• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Changing time code on newly redigitized clips.

  Posted by Dan Mcguire on April 5, 2017 at 12:49 am

  Folks, I have an SD timeline and I recently redigitized, to HD, all the original tapes.
  The timecode is not identical. Here is a picture of the SD file next to the HD file.
  Is there a way to re-write the TC on the new HD files to match the TC on the SD files? Thanks.
  Do I need to go to the same point on both tapes – for example, where there is a camera cut, to find the difference? There isn’t any slate on the footage. The same point on the SD file is 00:05:54;19 VS on the HD 00:05:57;11
  THANKS
  DAN
  

  Dan Mcguire replied 9 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Dan Mcguire

  April 5, 2017 at 1:15 am

  Just tried to use the FCP7 function of Modify->Timecode and it did not offer the option of a 29.97 time base – only 30fps. Why is that?
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  Nick Meyers

  April 5, 2017 at 11:29 pm

  while FCP can change the timecode,
  it can’t change the time base,

  you need to run the clips through Cinema Tools to “Conform” them to a new frame rate.

  i never work with those frame rates myself, living in PAL land,
  so there may well be other things going on i can’t identify,
  like did you capture the clips correctly?

  nick
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  Dan Mcguire

  April 6, 2017 at 12:04 am

  Thanks. I did not know that. I will look into that.

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