[MacDV] Capture Stops Due To Missing Data On Tape

[Thubten Kunga]

My timecode is clean and complete. this problem has to do with consumer 
grade tape failing to record all the bits necessary for FCP to keep 
capturing rather than to abort the capture even when in 
non-controllable device mode. I am having to capture little pieces at a 
time until the bad part of the tape stock is done failing and the rest 
of the reel is fine.

k

On Dec 26, 2004, at 10:28 AM, Richard Brown wrote:

> 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