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Insert editing greyed out
I have searched the postings, but I can’t seem to find anyone that is having the same problem as me. I am trying to do a Video/Audio Insert edit to a DV Cam tape. My deck is a Sony HDV 1080i DV cam deck. I am in editing mode, I have put an in and an out in the edit to tape window and an in on my sequence. I load the sequence into the viewer and then drag it into the Edit to Tape Window, but the Insert Edit block remains greyed out, and I can’t drag a sequence in there. I am in Firewire basic mode. Is there something I’m doing wrong or a setting I’m missing?
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You can’t insert into DV. The format doesn’t allow it.
All the best,
Tom
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[Tom Wolsky] “You can’t insert into DV. The format doesn’t allow it.”
We have a DVCam deck with Insert Edit mode.
But-you need to CONTROL the deck with RS-422 and not Firewire.
Many DV decks do not have Insert Edit as a feature..
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DV may or may not allow it. HDV probably doesn’t b/c of the long gop structure. You’ll need to print the whole tape again.
Keith Koby
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> We have a DVCam deck with Insert Edit mode.
But-you need to CONTROL the deck with RS-422 and not Firewire.Only certain advanced DV decks have this capability. It’s a trick of pre-reading and storing the DV stream.
Mind telling us which model deck you have at your shop, Thax?bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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Hi: sorry for the delay in responding, I just gave up on trying to insert edit. The manual I have for the deck says it’s a HVR-M25U/M25N/N25E/M25P, but I can’ t find a model number on the deck itself. It just says it’s an HDV deck (Sony). I can’t seem to find any specific model #.
It definitely doesn’t have an RS422 input on it.
Thanks,
Lara Johnston -
FCP6 user manual says to set the edit to tape window mode from “mastering” (the default) to “Editing” to enable insert edits.
I already screwed up my DVCAM tape by doing an assemble edit to try and fix a small portion of the tape with what I wanted to be my insert point as my in point. so, I’m re-writing them, with some more knowledge of using the edit to tape feature.You can’t use the mastering mode to tell the tape to pick up where it left off. the tape doesn’t playback properly at that point, at least it doesn’t in my Sony DSR11
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