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Timecode & Clip Question
Hi
I’m not sure I understand something. I recently shot some footage that lasted around 45 min. But at the 15 minute mark of this music show, I had to disconnect the 110 power, connect a battery and take the camera outside to listen to what I had just taped – for a possible sound issue. When I plugged everything back in, all went as normal.
Now when I got back to the studio and started the log and capture, it too went normal. After I finished the 45 min log and capture procedure, I put the captured clip into the viewer to watch it. Everything was fine, but the clip stops where the camera stopped. It seemed as if there was 30 minutes missing.
But I went to my scratch folded and the clip is there in it’s entirety. I don’t recall this ever happening? If there is a timecode break, doesn’t it continue the capture anyway? That’s the way it looked when I was capturing the tape. I have the preference set to ignore timecode breaks too.
At this point, all the footage is there in the scratch folder. But only 15 minutes of it shows up in the browser. How do I get the rest of the 30 min clip in the browser? I wouldn’t drag it out of the capture scratch folder and put in the browser would I? It would then be missing from the capture scratch folder.
Can the media manager fix this?Thanks for any help!
Jonny Cates
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3 Replies
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Just import the clip into the project. File-Import.
Depending on the camera, many consumer and prosumer cams will reset the TC with every power cycle.Chris Tompkins
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Hey Chris,
Well, that did not work. I went to file, import, file…and it imported only the first 15 minutes again. But if I go and look at that file in the scratch disc folder, I can watch the whole 45 minutes from there.
What would happen if I took it out of the scratch disc folder, and dragged/dropped it in the browser?If worse comes to worse, I guess I can throw the clip away and re-capture the whole tape again. But this time do it with a start-stop capture to make two separate clips. Hate to do that….
Any more suggestion?I do appreciate the input…
Jonny
Jonny Cates
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Well Chris…
I think I figured this out, but I don’t know how or why. I went to my capture scratch folder, and drug the clip out of the capture scratch folder onto my desktop. I then stuck it in the browser, and all 45 minutes showed up!
I then took the clip back out of the browser, and stuck it back into the capture scratch folder, and did the file, import thing as you said. It worked then. All 45 minutes now show up, where it wouldn’t before.
I guess it was still referencing the original time code break from the original log and capture? Only changed when it was taken out of that folder and put back again. Weird.Thanks again…
Jonny
Jonny Cates
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