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Posted by rynato on 02/11/07 20:22
On Feb 11, 3:45 am, u...@emmail.it wrote:
> What is the best brand? I will use the tapes with Sony cameras.
> thanks for your suggestions.
Ciao ulixi
Very good suggestions here. I use Sony premium DV tape in my Sony
TRV-900. Never had any problem with them.
I would like to echo what another poster wrote; I NEVER re-use DV
tape. I use it once to record and once to play back. I would like to
add that after transferring the video to the hard disk, I burn the
files to DVD (data not video); for an additional level of backup
protection, plus if I ever have to re-visit the project, I don't have
to go to the tapes, I go to the DVD backup discs.
What this means of course is that - if you are using Final Cut Pro -
you must import the footage from tape in 'chunks' rather than broken
down into takes. Otherwise, if you ever have to restore the project
after you've backed up your project files and deleted them off current
HD storage, FCP is going to ask for the clips from the tape, not from
your DVD archives. Which kind of defeats the purpose of going to the
trouble of making DVD archives.
Here is my workflow, just to make things clear:
1) in FCP, break the footage up into clips of approx. 19:30;00 to
19:45;00, which will fit onto one DVD-R. Name the clip "MyProject 1-1"
for the first such clip off of a tape, "MyProject 1-2" for the second,
etc. If you use up all 62 minutes of a tape, you will have three such
clips plus a fourth of about 4 or 5 minutes long. DV capture is fairly
frame-accurate; nevertheless, I usually use an overlap of 5 to 10
frames just to be sure I don't drop a frame at the out point of one
clip and the in point of the next one.
This can be done as a batch capture, so you can walk away and do
something else (or do it during lunch/overnight) while it is
capturing.
2) burn the files to DVD. I usually gather up the 'oddballs' - that
is, the clips which do not fill up an entire DVD by themselves - and
burn them to their own DVD. If you use the naming convention of step
1, you will always know from which tape each of the 'oddballs' came.
3) Import the clips into FCP (or other editing software) and pick your
takes from them. That way, in the future if you ever need to revise a
project, FCP will look for your DVD-archived files, not the files
directly from tape. I think working this way also has the added
advantage of saving wear and tear on your deck, especially if you
digitize from/record finished projects to a camcorder. Camcorders are
not built for regular use as VTR's; minimize the amount of work they
do shuttling back and forth for clip capture, and you'll go a lot
longer without having to send it in to Sony or whoever for maintenance
work. (The only time I ever had to send in my TRV-900, it was probably
due to overuse as a VTR.)
4) Of course, once done with the project, back up your project files.
I also export the final cut of the project and digitize it to tape for
storage in my 'vault'; sometimes you might need to do a slight re-edit
of the video which does not demand a full (and time/hard disk
consuming) restoration of the project. For instance, changing the
credits because someone was forgotten or their name misspelled. I also
archive the DVD Studio Pro files so that the whole thing doesn't have
to be restored and compressed for DVD in case I need a quickie one-off
or two-off copy of the video.
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