[Sean ONeil] "If you are using Firewire output, it will read the TC from the FW and lay it down perfectly. So there's really no downside except that you have to make the whole tape at once."
But keep in mind that if you are cutting 720p in FCP, that will be NON-Drop Frame TC which is useless for Broadcast Mastering. That's why I always made the edit using the Assemble Edit Process.
We tested that FW output once, but since it was NDF, it was useless for us.
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