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DVCAM

Sony's variant of the DV (Digital Video) format. Developed for professional use, DVCAM improves quality by increasing the tape speed and track pitch. The increased track size uses more tape because DV tracks are recorded on the diagonal (see helical scan). In addition, it "locks the audio," which prevents the audio from drifting out of sync with the video. See HDCAM, DV, DVCPRO and SD formats.


A DVCAM Video Tape Recorder (VTR)
DVCAM uses the same metal evaporated (ME) tape as does DV, and DVCAM cassettes can be played in DVCAM and DVCPRO tape decks. DVCAM VTRs can also play and record DV cassettes.
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The 43-minute documentary is filmed in DVCAM in creole and subtitled in English.
1 [mm.sup.2]) were attached to the underside of the courtship substrate 2 mm from the female to serve as measurement points for the LDV The LDV signal was recorded on the audio track during standard video taping of courtship behavior (Sony DVCAM DSR-20 digital VCR, 48 kHz audio sampling rate).
Besides 1080i capture and playback, the Z1U can record in DVCAM and DV and down-convert from 1080i for existing-system compatibility.
The X-SPAND PRO desktop towers include two or four next-generation SATA II removable drives as well as supporting SATA II cabling that can be striped as RAID-0 to serve DV, DVCAM, SD, and SD/RT.
CWS-30 OEM Pack supports quick and efficient data transfer of footage from the camera to the mobile editing workstation using the Sony DSR-DU1 DVCAM video disk unit.
Canopus Corporation, San Jose, Calif., has introduced ACEDVio(TM), the only OHCI-based video editing solution to deliver analog and DV capture and output with native OHCI support for all popular video cameras and decks, including VHS, S-VHS, Hi-8 Digital8, DV and DVCAM. By using Canopus's proven DV codec technology to provide unmatched picture quality, along with the company's locked audio technology for perfect audio and video synchronization, ACEDVio reflects the strong engineering and product stability found in Canopus's line of professional level video products.
The software also comes with extensive hardware support, so users can connect to a wide range of video hardware from Sony DVCAM gear to third-party capture cards.
Black Cab is the first BBC series to be shot on a DVCam and a London taxi was specially converted to create a mobile, multi-camera studio.
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