None whatsoever, never worked with HDcam...
(and, i'm pretty sure all my comments are now...)
So, do basic testing with a BITC capture and bring a mixdown to the eQ...
(like good practice that started about the time BITC was invented. :-)
Bouke
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www.videotoolshed.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Raj Rodrigues" <raj.rodrigues@gmail.com>
To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] MC EDL to eQ
> Hi Bouke,
>
> tks for the detailed info. I'm sure I'm going to need this. But I was
> wrong
> on the format, it's actually HDCAM SR and not xdcam hd. Any clues there?
>
> cheers
>
> Raj
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Bouke <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Not knowing what eQ is, i do know there (were) issues with XDcam HD and
>> Avid
>> reading the wrong TC / or getting the wrong inpoint in the clips...
>> This could be fixed in Avid, but not in eQ, or vice versa.
>> (it seems that sometimes XDcamHD does not start on an I frame or so, and
>> that makes some software puke on the stuff on the beginning...)
>>
>> From my Vulcan side:
>> I bet you analyzed your EDL and compared it with Avid's timecode on the
>> clips.
>> (If the EDL shows the cuts on frame X, and that frame X is the correct
>> one
>> in eQ, eQ must be terrible stupid, and i don't believe that.
>> Besides, you would know that it would be eQ to blame not being able to
>> read...)
>>
>> To see if this is ineed biting you, do a few tests:
>>
>> Get a clip that is conforming wrong, and find a unique frame (one sure to
>> be
>> remembered / found back) in Avid.
>> See if that clip has the same TC in eQ.
>> Then, look at the beginning of the file in both Avid and eQ, and see if
>> they
>> start at the same frame.
>> (I bet they don't )
>>
>> Now, get the start TC of the clip, and use my tool to convert the MXF
>> into
>> QT.
>> See what my app. thinks the start TC must be.
>>
>> The demo / beta can be found here:
>> http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/62/work-in-progress/3
>>
>> (not much info on the site, but get the demo for Win. Fully functional,
>> but
>> not intended for commercial work. The Mac download is something
>> completely
>> different)
>>
>> My app looks into the MXF to find the TC.
>>
>> Now also check the XML for the TC. Not hard to decode, but it is written
>> backwards, and on some frame rates you must subtrack 30 from the frame
>> counter.
>>
>> If your trouble indeed lies here, you know what is happening and who to
>> blame.
>> I'm sure there is a workaround, but first you need to know what happens
>> where.
>>
>> Bouke
>>
>> VideoToolShed
>> van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
>> 6512 AS NIJMEGEN
>> The Netherlands
>> +31 24 3553311
>> www.videotoolshed.com
>> For large files:
>> http://dropbox.yousendit.com/BoukeVahl998172
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Raj Rodrigues" <raj.rodrigues@gmail.com
>> <raj.rodrigues%40gmail.com>
>> >
>> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:46 PM
>> Subject: [Avid-L2] MC EDL to eQ
>>
>> > One of our clients uses his eQ for onlining MC offlines (XDCAM HD
>> > 50Mbit)
>> > and has had issues for some time on cuts made in Adrenaline and now
>> > NDX.
>> > Normally, the cuts are just fine but often there is an offset on the eQ
>> > of
>> > a couple of frames (but could vary to up to 7-8 frames). Opening up the
>> > EDL
>> > in Textedit or Wordpad, shows the cuts to be frame perfect but it is
>> still
>> > off on the eQ. Is this normal? Anyone faced and overcome this little
>> > hassle?
>> >
>> > Tks
>> > Raj
>> >
>> >
>> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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