Sony HDW-S2000 User Manual

Chapter 6

Shot Mark Function

Chapter 6

Shot Mark Function

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This unit can record shot marks or use shot marks
recorded on HDCAM tape.  Shot marks are indications
at desired points on a tape which enable faster cuing.

This unit supports the following three types of shot
mark. This chapter describes recording start marks and
post marks, treating them as varieties of shot marks.

First, the shot mark functions of this unit are described
in simple terms.

Recording start mark Automatically written at the

start of recording.

Written or not according to a separate menu
setting for each recording mode (crash recording,
assemble editing, insert editing).
For each mode for which the setting is “ON”, the
mark is written automatically at the start of
recording.

Possible

Shot mark 1 and
shot mark 2

Written by a manual shot
mark operation during
recording or editing.

Written by a button operation during crash
recording or assemble editing. A menu setting
determines which of three types of mark is
written: shot mark 1, shot mark 2, or post mark.

Post mark

Not written
(Written only by this unit)

Written by a button operation during playback,
while stopped, during a search, or during
recording (crash recording or assemble editing).