Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 294)

Chapter 17 Capturing Your Footage to Disk 293
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Timecode Gaps
When long gaps are detected with no timecode at all, Final Cut Pro stops capturing,
saving the media before the timecode gap as a single media file with its Out point
set at the last frame before the gap. If you performed a Capture Now operation,
Final Cut Pro continues playing through to the end of the tape, searching for more
recorded video. If more video is found, the reel name is incremented—as with a reset
timecode break—and capture continues.
Note: If you’re experiencing excessive timecode breaks and don’t know why, try
cleaning your camcorder or deck’s video heads. For more suggestions about how to
find the causes of timecode breaks and dropped frames during capture, see Volume IV,
Appendix E, “Solving Common Problems.”
Renaming Media Files After Capture
You may want to rename your clips and media files after you capture. For example, if
you use Capture Now and forget to enter a clip name, your clip and media file are
named “Untitled.” You can easily rename a clip in the Browser, but you should also
make sure to change the name of the clip’s media file to match; keeping your clip and
media filenames matched makes media management much easier.
For details about renaming clip and media filenames to match, see Volume IV,
Chapter 6, “Reconnecting Clips and Offline Media.”
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