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Settings for Mastering to Pan. 1200a deck?
I have read a couple of threads here discussing hi def mastering to a Panasonic 1200a deck from FCP and I still have one question:
What are the correct 1200a menu settings for mastering to the 1200a via SDI and ensuring that the timecode on the master tape matches the timeline timecode? I understand from reading here that this requires a firewire connection for the timecode in addition to the SDI connection for A/V. But the menu selects in the 1200a aren’t obvious – at least not to me – for how to do this.
The deck’s menu item 507, “Timecode Source,” doesn’t provide an option to choose firewire for timecode. Menu item 600, “Video In,” does provide a firewire option but I want my video signal to be delivered via SDI, not firewire.
Can ye great sages here please tell me what menu settings you use to do this successfully? Oh, and I assume this procedure does require that I select the timecode channel along with the audio and video channel inside of FCP to be output during mastering? That seems obvious but I figured I would ask.
(I don’t have a deck in-house or I would just experiment with this.)
Thanks.
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7 Replies
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If you’re gonna plug it in anyways, why don’t you just use Firewire for video? There’s no reason not to.
When I had a 1200A, I use “Print to Video” and manually hit record on the deck. Doing this recorded the proper timecode. That was with FCP5 though. I don’t know if it still works with 6.
Sean
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My understanding is that mastering Hi Def via SDI is more reliable but I have no independent knowledge about that. Is that wrong?
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[Ron Craig] ” Is that wrong?”
Yes, that is wrong. The unreliability issue has to do with old versions of Final Cut not always detecting the deck on FW. Since you’re using FW anyways for deck control, the issue is moot.
Sean
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Thanks, Sean.
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No problem. I don’t know if you can do what I did though using FCP6. I’m surprised someone who doesn’t currently own a 1200a hasn’t chimed in.
Sean
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Well, the work day is still going on. Maybe after cocktail time we’ll get some other takers. Thanks again for your help.
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I have a completely different workflow…mostly since I don’t have the firewire option on my deck and I can’t find one anywhere…even Panasonic.
I bought a Horita Timecode extractor that takes the machine control out of the KONA breakout plus a composite video feed, then generates the timecode off the sequence as it plays back. I put the deck in external regen, crash record on the deck and hit play on the timeline. It lays down audio and video with HDSDI and timecode from the RS422 remote cable feeding the Horita box.
Clinky? Maybe….but without Assemble edit it the only way I could think of to make timecode matching outputs. Cannot insert edit however…
Works for us.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media
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