Edit to tape for broadcast

[Michael Gissing]

[Robbie Brewster] “BBC rules are the best.”

No, they are just different. I have to deal with all sorts from 00:01:30:00, 00:02:00:00,00:02:30:00, 01:00:00:00 and 10:00:00:00.

No one standard is superior. It’s just as Walter says. You give them what they want. When the wankers who set these formats bother to agree on a single standard for first frame, audio reference and peak levels, ID boards and countdowns the world will still turn and life will be just that bit simpler and more pleasant. Meanwhile, I won’t hold my breath but meekly deliver these standards that have nothing to do with the really important thing – content.

[David Scott]

Hi Brad
We follow the BBC convention as are also UK based.
I would suggest contacting the broadcaster you are dealing with and ask them for their spec sheet. That way as Walter says, you can give them exactly what they want – Bars, Tone, Levels, Start Time, etc….
Cheers

David Scott,
Senior Editor,
GOD TV (UK)

[Peter Wiggins]

No, its to stop the curse of the late vision mixer 🙂

Peter

[Peter Wiggins]

Wouldn’t that be 10 hours of black???

OK, I know this has been said before by me and others but worth a repetition.

I was told the apocryphal story about why in the UK things start at 10:00:00 – because the BBC VT guys got into work just before ten and used time of day timecode to start blacking before nipping off for breakfast in the BBC canteen.

I’d go for the story about not wanting to roll back past 00:00:00 so the audio decks would go the right way myself

Peter