Can I import WITHOUT timecode?

For some odd reason, I have a couple of mini-dv tapes with footage on them but no timecode. Not timecode breaks, just no timecode at all. Of course when I try to log and capture it says waiting for timecode. How can I import my footage if it has no timecode?

IanMc wrote:
For some odd reason, I have a couple of mini-dv tapes with footage on them but no timecode. Not timecode breaks, just no timecode at all.
I don't think that's even possible. TC is ALWAYS recorded on tape. Chances are you attempting to Capture Now in remote mode.
Capture Now does NOT start playback on your deck. It's meant for sources to which you have no control, or decks in Local mode. If you want to use Capture now, do as Nick wrote above.
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Video:
1280 x 720
data rate: 4259 kBit/s
total bitrate: 4387 kBit / s
Single bit rate: 29 single images / second
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 63.5 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 388 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 248 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 61.4 MiB (97%)
Audio:
Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 1.85 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 21 ms (0.64 video frame)
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total bitrate: 4406 kBit / s
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Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 69.3 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 407 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 267 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 67.1 MiB (97%)
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Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 2.01 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Split accross interleaves
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