Recent versions of Media Composer and Symphony do read and insert timecode for QT for import/export. The issue with the 5D files specifically is that they do not contain a timecode. One could easily imagine converting creation date into a reel ID and HH:MM:xx;xx where xx:xx are defaulted to 00:00. I have made this request to Zabez, the creator of MetaCheater. But MetaCheater does have a nice feature for non timecoded sources where the user can define a timecode for the sync point of all the files in the batch and then calculate all START and END for clips based on clip's duration. Then you can default to clip name as TAPE or enter any of your own choice for organizational purposes.
The added benefit of using MetaCheater is some workflows is to give the clip the behavior of a tape-based clip where additional metadata, offset relinking, EDL's, pull lists can be generated. In workflows where that is not needed, then a one-time transcode to finishing resolution of choice works fine without the ALE merge step.
For audio. I really like WaveAgent from SoundDevices as a free utility for both Mac and Windows that allows setting a sample rate to audio files, timecode, etc. A basic rule to observe when going from 30.00 to 29.97 (and is the same for 24.000 to 23.976) is that if recording on a separate device on set to record 48.048kHz. If that was not done on set, and the files were recorded at 48kHz, then the sample rate should be reset to 47.952kHz in an application like WaveAgent. Be sure to set the audio import correctly for the .1% duration changes.
Michael
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Joe Womble <cre8tive@...> wrote:
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> Oliver,
>
> Very handy, succinct reference tool. I will be referencing it often when
> others (Cow, etc.) ask how to post their 5D footage.
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> Regards,
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> Joe Womble
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> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:03 PM, oliverpetersvidy <
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> > Ian,
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> > > I see that Phillip Bloom is also promoting the link in his Twitter feed.
> > > Ian Wilson
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> > Yes, I saw that. Nice of him to do so. I reference him a lot in the post
> > and many of the workflow things I'm doing were picked up by me from his blog
> > entries ( http://philipbloom.co.uk/blog/ ).
> >
> > - Oliver
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