Originally posted by: Gorram
As for lining up your own code with the X0 code, it just means you insert the right amount of frames at the start of your own project doesn't it?

Pretty much. But be careful: PAL versions are missing frames at most film reel changes (where you see those yellowy glue-like lines in the DC and Faces) and there is potential for frame losses at LD side changes.

I anticipate having to do quite a number of spot checks throughout the film to make sure everything lines up -- even if by some fluke I check the beginning and end and they match. It's always possible to be out in the middle, and have self-cancelling errors (too many frames on one part; too few on the next) make the overall count the same.