I am recapturing deleted footage (media files) on a project that has already been logged, edited, etc. I am doing the batch capture off the same camera I used to capture. Sony HDV 60i.

Some of the clips capture fine, others give me a DIG_TOO_SHORT error or INVALID_TRIM

I´ve read previous posts about work arounds (setting capture to capture over timecode breaks, etc)

But when those work arounds don´t work, what is the best way to relink media?

For example, I could:

Start capturing at the in point and then manually stop close to the end point. Is there a way that I can ensure that MC would recognize this clip as the same media that I had before? In other words, so that media would show up on my timeline, automatically?

in other words, WHEN BATCH CAPTURE FAILS, AFTER ALL WORK AROUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED, WHAT IS PLAN B TO RELINK MATERIAL?

Any suggestions, recipes, etc would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Also, it is now cycles through each list of clips to capture 4 or 5 times before stopping. The first time it might say that the capture was successful but then it changes to that it was skipped. Weird!

PS: this is the error log from the console:

Batch Capturing Section (00;41;39;05)-(00;49;26;20): 2 clips

  * Batch capturing Media to volume (D:)
 Discontinuous TC base tolerance = 6
Audio sample rate of incoming media is marked as 48000
Only captured 7455 frames out of 14009 frames.

DIOProducer captured 5854 frames. Average frame size is 244.2KB.

Storage consumed at the rate of 2m:23s per gigabyte

BatchDigitize - 1 clips digitized out of total 2
BatchDigitize - clip 1 TOO_SHORT - master 7364, digitized 870

***!!!*** Batch Capture Aborted.  Media Discarded.
Error on clip 'futbol f 5.19':
Exception: DIG_TOO_SHORT

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   Batch Capturing Clip :: futbol f 5.20

  * Batch capturing Media to volume (D:)
 Discontinuous TC base tolerance = 6
Audio sample rate of incoming media is marked as 48000

DIOProducer captured 2758 frames. Average frame size is 244.2KB.

Storage consumed at the rate of 2m:23s per gigabyte

    Batch Captured Clip :: futbol f 5.20

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   Batch Capturing Clip :: futbol f 5.21

  * Batch capturing Media to volume (D:)
 Discontinuous TC base tolerance = 6
Audio sample rate of incoming media is marked as 48000

DIOProducer captured 699 frames. Average frame size is 244.5KB.

Storage consumed at the rate of 2m:23s per gigabyte

    Batch Captured Clip :: futbol f 5.21

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   Batch Capturing Clip :: futbol f 5.22

  * Batch capturing Media to volume (D:)
 Discontinuous TC base tolerance = 6

No frames recorded.
BatchDigitize - 0 clips digitized out of total 1
Channel: Channel not configured.
Audio sample rate of incoming media is marked as 48000

***!!!*** Batch Capture Aborted.  Media Discarded.
Error on clip 'futbol f 5.22':
Exception: Failed to find pre-roll point on tape.
Batch Capturing Section (00;54;20;06)-(01;00;54;17): 2 clips

  * Batch capturing Media to volume (D:)
 Discontinuous TC base tolerance = 6

No frames recorded.
BatchDigitize - 0 clips digitized out of total 2
Channel: Channel not configured.
Audio sample rate of incoming media is marked as 48000

***!!!*** Batch Capture Aborted.  Media Discarded.
Error on clip 'futbol f 5.23':
Exception: Failed to find pre-roll point on tape.

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   Batch Capturing Clip :: futbol f 5.24

  * Batch capturing Media to volume (D:)
 Discontinuous TC base tolerance = 6
Audio sample rate of incoming media is marked as 48000
Exception:
@ Mon Jun 08 19:07:53 2009
Exception: Capture aborted due to lack of progress

DIOProducer captured 4084 frames. Average frame size is 244.2KB.

Storage consumed at the rate of 2m:23s per gigabyte

BatchDigitize - clip 1 TOO_SHORT - master 9757, digitized 9737

***!!!*** Batch Capture Aborted.  Media Discarded.
Error on clip 'futbol f 5.24':
Exception: Capture aborted due to lack of progress

Recapturing HDV is a pain in the backside, so you have my sympathy.  What I have done in the past when faced with the same problem is to open a brand new bin, crash record the clips starting before the previously logged in point and stopping after the logged out point.  Then once you have these new media files, select the sequence and relink it to the new media.  I have never been able to batch re-capture HDV and get it to link to the original logged bin entries.

Flicmaker

Is this the same problem described in your previous post?

Did you try the suggestions presented to you? Maybe it would be less time consuming capturing

the entires tapes and then relink.

For the present time there are no new fixes to adress this problem, probably folks at Avid

are evaluating this, as many users report it.

Good luck

P.S - On a side note, I usually work in large Avid systems with Mojos and Unity for several production companies.However , I have my own home Avid System. MC 3.5, no Mojo, no qualified hardware except a Quadro card. 

I usually batch capture using a Canon HV30 camera and it always worked fine. Makes me wonder where the problem lies.

From the MC v3.1.3's read-me:

"Bug Number: UDevC00108087. You might have received a “DIG_TOO_SHORT” error when performing a batch capture in a 720p 59.97 project. This has been fixed."

Maybe you want to update your system?!

Regards, g_f