Sony SRW5800/2 Brochure

HDCAM-SR Workflow Guide
Baselight
Baselight systems provide unparalleled color grading performance and functionality for broadcast and commercials post-production.
Baselight supports non-linear workflows with file-based images from disk and servers, as well as traditional workflows that source
and conform images from video tape. Baselight video-based workflows have been enhanced with extended support for the
HDCAM-SR™ VTRs. This support enables the following workflow changes.
• The capture of 4:2:2 material from the HDCAM-SR VTR can now be achieved at 2x real-time using dual-link HD-SDI video transfer
for faster digitizing.
• For stereo 3D productions, left and right channel image streams can be captured and stored in a single pass in real-time using dual-
link HD-SDI video transfer. Similarly for layoff and storage of graded stereo 3D material, Baselight can output to the HDCAM-SR
VTR in real-time.
• Baselight can also exchange media with the HDCAM-SR VTR using network data transfer, and can browse HDCAM-SR video tapes
over a standard network interface to check footage or build lists for ingest.
• Images can be read over the same network interface and stored as DPX frame sequences directly on the Baselight system, without
the need for a video connection. Similarly a DPX sequence from Baselight can be written directly to an HDCAM-SR tape as video
images over a network connection.
• Baselight also takes advantage of the HDCAM-SR data mode to allow a full project archive to be written to a persistent tape
medium over a network connection. In data mode, images and metadata are stored in a lossless format to produce a re-locatable
project archive for interchange between systems/facilities and for long-term backup purposes. The Baselight archive transfer takes
place over a standard 1GB Ethernet connection.
Baselight 4.3
Supported Workflow
Double-speed transfer
Stereoscopic 3D
DATA mode (Project archive)
Baselight/HDCAM-SR specific features
l Double-speed ingest to Baselight: dual-link HD 4:2:2.
l Stereo 3D ingest and playout from Baselight: dual-link HD 4:2:2.
l Network browse, read and write of DPX sequences: 1GB Ethernet.
l Baselight project archive and restore to HDCAM-SR data tape: 1GB Ethernet.
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Applicable HDCAM-SR VTR
SRW-5800 with HKSR-5803HQ
SRW-5100 with HKSR-5103
SRW-5800 with HKSR-5803HQ/5804
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