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Problem batch capturing with Avid Xpress pro
Hey y’all.
Help please. I am currently re-capturing my project after a nasty G-tech drive failure. I’m using Avid Xpress Pro – Academic version on a Mac and when i try to capture using batch capture (so that all my reference points and notes and such match), I’m having problems.
I tried to capture a short subclip and that worked OK. But when I tried to capture the 40 minute master clip, the application went through the whole process and then right at the end puts up a box saying something like
“capture unsuccessful. exception: DIG_TOO_SHORT”Then it gives the options – RETRY – SKIP CLIP – SKIP TAPE – ABORT,
none of which seem likely to help me in my efforts.The other potential issue is that the application is adding .new.01
to any clips it recaptures. Might this cause a problem when trying
to match things up?Thanks in advance.
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5 Replies
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Are you recpaturing the sequence or the original master clips? Capturing a sequence or a subclip will create .new.
Also make sure you have your capure settings set for longer than your longest clip – enter 60. That may have changed with your crash.
Michael
Michael Phillips
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Thanks Michael…
Roger on the subclip situation. That was just to test the water.
I’ll try changing the capture setting as you suggested.
Jason.
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Seems to me that you are batch digitizing your sequence rather than the 40 minute clip…that would create new clips with the new.01 label…otherwise you should just highlight the clip…batch dig the 40 minute clip (provided you have room on one drive) and your sequence will come back to life…just heads up for future…break that 40 minute clip into smaller clips with overlapping TC(i never dig more than 2-3 min a clip)
Avid Editor
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Okay, I’ve gotten past the new.01 problem.
and I reset the maximum capture length to 60 as suggested.
I am definitely capturing the master clip and having major headaches.
I have managed to capture a few shorter master clips successfully but for some reason, the longer ones are giving me major headaches.It’s giving me just about every excuse there is:
“capture aborted due to disconituity in time code”
“capture aborted – DIG_TOO_SHORT”
“file ….cannot be deleted. it is too busy”None of which make sense. There is no time code break in any if the
clips I have tried to re-capture.Any ideas?
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If, when you captured the clip the first time, you just let the deck roll until the tape ran out then you can actually get a frame or two at the end of the clip that are really beyond what’s on the tape.
The best thing to do in that case (I almost always do this with batch capturing entire tape clips) is to modify the clip and decrement the end timecode by a small amount, maybe 10 frames.
To do this:
1) Highlight clip(s) in bin
2) Clip -> Modify
3) Select ‘Decrement Timecode’
4) Choose ‘End’ and enter ’10’
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