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The article offers steps for creating an easy high definition single-lens reflex (HDSLR) post workflow. It suggests transcoding the files using MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 and conforming the speed to 23.98 using Apple Cinema Tools. It recommends the need for camera files to have properly embedded timecode and reel information for the best interoperability between applications. It urges to import the files into the non-linear editing system (NLE).

The article focuses on how to sync sound in footages. To improve audio quality, the dual system sound is being used in motion pictures and by some smaller productions. It is the process of recording production audio on 2 devices for post-production manipulation. Manufacturers of external recorders that can be used for the dual system sound include Sony, Tascam, and Zoom. In order to sync the audio and video well, timecode readers are used. A standard clapboard or hand clap may also be used for visual and aural cues.

The article features a selection of broadcasting equipment and supplies including the LED SMPTE/EBU time-code display from Autoscript, the Q-Down123 amplifier from Crystal Vision and the ProHD Libre camera system from JVC.

The article discusses Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) which is a professional file interchange format designed for film editing. It also presents information on wrapper which describes how the video, audio, subtitles and timecode should be packaged together to be sent from one place to another. It further informs that AAF allows wrapping different tracks of video, audio and data essence and also describes the relationship between tracks.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Timecode," in the March 2006 issue, about the snide letter of Steve Wytas in the March 2006 issue, and about the interview with Don Was and Gary Gold in the March 2006 issue.

This article presents information on video time codes and the advantages they offer in video editing. Video time codes make it easier for editors to locate the shots they are looking for when editing. Drop and non-drop frame time codes were invented by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers to perform this task. Other types of time codes are longitudinal time codes and vertical interval time codes.

The article presents tips on using Mac OS X. QuickTime 7.1.6 has a feature that lets a user view time codes and frame numbers of a video. These time codes display the exact point of a movie the user is currently at. In viewing and using these features, one should click at the time display if using the QuickTime 7.1.6. After that, a drop down menu with the option Non-Drop-Frame and Frame Number will appear. Meanwhile, there are two suggestions of making a standard playlist from the contents of a smart playlist. One is to open the smart playlist, select all songs and drag them to an empty area in the leftmost corner of iTunes. Another way is by dragging the smart playlist and dropping it on the Playlists header.

This article announces the release of TCDetective Pro, a timecode break analysis tool for Windows, by company Imagine Products Inc. The TCDetective Pro can analyze video through either a FireWire or RS-422 port. It reports on all kinds of code discontinuities, not just camera start and stop breaks or scene changes.

The article discusses Digital Audio Tape (DAT) technology. DAT machines are still a repairable item in 2004. The shift from absolute to timecode (TC) repairs reveals a trend among two groups: those who can afford to "wade out" a new technology wave and those who must jump in and ride the wave to shore. Either way, people are keeping their TC portables in shape for both primary and backup duty. We're slowly reaching the end of DAT's lifecycle; in a few years, the technology will be passed from the recording domain to that of archivists.

The article reviews Tiny Lockit, a time-code generator and receiver used in cinematography from Ambient Clockit.

The article previews the HyeprDeck 2.5 public beta software for Mac OS X and Windows platforms from Blackmagic Design.

The article focuses on the use of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) timecode, a set of cooperating standards. SMPTE has been used in the recording "The Eternal," an album of Sonic Youth. The code originated with National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) which was eventually adapted in audio, film or video.

The article offers step-by-step instruction for synchronizing audio switchers with another back up computer using Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) time code.

The article provides an answer to a question on building a rig with a time code and audio switcher for fly commercial.

The article focuses on the advantages of digital media over analog. Digital media are cheap, and a little dirty, and it is changing. It has become more sophisticated. It filled the void that Analog left when it got so needy. Digital never asked for anything. It was always there, always ready, always willing to give the user another track and never punish him with crosstalk. Gone were the nights spent lying awake listening to Analog's timecode bleed. It is so young, and still changing and growing, always wanting to try new things.

Reports on Jerome & Francis Co. Ltd.'s launching of the Network Time Synchronization System range of timecode generation and translation products.

Discusses the advantages of using a time code in video editing. Identification of each frame of a video; Creation of an edit decision list; Facilitation of `workprint' copies of tapes edited; Time-code-equipment consumer edit controllers; Kinds of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) time code.

Discusses the importance of the ability to manage time-based media, while highlighting the development of the process stratification, at the MIT Media Laboratary. Information on the problems associate with the management of audio and video; Reference to the use of the traditional process of segmentation to deal with the problems; What is involved in the process of stratification.