Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Re: [Avid-L2] BetaSp Ctrl Track Phase?

I just think it's cool that someone's asking such an under-the-hood question
about a tape format that's both ubiquitous and long-in-the-tooth. Too soon,
questions about BetaSP will consist of, "Hey, can anybody play these tapes
anymore?"

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*john heiser | senior video editor*
*o2**ideas*
birmingham, alabama, USA


On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@verizon.net> wrote:

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>
>
> On Dec 27, 2010, at 8:34 PM, John Moore wrote:
>
> > Today I noticed every time I hit the jog button to stop play the
> deck always parked on a Field 2 according to the time code reader on
> the deck. I figured that's just the way the ballistics of the machine
> worked until the last tape I checked always stopped on Field 1. This
> got me thinking there may be a relationship between ctrl track phase
> and where the machine parks, much like the issues we use to deal with
> in the 3/4 inch days when some decks didn't have framing servos.
>
> I offer:
>
> I have some remaining knowledge on Beta SP VTRs and I've never heard
> of this question before. Are you saying that EVERY TIME you randomly
> stop playback, it lands on field 2?
> As background, there IS a relationship between the CT phase and field
> order. But beyond that, the mind gets fuzzy due to age.
>
> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> NBC Today Show, New York
>
>
>


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