Preface to the second edition
Since the first edition of Timecode: A user's guide was published, major developments in technology and data handling systems have had a major impact in timecode formats and applications. Digital VITC is now established, timecode can be placed in the audio sectors of digital VCR recordings, there is now a standard for the extended use of the timecode word's user bits, time data are frequently carried in the RS422 digital interface and there is now a standard for timecode in High Definition Television.
Within Europe, the EBU has published the uses to which some of its members have put the binary groups within the timecode word. Uses include the control of Telecine 'panscan' for the selection of which area of a wide-screen ...
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