Chapter 4 Recording And Playback; Recording; Mixed Recording Of Clips In Different Formats On The Same Disc; Preparations For Recording - Sony PDW-HD1200 Operation Manual

Recording and Playback

Recording

This section describes video and audio recording on the
unit.
See page 43 "Basic Operations of the Function Menu" in
Chapter 3 for more information.
See page 114 "Menus" in Chapter 7 for more information
about setup menu operations.
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
1)
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.
• If a transition point between two clips with different
recording formats exists in the preroll segment, that
segment cannot be edited.
Chapter
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
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 maintenance menu item M390: MIXED REC to
"ENABLE" (see page 137).
If you want to disable mixing of clips with different
recording formats, leave this item set to "DISABLE".
However, regardless of the mixed format recording mode
setting, it is always possible to mix clips in the following
format groups.
• HD420 HQ, SP, and LP
• 1080/59.94i and 1080/29.97P
• 1080/50i and 1080/25P

Preparations for recording

Make the following settings and adjustments before
starting to record.
Video input signal selection: Select with V INPUT on
page P1 VIDEO of the function menu.
Audio input signal selection: Select with A1 INPUT and
A2 INPUT on page P2 AUDIO, from A3 INPUT to
A8 INPUT on page P3 AUDIO of the function menu.
Timecode and user bits settings: See "Setting Timecode"
(page 38).
Selection of time data to display: Select with CNTR SEL
on HOME page of the function menu.
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System frequency
59.94i
29.97P
50i
25P
Recording
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