Timer Program for DV pass-thru capture

[David K]

I use my Sony DV camera with its digital pass-thru feature to capture TV broadcasts. This works greats, but I have to manually turn the software capture program on to start the capture, and thus can’t use this when I’m away from the computer. I’m using Vegas 4 for captures.

Anyone know of a (preferably freeware) program that would allow me to have the capture switch on at a given time (I don’t really need the off part, since I can set Vegas for the duration of the capture). Or another capture program with a timer that would support DV capture. The capture programs with timers that I have used (WinDVD Recorder) don’t allow one to use the timer functions with DV capture, only with tuner cards.

Thanks

[redwudz]

Check out Scenalyzer. At the bottom of the page there is a link to a timer application that might do what you are asking. https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=scenalyzer&s=&orderby=Name&convert=&dvdautho...+or+List+tools