[Paul Thurston]

Hi Luke,

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[Paul Thurston]

Here’s a guide, but like all guides, they may change based on the broadcast entity.

1-hour shows are usually 44 minutes in length. The remaining 16 minutes are filled with advertising by the broadcaster or syndicator or both.

30-minute shows are usually 22 minutes in length. The remaining 8 minutes are filled with advertising by the broadcaster or syndicator or both.

Some 1-hour programs are designed to not have much adverting, and therefore are specified to last 55 minutes in length.

If you’re not sure what the program length requirements may be, you can’t go wrong by editing to 44 minutes total length and editing in 8 cut off points (fade to black and fade up again) where it would be logical to add commercials in that slot later on if the show gets picked up.

22 minute shows usually have 4 cut off points.

Remember to add bars and tone for at least 30 seconds and at least 20 to 30 seconds of black before program start.

Regards,
Paul Thurston

[Paul Thurston]

Go to this address:

https://www.sony-cctv.com/

On the left, follow the link that reads “support”

Do a search for the model number of the SONY machine you need info on:

Sign up, and get the PDF.

Regards,
Paul Thurston
Santiago, Chile

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Dave,

From what I read, it appears you have a problem with your hard drives.
If you are using your internal hard drive, this would explain your problem as these HD are not good for this type of work. If in fact you are using a disc array, which you should for all uncompressed and compressed video editing, well, again I would say it

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Matt and Luke from BMD,

I suggest the following solution for this. Have the user select the player to capture from and the recorder to record to, using a database of video tape machines.

By selecting a machine from a list of video players, would automatically set up all parameters needed to capture media correctly from that player, analogous to the “easy setups” BMD provides.

The same could be done with the video recorder.

This would solve many problems for us immediately.

It would also be great if you guys could provide, in deck control, the option to capture and insert back audio & video separately.

It would also be great if you guys could provide, in deck control, the option to delay audio from video in increments of video fields also.

Regards,
Paul Thurston

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Jason,

In broadcasting, you usually mix your audio to what your video tape editor requires. So that means you will mix your audio and or dither it to what your Digital Betacam Editor expects, which of course is 20-bit digital audio.

If you feed 24-bit audio to a machine that expects 20 or 16-bit depth, it will probably get recorded in a way that sounds awful. (Too much resolution for the design of the machine.)

If you dither 24 bit audio down to 20 or 16-bit, what you are actually doing is adding white noise to the sound (hiss in other words.) 16 bit will have added to it more hiss than 20 bit audio, but in all honesty, most people will not notice it. If you import a 16-bit audio into a 20 bit mix, you will not be subtracting any hiss the audio may already contain. But some sound engineers have explained to me that when you mix in 20-bit mode, the 16-bit audio will playback with less hiss (less hiss caused by white noise.)

16-bit audio playsback as 16-bit until it is mixed to 20 or 22 or 24-bit audio. Then it becomes 16 bit audio inside a higher bit depth audio envelope.

It appears the decklink cards are only 16-bit audio, but that will need to be confirmed by BMD.

Regardless, it is better that you dither the audio in a sound program than have a computer card do it for you on the fly.

(ON the other hand, if the DeckLink card does not dither the audio, then it will just output whatever is fed to it, causing your Digital Betacam Recorder to record digital audio harshness if the audio is not 20 or less bits per sample.

Hope this helps,

Paul Thurston

[Paul Thurston]

Hola Rodrigo,

Yes, I

[Paul Thurston]

Hola Rodrigo,

Great to hear what you’re doing. For those of us who actually live in Chile, could you tell us how long was the piece, what exactly did you shoot, Did you have any problems with Chilean customs when bringing in the projection prints, what was the process you followed for the sound? How much did all the work cost in the States? What theater did you watch your project at?

Regards,
Paul Thurston

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Matt,

I noticed that BMD no longer recommends the Supermicro X5DA8 motherboard. This of course was the motherboard I purchased last year.

Could you kindly explain the improvements, if there are any, of the Supermicro X6DA8G2 and the Supermicro X6DA8-G over the X5DA8 (related to the use of BMD products)?

Regards,
Paul Thurston

[Paul Thurston]

Hi Bart,

Thanks for the info. I really appreciate your help.

Regards,

Paul Thurston