Re: [Avid-L2] Re: SR tapes with the Telefile label affixed to spine - New???

As I understand it, it's basically an RFID tag, similar to those stuck
in pets. As expensive as HDCAM-SR tapes have become, they're still
cheaper than a trip to the vet...

Jim Feeley
jfeeley@gmail.com

On Apr 29, 2011, at 6:59 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:

> So it's like an id barcode like chip that gets scanned for metadata.
> Is this for automated playback systems or general vault type tape
> tracking or both. Could I use one of these labels on my dog? Instead
> of a trip to the vet for an ID chip just find an unused label and
> voila no lost dog. Of course this will change when I switch to file
> based canines. ;-)
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jim Feeley <jfeeley@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > My memory, supplemented by Google, says the Sony Tele-File is a
> fancy
> > label with a memory chip stuck on standard Sony tapes... Ah here:
> >
> > The Tele-File™ System is a data storage/retrieval system contained
> > within a 1/2-inch
> > cassette label. This system can be utilized with models from the
> Sony
> > HDCAM™,
> > MPEG IMX™ and J Series production lines. An IC memory built into a
> > Tele-File memory
> > label enables a wide range of production-related information to be
> > stored and accessed
> > using a non-contact read/write system. This information typically
> > includes details on the
> > content of the tape, the time and date of a shoot, scene
> information,
> > shot marks, and so
> > on. Keeping this information with the cassette and having immediate
> > access to it at all
> > stages of content creation can significantly improve production
> speed
> > and efficiency, and
> > can also play a vital role in maximizing the value of media assets.
> >
> > More info here:
> >
> > www.broadcaststore.com/pdf/model/671070/telefile.pdf
> >
> >
> > Jim Feeley
> > jfeeley@...
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
> >
> > > I'm amazed you found any "new" SR tape.
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "millervideo_sf" <millervideo@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I just bought a "new" SR tape with a "telefile" label already
> > > affixed to the spine of the cassette. The tape is represented as
> new
> > > and unused. The seller says that is the way Telefile tapes come.
> > > I've never heard of this. And is this SR tape just a regular ol'
> SR
> > > tape or does the Telefle label signify something? And why is a
> > > Telefile label already affixed to the spine?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Lee Miller
> > > > Miller Video
> > > > San Francisco
> > >
> >
>
>
>

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