Setting The Video Recording Format; Mixed Recording Of Clips In Different Formats On The Same Disc - Sony PDW-850 Operation Manual

You can select the frequency shown below
depending on the combination of the
COUNTRY and SYSTEM LINE settings.
COUNTRY
NTSC(J)AREA
NTSC AREA
PAL AREA
Change the COUNTRY or SYSTEM LINE
setting as required.

Setting the video recording format

1
Display the FORMAT page of the
OPERATION menu.
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" (page 193).
2
Select REC FORMAT, and turn the
MENU knob to select the desired
recording format.
As you turn the MENU knob, the recording
format changes as follows: HD422 50 y
HD420 HQ y HD420 SP y IMX 50 y
IMX 40 y IMX 30 y DVCAM.
To set the aspect ratio (when IMX 50, IMX 40,
IMX 30, or DVCAM is selected)
Select ASPECT RATIO(SD) on the FORMAT
page, and turn the MENU knob to select the
desired aspect ratio.
As you turn the MENU knob, the aspect ratio
changes as follows: 16:9 y 4:3.
027 FORMAT
SYSTEM LINE
SYSTEM FREQUENCY:
REC FORMAT
ASPECT RATIO(SD):
AU DATA LEN(IMX):
COUNTRY : NTSC(J)AREA
Note
The unit ignores this setting when it records video from
external devices (see page 98).
To set the audio recording format (when IMX 50,
IMX 40, or IMX 30 is selected)
Select AU DATA LEN(IMX) on the FORMAT
page or AUDIO-2 page of the MAINTENANCE
54 Setting the Recording Format
SYSTEM SYSTEM
LINE FREQUENCY
1080 59.9i/29.9P/
23.98P
720 59.9P
1080 50i/25P
720 50P
TOP
: 1080
59.9i
: IMX 50
16:9
16bit
menu, and turn the MENU knob to select the
desired audio recording format.
As you turn the MENU knob, the audio recording
format changes as follows: 16bit y 24bit.
Mixed recording of clips in
different formats on the same disc
As long as the frame frequency group is the same,
clips in different recording formats can be
recorded or written to the same disc.
In this manual, this is referred to as "mixed format
recording mode".
1) The recording format is regarded as different
whenever the system frequency, video resolution,
video codec/bit rate, or number of audio channels or
number of bits does not match.
Notes
• Regardless of frame frequency group matching, it is
not possible to mix clips with different video
resolutions (number of system lines) in the same clip
list.
• When the unit is in a mode that calls for playback
across clips that were recorded in different recording
formats, video and audio playback may stop at the
point where the format changes from one format into
another, and then start again.
Frame frequency groups
The system frequencies supported by this unit are
divided into frame frequency groups, as shown in
the following table.
Frame frequency group
59.94 Hz
50 Hz
23.98 Hz
You can record clips with different recording
formats, for example HD422 and HD420SP clips,
by putting this unit into mixed format recording
mode.
To enable mixed format recording mode
Set MIXED RECORDING on the CAM
CONFIG 1 page of the MAINTENANCE menu
to "ENABL".
If you want to disable mixing of clips with
different recording formats, leave this item set to
1)
System frequency
59.94P
59.94i
29.97P
50P
50i
25P
23.98P