MLiebergot
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Jun 1, 2007, 12:50 PM
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Re: [Timothy Harry] Installing FCS2
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sorry, i was on a roll and forgot to post that part. :) long day
Ok,
I use log and capture, (big fan, was even sick enough to create batch lists in premiere 6.5 back in the day) there are 2 ways you can do this. Log the tape from beginning to end...leave a 5-7 second video buffer at the beginning, or log each individual clip. My process is to log all my tapes, and then I either capture while asleep, out running errands, or my wife does it for me. The real advantage here is being able to go back and recapture off the tape if necessary, which with my luck with tape happens on a pretty frequent occasion. There is a lot less time I spend capturing now that I went P2. It is pretty much limited by the speed of the interface now. Tim, thanks for the reply.
The only reason that I am hesitant to the log and capure method is that I would have to view and log all of my tapes (average 8-10) which would take me twice as long (I am lazy). I currently do keep a full tape log of each tape captured in my capture utility (in case I need to reacpture my tape). But do a complete tape capture right away, and let the program do the scene splitting (sene detection ON). Then just scroll and edit the complete footage as necessary. Any non-usable clips, I delete during my editing process.
Does Capture now in FCP capture the entire tape and break up the clips (scene detect) accordingly. Then I could just save that captured tape information (tape name etc.) and recapture the entire tape later if needed.
Or would I use Log and Capture like you menioned and just use the tape start time and end time. If I do this method (tape start and stop as the only log points), then would FCP still detect the tape breaks and break them up accordingly. Or would the logged tape juts be one continuous clip?
I guess that I could spend the time logging in each tape (clip) if I had to, but was looking for a quicker method. I can't change tapes while I'm asleep ya know. 
Michael
Cameras: I do use them.
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