After Peter Haller gave me some offline help, I'm convinced that
Vegas Pro reads the SMPTE (MTC) input correctly. I do seem to have a
problem with either the Winman 4X4/S SMPTE input or it could be the
VCR.

Does anybody else use the Winman 4X4/S midi card?

Thanks for the help, Peter.

Peter Haller wrote:
>>If the display turns red, then the wrong format is being sent by
the
>>master. v1.0 had a problem in that it misinterpreted 29.97 Non
DROP
>>for 29.97 D.
>>
>>Since you say that 29.97 ND and 30 ND both lock to the
>>incomming source, then your source is generating ND and not Drop.
>>
>>What did you use to stripe the original?
>>
>>For clarification of how we implement the different formats, please
>>read our discussion of SMPTE/MTC at our FAQ sec on this web site.
>>
>>Being video, I would suspect that the time code is actualy 29.97
ND.
>>Does the MIDI Man understand 29.97 ND vs 30 ND? If so, you may have
>>to tell the MIDI Man that it is actually recieving 29.97 ND vs 30
ND
>>as the MTC tags are exactly the same, but one runs at 29.97 fps and
>>the other 30 fps.
>>
>>If you recorded the tracks into vegas with 1.0 and Vegas actually
>>considered the time code 29.97 D, then syncing with Vegas locked to
>>29.97 ND would account for the error in playback.
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>Dave Jacobs wrote:
>>>>Now that I've applied the 1.0a update, I can no longer sync
>>>>to SMPTE drop frame. The time display turns red and it
>>>>says "MTC Input Wrong Format" and is colored red. If I
>>>>switch to non-drop 29.97 or non-drop 30 it will sync but is
>>>>slightly off in time where I can hear the original and
>>>>recorded sound slightly delayed.
>>>>
>>>>I'm using:
>>>>
>>>>Windows NT 4.0 SP5
>>>>
>>>>Winman 4X4/S Midi and Smpte card (using the SMPTE input)
>>>>
>>>>Sony SVO-2100 VCR with the time code output connected to
>>>>the PC.
>>>>
>>>>The tape was striped using 29.97 drop frame time code.
>>>>
>>>>The interesting thing is that I saved a project when Vegas
>>>>was at 1.0 and I could load it and sync it with the same
>>>>tape I'm using now. Since I applied the 1.0a patch, it
>>>>looks like it no longer recognizes drop-frame.
>>>>
>>>>If you have any questions, I can be reached at
>>>>dajacobs@adobe.com as well as djacobs@davee.com
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Dave
>>>>