Best Way to Manually rebuild offline media

[John Pale]

Are you working with several long master clips or many smaller captures?

If you can determine the offset (not always easy), you can load the master clip into the Viewer and use the Modify/Timecode command to change the starting timecode by 10 frames (or whatever the offset is).

I have successfully done something similar to this replacing footage offlined with DVD footage (no timecode) and onlined with HDCAM.

[Steven Gonzales]

Do you have an output of the cut from the timeline you are rebuilding? i

If you do, you could take that quicktime to a video track above the others, reduce it down to a small overlay, and match each clip cut by cut to that output by eye.

I’ve had to reconstruct project for folks that “captured now” without timecode, then had to recapture when their hard drive died.

This is why after capture, especially without timecode machine control, I make a backup of the files. Hard drives are in virtually unlimited supply, but my patience is a nonrenewable resource.

[David Mosquera keith]

Hi Steven i actually wish i had an output of the timeline, as it was finished work…but the hard drive just died without giving any signs and i guess that ill learn from this one the hard way!

Thanks Dave Mosquera

[David Mosquera keith]

Hi John this sounds good, the files are long ones.

Im trying this but i cant seem to find the modify/timecode is it in the main viewer or under the motion tab??

could you please point me out the steps in wich i should be doing this?should i first reconnect and then modify the timecode or the other way around?

I would apreciate if you could be more specific

Thanks David Mosquera

[David Mosquera keith]

Ups! i realize you meant know, ive been trying this but havent got the result i hoped, when i go to modify then timecode i get a menu :

where it says Frame To Set: either Current or First (?) ( does this matter? )

then there is the option of Source or aux timecode to be modified ( wich one is it?)

oh and doing this ive actually broken a video file, it doesnt recognize it as a video file anymore…( so be carefull people doing this!)

Saludos Dave.