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MACHINE ROOM Overview

1.     MEDIA TYPES

1.1.  Cables

1.1.1.     Video cables

Component video (Cp)

Composite (Cs)

Component Video

Composite Video cable

Analog and digital

Analog and digital

1.1.2.     Audio cables

Digital (D)

Analog (A)

Smaller audio cable

larger audio cable

Smaller audio cable

Need one cable for audio channels 1 / 2

Larger audio cable

Need two cables for audio channels 1 and 2

1.1.3.     Machine control cables

Machine control (MC)

Machine control cable

Not needed for dubbing

Used for capturing and export from editing suites

1.2.  Cable plug-in deck

Component video

Component Video 

equipment rack

Machine control

Machine control

Composite video

Composite video

Digital video

Digital Video cable

Digital audio

Digital audio cable

Analog audio

analog audio cable

1.3.  Media decks and formats  

VHS

Analog audio and video

Composite video

Digibeta

Digital and analog audio and video

Component and composite video

Digibeta

Betacam SP

Analog audio and video

Component & Composite video

dcvcam

3/4 SP

Analog audio and video

Composite video

dat

Dcvcam

Analog and digital audio and video

Component and composite video

deck

DAT

Digital and analog audio

(audio only)

deck


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