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Andrew Saliga
September 1, 2011 at 4:01 pm in reply to: Closed Caption Output to HDCAM (Sony HDW-F500)

Thanks guys.

Gotta love the final cut bugs and omissions. Thanks for that info Jason. I have since been able to successfully lay CC to tape. There were some hardware restrictions with the AJA Kona that I wasn’t aware of. (I discussed those in this thread. https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/279/633)

I’ll have to check in with the client about the .SCC they are providing, as they are coming to me to only use one of the few HDCAM decks that are in this state.

Thanks again!

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
August 16, 2011 at 3:26 pm in reply to: LTO4 and Bru pe tape ‘estimated archive total’ question

It’s not unusual for me to back up over a TB in a session, and BRU always prompts me when the tape is full and a new one needs to be inserted. You shouldn’t have to do any calculations.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
May 17, 2011 at 2:55 pm in reply to: Not your typical firmware update issue…

Hi Steve.

I sent our HVX-200 off to Fox Valley Video Services for examination and repair. We had a defective P2 circuit board assembly. To replace the board and perform basic maintenance on the camera as about $600 then $400 for labor.

Check with Fox Valley. I think you can send your camera to them for diagnosis. If the cost is that high, you might as well buy a 7D.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
March 22, 2011 at 2:19 pm in reply to: Opening Old FCP Project Containing BorisFX

Great! Thanks for the prompt response. I’ll give them a call today.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
February 18, 2011 at 6:32 am in reply to: HDCAM Capture – Timecode Breaks Detected

No worries. It’s good to know about at least.

Half the batch lists were exported from Avid bins. I received these on paper and they’re older, so if a digital version exists, it’s likely the ad agency doesn’t know where it is.

The other half were created here, as the tapes were logged into a spreadsheet.

I did try parking the timecode before a problem area, hit play and did a “Capture Now”. Still had issues.

I decided to get more methodical and I can’t get consitant results…

I logged via FCP and entered the exact TC that appears on a problem clip. The first time I got a TC error before the capture was complete, even though FCP is set to warn after capture. Upon my second attempt I was able to capture without any errors.

I tried to capture the problem clip generated from the batch list again and this time it worked.

It seems that they all eventually work, but I have to babysit the process because it warns on a per clip basis, sometimes before even one clips is completely captured, rather than at the end of the batch capture process.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
February 18, 2011 at 5:30 am in reply to: HDCAM Capture – Timecode Breaks Detected

Also, I’m digitizing via batch list.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
February 18, 2011 at 5:25 am in reply to: HDCAM Capture – Timecode Breaks Detected

Well, no error upon launching FCP, but still getting TC errors.

Can anyone think of anything else that could cause TC issues? Here is an overview or the system I have going.

HDCAM @ 1080i29.97
Sony HDW-F500 HDCAM Deck
SDI connection via AJA Kona 3
AJA Blackburst feeding to AJA breakout box, HDCAM deck and monitor
Capturing to a SAN via fibre
PreoRes 422HQ as capture codec
FCP 7
MacPro with two 2.66GHz Dual Xeons

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
February 18, 2011 at 5:08 am in reply to: HDCAM Capture – Timecode Breaks Detected

Awesome. I appreciate it Jeremy. Giving it a shot now.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
February 18, 2011 at 4:44 am in reply to: HDCAM Capture – Timecode Breaks Detected

Deck is at 29.97 and all tapes are 29.97. They are labeled on the spine, font and physical tape.

Thanks Jeremy. I’m apparently starting to lose my mind some what. FCP did give me a message after creating that text file.

“One or more unsupported enabler filters are installed. Blue render bars will appear in the Timeline to indicate areas of real-time playback that may drop frames as a result of this non-standard configuration.”

I ignored it, as it didn’t seem relevant.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com
Andrew Saliga
February 18, 2011 at 4:33 am in reply to: HDCAM Capture – Timecode Breaks Detected

Haha. Sorry Jeremy, poor communication on my part. I had no problems creating the file. The file did not solve my problem.

Andrew Saliga
I/O Specialist/Assistant Editor
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com

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