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No timecode on monitor
Hello all,
I searched for this but couldn’t find it – I’m monitoring my video via a DSR-11 (which seems to be working fine) to a Sony 14″ NTSC monitor but I no longer get my timeline timecode displayed. (Just –:–.–:– ). In 7 years of FCP use I’ve never had this happen before and I can’t for the life of me figure out how it happened or how to get it back. I’ve tried opening other projects, restarting all hardware, checked the manuals, you name it, but I’m at a total loss. I suspect it’s something stupidly simple – can someone help me out??
Thanks in advance.
pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.9 / FCP 5.1.4 / QT 7.1.6
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13 Replies
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tc > ext?
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[JeremyG] “tc > ext?”
where? on the DSR-11? That’s just for recording purposes and only has meaning if it’s set to record DVCAM instead of DV SP.
Or did you mean something else?
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.9 / FCP 5.1.4 / QT 7.1.6
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What i meant was to set the tc to external so it’s looking for an outside tc source and not generating it’s own.
I haven’t used a DSR-11 in years, and actually I had no idea that you could display timeline tc through it. How did you manage that in the first place?
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When the DSR-11 is set up to output to an external monitor, you just hit the “display” button on the remote and voila! There the timecode is on the monitor. Just like when I log and capture, I can see the tape timecode on the monitor. When the “display” function is ON, the timecode of the timeline is shown when the timeline is selected. For example, when I do a PRINT TO VIDEO, I leave the display selected so I can monitor the timecode of the timeline on the monitor while I’m recording.
Too many uses of the word TIME in that last paragraph.
Any other ideas?
pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.9 / FCP 5.1.4 / QT 7.1.6
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I had no idea timeline tc was possible from FCP, so I am out of ideas.
I knew about the display button, but it was always for looking at tc coming from tape, not coming out of FCP, but this was 3 version of FCP ago. A lot has changed since then.
Jeremy
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Well thanks anyway, Jeremy, for your time. I appreciate it.
Anyone else?? PLEASE??
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.9 / FCP 5.1.4 / QT 7.1.6
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Well, I have a trick on how to get timeline timecode output to the DSR-11 when laying back to tape. But I have never seen behavior where TC will playback from the deck without a tape in it.
You must have found some deep hidden bug.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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I had no idea it was such a strange thing…I’ve been doing it for the 4 years I’ve had the deck…go figure…I really want it back!
pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.9 / FCP 5.1.4 / QT 7.1.6
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Thanks for the response – what’s the trick for getting timeline timecode during tape layback?
I’d be most grateful to have even that functionality back.pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.9 / FCP 5.1.4 / QT 7.1.6
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Phil,
There’s a switch on the front of the deck called “wireless/remote,” play with that. it can shut off the remote.
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