Media start problem

hi.
have been capturing some tapes and half way thru FCP started losing timecode on finished clips - media start defaulted to 00:00:00:000.
solved the problem now and is capturing fine (think it was because we were trying to capture over a network or poss a corrupt preference)
is there anyway now to manually input the timecodes to FCP, i.e replace the media start 00:00:00:00 with 09:59:47:00 so I dont have to recapture the tapes -
these values are all locked in on the browser and are not editable as far as I can see.
Thanks a lot if you can help.
Chris

Yes... look in the "Modify" menu. From there you can set the timecode to be correct. Select a clip then select Modify/Timecode...
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I was capturing some tapes so I can start the editing work. Everything was going well, but I noticed a problem with one of the reels, which will make my life **** if I don't take care of it now.
All reels are OK, except one. I made a batch list and captured the clips. The thing is, in the problematic Reel, the media start and end timecodes are lost after the capture.
After the editing proccess, I intend to recapture the used clips in 10 bits, so those lost timecodes are essential to me.
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Thank you for trying to help. These file were imported by log and capture and were atomaticaly converted to prores 422 LT. I did not mess around with file names, as the names were given during the log and transfer proccess.
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Hey Jack
]Thanks for your continued posts Peter.
Always happy to help out, but thankyou for the acknowledgment! Often busy stressed people on this board forget that essential ingredient of good manners! So thank you!
]Does that really solve it? I'm not sure that it does
Absolutely! I had exactly your situation a couple of years ago, when I took over a job from someone who hadn't left any room on clips. I gave adding extended handles a shot, and it worked.
Once again I am just sorry I did not remember this workaround sooner.
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]<small>A good little technique I have gotten into over the years is learning any new functionality in FCP with what I call my dummy project, dummy.fcp.
]This is just a normal FCP file with a couple of dozen clips, a few sequences and so on. Nothing too fancy, but designed to tap into most of the essential features, and broadly represent a typical type of job I do.
]Every time I want to try something new, and am worried I might damage existing work, I close the project I am working on, make a duplicate of dummy.fcp, and experiment on that. And I do it a couple of times, just to make sure for myself that the new functionality is well understood and predictable. I even try and do it wrong a couple of times, just to see what the results of mistakes would be like... Better learning through mistakes on your dummy ...
]If things go crazy, I have lost nothing, my current real-life project file is safe, and one of thee following is true:
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Ok, I am following you, I just need to make sure the clips in the edited timeline reconnect with the old master clip.
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