Bouke Vahl
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If the plugin does not work, you can use this to get TC on your QT’s.
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/42/qtchange/2Then transcode any way you like.
(Or, transcode first, keep the name start the same, keep the .THM and add TC afterwards)If you copy on location to harddisk, you might want to use this:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/15/offloader/2It transcodes for you, and adds TC, and makes a backup from the originals as well.
Bouke
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Check your sequence settings.
Set it to 8 discrete channels @ 24 bit.
Set them all to mono, NOT to the -3 default but to 0.
(run a few shorts tests that you can import back using the XDcam transfer tool)hth,
Bouke
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No idea if it’s DV only, but DV is all i had to test.
Run a test yourself. Get the demo from Subbits from my site.
Switch it into CC mode, and create a few titles.
Export to .SCC (you’re limited to 8 titles with the demo), and spit it out…(I don’t have to tell you that you should disable blanking on your deck….)
Funny thing is, i’m from the Pal side of the world where there is no CC 🙂
Bouke
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My choice is to use the FREE sony exporter.
Just export to XDcam (you can point a directory on a drive as output) and you end up with nice MXF files, compatible with our national broadcaster.Bouke
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FCP 7 does allow for this!
Haven’t tried it with HD, but in SD, you DO NOT NEED cpc stuff.
And it works just fine over firewire.Make sure your SCC file is zero based.
(Meaning, even if your tape starts at 10:00:00:00, your CC file needs to start at 00:00:00:00.If you use ‘print to video’, you get an option to point at your .SCC file.
Dump to tape, monitor the output of your recorder with a CC enabled monitor.Simple as that.
Bouke
https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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[Richard Doyle] “Perhaps you’re right, but I can’t understand why the H4 is splitting up the tracks on me into various lengths”
No idea about that.
[Richard Doyle] “4Gb card and it says that I should be able to get near to 2 hours on it at 96/24.”
Do the math. 1 second is something like 540 Kb, that ends up to two hours on 4 gig.
[Richard Doyle] “want 96/24 as it’s the best quality (“
Ouch. Get a decent recorder with decent pre-amps, decent mics, and spend some money on training.
24 bits has enough resolution to record a needle drop as well as a jet plane taking off, without adjusting mic levels.
(if you have a mic that can handle the dynamic range)
96 Khz can describe sounds up to 48000 Hz.
A normal person can hear sounds up to 15 Khz at best.
If you are keen about quality, invest in a decent recorder, and forget about 96 Khz. 24 bit is fine if you don’t ride the levels, you can have way more headroom.
But, you also have way more work in audio post if you don’t ride the levels.[Richard Doyle] “If the H4 wasn’t able to handle 96/24, then why is the option there?”
Marketing where some people (like yourself) fall for.
Higher number, thus better.
Same thing as BWF. The Zoom claims to be a BWF recorder.
However, there is NOTHING usefull about that.
It got a BEXT entry in the files, so it’s BWF.
But no meaningfull time information nor other metadata.
Pure marketing.
You get what you pay for…hth,
Bouke
https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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Syncing not covered in class?
Where did you get an education?Well, it’s not too hard.
The 422 has timecode out. That is an audio signal, funny beeps.
Set up the recorder for 25 fps. That has nothing to do with the recording speed, but with the TC that is coming out the recorder.You can use that to drive a smart slate.
However, a smart slate is normally just a backup.
If you have a special cable that lowers the signal, you can also put the TC on one of the audio channels. (Use the other channel for scratch sound in case something goes wrong.)Now you got identical TC on both audio and video.
However, the editor has to decode the TC.
That is easy on Avid version 5. Avid prior to 5 needs a seperate reelname for each clip, and that sucks.
FCP cannot handle LTC by itself at all.To overcome the trouble, you need this:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/26/fcp-auxtc-reader
There is a free demo, toy with it.If you don’t have a cam, you can use your recorder to test.
Just loop your TC out to a sound channel input.Another gotcha, on some recorders (I don’t know all the models), using Preroll (pre-recording) results in wrong BWF timestamps.
Toy & test.
hth,
Bouke
https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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Render something to DNxHD 120, and see if your system copes with that.
If so, you’re homefree.And you probably want this:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/15/offloader/2helps you to get your footage in without waiting,
and you end up with timecode.Bouke
https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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It is both.
Disks that are formatted Fat32 can handle files up to about 4 gig.
Same number goes for WAVE files. The header includes the size of the file, and 32 bits are reserved for that.
The largest number you can put in there is FF FF FF FF,
that is 4294967295 bytes in Decimal, and thus the largest file size possible.
So even if you have a HFS+ or NTFS disk, wave files can’t be bigger than this.Bouke
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Don’t worry about sync as in keeping sync.
That will work with any half decent recorder.You should worry about how to sync audio and video.
If it’s just a few long takes, one can do it by hand. (do give a clap before or after though)However, the cams shoot for 12 min. max, so if you are shooting multiple days, the manual syncing will take huge amounts of time.
Spend your time on figuring a way out for that.
(and no, there are no free options…)Bouke
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