Chapter 5
Editing
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Chapter 5
Editing
5-1 Automatic Editing
5-2 DMC Editing
When the player is a playing back in Betacam SX
format, by controlling the player playback speed from
the recorder you can achieve variable speed editing.
5-2-1 Overview of DMC Editing
Conditions for DMC editing
DMC editing can be used for insert or assemble
editing, but audio split editing cannot be used.
Tape movement during DMC editing
The following figure illustrates how the tapes move on
both the player and recorder during DMC editing.
Preroll
IN point
OUT point
IN point
Postroll
Recorder
Playback
DMC editing
Playback
Stop
Preroll time x
initial speed
Postroll time x
final speed
Tape moves at
initial speed
Playback at stored
varying speed
Tape moves at
final speed
Stop
Player
