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Fixing Varicam 2 frame offset in FCP
A few weeks ago in the Panasonic Varicam forum, there was a thread concerning the 2 frame audio/video offset caused by the varicam. We’re presently dealing with this problem and Leo gave the solution of simply resetting the audio and video offset at ingest. I can’t find where to access FCP’s offset control. I thought it would be in the capture preset or the device control preset settings, but to no avail. I have Leo’s post quoted below. Please help.
Many thanks,
neilLeo’s post:
This is why FCP has offset control. As I mentioned, we prefer to set this in FCP as material is ingested, then you are working with material in perfect sync through out the edit.
When the picture and rough audio are cut, we generally send a Quick Time to the Audio Suite for sweetening and music mixing. The audio Engineer returns the finished audio file which simply replaces the original audio tracks.
Best regards,
Leo
Director/Cinematographer
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Try this:
1. Go to Audio/Video settings
2. Select Device Control Presets Tab
3. Select the preset you want to use
4. Duplicate and rename as “Varicam w/2fr off” or somthing like that
5. Do a test capture with visible timecode
6. Adjust the “capture offset” value so captured timecode in viewer window matches visible timecode value.
7. If you’re outputting to that deck, check the playback offset value as well so you’re outputting to the correct frame.As a general rule, I ALWAYS DO THIS TEST when using a deck for the first time or when software has been updated.
There’s nothing worse that capturing 2500 clips in a feature only to find out every clip is one frame out of sync!Good luck,
ThomWe all owe our jobs to Philo T. Farnsworth .
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