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You shouldn't need to stripe camera tapes. As long as you record some 30 seconds of bars at the beginning and try to stop shooting a minute or so before the end of the tape, you should be fine.
As for the TC being the same, maybe someone can confirm that; good question, when you record 30p or 60p in HDV, what is the time code?
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As for the colour bars; it's a standard procedure to record bars and tone to the first 30 seconds of tape and its purpose is to provide a reference signal for post and also to forward the tape past its very beginning, where is the most pull on the tape and, therefore, the highest likelihood of dropouts. Same goes for the end of the tape.
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720P30 uses standard SMPTE style 30 frame TC DF or NDF, so no NLE that supports 720P30 should have a problem with it.
However, when shooting in 24P, (unlike the way the DVX100 or XL2 handle 24P) the HD100 seems to lay down "24 frame TC" instead of standard 30 frame TC. So each second starts at :00 and ends at :23 (instead of the standard :29) This creates a big problem for when in 24P mode because most capture presets are expecting standard SMPTE code, and when they don't see they assume there is a TC break. To add to the confusion, there are actually 60 frames per second being digitized, even though 36 of them are duplicates. Now, on to the original question of striping tapes. The only good reason for striping your tapes is to avoid TC breaks. On consumer level miniDV cameras this was a real problem because if you powered down mid tape, then started up again, the REGEN TC wouldn't continue and the TC would reset to 00:00:00:00. This is obviously bad for logging and digitizing. However, since the HD100 has a "REC" mode in its TC generator (just like pro cameras) this shouldn't happen, even if you change the battery. TC will always continue where it left off, even if you have a blank spot on the tape. A practice you might want to start though is "packing" your tape. Fast Forward each blank tape to the end and then rewind it back to the front. This will ensure that the tape is tightly wound and lessen the chances of the tape getting "eaten" by the cassette mechanism.
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Regen is used if you have taken the tape out of the camera and need to re-set it back at the point where you last finished. You need to read the manual and follow the steps. Regen stands for 'regenerating' TC. Free run means that the TC runs constantly even if you turn the camera off. It's usually set to the time of day and it could be handy if you need to know when the footage was shot or if you are trying to sync (approximately) more cameras together. Quote:
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The deck will save the wear and tear on the heads of the camera if you are using it for editing. That's the biggest benefit. Also, because it has an RS422 control, it will be more precise (namely in DV). And, for packing tapes it will be faster, although, the camera heads are not really involved in rewinding and fast forwarding. As far as I am concerned, the less use is put on the tape mechanism of the camera the better. The deck is designed to take the wear and tear of shuttling tapes, rewinding, etc.
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