What does "Print to Tape" mean? at DVinfo.net

Dale Nicholson · March 5th, 2007, 05:47 PM

Some naive questions:

Since purchasing the Sony line of post-production software, I've heard the phrase "print to tape." What does that mean---what piece of equipment does one need? Do many (on this board) print to tape to author dvds? When people "backup old projects to tape", is that what they are referring to?
You can't backup a completed project to the camera/tape, can you?

Victor Kellar · March 5th, 2007, 06:20 PM

Well, in the Mac world, and I think its the same with Premiere, Print to Tape simply means recording your movie to video tape from the timeline using deck/cam control.

Usually you get options to include things like black, color bars, slates, counters, that sort of thing. The Print to Tape controls your deck like it does during capture and records your Timeline (your movie) to digital tape

Dale Nicholson · March 6th, 2007, 04:25 AM

So it has nothing to do with DLT or another option for producing dvds?

March 5th, 2007, 05:47 PM	#1
Dale Nicholson Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 133	What does "Print to Tape" mean? Some naive questions: Since purchasing the Sony line of post-production software, I've heard the phrase "print to tape." What does that mean---what piece of equipment does one need? Do many (on this board) print to tape to author dvds? When people "backup old projects to tape", is that what they are referring to? You can't backup a completed project to the camera/tape, can you?

March 5th, 2007, 06:20 PM	#2
Victor Kellar Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada Posts: 239	Well, in the Mac world, and I think its the same with Premiere, Print to Tape simply means recording your movie to video tape from the timeline using deck/cam control. Usually you get options to include things like black, color bars, slates, counters, that sort of thing. The Print to Tape controls your deck like it does during capture and records your Timeline (your movie) to digital tape

March 6th, 2007, 04:25 AM	#3
Dale Nicholson Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 133	So it has nothing to do with DLT or another option for producing dvds?