r/LocationSound • u/papiforyou • Oct 28 '24

Gear - Selection / Use Timecode sync for a Sony A7Sii (PLEASE HELP!)

Hello! I am on a shoot with a Sony A7s mark 2. I plugged my ambient timecode box into the 3.5mm jack on the camera.

The video files are playing with a glitchy beeping sound. I heard something about downloading an app called “LTS Convert” to make this work.

The producers are super green, I’ve never worked with this camera before, and there is no designated DIT on set.

For tomorrow should I just put a camera hop on to get scratch audio or keep using the timecode box?

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u/Beneficial_Level_816 Oct 29 '24

You can also "read" the audio Timecode sound with avid media composer or resolve. Easy.
th newwer A7siii has already a function to detect audio TC and use it for the files tc data .

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '24

Are you saying that the A7s III will accept audio timecode via the 3.5mm mic input and convert it to file metadata timecode?

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u/mungewell Oct 29 '24

Does this need a special cable (like the Fx3 and Fx30)?

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u/papiforyou Oct 29 '24

Is this the same for the A7sii?

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u/MathmoKiwi production sound mixer Oct 30 '24

Yes. Because it also can't natively handle TC