Search results matching tag 'time code'

Clip Modify Headscratcher

Schmidtsk — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:30:48 GMT

Hi all,

Really puzzled by this one:

I have captured a lot of archive footage from a screener DVD with burned in code. In order to track the code back to the original tapes I have modified the timecode on the captured clips in the bins with no problem - until today.

Some of the clips wont modify - at all, while other clips in the same bin, same source, modify as usual. None of the clips are locked. I checked permissions at finder level: everyone can read & write.

25i project

MC 3.5.4 Mac

Exporting EDL for Broadcast WAV files with Time Code

ElenaL — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:01:45 GMT

So I have searched on various forums and there seems to be one post back from 2006 here that was never answered with a similar but not quite the same question.

I am trying to export an EDL for our audio guys from Broadcast WAV Files.

They have the proper TC associated with them within the Avid but as soon as you export an EDL, no matter which settings you choose, it seems to perceive them as auxiliary files and give TC of 00:00...

Is there any way to get the EDL to see and display the proper TC of the WAV files? Or is that a mission impossible?

Thanks!

(we're on a AMC 2.8.4)

"Match Frame" matches to correct group, but incorrect timecode

MAKANI — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:45:35 GMT

My sequence is cut with grouped footage.

When trying to match frame from the sequence, it brings up the correct group with the incorrect timecode.

Both the video and audio of the clip match back to the correct group, but incorrect timecode.

Some clips in the sequence DO match back to the correct group (I'll call it group A) and correct timecode, but most will not be correct, even if it was pulled from the same group (group A)

any thoughts on why this is occuring? I've tried on different stations, with different users profiles.

I apologize if this is confusing.

Thanks a bunch!

--Makani

problems batch-capturing HDV

CLouise — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:22:09 GMT

I am trying to batch digitize a set of clips in HDV 1080i using MC 3.0 on a Dell T5400 with Mojo SDI and a Sony HVR 1500. Something I (somehow) did a year ago with the same exact equipment, successfully.

Scenerio 1: FireWire the HVR straight to the PC. Outcome: the deck rewinds to the beginning of the tape, passing the clip it's looking for, then fast-forwards to the correct pre-roll point, stops and then crashes. When I shorten the pre-roll to 1 second I get this error "Audio/video is unexpectedly no longer coming into the system." I can, however, crash record with this set-up, but neither digitize clips with ins&outs or batch capture.

Scenerio 2: FireWire the HVR through the DV input on the Mojo SDI into the PC. Outcome: less than one second into batch digitizing the first clip I get this error - " Capture aborted due to discontinuity in time code." I can digitize clips with ins&outs but not batch digitize or crash record.

I have tried all of the obvious things I could think of like changing tapes, cables, cycling power, rebooting and restarting in every conceivable order as well as all the excellent suggestions I could find in this forum regarding similar issues such as changing the pre-roll time and making sure to have "digitize across time code breaks" on. I've tried RS422 controling the deck vs iLink as well, but it got me no closer to my goal.

I can't think of anything that has changed since I did this last--hardware and software wise anyway.

There must be a setting I'm missing or something...can anyone help??

Thanks!

Re: BUG? Modify masterclip source / TC doesn't work properly in MC 3.5

lawsonr — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:35:33 GMT

17 Frames?

What is the duration of the clip you tried to modify? Was the source logged as drop or non-drop-frame timecode?

Avid DS Frames to Timecode Calculator

Igor Ridanovic — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:26:00 GMT

This tutorial explains the use of High Speed Calc preset available at www.hdhead.com. This on-screen calculator for Avid DS can be used to convert frames to timecode at speeds from 1fps to 120fps.

Avid DS Frames to Timecode Calculator

Igor Ridanovic — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:22:43 GMT

This tutorial explains the use of High Speed Calc preset available at www.hdhead.com. This on-screen calculator for Avid DS can be used to convert frames to timecode at speeds from 1fps to 120fps.

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Changing Source alters offline clip's timecode

dsver1 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:55:20 GMT

Media Composer Adrenaline version 3.0.5

I'm working in an XDCAM workflow where we (editors) usually receive rough cut timelines using proxy clips. I constantly have trouble with the batch import function (to up-res) especially if the rough cut editor has changed something in the (horrible) PDZ program disc viewer program.

So, the fine cut editors have been instead treating the clips as clips, and batching them via their timecode, using the XDCAM as a deck rather than a drive.

But, recently I've been running into problems. I currently have a timeline in a HD project that is roughed out with the proxies. I duplicated the timeline, unlinked it and decomposed all the clips with 1 second handles.

Everything looks great. Timecodes match, etc. The only problem is that these offline clips have no tapes associated with them. So, I select the clips from one tape, right click and change source to a tape in my list. I click through the warning message, as always. This is where the problem occurs. The clip lengths remain the same, but the timecodes shift completely. Sometimes by as little as a couple minutes, and other have shifted by hours... I cannot find a pattern to this problem.

Here's an example: Clip 1 - 5:00
Original IN: 03;16;06;08
Original OUT: 03;16;11;08

Tape Changed IN: 03;18;27;12
Tape Changed OUT: 03;18;32;12

If I don't assign a tape to the clips, the the batch digitize ends without capturing anything. What can I do??

Can anyone help?

Thanks

mini-dv with NO TIMECODE

jennnnnnn — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:55:20 GMT

I need to capture footage from a mini dv tape that has no timecode attached to it. I tried capturing by selecting "V" "A1" and "A2" only, without "TC" selected in the capture window. I could see the video streaming into the Avid, but no audio. I checked the Audio Tool, and there were no levels.

Capturing from a Sony HDV deck.

Help!

Thanks :)

My DV tape's timecode got reset in the middle of the tape. How can I batch capture?

weekender — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:17:00 GMT

While filming with my Sony HVR-A1u camera, I must have either taken this particular tape out or rewound it to view it, (and then continued recording,) but at that point, the timecode got reset on it. The beginning of this particular tape starts at 00:00:00:00 but runs until 00:20:04:00 and at that point resets at 00:00:00:00 (which is where I either removed the tape or made a blank space on the tape,) and then finishes at the end of the tape at 00:45:03:00. An this is how Avid captured it.

My goal is to edit in this DV25 format and later batch capture the final sequence in HDV. Will batch capturing be possible when it tries to find clips in this tape? ie/ if it's trying to find a clip that's at 00:10:00:00, it could take it now from 2 spots on the tape!

Will batch capturing not work for this tape or is there something I can do to work with this situation?