[Paul Lowey]

OK. I managed to figure something out last night and it appears to have worked. Here’s the steps I took – any input/criticism would be appreciated (as I need to do this again in a couple of weeks).

1. Export movie from DVCPROHD sequence (using current settings).
2. Dragged that movie into a DV-NTSC sequence and reframed it to remove the letter boxing.
3. Export movie from DV NTSC sequence using current settings.
4. Dragged that movie into SimpleVideoOut.
5. Pushed record on the DSR-45 (attached via FW. TC settings for External) and pressed play on SimpleVideoOut.
6. The deck captured everything perfectly as well as the TC that was assigned in the NTSC sequence.

This took about 6 hours of outputting (4 hours from the DVCPRO sequence, and 2 hours from the NTSC sequence), and then the actual print to tape (it’s a 90 minute program) – so if anyone has any ideas for me to try and reduce this output time, please pass it my way. And THANKS!

[Paul Lowey]

Thanks Shane. Yes, that does mean Pan & Scan. And I don’t have a capture card. I am relying on outputting via FireWire. Speaking of which, can you recommend a DVCAM deck that will accept the TimeCode from my project (rather than the deck generating it’s own)?

I’ve found with a test that moving the footage into the DV-NTSC sequence makes everything LetterBoxed. Is there a smart way of doing this where it will automatically crop the sides?