bigorangemd 0 #1 May 6, 2010 Just got a cx-100. Seems like the easiest/fastest way to import a video file to Vegas is to take the memory stick out and put it in the computer and import file (I have a Sony Viao). Is this truly the best way. Will there be any degradation of video quality when shooting HD with this method? Thanks in advance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefalle 0 #2 May 6, 2010 I don't have a card reader for mine so I just connect the camera to the usb port via the cable, it seems to work fine. The file is the file regardless of how you transfer it to you computer it won't change it. If you like to use the card reader, do so. Have fun with it. Editing in vegas takes a bit of practice but once you get it, it's pretty easy. Good luck Chuck Bryan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorangemd 0 #3 May 6, 2010 Been using Vegas for a few weeks now and love it. It's much easier than what I was using. I like using the Memory Stick because you don't have to wait for the file to capture it pulls right onto the project board. Just haven't used it all the way through the editing process yet - camera just came today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #4 May 6, 2010 You'll want to move the files onto your hard drive. If you edit a video with a video file on your memory stick, you won't be able to re-edit or output the edited video without the original. Try saving a project, then pull the memory stick out and re-open the project. Vegas won't be able to open the media file. But I agree about the CX100... finally started jumping mine a couple weeks ago. What a pleasure to grab videos off my camera or off of friends' cameras. I collected all the videos from a 4-way scrambles competition last weekend... thank goodness everyone was using a CX100. Just a few minutes to download the entire competition. Tapes and firewire capture would have made me cry. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorangemd 0 #5 May 6, 2010 When you import the file does it pull it onto the hard drive? Also, for most videos not interested in a re-edit. Edit, output to DVD, show customer, dump file if happy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #6 May 6, 2010 No... Vegas just remembers the location of the media files. If your card reader is drive F, Vegas will just look there for the file. If you don't want to save your unedited videos, it'll probably work. But I wouldn't recommend it. There won't be any quality degradation, but I would think that it might affect Vegas' performance since the card reader is probably slower than the hard drive. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorangemd 0 #7 May 6, 2010 Good point. Thanks for the advice. I'll pull it to the hard drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #8 May 6, 2010 Save the files if they are tandems since odds are you'll get a call weeks or months (or even years) later that the customer broke/lost/damaged their DVD and would like a replacement. Its an easy way to make a few dollars and all it will cost you is hard drive space. Besides if you do a end of year video or somthing you lose all your footage if you don't save it to the hard drive. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorangemd 0 #9 May 6, 2010 Guess I need an external drive to leave out there since I carry my laptop back and forth. Honey something else I need to buy! "Great!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
