• Apple Dual-processor 1.8GHz PowerMac G5, 150GB Hard Drive, 1GB DDR SDRAM & 178GB of external memory
• Gateway Pentium 1GHz Pentium III with Adobe Premiere 6, 80GB Hard Drive, 512MB RAM, IEEE1394-capable
• U-matic SP x BetaSP analogue editor with Sony FXE-100 controller
• Sony Digital Videocassette Recorder DSR-40
• Panasonic DVD Video Recorder DMR E60
• Final Cut Pro 4.1.1
• DVD Studio Pro 2
• Toast Titanium 5.2

Cameras & Recorders:

• Sony Digital Videocassette Recorder DSR-50
• Sony DSR-250 DVCAM Digital Recorder
• Canon XL-1 MiniDV Digital Video Camcorder
• Sony EVW-300 Hi8 Camcorder
• Sony DXC-325 Hi8 Camcorder
• Sony TRT-101 Hi8 Camcorder
• Panasonic AG-186 VHS Camcorder
• Panasonic AG-456 SVHS Camcorder

Capabilities:

• Production/Post-production of scripted video programs and event documentation
• Multi-camera high-quality remote unit with live switching for remote location events (live via cable, streaming on the web, or recorded for later distribution)
• Distribution to and from most campus locations and classrooms via UCSC cable system
• Dubbing to and from most video standards
• Satellite downlink recording and live presentation of educational, informational, and foreign language programming (may be recorded off-air for instructional use under certain guidelines)

Recent Projects and Customers:

• Women's Studies 101, with Bettina Aptheker
• 25th Anniversary Long Marine Lab Lecture Series
• Charting a Course for the Future of Our Oceans, with Julie E. Packard and Leon Panetta
• Three Decades of Endangered Peregrine Falcon Research, with Brian Walton
• Sleuthing Mother Nature With Seals: Revelations from Long-Term Study, with Professor Burney LeBoeuf
• Perspectives of an Astronaut/Oceanographer, with Kathryn D. Sullivan
• Long Marine Laboratory and Monterey Bay: From the Cretaceous to the Coastal Commission, with Professor Gary Griggs and Sandy Lydon

Video Duplication and Standards Conversion

Media Services provides duplication of videotapes, transfer of slides or 16mm films to videotape, and translation between international video standards. Only copyright cleared materials can be considered for this service. Most requests can be handled within two working days.

Tape formats for transfer services include:

• DVCAM
• MiniDV
• Betacam
• 3/4"
• SVHS
• VHS

Tapes recorded in foreign video formats can also be converted (referred to as "standards conversion"). These formats include:

• NTSC (USA standard)
• PAL
• SECAM
• MESECAM

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