Anim Playback
Mark,
I have two TBC-IV's connected between my two Panasonic AG-1960s and video
inputs 2 & 3 on my Toaster. Going into video input 1 of my Toaster is my
PAR output, and it does not require a TBC. Also, as I marginally
understand my set-up, my Internal sync is being provided by the PAR. On
the rare occasions when I have output my PAR anims through the component
Beta-SP connectors, something didn't like my Internal sync so I changed
the software to External sync and used the house sync provided by the
suite I was in.
So, I believe the answer is that you don't need a TBC of any kind to
output your PAR anims to tape. And I really like the TBC-IVs for its proc
amp adjustments, its Video Strobe feature, and superior frame grabbing.
One area I ran into trouble is with the Super Black for blacking my tapes.
It blacked my tapes just fine, and the material I recorded on them plays
back on my regular VTRs. But when I try to play them back on my AG-460
camcorder, it plays 3 seconds, then shuts off! This also happens with
tape that just has the Super Black on it. My guess is that there is some
signal recorded onto the tape when the TBC-IV blacks it that my camcorder
can't deal with. Anyone with an answer to that one?
My final thought is that the PAR/TBC-IV combo is pure gold when comes to
framegrabbing lengths of video. The first thing I did was grab "Night on
Bald Mountain" and played back 30 seconds of world class animation that
was virtually indistinguishable from the original. Took my breath away!
Sean Hannon
Ad Rats – Stamford, CT