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Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/03/99 11:32
"Gary Eickmeier" wrote ...
> David Carlstrom wrote:
>> As I recall the audio blocks are at one end of the helical stripe.
>> That is the end that is not tracking correctly.
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> Is that possible David? I mean, technically - can you get part of a
> digital scan and have it make sense? Does the audio word or file go to
> a different processor, and just get lost if it isn't all picked up?
It seems well within the realm of possibility to me.
http://www.linuxsoft.cz/img/dv/dv2/5.png
> And why wouldn't a sophisticated camera like this have auto tracking
> to align itself to the recorded track, wherever it may be?
They do (or DV wouldn't work at all.) Note that there isn't any
linear sync track (like with older helical-scan formats). But the
auto-tracking doesn't have enough latitude to handle out-of-spec
tapes or tape transport mechanisms which are out of alignment.
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