[John Tipton]

Hey Sean,

By backups, I meant that I have a backup of my offline workflow. So if I have a problem while editing with my dvcam workflow I can always redigitize from the dvcam dubs rather than having to rent a 1200a and redigitize from my camera masters ($$$)
When the film is done I replace the dvcam footage with my dvcpro camera masters and then make an uncompressed d5, then color correct…

I hope I’m making sense. I think/ hope I’m starting to get it.

Another friend of mine has asked me:
“And do you want to have a 24p master or an
interlaced one with pulldown added?”

I assumed I have to have a 24p master since that is what my film is shot on.

piece!

john t

[John Tipton]

I”m not familiar with bwf2xml, but I do know that changing the suffix, will allow you to play the file – WITHOUT time code, of course.
I do it all the time. As far as I know, a BWF is just a WAV file with a “time code chunk” added.

I just looked, bwf2xml will allow you to convert the BWF file WITH timecode. Thats what you want in this case, if I understand you correctly.

The changing the suffix trick works if you have wild sound in BWF format but don’t need the timecode.

Hope this helps!

john tipton

[John Tipton]

Here’s my reasoning behind making dubs…

1. This project is going to take a year or more, and I need to use the drives for other projects as well. It costs me about $300.00 to rent a 1200 deck, but only on the weekends when it is available. I figured that I could make quick dubs of all the material so I can spend the time I need logging, digitizing, etc. on my own terms, not on the possible availability of this deck.

2. When I”m done screening and logging, the footage. I”m going to need to possibly back up the project and wipe the drives so I can work on other projects. If I”ve got DV working tapes, I can reinstate the project whenever I want and I’m not going to be tying up a ton of drive space for such a long time.

3. If I just go straight from the 1200 to FCPRO, and I have a drive crash or file getting corrupted, I”ll have to re-digitize the camera masters and I don’t want to mess with the masters if I can help it.

3a. If I digitize directly from the 1200 deck, I”ll want to have a copy of everything on another drive in case a drive goes down. I’ve just doubled my drive space needs.

Also, HDlog looks cool, except for the price tag. I have p2log which I use for my hvx200 and its great. My understanding is that it is designed for P2 only anyway.

What do y’all think?

john

[John Tipton]

With a Fostex Pd-4 or Pd-2, your sound guy should be able to make dubs from your hard disc recorder. If it’s something like a sound devices 744T, it’s cake. Why can’t he do it ?

I assume you know that if you just change the suffix of a .BWF file to .WAV, it will play just like a wav file. Of course this doesn’t help you now…

john