[MacDV] Re: Hooking up RCA video to G5

[Brett Koonce]

Yes and no.  This is one of the important features Apple left out of 
FCE and in FCP, to keep it on the consumer level.  But on FCP, it views 
each clip with logging info...i.e. "1:0.0 -> 20:0.0, tape 2".  Then if 
you need space/the files die/production chaos, you can recapture your 
footage and save the project.  A common use is allowing the shipping of 
a project: you send the tapes/FCP files off, they recapture the 
footage, and voila, you're in business.

> SB makes a point that I don't understand. Say I have a FCE movie 
> compiled from three
> source reels. The source material is no longer on the hard drive. Can 
> you really
> recapture so that Final Cut identifies all of the shots from new 
> digital files?  If so,
> how does it work?

-Brett
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