#RC Time Code
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Greetings from Santa Fe!
Help! Is there a good way to use a video capture card to capture video in low
resolution, then edit that video on the computer to produce an EDL that can
later be used with RC Time Code Sony HI-8 recorders to assemble a higher
quality master? I'm not sure how or if Adobe Premier, Edit Decision Lists, and
RC Time Code work together to be able to produce accurate (with 3-5 frames)
assemble edits. I know that the specs for Premier 4.0 indicates that it
supports a different sort of time code. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thanks in advance,
Rixon Reed
photo-eye books & prints
If you use a video deck that can read RC time code, you can use premiere to
create an EDL from your low res temp scans. The Sony Hi-8 deck CD-1000(?) does
this.
You connect your comuter to the deck with a VISCA interface. Premiere for the
Mac comes with the appropriate software, I assume Premiere for Windows does
too.
With the deck hooked to the computer and your device control preferences set to
VISCA, you run movie capture like normal, but now you'll see a timecode window
and controls to operate the deck.
This is described in the Premiere manual on page 240 or so.
I often use this method of digitizing tape to my Mac. I review the tape and
click on the in timecode and out timecode to build a batch capture list, then
let the computer take over while I do more important things.
Good luck.
Bob Roitblat