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Removing Timestamp from DV footage
I’ve been through Sony’s forums and various topics online looking for an answer to this.
I have some DV footage that was sent in form Europe. It’s NTSC and shot on Sony MiniDV (60 min). I do not know which camera was used to shoot the footage. Anyway, after capturing, i noticed the Date and Time are in the captured .avi. I have been told that I need to set this to ‘off’ on my DSR-11, then capture. Well, the DATA CODE option on the DSR is set to “off” for camera. On just makes an extra timestamp. I don’t know for sure if the tape I have is a dub, but I had the thought that if it were a dub, perhaps whoever converted it, did so by use of analog out instead of firewire, therefore burning the stamp into the dubbed tape. I really don’t know. Is there a way for me to tell if the timestamp is burnt into the footage withing Vegas(6)?
Thanks in advance
~Deirdre
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3 Replies
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The capture would not have the meta data showing on screen, so your theory that it’s an analog dub is most likely correct.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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It’s possible that the date/time was set to be visible on the original camera, in which case your only option is to mask it out.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Thanks guys for the prompt response. I ended up blowing the footage up so that the stamp was outside safety. The quality didn’t appear to suffer to terribly. There’s another tape from this guy for a future show, and it has the stamp on it as well. Joy. I’ve notified the person who hired him so that this doesn’t happen in the future.
Thanks again for the input =)
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