folder for that project. to switch projects repeat as necessary

Capturing lots of footage for multiple projects?

I've got 50+ DV tapes with years worth of footage that I want to transfer to my hard disk so that I can eventually make some movies. Do I have to capture to a project in FC4? I want to transfer all the video and then pick out clips for projects as I need them. (Something like the clip browser in iMovie, but I can't stand editing in the new iMovie). My first thought was to create a single project and capture all my video there. Then when I work on a project I can just use clips from the "capture" project. Any thoughts on this approach?

I capture all my tapes in FCE and then copy the clip files from Capture Scratch to folders on an external FW drive that is my 'video store'. (Among other things, it simplifies backing up all my source media clips.) After copying the clip files to the external drive, I delete them from Capture Scratch and I do not keep the FCE project(s) in which I capture the tapes.
To help keep the clip files organized, I do this:
• give each tape a unique reel number and name at the time of the shoot
• assign the reel number & name in FCE when I capture
• store related clip files in a folder with an appropriate name (for example, if I have 4 reels from a single shoot, I keep them together in a single folder)
• keep a log of each tape in an Excel workbook
When I start a real project, I can import any/all of the clip files from my external drive for any project.

4:3 to 16:9 project will not export - marriage in trouble - help!

Hi
I'm using CS4, and I'm editing a friend's wedding video as a favour, clearly quite a big one. He used a pro camerman, who shot in widescreen. I'm so used to filming and editing my own 4:3 footage, that I just forgot, and captured the whole project (several hours) and began editing without even noticing my mistake; all the widescreen footage had been captured as 4:3.
Once I realised what I'd done (halfway through the project), I did a bit of googling and figured there'd be a work around, even if I have to stretch the pixels and lose a bit of quality. But having come to the end of the editing process and tried to export, strange things are happening.
All my footage appears and plays as 4:3 in Windows Explorer and VLC. But in the source monitor in PP it's widescreen. On all the sequences' program monitor - except one - it appears as 4:3. But on just one sequence the program monitor shows widescreen. Copying footage from other sequences meant that appeared as widescreen, too. But exporting from there, even though everythign looked right in the encoder, created a 4:3 final film. Opening up a new project, and importing the old project, led to exactly the same result, although I haven't yet tried to stretch the 4:3 footage (because at the moment, this won't solve the problem of the sequence that appears to be widescreen but renders as 4:3)
I'm confused as to why one sequence would behave differently; I certainly can't think of settings that may have been changed.
I have to hand this over to an old friend on Thursday who's having problems with his marriage - she's terrifying, actually - and he is going to get in a lot of trouble if his precious DVD is late. Please help if you can...
Thanks for reading
D.

Right click on the clips in your project bin and select "Interpret footage." You should see an option to choose the correct pixel aspect ratio for DV Widescreen. I think you can select multiple clips at once and do this, but the point is you'll need to make sure all your clips have the correct footage interpretation selected.
Assuming you captured via firewire, there should be no issue (DV footage is transferred, actually, not captured...so the footage is not "altered" at all by any capture settings you may have, but the interpretation method may be incorrect, which is why you'll need to correct it).
Once you have the proper interpretation, drop your footage in a DV widescreen sequence and it will display properly without any further adjustments. Then during export, be sure again to select a preset with "widescreen" listed (check the export screen to be sure it displays the way you like). If you create your own preset or modify one, just be sure that the pixel aspect ratio is matched to your footage (DV widescreen).
Also, please note that when you change the footage interpretation method, this applies to all the clips in any sequences you currently have them in...so if you've got your clips in a 4:3 sequence, you'll need to copy and paste the CONTENTS of your sequence into a new widescreen sequence. Dragging and dropping a 4:3 sequence into a widescreen sequence will not work...regardless of the footage items themselves. When you nest a 4:3 sequence in a 16:9 sequence, the footage item is the sequence (NOT the original footage items themselves) so you will still see pillar boxes on left/right if you do it that way.
Again, if you've already done all your edits in a 4:3 preset, just copy and paste all CONTENTS of that sequence to the new widescreen sequence and your newly applied footage interpretations should appear correctly.
Hope that helps! Sorry if I was too vague, I'm not sitting in front of my editor right now so that's just from memory.

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