Easy Timecode window burn to DVD

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scantron

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What's the easiest way to burn a DVX100 tape to a DVD with timecode?

Quality is not too important, I just want a way to tote my footage around and review it, without having to have my DVX100 plugged into my laptop. If I could have each reel on its own dvd with timecode burned on, I could create my EDLs and later capture at higher rez.

I've got FCP HD, a Powerbook G4 and Toast.

(Toast has a feature that claims to capture direct to DVD from a camera, but my attempts to use it always result in an error message about 10 minutes into the process, and even without that error, I'm not convinced that it would actually burn the time code).

Thanks for your help!
-Scantron
 
Re: Easy Timecode window burn to DVD

I've got a couple of options:

Capture the tape into FCP and put a TC overlay on it and burn it back to DVD.

BUT -- if you've got room for a mini dvd player why not just take your laptop. Capture the stuff Offline RT and you'll have everything you need. You can even start editing your project and online it when you are done.

There's also another option. For around $100 US you can buy a program called CatDV which will catalog your footage for you.

http://www.squarebox.co.uk/catdv/

Again, not sure why you might want it on DVD, but if you do and NEED timecode I think you'll need to put the TC overlay filter on it.

Good luck,

CaptM
 
Re: Easy Timecode window burn to DVD

Scantron,

I would agree with CaptM about capturing your footage in the Offline RT format. This will allow you to fit hours of footage on your laptop easily. Plus your computer can process any effect a lot faster on this footage. Although you always want to finish your effect in an Online format.

Pull out your manual and start reading on how to setup a new sequence and how to manage your media for the Offline RT format. As well as capturing. Once you know this it will allow you to edit many more hours of footage on your laptop without taking up all of your hard drive space.

I almost always edit in Offline RT format on my laptop in a coffee shop and then pull up media manager and bring it to online status on my Dual G5 at home and finish tweaking all the effects and color correction. It allows editing to be much more enjoyable. And not as much of a desk job.

Have fun.
 
Re: Easy Timecode window burn to DVD

JT, I used offlining once and the issue I had was that my offline footage was actually physically smaller in the window. now, I know the dimensions are smaller, and it's jpeg compression, but I was wondering if there's a way to view the clips full-frame in the canvas without resizing and rendering, since this would then affect the onlined version.

Or am I just wrong that you should need full frame clips in offline format and just use the tiny little clip to edit quickly, then capture and do post work and titling afterwords only.

Just curious.
 
Re: Easy Timecode window burn to DVD

You can always increase the magnification in the canvas. You'd have to check to see if you coudl get full playback speed.
 
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