yup... looks like the wrong smpte marking is on the tape at the beginning, so an offset will work.
Pops and click are usually a sign that your digital devices are not in sync.
Other than smpte, what are you doing to synchronize your digital signals?
13MB PDF, over 400 pages. I have mixed feelings about reading this whole manual. I'm also only through 15 of the 30 videos by Kenny Gioia... it's a whole lotta' information. But I wouldn't be studying Reaper so hard if I didn't think it was worth my time. Quite the software.
I'm very...
I, too, own a VS-2480
I use a MOTU 896mk3 with my VS-2480, and it has TosLink as well as S/PDif... This will give you two stereo inputs from your VS-2480 back into your PC and a whole lot more. Cost is just under a $1000, and if that's not a problem your pretty well set to do what you need to...