[Bouke Vahl]

[walter biscardi] “All quicktime movies do retain the timecode associated with the original movie file no matter how much you compress them and even if you do an audio only file”

True if you use Compressor, NOT true if you use almost any other application to transcode!

And be warned, Walter’s statement about audio only ONLY works if you put the audio in a QT, it will NOT retain TC if you render to Mp3, wave or Aiff.

But MP3 is going to be big in this department. Sound Devices puts TC metadata in the Mp3 header, and more and more transcriptions applications (including mine) can read it.

If interested, i’ll make something to stamp Mp3 with the original QT tc.
(it’s a small job, and i’ll do it for free if there is a need)

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

Try this:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/22/deck-control/2

Win and mac, controls up to 8 decks.

And it’s free.
(I forgot if there is still a serial needed, but if so, mail me and i’ll get you one)

hth,

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

well, i’m out of ideas now…

Few things to keep in mind, wav can have metadata, AIFF cannot.
So if the sound gets out of sync, it has to do something with the metadata in the .wav files.

good luck!
Do come back and post the solution (or workaround)

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

so you’re having trouble with just the .wav files then?
And they are BWF files (thus containing a timestamp)
And you are running different versions of FCP?
Or do you have different setups on both computers?
(one set to DF, other to NDF)
BWF timecode depends on the setup, unlike other forms of timecode

Now here’s the bad news.
Dunno about the latest version, but FCP sucks when it comes to BWF.
Perhaps one machine runs an older version and the code changed in a newer version of FCP…

So check your FCP versions, take the PROJECT from one machine to the other to make sure there is no difference in the settings.
If that does not shed some light on the situation, check out Spherico.com and get a copy of BWFtoXML to avoid the madness.

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

So IOW, the media is not exactly the same on both computers?

FCP relinks based on filename, timecode/reelname.

If a clip in FCP has an In and Out that is in fact in the QT that you want to link to, it will be fine.

If not, FCP will relink based on relative position of the clip.
(Thus the offset from the inpoint on original clip in the new clip)

I suspect this is happening in your case.

What did you do to ‘sink’ the Wave in the QT?
And, is it not possible to give both machines the exact same media?

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

I suspect you mean this:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/13/recut/3

It’s not a plugin, but a roundtrip trough XML.

Toy with it, let me know if you run into trouble.

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

Using Subbits and it’s render engine, you could make exactly this.
However, this is about the most ugly style i’ve ever seen, and done without any inspiration. (You could set the line break in a more logical place.
Why would you want it like this?

You could also do it with some of the custom text generators out there.

Most work would be to re-rype / time everything if there is no data available. I would start searching for that…

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

CORRECTION.
The Canon records audio at 44.1,
So first upsample to 48K, THEN change the SR to 48048

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

It’s simple.
The canon shoots 30 FPS.
For normal video work, you need 29.97
So you will end up slowing down your video to that. (Unnoticeable to the eye, but your sound gets out of sync as it runs too fast.

You cannot record sound at 30 or 29.97 fps, as sound works in samples per second, not in frames per second. But you can use that to create another playback speed than recording speed.
with a bit of math:
48000 / 29.97 * 30 = 48048
So ask your soundguy to set his recorder to a sample rate of 48048, or change the stamp yourself later on. (it’s a fast, harmless procedure).

Bouke

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[Bouke Vahl]

Neil,
I know.
But, in therory there is no difference between theory and practice.
However in practice….

That’s why i need to test…

Bouke

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