744t Rec Run Auto experiences.

Just finished a two day video shoot with a single mic on a stage. Perfect
situation for me to play with the 744t's new REC RUN AUTO timecode and roll
settings.

Setup. Rec Run Auto with record buffer set to 0 seconds as any buffer would
cause overlapping timecode issues.

Hardwired to the camera the auto mode worked flawlessly. Starting and
stopping with the camera with no user intervention and pretty high
confidence on my part save for one camera move during the day where
apparently the camera (Panasonic DVC PRO 50) was powered down improperly and
did not output TC from the BNC out until the camera was rebooted.

Using my Scriptlinc RF system, there were some issues that I think can be
addressed. As many of you with Scriptlincs or Scriptboys may notice, when a
video camera is parked in pause, the outputted timecode can at times jitter
between two or three frames. This jitter will currently cause the 744t to go
into record briefly causing an inordinate amount of tiny worthless files and
take numbers. I was thinking there should be some sort of adjustment so the
744t will not begin recording until it sees a certain number of (user
selectable) ascending frames. The machine could compensate for the late roll
by buffering for that same number of frames.

Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA

I should also add that any time the video camera performed a playback my
744t would record. With the Scriptlink receiver it was an easy task to just
power down the receiver, while hard wired I had to pull the TC cable from
the 744t or power down.

"Charles Tomaras" <tomaras.RemoveThis@tomaras.com> wrote in message
news:GJmdnfeUlMCGmdrfRVn-3g@comcast.com...
> Just finished a two day video shoot with a single mic on a stage. Perfect
> situation for me to play with the 744t's new REC RUN AUTO timecode and
> roll settings.
>
> Setup. Rec Run Auto with record buffer set to 0 seconds as any buffer
> would cause overlapping timecode issues.
>
> Hardwired to the camera the auto mode worked flawlessly. Starting and
> stopping with the camera with no user intervention and pretty high
> confidence on my part save for one camera move during the day where
> apparently the camera (Panasonic DVC PRO 50) was powered down improperly
> and did not output TC from the BNC out until the camera was rebooted.
>
> Using my Scriptlinc RF system, there were some issues that I think can be
> addressed. As many of you with Scriptlincs or Scriptboys may notice, when
> a video camera is parked in pause, the outputted timecode can at times
> jitter between two or three frames. This jitter will currently cause the
> 744t to go into record briefly causing an inordinate amount of tiny
> worthless files and take numbers. I was thinking there should be some sort
> of adjustment so the 744t will not begin recording until it sees a certain
> number of (user selectable) ascending frames. The machine could compensate
> for the late roll by buffering for that same number of frames.
>
> Charles Tomaras
> Seattle, WA
>