Many hours and 12 pages later, a full log list of three miniDV tapes is completed. I can now begin batch capture on 95 percent of my next video.

Though this may seem like old news to some, it’s a practice I took up in a linear video production class back when I was attending college. That is, the process of logging: writing down all the cuts on a videotape based on timecode. Some say it saves time and money in the long run, and it’s probably true. For digital video editing, I would consider it a must.

Sure, it takes a long time. But it would take much longer if, say, you didn’t save the timecode/shots on paper and had to re import your footage to computer. Importing the entire tape is just wasted space, additionally.

In any case, what seems to be the most tedious part of the process is (more or less) done. And I can move forward from here.