Technical Details about VideOccasions

About the VideOccasions Studios

Equipment and Capabilities

Cameras

Digital *** Hi-8 *** S-VHS

Most of VideOccasions' production work is done using Sony DSR-PD150 digital cameras.

In special instances we also make use of Sony Hi-8/3CCD-VX3's and have on hand two S-VHS Panasonic AG455's for those with analog tape needs, which we still encounter from time to time.

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Master Edit Suite

At VideOccasions, your work will be digitally edited on either the Edirol DV7-DL Pro Studio Edition editing system or using Sony's Vegas digital editing (NLE) software.

DVDs are prepared using Ulead's DVD Workshop 2.0 and burned using Pioneer disc burners and duplicators. DVDs can be duplicated in batches of 11.

Also available is a Sony DHR-1000 DV/MiniDV record and play-back deck, which can be patched to VHS, S-VHS, 8mm, Hi-8 and BetaMax for both editing and duplication, and a DVD player that can be patched into the recording equipment as well.

Linear (tape to tape) Editing

Although only available for special projects (it's difficult to imagine why anyone would want this,) VideOccasions is still equipped for linear editing with A/B rolls, with JVC BR-S500U and Sony Hi-8 EV-S7000 source decks and a JVC BR-S800U record deck, controlled by a JVC RM-G805U edit controller. [This equipment is in storage and unavailable on short notice.] Additionally, we have two video mixers, a Panasonic WJ MX-50 and an MX-12 which, in addition to controlling cuts and dissolves, enable a wide range of other transition effects and effects.

A BVP-4 processing amplifier permits a wide range of both luminance and chromanance correction to analog tapes.

Audio includes a Pioneer Turntable PL-600, Sony CD Player CDP-212 and Sony Tape Deck TC-W345, piped through a Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro audio mixer, in addition to an assortment of wired and wireless microphones for voice input. Adobe's Audition and Sony Vegas are available for minor correction and editing of audio source materials.

About Computer to
Video transfers

IBM compatible computers are interfaced with the editing equipment, enabling the output from computer graphics programs and from presentation programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint® to be placed onto DVDs or video tape
Most graphics file formats can be accommodated, and files can be read from CD-ROM and DVD discs.
These computers are equipped with CD and DVD burners as well.

In general, PowerPoint ® presentations transferred to video from the computer produces excellent results. A full discussion of this process may be found in the PowerPoint® to DVD and Tape section of our web site.

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Basic Edit Suite

VideOccasions'

Gear at a Glance

Camera

Editing

Audio

* Sony DSR-PD150 (Primary)

* Obsolete but still available:

Sony VX-3 (3CCD Hi-8)

Panasonic 455 (VHS/S-VHS)

* Edirol DV7-DL Pro SE
* Sony Vegas NLE

* Obsolete but still available:

Macrosystem KRON Plus

JVC Edit Suite (with A/B Linear Controller)

Sony EV-S7000 Hi-8 deck

Panasonic WJ-MX50 and MX12 mixers

Panasonic 1980 decks

* Pioneer Turntable PL-600
* Sony CD Player CDP-212
* Sony Tape Deck TC-W345
* Mackie Mixer 1402 VLZ Pro
* Adobe "Audition" Software

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Duplication and Format Conversion

Tape Duplication

DVD Mastering and Duplication

Foreign Format Conversion

Duplications can be made:
From	To
S-VHS, VHS, VHS-C, 8mm, Hi-8, Digital-8, MiniDV and DVD	S-VHS, VHS, VHS-C, 8mm and Hi-8, MiniDV and DVD

Format Conversions
[Format conversions are made through a Panasonic Converter AGW1P]
From To
PAL and SECAM (European and Asian) format S-VHS, VHS, VHS-C and DVD NTSC (North American) format in S-VHS, VHS, VHS-C, Hi-8 and 8mm, MiniDV and DVD

NTSC format in S-VHS, VHS, VHS-C, Hi-8, 8mm and DVD PAL and SECAM European and Asian format VHS tape and DVD

Format Conversions
[Format conversions are made through a Panasonic Converter AGW1P]
From	To
PAL and SECAM (European and Asian) format S-VHS, VHS, VHS-C and DVD	NTSC (North American) format in S-VHS, VHS, VHS-C, Hi-8 and 8mm, MiniDV and DVD

Last modified 8/13/09