Archiving in FCP and Firestore FS-4?

[Simon Webb]

Hi Chris,

Assuming I understood the question correctly and that you do indeed have the footage captured on tape as well as on the Firestore, then what you’ll have to do is add a minimum of logging information to the clips in FCP (the tape number that the clip appears on for instance).

Cheers

[Chris Hayner]

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I would have the footage recorded to tape as a backup.

So would the timecode be the same on the tape as it is in the firestore?

Thanks,
Chris

[Tom Matthies]

I use an FS-3 when shooting in the field, but also record to tape at the same time. The timecode on your clips on the hard drive and for your clips on your tape should be the same. You can use the timecode information from the original, captured hard drive clips to go back and batch capture from the tape. I use the synchro mode with my FS-3 so the code always matches on both the clips on the disk and the clips on the tape. I’ve doen it in tha past, so it should work for you as well. Once in a while, I get a clip with a small time code break, so captureing might take a bit longer on that clip as FCP attempts to make a separate clip. Otherwise, it works well.
Tom

[Chris Hayner]

Tom,

Thanks so much for the info. I’ll be sure to try it to see if it works. You helped me a bunch. Thanks again and Happy Holidays.

Chris