Sony DVCAM DSR-1800 Operating Instructions Manual page 106

ClipLink log data
ClipLink log data can be recorded automatically or
manually into the cassette memory for use as a conveni
alternative to the conventional "shot list."
Data Generated When Shooting
The following describes the kinds of data that is generated
when using the ClipLink function.
ClipLink log data includes the following items.
ClipLink log data | Description
Reel number Data (maximum length: 8 digits)
(cassette number) | consisting of alphanumeric character
and/or symbols (This is left blank at
shipping.)
A three-digit number from 001 to 198
(starts at 001 and is automatically
incremented with each scene.)
Take number This cannot be changed (set to "1" ai
shipping).
OK/NG Indicates the OK/NG status of a
particular scene. (In the OK case,
nothing is recorded.)
Index pictures
When shooting, a single-frame image from the Mark IN
point at the start of each scene is recorded as a still picture
into the camcorder's internal memory. These images are
called "index pictures." When you finish shooting, the
index pictures from all scenes are recorded onto the tape
after the last scene. Scene number
These are the time codes that indicat
the Mark IN and Mark OUT points for
each scene (HH:MM:SS). These time
Mark IN/OUT
point time codes
DVCAM camcorder's
internal memor
: Atter shooting, the index
pictures in the internal
memory are recorded onto
the video tape.
codes are recorded when the camerz
has been set to MARK mode.
The time code value is rounded up ai
each Mark IN point and rounded dow
at each Mark OUT point, to a whole
number of seconds.
For details, see "Time codes recorde:
for Mark IN/OUT points" on page 10&
This is the time code that indicates th
cue points (valid up to the frame digit
This time code is recorded when the
camera has been set to CUE mode.
When in this mode, the time codes at
the start and end of a recording (the
Rec IN and Rec OUT time codes) are
automatically recorded as Mark IN ar
OUT points, respectively.
Up to 32 index pictures can be recorded onto the tape space
normally occupied by one frame, as shown below.
Cue point time
code
index picture
(PAL) NTSC
(72)
(144)
(216)
(288)
(360)
(432)
480 lines (NTSC) or 576 lines (PAL)
(504)
720 dots
ini
Seven frame spaces are reserved at the end of the last scene
as a recording area for index pictures. (A cassette with 16
Kbits of cassette memory can record up to 198 index
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% pictures, and a cassette with 4 Kbits of cassette memory
& can record up to 45 index pictures.)
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