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Time Code and Blacken using FCP 6 and a Sony DvCam deck
I’m trying to get the a Sony DSR-1500A set up to use with Final Cut Pro 6 and am having problems with Striping tapes. AS far as I can tell I have FC working with the deck but the deck is recording color bars and tone with the timecode. The bars are different from the FC ones so I’m sure it’s coming from the deck. I can’t find anything telling me how to shut the color bars off in the deck. If there is no tape in the deck I get the tone and color bars on the monitor. Goes black when I put the tape in. When I use the FC edit to tape and Black and code button all seems well until I get it running, I see and it records the bars and tone. Any idea of what the settings would be on the deck to stop this and what it should be at for FC Pro??
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Is there a way to create internal black? On a standard digi-beta you can press and hold one of the input buttons for video and all three will light up, do the same for audio and you get black and silence. Preset your timecode and hit play/record.
I’ve used the deck your talking about for layoff but never to stripe tapes. It’s probably in the menu.
Good luck.
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It’s the deck’s internal signal generator. It’s a front panel setting labeled Input Select. If you press the video button it toggles through composite, component, S-Video, and SG (Signal Generator). To the left of that is the SDI/Ilink (FireWire) toggle.
Lee Berger
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Yes I’ve been messing around with these. Spent more time on it today. What seems to work is setting these at Composite and Analog so there is no input of either. It is a black screen and I do get the time code and operation from FC. But is this the right way to do it. Thank you by the way.
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[Len Green] “What seems to work is setting these at Composite and Analog so there is no input of either.”
Len:
Are you connected to FCP via FireWire? If so then your input should be I-Link and not the analog inputs.If you’re using an analog I/O device then you have to have a signal going into the either the composite, S-Video, or Component inputs. If there is no signal the deck won’t go into record. If you simply want to stripe the tape with black and timecode you could use the deck’s internal Black Burst Generator. Menu>Setup Menu>Video>Video>SG>BB. Then press the Set(Yes) button and select SG from the front panel video input selector.
Lee Berger
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Why not preset the TC and take FCP out of the equation all together? Just a thought. Sounds like you’re working in the right direction.
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