[Bbalser]

I’m not sure exactly what your goal is, but what does a simple Capture Now not give you? Just think I’m not understanding what the ultimate goal is here. I can be a tad slow at times.

[Bbalser]

It’s not reading SMTE TC, it reads other metadata, and works 100% of the time I’ve used it. This is NOT the setting most folks mistakenly use during capture. This is AFTER the capture is done. I use it all the time and have never had a problem. That’s not to say no one else has had a problem.

If your metadata is that messed up, well, time to check the heads on the camera or deck, eh?

[Bbalser]

Cinema Tools, but don’t ax me how, I just know it’ll do it.

[Bbalser]

The DR-HD110 will record in QuickTime format, which is what you should use. What you’re using is MPEG-2, native for HDV, and a really sucky format to edit with. I’d convert what you have to the AIC codec to edit. I hope FCP NEVER supports m2t cause it just sucks as an editing format. Change the format your DR-HD110 is recording to. Just my 2 cents.

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[Bbalser]

Actually, it could be tracking. If you are capturing on a deck, not the camera you recorded with, tracking can be off and effect the deck’s ability to read the digital data. Remember, the “data” is digital, the “tape” is pure analog. Try captuing from the same camera you recorded with.

If that doesn’t work, you’re hosed, and you need to get the camera’s heads professionally cleaned and aligned ASAP.

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[Bbalser]

It’s mostly a capture setting and depends on what you’re capturing from.

[Bbalser]

To clarify, I was told Edius (Grassvalley) and Avid recognize QT DVCPRO-HD, even though QT in Windows doesn’t have the codec. This is second hand, I don’t know this for sure. So don’t flame me if I’m wrong.

[Bbalser]

Just use Capture Now and get the whole tape. Then in FCP use the “DV Start/Stop Detect” function to break it up into individual takes. Then you can pick and chose what you want, and what you don’t need. Here’s my tutorial on it from Event DV magazine:

https://www.eventdv.net/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11431

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[Bbalser]

I’ve been told by several folks that Avid will recognize QuickTime DVCPRO-HD files just fine. But I’ve not actually done it.

[Bbalser]

Have you monitored the tape to be sure it’s not a bad tape? Have you tried capturing to an internal hard drive?

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