I explain below.

1)On the end of reel one, the DTS timecode resets to reel two, and resets SMPTE timecode clock to zero.

2)The 8 track hard disk drive system can locate the second part of the film track, but as soon as it picks up the new SMPTE timecode the system is about two seconds out of sync on reel two, ie it's reset time is too slow!.

3)The present options available,is to rewrite the software for the hard drive unit, for a quicker pick up rate when reading timecode.

b)Reprint a complete new 65mm inter neg and new 70mm prints with a revised DTS timecode track, clocked to show it as only one reel, but I understand the labs can only print up to 20mins per reel for 70mm, this may be a costly option, but may be practical.

3) We do have the sound track on a standard DTS disk, which works well, and ideally we should play the film sound track of this than messing about with a hard drive system not designed for this!.

4)Is it possible to just run the film timecode signal from it's DTS disk from a computer or DTS player connected through a DTS timecode generator to the converter?, rather than running the print each time.
We want to simulate a reel change on the test bench to the hard drive system to see if the hard drive disk system can reset quicker.

I would welcome any suggestions how we could resolve this problem.

What the timecode generator cannot know is how long a reel is. As a result, it just continues to generate timecode for the reel that you are simulating, until you enter a new reel number. To do this you hit a reset button, bring the cursor through the ser. # to the reel number, scroll the reel number up, hit arm, hit the position or increment button, then it send the ser. # and starts the timecode for the new reel.

If you are fast on the buttons, and know exactly where the first reel ends (footage wise) you can come very close to making a reel change with no drop in the sound. BTW the footage is displayed while the timecode is being generated.

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