Using FCP ST2 for an EDL station?

[Steven Gonzales]

What type of deck are you using?

If it has firewire, then you can get the info across that way.

If it has RS422 on the deck, you need a USB to serial adapter. The keyspan USA-28X
https://www.keyspan.com/products/usa28xg/homepage.2.reqs.spml

and a proper cable

https://www.addenda-elect.com/product.htm
https://www.pipelinedigital.com/adaptcm9.html

should do the job.

[Steve Cohen]

They are D-9 and Beta Decks so it is an RS422.

We also have a Keyspan adapter and cables for the station now.

We are currently using HD Logger to do the EDL’s but are running into TC issues where the TC that is logged and the TC that us digitized is different.

I think there is something with Drop frame and non drop frame, but i nor any of the engineers we have had on consultation have been able to figure it out.

Thanks

Steve Cohen
Editor
O2 Media Inc.

[Steven Gonzales]

You might try calibrating the timecode:

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25154

[Steve Cohen]

Thanks for the info I did not know you could do that.
I don’t think that is the issue though, because when I import a batch list (that was exported from HD Logger) and start to do a batch capture I get a warning message that says something like….

You are about to capture non-drop frame footage into a drop frame sequence. I know both pieces of software are set properly and all our tapes are alway shot drop frame.

Plus we use a standard timeline as a template for all our projects and it is set to Drop frame.

Steve Cohen
Editor
O2 Media Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Peter

You can change all the clips from drop to non drop and vica versa

BEFORE you capture anyhting, Put all the clips you want to change into one bin.

select them all

Right click on the media start for any clip in the batch bin, not on the column header. A dialogue box will open giving you a choice of drop or non-drop and because you have selected them all they will all change.

This will not affect the actual time code numbers, it just changes the flag.

You should talk to Imagine about this issue, as it sounds like
something in the way they are reading the timecode. I have worked with the owner of imagine, and he is very receptive to issues with his product.

hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.