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Author Topic: Dolby E Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-22-2012 05:17 PM                     I've got an HDCam tape with Dolby E on CH3/4. Playback deck is Sony SRW-5500 AES Router is Evertz Xenon XE8 128x128 Decoder is DMA8plus I also have a Wohler monitor that can decode Dolby E Playback sounds like rapid-fire digital splats, almost like "choo-choo" test noise. Dolby E was not recognized at the DMA8plus (no indicator light for Dolby E) but the Wohler displayed metadata indicating Dolby E at 23.98 -- the tape is 59.94. When the tape is played at 23.98 there is no sound at all -- including the noise from the Dolby E stream. I suspect there may be an issue with the recording of the Dolby E stream on this tape -- would that be common or uncommon? -- but I've had issues with getting the Evertz to pass multichannel audio, so I tried bypassing it. Direct connection of HDCam to a coax input on the DMA8plus yielded a different result -- front panel indicators on the DMA8plus flashed alternately between Dolby E and PCM. Has anyone seen this problem before? My experience with Dolby E is limited, but I don't recall it being a headache. Are there "gotchas" with this format? I know there are some settings that have to be changed on the deck for RECORDING Dolby E, but could there be settings for playback too? I've looked. If there are any, they are hiding!  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-23-2012 08:05 AM                     For Dolby-E playback...on your VTR: the output should be in "DATA" mode and the output level should be "Auto" fixed...not set to a reasonable level. In fact, the meters should be bouncing off the charts on channels 3/4. Your playback must match frame rates exactly too.  |  IP: Logged

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