<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious thing to do.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In the capture settings is a parameter for selecting SMPTE timecode instead of DV time or run time.</DIV><DIV>My experience is that if there is real timecode it shows right up in the little time windows at the top of the preview window. ( even if you didn't set for it)</DIV><DIV>If not , not.</DIV><DIV>At which point more crude solutions of noises ( out I know) and actions have to be carefully looked at to synch it. put each clip on a video tyrack and find the same thing on both. slide one around till it works. I know it's not what you want to hear. Sorry</DIV><DIV>Jim</DIV></BODY></HTML>