capture from DV device

marc-few wrote on 12/7/2020, 5:09 PM

Magix works fine but recently have found that when importing from my DV camera, which I've done hundreds of times before, it saves in the usual avi file and auto places the capture on the timeline, but lately it has captured the whole duration of the dv tape 60mins worth, but the footage is just a portion. I only get 30 min of the beginning and the rest has gone. I can play the avi in vlc player and other players but Magix insists on cutting the video. is there some setting that has been activated in the new 2021 version. I reloaded the 2020 back in and it done the same there with the file in was using. reinstalled 2021 and it still does it. Could the import through Magix caused a indexing issue to the avi file that only Magix can see. Any help would be grateful.

thank so much in advance

Marc

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AAProds wrote on 12/9/2020, 3:28 AM

@marc-few I prefer to use WinDV for DV capture. While MEP worked (mostly) I was uncomfortable with how it named the files and also had a couple of issues (these were in the early 2000s); could have been what you describe.

WinDV will allow you to capture each clip as a separate date-named DV file or in one large file. You can then easily drag those DVs into MEP.

You could also try a repair on that particular DV file by opening it in DVDate. Convert it to a Type 1, and then back to a Type 2 and see if that fixes MEP's problem. Malwarebytes throws a tantrum over Paul Glagla's DVDate site but ignore that; it is legit.

Cheers, Al