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HDV Timecode Issues
Well after getting my stutter problems resolved. My main problem now is that i have captured around 10 tapes worth of footage in DV quality from my HDV camera and now i guess i have to go through and capture it at HDV quality using batch capture. PROBLEM: Everytime there is a cut in the tape FCP5 freaks out and starts a new clip even though prefs have been set to not “freak out” or start a new clip and to warn after capture. Anyone know why FCP5 is being sooooo picky with HDV and not DV?
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Because of HDVs MPEG-2 compression scheme. Capturing HDV will always cause it to break up the clips on camera start-stops. because the mpeg-2 data flow has been interrupted.
Nature of the beast.
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I thought that maybe the case and i could actually live with it but i just found it is doing it randomly as well as on tape cuts. Is there a way i can get around it and make it dismiss timecode?
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You might try to set your device control to UNCONTROLLED DEVICE and then press play from the camera. But doing this is dangerous. TC is a VITAL thing.
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Thanks for your quick reply Shane. Yeah i’m aware of the importance of timecode but getting it done at this point in time is crucial looks like i’m going to have to sit through and capture each clip manually. Tried turning off the controllable deck but it won’t let u in the HDV setting i guess a few late nights are in order!
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