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10.4 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. Most households have Domestic DVD
players and most 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
(depending on size).
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 LCDs, and stand-alone DVD players and recorders are designed for
standard broadcasting. As such they may be unable to display or record the video produced by the P340
flexiprobe system correctly. This is because the controllers make 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 the implementation of over-scan (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 in Figure 10.2.
The P340 controllers offer a number of different On Screen Information and text layouts that will optimize
your video recordings and analog video output signals to suit your desired target audience.
Figure 10.2, 4:3 aspect ratio video space
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