The job is done, but id still like a solution to the problem. Not quite sure how we'd use this in Media Composer- and the xdcam opens directly in MC- there's no qt involved (this is not EX.)
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On Oct 13, 2011, at 2:40 AM, "bouke" <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:
> A little late at the party, but this will solve the problem:
> http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/44/ltcgenerator
>
> At the cost of loosing one of your audio channels, but that might not hurt
> if you have direct out and only a few mics on the sources.
>
> hth,
>
> Bouke
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Huson" <Greg@SecretHQ.com>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: outputing from XDCam to tape - time of day
>
> > Didn't work. Tried it with both the HDCam and the SR - there may be
> > something in the avid that's not passing vitc- but it looks like there
> > isn't any.
> >
> > Kind of the a 'no duh' answer, too - it should work exactly this way. I'm
> > going to poke around a little more so we have a solution for next time.
> > I'm sure we'll see this more and more frequently. Still, the PDW is so
> > much cheaper than the deck, even for rental, it's hard to bill the deck
> > back to the client - I would if we were doing a big batch, but we're doing
> > these piecemeal - plus this is the first time we've run into time of day.
> >
> > gh
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> > On Oct 12, 2011, at 5:08 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
> >
> >> 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:
> >> >
> >> > 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.
> >> >
> >> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > 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-
> >> > >
> >> > > But, in this case, the XDCam was shot using time of day, in spite of
> >> > > our specific instructions to the contrary.
> >> > >
> >> > > 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):
> >> > >
> >> > > 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.
> >> > >
> >> > > Any suggestions? We do NOT have the XDCam 'deck,' but rather use the
> >> > > PDW-U1 to copy the files right off the disc.
> >> > >
> >> > > gh
> >> > > ----------------------------------------------------
> >> > > Greg Huson
> >> > > Secret Headquarters, Inc
> >> > > Post Production / Production
> >> > > Culver City, CA
> >> > > 323 677 2092
> >> > > www.DigitalServiceStation.com
> >> > > greg (at) SecretHQ.com
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> >> > > www.SecretHQ.com
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