Chapter 4Recording formats and timecode
The U-Matic format
The track layout of this format is illustrated in Figure 4.1 for the Hi-Band version. Each video track contains one field of video, recorded by a dedicated head (there are two heads on the scanning drum) and the switching between heads is accomplished during the broad pulses in the vertical interval. There is thus no loss of video information in the original inception of this format.
Figure 4.1 The U-Matic system did not originally provide for a dedicated timecode track.
Timecode was originally recorded on one of the audio tracks, usually Track 1. The sound recording and replay processes ...
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