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Timecode with capture and scene detection
I’ve been trying to find some definitive documentation about what happens to timecode on tape when one captures an entire tape.
Our camera (GY-HD100) is generating free-run timecode set to time-of-day.
When I capture an entire tape into Premiere, however, using scene detection, the individual clips do not seem to preserve the time code from tape. That is, while the TC looks fine on the camera/VTR display during playback, the batch list, when exported, looks something like:
Tape 15 00;00;00;01 00;00;02;26 tape_15 24.avi
Tape 15 00;00;00;01 00;00;50;11 tape_15 03.avi
Tape 15 00;00;00;01 00;01;13;28 tape_15 45.avi
Tape 15 00;00;00;01 00;03;22;17 tape_15 32.avi
…(and in that apparently random order, too). The timecode from tape doesn’t appear anywhere that I can find.
Testing by renaming the last clip from the tape (so it goes offline) and trying to recapture it results in Premiere rewinding the entire tape to the beginning, and beginning to capture from the beginning.
Am I missing something obvious? Is there no way to have a captured clip reflect the TC from the tape?
For what it’s worth, this is a Cineform Aspect HD 720/24p project.
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2 Replies
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One thing I discovered in a previous version of Premiere was that I had to set the (tape head) IN and the (Tape tail) Out Point on the tape before it would capture Timecode as per the tape. Otherwise it generated a timecode of its own.
I always do this now whether using Scene Detect or not.
I never use Free run T/C so do not know if that is part of your issue.
I have not tried to record a tape without the above procedure in PPRO 2 to see if the TC is recorded as per tape.
Craig Howard
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Setting the in/out points doesn’t seem to help, unfortunately, at least not with scene detect and capturing a full tape. I still get every clip starting at 00;00;00;01. I still haven’t found a way to get Premiere to retain the timecode from the original tape.
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