Back UP storage options???

[Jonathan Fletcher]

Folks,

Whatever happened to the old technique of recording black on a tape 
before you used it? I know it sounds a little anachronistic in these 
days of digital imaging (it was essential when editing analog), but it 
still seems like it would solve the gapping time-code issue.

When I do it I just leave the camera plugged into the power supply, 
leave the lens cap on, stick a patch cable (that isn't attached to 
anything) into the mic jac, hit record and come back in an hour. Works 
for me. Also it cures the camera's need to take a few frames to resync 
every time it plays past a non-recorded spot.


On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:05 PM, Macintosh Digital Video 
List wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:23:09 -0800
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Back UP storage options???
> From: Thubten Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org>
> Message-Id: <F1295DBB-2E3E-11D7-8BA6-003065E5AA00 at FutureMedia.org>
>
> 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.
>

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