Data Generated When Shooting

The following describes the kinds of data that is generated when using the ClipLink function.

Index pictures

When shooting, a single-frame image from the Mark IN point at the start of each scene is recorded as a still picture into the camcorder’s internal memory. These images are called “index pictures.” When you finish shooting, the index pictures from all scenes are recorded onto the tape after the last scene.

Tape

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene n

DVCAM camcorder’s

internal memory

After shooting, the index pictures in the internal memory are recorded onto the video tape.

Up to 32 index pictures can be recorded onto the tape space normally occupied by one frame, as shown below.

Index picture

 

0

90

180

270

360

450

540

630

 

 

 

 

(PAL) NTSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

576

(72)

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

6

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

(144)

120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

9

 

10

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

(NTSC)lines480 (PAL)lines

(216)

180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

14

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

(288)

240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

18

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

(360)

300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

22

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

(432)

360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

26

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

(504)

420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

30

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

720 dots

ClipLink log data

ClipLink log data can be recorded automatically or manually into the cassette memory for use as a convenient alternative to the conventional “shot list.”

ClipLink log data includes the following items.

ClipLink log data

Description

 

 

Reel number

Data (maximum length: 8 digits)

(cassette number)

consisting of alphanumeric characters

 

and/or symbols (This is left blank at

 

shipping.)

 

 

Scene number

A three-digit number from 001 to 198

 

(starts at 001 and is automatically

 

incremented with each scene.)

 

 

Take number

This cannot be changed (set to “1” at

 

shipping).

 

 

OK/NG

Indicates the OK/NG status of a

 

particular scene. (In the OK case,

 

nothing is recorded.)

 

 

Mark IN/OUT

These are the time codes that indicate

point time codes

the Mark IN and Mark OUT points for

 

each scene (HH:MM:SS). These time

 

codes are recorded when the camera

 

has been set to MARK mode.

 

The time code value is rounded up at

 

each Mark IN point and rounded down

 

at each Mark OUT point, to a whole

 

number of seconds.

 

For details, see “Time codes recorded

 

for Mark IN/OUT points” on page 117.

 

 

Cue point time

This is the time code that indicates the

code

cue points (valid up to the frame digit).

 

This time code is recorded when the

 

camera has been set to CUE mode.

 

When in this mode, the time codes at

 

the start and end of a recording (the

 

Rec IN and Rec OUT time codes) are

 

automatically recorded as Mark IN and

 

OUT points, respectively.

 

 

Seven frame spaces are reserved at the end of the last scene as a recording area for index pictures. (A cassette with 16 Kbits of cassette memory can record up to 198 index pictures, and a cassette with 4 Kbits of cassette memory can record up to 45 index pictures.)

Appendixes

ClipLink Guide 115