MY o MY! HDV capture to ProRes over firewire!!!!

Man, I thought it was impossible, but apparently not... 6.0.2? added this feature?
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/poisson_chris/hdv-prores.php
Gonna hurt those Intensity sales I'll wager, and I'll bet that the activity monitor on the CPU goes tilt during the process too...
Jerry

OK........ More good news Jerry
http://www.apple.com/support/releasenotes/en/FinalCut_Pro_6.0rn/
Sony HVR-V1 HDV Tape-Based Camcorder Support
Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 is compatible with the Sony HVR-V1 HDV camcorder, which is capable of recording 1080p24, 1080p25, and 1080p30 footage. You can capture natively or capture to either the Apple Intermediate Codec or the Apple ProRes 422 codec. You can also output back to the Sony HVR-V1 camcorder using the Print to Video command.
To natively capture 1080p25 or 1080p30 footage, you should use the HDV 1080i50 and HDV 1080i60 Easy Setups, respectively. Your footage will retain its progressive scanning even though it will be stored in an interlaced format. You can capture 1080p24 footage using the 1080i60 Easy Setup, but your captured footage will retain 3:2 pull-down in this case.
For transcoded capture of 1080p24 footage, 3:2 pull-down is removed during transcoding, resulting in footage stored in the 1080p24 Apple Intermediate Codec format or the 1080p24 Apple ProRes 422 codec format. You can also capture 1080p25 and 1080p30 footage to either format, although Easy Setups are not included for these formats. In these cases, your captured footage is stored in the 1080p25 or 1080p30 Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec format.
Here are the recommended workflows for capturing from and outputting to the Sony HVR-V1 camcorder with Final Cut Pro 6.0.2:
24p/60i on tape: Capture to the 24p Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec, then output to the HVR-V1 camcorder in 24p/60i mode.
25p/50i on tape: Capture to the 25p Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec, then output to the HVR-V1 camcorder in 25p/50i mode.
30p/60i on tape: Capture to the 30p Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec, then output to the HVR-V1 camcorder in 30p/60i mode.

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Can I capture in ProRes or is it HDV only?

Just want to confirm that HDV/DV are the only capture formats I can use when digitizing from tape. Then I set my timeline settings to Pro Res 422 HQ to edit and export.

MTPO666 wrote:
Just want to confirm that HDV/DV are the only capture formats I can use when digitizing from tape. Then I set my timeline settings to Pro Res 422 HQ to edit and export.
Hi MTPO666,
If you have a third party capture card, you can capture other formats. With no capture card, you are indeed limited to DV and HDV capture. In those cases, working with a Timeline setting set to anything but the native DV/HDV format will cause unnecessary processing. If you need ProRes output, you can export in one of its formats in the end.
Good luck,
Kevin

Is there a Sony HDV 108050i to ProRes 108050i codec?

Hello all:
I'm having a busy day on the forum.
So here's the deal:
I have a Sony HDV-Z1U camcorder. I want to shoot in HDV 108050i (PAL) and I want to edit in ProRes 108050i.
The thing is I can't find a codec that will let me encode/capture HDV to (Sony) ProRes 50i. I can only find a codec to encode/capture at 60i.
Am I missing something?
Thanks...
A
Message was edited by: Adrian Smith4

the Panasonic GH1 can record both in AVCHD and MJPEG. With the hacked firmware the MJPEG datarate is currently running around 70mbit/s, which can handle a smooth gradient over about 14 stops. MJPEG is a contained video file that QuickTime can play, directly out of the camera, however to edit it, FCE needs to convert it to AIC, and this process degrades the shadow detail, and gradients break up.
But even with the AVCHD, currently running around 30mbit/s, and doing simple shots like of a live concert, I can see the same separation in gradients after conversion that are not present beforehand.
is that better? I am now also a bit puzzled by one of the AVCHD archives seeming to be damaged, as FCE says it has an "invalid directory structure".
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Quality of Clip captured using ProRes and clip converted to ProRes

I have captured the same clip in both HDV 1080160 and ProRes 422.
After editing the HDV version I export it using QT Conversion using the compression type "Apple ProRes." I then use the standard Compressor "DVD: Best Quality 90 minutes" preset unaltered. It looks fine in the Compressor Preview window. I then import the resulting files into DVDSP, and the quality is good.
After editing the ProRes version I export it using QT Movie using the current settings. I then use the standard Compressor "DVD: Best Quality 90 minutes" preset unaltered. It looks fine in the Compressor Preview window. I then import the resulting files into DVDSP, and the quality is bad.
Both clips are "ProRes" when imported into Compressor, and they both look fine in the Compressor preview window. The difference is that one was captured in HDV 1080i60 and converted to ProRes using QT, and one was captured in ProRes and exported as a QT Movie. Surprisingly, at least to me, the clip originally captured in HDV and then converted to ProRes looks much better than the clip originally captured in ProRes when they are imported into DVDSP. Both .mov files are compressed using the same Compressor preset, and the preset is unaltered.
I assumed the clip originally captured using the FCP ProRes preset would yield the better quality, but this isn't the case. I've tried capturing using ProRes 422 HQ, and the results are the same. I must be missing something, but so far I cannot explain it.
Thanks

I have tried at actual, full screen, using 1080p30 size from the original compressed to 4mbs (something my system can handle without blinking), 720p30, etc. etc. etc. Nothing stops the jumps. Even the activity monitor shows only 5%-15% processing being used by QT and/or FCP.
I plan to pull my old G5 out of the closet, it runs 10.6.8 and is still rock solid for video editing in FCP7. If it plays smooth on that 8 year old system then I know it's Mavericks. I'll try that tonight. It floors me though why the original 1080p30 will playback perfect via FCP and Motu, but once I turn of external monitoring and just try to play it via the preview monitor it is jumpy as **** and then the exported file does the same thing. So strange. I even deleted prefences of FCP and that does help with screen playback initially, but it always gets jumps in it after playing for a while.
I knew I should not have started using Mavericks and I HATE FCP10.

HDV: Rendering in ProRes or not ?

My project was shooted with a Sony Z1 camera in NTSC. I am planning to capture in HDV.
I `ve read various articles on the HD workflow like Ken Stone`s one on the subject.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/hdv_timeline_to_sddvd.html
Also, in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8222386&#8222386
Ian R. Brown indicates:
The best way I found after extensive testing was to export the finished HDV >project directly to Compressor for encoding and burn in either DVDSP or Toast.
It's also the quickest way. I experimented with ProRes but apart from taking >considerably longer I did not see any improvement in quality.
My output is a SD DVD. My project has fades and fades in and out, very minor color corrections or even none, slow motions but no other effects.
Should I render in ProRes or not? What will be the benefits?
Thanks.

I've used the HDV workflow, and the Pro Res workflow, and both finish just fine to SD DVD. What was a pain for me using my JVC HDVcam and Deck was the strange interruptions in capturing using the 720p HDV settings. The clips would be broken into many small clips, sometimes right in the middle of a scene with a few frames not being captured. I've found that I get more continuity using the pro res 422 capture, but you don't get the capture control that you get with HDV capture. I can't tell a difference between the two codecs on a 47 inch HD TV.
Hope this helps.
Matt

HDV Capturing Problem.

Hey,
I'll start real quick by getting to the point and stateing my problem.
When captureing HDV 1080i tape footage, it just stops randomly
after about 4-8 clips. Different each time. Heh.
Now I'll give you some information on my equipment, ect...
Computer
Windows 7
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00HGz (2CPUs), ~2.0GHz
4 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Software
Adobe Premeire Pro CS5
Hardware
Sony GV-HD700 Digital HD Videocassette Recorder
Boss usually gives me just regular DV footage to work with.
This time he's given me an HDV 1080i wedding.
1. I set up my project...
2. Set Capture Footage to HDV.
3. Set my Scratch Disk.
4. Set Sequence Presets to HDV 1080i30 (60i)
5. Set my Tape Recorder to HDV (instead of DV that I usually work in.)
6. Here's a picture of my capture screen letting me control it,
    but not letting me Record.
7. Click Settings and switch over the DV and capture it, just to see if it works. It
    does but its only in 720. So basiclly didnt work. Derp.
8. Look around some more and find somone saying to go to the Tape Recorder,
    and change the i.LNK CONV to OFF. I do that. Also set my capture device
    to Sony, Standard, because a guy said it worked for him with the same Tape
    Recorder I have. Also because GV-HD700 isn't even available.
9. Open Capture again and Record button shows up. Yay right? No. I hit record
    and it dosent really capture anything... Dunno why. It plays the tape on the
    recorder but dosen't capture. Here's a picture...
10. So then I I'm like, what does this Tape Button do?
11. Make sure I have Scene Detect ON. Then I click TAPE.
12. Then it starts captureing footage! Yay right? Heres a picture..
13. Everythings going great. I can't see the footage on my screen, but that doesn't
     seem to be a big deal. The footage is playing and I can see clips captureing.
Then it just Stops. Just Stops captureing. The tape keeps playing. But no more
captureing. What is the problem here? I'm out of ideas and I don't know what to
do anymore.
Hope someone can help me out.

Try this for HDV capture http://strony.aster.pl/paviko/hdvsplit.htm
Do you have at least two hard drives?
My 3 hard drives are configured as... (WD = Western Digital)
1 - 320G WD Win7 64bit Pro and all program installs
2 - 320G WD Win7 swap file and video project files
3 - 1T WD all video files... input & output files
Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows swap file
http://search.microsoft.com/search.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US
Trying to use only ONE Hard Drive for Video Editing
You are a music conductor, with a baton that you use to point to various parts of the orchestra... this is like Windows pointing to various parts of the hard drive to do Windows housekeeping or to load program segments for various functions
Now, at the same time and with the same hand... while still using the baton to conduct the orchestra... pick up a bow and play a fiddle... this would be doing something with your video file at the same time as all the other work
You as a person cannot do both at the same time with the same hand
A computer is a LITTLE better, in that it can switch from one kind of task to another very quickly... but not quickly enough for EASY video editing
You need AT LEAST two hard drives (separate drives, never a partition http://forums.adobe.com/thread/650708?tstart=0 for more) with Windows (or Mac OS) and software on your boot drive, and video files on a 2nd drive so the boot drive is not slowed down by trying to do everything
I find that the three drives I use work very well for me, for editing AVCHD video... some people use a 4th drive, so video INPUT files are on drive three and all OUTPUT files are on drive four... I only bought a mid-tower case instead of a full tower case (my bad... but had to fit in the space available on my office desk!) so I use the three drives that will fit
Depending on your exact hardware (motherboard brand & model AND USB2 enclosure brand & model AND external hard drive brand & model) AND the type of video file, you may... or may NOT... be able to use an external USB2 hard drive for SD (Standard Definition) video editing
Steve Grisetti in the Premiere Elements forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856208?tstart=0 and Jim Simon in the Premiere Pro forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856433?tstart=0 use USB externals for editing
A USB3 hard drive connected to a motherboard with USB3 is supposed to be fast enough for video editing (I don't have such, so don't know) but eSata DOES have a fast enough data transfer for video editing... I have not used this eSata Dock... for reference only, YMMV and all the usual disclaimers
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS/ref=cm_cmu_pg_ t

Fcp 7 hdv captured clip turns into text file

Would anyone know why hdv clips captured using prores 422 are coming in as a text file?? In the browser info fields under creator they indicate "textedit" and also appear in the capture scratch folder as text files (with no quicktime logo). However, they will play in the viewer and timeline.
If I "get info" on them in the capture scratch folder they are listed as plain text and won't open with qt. If I add .mov to the end of the file they then indicate a qt file and will play.
All of this is using fcp 7, QT 7.6.2, and only trying to capture hdv. SD is fine.
When I switched to another drive and opened 6.0.5 and tried the same thing, same easy setup, etc., they come is as quicktime as they always have.
Am I missing something? Is this enough info to get any advice?

Hi Michael
Capturing in ProRes is an unusual workflow, most people don't have a clue about it. I would suspect that's why we don't have very many people complaining about the problem just yet. I upgraded to FCP 7 shortly after it's release, and upgraded to Snow Leopard the day after it came out, but haven't needed to capture any additional projects until now. I wish I would of captured some footage between upgrading to FCP 7 and Snow Leopard so I could possibly isolate the problem and or distinguish which upgrade may be causing the problem. I would expect we'll start to see or hear of more people having the problem soon. I haven't looked in any of the other forums, i.e. Creative Cow or anywhere else to see if this problem has been reported elsewhere, but I'll do so and get back to ya.
No, I didn't preform a clean install of the OS and FCP Studio, I installed the upgrade the way is was written and intended to be installed, as an upgrade. I've never captured HDV in any other format other than ProRes from day 1. I tell you what, why don't YOU try to capture in ProRes and see what you come up with, before you start suggesting to people that they should reinstall their OS and NLE from scratch. No I didn't do a clean install, but what difference should that make? That's a whole lot easier and quicker said then done pall! No offense, but it totally irks me when that's the first thing people what to suggest, it's such a PC/Windows mentality!
ProRes is Apples baby, it's not some 3rd party format I've chosen to use in the place of the standard that Apple has provided us. What kind of "system hacks" or you implying? No I haven't installed ANY system hacks! Editing video is my bread and butter, I've spent an awful lot of money purchasing the software/hardware that I need to do my job (i.e tools of the trade) not to mention the countless hours to learn how to to it properly and I certainly don't feel that I should have to look for work-arounds which require me to rename hundreds of captured files to simply add the file extension of .mov to make the software which I've spent so much money for to work properly!
So please, capture some ProRes 422 files and then get back with us okay? Thanks!

Canon AH X1 HDV Capture

It took me a couple of days to figure this out, but from some other discussions I have read here some people are still trying to figure this one out. I hope this helps those still having trouble.
I could not capture HDV into Premiere CS5. The capture window would say device offline and the record button was grayed out. However, DV worked fine. I went through the XH A1 menus over and over, and everything said HDV, including the front dial of the camera - HDV was lit, not DV. I searched through the web and was able to piece together the solution.
The XH A1 does not allow certain menu options when the firewire cable is connected to the camera. So, when I was seeing the DV downconvert option grayed out on the camera VCR/Play menu, I assumed that meant it was off, or unavailable. Wrong!
I turned off the camera and disconnected the firewire cable. I then turned the camera on to VCR/Play and opened the menu. The DV downconvert option was no longer grayed out; it was available and it was set to ON. I changed that to OFF, turned off the camera, reconnected, etc. I selected HDV 1080i and opened capture. It worked. I could capture HDV 1080i.
Of course. the blue screen appears in the capture window saying HDV is being captured - there is no real-time monitoring of HDV capture like there is in DV.
Bottom line: set the camera options before you connect the firewire cable. The DV downconvert is set to ON by default. Make sure it is set to OFF.

Im having the same problem as you by the sound of it (apart from Im using CS3). I can capture in SD in Premiere Pro CS3, but not in HDV. I've looked at the capture settings and the only option I have is "DV Capture". Am i right in thinking that there should be an option in this drop down box called something like "HDV Capture"?
I have shot some footage on my Canon XH A1s in HDV, but after using countless converters I have come back to PP CS3. I tried HD Split first of all, but the files it creates,".m2t", don't work in PP CS3. Can any of you guys suggest a converter to take these .m2t files and convert them to AVI's?
Also, any help you can offer me with PPro CS3 would be very much appreciated. I have got the Canon Progressive HDV preset on my computer, so I can start a HDV project I just can't capture from it. On the capture window however, I can control the camera using Pley, Stop, Pause, Fwd, Rew etc. But the record/capture button, is greyed out. Any ideas?
Any information you can supply me with would be fantasitc and much Appreciated.
Cheers guys.

FCP7 HV20 Video Capture to ProRes no longer can do smooth cam

Canon HV20 capture into FCP via ProRes. With FCP6 I could then use smooth cam. With FCP7 smooth cam will not work for new captures. Previous captures smooth cam does work. Old (Apple ProRes 422 29.97fps15.2MB/sec) New - everything is the same except 14.5MB/sec. So capturing is OK -- smooth cam will work on previous captures (and will work on HDV captures) just not new ProRes captures.

Take a look at your capture settings in Audio video settings. Highlight the preset and select edit. see if you can select "remove advanced pulldown"
It is available on the dvcProHD settings. not sure why you've chosen HQ instead of straight pro res. My understanding is HQ is for greater than 1920x1080.

5.1.4 update breaks HDV capture? Unable to Initialize Capture Device

Problem:
Final Cut Pro cannot capture standard 1080i60 HDV footage from Sony FX1 camcorder. FCP reports "Unable to Initialize Capture Device" when the log and capture window is opened. However, the footage CAN be captured in iMovie (which is interesting, and unacceptable). When HDV>DV downconvert option on camcorder is activated, footage CAN be captured as anamorphic SD, so the camcorder and FW do work.
The problem is occuring on a rock-solid FCP system that I use on a regular basis (mainly for SD editing). It has been approx 2 weeks since I last attempted a HDV capture, the system has been working great with SD footage (still does).
Factors that have changed to my knowledge since HDV capture was last functioning properly:
*Added a new external FW drive into regular usage (a different brand than normally used, no issues with it so far).
*Updated FCP to 5.1.3, and then 5.1.4 when that fix came out. All SD captures and work have been fine so far.
Here's what's interesting...I had a copy of the FCP v5.0.4 .app that I had saved an archive of prior to the crossgrade update. Guess what? I can load it up, and it captures HDV without any problems! With that in mind, this looks like an FCP 5.1.4 issue. But I am at a loss on how to proceed further in troubleshooting. Many thanks in advance for any assistance.
Matt Jeppsen
FresHDV.com
---NOTES---
What I have tried:
*Attempted capture with a different Sony FX1 camcorder.
*Swapped firewire cables and system firewire ports.
*Attempted capture with camera FW chained to an external HDD.
*Unplugged all other external firewire devices from the system.
*Trashed FCP prefs using FCP Rescue 5, created new project using Easy Setup (for HDV).
*Tried different variations of FCP A/V settings, tried all the HDV FW device control presets and the HDV AIC capture preset.
*Per instructions at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852 I removed the numbered Quicktime pckg Receipts and re-installed the latest version (7.13). Post-install/reboot, I repaired Disk Prefs and Verified the disk using Disk Util.
*Have also attempted installing QT 7.13 2 and 3 times in a row, also trying disk prefs repair BEFORE the post-install reboot.
Final Cut Pro Audio/Video Settings:
Sequence Preset: HDV-1080i60
Capture Preset: HDV
Device Control Preset: Sony HDV Firewire
Sony HDR-FX1 IN/OUT REC settings:
*VCR HDV/DV: HDV
*COMPONENT: 1080i/480i
*i.LINK CONV: OFF
*TV TYPE: 16:9
*A/V->DV OUT: OFF
System/Software Facts:
*Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
*Quicktime 7.13
*PPC Mac G5 2.7 Dual (2.5GB RAM)
*35GB free on System, 45GB free on internal FCP Scratch disk
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4, G5 DP 2.7 (PPC) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I think I figured out this vexing problem. I too was having the same issue. Check to see that your Quicktime is newer than 7.1.2. If it isn't you'll have to upgrade it. I only upgraded to 7.1.6 here because I was afraid of going to a really new version. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime716formac.html. After I upgraded my quicktime, I ran software update and the Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 update appeared. I hoipe this helps.

Are there benefits to the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for HDV capture ?

Are there benefits to the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for HDV capture ?
I have a Sony HDR-FX1 that records in HDV 1440 x 1080
I have already captured the footage to miniDV tape.
Can the intensity card get the full 1920 x 1080 video ?
I now use Premiere to capture my video and my HDV is in mpeg2 and my SD is in DV type 2 AVI
What format does the intensity card capture at ?
Are there other ways to capture that would make the footage better.
From what I have read allot of people have had problems with these cards.
Im just looking for the best way to get the footage off my camera with the best resolution.
Thanks: Glenn

Glenn,
I have posted this before in the PC Buying Guide (post #23 and later), but have a look at this diagram:
The problem is that once recorded to tape, the material is compressed to MPEG and there is no way to get the data back, that were lost during compression. The only thing you achieve is that you lose device control, lose all timecode information, lose all metadata like date and timestamp and exposure data and lose the capability of scene detection. There are no gains to compensate the losses.
Compare it to a glass of orange juice, that was made by heavily compressing oranges. How do you think you can reconstruct the original oranges that the juice came from? Were there 4 large oranges or 6 small ones or a mixture? Were they light colored or were they dark or a mixture of light and dark?
BlackMagic in their marketing may lead you to believe otherwise, but the truth is they can only guess at how many oranges were used, their size and color. It is nothing more than a guess.

HDV capture card

I'm looking for a capture card that support HDV camcorders, for G5.
But it seems that doesn't exist any card: I found only HD or SD capture cards.
The only HDV capture card that is able to native editing hdv video in realtime from hdv camcorders is the canopus EDIUS NX (and canopus velxus 300 in Japan); but the problem is that canopus hdv card is only for PC.
I called canopus and they said me that these cards will be for MAC when Apple will release the new powermac intel-based.
So I read in the apple FCP 5 HD page this:
"Native HDV Support
Final Cut Pro 5 supports native long-GOP MPEG-2 editing for working with camera-original HDV video. Unlike other solutions, Final Cut Pro 5 acquires HDV media via FireWire and keeps it in the original format, transferring it into the system without any generation loss. Output via FireWire back to an HDV camera or deck, or transfer your native HDV to DVD Studio Pro 4 for an end-to-end native HDV workflow."
I know that it is not possible capture a video by firewire from a camcorder without further compressing it. I know that it is for this reason that pro use capture cards (that have dedicated processors for this).
So I think that there aren't HDV capture cards for mac because the hardware companies don't make new cards for only few months, so they're waiting the new intel-based macs. If so, this firewire technology of final cut pro 5 is a compromise for these last times, or is it really like the capture-card processing? and if so, how is it possible capturing a hdv video by firewire without further compressing it?
Do you know about a HDV card for MAC or is it really good using Final Cut Pro HD 5 with firewire ?
Thank you.

It all depends on what type of work you are doing...
Capture Cards are for use with other formats that cannot be captured via firewire: BetaSP, Digibeta, HDCAM, D5. They are also require for outputting to these formats.
Not many broadcast facilities will take a DVCAM master...some will, but most won't. And depending on your client, they may or may not take an HDV master. They may want an HDCAM or D5 master if they are producing HD content. For that you need a capture card and high speed drive RAIDS.
Why do other pricier systems come with capture cards? Because they are sold that way. FCP, out of the box, is ready to edit DV, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD and HDV...FULL RESOLUTION...no compression. Any need to do higher end requires a capture card.
Shane
"There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!"

Correct settings for HDV capture

Hi. I'm using Premiere CS5.5. I went on a few forums to get the correct settings for HDV capture.
I can record the footage fine. However I saw a few things which didn't seem right.
After capturing the HDV footage, the file was a .mpeg file. Secondly, the clip was 1 hour and 10 minutes and
it was only 11.3 GB. Does this sound right? A 55 minute .avi file is 11.6GB. I thought a HDV clip would be quite a large size file.
If this dosen't sound right, is there somewhere I could go to, to check that my settings are correct? By the way I'm filming and capturing with a Canon XHA1.
The footage is 1080i. HDV. I've exported it and it looks fine. Just want to make sure I've captured it correctly and to the best quality.
Thanks for your help.

The HDV format was advanced by Sony and others to use the same miniDV tapes used for SD. In fact, your Canon XHAI can record and play either without changing the tape transport speed.
Your observation in relative file sizes is due to the fact that HDV is highly compressed (MPEG), whereas, SD (AVI) is not as highly compressed. This is one of the reasons folks (such as Harm) don't consider HDV to be an edit format, but just a delivery format.
Note that what Harm was saying is symantics--you capture an analog source through a capture card that digitizes it. When you transfer a image file from HDV or SD, it is already digitized, so a bit-to-bit transfer occurs.

"Lacie Rugged" for hdv capture?

Is the 160gb 5400 rpm buss powered drive good enough for basic hdv capture and editing?

I'm not a big fan of the larger 3.5" drive based Lacie units, as Shane already pointed out, they have a very poor record for reliabilty ....
... the "Rugged" however, one of their smaller 2.5" format drives, is an excellent little drive, very robust and in my own experience its very reliable. It will be more than adequate for HDV capture and editing.
Note: if you are not travelling regularly and do not need the added peace of mind of the big rubber bumper then there is little point in spending the extra money on this one, there are plenty of alternative drives that are equally reliable AND that have 7200rpm drives inside for that extra oomph when you want it.

No preview for hdv capture window

When I try to capture hdv I am not getting a preview of the footage in the capture window while browsing the footage. I realize that I will not get a preview while capturing but I should get the preview while just browsing through the footage yet all I get is a black screen. I do have full control of the camera via premiere and the captures do actualy work. This used to work fine with cs3 but stopped working with cs4. The regular DV capture works fine with the preview. Its a sony fx1 hdv camera. Also when I click on capture setting nothing happens but if set to dv capture the capture settings give me options including preview settings.
Thanks in advance.

Well, it's actually a sad shortcoming of Premiere CS4.
I'm new to PPro, and CS4 is my first, in fact I'm new to video. What little I know, I've been doing with Final Cut.
So the answer to your question is actually "it's by design", hence my commentary.
Ref: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WS00B136B2-33DB-49a0-B247-6521242FDBDAa.html
On the Mac, it's actually worse - HDV capture preview is totally non-existent.
http://www.macworld.com/article/136525/2008/11/pprocs4.html
It's a minor annoyance for me, and it could still "grow" on me - since video isn't being transferred to PC while previewing, there is no perceived delay, and the keyboard shortcuts, I and O, are the same (with FCP).
Landed on this post after searching for what I thought was a capture setting problem, and also found the above links that answered it for me. Hope this helps.

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