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Set capture format and preferences

Use the Capture panel (choose File > Capture) to capture digital or analog video and audio. This panel includes a preview, which displays video being captured, controls for recording with or without device control, a Settings pane for editing your capture settings, and a Logging pane for logging clips for batch capturing. For convenience, some options available in the Capture panel are also available in the Capture panel menu.

You can control certain source devices, such as camcorders and decks, directly from the Capture panel, provided your computer has an Adobe Premiere Pro‑compatible IEEE1394, RS‑232, or RS‑422 controller. If your source device lacks any of these interfaces, you still use the Capture panel, but you must cue, start, and stop your source device using its controls.

Note: When not capturing in Adobe Premiere Pro, close the Capture panel. The Capture panel assumes primary focus, so leaving it open while editing or previewing video disables output to the source device and may decrease performance.

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Capture panel

A.: Status area
B.: Preview
C.: Tabs
D.: Panel menu
E.: Transport controls

Set the capture format

With a project open, choose Project > Project Settings > Capture.
From the Capture Format menu, choose the settings that match your source material.

Set capture preferences

Choose Edit > Preferences > Capture (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Capture (Mac OS).
Specify whether you want to cancel capture on dropped frames, report dropped frames, or generate a batch log file.
Select whether to use device control timecode. If a device controller is in use (for example, for RS‑422/232‑controlled devices), the last selection enables Adobe Premiere Pro to record the timecode supplied by the controller instead of attempting to record any timecode that might be written to the source tape.

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No screen name said on May 16, 2008 at 11:33 AM :

I have done this over and over ... but I still can't get the audio to work after I capture the DV. Where is the control for this? Is it possible the another program has been identified as the default for sound or should Adobe Premiere take precedence? HELP

smuratore said on Jun 6, 2008 at 3:30 PM :

Make sure your computer's audio output is mapped to its speakers (see last topic on this page: http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/3.0/WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7f46.html).
In the Capture panel menu, make sure Record Audio and Video is checked, before capturing.
After capturing, to see whether audio was recorded, double-click the captured clip in the Project Panel. Then, in the Source Monitor panel menu, select Audio Waveform. You should see an audio waveform if sound was captured, even if your speakers aren't playing it for some reason.

No screen name said on Jul 4, 2008 at 2:38 AM :

Premiere CS3 - on a 16:9 PAL project why is the capture window 4:3 and the captured footage has to then be re-conformed to widescreen?

smuratore said on Aug 5, 2008 at 9:06 AM :

Although the viewing area of the Capture panel is 4:3, Adobe Premiere Pro captures PAL widescreen footage at 16:9 (PAR 1.422).