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Q: Batch Digitize rewinds beyond preroll settings. How can I control this?
Hello Cowpers-
I am onlining a DV-based project and am having difficulty Batching clips that have in-points close to the start of time code. I set the preroll to 2 secs and instead of gently easing up to the in, my -45 floors it to the no man’s land before the timecode (this was shot on consumer MiniDV, so..it’s not as sexy as code-perfect telecine masters from Deluxe, but it pays my indie editor’s rent so I endure..different post lol).. and Batching stalls.
I have 422 control and a decent deck, settings seem to be where they need to be. What am I missing? I don’t want to do it the other way. Please help me get this project out of here!
Thanks. Pardon allusions to the abyss. If you were sitting here with me you’d be tying shirtsleeves around your head and rappelling down the building like John Rambo.
Bee
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3 Replies
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Sorry. That’s not a DV related issue. Just a issue across the board for any controller. If you don’t have 5 seconds at least, it’s tough. You can cue up the problematic shots yourself and it should inch toward it. But all decks slow down at different rates, and RS-422 can’t precisely know what that is.
If this is a consistently problematic issue, you need to do some client educating. This is a problem created by user error. Usually by the camera op rewinding to look at a shot. First, the camera needs to keep rolling a good 10 seconds after the shot if they’re going to keep doing that, so that it can be cued up with a large margin for error. Prestriping the tape will generally ensure consisten TC too. However it won’t guarantee no breaks in TC. Just that if someone does accidentally cue it up wrong after a shot, there will be TC to assemble off of.
And you can always make a dub of the tape from DV to DV and you’ll get new clean TC on the new tape.
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Got it, Bret. Thanks for responding. When I work with this particular client again, I’ll double up on my tape stock and dub it all at the outset.
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Maybe you can pre stripe some tape for them next time.
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