How (and Why) to Start at 01:00:00:00?
If your show is going to hit air or even make that picky duplicator happy, your program should start exactly at the one-hour mark. This means you need to start your bars and tone at 58:30:00, giving you enough time for slate and countdown. (By the way, countdowns are only needed for programs going to air; they just annoy duplicators.)
Most DVCam and Mini DV machines don't allow you to stripe timecode with a preset number. To complicate things, Final Cut Pro doesn't allow you to stripe timecode onto your tape as you record your show (again, this is usually a function of the deck; they need a timecode-in capability)
Here's a trick we've used: The solution is to go "out of house" and have a friend with a deck that can generate timecode (or even a duplicator) create a couple of DV tapes with timecode that start at 58:00:00. Now you can simply clone the timecode from your DV camera to your DV deck. Make sure you're connected FireWire-to-FireWire, and start playback on the striped tape before you hit the Record button on the record deck. Waht you should get is a perfect clone of the timecode on the new tape.
You don't need to record the whole tape. Just take it to a few minutes past the one-hour mark. Using the Edit to tape command, you can target your In point at 58:30:00, perform an assemble edit, and you're golden.
Note: Be sure to give the Edit to Tape window a try and see if you can get desired results.
Article from Final Cut Studio on the spot, Focal Press.
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