Capture Now Final Cut - Free Run Timecode

[jaems]

Hi,

I did a two cam shoot and set the timecode to free run. Jam synced the two cams so I could sync up the footage in post.

My preference is to capture entire tapes and log once the footage is ingested. I feel that it speeds up my workflow rather than logging individual clips then capturing.

My problem now is that I can't capture the tapes as one media file without difficulty. I don't like the "make new clip" on break option because it takes Final Cut forever to capture, as it tries to find the frame where the break starts, pre-roll, then capture. I selected "Warn after capture" which seems to have worked in the past. However this time around Final Cut captures the entire tape as one media file (verified by opening the source file in Quicktime), but Final Cut only "sees" footage up until the first timecode break. I tried fiddling with the aux timecode options without success.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Jaems

 

[jaems]

Update: I captured 4 tapes using the method above. Only 1 of the 4 had the issue mentioned above. Looks like there was an error when capturing. Was able to capture the other 3 using capture now - the whole tape to one media file. Not sure how reliable the timecode is though so will probably have to use other methods to sync up the footage from the two cams.

 

[jaems]

Update/solution: someone mentioned in another thread setting device control to non-controllable device. I did this and used Capture Now to ingest each tape as a single media file. Result was good without any breaks in the footage. No timecode was captured with the file. Have started editing and so far don't find it to be a problem. Of course if I sync the footage from both cams will have to use something other than timecode to sync up.

I did capture a couple tapes using the "make new clip option". When I compared to the files I captured with non-controllable device option I found the FCP "skipped" a few clips.

So in conclusion, if you prefer to capture entire tapes as single media files and you have time code breaks or used free-run timecode, capturing using "non-controllable device" option is a good workaround.