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Emulator

Use the Emulator keyword to enable the VTR Emulation feature and configure your workstation to emulate a Sony™ VTR that is controllable via the RS-422 serial port. For help configuring the hardware for VTR emulation, see the hardware setup guide for your workstation.

The VTR Emulation feature supports SD and HD video timings. This feature is available in Smoke Advanced.

You can specify more than one emulator. Any enabled emulator can be selected for a project, regardless of the project's video I/O timings.

The Emulator keyword uses the following syntax

Emulator sony, <name>, <input_format>, <timing>, <colorspace_mode>, <output_format>, <output_sync>, <serial_port>, <emulator_output_delay>, <emulator_input_delay>, <audio_input_delay>, <audio_output_delay>, <video_precision (8 to 10 bits)>

Where: | Is:
--- | ---
<name> | The name for the emulator.
<input_format> | The video input format. For a list of the video formats supported by your workstation, see Video.
<timing> | The video resolution and timing of the VTR to be emulated.
<colorspace_mode> | The colourspace mode for video transfers.
<output_format> | The video output format. For a list of the video formats supported by your workstation, see Video.
<output_sync> | The source used to synchronize the video output. By default, this value is set to Autodetect.
<serial_port> | The serial port to which the VTR control cable is connected.
<emulator_output_delay> | The video output delay used by the emulator in frames.
<emulator_input_delay> | The video input delay used by the emulator in frames.
<audio_input_delay> | The audio input delay used by the emulator in frames.
<audio_output_delay> | The audio output delay used by the emulator in frames.
<video_precision> | The interface precision used for video transfers.

Examples of use

Emulator sony, NTSC, SERIAL1, NTSC, YCBCR_RGB_CONVERSION, SERIAL1, HOUSE, AJA:0:1,-5, 1, 0.00, 0.00, 8

Emulator sony, HSDL 1499 sf, SERIALDUAL, 2048x1556_1499SF, NO_CONVERSION, SERIALDUAL, STANDALONE, AJA:0:1, -6, 1, 0.00, 0.00, 10