osa Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 anyone use the ext tc auto rec function on your 664? i used to use this function a lot on 552's and it seemed to fuction as it should. on my 664 it appears to be creating multiple files for ea camera start and stop action when chasing camera's tc. i searched here but didnt find any related topics. its a head scratcher at the moment. certainly not a deal breaker. i can still chase ext tc and record and stop manually for now... kp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Page 27 of the manual talks about the "Hold Off" mode, where you designate X number of seconds before the 664 goes into record. My guess is that the camera is putting out a little bit of garbage TC while it's going into record, and so it creates a few (very small) extraneous files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Radlauer Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I use this function quite a bit! Its nice on multi camera shoots. I can concentrate on actually mixing. I have not seen anything like that before. I do not have the "hold off" configured.. Maybe they are those pesky double punches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 OOh sound creepy to me! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Mayer Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Which camera are you working with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osa Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Which camera are you working with? F3 - and also happened w a varicam a few weeks ago. will try the hold off mode, thx for the replies!! working today again with it will see what happens and try some more trouble shootin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osa Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 thanks marc will try it today. i wasnt thinking of the hold off function being required in this case because in the past with a 552 it worked great and the tc section wasnt nearly as robust as it is now w the 664. but it is certainly worth a shot. will report back kp Page 27 of the manual talks about the "Hold Off" mode, where you designate X number of seconds before the 664 goes into record. My guess is that the camera is putting out a little bit of garbage TC while it's going into record, and so it creates a few (very small) extraneous files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 " i wasnt thinking of the hold off function " even experienced old timers need to RTFM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 When properly configured, the hold-off function is your friend, although with the F3 and solid state media VariCams there's no reason to use record run timecode except with external video recorders that can't see the camera's stop/starts via SDI. And thus no reason for slaving to a camera's timecode. Many producers and production companies haven't revised their technical production guidelines to keep pace with modern technology and modern nonlinear editing practices. Hence the 2 or three jobs I get each year that specify a DAT backup recording. Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osa Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 hold off did it. thanks everyone for the feedback kp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoluSon Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 With a XD Cam HD i had to set the hold off to 0,5sec. With out the recorder will trigger random sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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