Support List (Issue #20)

Ideally 1-5min FLAC compressed, at 28-40msps or higher upload samples to Telegram or email (harry@opcomedia.com)

BetaMax NTSC/PAL needs more samples from fresh media and old media.

Betacam/Betacam SP & MI/MII

W-VHS/MUSE.

Video2000

2" Quadruplex (any and all format versions)

1" SMPTE A/B/C

• CVBS Composite

• EIAJ-1
• EIAJ-2

• VHS
• SVHS
• Betamax
• Sony 8mm
  • Video8
  • HI8
• Umatic
• VCR
• Video2000

• 1" Type C
• Betacam
• Betacam SP

• PLX2000

525 Lines (NTSC)

625 Lines (PAL)

405 Lines / 819 Lines / 655 Lines (Older/Obscure now)

NTSC / NTSC-J (Black level difference is all)

PAL / PAL-M (525 line with PAL colour encoding)

SECAM / MESECAM (The French being French)

HDVS/MUSE/Hi-Vision (1125-lines 1035-lines active 1035i)

Signal Format	Resolution	Field System	TV System	Aspect Ratio	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
CVBS	525 Lines	Interlaced	525 NTSC	4:3 / 16:9	Yes*	Yes*
CVBS	625 Lines	Interlaced	625 PAL	4:3 / 16:9	Yes*	Yes*
CVBS 240p	240 Lines	Progressive	NTSC	4:3 / 16:9	Yes*	Yes*
CVBS 288p	288 Lines	Progressive	PAL	4:3 / 16:9	Yes*	Yes*
960h CCTV	960 x 576	Interlaced	N/A	16:9 Only	Yes*	Not Tested

*Capture is currently only reliable with the MISRC

Capture is possible via CX Cards currently (Other SDR units may also work with the correct input filter range)

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Speed	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
JVC VHS	240 Lines	SP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	LP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	EP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	SP	525 PAL-M	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	LP	525 PAL-M	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	EP	525 PAL-M	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	SP	625 MESECAM	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	LP	625 MESECAM	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	EP	625 MESECAM	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	SP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	LP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	EP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	SP	525 NTSC-J	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	LP	525 NTSC-J	Yes	Yes
JVC VHS	240 Lines	EP	525 NTSC-J	Yes	Yes

Ruxpin Tapes GNU Radio Scripts available PDF Info / Lost Media Link

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Speed	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
JVC SVHS	400 Lines	SP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes
JVC SVHS	400 Lines	LP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes
JVC SVHS	400 Lines	EP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes
JVC SVHS	400 Lines	SP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes
JVC SVHS	400 Lines	LP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes
JVC SVHS	400 Lines	EP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Speed	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
Betamax	250 Lines	βI	PAL	Yes	Yes
Betamax	250 Lines	βI	NTSC	Yes	Yes
Betamax	250 Lines	βII	NTSC	Yes	Untested

Extended Deffinition

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Speed	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
Betamax	500 Lines	βI	PAL	Yes	Not implemented
Betamax	500 Lines	βI	NTSC	Yes	Not implemented

More Samples & Testing Required!

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Mode	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
Sony Umatic	250 lines	LoBand	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes
Sony Umatic	250 lines	LoBand	625 PAL	Yes	Yes
Sony Umatic	250 lines	HiBand	625 PAL	Yes	Yes

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Mode	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
Sony Umatic	320 lines	HiBand SP	525 NTSC	Yes	Implemented
Sony Umatic	320 lines	HiBand SP	625 PAL	Yes	Implemented

Sony's portable consumer format had both camcorders and a limited range of VCRs.

Video8/Hi8 Runtime & File Sizes

Format	Time Minutes	Time Hours	DdD 10-bit Packed 40msps .lds	DdD 16-bit FLAC 40msps .ldf
PAL-SP	120 minutes	2 Hours	400GB +-	150GB +-
PAL-LP	240 minutes	4 Hours	700GB +-	250GB +-
NTSC-SP	150 minutes	2.5 Hours
NTSC-LP	300 minutes	5 Hours

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Speed	TV System	RF Capture Support	Video Decoding Support	HiFi Audio Decoding Support
Sony Video8	280 Lines	SP/LP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Sony Video8	280 Lines	SP/LP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes*	Yes

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Speed	TV System	RF Capture Support	Video Decoding Support	HiFi Audio Decoding Support
Sony Hi8	415 Lines	SP/LP	625 PAL	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Sony Hi8	415 Lines	SP/LP	525 NTSC	Yes	Yes*	Yes

*Hi8 requires more work, but video8 is virtually near native hardware decoding for SP tapes.

*HiFi PAL needs fine tuning.

Tape Format	Resolution	Tape Mode	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
EIAJ	300 Lines	Monocrome	405 PAL	Yes	Preliminary
EIAJ	300 Lines	Monocrome	405 NTSC	Yes	Not implemented
EIAJ	300 Lines	Monocrome	625 PAL	Yes	Preliminary
EIAJ	300 Lines	Monocrome	525 NTSC	Yes	Not implemented
EIAJ	300 Lines	Colour	625 PAL	Yes	Preliminary
EIAJ	300 Lines	Colour	525 NTSC	Yes	Not implemented

Tape Format	Resolution	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
Type C	430 Lines	525 NTSC	Yes	Preliminary*
Type C	430 Lines	625 PAL	Yes	Preliminary*
Type C	430 Lines	625 SECAM	Yes	Not implemented

*Requires --fallback_vsync currently

Tape Format	Resolution	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
Type B	430 Lines	625 PAL	Yes	Not implemented
Type B	430 Lines	525 NTSC	Yes	Not implemented
Type B	430 Lines	625 SECAM	Yes	Not implemented

Philips N1500, Philips N1700

Tape Format	Resolution	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
VCR SP	200 Lines?	625 PAL	Yes	Preliminary
VCR LP	200 Lines?	625 PAL	Yes	Preliminary

Tape Format	Resolution	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
Video 2000	230 Lines	625 PAL	Yes	Not implemented

Samples are Required!

Tape Format	Resolution	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
PAL	320 Lines	625 PAL	Yes*	Not implemented
NTSC	320 Lines	525 NTSC	Yes*	Not implemented

RF capture requires MISRC or CX Cards with Clockgen Mod as this requires 2 channels for Video.

Samples are Required!

Tape Format	Resolution	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
PAL	360 Lines	625 PAL	Yes*	Not implemented
NTSC	360 Lines	525 NTSC	Yes*	Not implemented

RF capture requires MISRC or CX Cards with Clockgen Mod as this requires 2 channels for Video.

4ch Baseband Capture but AFM could be RF Captured and run though HiFi-Decode, samples are required.

Samples are Required!

Tape Format	Resolution	TV System	RF Capture Support	Decoding Support
PAL	Lines	625 PAL	Yes*	Not implemented
NTSC	Lines	525 NTSC	Yes*	Not implemented

RF capture requires MISRC or CX Cards with Clockgen Mod as this requires 2 channels for Video.

There is already a decoder and YouTube Documentation on this.

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