[Rob Simpkins]

Hmmm i assumed print to tape was working but in affect what is actually working is my full screen image displayed on my monitor is actually being read by the DVCam deck and if i manualy press play and record it records the screen – clock/bars/edit etc…

Im doing that for now but im sure it’s not going to work as it wont have the accurate timecode…

Anyways, any furthers thoughts would be great as I know a lot about video codecs/workflows etc but this has got me stumped. I have no idea.

Almost feel like giving up to be honest.

Thanks for your help. God i wish I could ftp this edit like usual or even create a really nice DVD or blue ray with it. That i could do fine. This printing to tape etc is getting me in a real fluster. Im just not sure what im doing wrong?

Thanks anyways…

Rob 🙂

Rob Simpkins

Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer & Videographer

[Rob Simpkins]

Steve, could it be something to do with the deck itself. Maybe the settings are incorrect? I have it set to Sdi for input? which should be correct no?

Thanks again

Rob Simpkins

Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer & Videographer

[Rob Simpkins]

Yeah i’m using an SDI router to patch from final cut to the dv cam deck.

Whats strange is that it works fine when i do a simple print to tape, But not when I do Edit to video. I need the time code to be broadcast standard so i have the pre-roll/clock etc on the right timecodes but when i do the run out using edit to video it just comes up blank

Cheers in advance, any thoughts would be of huge value

Thanks again Steve

Rob Simpkins

Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer & Videographer

[Rob Simpkins]

Hi Steve

sorry I am using a DVCam tape. Sorry I was shooting on DVCpro the other day. Hence my error. So by my calcuations all should be ok?

The time code is showing up but when I watch the video back it just dosn’t play.

I have a dvcam tape with black on it on my monitor connected to the DVCam deck? Any ideas?

Thanks so much for getting back to me. Your knowledge is very appreciated.

Thanks

Rob

Rob Simpkins

Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer & Videographer

[Rob Simpkins]

Also just to say – i’ve tried to specific as much needed information as possible but please do let me know if there is any additional information which will help then don’t hesitate to ask.

I know it’s a simple process but for the life of me I canot work out why it isn’t working as my DV video deck is patched up correctly to my mac as have used the dvcam deck to capture some assets earlier this morning prior to starting this process of edit the masters to tape

Thanks again

Rob Simpkins

Rob Simpkins

Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer & Videographer

[Rob Simpkins]

Thanks Jeremy

So did exactly as you suggested. quit and relaunched.

When I imported the audio it again was acting as a 25fps bit of audio. So to test it, I then imported a random peice of audio from another completely seperate project, this however played at 29.97 fps. So Again, i reimported the audio I needed expecting it now to surely be 29.97 but to no avail, it was still showing as 25fps.

So to continue this troubleshooting, I exported the audio from a wav to another wav in quicktime and then imported the new version of the same file into final cut and strangely enough this was now 29.97 but the original when (after deleting all audio again) imported was 25fps.

I guess I have a solution to the problem but the issue is, I have 2 days worth of interviews with audio for each take, Now if i was to go through and re-export all these wavs it will take forever, but at the moment that is the only way final cut seems to recognise these audio files as 29.97

Any thoughts on this? This is one of the most puzzling situations i’ve come across in many years of editing?

Any further thoughts as well as your suggestions this far would be and have been very appreciated, Thanks again for your time

Rob

Rob Simpkins

Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer & Videographer

[Rob Simpkins]

Hey thanks for the reply Jeremy but it hasn’t seemed to have solved the problem? Strangely it didn’t work even when set at 29.97 and on a new project.

Again after doing this, I re-trashed my preferences and relaunched final cut as a new project and then imported the audio and the same thing happened. When i click through the audio frame by frame as soon as it hits 24 frames the next frame starts the next second. Not sure why this is happening as the audio imported now (particularly as it’s a new project) should be recognised as 29.97 fps

Any further suggestions or thoughts? This has got me stumped to be honest?

Thanks again and look forward to any further musings on the subject

Thanks

Rob Simpkins

Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer & Videographer