[Maurice Jansen]

hey

i don’t know how your IO between the macbook and the analog world is.
if you use firewire in it’s normal fashion you will be on DVCAM level. But there are interfaces that can encode direct to prores or something like that. i guess your good for your applications

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

well

in Europe we use for broadcast/analog signals DINScaled PPMmeter’s where 0dB = +6dBu integration 10Ms Release 2S
in Europe for lineup
-18dBFS (meters on Digi)
peaks
-9dBFS

analog -9dBm = -18dBFS

BBC has it’s own PPM where -18dBFS = -9dBm =4 on BBC PPM’s.
which is line up

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

hey

although the deck is basic/lower profile it can produce good tape’s (if in good condition). some feature’s are not there. making a seamless edit on the deck is not supported. you can only make a good recording if it is given to the deck as a whole. the deck can’t do editing. if you need that you need a deck or from the PVW series or if you want the best possible on beta SP level in the BVW series.
so make the complete program including bars and tone on the macbook and output that to the deck.

your setup “sorry to say” is not on broadcast level.
so making broadcast dub is living on the edge. on profesional /industrial level you can generate tape’s which are fine.

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

hi chris.

it’s anamorphic in the mixer.
when looked on a 4:3 only monitor a circle will look like an egg.
the camera will capture it in 1024×576 and squeeze it to 720×576.
in the physical layer say electronic the signal has the same properties. but the actual content is horizontal squeezed back to fit in.

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

well philip

this can not be true. ch3&4 are the AFM tracks which are packed in the videotrack on the tape. these will automaticly be overwritten when a videotrack is recorded. only track 1&2 have seperate linear track’s which have seperate tracks on the tape and have seperate heads. ch 3&4 are “embedded” which is maybe a wrong word, in the video track new vide mens new audio.

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

well

i geuss the erase head is the problem.
maybe try to clean all audio heads.
old style with alcohol and a chamois
DO NOT use cleaningtape.
these are like sandpaper to your video heads.
these are fine don’t hurt them

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

it will work fine in 16:9
signal wise there’s no difference between 16:9 and 4:3.
the content is only anamorphic distorted
the only thing that really changes is the circle wipe 😉

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

hi jared

at first the only dumb question is the one not asked 😉

actually your question is why use optical color correction filters.
if the whitebalance circuit can compensate.

that’s not a strange question. well the first thing to say is that the colorcorrecton also have neutral density.often in different steps. when there is plenty of light you can use these to change the depth of field. next to that if there is a huge difference in colortempature. the whitebalance circuit can have a hard job and generate extra noise. think about it this way.
the sooner you get the system in balance the better it will perform.
the CC are the first step if these can balance the light falling on the CCD’s the camera can do the job at his best.

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

well
your setup is very basic at least get your self good PPM audiometers.
and maybe brickwall limiters. the audiometers on a UVW are no good.
next to that get the deliveryspec’s from the station’s they can all be different make the tape’s the way THEY want. and be aware of timecode all must be frame accurate. if you are not sure.
let a dubbing facility do the job for you. your tape’s will be checked and will be refused when made the wrong way. this will cost you more then a well experienced dub house.
a slate is a titlecard with info about the clip like duration advertiser etc etc.

greet
Maurice

[Maurice Jansen]

well i can’t say.

but one advise don’t use your tape’s that long.
it will kill all your deck’s in the end.
tape’s used in a ENG enviroment for that long will be full with the dirt. on first sight it will save you money but in the end it will cost you more.
second advise do not use cleaning tape if you don’t have to
it’s like sandpaper to your head’s.

greet
Maurice