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Offline clips VS recaptured media. TC MISMATCH!!
There must be a reason and solution for this…
I have inherited a project of multiclipped, offline media. Unfortunately, all the footage was deleted so i recaptured everything. Looking at the media start and end points of the offline files, they all start 00:00:00:00, but the timecode on the tapes are all over the place, so nothing can be reconnected…
Would the editor (whom i inherited the project from) have done something to make the media start points all 00:00:00:00 (not the source timecode)?… Is it something to do with synching-up while multi-clipping? Or is it something i havent thought about?
How can i change the media start and end points?
I’m using FCP Version 6.0.
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Typically when I see 00 timecode, it means it came from a rendered Quicktime file, not a tape.
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I believe if you capture with device control switched off (as you might be inclined to do with a tape full of broken timecode) then all clips will start with 00:00:00:00
In Avid, if I encountered this I would (after swearing a lot) capture the whole tapes in from the beginning to end (with TC switched off) and then (hoping I had a tape copy or something of the previous edit, or even sound) would find a ‘coincidence’ point on the original (now lost) media and my new (recaptured) media. I would work out what the timecode was in the original clip, and I would modify my captured clip’s timecode to match that. Then I would relink.
I have no idea how realistic that proposal is in FCP. Also, it requires that you have a tape or something of the earlier edit so you have a reference to what should be there.
If you have no reference at all, then I’d say you’re probably out of luck really.
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