Time Codec VTR Mode ... Help I Cannot Even Start To Use My Software!

If you're using an analog to digital converter, such as those offered by Canopus, you won't have timecode from the tape passed along with the analog signal. In FCP you'll need to set Device Control to "Non-Controllable Device." iMovie doesn't use the origianl tape's timecode so it's not an issue in that program.

You'd be better off quality-wise and have the ability to recapture if you used a compatible VTR or camcorder for capturing.

-DH

hi,

Your convertor will be fine for capturing pictures, but if all your dirves should fail or get coffee spilt on them you will not be able to recapture them exactly as they are now, since your convertor does not give timecode from your tape. So you would have to start again completely. If that's not going to happen then its not a problem as such. I think you're confusing two issues hre as well. There is first the one of timecode which as you know is a sequencial numbering system on the tape which helps you to find spefici frames accuratley, and helps machines syncronise. But there is also the issue of the codec ( which stands for comrepession de-compression), this is how the computer deals with the pictures to make them more managable. Some codecs compress the picture quality to make a smaller file size but low quality pictures. others are near lossless and have great quality but are huge files. The Animation codec is an example of this. Codecs are as varied as there are software companies out there making them.

Hope this helps

adam

You do not need a digital converter if you are using a DV camera. Two devices like this on the chain confuses FCP since BOTH can provide DV. Use one or the other as the DV source.

You really ought to read through the getting started portion of the manual. It will help build a more fundamental understanding of how the system works.

x

read Davids post again
set "device control" to "non controlled device"
make sure your camera is playing whats on the tape
roll the tape and hit "capture now"
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