Timecode breaks where there are none? Problems with FCP or Cameras or Decks?

[Michael Gissing]

No-one has mentioned reference video so I will.

If you don’t have a sync reference going to your capture card and deck then expect phantom breaks.

I don’t have these issues except when capturing HDV as I have been using a camera via firewire. Digi beta and HDCam are fine with my Decklink card all on house sync. HDV has its own unique issues with timecode and camera stops which helps to cloud the issue.

If you have no house sync, then your card should generated a sync signal to feed into the deck.

[Connie Simmons]

HI. I am using the AJA Gen 10 for reference sync – hooked to JH-3 deck and the IOHD. It is set to HD on the top 2 switches and I have tried different combinations of connections. No luck. The AJA Control Panel is set to Ref In.

Best, Connie

[Alan Balkwill]

I have been having the same problem when doing a down convert from our PDW-70 XDCAM deck over to Final Cut through log and capture. I feel must be a problem with Final Cut. I have been trying differnt things but still say time code break.
Alan

[Mark Maness]

Are you using firewire capture or RS-422?

If using RS-422, just set your prefs to “Warn After Capture”. Otherwise, it sounds like someone hasn’t setup the timecode properly on the camera.

One more thing to consider… Has the camera been set to “Cache Record”?

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[Connie Simmons]

HI. I had this issue when I was capturing HDCAM footage from a Sony F-900 using a Sony JH-3, a KONA 3 card, an AJA Gen Lock and capturing using the ProRes HQ codec. There were lots of broken timecodes – sometimes after 3 secs.

Apple kept saying it might be a problem with ProRes.

I bought an AJA IOHD, same drill, and the footage captured perfectly. AJA was great, BTW. Good luck. Very frustrating.

Best, Connie

[Lin Brummett]

Has anyone found a solution to this issue? We primarily shoot on P2 so digitize is not something we do much of but I just got 11 HDCAM tapes of aerial footage and I am experiencing quite an number of phantom timecode breaks on shots where there aren’t breaks. We are capturing to a local external hard drive connected via FW 800, house sync is going to the Kona 3 card and Sony HDW 1800 deck.

Thanks for the help.

Lin Brummett