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Export to Tape DSR-11
This is not something I usually do so bare with me. We used a freelance camera crew to shoot serveral interviews for us in DVCAM. (not sure of the exact camera used). The crew shot the first first interview in SD widescreen 16:9 and all the rest in SD 4:3. I have to send this raw footage off to my client on the original DVCAM tapes. But my boss want me to convert the first interview to 4:3 first.
So.. I captured the first interview into Premiere, (via firewire)
then… Opened a new 4:3 dv sequence and dragged the clip into the sequence to crop it down to 4:3. No issues so far.
then… Found the exact time code to start my record to overlay the new 4:3 footage over the 16:9 footage. And did the export to tape.Ok so now here’s the problem… Nothing is being recorded to the deck. The deck cues up and the lights show that it is recording but I get nothing but black on the monitor that I have set up on the output of the deck.
What am I missing here???
Thanks Kevin.
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Hi Kevin,
First things first – are you trying to insert the “fixed” footage on the original tape? That would be flirting with disaster, as you could overwrite part of the following interview if so. Might be better to capture all the footage, then lay all footage back to tape at once using a new tape, keeping the original for safety.
As for not recording anything, I know that with the older DSR-30 deck, there was a trick to get the deck to record DV, and this might be your issue with the DSR-11 as well.
Turn the deck OFF, then power ON while holding REC and PAUSE. The deck will beep, and will then accept DV recording via Firewire. DV uses unlocked audio, while DVCAM uses locked audio, a slight difference.
Cycling the power will return deck to DVCAM mode.
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers
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