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Post by cliff hanger on Sept 20, 2006 11:32:42 GMT
hi is there a glossary of terms available - so many are used here any thep be appreciated
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Post by John Stewart Miller on Sept 21, 2006 12:09:39 GMT
What sort of terms? As an ex-public sschoolboy myself, I don't find any terms unusual. Do you perhaps mean technical terms referring to television recordings? See the main page for more info......  |
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Post by cliff hanger on Sept 21, 2006 13:51:37 GMT
vidfired telerecording etc
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Post by Charles Roberts on Sept 22, 2006 8:08:05 GMT
Erm, here's a few that I seem to think I know....
Up to about 1958 programes which were recorded were either done on film, or, more likely, telerecorded on kinescope.
Film is of course of better quality, but far more expensive. Telerecording was basically somebody pointing a camera at the monitor, and recording the show. Sadly, kinescope deteriorates rather more quickly than other forms of recording.
Beginning in, I think, 1958, the companies began recording on videotape. This was not as good as it may appear, as many companies realised that videotape could be reused, ie they could use the same physical tape to record shows anew, possibly up to 10 times! They weren't actually recorded directly over though, as tapes were first wiped.
Thus, full shows can survive as film, kinescope, or video.
Also, many sketches were prefilmed on location and then inserted into the finished show. Many of these filmed shots may survive, while the episode in question may have been wiped, eg the "Ludwig!" sketch from Not Only But Also
Junking was basically putting a piece of tv to the shredder, or in the bin to make space in the archives.
"Vidfiring" is restoring quality of old tape to broadcastable standards, although I'm too technically ignorant to know how exactly.....
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Post by cliff hanger on Sept 22, 2006 8:26:29 GMT
cheers
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Post by Andrew Martin on Sept 22, 2006 8:59:34 GMT
Kinescope is the American term, in the UK film copies of electronic programme are known as film recording or telerecording (strictly speaking that can mean VT or film recording).
VidFire is a system that attempts to restore film recordings to look more like the original VT or live electronic programme - it's not used for restoring videotape.
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Post by Charles Roberts on Sept 22, 2006 9:14:54 GMT
Thanks, Andrew. I guess I also need some more knowledge regarding this...  |
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