Recorder stops "COPY INHIBIT" error

alanfitch wrote on 10/15/2002, 8:32 PM
If I drag a whole series of clips to the timeline, they all butt up against each other and play out to tape just fine. If I drag one up by itself, or manually close up a gap, my DSR11 will record to that point, then display a "COPY INHIBIT" error and stop, while VV3 continues on its merry way.

I've blown up the timeline right down to the single frame level, and those two clips are butted up nice and tight. I generally do not want any overlap, and have "Fade Edit Edges" and "Automatic Overlap Multiple" turned off

This is very frustrating, especially when laying out longer projects to tape

Anyone have a clue?

Thanks,

Alan

Comments

alanfitch wrote on 10/15/2002, 8:42 PM
I also want to point out that this is all footage that I've shot, and that there's no problem if I overlap the clips.

I don't want to overlap the clips, though.

It's beginning to looks a bit like a VV problem to me.

Anyone with a quick workaround is welcome to respond.
To the Sonic folks: this looks like it may be a bug in the software that sends a spike at the beginning of a clip?

- Alan
SonyEPM wrote on 10/16/2002, 9:04 AM
How are you capturing these clips? (camera, card, software)

Has the source footage ever been on VHS or DVD?
alanfitch wrote on 10/16/2002, 3:26 PM
Footage originally shot on either JVC DV500 or Sony VX2000. Captured via 1394 from DSR11 using VV3 Capture.

The footage is virgin.

- Alan
TorS wrote on 10/17/2002, 4:14 AM
Could it be you have checked Render loop region only?

Tor
Finster wrote on 10/17/2002, 3:20 PM
Man, that's a weird one. I can think of two sugggestions:

1) Borrow a non-Sony deck just to see if that works. Sony is fanatical about copy protection (since they own the rights to almost everything) and it seems for some reason the DSR11 thinks it sees Macrovision in your video. Macrovision is kinda like maginally stable video that falls apart when dubbed. Sounds to me like you might have a color framing or mis-matched fields problem, but haven't a clue as to how or why.

2) You could try changing your straight cuts to two or three frame dissolves. They would still look like cuts but might fool the deck.

Good luck,
Finster