maybe OT... video editing?

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i really don't know where else to put this... but... i'm looking into being able to do music vids for bands in the local scene... and i know i could get a couple good miniDV cams for cheap, but not all offer SMPTE time codes... i was just wondering if anyone here might possibly know (or at least point me in the right direction) how to insert SMPTE timecodes into a recording, preferably while shooting? I know that with the big budget shoots, all the cams synch up with the master playback for the set... Is there a way to do that with vid signals or embedded midi signals so i don't have to spend $5000 on a cam just for that feature?
 
You can try saving your audio files as broadcast wav's. That should insert timecode into it.
 
i don't think the metadata in BWF contain SMPTE, does it?

anyway, MiniDV/DV uses MPEG-2 format
 
ltc is where there's a signal inserted into the video stream, right?

ltc should work just fine... just getting it to synch up with a master playback will be the tough part.
 
how many cameras do you plan on using for this?
and do you plan on bringing the video into an editing software?
 
bennychico11 said:
i don't think the metadata in BWF contain SMPTE, does it?

anyway, MiniDV/DV uses MPEG-2 format
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Absolutely WRONG.

DV compression has nothing to do with MPEG compression. MPEG compression is also temporal compression (IBP frames). DV is less compressed and only compresses data on a frame by frame basis.

MPEG2 compression maxes out at 1Mbyte/sec and DV goes up to 3.5Mbytes/sec.

Check your info before posting.

To answer the inital posters question - all miniDV camcorders print timecode infor on the tape.
 
brzilian said:
Absolutely WRONG.

DV compression has nothing to do with MPEG compression. MPEG compression is also temporal compression (IBP frames). DV is less compressed and only compresses data on a frame by frame basis.

MPEG2 compression maxes out at 1Mbyte/sec and DV goes up to 3.5Mbytes/sec.

Check your info before posting.

To answer the inital posters question - all miniDV camcorders print timecode infor on the tape.
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damn dude, calm the fuck down
i misread my info. i was reading about HDV
honest mistake

:rolleyes:
 
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