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We
tend to do something similar with the position on our router as the tape name as
well as the subject matter. And I refer to them as cheap because they are. They
are also very useful and effective, especially if you don't want to spend
another ton of money on another gadget that is not "vital to the operation" as
seen by an owner or partner.
I used
to use Horitas for offline work. They'd generate and burn and cost a fraction of
what you'd pay for a full-on timecode generator.
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Grycza
[mailto:RGBavidDS(at)buckeye-express.com]
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005
12:00 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Live
Capture
Hey - don't dis Horita's tc generators. I won one
at the NAB this year!
Actually, that's a good suggestion, although my
variation on it would be to name the reel with the date and talent or source.
That way I'd have a quick reference back to the day and time something was
recorded along with who or what it was. Often those little bits of information
are just enough to trigger my own memory on anything else I needed to know
about it. And, there'd be no chance of overwriting another clip, since you
could never record two clips at the same time and date.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:29
AM
Subject: RE: Live Capture
In
other words, they were trying to help us out.
One possible "Jover" might be to put an Horita heapy-cheapy timecode
generator set to time-of-day, continuous generation and input that timecode
into the external XLR timecode input of your DS. We have our Master Clock
timecode input there and we do record "time-of-day" feeds with that feature.
We are very careful to name our reels so that we do not bite ourselves in
the rear by recording over the same clip by setting to the external XLR in
the capture dialog, switching to "live" and then carefully naming the reel
-- in our case the router selector identifier and the subject matter -- and
then naming the clip.
I
have never used the "recapture" feature in this environment, as a life feed
from, say Coral Gables, Florida (aftermath of Hurricane Katrina) will most
certainly never be re-fed to us in exactly the same way, and a voiceover
would probably be replaced with a "Take 2" capture, but this workaround with
an external timecode generator will save your kiester should you be in this
situation.
An
unique tape identifier will, for those without a timecode generator, serve
to prevent blowing away all-ready captured voiceovers. Just name the "tape"
"Retrack 1" It can have the same zero-start "timecode" as a "tape" labeled
"track."
I
should also mention that, whevever I record voiceover, especially from one
of our anchors, I roll a backup Betacam tape just in case (belt and
suspenders).
-----Original Message-----
From: Sylvain Labrosse
[mailto:slabross(at)Softimage.COM]
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005
6:14 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Live
Capture
Think of a capture from a source that does have
timecode. A good example provide by
Louis-Philippe:
In a post environment, there's no point to this
feature, but in a broadcast environment, it's immensely important. It
works this way because some people may want to capture a live feed
with timecode while it's taping (which is what a lot of
broadcast facilities do). Capture from tape will expect the VTR to
cue up to the capture point, which is not possible in this
case.
We implemented the
feature for this reason.
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM
[mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Simon
Graham
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:40 PM
To:
DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Live Capture
That doesnt make
sense,
If its a live capture there is no
inherent timecode, + if you fed the DS with House code there would
still be no link to the Non-TC source.
If you layed the non TC source to a
digi or other source then you would negate the need for a live
capture.
Simon
Graham
LIP SYNC POST
LONDON
Tel: +44 (0) 7899
810644
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of
Sylvain Labrosse
Sent: Thu 25/08/2005 18:20
To:
DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Live Capture
You answered your question. You must capture
with timecode for the recapture to work. Otherwise, how magically
would it work?
Sylvain
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM
[mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Simon
Graham
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:13 PM
To:
DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Live Capture
Thanks
Sylvain,
How exactly would you recapture, If
there is no timecode control in the first instance??
Simon
Graham
LIP SYNC POST
LONDON
Tel: +44 (0) 7899
810644
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of
Sylvain Labrosse
Sent: Thu 25/08/2005 17:41
To:
DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Live Capture
Live capture has been changed recently (7.5, or was
it 7.6?) to support recapture, so yes it has been
changed.
As with Tape capture, DS is looking at the Source
name and Timecode information, not the clip name. Keeping the same
information will cause indeed this problem.
So if you capture without a timecode feed (in the
remote cable from the deck), Live capture behaves as before and starts its
timecode at 00:00:00:00. The last captured media show for all
previous captured clips.
Feed timecode and Live capture will register this
information and marks each Live captured clip with a different timecode,
thus showing the correct media from each clips.
And if you accidentally lose this
material, you can now recapture, as before it was not possible.
:-))
Sylvain Labrosse
Avid DS Support
Escalation team
http://www.softimage.com/avidds
Check the v7.6 Learning Collection
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM
[mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Simon
Graham
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:33 AM
To:
DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Live Capture
I was wondering if this
has changed in V7 ??
On live capture I set a tape name and
capture clips from a non-TC source .
Upon multiple captures DS ascends the
name, but upon viewing the clips the media from one clip has been
applied to all clips, as though you have captured different tapes but
forgot to change the tape name?
Previously on V6 I could
capture from a non-tc source and not change tape names, the clips
would be captured and retained as they were captured.
Is this a bug or something that I'm
missing.
Thanks in advance
Simon
Simon
Graham
LIP SYNC POST
LONDON
Tel: +44 (0) 7899
810644
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