HVX Time Code Out Put.

[imgentertainment@mac]

Hey guys. Well looking forward to getting my HVX but been doing a little thinking. I have a profession field audio kit. With mixer and HD resolution hard disk recorder and boom mic, lavs all the good stuff. I also have a smart slate that displays and generates time code. I use this to sync to the recorder and on bigger shoots to the camera as well. Now I know the HVX can read and generate time code. And I know it sends it out over fire wire. Well, I was wondering if there is a company that has come up with a device that takes the fire wire signal the turns it into the standard BNC or XLR connection for time code. If that was the case then I could sync the camera and sound recorder to the slate like when I use the veri cam or digi beta. So if any one knows of anything or if there is even a company or someone on the boards that think they can make one. I think allot of people would be interested in buying one. I know I would.:beer:

 

[SoundMaster]

Having done sound mixing on several HD feature films I can tell you that 1) We never used a timecode slate 2) Audio sent directly to the camera 3) In some cases a Dat was used as backup 4) The camera received a guide track for post sync to CD music.

If you must have dual system then just send guide track to camera and let post align the dual sounds on the timeline, then discard the guide.

 

[bherr]

I've been looking for the same thing. It'd be very convenient for the cam to have rec/run control on the sound recorder. Fostex knows of no such converter....for now it's just an expensive step up on the learning curve.

 

[imgentertainment@mac]

Well you can do what sound master says and use a guide track. But is nice to use a guide track and have a slate.

Funny people on hear always say they don't use time code. But when I do a job or a bid the first thing big clients ask is that I have time code. I have yet to go on a network or fortune 500 company shoot and they are not worried that everything is in sync. So I don't know maybe that just the people I work for.

 

[SoundMaster]

Funny people on hear always say they don't use time code. But when I do a job or a bid the first thing big clients ask is that I have time code. I have yet to go on a network or fortune 500 company shoot and they are not worried that everything is in sync. So I don't know maybe that just the people I work for.

Many commercials, especially ones doing 20 or more setups per day will use a timecode slate to assist post with locking external sound to video or film for many takes. Technically, this is more convenience than requirement. Lower budget productions can get by with locking external sound to a camera guide track of the same sound. And now that sample matching is possible in post the sync is better than timecode (timecode only matches at the frame level not the sample level). I have seen a number of documentaries where sync was noticeably off.