Video Devices PIX-E5H - Selecting a Video Codec; Setting Psf Options

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RECORDING AND PLAYBACK
setting Description
REC button only Default setting. Record only begins when the Rec soft key is
pressed.
SDI Timecode Recording begins when running timecode is sensed on the
SDI input. Recording is stopped when stationary timecode is
sensed on the SDI input.
HDMI/SDI Flag - Sony Various camera manufacturers can trigger recording by
sending a specic ag in the HDMI or SDI signal when the
camera is put into record.
If you want to trigger, via video signal, the PIX-E5 or PIX-
E5H to record when a camera records, select the option that
corresponds to the camera in use.
i On the PIX-E5H, SDI is not available, so options will appear
without SDI in the name, such as HDMI Flag - Sony.
HDMI/SDI Flag - Canon
HDMI/SDI Flag - Panasonic
SDI Flag - Panasonic (Varicam)
SDI Flag - Arri
SDI Flag - RED
SDI Flag - PIX
Selecting a Video Codec
The PIX-E5 records ProRes video at the same resolution and frame rate as the
incoming video signal. Six versions of the ProRes codec are available, ranging
from the highest quality ProRes 4444 XQ (12 bit), to the most data-efcient
ProRes 422 Proxy (8 bit).
The PIX-E5H records four of the available codecs: ProRes 422 HQ (10 bit),
ProRes 422 (10 bit), ProRes 422 LT (8 bit), and ProRes 422 Proxy. Unlike the
PIX-E5, the PIX-E5H does not record ProRes 4444 XQ and ProRes 4444.
To select a ProRes codec for recorded les:
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Select Recorder & Drives > Codec.
3. Select a codec.
i To record using the ProRes 4444 XQ codec, the PIX-E5 must detect a LOG-encoded
signal, such as Sony S-log2, over SDI. This is an Apple
®
requirement.
If the connected video signal is not 4:4:4, the PIX-E5 will prevent selection of
ProRes 4444 XQ and ProRes 444 codecs. If those codecs are already chosen and a
4:2:2 video signal is connected, the PIX-E5 automatically adjusts codec selection
to ProRes 422 HQ.
Setting PsF Options
Some cameras output signal as progressive segmented frames (PsF). PsF is
a method for transmitting progressive content as an interlaced signal. This is
useful for playing progressive video on older monitors that do not support 1080
progressive.
PsF signal is identical to interlaced signal in that each frame consists of two
elds with one eld representing the odd lines of the frame, and the other eld