Live Capture, Non Control, with Time Code

[Chad Tingle]

[Tucker Quenette] “Trying to get FCP6 on my laptop to capture off a deck as a non-controllable device AND maintain the timecode on the deck.”

That’s not possible.. you cannot acquire time code without some kind of machine control i.e firewire, rs422 or rs232. The machine control is what transfers the time code track from your tape to FCP.

Chad Tingle
Producer/Editor

[Tucker Quenette]

Thanks for the response, Chad.

Someone in our crew came up with the option to replace a windows laptop with Premiere about an hour ago and we are scrambling to see if we can make a MBP with FCP usable as it would save us a few hours in our preparation time for post.

I guess we will have to keep on researching and try again if an option becomes available.

Thanks,

T

[Michael Sacci]

how are you connecting the deck to the laptop?

[Bouke Vahl]

If you have timecode somewhere in the neighbourhood, you can use a black box to convert LTC to 422, and have FCP look at that.

Besides black boxes, my latest version of LTC reader outputs 422 as well. You can run it on any computer you like, and it could run in the background of the FCP machine capturing.

Contact me direct if you want to toy with it,
bouke at videotoolshed dot com

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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[Tucker Quenette]

we connect through firewire 6pin to 6pin. side note, premiere was able to connect as a noncontrollable and maintain timecode

[Bouke Vahl]

If you connect over firewire, why not just do a ‘capture now’?

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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[Rafael Amador]

In FW, the TC goes on the stream.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Tucker Quenette]

as a controllable device, capture now basically “hits stop on the deck” and fcp gives you an error message. as a non controllable device, the location where the decks timecode should be has disappeared and when you hit “capture now” you get footage that does not contain the deck’s timecode.

very unusual problem for me to not have a function in fcp that is a function available in premiere

[Rafael Amador]

So set “Non controllable device” in the capture settings.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Tucker Quenette]

setting to “non controllable device” removes the timecode coming off the deck – this is the problem i am trying to remedy – i want to set as “non controllable device” AND maintain timecode, as i am able to in premiere

thanks,

t