Hi all,

I've been landed with a bunch of HDCAM rushes, 2 locked cameras but shooting time of day. The problem is that I now have masses of 30-40 sec clips (as you would) to the tune of at least 120 mins. Given that both cameras have identical locked TC is there anyway I can group everything in one go? Wishful thinking I imagine....

Ollie

 Ah yes, the bain of the editor's existence - TOD time code. Been there, done that. Many times. In your case, I would recommend in capture settings to "capture across time code breaks" with a custom pre-roll of 1 sec. That way, you only lose 1 sec of material after the interrupt. Let the system essentially "auto capture" and create the clips for you as it encounters the break points. Put each camera in it's own bin. If both cameras were started and stop close enough together, you should wind up with a reasonable set of similar or matching clips in each bin with the same timecode values.

Thanks yes I've managed that part, what I'm wondering is I can get them all synced automatically, rather than having to select one A and B clip at a time and group em.

 Not in front of my Avid right now, but there is an auto-sync function, I think in the clip menu.

fiendish:

I can get them all synced automatically

Select all, Bin->Group or Bin->AutoSync + select appropriate syncing method (e.g. Source TC)

well I knew autosync but never expected it to work for 60+ clips but it does! Very handy. Thank you chaps

 You're quite welcome. Glad that worked for you.