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8.3 Distributing your recordings
When it comes to distributing your recordings the first thing to consider is your customer’s requirements.
Generally speaking there are two possibilities: they may require a DVD or a digital video file.
• DVDs are one of the most popular ways to distribute videos. Domestic DVD players are found in most households
and modern PCs are equipped with a DVD player.
• Digital video files are quickly becoming very popular as they can be easily edited and digitally stored on company
servers. More advanced DVD players can also play some video files. Digital video files can be distributed on CDs,
DVDs, flash memory or even electronically via the internet.
Once you decide on the distribution media you must know if they will play their video (DVD or digital file) on a television
or a PC.
Most televisions, even modern displays, and standalone DVD players and recorders are designed for standard
broadcasting. As such they may be unable to display or record the video produced by the P350 command module
correctly. This is because the P350 makes use of the entire 4:3 video picture available, whereas standard broadcasts
usually do not.
NOTE: 4:3 refers to the standard aspect ratio of PAL and NTSC broadcasts priors to the advent of standard and high
definition widescreen broadcasts.
Depending on overscan (the ability to display the entire 4:3 picture space), different TVs and DVD players will show
different video sizes varying between the full 4:3 picture and the broadcasting Graphics safe areas.
The 4:3 Action Safe area is defined to be between 3.3% and 3.5% smaller than the 4:3 full video size. The 4:3 Graphics
Safe area is defined to be between 5% and 6.7% smaller than the 4:3 full video size. This is illustrated below:
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