Recording The Camcorder Picture On An External Device; Nonlinear Editing; Recording External Input Signals - Sony PMW-150 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording the Camcorder Picture
on an External Device
While recording (or standing by to record), the
picture being shot with this camcorder is output as
an HDV or DVCAM stream via the i.LINK
(HDV/DV) connector. It can be recorded on a
connected HDV or DVCAM recorder in
synchronization with the REC START/STOP
operation on this camcorder.
1
Perform the preparatory settings of the
camcorder.
• "SDI/HDMI/i.LINK I/O Select" (page 83)
in the VIDEO SET menu
• "Trigger Mode" (page 90) in the OTHERS
menu
2
Set the external device to recording
standby status.
3
Start recording with the camcorder.
The external device starts recording in
synchronization.
The status of the external device is displayed in
the i.LINK status indication area (page 16) on the
LCD monitor/EVF screen.
Indication Status of the external device
In HDV recording standby
STBY
HDV
In HDV recording
zREC
HDV
In DV recording standby
STBY
DV
In DV recording
zREC
DV
Notes
• Operation may be different depending on the type of
external device.
• There is some time lag from when you start recording
until the i.LINK status indication changes. Recording
does not start on the connected i.LINK device before it
enters synchronization even if "Trigger Mode" is set to
"Both."
• While you can record shot marks on the memory card
during recording, they are not added to the pictures
recorded on the external device.
100 Connecting via i.LINK (FAT only)

Nonlinear Editing

When the camcorder is displaying thumbnails or
in playback mode, you can transfer an HDV
stream to a nonlinear editing system connected
via the i.LINK (HDV/DV) connector.
Notes
• The i.LINK (HDV/DV) connector of this camcorder is
a 4-pin connector. Check the number of pins of the
i.LINK connector on your computer and use an
appropriate i.LINK cable.
• In searching pictures of this camcorder on the
computer, it may take some time until the display is
reflected on the computer.
• If the playback clip is short or the playback starting
point is near the end of the clip, the i.LINK signal may
be interrupted between the clip and the next clip. When
you try to capture such a signal using the nonlinear
editing system, a malfunction may occur, depending
on the nonlinear editing software in use.
• If you specify a search speed other than 4, 15, or 24
times normal with the nonlinear editing system, no
i.LINK signal is fed out. In such a case, the picture on
the LCD monitor may stay frozen.
• High-speed playback picture may not be displayed on
the computer screen, depending on the nonlinear
editing software in use.
Setting on this camcorder
Set "SDI/HDMI/i.LINK I/O Select" (page 83) in
the VIDEO SET menu to "HDV" or "DVCAM."

Recording External Input Signals

The input from a device connected via the i.LINK
(HDV/DV) connector can be recorded on an SxS
memory card in this camcorder. The timecodes
superimposed on the i.LINK input are recorded
regardless of the settings of the camcorder.
1
Set the external signal to a format that
can be recorded on the camcorder.
Depending on the video format (page 91)
setting of this unit, recordable input signals
are as follows:
• FAT HD Mode
SP 1440/50i: HDV stream signal of
1440×1080/50i
• FAT SD Mode
DVCAM50i, 25P SQ/EC: DVCAM stream
signal of 720×576/50i
Other video formats and combination of
input signals cannot be recorded.