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Timecode issue with capture now
Using the “capture now” setting, everytime there is a break in the timecode, FCP will automatically create a new clip.
I used the capture now setting to capture all of my footage from an HD feature film recently. the media in my project unexpectedly went offline and I noticed something strange when attempting to reconnect it.
I realized that the “media end” timecode displayed in the browser, for each clip, indicates that the clips end before there is a break in the timecode. However, the actual media files on my harddrive extend about a second and a half longer than indicated in the “media end” column and I can tell, when watching each clip, that they continue a few frames after the camera stopped recording on set and then began again.
As I am attempting to reconnect my footage, FCP is warning me that it will reconnect to those files but that the attributes will be changed (media end time will be different.)
If I hit continue anyway, it reconnects my footage, but the video file extends past where the original break in timecode was.
My concern is that if I edit my film after reconnecting my footage this way, if I go back and recapture footage for an online, there will be lots of timecode errors because the clips are now extending past timecode breaks as opposed to ending before them, as FCP originally had them set to do. Should I be worried about this?
When I capture uncompressed HD for my online, will FCP capture only the footage used in the final timeline, or will it capture entire clips and run into these timecode issues?
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2 Replies
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Capture now should never be used in a professional workflow. I think it is designed for non controllable sources.
Letting FCP do the numbers work in your logging game is a bit of gamble.
I think that footage should be properly logged and batch capture used. The larger the project the more important it is.
Capture now is like building a house on sand.
David
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Another huge benefit I found to properly logging, is that you can SAVE your logged in/out points. If anything goes wrong while batch capturing, you can just start over by just clicking ‘batch capture’ instead of having to go through the entire process of marking in/out.
Happy capturing!
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