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Harry Kirchner <[log in to unmask]>
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>3. info on the time code that is included on video tape and how it is
>used to synch video editing equipment and also to synch the addition of
>music.
>Thanks in advance
 
 
This really requires a five thousand word answer so to be brief..
 
Timecode is just a reference code in hours, minutes, seconds and frames.
You might like to think of it being like sprocket holes in film, except
that every (say) four sprocket holes (frame), would have an absolute number.
 
It can be generated by a black box or by, for example, a video camera and
encoded on an available audio track, or "hidden" in a video track.  It can
be put down before, during or even after an image has been encoded.
 
Essentially, it allows two or more tapes for example, to run in synch and
be controlled by a central source e.g. computer, edit controller.
 
A tape with continuous time code on it can also act as "master" or "slave",
etc. etc.
 
Try the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers for starters:
 
http://www.smpte.org/
 
Also, do a seach for SMPTE. (This should will keep you off the streets for
a few months!)
 
As for interactive CD ROM authoring, this can be done in a "raw" programing
language (e.g. "C"), or by using an authoring program such as Macromedia
Authorware, of Macromedia Director (see Macromedia's web site.). People are
also starting to use Netscape or that other unmentionable browser, as the
user navigation interface. In this instance, a basic knowledge of HTML and
an authoring program such as Claris Home page is all you need. Obviously,
you also need Photoshop or another program to create graphics, plus other
individual programs for creating text, sound and video.
 
Sounds easy huh?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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