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If you are the happy owner of Sony’s DVcam workhorse, the DSR-11 VCR, and you find yourself having to output your project with a specific timecode, you no longer have to despair. Here’s a step-by-step instruction on how to get your Final Cut Pro project onto tape:

1. Download Simple Video Out from Apple (free).
2. In your DSR-11 menu, change the DV in TC setting to External
3. Change the TC setting in your project according to your requirements. (Say your programme is to start at 10:00:00:00 and you want 2 minutes of black, bars and info in front of it, right click on the sequence in the browser, chose Settings… click on the Timeline options tab, where you set the Starting Timecode to 09:58:00:00. Move the beginning of your film to 10:00:00:00 and fill the gap with bars, info, countdown and whatever you want to.)
4. Export your sequence as a QT file.
5. Open the newly created QT file from Simple Video Out.
6. Push record on your DSR-11.
7. Push play in Simple Video Out.
8. Make sure the DSR displays the TC, so you can check that everything is fine.

Enjoy!(Workflow derived from a tip by Shane Ross)

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