Capturing to Adobe

[ashtones]

I have a Digital 8 camera and I use Adobe 6 to edit with. The problem I am having is that I capture using the included software that came with my Sony Vaio because it seems to have better device control then Abobe. When I import the file into Adobe (or for that matter when I capture with Adobe) it plays all choppy. If I hit the preview button Premiere will process the file and then it plays fine. My problem is that this rendering process takes forever. Is there a capture utility that will capture from a DV camera to uncompressed AVI ,which is the format Premiere seems to like best. Right now I am capturing in the Sony Movieshaker program saving to Digital Video (AVI) then importing to Adobe. Can anybody please same me some time. Thanks

[jaw2957]

This might not help you(might just piss you off) but use the firewire instead of capturing. You won't loose any quality, and the video would look awesome. I have seen laptop firewire cards for under $30 on ebay brand new. If you already know about this, then ignore me while I pull my foot from my mouth.

[ashtones]

I'm sorry. I guess I wasn't clear. I do use the firewire port. In fact at this time the 1394 port is my only option for capturing.

[ashtones]

Based on the response I guess I am the only one having this trouble.

[Ronnie777]

Ash, I can only tell you that I also have Sony Vaio and use its DVGate software to capture the DV tape (I've Sony MiniDV camcorder). When I import to Adobe Premiere, there's no choppiness or anything; it does take time to export to tape.

[lin(o:]

Download the demo of AVI_IO, it supports firewire card capture. You can find a link in the Tools section. Personally, haven't tried it yet but a lot of people seems to find it useful.

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