Recording timecode before shootingYou can also ensure that a tape will have continuous timecode by recording timecode onto the tape before using it. This process is called striping the tape. When you stripe a tape, you must be careful not to change the camera's settings before recording; otherwise, you can record discontinuities onto the tape. For example, if you stripe a tape with the camera set to record in 12-bit/32-kHz audio, and then just before you shoot the video you change the camera's audio setting to record at 48 kHz, you may record a sample rate discontinuity onto the tape. Such discontinuities do not capture well and can only be fixed by dubbing the tape with analog connections. To record timecode onto a tape before shooting:
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