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Setting User Bit
Hi
This is driving me mad.Everytime I set the User bit,(I know you cant use the last 2 digits)for say date and roll number,then change back to TC,when I go back to User bit its all changed to a bunch of numbers I have no idea about.
I,ve set everything I can see in the menu to user,as concerns User bits?
I know there has to be a way,but very odd that something that is so easy with Sony cameras should be difficult at all!Apart from that I love the camera!
Thanks
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4 Replies
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While recording picture, all of the User Bits are used for meta-data. Starting from the last digit, there is the flag for active frames (the two lowest bits contain a mask for a pair of frames), the next shows original camera frequency (6 for 60Hz, 5 for 59.94), the next two have the frame rate, and finally the first four digits are a frame counter from the beginning of the current shot (counting only active frames).
The only time when you have some control over UB is over bars — you can use the first 4 (or is it 6?) digits.
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Jesse Rosen
Director of Technical Development
Abel Cine Tech, Inc. -
Hi there
Just got back from shooting with the vari beast.The user bit when bars is on says 13720152
without bars 00003052.With Sonys I would use the User bit for date and tape number,esp if going over 23 tapes,is this not possible with the varicam? or can i use these first 4 0,s of the 00003052,but this wasnt with the bars on?Thanks
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If you can’t change it when over bars, check in the VTR Menu:TC/UB:UB MODE that UB MODE is set to USER.
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Jesse Rosen
Director of Technical Development
Abel Cine Tech, Inc. -
All set to user.Happened with both varicams I have used.Just cant work it out at all,how can this setting be so difficult?its really bugging me!
Without bars its 0000003052,when I put to set 15870230,over bars the same,what ever I change it to,its now become by magic 15870252? whats this about!Thanks
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