Timecode A User's Guide: A user's guide

Recent radical changes in timecode technology, location shooting and post-production working practices have been brought about by the fragmentation of the television programme making industry and by a dramatic increase in affordable digital transmission and editing equipment and systems.With the expansion of non-traditional television service producers (cable, satellite and video-on-demand) almost anything hoes as far as shooting and editing formats are concerned. Timecode: A User's Guide is an indispensable reference for anyone needing to get to grips with the many aspects of timecode, whether in-house or on location.Taking into account these changes this book has now been brought completely up to date to include: * timecode and DVD, LTC & VITC in HANC packets in the serial digital TV interfaces * timecode in IEEE1395 (Firewire)* timecode and digital video cassettes* new recording formats of DVD, DV mini cassettes and D6 are included* 4:3 scanning for wide-screen films - standards updated* new material to cover new working practices* new appendices to cover the global LF time data transmissions and time data embedded in BBC transmissionsAdvice is also given on avoiding and remedying faults and errors.

• | Author: J. Ratcliff
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 23, 1999
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0240515390
• | ISBN-13: 9780240515397