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[Dean Mikulla] “I didnt realize that the time code gets recorded over if you rewind and re-record, (kind of!). “

Yes, all camcorders do this.
No need to stripe a camera tape.

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[Riccardo Vitale] “And, most important: Is there any loss of quality when going from MiniDV to DVD and back to MiniDV via firewire !?
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You don’t need to go to miniDV to edit DVD footage in FCP.

You can put the DVD into the Mac computer and simply pull the digital info off of the disc (called DVD “ripping”) and convert it to a Quicktime file that can be edited in FCP.

Here are some popular rippers.

https://www.dvdxdv.com/

https://www.miraizon.com/products/products.html

Ihttps://www.mactheripper.org/

MPEG SlipStream is very popular.
Found at the following link>
https://www.squared5.com/

DVD footage in MUCH more severely compressed than DV, but. if it was recorded and compressed well, it should look very nice.

You do want to avoid as many DV>DVD>DV>DVD conversions as you can.

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[John Cummings] “Can all Betacam playback decks handle a widescreen picture? Any issues with output for digitizing or dubbing?
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What kind of “widescreen” picture are you shooting on BetaCam?

If its a letterbox (black bars at top and bottom) then the deck won’t “know” that its any different than any 4×3 image.

Same story if you’re shooting “anamorphic” because the image is still just 4×3 on the tape.

So the answer is, if you can RECORD it on a standard BetaCam (or BetaCamSP or Digtial BetaCam) tape, all the same format decks can PLAY it.

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It is not necessary to “black-stripe” your tapes prior to shooting in any camcorder situation (BetaSP, Digibeta, DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, etc.)
The pre-striping is only needed for tapes that are used in the record DECK of LINEAR EDIT SYSTEMS.

I know that there are massive amounts of misinformation that says that if you pre-stripe a DV tape that you won’t end up with discontinuous Timecode… but the fact is that any recording (such as pre-striping) made on a tape subsequently used for shooting in a camcorder will be fully erased and replaced by the erase and record heads in the camcorder.
So you are just doubling the head-wear on your gear by performing a “useless pass” on the tape during the pre-stripe.
Camcorders cannot “Insert edit” (which leaves the TC intact). They can only “assemble edit” which completely records over and replaces any A/V and TC that may already be on the tape.

There is just no NEED to pre-stripe shooting tapes if you are careful to never let the TC play past your last recorded section… and then go into record again… so that the TC “resets” to zero.) All it takes is paying attention to what you are doing when checking a tape.

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[John Fishback] “It may be possible to do what you wish, but it is very complex and time consuming”

I think most of us have been futilely looking for the “Baby Filter” since we first started “live” recording.

🙂

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[Benjamin Arseguel] “when I use my Canon XL1 to capture, there is communication, but the video I capture is jittery and speeded-up. “

Is the source tape recorded at Sony DVCAM speed? (Canon can’t play that.)

Is the DSR11 in “DV” remote position?

Also –
Try looking here:

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852

This seems to be the answer to some of these kind of problems.

Worth a shot.

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Leave it hung up to get rid of some of the wrinkles.

You can help relax some of the more stubborn wrinkles with a large garment STEAMER.

Click link below to see examples-
https://stores.ebay.com/AllBrands_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ12QQftidZ2QQgclidZCKfqkQ2dCb6pACFQ51lxOAodxEafXAQQtZkm

They can be rented.

We lashed ours to a light pipe, securely hung from the ceiling.

Rolled out the section on the floor when needed.

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Where was the microphone during the recording?

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OK. This might do the trick-

The audio is, by default, intentionally MUTED to the Mac’s speaker output during Log and Capture.
However, there is a way you can turn ON the Mac’s speaker if you really WANT to.
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In FCP5x and later:

In the Record Tool:
Clip Settings, near audio buttons, choose: Preview: “ON”

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You can monitor the audio coming from the Deck or Camcorder’s audio jacks.