Posted by Pat Horridge on 09/20/06 10:47

Or dump them to DVD and use DVD syncronisation. Theres bin alot of
development in that area for multi screen sync so may well off more control.

"Jason Staczek" <jason@thefilmcompany.org> wrote in message
news:2006091918240416807-jason@thefilmcompanyorg...
>A newbie question that I'm hoping has a simple answer.
>
> Our production company is currently presenting a 95-minute silent film at
> festivals with live orchestra and foley accompaniment. To keep the
> conductor in sync, we take LTC off one audio channel of the Digibeta
> master, feed it into a MOTU 828 driving Digital Performer which plays back
> a QT movie of the film that has overlaid visual cues (streamers and
> flutters). This has proven to be fragile.
>
> I'm wondering if it's easier to synchronize two video decks, the master
> with the tape for the audience and the slave with timecode burn, overlaid
> video cues, etc. Having no experience in this area, is it possible to just
> hook up the Sony 9-pin from the master deck to the slave deck and have the
> slave deck chase the master frame-by-frame?
>
> Hoping there's a simpler solution that doesn't involve a laptop and
> fragile software!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason Staczek
> www.thefilmcompany.org
>

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