Using
an HDCAM SR, you can capture material from specially formatted double-speed
and stereoscopic tapes.
Double-speed tapes allows
you to capture material twice as fast. Stereoscopic tapes essentially
stores in an interlaced timing two progressive clips; a 60i (50i)
“clip” contains two 30p(25p) clips.
This feature does have
the following limitations:
- To use this feature, you must use specially
formatted tapes. If you insert a regular tape in the HDCAM SR and
try to capture it as double-speed or stereoscopic material, the
capture fails.
- Audio monitoring is not available during
capture.
- When capturing stereo tapes, only audio
channels 1 through 8 are available.
To capture material recorded at double-speed:
- Ensure that the HDCAM SR is connected
to the AJA card using a dual-link.
- Set the HDCAM SR VTR to DBL 422.
- From the Device Name box, select the
HDCAM SR VTR.
- From the Tape Type box, select 2x-DOUBLE.
NoteIf the Input Clip
player displays the clip with some colour bias, it is because the
player falsely interprets the 4:2:2 signal from the VTR as a 4:4:4
signal. This does not impact the capture; the stereoscopic clip
will be captured without that bias. To remove this bias, go to the
Engineering menu and set the Input Connection box to Serial 1 4:2:2.
- Capture the clip. See
Capturing Single Clips.
To capture material recorded on stereoscopic tapes:
- Ensure that the HDCAM SR is connected
to the AJA card using a dual-link.
- Set the HDCAM SR VTR to the stereoscopic
setting.
- In the Input Clip menu of Flame,
select the HDCAM SR VTR from the Device Name box.
- From the Tape Type box, select 2x-STEREO.
NoteIf the Input Clip
player displays the clip with some colour bias, it is because the
player falsely interprets the 4:2:2 signal from the VTR as a 4:4:4
signal. This does not impact the capture; the stereoscopic clip
will be captured without that bias. To remove this bias, go to the
Engineering menu and set the Input Connection box to Serial 1 4:2:2.
- Capture the clip. See
Capturing Single Clips.
The stereoscopic material
is captured as a single, regular stereoscopic clip, with two layers,
one for each eye. See
Stereoscopic Workflow.