KiPro and timecode

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Alex Desrial] “Do you make one Kipro to become a dedicated master time code ? “

You can, yes.

[Alex Desrial] “In which you don’t expect to record video to the unit. “

Why not record video too?

[Alex Desrial] “Isn’t it possible to have 6 cameras with 6 Kipros, and use one of the Ki become TC master while also doing recording. “

Sure.

[Alex Desrial]

Hi Jeremy,

I am just curious why Michael have 7 Kipros where he only has 6 cameras to record from and actually 6 kipro enough for him.

Love to know the idea behind it that my also be helpful for my reference.

Could you share with me Michael ?

Thank you

Alex Desrial
MediaIntegra – Jakarta

[Michael Craven]

[Alex Desrial] “I am just curious why Michael have 7 Kipros where he only has 6 cameras to record from and actually 6 kipro enough for him.”

We used a KiPro for each of the 6 cameras and 1 for the line cut coming from the switcher. Everything worked great.

[Jesse Miller]

from the latest version of the kipro manual, this bit here makes me think you CANNOT use the kipro to send timecode out:

“Note: the Ki Pro LTC output does not provide output during EE
or recording operations; the output is only for use during playback, as might be used
for dubbing content to another device with matching timecode. For timecode to
multiple Ki Pro units, the use of a timecode generator and a timecode distribution
amplifier is recommended.”

right? no timecode out on the LTC during playback or EE operations means that you are SOL if you want to daisychain, or use the kipro as a master.

i am shooting a multicamera gig where we will be on freerun (recording internally to the cameras but a live cut to the kipro) and i had hoped to use the kipro as the master, but after reading that, sounds like i will have to use a camera as the master.

please correct me, i hope that i am wrong…

[Jeremy Garchow]

[jesse miller] “please correct me, i hope that i am wrong…”

In this case, you are not wrong (unless you have one KiPro with a really long tc file on it and using that as tc master). It is different from the original scenario posted in February.

What cameras are you using?

[Jesse Miller]

using ex3’s. guess i will have to use one of them as the master.

with all the awesomeness of the kipro, it is a total bummer that the seductive ‘ltc out’ is dead except during playback.

someone should mention that to the product manager.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[jesse miller] “with all the awesomeness of the kipro, it is a total bummer that the seductive ‘ltc out’ is dead except during playback.

someone should mention that to the product manager.”

It’s not a tc generator, nor does it claim to be I don’t think. It’s best to have one source of tc, rather than loop.

If the setup is possible, you can loop tc through cameras and set each KiPro to steal tc via SDI.

Should get you close, but a proper tc generator is, of course, always the best way to go.

Jeremy