I've been several issues since the upgrade to 3.5.1. The latest, and most dire at the moment since I have to deliver 10 shows, is this; When I go to lay my 1080i59.94 show to tape as soon as I hit record on the digital cut tool the Avid will set a random in point even though my sequence starts at 9;59;30 and I've set the digital cut tool to go in at sequence time. 

I tried to set it to record deck time but it changes the IN TC as well.

Also should mention that I'm downconverting it to SD anamorphic. 

I've had other problems so I've recently uninstalled and reinstalled the Symphony application. created new OS users, created new avid users, prayed to the gods, and given some small sacrifices.

Any help would be appreciated.

Larry

Hi Larry,

This is a random stab in the dark, but there aren't any ins or outs marked on the sequence you're trying to lay off, are there?

good luck,
Carl

It wouldn't work with In and out's mark. I can sometimes get it to work when I select "entire timeline". But even that stopped working when I had to do an insert, I tried to make a subsequence so I could use "entire timeline" to no avail.

or are you asking if there are any marks at all even if I've got entire sequence selected. In fact I did,  I had my in and out marks at the start and end of the sequence.

Any other ideas?

I've hit this a few times now. Unfortunately, I can't remember how I solved it and I'm not at work right now. I do know the usual steps did not help. Those would be:

Re-Autoconfigure the deck

Restart

New user settings

Throw away MC State, etc.

Also, make sure your deck is set to Regen Internal TC. Otherwise you could be laying down goofy code.

And make sure your deck is set to read the proper TC. On the 5500 and 5800, you can tell it read converted TC or actual tape TC down the 422 line. If you are set for the wrong one, that throws Avid for a loop.

I have set the deck (HDW1800) to regen internal TC. I doubt it has the settings the 5500 or 5800 has to read converted TC but what is the setting called?

I'll look. 

There is a setting for looking at the frame converted TC vs. the tape TC.

kinozoom:

Also should mention that I'm downconverting it to SD anamorphic. 

Why are you using a HDW 1800 HD deck?

apologies, I'm fried.

For our HD outputs it's the HDW1800 for the SD outputs is an DVW-M2000.

I seem to have had the issue on both.

I've had the same problem and solved it by entering the timecode I wanted to start recording than having the deck go to that timecode...than hitting digital cut...works every time.

JR

Do you mean you set the record deck time instead of using the Sequence time? I tried that with no luck.

yes...I set an "in" time on the record deck...than have the record deck "go to" that time exactly...than hit "digital cut"...

Hope that works.

JR

My apologies If I'm being thick. When you enter the In point on the deck and then put it back into remote, it still uses that mark on the deck and not whatever has appeared as the in point in the sequence time on the digital cut tool?

This use to always just work. I'm hoping the last software update fixes this and the myriad other issues I've been having....

np...I just set my "in" point on the digital cut menu (where I want the deck to start recording...after I have blacked the tape)...than via the digital cut menu I have the deck go to that in point...than I put it into record.  The key is to have the deck go to that in point before you tell it to record...for some reason if not, it loses track of the timecode.  Hope this is clear.

JR

I have this problem regulary. Two options works:

As J.Reed is explaining, in the digital cut windows, use Mark In time instead of Sequence time option; in  the "Mark in" section of the digital cut enter the starting timecode of your sequence (9:59:30:00). Output.

Another trick is to create a new sequence then, by loading your older sequence in the source monitor, overwrite to the new timeline.

GL

D.