DV Timeline

[Blast1]

To make sure you have continous time code when you stop, start, turn off, unload/reload tape, is to overshoot each clip by a few seconds, then monitor the tape TC when you turn the cam on or continue the shoot, if it says “0” go into the VCR mode and position the tape a slight bit into the previous clip, TC in consumer DV cams always starts at “0” if there is a break or uses the TC from the last read frame before new recording.
A way to get continous TC from the fragmented tapes is to a dub to another camcorder and make a copy, it will have continous TC.

[Prochris]

Thanks for that
But sadly I don’t currently have access to another camcorder, so for now I can’t do that. Do you, or does anyone else know of any way (apart from the one mentioned above) to fix a broken timeline? Surely there must be a program or an option in Premiere?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated, as this could save me a lot of time and trouble (and money), that could be put to much better use.

Thanks again, Chris

I’m lost…

[Blast1]

If you capture all the clips on a tape and put them on the timeline in order and export back to tape the timecode will be continous.