DV Print To Tape Question(s)

mjroddy wrote on 11/2/2005, 3:46 PM
Am I missing something on PTT? Ok... wait befor you answer that...
Is there no deck control (ie, shuttle, jog, etc) so I can line up a blacked tape and put a specific spot (I am talking about cable commercials in this case) at a specific time code? Right now, I go to Batch Capture, line up my tape to the desired time code, close that down, hit stop on the deck (a Sony DSR1500), go to File, Print To Tape and then Crash edit.
That has been working fine, but shouldn't I be able to do that all from one interface? I just read the Help on PTT from the Capture interface, but that only talked about printing clips, not projects.
Also, When I line up the tape using Capture's shuttle, the time code is correct (say, 00:55.00.00. When I go to Print To Tape and then Crash, the timecode there is incorrect by many, many seconds. I ignore that and just tell it to GO and it lays in just fine at the proper time code. So it's a non-issue, but still seems conunter intuitive and odd.
Am I doing something wrong? or is this The Way It Is?

Comments

winrockpost wrote on 11/2/2005, 3:56 PM
From what I understand, PTT dv can not be frame accurate .
Of course I could be wrong.
mjroddy wrote on 11/3/2005, 9:24 AM
I wouldn't need "Frame Accurate." I'm just curious about if I'm printing to tape properly, since there is no shuttle control. Do I really have to use to apps to do it (one to line up the tape and one to print to it)? And why is the time code so incorrect in the PTT window? I'd LIKE frame accurate, but it's not important to what I'm doing.