4-1-2 Recording Time Code and User Bit Values

There are the following four ways of recording time code:

•Internal Preset mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, set beforehand to an initial value. The following run modes can be selected.

-Free Run: Time code advances continually.

-Rec Run: Time code advances only during recording.

•Internal Regen mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, initialized to time code following continuously upon the time code of the last frame of the last clip on the disc.

•External Regen mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, synchronized to an external time code generator. As the external input, the time code input to any of the following connectors can be selected.

-TIME CODE IN connector: LTC

-VIDEO IN connector: VITC

-SDI IN connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC

- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC or VITC

•External Preset mode, which directly records the input of an external time code generator. As the external input, the time code input to any of the following connectors can be selected.

-TIME CODE IN connector: TC

- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC

As shown in the following table, you can switch between different time code recording modes by combining extended menu items settings with video input signal selections.

Time code recording mode

Extended menu item setting or video input signal

Reference

 

selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 626

Item 627

VIDEO INPUT

Item 629

 

 

 

 

 

SEL button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Preset Free Run

int preset

free run

–

–

“To record time code after setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

an initial value” (page 51)

Internal Preset Rec Run

 

 

rec run

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Regen

int regen

–

–

–

“To record time code that follows

 

 

 

 

 

 

sequentially upon the last

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorded time code” (page 52)

External Regen (TIME CODE

ext regen

–

SDI/CMPST/

tc

“To record with the internal time

IN connector: LTC)

 

 

 

SG

 

code generator synchronized to

 

 

 

 

 

 

external time code” (page 53)

External Regen (VIDEO IN

 

 

 

 

vitc

 

 

 

 

 

connector: VITC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (i.LINK

 

 

 

i.LINK

tc

 

connector: TC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (i.LINK

 

 

 

 

vitc

 

connector: VITC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (SDI IN

rp188 regen

–

–

–

 

connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Preset (TIME CODE

ext preset

–

SDI/CMPST/

–

“To record external time code

IN connector: TC)

 

 

 

SG

 

directly” (page 54)

External Preset (i.LINK

 

 

 

i.LINK

–

 

connector: TC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording/Playback 4 Chapter

To record time code after setting an initial value

Set the following extended menu items to the specified values.

•Item 626 “TC MODE”: “int preset”

•Item 627 “RUN MODE”: “free run” or “rec run”

•Item 628 “DF MODE”: “on (df)” or “off (ndf)”

See 8-3-2 “Extended Menu Operations” (page 120) for more information about how to make extended menu settings.

Then set an initial value as described below, and carry out recording (see page 54).

To set an initial value

Proceed as follows.

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