Capturing without tape timecode

[Matthew Nelson]

Set control to uncontrolled device and use the capture now option.

[Jeremy Garchow]

That will make your life hell if you EVER need to recapture. It’s best to let FCP sort out the timecode breaks, that way you can at least get back to the footage if you need it again. The other way is to send the tape to be copied and stripe new timecode. If you can afford it that will be the easiest and best option as long as you don’t need the original timecode for anything.

Jeremy

[Matthew Nelson]

If you what to use a logged tape for your project. Capture now the entire tape as a noncontrolled device. Lay the clip in a sequence. ETT that sequence to a new tape. Capture the new tape as your master.

Letting FCP sort out TC breaks can lead to many many clips with -1 added to both the clip and reel. TC breaks can cause clips to be inside roll in. Yes you can adjust the amount of roll in but taking it to 0 is not good.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Matthew Nelson] “Letting FCP sort out TC breaks can lead to many many clips with -1 added to both the clip and reel.”

That’s a small price to pay if it will allow capture in the future. YOu can easily batch change the names of the reel in the browser after capture. Capturing with no timecode is a no no.

It’s best to clone the tape with new timecode or let FCP do it’s thing.

[Matthew Nelson]

I completely agree free captures are very risky and I am not endorsing it as a workflow. But capture now can be useful (especially if capturing broken TC on DVCPRO HD) and using it followed by ETT back to a new tape will produce a clone without the need a second deck or the cost of a dub house.

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[Matthew Nelson] “ETT back to a new tape will produce a clone without the need a second deck or the cost of a dub house.
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Dub house? ;-(

I clone tapes between my camcorder and deck.

And that saves a “pass” thru FCP… and does not tie up my computer for that re-dub time.

But, its all good, if that’s the way you like to do it.

[Matthew Nelson]

In your case the camcorder is a deck so you would fall under the category of a deck to deck solution.

I used the free capture ETT to tape then back into FCP to fix a few DVCPRO HD tapes shot using free run with a trigger happy cameraman because it was cheaper to pay the AE the extra time then rent another deck.

Just another option that’s all.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Oh man…..freerun.