Deke Ryland
May 22nd, 2008, 09:34 AM
I shoot a lot of small segments that need to be shot quickly, and captured right after so it can be used immediately. I'm having a bit of a dilemma regarding managing my tapes and capturing process... so I thought I'd run my dilemma by you guys and seek your guidance and advice.
A scenario I find myself in often is the following:
I shoot a full 63 min tape... then I put in a new 63 min tape and finish up the rest of my shots in 8 mins. So the first tape I filled, and the second tape I only recorded 8 mins. I'm done with my shoot and go home.
Now I need to capture all this footage and get it in the timeline. So I plug my A1 into the computer, capture all 8 mins (with scene detect) from the second tape, eject it, then put the first tape in and capture all of that.
Now here's the dilemma... that second tape that I captured only has 8 mins recorded on it. I'd like to keep using that tape. But since I had to remove that tape from the camera to capture the first tape, I can no longer use the "end search" feature to find the end of the timecode.
So my question is, what's the best way for me to use that tape again? What happens to the timecode since I ejected the tape previously? Should I put a couple frame buffer between the first 8 mins previously shot and any new footage I shoot on it? I'm clueless not only about how this all works, but what I should be doing in this situation.
Thank you so much for any helpful guidance and advice. I appreciate it!
A scenario I find myself in often is the following:
I shoot a full 63 min tape... then I put in a new 63 min tape and finish up the rest of my shots in 8 mins. So the first tape I filled, and the second tape I only recorded 8 mins. I'm done with my shoot and go home.
Now I need to capture all this footage and get it in the timeline. So I plug my A1 into the computer, capture all 8 mins (with scene detect) from the second tape, eject it, then put the first tape in and capture all of that.
Now here's the dilemma... that second tape that I captured only has 8 mins recorded on it. I'd like to keep using that tape. But since I had to remove that tape from the camera to capture the first tape, I can no longer use the "end search" feature to find the end of the timecode.
So my question is, what's the best way for me to use that tape again? What happens to the timecode since I ejected the tape previously? Should I put a couple frame buffer between the first 8 mins previously shot and any new footage I shoot on it? I'm clueless not only about how this all works, but what I should be doing in this situation.
Thank you so much for any helpful guidance and advice. I appreciate it!