accuracy.
A Few More Words About Time Code
Some VCRs and camcorders provide the ability to both read and write time code, and many of these can
send the time code over the Edit Control Cable. For example, RCTC (rewriteable consumer time code),
or a variant of RCTC, is available on many LANC and RS-232 VCRs. RCTC is always sent over the
Edit Control Cable.
LTC (Longitudinal Time Code) is written in an audio track on the videotape. With most RS-422 and RS
232 VCRs that support LTC, the time code is sent through the Edit Control Cable. If you play the tape in
a VCR that uses LANC or PANA protocol, the LTC will not be sent through the Edit Cable. Instead, it
must be sent from the VCR/camcorder through an audio cable that you connect to the Time Code IN
port on Edit Suite.
The third major time code–VITC (vertical interval time code)–is written in the video signal a little bit
above the video that normally displays on your monitor. As with LTC, if VITC is played on a VCR that
uses LANC or PANA protocol, it must be sent over a cable attached to Edit Suite's Time Code IN ports.
Since VITC is recorded in the video portion of the tape, you must attach a cable from your VCR's video
OUT port.
The Edit Decision List
When you play your videotapes and see the video you want to record, you create a Scene Event to tell
Edit Suite which VCR contains the footage you are viewing, where that scene starts, and where that
scene ends. You just push a few buttons–Edit Suite fills in the information for you. (Or you can type in
the time codes manually.)
Each time you locate a scene you want in your production, you create a new Scene Event. Edit Suite
stores the events in a list called the Edit Decision List, or EDL. You can store up to 250 events in the
EDL at one time.
