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FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by cleditor on Sep 16, 2006 at 4:12:10 pm

what is the most efficient way to get timecoded audio into my fcp system. i've heard that bwf2xml will convert the bwf's so that fcp can pull them in, but i'll lose the timecode from them. i was thinking i could bypass the bwf's and use the dats instead, but my sound guy said he can't put timecode on the dats. any suggestions for either scenario.

thanks,
c

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Re: FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by John Pale on Sep 16, 2006 at 7:50:34 pm

FCP 5.1.2 is supposed to come out before the end of the month and will have support for BWF files.

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Re: FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by john tipton on Sep 16, 2006 at 10:29:27 pm

With a Fostex Pd-4 or Pd-2, your sound guy should be able to make dubs from your hard disc recorder. If it's something like a sound devices 744T, it's cake. Why can't he do it ?

I assume you know that if you just change the suffix of a .BWF file to .WAV, it will play just like a wav file. Of course this doesn't help you now...

john

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Re: FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by cleditor on Sep 17, 2006 at 2:55:27 pm

john,
do you mean just changing the .bwf to .wav will save me the trouble of using bwf2xml to convert the files? is it really that easy?
c

thanks,
c

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Re: FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by john tipton on Sep 17, 2006 at 10:43:49 pm

I"m not familiar with bwf2xml, but I do know that changing the suffix, will allow you to play the file - WITHOUT time code, of course.
I do it all the time. As far as I know, a BWF is just a WAV file with a "time code chunk" added.

I just looked, bwf2xml will allow you to convert the BWF file WITH timecode. Thats what you want in this case, if I understand you correctly.

The changing the suffix trick works if you have wild sound in BWF format but don't need the timecode.

Hope this helps!

john tipton

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Re: FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by Michael G on Sep 17, 2006 at 5:39:13 am

Sebsky tools and bwf2xml make quicktimes from your bwf files with the embedded timecode transfered.

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Re: FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by cleditor on Sep 17, 2006 at 2:53:28 pm

thanks a lot. i'll try this for the time being and see how it works out. i had heard that the timecode info would be lost, but maybe that source was mistaken. hopefully, 5.1.2 will alleviate the problem all together.

thanks,
c

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Re: FCP 5.1.1, Fostex PD6 broadcast wav files, DATS and syncing
by Sean Lander on Sep 19, 2006 at 10:02:25 pm

Timecode will definitely come across, as I've used Sebsky tools to sync rushes with matched timecode in the past.
I can't recommend it highly enough. Works much better than bwf tools. Plus it's free.

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