Drop Frame Time Code issues - Mac

[Bob Grant]

Originally Posted by Craig Seeman

Any update Bob?

We got the beta of the new clip transfer utility. Finally able to get the clips into the Mac and onto the FCP T/L. Only issue we're seeing is a roughly 4 second jump in TC where the split clips are joined. No frames lost though.

[Craig Seeman]

4 second jump. That's further than a typical DF/NDF difference.

I take it your doing this with 25p and/or 50i video. Since that's NDF there should be no jump at all. The bug, and even the bet fix, doesn't make mathematical sense to me.

Does Sony need anyone to test NTSC side of things? I think there are two or three issues on NTSC side ranging from Clock 24fps (23.98), Clock NTSC frame rate 30p/60i (29.97) and DF using non Clock Time Code.

Originally Posted by Bob Grant

We got the beta of the new clip transfer utility. Finally able to get the clips into the Mac and onto the FCP T/L. Only issue we're seeing is a roughly 4 second jump in TC where the split clips are joined. No frames lost though.