Capturing is a way of taking the video from a DV video camera or another video capture device connected to the video capture card and placing it on your computer. The capture device is the device that transmits the video signals to be captured (e.g. from a DV video camera, video capture card, or TV card).
If you want to transfer the video from an external capture device to your computer to use it in a project at a later time, proceed as described in Capture Video to Hard Drive.
If you want to create a disc and capture a video for this specific project, you should select the relevant option Make DVD (or VCD, SVCD, miniDVD) in the Start screen, and then click the Import > Capture button in the Content screen. This way, you can capture the video and work on your project simultaneously.
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AVCHD cameras are an exception. These compress captured files directly into MPEG-4 transport data that is written to a DVD, memory card or internal hard drive. Data that you want to transfer from your camera to the hard drive is imported and thus not transferred by means of capturing.
For AVCHD cameras that capture to DVD, insert the camera DVD into your computer’s DVD drive and import the captured files with the Import > Import Disc feature in the Content screen directly into the project.
For AVCHD cameras that capture to hard drive, connect the camera to your PC and import the captured files directly into your project with the Import > AVCHD From Hard Disc feature in the Content screen.
For AVCHD cameras that capture to memory card, connect the memory card to your computer via the corresponding interface and then import the captured files also with the Import > Import AVCHD From Hard Disc feature in the Content screen.
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