Thread: Help! Deck rental ends Monday, and I can not export to tape...

Thanks for all your help... I read, and drop frame is what I need... I set both to drop frame... one last question... If it does not work... and I black out entire tape, is that going to effect the quality once I record over the black? Or should I just wait until I have a new tape? Thanks for everything iMac\ 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo\ 2 GB SDRAM   Mac OS X (10.5.6)    

You'll be fine just using the same tape. Those tapes canhandle that. The advise not to reuse tapes is mainly about tapes that were camera tapes. They have usually being rewinded many times in the camera and different decks. Your tape was only in1 deck trying to record a film. Really, you'llbe fine. Curious about if this all works out. All the best Rienk MacPro dual Core   Mac OS X (10.5.6)   MacPro DualCore, FCP...

Hi - Frankiejmovies wrote: 1. Meg...I can not use "edit to tape" because the DSR-1500 can not be controlled by FCP, and you need to be able to control a deck in order to use "edit to tape". I'm sorry, I don't understand, aren't you using firewire to output your timeline to the deck? If you are, you should be able to control the deck If you open the Edit to Tape window and do not get control of the deck, do...

I actually mean record black from the deck without the use of the computer. Just hit play+record like you were recording from a source but there is no input to the deck. Like I said, not a great idea, but it might help Mac Pro Dual 2Ghz   Mac OS X (10.5.6)   2.5 GB RAM, 640GB Storage  

You'll need a bulk eraser, which is basically a large magnet to "erase" info from the tape. I can't imagine that you have one. They never work that well with videotape anyway. What I can't get at is why your deck won't record once you've recorded something on it. It should. You should be able to rewind, hit play+record and go forward from there. Can you explain a little more about why that's not...

Put in a new tape ... or erase and reuse the current tape. -DH Standards are wonderful ... and there are so many to choose from!