TC component out at DVinfo.net

Ian Savage · March 18th, 2006, 12:27 PM

Hi, this may seem a silly question but what happens to the Timecode if you record out through the Component out of the JVC HD100 ?

I mean can you see it ? is it recorded to the Hard Drive the same way as the camera would be recording to tape or does the Hard drive unit take over the adding of timecode say like recording DV through DVrack to a computer ?

Nate Weaver · March 18th, 2006, 01:25 PM

Nothing happens to it.

I don't think there's ANY camera that outputs it's code via VITC on the components.

Tim Dashwood · March 18th, 2006, 01:26 PM

As far as I know there is no VITC in the analog signal. Maybe David Newman can confirm this. The only other way to read the TC would be to have a simultaneous firewire connection simply for TC info.

Ian Savage · March 18th, 2006, 01:49 PM

That's what I thought, so the next questions really are how accurate the TC would be with the FW connection ? and wouldn't the FW out be at(in my case 25fps yet the component would be at 50fps)

How does the wafian drive record TC then ? (I presume it does) and if you used say the Rosendahl Hard drive unit then as it has a TC in is there a TC generator that would work ?

Sorry if they seem basic qustions btw, just wondering what's possible lol

Marc Colemont · March 18th, 2006, 05:08 PM

VITC timecode is a standardized part of a NTSC 525- or PAL 625-line video signal only. Component signal goes further than that into 720p or 1080i.
So TC is unfortunally not embedded into the component signal, which is a bummer indeed.
I'll check next week when I receive my camera back from JVC and the signal is set to output composite signal, if then VITC is coming out.

March 18th, 2006, 12:27 PM	#1
Ian Savage Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England Posts: 88	TC component out Hi, this may seem a silly question but what happens to the Timecode if you record out through the Component out of the JVC HD100 ? I mean can you see it ? is it recorded to the Hard Drive the same way as the camera would be recording to tape or does the Hard drive unit take over the adding of timecode say like recording DV through DVrack to a computer ?

March 18th, 2006, 01:25 PM	#2
Nate Weaver Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,100	Nothing happens to it. I don't think there's ANY camera that outputs it's code via VITC on the components. __________________ My Work: nateweaver.net

March 18th, 2006, 01:26 PM	#3
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	As far as I know there is no VITC in the analog signal. Maybe David Newman can confirm this. The only other way to read the TC would be to have a simultaneous firewire connection simply for TC info. __________________ Tim Dashwood

March 18th, 2006, 01:49 PM	#4
Ian Savage Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England Posts: 88	. That's what I thought, so the next questions really are how accurate the TC would be with the FW connection ? and wouldn't the FW out be at(in my case 25fps yet the component would be at 50fps) How does the wafian drive record TC then ? (I presume it does) and if you used say the Rosendahl Hard drive unit then as it has a TC in is there a TC generator that would work ? Sorry if they seem basic qustions btw, just wondering what's possible lol

March 18th, 2006, 05:08 PM	#5
Marc Colemont Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 695	VITC timecode is a standardized part of a NTSC 525- or PAL 625-line video signal only. Component signal goes further than that into 720p or 1080i. So TC is unfortunally not embedded into the component signal, which is a bummer indeed. I'll check next week when I receive my camera back from JVC and the signal is set to output composite signal, if then VITC is coming out.