Setting Up Before Shooting (Video and Fuly Non-Linear Workflows)

Before shooting begins, the camera operator and the production sound mixer should ensure the following:

The field recorder’s audio output feeds the video camera’s audio input.

Both the field recorder and the video camera should be locked to the same production timecode.

Matching Tape Name to Sound Roll Metadata for Video Shoots

Before loading the videotape into the video camera, the camera operator physically labels the videotape with a unique name. The production sound mixer must enter that exact name in the Tape BEXT or iXML metadata field inside the Broadcast WAV file.

After you import a file containing Tape metadata into Pro Tools, the metadata displays in the Sound Roll field in DigiBase browsers.

Matching Tape Name to Sound Roll Metadata for Fully Non-Linear Shoots

After loading the digital video storage into the camera, the camera operator gives it a unique name. The production sound mixer must enter that exact name in the Tape BEXT or iXML metadata field inside the Broadcast WAV file.

To ensure that metadata are preserved for the Pro Tools editor, it is critical to enter the Tape name character for character. For example, if the metadata was T001 (with two zeroes), enter T001 with two zeroes—not T01 with one zero or T0001 with three zeroes.