CHAPTER
53
7
Striping Time Code
OVERVIEW
The Digital Timepiece can be used to stripe
(record) both forms of SMPTE time code (LTC and
VITC). It can also be used to stripe LTC while
resolved to video, ensuring that time code does not
drift out of sync with the video frames.
The Digital Timepiece can stripe time code while
locked to another external SMPTE time code
source or when it is running under its own clock as
the address master. To ensure accurate results, we
recommend striping time code from the Digital
Timepiece when it is either running under its own
time base (
Internal
time base mode) or resolved to
an accurate video source, such has a house sync or
blackburst generator.
When the Digital Timepiece is in
Internal
mode,
you can initiate striping from the front panel
STRIPE button, which always starts at zero hours,
minutes, seconds and frames (0:00:00:00). Or you
can initiate striping from ClockWorks™, the
software console for the Digital Timepiece. Or you
can initiate striping from any MMC control surface
or MMC-compatible software program, which you
have set up as a transport control master over the
Digital Timepiece.
When the Digital Timepiece is locked to an
external address source, you initiate striping by
rolling the external time code source.
Note that the Digital Timepiece always generates
fresh time code while reading existing time code.
You can use this capability to:
■
Regenerate fresh time code that is based on
existing time code, and eliminate drop-outs in the
original code
■
Lengthen existing time code tracks
For information about regenerating time code, see
“Regenerating fresh time code” on page 55 and
“Lengthening a SMPTE track” on page 56.
General procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Striping frame-locked LTC onto video. . . . . . . . 55
Striping SMPTE on a multitrack tape deck . . . . 55
Regenerating fresh time code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lengthening a SMPTE track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Regeneration and time code bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recording VITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recording burn-in & other graphics . . . . . . . . . 58
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