This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: outputing from XDCam to tape

Terry, can you elaborate on how this works with Scratch (off-list if necessary)? And to which decks? I haven't had success doing it so far, but haven't tried in a while and I know there have been updates addressing this stuff.

Thanks,
Mark

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
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> This is something Scratch does quite well. You can output to tape using the source TC.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@> wrote:
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> > Unfortunately, that's the only method we've worked out, too. Of course, in order to guarantee no dropped frames, you have to go out the digital cut tool- so we build massive long timelines that match the shooting day, and just 'crash record' each time the camera stopped and started (with short handles.) NOT ideal.
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> > On Oct 12, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Marcus wrote:
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> > > On 11/10/2011 18:55, Greg Huson wrote:
> > > > Interesting problem- with one particular ongoing, normally we get XDCam HD Discs that are 'record time.'
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> > > > Part of our deliverables is to make digibeta of the XDCam- no problem, you AMA the clips to Avid, put them on a timeline that matches the timecode of the source, then lay that timeline to tape- now the digibeta timecode matches the source (with consideration for pulldown) so that if the client wants to go back to the HD, we have matching code- just like making a downconvert from 23.98 to digibeta-
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> > > > But, in this case, the XDCam was shot using time of day, in spite of our specific instructions to the contrary.
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> > > > without making a giant long timeline the length of the recording day, then starting and stopping the timeline 30 times (or whatever,) and 'crash' -recording each time they stopped the deck (allowing for preroll, of course):
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> > > > is there a way to get time-of-day from XDCam to the VTR through Media Composer? I'd even be willing to make an interim HDCam if that would help.
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> > > > Any suggestions? We do NOT have the XDCam 'deck,' but rather use the PDW-U1 to copy the files right off the disc.
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> > > Don't have a composer handy, to check but with the meridian boxes you
> > > could spit out LTC from the relevant hole on the BoB. Don't know if
> > > it'll work as a sequence to play out source TC from this but you could
> > > certainly get "a runner" to sit wit the system and drop each clip into
> > > the play window and play the clip and then the next and the next.
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> > > Just a thought,
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