Vegas 6c DV Capture - Interlacing-- Help!

[GT Music]

Until now I have been capturing video from a Sony cam using an ATI all in wonder (analog capture with RCA connections). But recently I purchased a Canon Optura 600 DV Cam in hopes of having clearer video projects. Upon capturing in Vegas 6c using the (supplied) USB cable, I place the files on the time line and when I preview them I can see Interlacing at the edges either when the camera pans or if the subject moves within the frame. Even when I render it gets worse. I've rendered to Mpeg 2 / DV NTSC or even avi. I can't seem to get rid of the LINES! I can take the same video from the Canon and capture with the old ATI in analog and all looks fine but now I'm back to softer looking video. any suggestions????

Thanks in advance

[Barnabas]

How does it look on your TV, not your computer? Should be fine there, unless you have the field order reversed.

[GT Music]

After burning the disk in Sony Arch. 3 it still has the lines even on the TV

[aedipuss]

hopefully that cam has a firewire port. use it and a ieee 1394 port on your computer to transfer the dv file. usb just doesn't cut it. only firewire (ieee1394) will transfer the tape without loss. use a good quality firewire cable also

[GT Music]

I tried playing the files in Sonic Cineplayer and they look just fine there. it's just in Vegas that they are interlaced even at the preview level on the timeline before any editing.

[mikiem]

according to the canon site, it will take a firewire cable & transfer to PC (you'll have to check if it's standard or special connecter at the camera) -- AFAIK the usb's often for transferring stills from a camcorder that can do both. At any rate, as aedipuss posted, use firewire.

"I tried playing the files in Sonic Cineplayer and they look just fine there. it's just in Vegas that they are interlaced even at the preview level on the timeline before any editing."

Chances are any player will deinterlace for you on playback. If you want to double check fields, open the avi in V/Dub, set the view to interlaced, and advance by frame.

Note: in Vegas check your clip's properties on timeline -- prob lower for DV footage. Project settings should match, & render settings too unless you have reason to change.

[edDV]

On most DV camcorders, USB transfer is low bitrate intended for web streaming. Instead, transfer using the IEEE-1394 cable in DV format assuming you want quality.

DV format is 480i and you want to keep it interlaced to the DVD (through edit and MPeg2 encode) if you want full quality. The Vegas preview monitor will display the source video as interlace if the source is interlace or progressive if the source is progressive. The best way to preview a 480i Vegas project is on a TV monitor connected to the DV camcoder. Vegas will output the timeline preview in realtime.

[mikiem]

NIce thing about v 6 is preview also works with dual monitor video cards