[MacDV] Capture Stops Due To Missing Data On Tape

[Richard Brown]

With the right deck, like a Sony DSR25, Final Cut will search the tape 
after a data dropout, find the next scene, cue up, and digitize the 
next scene as a new file. This will happen until the tape is done. I've 
had a few DV tapes which resulted in 10-20 digitized segments.

This is an issue which disappears as the video camera itself gets more 
sophisticated. A Sony PD150/170, for example, properly inserts the next 
recording with frame accuracy to the end of the last piece. 
Essentially, in old analog terms, the camera assemble edits as it 
records each new scene. The resultant tape has clean time code from 
beginning to end.

Richard Brown



On Dec 26, 2004, at 6:18 AM, Alex wrote:

> Hi K
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> When I get problems with Bad tape or timecode corruption's I deal with 
> them this way, it works 90% of the time.
> Make sure that FCP is able to control the DV deck on a good piece of 
> the tape so  you know that all  the connections are working, then,
> In the Log and capture window click on the Capture Settings Tab
> Under the Device control popup menu select non-controllable device.
> FCP should now deal with your DV deck as if it was an analog source 
> and record everything that thrown at it warts and all.
> Its not 100% successful with all media and playback units or camera 
> combinations I have tried, but enough so to give it a try first to 
> save some time.
>
> Alex
>
>
> On 26 Dec 2004, at 02:11, James Asherman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Saturday, December 25, 2004, at 08:08  PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:
>>
>>> should I record from Analog out to Analog in on my DV Deck
>>
>> This approach works for me when there are random stops from tiny 
>> glitches as you describe.
>> You do lose the DV start/stop detect though.
>> Jim
>>
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