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Drop Frame vs. Non-Drop Frame in Capture
Hey all,
I was capturing on-the-fly last night. I successfully captured two clips in a row. On the third capture I got an error message saying the machine was expecting a Non-Drop Frame and that the tape was a Drop Frame. Something to that effect. Any ideas why this popped up after I had already successfully captured a couple clips?
Thanks,
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2 Replies
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Either because the material does have a combination of drop or non drop or perhaps it is switching to your default settings for logging (deck settings).
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Capturing from MiniDV perhaps? The only times I’ve had this error have been from MiniDV camera tapes with numerous time-code breaks (even using a DSR-2000 deck). Just re-name the tape -DF or -NDF, and go (and remember that location on the tape if you have to go back to it for up-rezzing). Not sure why the Avid has a tendency to intermittantly read DF & NDF codes from the same MiniDV tape…
If you’re not using MiniDV, but Digi or SP, the problem is not internal within the system, but external in that someone has in fact mixed DF& NDF codes on the same tape. Avid hasn’t failed me yet when it comes to reading correct code on Beta formats.
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