Capture Now v Batch Capture

I'm about to embark on a project where I will need to capture long segments - upto 2 hours in one capture (From DV cam via firewire). I've read that there can be problems doing this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Steve
Don't forget to set up your Final Cut Pro - system settings - scratch disc - capture limit before starting. I'm kind of curious - how do you get 2 hours on a Video tape - or is it a HD camcorder. I must admit I prefer to capture everything and after my initial edit to use the media manager to get rid of unwanted footage. I have concerns about wearing out my camcorder with the constant stopping and starting of a recapture. My captures are limited by my DVD tapes to just over 1 hour, and I have not experienced any problems here. Just don't let your computer go to sleep in the middle of the capture.
Mikah

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    I just starting using HD. The Capture Now is not capturing the whole tape. Plus, it captures segments and numbers them. How do I get it to capture the whole tape?

    If there are breaks in the recording, FCP makes new clips by default.
    You can change this behavior in preferences:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TA23293?viewlocale=en_US
    In general, it's best not to use Capture Now, since you can lose frames.
    It's best to set an in point and and an out point, and use Capture Clip.
    Here's some good advice on capturing HDV:
    http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/capture_hdv_prores_fwbalis.html
    Of course, you still haven't told us what format you are using.
    You'll get better answers if you supply more details.
    Since you said "tape" we assumed you're using HDV.

  • Capturing now, doesn't capture anything...

    Hi:
    I've got a problem capturing HDV footage with my Z1 under Final Cut 5.2. As I've got lot of Gigas of dsk space and didn't have too much time I made a full tape capture using Capture Now.
    The tape began to capture and preview windows said that was capturing, but after the tape arrived at the end no clip appeared at the browser and capture files appeared at Finder unexpectedly small and they didn't even run.
    Has had anyone else the same problem? What have you done?

    I used the HDV 1080i50 easy setup, that is the way I shooted.
    Yes, the video was showing during the capture, and told that was capturing, but after the tape arrived at the end nothing was captured. Even if you tried to esc in the middle. This happens randomly.

  • Nice discussion on Capture Now (for the Pro's?)

    Hi All,
    I want to talk about Capture Now.
    Let me first state that I'm a believer in Batch Capture after doing Logging clips.
    But,
    I many shows I'm working on will not be captured by me, but by the directors, assistant directors or researchers/editors (not video editors) and camjo's.
    Shooting on DVCam there are timecodebreaks in the tapes.
    So I write them comments about how to handle the camera to prevent Timecode breaks.
    I write them reports about how to do easy setup, System Settings, Proper User Preferences, etc. And I'd like them to Log before capturing. Let tape roll at leat 5 seconds before pressing Capture Now. All reasonable.
    Given the available time they capture whole tapes and sometimes provide me with spotlists.
    Let's NOT discuss all the above. It's obvious I know how it should be.
    Well now I want to have the discussion with you about the difference between Capture Now and Batch Capture concerning tapes with Timecode breaks:
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    Then, FCP will encounter Timecode breaks. Stops and starts to capture a new clip.
    Now my questions are:
    1• Do these captures differ from clips captured with Capture Now? (concerning sync, timecode accuracy, etc.)
    2• Is FCP able to recapture those clips in case of data loss? I mean. After a TC break FCP starts to recapture using the preroll time, right? Is that the case in both 'Capture Now' and 'Log and Capture'? Is this preroll enough to do a recapture? Or should one set a longer preroll during the capturing in order to recapture with a normal preroll-time in the case of disk-damage?
    I'm asking all this because I'm doubting about the advantage of Log and Capture over Capture Now when it comes to tapes with Timecode breaks.
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    Best Regards
    Rienk

    1• Do these captures differ from clips captured with Capture Now? (concerning sync, timecode accuracy, etc.)
    Nope. As long as you give your footage a reel name, and you have deck control to get timecode, you will be fine and accurate.
    2• Is FCP able to recapture those clips in case of data loss?
    Sure. Just as long as you give yourself enough PREROLL, or that you don't use footage that is 5 seconds from the start of the clip.
    After a TC break FCP starts to recapture using the preroll time, right? Is that the case in both 'Capture Now' and 'Log and Capture'?
    Yes...with CAPTURE NOW it will give itself the needed PreRoll if it just continues the capture. LOG AND CAPTURE, you assign the in point so you assign the pre-roll.
    Is this preroll enough to do a recapture? Or should one set a longer preroll during the capturing in order to recapture with a normal preroll-time in the case of disk-damage?
    If you can, manually set the preroll. But if you do a capture now, stop on TC breaks and then continue, it adds enough.
    I do this a lot. Name the initial clip name to be the same as the tape, then capture, and sometimes I get one long clip, sometimes I get it broken up. Then I watch the footage, rename it if needed, or just add descriptions in the OTHER fields, and then edit. CAPTURE NOW is fine when you have TIME OF DAY code...perfect for it. You just need to make sure you have a REEL number, and enough PREROLL.
    Shane

  • Help with Batch Capturing, Timecode Issues?

    Hi Final Cut Pro Pro's. I've just come over from Avid.
    I have a problem with capturing - I have a lot of tapes to capture and there is no way I will make deadline doing it by individual capture - I need to batch capture. My tape shows no timecode breaks and I have already spent hours logging all the various clips. It shows it has registered all of the media start/end timecodes, but when I click on batch capture, it says
    BATCH CAPTURE: TIMECODE ERROR: UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SPECIFIED TIMECODE. YOU MAY HAVE SPECIFIED A TIMECODE WITH INSUFFICIENT ROOM FOR A PRE/POST ROLL OPERATION.
    I don't understand as there is clearly a functioning timecode? This is going to break my balls if I have to go through this individually, no time! Anyone? Any ideas?
    Thank you.

    I'm capturing from the camera directly, a Sony DSR-250...
    It turns out that yes, if you have marked the in/out point too close to the head or the tail of the tape, or even if you have marked it okay and are currently at the start/end of tape when pressing on batch capture it cannot send the command to the device. If you move forward or backward accordingly by five or six seconds it doesn't come up anymore.
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  • Dropped froms in Batch not in "capture now" , Sony Z1P HDV w/ firewire

    I'm trying to log shots but the computer cant see the timecode frequently when I log and shuttle etc. When I have logged some clips, trying to batch caputre them or even capture a single clip results in an error saying that the computer cant find the time code or has dropped frames.
    so I have to capture the whole tape with capture now and then log it as sub clips
    any suggestions for how I can do my batch?

    yeah that's true - was told I was getting a deck and they gave me a camera - their loss... but I can only capture now anyway - I was trying to log...
    I probably will just capture now and make subclips but if you know the answer to my question that would be calming to me... I am annoyed at the problem and want to know/learn

  • Batch Capture vs Record Now and sub clips

    Can FCP do scene detection on capture?
    If not can I capture an entire tape, go back and create sub clips then use the media manager to delete what I don't want.

    I just completed logging and batch capturing a 1hr DV tape and the interaction between my camera and FCP is not terribly responsive. The picture quality while scrubbing wasn't very good either.
    So I thought it would probably be quicker, easier on the camera [and my eyes] if I captured first then logged, or created sub clips and then delete what I didn't want - otherwise I might end up with too much data.
    In PPro I just started capturing and it automatically made a new clip for every scene then all you had to do was re-name them. Very fast. You could also use sub clips but it didn't work very well so I'm a bit suspicious about doing it that way.

  • Capture "Preview Disabled" and unable to "Capture Now"

    Okay so I don't think I'm the only one but figgured I'd post just to see what the status is.
    Today I went to capture some plain ol' DV footage from my Panasonic PV-GS500 minidv camcorder and was unable to... sorta.
    If I try to capture I get the message "preview disabled" and at the top it shows (AV)(Unknown).
    If I try to capture now i get the message "Attempt to capture video without a video device selected. Please select a video device in your capture presets and try again".
    I'm using that NTSC Anamorphic easy setup and had no troubles in the past. I beleive that it might have something to do with QT 7.3 as others have suggested.
    What makes it so strange is that if I log clips (monitoring on the cameras LCD itself) and then batch capture it appears to work fine. I can also send video to the Camera.
    Finally to top it all off it captures just fine using iMovie - but this is hardly a solution by any means.
    So anyone know what the deal is?

    You might rey first simply resetting everything to make sure nothing is interfering with the deck control. Power cycle the camera as well. Perhaps if iMovie had been communicating with the camera, FCP may not be able to work correctly with it until it was reset.
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  • Unable to "Capture Now"

    My friend shot some dv footage over the weekend that he wanted me to edit but for some reason I cannot capture it into my computer. He shot it with another camera, I'm sure it was just a consumer hand held one. I'm using my Sony HDR FX1 to capture it though. It plays fine in it, and Final Cut recognizes it, but when I click on capture now, it brings up a window that's black and says "waiting for timecode" and just sits there forever. What am I doing wrong?
    Bones

    Generally speaking, logging then using batch capture is a more efficient means of bringing in material. But to do that, you must have a machine capable of time code control. With 'non-controllable device' you are sort of screwed.
    x

  • Unable to locate timecode in batch capture

    Hi there, I have been working on this problem for a while and would really appreciate some help.
    I have a documentary project I have been working on for some time and have completed the EDL. I am now trying to batch capture the footage again in full res and am having problems with a couple of the tapes.
    First the specs:
    The video was shot on a Sony HDR-HC1 in HDV(1080) mode.
    I am using this camera to capture the footage.
    I am trying to recapture the footage in a sequence with the easy setting on HDV1080i50.
    I had originally captured the footage in SD on an older version of final cut pro (I am now working with FCP6) and didn't realise that my 16:9 footage was actually all 4:3 letterboxed. To fix this problem I used the media manager to export and then in the new project batch capture all the footage again from the tape. The project uses 18 tapes, 16 of which were batch digitised with only minor troubleshooting required. However 2 of the tapes are proving to be very problematic. It seems that whatever clip I select on the tape it gives me a message saying "unable to locate timecode".
    I have tried setting the tape to the exact location of the clip before selecting the batch capture, but the computer always seems to look for a spot which is 2-3 mins out of sync with the clip. For example, if the in point is 00:10:00:00 the computer will roll the tape to around the 00:12:00:00 mark and start jogging around there for about 30 seconds until eventually giving me the "unable to locate timecode" message. Looking in the information in the bins, the in and out points are accurate, its just that when I try to capture, the computer rolls the tape to the wrong position.
    If anyone knows a workaround for this that will help me avoid having to edit the footage all over again I will be extremely grateful.
    Thanks
    Liam

    HI I have the same problem, the capture window says: Waiting for time code, the device must set in vcr mode and then This operation could not be complete as there is no video, the F!#!%$$ problem is very illogical ,at this mooring I do batch capture without a problem but since the second tape this problem starting, I update to FCP 6.0.4 and,. @@#%#@%#$ the first tape capture but the second not capture and the problem starting againd, note that IMOVIE capture the tape and work very well, iI replace fire wire, camera VCR and , I trayu with Canon, Sony, JVC and the problem persist , I have quicktime 7.4.5, FCO 6.0.4, note that I have two Macs with the same problem in both macs IMOVIE work like a PRO edition Software but FCP is very bad, I have with this problem a long time, I formated Mac, reinstall FCS2 many timers and the problem persist. IS not a problem whit easy setup or wherever , I download the FireWire SDK from Apple and test all connection with the applications of sdk and in all case , the camera and the fire wire are OK, the problem is with quicktime and FCP, If any one is working OK with FCP and DV NTSC devices and JVC PRO HD devices, please tell us HOW DO. I'm working with FCP since 2000 and in this month FCP makes me very UNHAPPY.

  • Batch capture settings do not match project settings

    Batch capture audio settings do not conform to project settings-
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    mick

    Thanks for your reply, Harm....
    Well now...having negated all the possibilities you listed, I decided to do a an actual batch capture with clips which I previously logged which reported audio at 32kHz instead of the project setting of 48kHz:
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  • Unable to batch capture with Premiere Pro CC via Kona LHi

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  • "No Video" error when Batch Capturing

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  • Help!  Batch Capture Changes My Logged Clips' Media Start & Media End

    I'd be very grateful for any help on this.
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  • Capture Now Limits- Audio Video Sync Issues?

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    I'm having similar problems although I never used to. But note:
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