":::Jerry::::" wrote in
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"Alan S." wrote in message
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- you can log a tape in the time it takes to watch

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No you can't

Yes you can.

- 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.

There is no need to be that accrete, you add 'x' number of frames /
seconds at the beginning and at the end of each clip capture and then
'top and tail' the clip in the editor. At worst you might need to
pause the tape.


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.

That is what a VHS BITC copy is for....

Burned in Timecode still doesn't make it any quicker.



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

With 'scene' cuts in all the wrong places no doubt,

Actually, no. Have you tried it? You add _no doubt_ so you have tried
it? In my experience it got it right all the time. The only reason I no
longer use it is because my video is captured and then logged on the
computer. It takes the same time as making a BITC copy on VHS.

otherwise you
wouldn't have used the phrase "it makes a pretty good job of logging
the tape", you would have used the word 'perfect'.

How can anyone edit a tape without knowing what is on the thing and
were it is, if you're going to view the tape at least once before
editing that you might as well log and capture only what you need.

Nobody can. But what you were saying was that you can log in real time
which I was questioning, and still do.



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.


That statement just shows how little you understand :~(

Really? Having been involved with broadcast video for 32 years.