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“Unable to locate time code” error msg – continues!
“Unable to locate time code” error msg – continues!
Has anyone found a definitive answer to the “Unable to Locate Time Code” error message? I’ve researched this in the CC archives and read a ton of older posts from many who have experienced this but have yet to find a definitive solution for FCP v6.
I’ve tossed prefs and checked for time code breaks to no avail. Interestingly, some clips are captured and some aren’t when I select them individually and go to Batch Capture, which leads me to believe the problem is time code – but I can’t find any tc breaks. Some of the clips that won’t digitize are well inside a continuous interview – so nowhere near any camera starts or stops. I’ve also increased my preroll from 5 to 7 seconds.
I’m digitizing from a Sony HVR Z7U cmera, using the 1080i 30p setting. As I said, some clips go in fine – others don’t.
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A few ideas…
Can you capture the clips needed using only CAPTURE NOW instead of Batch Capture?
Was the Timecode marked by typing the numbers into the Mark In and Mark Out fields or by clicking on the Mark In button or Mark Out button?
If you adjust your In Point by a few frames will that help FCP locate the timecode better.hope some of that helps,
Victor
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I can capture using the “Capture Now” method – was trying to avoid that.
I marked the TC by clicking on the Mark IN and Mark OUT buttons
When you say “If you adjust your IN Point a few frames…” are you referring to the In Point of each clip? And if so – how many is “a few?” I presume you’re adjusting it out – away from the previous in point?Tnx
DD
Dennis Dean
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FCP needs 5 seconds of PRE-ROLL to capture footage. So if you are capturing from the top of a tape, you need to mark your IN point at least 5 seconds from the top. Otherwise it can’t back up to get a run at the footage. This is why professional camera operators record 30 seconds of color bars or black at the head of the tape.
And if you have timecode breaks in the tape…like you are shooting time of day…then you need to do the same…5 seconds of pre-roll. And with HDV and how it deals with camera start and stops…making new clips when it encounters them, due to the break in the GOP format…you might need to do the same for EVERY camera start and stop.
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A few frames in either direction. Rarely have I had our deck (Digibeta) not catch on a frame, but if I adjust my Mark In a few frames it has helped. This has happened twice in as many years, and on each occasion only one of the batch capture clips out of a list of over 20 + clips was the problem. Wondering if the same would apply to your capture deck/camera.
Victor
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