Sony PDWHD1500 User Manual (PDW-HD1500 / PDW-F1600 Operation Manual for Firmwa - Page 60

Chapter 4 Recording and Playback Linear Editing Overview You can perform the following types of editing on recorded clips. Type of editing Editing target Insert editing Video tracks in a single clip. Audio tracks in a single clip. (Split editing is also possible. But the Out point must be shared with the video tracks.) Timecode in a single clip. a) Assemble editing Final clip. a) HD1500 This function only can be performed when the PDBZ-UPG02 Software Upgrade Key is installed. Notes • A disc which contains clip lists cannot be used as a disc for editing. However, it can be used as a playback disc. • A disc which contains clips in different recording formats cannot be used as a disc for editing. However, it can be used as a playback disc if you create a clip list that contains only clips in one of the recording formats. • Locked clips cannot be edited. • Editing across multiple clips is not possible. • It is not possible to carry out assemble editing other than on the final clip. • If there is no space on the disc, in assemble editing it will not be possible to extend the clip. • Preread editing is not supported. • After linear editing, discs in the MPEG HD422 format cannot be read by the versions 1.2 or earlier of the PDWHD1500/700. To play such discs on the PDW-HD1500/ 700, upgrade the software to version 1.5 or higher. • Even after linear editing, the underlying VANC data is not rewritten. (VANC data cannot be edited.) However, essence mark data is rewritten (can be edited). • Linear editing is not possible when the unit is in one of the following modes. To perform linear editing, exit the mode. - Single clip playback mode - Clip Continuous Rec mode - Disc Exchange Cache mode - Live Ligging mode • The message "N/A Clip!" appears if you attempt to perform linear editing on discs that contain clips of the following types. If this occurs, linear editing is not possible. Create copies (output video and audio signals from the HDSDI output connectors, or other connectors, and record them to another disc), and then try again. - HD422 clips recorded with the Interval Rec, Picture Cache, Disc Exchange Cache, or Slow & Quick Motion functions - HD422 clips that have been partially transferred by an FTP or FAM connection - Clips for which disc defects have been detected - Clips for which errors have been detected, such as when the unit's primary power was turned off during linear editing - Clips recovered by the salvage function • Normally, linear editing on this unit can target only clips that have been created on XDCAM devices. It may not be possible to edit clips that been created by other software applications and uploaded to this unit as files. • In rare cases, errors may occur on the recorder side if you execute a first edit on an unrecorded disc. If this occurs, execute the first edit again. Editable clip recording formats This unit supports editing of the following recording formats. • MPEG HD422 1080 59.94i/29.97P/50i/25P/23.98P • MPEG HD422 720 59.94P/50P • MPEG IMX 59.94i/50i • DVCAM 59.94i/50i Note Editing of the MPEG HD420 format is not supported. Editable video and audio signals This unit supports editing of the following signals on video and audio tracks. • Video - HD-SDI (for HD recording) - SD-SDI (for SD recording) • Audio - SDI - Analog - AES/EBU Notes • Video and audio signals input to the (i.LINK) S400 connector cannot be edited. • Editing cannot be done with a File Access Mode (FAM) connection. • Recording of upconverted SD is not supported. Discs that can be used Use the following Professional Discs. 60 Linear Editing