Jerry Hofmann
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Really bizarre.. and not supposed to happen… might report this in feedback at Apple… can’t reproduce for you here, but I bet they can if it’s a bug of some sort.
Jerry
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Might be just a case of a bit of dirt in the playback device reporting TC breaks that really aren’t there… clean the deck, and give it another go…
Jerry
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Were the files RGB? if not… then I could see this sort of thing happening..
Jerry
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Absolutely.
Select all clips in your FCP 5 project file, and then choose file/export/batch list… open that file in FCP 4.5 and you should be good to go.
Jerry
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Look in the autosave folder… are there autosaves there? small project files save so fast there, that you really don’t see the autosave…
Mine works fine in 5.0.2 running on 10.4.2.
Jerry
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Sounds like you should add more RAM to the Still cache… in the FCP system settings… there’s a tab there for memory settings.
Jerry
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If you have the hardware… it can output up to 24 channels…
Jerry
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You can’t do this directly with a DSR-11 (takes a RS-422 controlled machine or an FCP 3 Setup (it will do the job but it doesn’t in 4 or 5), BUT there is a workaround if you don’t have an FCP 3 setup…
This is from Mark Burton in the Apple Discussions:
Get SimpleVideoOut from the Apple (its free):
https://developer.apple.com/samplecode/SimpleVideoOut/SimpleVideoOut.html
Then create a QT Movie in FCP or Xpress Pro from a sequence which has the starting TC you want on the tape. I just tried it with 00:58:00:00. In the timeline, I just put Bars & Tone for 90 seconds and a black slug for 45 (to take me over 01:00:00:00). You could create a sequence with whatever combination you wanted with the TC set to start at whatever timecode you need for your choice. But the Timeline TC MUST be set to your desired starting code. The exported QT file will have this TC in it.
Then load this DV QT movie into SimpleVideoOut (having selecting Firewire / Apple Firewire PAL or NTSC when you open the app).
Now load a fresh DVCAM tape and set your DSR-11 to:
REC MODE = DVCAM
DV IN TC = EXTERNAL(Have the TC display turned on for this first test so you can verify it has worked.)
Then just hold the REC and PLAY buttons together on the DSR-11 and press play in the SimpleVideoOut app and the new TC will be recorded to your DVCAM tape. Hey presto you are now able to stripe a tape with what ever timecode you want using a DSR-11.
Remember to turn ‘DV IN TC’ back to INTERNAL on the DSR-11 when you come to record your edit to tape.
The problem with the DSR-11 is that it is not the best deck and starting recording at the exact TC, but playing with the pre-rolls should eventually get it spot on. I have had some success with FCP’s ‘Edit to Tape’ and very good results with Avid Xpress Pro after a few tweaks.
Also, if you just had a black QT file, you can change the starting TC to suite the tape; i.e. 00:58:00:00 or 02:58:00:00 etc without going back into FCP or Xpress Pro and rendering out another QT. To do this, just use Sebsky Tools to alter the starting TC of the file.
https://www.dharmafilm.com/sebskytools/Jerry
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I’ll wager this is correct… an Avid owned company isn’t going to be supporting FCP don’t think… This is bad news for CineWave owners I’m afraid, but hey, it’s good news for AJA, Blackmagic, and Aurora!
Jerry
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AJ-5P126XG cassette from Panasonic records 63 minutes of DVCPROHD…
Jerry