Blackmagic Capture with EDIUS

[@MrXeberdee]

Super, total Capture nostalgia. Video was much more fun in the old days.

[@hootsmin9818]

Hi David, love the videos and this one is pretty timely, I am retired now and i have a cupboard full of VHS and SVHS and im trying to get them into my computer, its all wired correctly and it does capture OK but Edius 6.5 and 8 always stops the capture at a static break in the film ( where the film has been watched back on the camera and not rewound back far enough to have a clean start), I've unchecked every box that deals with breaking the capture but nothing seems to stop it. All i want to do is pop in a 3 or 4hr tape and walk away, but instead i have to rewind the tape in the deck or camera to find out where it stopped and start the process again, is there anything you can suggest that doesn't break the bank, thanks mate ,cheers Norm

[@dvcltd]

I don't think there is much you can do. If the signal drops out completely - as it does at a tape brake - it will stop capturing. If you have unticked everything in EDIUS you could try using media Express instead which I go through in my next video, due soon, which may work differently.

[@hootsmin9818]

@@dvcltd Thanks mate, looking forward to it, cheers

[@dvcltd]

@@hootsmin9818 There is a tick box to carry on capturing even when frames drop with Media Express although I do think that it is more likely the Blackmagic sending a message to the computer that there is not signal so stop capturing which is likely to happen whatever the capture program but it is worth trying Media Express anyway. I will put the video up later today.