• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  layback to XDCAM PDW-1500 – deck control issue

  Posted by Andy Mees on September 8, 2005 at 8:30 am

  hey everybody

  trying to troubleshoot a deck control issue when laying back an edit to XDCAM over SDI

  so, what we can do : we have no problems capturing footage from the PDW-1500
  L&C works fine … Capture Clip, Batch Capture and Capture Now are all working.

  but I can’t use Edit to Tape to layback, neither Insert or Assemble edit will work.
  the deck will cue up and preroll correctly but will not roll to record … i can crash edit but thats just not cool.

  i’ve tried this with both FCP 4.5/Blackmagic Decklink 4.8 and with FCP5.0.2/Blackmagic Decklink 5
  exactly the same behaviour exhibted with both setups

  can anyone using this machine guide me towards the correct settings?

  mnay many thanks in advance
  Andy

  Andy Mees replied 20 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark Maness

  September 8, 2005 at 7:49 pm

  I’m with you, brother… I had the same issue with a DVCAM machine that we had once. I remember you have to open the Edit to Tape window and then drag and drop your timeline onto whatever process you wish to do. Trying to use it as it was intended never work correctly under FCP 4.5 HD. But you should be able to use Print to Video. Let me ask…. is your deck set to regen timecode? If not, that will stop the deck cold in its tracks.

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  Wayne Carey
  Schazam Productions
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  Andy Mees

  September 9, 2005 at 2:33 am

  …. apparently this is a common complaint
  whats happening is FCP is seeking a t/c reference which the PDW1500 can’t give
  seems the only solution is to use Print to Video

  cheers
  Andy

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