Capturing, editing, and sharing High Definition video (HDV)

MediaStudio Pro 8 provides native support for High Definition video. Follow the instructions below to capture, edit and output HDV streams in a very straight-forward and intuitive fashion.

Step One : Capture

1. Connect your HDV camcorder (or deck) to the IEEE-1394 port of your computer and switch on to VTR mode.
   
   MediaStudio Pro 8 supports the following Sony and JVC high-definition camcorders and VTRs:

• Sony HVR-Z1
• Sony HDR-FX1In
• Sony HVR-M10N
• JVC GR-HD1
• JVC JY-HD10U
• JVC GR-PD1
• JVC GR-PD1EK

2. Make sure that your device is detected by your operating system and that it is properly configured for capturing HDV. Click your device below for details.

• Sony HDV camcorder
• JVC HD camcorder

3. After you have properly connected and set up your device for capturing HDV, open Video Capture. The program will automatically detect your device and set the capture plug-in and device control to HDV Capture Plug-in and HDV 1394 Device Control respectively.

• To check if your HDV/HD camcorder has been detected and set up, select Setup: HDV Capture Plug-in and see if the name of your camcorder is displayed on the menu.
• To check if the proper capture plug-in and device control are being used, select Setup: Change Capture Plug-in/Device Control.

NOTE: The HDV Capture Plug-in converts the source video from your HDV or HD camcorder into an MPEG-2 Program Stream (PS) video file when capturing it into your computer. By converting the video, it allows you to take advantage of MediaStudio Pro's SmartRender technology when you edit the captured video clips in Video Editor. SmartRender is a technology that permits "changes-only" rendering. This means that whenever you preview your edits or create a video file, only the clips which have been altered will be rendered.

4. Capture your HDV footage the way you would capture standard resolution video. Click here for detailed instructions on capturing.

NOTE: When Auto (no time limit) is chosen as the Capture method in the Options tab of the Capture Video dialog box, select Seamless capture to automatically save the captured video as another video file once it reaches a size of 4GB. Use seamless capture if your hard drive was formatted using the FAT32 file system. For more information on setting up seamless capture, see "Seamless DV and MPEG capture" in your MSP User Guide.