Setting timecode

hello, i'm attempting to black a tape in order use the edit to tape feature in FCP, and i need to set the starting timecode on the deck itself to 00:00:58:00. I am using a Sony HVR-M15U HDV deck. If anyone has experience with this please help. Thank you.

You cannot EDIT TO TAPE to HDV...only PRINT TO VIDEO. Because HDV needs to conform back to a GOP format when you output back to HDV.
HDV isn't a mastering format. You cannot set up timecode the same way you can other formats. If you shoot with HDV, you generally master out to another HD format, like DVCPRO HD or HDCAM.
Shane

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Set timecode to start at 0?

Is there any way to set the timecode for a movie imported into Compressor to start at 00:00:00:00?
I have some home movies in MPEG-2 format. I trimmed about 45 seconds off the beginning of my first movie and then imported the movie into compressor. I also have a chapter marker file that has all the chapters for the movie. The chapter marker timecodes start at 0, which is good, but Compressor is showing that my movie starts with a timecode of 45 seconds, so the chapters are all off by 45 seconds. I could go edit all the chapter files for all the movies and add the amount that I trimmed off the beginning, but it would be so much easier if I could set the timecode in Compressor back to zero.

Nope. I opened 20+ movies, some that I created, some that I converted, some that I bought from the iTunes Music Store and not one of them had a timecode track. I see video, sound, text, closed caption, etc., but no timecode tracks.
However, I was going straight into Compressor and not using Final Cut Pro so I decided to bring my movie into Final Cut Pro first. I was able to adjust the timecode to 0 in Final Cut Pro and then export to Compressor. In Compressor I read the chapter marker file and everything works the way I want it to. It did seem to export quite a bit slower though.

Setting timecode manually doesn't save in Premiere Pro CC

Hi, When I set the timecode of a clip manually (by clicking clip, modify, timecode) in Premiere Pro CC, everything works well until I quit out of Premiere Pro. When I quit and open the project again, the timecode has reverted back to the originaly timecode of the clip and my modifications were not saved. Has anyone had this issue or know how to fix it? Thanks so much!

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, even after restoring to default preferences, I still have the problem.
It's Premiere Pro CC 7.0.0.
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Thanks so much for any other advice you may have.

Setting Timecodes to burn to a Double-Layered Disk

Greetings:
I am in DVD STUDIO PRO that has video run through FINAL CUT PRO HD.
I'm trying to burn to a double-layered disk, but I need to know what to do to set the time codes so that when DVD STUDIO PRO gets to the end of the first layer of the DVD it can read the timecode break to go to the next layer and finish the video. It stops Formatting because it doesn't see any timecode break.
I have read the manual, but it makes no sense to me.
What is the procedure I need to go through to make this happen?

Ah so it is a bit different than this thread
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4901196#4901196
So you need to set a Dual Layer Break Point?
ince you are using a Dual Layer Disc, there has to be a break point where it crosses over from Layer 0 to Layer 1, if you have no Chapter Markers at all (or a limited number of Markers, none of which fall near the point where more than half the project will be placed on Layer 0) (Was your test project a DVD-9 also?) -- In general, Layer 0 has to be bigger than Layer 1
What you do is
1.) Set up markers in the areas where your would guesstinmate the Layer Break(s) should be
2.) Build the project (but not format)
3.) Format a Disc (in the dialog that comes up, click on advanced tab, then where it says break point, use the pulldown which will have all valid breakpoint markers dark/black, while non-valid Layer Break Markers will be faded) and selct one of the darkend selections.
4.) Press burn
Some more threads and links to other threads
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3147573
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1466846
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4671267
And many more
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=break+point&objID=f952&date Range=all&userID=&numResults=15

Setting timecode on tape

Hi all, im working on Final Cut 5.1.4
I am writing a project to DVCAM on my DSR-11 for broadcast
Only thing is that the distributor wants the time code for project media itself to start at 01:00:00;00 but also have my slate and color bars to begin at 00:58:30;00 before the project. I set my time code in my timeline to reflect this but when I write to tape its begins timecode at 00:00:00;00 thus making the project media start at 00:01:30;00
How can I write the timecode to the tape to start at 00:58:30;00?
Thanks!

TC to DSR-11
Since FCP 4 we have been unable to stripe a new TC such as 00:58:00:00 or 01:58:00:00 to a DVCAM tape with the DSR-11. NO MORE!! I think I found a solution.
Get SimpleVideoOut from the Apple (its free):
http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/SimpleVideoOut/SimpleVideoOut.html
Then create a QT Movie in FCP or Xpress Pro from a sequence which has the starting TC you want on the tape. I just tried it with 00:58:00:00. In the timeline, I just put Bars & Tone for 90 seconds and a black slug for 45 (to take me over 01:00:00:00). You could create a sequence with whatever combination you wanted with the TC set to start at whatever timecode you need for your choice. But the Timeline TC MUST be set to your desired starting code. The exported QT file will have this TC in it.
Then load this DV QT movie into SimpleVideoOut (having selecting Firewire / Apple Firewire PAL or NTSC when you open the app).
Now load a fresh DVCAM tape and set your DSR-11 to:
REC MODE = DVCAM
DV IN TC = EXTERNAL
(Have the TC display turned on for this first test so you can verify it has worked.)
Then just hold the REC and PLAY buttons together on the DSR-11 and press play in the SimpleVideoOut app and the new TC will be recorded to your DVCAM tape. Hey presto you are now able to stripe a tape with what ever timecode you want using a DSR-11.
Remember to turn 'DV IN TC' back to INTERNAL on the DSR-11 when you come to record your edit to tape.
The problem with the DSR-11 is that it is not the best deck and starting recording at the exact TC, but playing with the pre-rolls should eventually get it spot on. I have had some success with FCP's 'Edit to Tape' and very good results with Avid Xpress Pro after a few tweaks.
Also, if you just had a black QT file, you can change the starting TC to suite the tape; i.e. 00:58:00:00 or 02:58:00:00 etc without going back into FCP or Xpress Pro and rendering out another QT. To do this, just use Sebsky Tools to alter the starting TC of the file.
http://www.dharmafilm.com/sebskytools/
Shane

Setting Timecode on a Master

Hey guys, I need to run a DVCAM master for broadcast. The show has to start at 1:00:00;00. I've adjusted my FCP timeline accordingly, with bars and tone at 00:59:30;00. However, I can't figure out how to get the master to pick up the correct timecode from the timeline. It insists on starting at 00:00:00;00. So, when I try to Edit to Tape, the show starts an hour into the tape! How can I make the timecode on the master tape start at 00:59:30;00? Thanks.

That deck does not have a TC Preset function -the HVRM25 does.
It will pickup from existing timecode and increment it though. You could use a camera that can generate preset TC for 15-30 seconds or you need another deck.
Also, starting at 59:30:00 is a bit late. If this is as you say for broadcast, they will want bars and tone at the head. Stripe the tape from 58:00:00 and you can lay down a minute of bars from 58:30 > 59:30.
Then a further 30 secs black with the show start on the hour.

Timecode effect wrong: adds an hour

Hi, I'm using Premiere Pro CC2014 8.2 on a Mac and am trying to apply the Timecode effect to my timeline using an adjustment layer. The problem is that the timecode display generated by the effect is wrong by exactly 1 hour, i.e. timecode at the start of the sequence is 00:00:00:00 but the effect displays 01:00:00:00. If I open the timecode window (Window menu > Timecode), this displays the correct timecode. The effect controls are set as follows:
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Timecode Source: Generate
Time Display: 25
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Thanks Ann, setting the Source Track to V1 works if the Timecode Source is set to Clip, the timecode from the clip is displayed, but when I set Timecode Source to Generate, the Timecode effect disappears from the Program window completely.
What I'm trying to do here is generate timecode for a sequence which matches the time units for the sequence. I.E. if the sequence start time is set to 00:00:00:00, I would like the Timecode effect to display 00:00:00:00 when the playhead is at the start of the sequence. Instead I'm getting 01:00:00:00.
Any pointers would be much appreciated, thanks!

Timecode in secquence. to nest or not

I have like 19 cuts and 44min of footage in the timeline. I want timecode to stay continuous throughout the secquence. ex. 00:00:00:00 to 00:44:00:00. Is there a way to do this without nesting the secquence first then adding the timecode filter to the nest?

add a slug to an upper layer, apply the "timecode generator" filter to the slug, , set timecode to generate from sequence start in th efilters controls, crop as required to show timecode only.
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Where are subtitles saved?

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I'm working on a DVD of HMS Pinafore for a client of mine (School) and have been asked to add subtitles to the DVD so that people can sing along. I manually entered the entire libretto as subtitles.
I spent 2 days entering the subtitles ...and after adding a menu ...the damn project has crashed and refuses to open.
After another day of unsuccessfully trying to get it to open - I've given up and re-exported from premiere.
The question is, can I grab my subtitles from the old project and drop them into the new one? I don't fancy doing them all again.

>A better subtitle workflow is to create them in a text editor (check the online help), or a dedicated subtitling application, and then import them into Encore.
Absolutely.
Using a text editor is the easiest way - Textpad (www.textpad.com) is a great & free one (nagware) that out-performs anything like Notepad by a wide margin.
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Best of all this will remain as a text file and can be re-imported with ease in case of disasters. Plus it is much simpler to edit (delete faulty title, make changes, save
i under a new name
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Editing multi-camera in CS6

Looking for this page:
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/editing-multi-camera-sequences.html
But for CS6, not CS5.5 and earlier. This stuff has changed for CS6, but I can't seem to find the help documents that talk about it, and we don't yet have the PDFs to look stuff up in. Anyone show me where to find it?

There is a pretty simple way to sync multiple tracks of video on the timeline using unnumbered clip markers. Basically you find the frame in each track you want the all the tracks to sync to and in each track add an unnumber marker at that point. Then there is a command that will move the tracks to line up those unnumbered markers and, shazam, you are synced! Here is an excerpt from a help discussion from Adobe:
Synchronize clips with markers
Make sure that you’ve marked the sync points for each camera’s footage before you attempt to synchronize them. You can mark the sync points by setting similarly numbered markers for each clip or by reassigning each clip’s timecode. (See Add markers and Set timecode manually for a clip.)
Note: Premiere Pro uses an overwrite edit when synchronizing clips. Take care not to overwrite adjacent clips if you have multiple clips on the same track.
Select the clips you want to synchronize.
Target a track (by clicking its track header) to align the other clips to it. For example, if you synchronize clips on their Out point, the end of each clip aligns with the Out point of the targeted track. A clip will be trimmed if synchronization causes its In point to fall before the sequence zero point.
Note: If one track of a linked audio/video pair is unselected, the pair will become out of sync. Out-of-sync indicators will appear on the clips.
Choose Clip > Synchronize, and then choose one of the following options:
Clip Start
Synchronizes clips at their In points.
Clip End
Synchronizes clips at their Out points.
Timecode
Synchronizes clips to the specified timecode. If you use the hours value in source timecode as a camera designator, select the Ignore Hours option to use only minutes, seconds, and frames to synchronize clips.
Numbered Clip Marker
Synchronizes clips to the specified numbered clip marker. Choose the marker number to use from the Marker menu.
You can also use the Synchronize command to sync several video clips on separate tracks or unlinked audio and video tracks when you are not editing a multi-camera sequence.

Getting a very big project into one DVD

Hi,
I got a really big project which according to encore needs 8.5 GB.
I want to put it on a 4.5 GB DVD.
I tried transcoding it different and do "fit" but nothing helps.
I don't really mind the quality, I just want it to get into one DVD.
What do I do?
Thanks.

>2nd is they use multi-pass encoders that cost WAY more than what you have invested in your entire computer hardware and software... there was a recent message somewhere (I'm not going to look) that mentioned a NINE pass encoder
Cinemacraft CCE-SP. Their basic version is cheap, at $79. The next one is around $2,000 and has up to 99-pass encoding available as well as a feature that will allow you to set timecodes and encode the sections between each timecode reference with different settings too. It uses what they call "Adaptive Quantize Matrix" encoding, which creates a reference file, and begins to encode and after the third pass, it will continually refine the process on a sub-pixel level until it gets the finest possible quality. It's awesome, and takes a LOT of learning.
See http://www.cinemacraft.com/eng/sp2.html
This version is small potatoes indeed to what they call their "serious" encoder, which is unpriced unless you contact them directly.
http://www.omni-cinemacraft.com/products_cinemacraftxtream.shtml
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
Sonic Solutions also do an HD/SD encoder called CineVision, which is a wallet-busting $50,000 a go.
MPEG encoding is an art - even more so than cutting & editing film in the first place, and the big players employ encodists who just do this - all day, every day. You are never going to get the same quality from a sub-$500 2-pass encoder.

CS5 PPro Record plugin offset bug

In "Capture Settings", if set "Timecode Offset" to -1, PremierePro will pass the wrong information to Record plugin.
i.e.
If it is IN/OUT capture, the timeCode in recCapParmsRec8 has no change (same as when offset is 0), frameCount has no change (good). Therefor, -1 offset is not applied.
If it is batch capture, the timeCode in recCapParmsRec8 has one less (good), but frameCount also has one less (wrong). Therefor, it captured one frame less then specified.
Another problem caused by this is, since offset parameter is not passed to Record plugin. Record plugin cannot adjust the timecode metadata written to the file.

Hello Zac,
Giving a correct recCapParmsRec8.timeCode value is enough for adjusting video frames capturing, but not enough for matching timecode to the frames.
i.e. in 25 fps, capturing from xx:xx:10:00 to xx:xx:20:00, the picture in 10:00 is "ZERO", the picture in 20:00 is "Two Hundred Fifty". Due to the hardware/system error, the captured result is "ONE" in xx:xx:10:00. Therefor, you adjust the offset to -1(or 1), PPro tells the recorder to start capture at timecode xx:xx:09:24 and capture 250 frames, recorder will capture the frames from "ZERO" to "Two Hundred Fifty" (which is good), but will match them to the timecode xx:xx:09:24 to xx:xx:19:24. Writing this timecode to the meta data of the video files is not correct, and there is no way to adjust it.
Regards,
Jiangping

How to set Start-Timecode in a sequence?

I cannot find the "Start-Timcode" option in the new timeline panel.
Where has it gone?
Premiere Pro CC 2014.1
Thanks for any help.

The help is your friend. Searching for "start time" took me directly to this page: Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Adding clips to sequences
The last section on that page:
Set sequence start time
By default, each sequence’s time ruler starts at zero and measures time according to the timecode format you specified in the Display Format field of the New Sequence dialog box General tab. However, you can change the starting time of the sequence’s time ruler. For example, you may want to set the start time to match a master tape, which typically begins at 00;58;00;00, to accommodate a two-minute leader before the standard program start time of 01;00;00;00.
In a Timeline panel menu, choose Start Time, and enter a starting timecode, and click OK. (The starting time must be a positive number.)

How do I set start timecode to 00:00:00:00 for work area exports in cc 2014?

In all previous versions work area exports started at 00:00:00:00, now in 2014 they're taking the sequence's timecode. I can't find a way to set this anywhere.

This is exactly why we all start at 1:00:00;00.
LOL -- I guess it's not really a 2pop if it's only a frame from start.
Most show production REDBOOKS will aslo dictate that the show begin on hour1 rather than 00000.
But here's how you'll change your options...
Highlight the sequence in question inthe browser and hit Apple-Zero. Then the Timeline Options tab... set the timecode there to where you'll start everything and then add the show at the 1 hour mark.
Good luck,
CaptM

Sony NX5 and Log & Transfer - Timecode set to 00:00:00:00 for SD footage

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I am trying to import footage from my Sony NX5 into Final Cut, and I notice that for SD footage, the timecode is not retined, it just sets this at 0.
Is this something Apple are working on fixing, as Sony says it is not an issue with the camera, rather the software?
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We are on Facilis Terrablock.
Sh&t. That's it. When I read this, it was like someone hit me in the back of the head with a 2x4.
We have a 24D Terrablock. Unbelievable.
I can't understand why I didn't think of this before. we have had other little snitty issue with this thing as well. Nothing major, just little blips that didn't make sense. Couldn't build large DVDSP projects to it using hte multiwrite. And other little things.
I'll put in an email to the support (with whom I'm VERY familiar with) ASAP. I am crazy busy right now too, and don't have the time to troubleshoot very much. I have my footage, and now that I know the problem, I'll ingest to an internal drive them transfer it to the 24D. what a pain in the arse, but that's the way its gonna be until I have some time to chat with tech support.
Wow. I hope this helps you out. Is there a way to conact you off list so maybe we can share other little insights? I've yet to find another company that is using this thing that I can collaborate with.
To answer your questions, we are connected via 4gb fibre to a fibre switch with the facilis attached to the switch. We have 3 edit suites with 3 permanent volumes, one for each suite. The y are all set up single user write, not the multiwrite. We had speed issues with the multiwrite.
We did not always have this problem, and I can't recall when i updated the system from v3 to v4. Might have been connected to that. We don't create and delete volumes per project, we just have a big bucket for each suite. We don't really share FCP projects that much, but we do share media. We don't use any MXF importers, as we like to work with self contained QT's.
Cheers-
matt

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