Syncing XDCAM Deck to HVX200

[flaminio]

I've been looking for a decent solution here, either technical or logistical for my situation. Sometimes here I record a video presentation on the HVX, then at the same time record the computer via scan converter to a PDW-1500. I ingest both the XDCAM and P2 media into FCP and work the magic.

In my ideal world, I'd have P2 and XDCAM video synced up with timecode. I work in segments maybe even over days and weeks. Clap board or other sound sync is OK, but if I could have the whole project set to same timecode, that would be much awesome. The actual sync isn't even terribly important. I just need to match up the right clips to close to the same since I'm just overlying non-audio video.

I don't think I can sync the camera to the deck drirectly. Even if I did, I'd want to do be a constant sync. I can't seem to find where the XDCAM does sync over FireWire. It does have BNC for external sync.

What if I got an external sync generator? Could I sync the HVX200 to that with the PDW-1500?

Any other thoughts?

 

[Barry_Green]

No, the 200's only concession to timecode sync'ing is through the firewire. Can the PDW-1500 be set to have an internal timecode generator running, and can you have it output that signal over firewire in DV mode? If so, you could put the 200 in DV mode and sync to the incoming firewire stream, then swap back to HD mode and shoot. You'd be largely in sync, at least within a few frames.

 

[flaminio]

I don't think the PDW1500 does TC over firewire. Not seeing it in the manual anyway, and I tried linking and nothing seemed to "happen."

Any ever see an external TC generator that does both BNC and FireWire?