Batch Capture Settings not Cooperating (NDF vs. DF)

[Aconover]

I’ve been having this same problem as well for a long time. All I’ve been able to figure out is that earlier dot-versions of Final Cut don’t have the problem, and that it’s definitely a bug, because if you check the clip settings it will say the clip is NDF as well. I believe that if you were to log and capture 50 clips, as the tape goes on the in and out points of the captured clips become more and more inaccurate — I’ve worked around it by using Capture Now and breaking the clip up into subclips. However, this does make recapturing later (if you want to up-rez, say) a tricky business — sometimes your clips will be improperly aligned (because of in-out drift) and you’ll have to go readjust them. Unfortunately, I have not found a real fix — after hours of Googling for the past few months, I’ve given up and am just waiting for the next revision to hopefully fix the problem.

[E-money]

well at least i know i’m not alone. i actually asked an Applecare person about it this morning and he suggested (and i haven’t tried this yet) that i go to USER PREFERENCES- GENERAL- and uncheck the first four boxes on the right-hand side) he said that might be confusing FCP into thinking the clip is DF.

i just tried to up-res this morning (from SD to our original HDV material) and the in and out points were (as i had feared all along) not quite accurate with what I had cut. after i thought i had fixed all of the video to sync up with my audio mix, upon export, everything was out of sync. just another mystifying cog in the wheels of FCP & HDV.