[MacDV] Re: Sony TRV30 and data code display

[Mark M. Florida]

> It has been my experience (with a Canon ZR 40) that the data code
> will remain intact in the exported movie except in those scenes that
> were re-rendered by iMovie (eg., where effects and some types of
> transitions were used).
> 
> Other than those exceptions, when I play the edited movie in the
> camcorder, the date/time will be displayed when appropriate (when I
> press the data code button, or for a few seconds when a scene changes
> if the camcorder is configured to do so).

Huh.  Sounds like a cool feature of DV video -- the "Data Code" data is
preserved when transferred to your computer, edited, and played back through
the camcorder.  It's just only visible in the analog realm by running the
stream back through the camcorder and pressing the "Data Code" button and as
the stream is decoded the info is displayed.

I think that makes sense.

- Mark

> 
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:05:07 -0400, Eric Stauffer <arson at mac.com> wrote:
>> I am importing a tape from a Sony TRV30 in iPhoto and I would like to
>> have the date/time (data code) to be imported too, superimposed on
>> the picture as it shows on the LCD. The problem is that it does not
>> appear in iMovie. The manual says that by pressing data code I will
>> display the date/time on a TV when connected, however I suspect that
>> the iLink connection suppress that option. Any suggestions?