Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 281)

280 Part IV Logging, Capturing, and Importing
How to Avoid Capturing Clips With Timecode Breaks
The “On timecode break” pop-up menu in the General tab of the User Preferences
window gives you several ways to avoid capturing clips with timecode breaks. It’s
important to set this option to suit the way you intend to capture your clips. You have
several options:
 Make New Clip: This is the default option. Video that’s already been captured before the
break in timecode is saved as a single media file, with its Out point set to the frame
occurring immediately before the timecode break. Final Cut Pro then automatically
continues capturing video after the dropped timecode frame as a second media file.
When this option is selected, clips captured after timecode breaks are named with the
original name and the number of the clip. For example, if the first captured clip’s name
is “Cats Playing,” the second clip’s name is set to “Cats Playing-1.”
This is a good option to choose if you are capturing an entire tape. For example,
suppose you are capturing the entire contents of a 60-minute tape that has four
timecode breaks. Instead of restarting the capture every time a timecode break is
detected, Final Cut Pro captures all media from the tape as five clips, skipping over each
timecode break and ensuring that the timecode of all captured media is frame-accurate.
 Abort Capture: If you choose this option, Final Cut Pro stops capture immediately
after a break is detected. All media captured before the timecode break has frame-
accurate timecode and is preserved. The resulting media file is saved and its
representative clip is placed in the Browser.
 Warn After Capture: If this option is selected, timecode breaks are reported after
capture and the media file with the timecode break is preserved. It is unwise to use
such a clip unless you have no choice, because timecode breaks result in incorrect
timecode from the timecode break forward, and will make it difficult to accurately
recapture your media.