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Timecode breaks when there are no Timecode breaks
Hi there
I’ve been getting this a lot lately where I’m capturing and FCPro reports a Break in Timecode when there is actually nothing wrong with the Timecode.
If I cancel the capture, rewind the tape a little and restart the capture to see if the break appears again – the capture goes fine without any break.
Could this be a problem with my Decklink card?
I seem to remember having this problem with Firewire captures too.Anyone else having this problem?
Thanks
RoryRory Hinds
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what deck are you using – I have had simmiliar problems with J3 player (but I blame the player 😛 )
-Kaspar
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Hey Kaspar
I’m getting this problem on a DVWA500P (Digibeta), Panasonic 1200A (DVCProHD) and with Firewire and the DVXA100.
I’m thinking its a Final Cut Pro problem – a major one
Any thoughts?
Rory
Rory Hinds
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When this happens do you have any other programs open? I noticed this when we weree trying to do a render in one program and capture in FCP or Decklink. By closing the program and restarting, the propblem went away. That happened with a Panasonic AJHD 150 eck or even recording in capture now with the camera.
jw
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Unfortunatly I have not captured anything from DVWA500P for a while – I think I did that 4.5 and then it worked nice – but I have edit to tape with this machine and then evrything has gone smoothly
-Kaspar
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Since it’s happening on more than one deck…. I’d trash prefs and cache for FCP. Run the BM uninstaller and re-install those drivers. And maybe reseat your Decklink card for good measure.
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This is a longtime problem with FW sources, especially miniDV shot on “prosumer” camcorders (in that case, usually switching decks will work). Being on D-Beta through DL is cause for concern.
Trash all prefs, uninstall, and reinstall BM drivers.
If that doesn’t help, delete and reinstall FCP.
Failing that, ACK, back it ALL up and wipe the system/apps drive, reinstall the operating system and everything else.
Finally, and this should be done periodically in any event, backup media drives, and do a full format (write zeros to all sectors). This will take any bad sectors out of use.
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Wow, I got this error with some Beta-SP tapes. I thought it was a problem with the recording of those tapes, something related to dropframe or the timecode track. I decided to use the capture now option, and got clips with a distinct timecode progression if compared with same segments in the tape. It hapens just with some tapes every time I try to capture from them. Sometimes I miss my old and good Media 100. It never happened when capturing from DV tapes through FireWire and DV-NTSC Easy Setup.
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