starting my timecode at a certain time not at 00:00:00:00?

pistoltom wrote on 10/17/2003, 5:14 PM

when mastering to tape i need to set my timecode to start at 00:56:05:00 ,not at 00:00:00:00

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GaryKleiner wrote on 10/17/2003, 7:35 PM

Vegas has no control over what your record deck timecode will be.
If anyone knows different, please correct me.

Gary

johnmeyer wrote on 10/17/2003, 7:43 PM

You can easily set the timecode displayed by the timecode fX to anything you want. Is that what you want to do?

taliesin wrote on 10/17/2003, 7:56 PM

I think what he means is the Timecode being recorded on DV tape.

Only way: Use a professional DV deck which allows to manually set the start Timecode.

Marco

farss wrote on 10/18/2003, 3:05 AM

John,
No. He's refering to the timecode recorded onto the tape when he does a PTT.

This is a common requirement for material for broadcast. I know of one requirement that program start is at 10:00:00:00. It makes sense when you think about it, otherwise the leader would have negative timecode.

If that's what he's worried about, don't the station will usually retime the tapes anyway. If it's for some other reason then on a pro deck you can restripe the TC. As far as I know though this cannot easily be done with DV as it doesn't have a real TC track.