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- you can log a tape in the time it takes to watch

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No you can't - unless you can read timecode frame accurately _on the
fly_. You are going to stop at each cut, spin back a little because you
actually overshot the cut, run up to it again, stop, pause, joggle to
find the actual cut frame, write down the timecode and shot details and
then re-start the player.

If you can do that in _real time_ then you are cleverer than most. Also,
think of the wear and tear on the player/camera with the shunting back
and forth.

I have used Scenalyzer and it makes a pretty good job of logging the
tape with a single, non-stop, pass.

If you prefer to log manually, it saves wear and tear by capturing to
the computer and logging there - assuming the transfer includes off-tape
timecode.

Alan S.