[MacDV] Re: Back UP storage options???

[Thubten Kunga]

Previous posts lead me to believe that if you care about your code 
numbers an logging, you can forget about FCE. If you have a reel with 
multiple zeros due to unrecorded gaps, someone else fill in the answer 
please. I'm inexperienced with that problem. I think FCP doesn't know 
where to go beyond the first gapless part. Somebody else knows right?

In future, try to make a point of not rewinding tape you are shooting 
or always be careful about the cue if you do. Always tape a few seconds 
beyond the shot you want to allow yourself some resume space if you 
plane on rewinding and reviewing a shot before taking the next one.

Alternately, you can go for a digital dub (assuming you have two 
cameras or a deck) of that reel's contents so that the dub will have a 
new set of time code on it that FCP can consistently relate to.But any 
dub may have dropouts, just like any original may have drop outs except 
maybe more.

Tape is inherently fragile and drop out prone. It doesn't usually 
happen. But it does happen from time to time.

k

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 06:06  AM, Gordon B. Alley wrote:

> On ed, 22 Jan 2003 14:34:17 +0900, Daniel Beck <danielbeck at mac.com> 
> wrote:
>> Hi Frank,
>>
>> On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 02:11 PM, Frank Flynn wrote:
>>
>>>  Interesting - but what about recapturing the project - I mean
>>>  supposing I have a project half edited that I want to shelve for a
>>>  while?  I could print out to video what I had done but if I want
>>>  access to some clip I have not yet placed I'l need the original 
>>> files
>>>  - no?  Again I could reimport the source but then all the editing 
>>> info
>>>  is lost.
>>
>> No, you're thinking like iMovie. Because of time code, you can keep 
>> the
>> project file and delete the media files. Then, when you want to work 
>> on
>> it again, you open the project file, and it will ask for the tapes by
>> the names you gave them when you log them. So, you go to the shelf and
>> get said tapes (because you were careful to give it the same names on
>> the label as in logging), and capture. No editing info lost. That's 
>> why
>> I think FCP is better than iMovie for anyone who does any amount of
>> editing. iMovie is great for people who don't do so much editing. I
>> think it's great. But FCP blows it away.
>
> [...]
>
>
> How does FCP deal with time code breaks in a source tape? I have some 
> video where the time code gets reset because of a gap in the 
> recording. Would I have to import the remainder of the video with a 
> different tape name?
>
> I'm actually interested in Final Cut Express, but of course it's not 
> out yet. Hopefully it will behave like FCP in this case.