SMPTE Time and Edit Code and its Application to Motion-Picture Production
The television field was one of the first to adopt available technology by generating a time and edit code enabling technicians to synchronize videotapes and to perform the many editorial tasks of assembling and displaying programs. Motion-picture people have also begun to apply this same technology in conjunction with the time code. As chairman of an SMPTE working group studying the practical application of 80-bit and 112-bit SMPTE time and edit codes for 24, 25, or 30 frame/sec motion-picture production, the author discusses some technical barriers which were overcome in developing new ways of handling film. Both magnetic and optical technologies are discussed.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1984-03
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J03622
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