The more I think about this I have another suggestion. What if you played the HD timeline out to an HDCam deck and set the HDCam deck to slave to the incoming VITC which in this case would be the anc data time code of the source coming down the HDSDI output of the avid assuming AMA linked media would pass this data, I have not tried that. I would expect the downconvert output of he HD deck to have VITC time code that would match the source time codes anc data. You could probably just pass through the HD deck in e/e to get to the digibeta. This would let you just cut the source clips together and do a straight digital cut in local mode without having to start and stop.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@...> wrote:
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> I know Avid will pass normal source VITC time code if it is present when captured in the SD world. You can set the digibeta to slave to incoming VITC in those cases and it will match the source time code. I have not tried this with HD material and I don't think Avid would regenerate SD VITC time code from the hanc/vanc but I'd love to be wrong. As has been mentioned you could take the ltc time code out of the Nitris/Hardware and feed it to the digibeta. You could then manually record on the Digibeta and playback the timeline using fast forward to hop to the next clip. If you set the timeline to high quality I wouldn't think there would be a dropped frame issue but I don't know for sure. If you had to you could put the digital cut tool in local and leave the digi in record while marking the next section. I would think this would give ascending time code that would jump to the next inpoint timecode when the local digital cut would begin for the next section you mark. Not exactly automated but might work. I haven't looked for but there might be external downconverters that would generate time code from the source anc. data and generate proper SD time code as vitc then you could just cut all the clips together and do one local digital cut. Sure wish Avid had the choice of spitting out sequence or source time code on it's output signal.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@> wrote:
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> > Interesting problem- with one particular ongoing, normally we get XDCam HD Discs that are 'record time.'
> >
> > 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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