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reel names
Hi- Having some odd issues with FCP 5.1. Im digitizing DVCPro from the Panasonic D650 through an AJA LAi/o. Im putting the reel info in the logging tab but that info will not follow to the bin once it is digitized. Of course I am naming the bin according to reel but bin info doesnt follow the clip once it is in a sequence. BTW i dumped preferences. any ideas on what might be happening?
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Do you log and capture the clip or are you capturing now?
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In this case (long interviews), Capture Now
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Just as a test try logging and capturing a few segments.
Also, you can add reel numbers after capture.
Are you losing just the reel numbers or timecode information to? Are your tapes drop or non drop?
Jeremy
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Log and capture test was successfull; all logging info is accurate The other clips that were “captured now” have no reel and timecode is zero at the start of each clip. Certainly I can work around this but I tend to Capture now for longer chunks of stuff then make subclips later. It just works faster for me.
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I hear you. There’s been some disappearing metadata chatter on here in the past few days. The 5.1.2 update was supposed to help with metadata but it seems to have hurt it. I got bit myself after trying desperately to digitize off of firewire which i hadn’t done in a long time. It turns out that it was a drop/non drop issue that was causing my problem. There were mixed drop and non drop timecodes on these particular tapes and FCP was getting entirely too confused. I painstaking logged and captured them to match drop/non drop and kept having to switch the FCP deck control to reflect the media. It sucked. I’m not suggesting this is your problem, but it’s worth a check.
Also, when you use capture now, are you using deck control or have you changed deck control to ‘non controllable device’?
Jeremy
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I am running NDF on these tapes and the sequence was, in fact, set to DF. Sadly the switch didnt seem to make any difference. I am digitizing now with “non-controllable device” Limping along, though AJA has been quite helpful and they are looking into the issue as well. Thanks for your diligence in helping me with this matter. Cheers
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No problem with the help. I like to do it.
The sequence being drop frame won’t effect capture. No worries there.
If you digitize with non controllable, you will then definitely get zero timecode. Try setting the device control back to the AJA.
Was AJA able to repeat your findings? Great support team over there. I run a Kona 2.
Jeremy
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