User Guide

32 Studio 8
DV, MicroMV and analogue captures
The controls and options displayed in Capture mode
depend on the capture hardware you select. The
remainder of this chapter is divided into two sections as
follows:
• If you are using a DV camcorder or VCR connected
to a 1394 port, please refer to “DV capture”
immediately below.
• If you are using an analogue device with either a
composite video or S-Video input to your hardware,
please refer to “Analogue capture” on page 37.
If you are using a MicroMV camcorder connected to a
1394 port, the Capture mode interface is identical to
that for DV equipment. However, most DV capture
options and features are not available with MicroMV
captures, including preview-quality capture, and the
choice of DV encoding. Captures from MicroMV are
always MPEG-2.
DV CAPTURE
This section covers capture from a DV source deck
(camcorder or VCR) and a 1394 port. If you are instead
capturing from analogue hardware, please see
“Analogue capture” on page 37.
When capturing in DV format from a DV device,
Studio offers two choices for capture settings: preview
quality (SmartCapture) and full quality. At full quality,
two types of encoding are available: DV and MPEG.