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  • How to export to DVCAM tape with timecode from Premiere CS 6?

    Posted by Ramandeep Dhillon on October 12, 2013 at 4:54 am

    I am having trouble with this, I need to give a dvcam tape with proper timecode to a television station for a show I edit. I am editing for this station for last 7 years, before it was betacam delivery, but now they changed to DVCAM. I have premiere pro 6 (or CC) and SONY HVR M15U deck. I connected it via firewire, then realized firewire can’t export timecode. Now I am in a pickle.

    Possible solutions (may be):
    buy a card, send other signal like SDI to the deck?
    buy new deck?

    Please help. I can print to tape via firewire, but how can I print timecode.

    thanks,

    Ramandeep

    Chris Tompkins replied 12 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 7 Replies
  • 7 Replies
  • Piotr Niemcewicz

    October 12, 2013 at 8:04 am

    HVR m15 have 9-pin remote control?

  • Ramandeep Dhillon

    October 12, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    No, HVR M 15 doesn’t have 9 pin remote control. It has one pin (like earphone slot) for remote.

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  • Shane Ross

    October 12, 2013 at 10:47 pm

    Then no. Without RS-422, you cannot output timecode to the deck like you can digibeta.

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  • Ramandeep Dhillon

    October 13, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Thanks Shane,

    Does anyone know, which is the best setup to do this. Which DVCAM deck should I buy and which card for the computer, that should work with Premiere CS6/CC.
    thanks

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  • Piotr Niemcewicz

    October 14, 2013 at 8:24 am

    For pro task use pro gear.

    For SD : DSR-1500 – cheap and good i buy used (in half 2012) for 1000 GBP – full options, Analog in/out board and SDI, low hours
    For HDV: HVR-1500 – litte expensive, but i found used close 3000 USD

    for hdv i have JVC-BR-HD50 – i don’t use hdv format – deck for sell (800 GBP) – not used for almost 2 years

  • Thomas Mcintosh

    October 14, 2013 at 8:27 am

    As long as it’s just a linear timecode, just preset it on the camera/deck to match a Premiere timeline with the right timecode (with the caveat below of a 1 second difference). Here are my instructions to myself that I’ve saved for using a Sony Z1:

    In VCR mode

    Press menu

    Go to TC/UB SET menu

    Set TC MAKE to PRESET

    Make sure TC RUN is set to REC RUN

    Set the timecode in TC PRESET

    VERY IMPORTANT:
    Set the timecode preset to 1 second (25 frames) BEFORE the starting timecode of the sequence in Premiere, as there’s an unsurmountable 1 second delay (what’s at 0:00:00:00 on the Premiere timeline will be recorded on-camera at 0:00:01:00)

    Thus, if the Premiere timeline starts at 0:59:00:00, set the camera to 0:58:59:00

  • Chris Tompkins

    October 14, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    This is what I was going to suggest, set the TC on the deck. Assemble edit.

    Chris

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