Recording Time Code And User Bit Values - Sony XDCAM PDW-1500 Operation Manual

4-1-2 Recording Time Code and User Bit Values

There are the following four ways of recording time code:
• Internal Preset mode, which records the output of the
internal time code generator, set beforehand to an initial
value. The following run modes can be selected.
- Free Run: Time code advances continually.
- Rec Run: Time code advances only during recording.
• Internal Regen mode, which records the output of the
internal time code generator, initialized to time code
following continuously upon the time code of the last
frame of the last clip on the disc.
• External Regen mode, which records the output of the
internal time code generator, synchronized to an external
time code generator. As the external input, the time code
input to any of the following connectors can be selected.
Time code recording mode
Internal Preset Free Run
Internal Preset Rec Run
Internal Regen
External Regen (TIME CODE
IN connector: LTC)
External Regen (VIDEO IN
connector: VITC)
External Regen (i.LINK
connector: TC)
External Regen (i.LINK
connector: VITC)
External Regen (SDI IN
connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC)
External Preset (TIME CODE
IN connector: TC)
External Preset (i.LINK
connector: TC)
To record time code after setting an initial
value
Set the following extended menu items to the specified
values.
• Item 626 "TC MODE": "int preset"
• Item 627 "RUN MODE": "free run" or "rec run"
• Item 628 "DF MODE": "on (df)" or "off (ndf)"
See 8-3-2 "Extended Menu Operations" (page 120) for
more information about how to make extended menu
settings.
Then set an initial value as described below, and carry out
recording (see page 54).
Extended menu item setting or video input signal
selection
Item 626 Item 627 VIDEO INPUT
SEL button
int preset free run –
rec run –
int regen – –
ext regen – SDI/CMPST/
SG
i.LINK
rp188 regen – –
ext preset – SDI/CMPST/
SG
i.LINK
- TIME CODE IN connector: LTC
- VIDEO IN connector: VITC
- SDI IN connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC
- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC or VITC
• External Preset mode, which directly records the input of
an external time code generator. As the external input,
the time code input to any of the following connectors
can be selected.
- TIME CODE IN connector: TC
- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC
As shown in the following table, you can switch between
different time code recording modes by combining
extended menu items settings with video input signal
selections.
Reference
Item 629
"To record time code after setting
–
an initial value" (page 51)
–
"To record time code that follows
–
sequentially upon the last
recorded time code" (page 52)
"To record with the internal time
tc
code generator synchronized to
external time code" (page 53)
vitc
tc
vitc
–
"To record external time code
–
directly" (page 54)
–
To set an initial value
Proceed as follows.
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4-1 Recording