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Capturing free run timecode into separate clips
Hey editing peeps!
Ive had a thorough look thru this forum and cont find any answers to getting free run recorded timecode into premiere successfully, so here’s my plea::
I’ve just completed a shoot using a Sony Z1 where we recorded external sound, therefore i switched to “Free Run” timecode option and synced the camera and audio recorder. They stayed in sync the whole day which is great, however now i cant work out how to get Premiere CS4 to capture each scene independantly, so the clips can be dropped into the timeline and the correct time they were recorded…
Then I need to know how to drop the clips into the timeline so they drop into the correct positions. I’ve dont this process quite easilt using FCP with a Panasonic P2 camera…
please help so i can try and solve this annoying issue with Premiere
speak soon
Brendan Brotz
Editor / DOP / DirectorBrendan Krotz
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6 Replies
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If you want to drop them in the timeline in order, go to your your project panel, scroll right and hit the media start tab at the top of the panel. Then select all the clips and drag them over to the timeline, that should be it.
Vince Becquiot
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hey vince,
thanks for yr response. however at this stage, it’s the fact that premiere captures the HDV tape as 1 entire clip, not detecting new scenes or start/stops, so i need to work out how to overcome this first, so i can import individual clips, then use your recommendation….
any clues?
Brendan Krotz
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So when you capture from start to end of a tape, and capture across timecode breaks (due to the free run setting)…the timecode generated my PPro doesn’t follow the breaks?
And thus you can’t matchup the audio easily?
Alex
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yeah that’s exactly it alex! it captures it as 1 continuous timecode starting at 00:00:00:00 instead of the respected timecode on the tape. so there’s no way of matching the audio, esp since we didn’t record audio onto camera….
any clues?
Brendan Krotz
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Sadly premiere pro ain’t do pro in the free run timecode arena. 🙁
If you shot on the P2 media you’d be fine, but tape bass ingest just can’t work with free run timecode. Try 1 of these two things. Use HDVsplit to capture and at least have all your clips as separate clips. I think it’s only on PC. Try to capture in segments and do an old school batch capture. Make sure you have at least 3 sec run up to your in points. HDV timecode is a bit screwy so you might need to manually sync in the timeline.
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Hey Jon,
Thanks for the tip on HDVSplit, it’s working a treat so far and splitting all new scenes into new files with time stamped file names. I thought Premiere could do this as well, but I couldnt get the “Scene Detect” option lit up in the capture window….
So now I have all the scenes, do I need to sync them in the timeline manually with the timestamp on the file?
Brendan Krotz
Director | Editor | DOP
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