Overview - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Overview

Frame memory is a function whereby a frame of input video can be frozen and
written to memory, for further use as material for editing.
You can also play recorded frame memory clips (movies).
Frame capacity
The frame memory board has two blocks of memory, and the following table
shows the maximum number of images that can be written to each block. (Of
the two, one is reserved for storing frame memory clips.)
HD system:
Video format
1080i/50
1080i/59.94
1080PsF/23.976
1080PsF/24
1080PsF/25
1080PsF/29.97
1080P/50
1080P/59.94
720P/50
720P/59.94
SD system:
Video format
480i/59.94
576i/50
For details of operating procedures, see "Still Image Operations" (page 383).
Types of image and terminology used
The following types of image are handled in frame memory.
Freeze image: An input image that has been frozen, but not saved to memory.
Still image: A freeze frame that has been saved to memory as a file. Each file
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(still file) holds just one still image.
Memory capacity
Approx. 1000 frames
Approx. 2000 frames
Approx. 2300 frames
Memory capacity
Approx. 5600 frames
Approx. 4800 frames