Chapter 8
Essence Marks
Chapter 8
Essence Marks
8-1
Chapter 8
Essence Marks
8-1 Overview of Essence Mark Functions
An essence mark uses a term value dictionary item as
defined in the SMPTE RP210A Metadata Dictionary
to express and transfer points such as recording start
points and edit point candidates in up to 32 bytes of
data.
The basic format of the SMPTE RP210A Metadata
Dictionary is defined in SMPTE 336M Data Encoding
Protocol using Key-Length-Value (KLV coding
specifications).
8-2 Essence Mark Output
Essence marks can be output to SDI signals when
playing back a tape. Information such as shot marks
recorded on the tape can also be converted into essence
marks and output.
Selecting whether to output essence
marks
You can select whether or not to output essence marks
when you play back a tape. Make this selection using
setup menu item 657 ESSENCE MARK TAPE
OUTPUT.
See page 11-16 for more information about setup menu item
657.
Outputting shot marks converted into
essence marks
You can select whether or not to convert shot marks
recorded on a tape into essence marks for output when
you play back the tape. Make this selection using setup
menu item 658 SHOT MARK ESSENCE MARK
CONVERT.
See page 11-16 for more information about setup menu item
658.