Vegas Quicktime Capture?

blackbudget

blackbudget

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Does anyone know if you can capture QT with Vegas? I don't want to buy it before I know for sure it can. I normally use Avid Xpress Pro to capture QT, but now I can't export QT after upgrading to QT 7.
 
You don't have to "capture" QT. Vegas (and most Windows-based NLEs) captures DV as AVI. But both QT and AVI are only "wrappers"; it's the same data either way.

If you mean will Vegas edit QTs, then yes, it will.

I suggest you download the trial and try capturing.
 
yes.. there are a number of programs that will re-wrapper your AVI into a quicktime without re-rendering it.
 
I have heard bad stories about doing that (color or brightness changes, etc). I have exported avi's to QT without recompressing, but I feel better when it is captured QT for some reason. Thanks though.
 
not only Vegas.. but PCs in general prefer quicktimes.

As for changing the wrapper.. the actual video doesnt change, its your player that has different gamma settings, specially if your watching it on a Mac vs. PC.
 
QT seems to be more of a standard, thats why. I just prefer to keep an single architecture workflow to avoid any possible hangups.
 
Don't believe the hype. If you're working with Vegas, you want to be working with AVI, not QT. QT is a clunky relic. You want hangups? Use QT.

It's DV either way, but AVI is optimized for Windows.
 
I haven't been using Vegas, never have. I've been using xpress pro, which seems work very well with QT, even exports them with the high quality preview enabled. I'm not sure about the hype you speak of, but if you had to say which one is a standard with media professionals, would it be QT or AVI? I don't think there is even a question.
 
When working with Windows, it'll naturally be easier to work with AVIs. You can always export to MOV later and it will work just fine, so what's the problem here?
 
I was just wondering if Vegas could capture QT. I guess I am too compulsive, but I prefer not to go between AVI and MOV. I work with AVI still, but for alot of my work I choose QT and stay QT throughout the workflow.
 
Standard? I wouldn't say there's a standard file format for video. It seems to be that you should use the format that best suites the platform you're using.

And when you're talking about DV, whether the file is AVI or Quicktime has no effect on the DV data contained within. You should just use the best format for the application.

If you use Avid, go with quicktime, because that's what it's been optimized to work with.

If you use pretty much any other Windows application, use AVI, because that is what Windows is optimized for. (similar to Quicktime being better for Macs)

As has been stated, for DV, it's all the same. If you're finding differences when you convert quicktime<>AVI (essentially changing the wrappers), perhaps you should look into changing the tool you use to do this.

If you're actually talking about which codec is a standard for media professionals, then that's an altogether different story. Standard for what purpose? Archival? Delivery?
 
I completely agree. Like I said before, I use both. A lot of my stuff will end up going to the web and dvd, so I often choose QT (mainly because of web). I believe QT is more of a standard since Windows users have much better luck with QT than Mac users do with AVI. I know there are far more PCs out there, but for media professionals overall, I would say its pretty much split (if not leaning more towards Mac). And that is who I am most concerned with.
 
I don't really get the dilemma.

You're going to be working with DV, right? Editing with Vegas?

Why does it matter how Vegas captures? Edit the DV, and then you can export in any format.

Why do the files you edit with need to be .mov files? They're the same either way. Sounds like output is what you're more worried about here.
 
I worked in premier support for Microsoft for 5 years. This kind of position is normally from older people who are not comfortable with computers and the technology. No disrespect intended. If as stated it's going to a DVD for a set top box your going to have to render as an MPEG.
 
Konrad said:
I worked in premier support for Microsoft for 5 years. This kind of position is normally from older people who are not comfortable with computers and the technology. No disrespect intended. If as stated it's going to a DVD for a set top box your going to have to render as an MPEG.
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Did you post this in the correct thread?
 
Its actually mpeg2. And there is no dilemma, just a lot of confusion about what this discussion is about. All I wanted to know was if Vegas was able to capture to QT(not as progressive, like premierE pro can do). Since it doesn't, I will just wait for Avid to fix the problem and do what I have been doing...changing the extension of the OMF that was captured to .dv and save a reference to it in QT Pro.
 
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