From: "Job ter Burg" <terburg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I am not even sure that with logged clips things would work out with preroll
> &c. What if the mark in for a Batch clip is 1 frame after the TC jump? I
> can't tell you what will happen.
>
> I'll stick to BITC, that works for me, although irritating.
I have a question, and a suggestion:
Question: when you dig whole tapes, do you mark in, spool to the end of the
tape, mark out, then dig? Or do you sit watching for the end as the tape is
being digitised?
If you mark in/out, you will get a duration. Compare this to control track
measurement. CT counts actual frames (length of tape, literally) whereas the TC
will be calculated mathematically. The difference will show TC breaks.
Suggestion: if (as it seems) you get a lot of material with TC breaks or jumps,
why not simply re-code each tape before digitising? I ofter do this and it
takes little time if you have two decks. One deck is coding, another
digitising. That way each tape has continuous code.
You'd use REGEN mode somewhere in the first few minutes of the tape, thus
continuing the hour-prefix.
BTW, I almost always use two machines: one for digitising and playback, the
other for recording. Video and audio are permanently connected to each machine
and I only have to swap the serial remote between them. (Oh, and let Avid
auto-configure decks because it doesn't understand...)
FWIW, I never watch tapes being digitised. (Never. It bores me to death)
Usually I spin through as fast as I can, marking in/out and logging. (One hand
on the jog-shuttle wheel, one hand on the mouse). Then I select all, stick in
the first tape and go off to do something else. After a while I might wander
back and swap tapes... even digitising a whole tape, I mark the in, spool to
the end, mark out, hit the red button, then go away for half an hour. Make some
calls, get a coffee, complete some invoices, read the script, scratch my - oh,
too much information.)
jh
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