HDCAM SR Stereo Tape Output

Using an HDCAM SR, you can output material to specially formatted stereoscopic tapes. Stereoscopic tapes essentially stores in an interlaced timing two progressive clips; a 60i (50i) “clip” contains two 30p(25p) clips.

To output stereoscopic material to stereoscopic tape:

  1. Ensure that the HDCAM SR is connected to the output device using a dual-link.
    Attention: If you use an NVIDIA SDI card to output the stereoscopic material, the NVIDIA card downconverts the material to 8-bit.
  2. Set the HDCAM SR VTR to the stereoscopic setting and insert a stereoscopic tape.
  3. In the application, enter the VTR Output module with a stereoscopic clip. The presence of an S in the bottom right corner of a proxy indicates a stereoscopic clip.
    Note: You can output only clips at 23, 24, 50 or 59 fps, with a 1080i or 1080PsF resolution.
  4. Output the clip. See Outputting a Single Clip.

    The player in the VTR Output module displays only the left-eye layer, but the application outputs both right- and left-eye tracks, in a 4:2:2 colour space.

Parent topic: Outputting Clips To a VTR