preserving flagged frames

[Jeremy Garchow]

Why don’t you give them digital files? That way they are 23.98 and close to the original compression. If there’s too much to burn on a dvd-r or four, send them a firewire drive and have them send it back when they are done.

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Ewin]

Hi Jeremy,
Thank you for your reply. I’ll be giving it to a stock footage house that needs the media on tape for their archives to use again and again without storing digitally. Also, I know this should be possible so I want to figure it out.
I’ll write again if I find the solution.

[Jeremy Garchow]

i would call aja and see if they know the trick to getting the rp-188 out to tape correctly. Otherwise, I’d bill them for the cost of the firewire drive have it sit on a shelf digitally, that way they don’t have to redigitze anyway. It’s the wave of the future anyway. Cowabunga.

If you speak with aja, post back and let me know what happens.

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Gary Adcock]

[ewin] ” I know the Kona 2 should be able to lay back to tape with the frames flagged at 23.98 but I haven’t gotten it to work yet. Also, I don’t have two AJ1200 decks so I must go the Kona 2 route. Anyone else tried this or have advice on how to make it work?”

you need to turn on the User Bits setting on the deck. this is off by default with most of the 1200a decks.

If you play out a 24p timeline out of the Kona 2 it will correctly flag the content as 24 even though it is playing back at 59.94. But you need to tell the deck to read the timing.

gary adcock

Studio37
HD and Film Consultation

[Marion Laney]

Gary,
Which menu turns on the User Bits on the 1200a? Is it the one where you tell the 1200a to regen UB and TC?

Thanks in advance.
Marion

Marion Laney
Director-DP-sometimes Editor
ideaWercs, inc.
Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Food Network series “Good Eats” and others.