Firewire, Time Code and DVD - Help!

JackW wrote on 11/20/2004, 12:04 PM

I have a Sony DHR-1000 DV deck. Among its other attributes, it can display time code. We do lots of film transfer -- film to miniDV. For preparing edit decision lists our clients request VHS work tapes with time code display. We do this by displaying time code on the DHR-1000 and creating a VHS tape from the miniDV master. The time code appears on the VHS tape at the lower right-hand corner.

Here's the problem: A client brought back his miniDV masters and asked us to make a DVD for him with the time code displayed on the DVD. ( We use DVD Workshop for encoding and burning.)

When I capture from the DHR-1000 via firewire, no time code is displayed. It is displayed on the monitor for the DHR-1000 (connected via SVHS cable), but does not appear on the captured video in DVD Workshop or on the computer screen.

Any ideas on what's going on? Any work around? Obviously we can make VHS or SVHS copies of client's tapes with time code displayed and caputre these for the DVD, but I'd prefer to use DV/firewire for the transfer to keep the image quality as good as possible.

Jack

Comments

Former user wrote on 11/20/2004, 2:06 PM

Vegas does not support display of the timecode from the tape.

Your best bet is to use analog capture, or there are some other programs and maybe a plugin that will display it.

Dave T2

B_JM wrote on 11/20/2004, 2:18 PM

Visual DV Time Stamp

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Visual_DV_Time_Stamp

or the free version http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=DV_Time_Stamp

farss wrote on 11/20/2004, 2:20 PM

Actually Vegas can add burnt in TC from the source but you need to add the FX to the media in the media pool, not on the TL as then you'll add project TC, you can work it the latter way by getting project TC to match tape TC. I know this has come up before so for more detail do a search.
Quickest way though is to capture via analogue port from the deck thru a A->D converter. If nothing else that saves a bit of render time.
Bob.

JackW wrote on 11/21/2004, 4:36 PM

Thanks, all, for your suggestions. I wound up using Bob's, passing the SVHS output from the deck through a converter to DVD Workshop. Worked beautifully.

Jack