Dealing with Reality Show timecode breaks…

[Bouke Vahl]

no, you cannot. FCP does NOT support that. Workaround:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=26

Now explain how you put a deck in “external Tc mode”.
Being around for about 22 years, i’ve never been able to do this…

Bouke

http://www.videoToolShed.com
smart tools for video pro’s

[Martin Baker]

Yep makes sense.

By the sound of it, if your software had the option to forget about the Aux TC track and just create a main TC track from the audio TC then you’d gain a whole new market for reality shows.

Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
Unique plug-ins and tools for Apple Pro Apps
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Avid2FCP
For Avid editors learning FCP

[Brendan Thompson]

Personally I’ve never had it miss more than a second and definately not a whole take. Sometimes the deck demands more preroll (like diging from a HVR-Z1u camera) but I believe that has nothing to do with avid or FCP.

[Bouke Vahl]

Would be possible, but that also means loosing the original tape name, as i don’t have access to that. (yet…). No problem i would guess, as loosing the original TC means no redigging anyways.

But why? What is the advantage of loosing the normal TC? It’s just a single click to switch to AUX tc…

Bouke

http://www.videoToolShed.com
smart tools for video pro’s

[Martin Baker]

In this situation if the main TC track is redundant, then having to remember to switch to the Aux TC track is an extra hassle and opens the possibility for mistakes to be made.

OTOH if you can’t keep the original reel info then the change wouldn’t be worth doing anyway.

Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
Unique plug-ins and tools for Apple Pro Apps
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Avid2FCP
For Avid editors learning FCP