User`s guide

1.4 FLEXIBLE FORMATTING
Flexible Formatting
is used when you are
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creating a new format. The idea behind
this powerful feature is to allow you to
set up your projectors in any way and
then
to lay them out on the video screen
in the same physical manner so that your
video screen reflects the actual
projector setup when looked at from the
back. (Refer to Chapter
3.)
1.5 SMPTE TIME CODE
AVL's GENESIS now offers the option of
being compatible with SMPTE.
The SMPTE (Society of Motion Pictures
and Television Entertainment) time code
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is the standard timing and control code
used by the motion picture and
television industries today. SMPTE is
used to mark and drive video tape decks,
audio tape decks, and other electronic
devices that interface with video, and
was primarily designed to control film
and video editing. It provides for:
* Running Shows at speeds up to
30 frames per second.
Y Running shows using video
decks as well as the multi-
image computer system.