10.4 Inserter Facilities

In addition to the usual video assist functions, the IVS offers a variety of inserter facilities. They fall into three different groups of information:

Format markings

Format markings, which are inserted electronically, are often more visible than the format markings on the fibre screen.

Man Readable Information Camera status

System line

Lens Data Information Timecode

User Bits

Note:

All currently used settings are stored even if the IVS

Pull Down Information

 

or the camera is switched off or disconnected from

Additional text

 

the power supply. After restarting the IVS the

• Machine Readable Information

 

settings remain unchanged, except for the image

VITC

 

stored mode, which will always come up in live

White Line Flag

 

mode and the color bars, which will always be

 

 

switched off.

Inserted data is only available on outputs that have video with data.

Engravings from the fibre screen (e. g. TV Safe etc.) are visible at all times on all outputs.

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