[Pradip Patil]

Thanks.. actually the project has all the shots as nested sequence. I have asked a doubt regarding EDLs and nested sequences earlier.

But each nested sequence has been assigned a reel number and timecode. So shouldn’t it work on recapture?

[Pradip Patil]

Can I use media manager to recapture this final timeline that has nested sequence in it?
Do EDL and media manager function the same way?

[Pradip Patil]

Thanks Shane. I will try and see if it works.
And since we are discussing this. What should have been the ideal work-flow for this kind of thing?
Where did we go wrong?
Is Creating subclips from the sequence a problem too?
Is there any way to sync the audio on the timeline but create the subclips not as nested sequences but as clips affiliated to the master clip.

[Pradip Patil]

All the tapes that have been captured have a timecode burn in on the video. But the source timecode of each tape starts with 00:00:00:00.

If the EDL is supposed to work then shouldn’t the Burn in TC match the source TC?

Each tape was captured as one single file. Then the audio was synced by putting it on a timeline and this timeline’s timecode was modified to match the burn-in TC. Then subclips were made from synced timeline and then editing was done. Hence all the nests in the final timeline.

But since nests won’t help for EDL, I guess we have to replace the nested shots with clips affiliated to actual captured file. Right?

[Pradip Patil]

Ok.. I tried doing what you advised. I inserted the sequence content which put the actual tape clip on the timeline.
But when I tried to export the EDL, I got the error saying that EDL won’t work because files associated with clips in the timeline don’t have timecode track and reel name.

I checked the properties of the captured file. It has no reel naming and the burnt in timecode on video doesn’t match to that of the files timecode. for instance, the burn-in counter increments for each tape 00:XX:XX:XX , 01:XX:XX:XX ….. 15:XX:XX:XX but the timecode shown in FCP begins with 00 for each tape.

[Pradip Patil]

Shane, where is the option to insert/overwrite with the sequence content?

And the final timeline is around 80 mins with all the shots as nests. Is there any quick way to replace these nests with acutal shots? Or is it the manual way again?

[Pradip Patil]

“When you say the timecode matches apart from the odd skip, are you comparing the converted clip code to the camera original code?”

Yes, The video has burn in time code from the capturing stage. So I guess it has to be the camera original code.

I will try to post the details today.

[Pradip Patil]

Thank you all….

It’s a good thing that those dvd i burned were not for distribution purpose but just reference..

[Pradip Patil]

Help please…

[Pradip Patil]

Thanks Shane..

Yes, I am aware about the hardware part.
I was just not sure about the settings.
I have a decklink setup, so just print to tape or edit to tape method will work fine for digibeta output, right?