Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 195)

Chapter 14 Capturing Your Footage to Disk 195
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To modify the reel name properties for multiple clips and media files:
1 Make sure the Reel column is visible in the Browser.
For more information, see “ Organizing Footage in the Browser ” on page 219.
2 Select the clips whose Reel property you want to change.
3 Control-click in any of the Reel property fields of the selected clips, then choose a
name from the shortcut menu that appears.
A dialog appears warning you that you are about to modify the Reel property of the
media file.
4 Click OK.
The Reel property is modified for all the selected media files, and the clips now display
the new Reel property.
Avoiding Duplicate Timecode Numbers on a Single Tape
If you aren’t careful during production, you can end up with duplicate timecode numbers
on your tape. Each time the camcorder is turned off and on again, the camcorder may
reset the timecode counter to zero. This is especially true when working with consumer
camcorders. For logging, capturing, and media management, a tape with the same
timecode number in two or more locations is very difficult to work with.
If someone asks you to capture media from timecode 00:00:00:00 to 00:01:00:00 on reel
1, you assume that you should capture the first minute of the tape. But if the
camcorder was turned off and back on at some point during the shoot, the timecode
counter may have reset somewhere in the middle of the tape. This tape has two
occurrences of timecode 00:00:00:00, so which occurrence should you capture?
Worse, during logging and capturing, neither Final Cut Express HD nor the VTR will
necessarily navigate to the proper timecode 00:00:00:00, because there are two. Device
control uses timecode for positioning information, and always assumes that timecode
numbers increase as the tape progresses. If the timecode starts over somewhere in the
middle of the tape, you have to manually navigate to the correct area of the tape.