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Trouble outputting frame accurately to Tape
Hi,
I’m having a problem outputting to tape: I’m using a SONY HVR-M25U Videocassete recorder that is compatible with HDV DVCAM and DV. I’m using Final Cut studio 2 (Final Cut Pro v6.03)
The sequence that I’m outputting is DV PAL 48kHz and the deck is set up to record in DV/DVCAM.
The problem is that using Assemble Edit the sequence is not being recorded at the exact In Point I specify.
For testing purposes I’ve used a sequence 20 secs long, 10 sec Colour & Tone then 10 sec Video and within the sequence there appears to be some kind ofTime Code drift so the sequence starts recording 1 frame late and the middle of the sequence is starting 4 frames early.This makes no sense to me specifically since I’ve been able to output frame accurately using the same deck in the past.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated,
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3 Replies
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Unless that deck has a 9 pin RS-422 port, you will not be able to get frame accurate control for assemble or insert editing. FW control will not be frame accurate.
Arnie
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The deck doesn’t have an RS-422 port.
Thanks for the help.
Kerryn
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Can you start with a blank tape, give yourself, say, a 20 second slug at the beginning and 30 second slug at the end, and set up your timeline’s timecode (rightclick your final sequence, go to settings, then timeline settings) so that your video starts at the appropriate timecode, and then in your edit to tape, use the timecode that Final Cut has for the timeline? (I don’t have Final Cut on this computer to double check exactly what you would have to do, but I believe you can tell it to use your timecode upon editing to tape). Just make sure you give yourself plenty of time before bars and tone, and after the video is over.
That is unless you absolutely need to insert edit this onto the tape, in which case this wouldn’t help very much. Best of luck to you.
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