Playback chain

Professional equipment for Still Video digitization

How GARPENHOLM develops high-quality digital images from analog still-video disks using dedicated readers, stabilized analog paths and careful capture.

Professional Still Video Floppy Disk players

Still Video Floppy Disk players

High-end professional readers form the first stage of the workflow.

Analog playout of Video Floppy Disk frames

Playout

Each field or frame is played according to source format, including PAL, NTSC and SECAM-related systems.

RGB plus sync output for cleaner analog capture

RGB+S output

Separate component signals reduce color bleed and interference.

RGB plus sync input for high quality capture

RGB+S input

The capture path samples the separated signals all the way through the chain.

Genlock and time base correction equipment

Genlock + TBC

Signal stabilization keeps the frame steady and reduces timing-related playback issues.

First-stage digital processing equipment

First-stage processing

Noise and analog signal disorder are treated before the next conversion stage.

Deinterlacing and scaling hardware for Still Video transfers

Deinterlacing and scaling

The image is enlarged into a progressive Full-HD signal with specialist scaler hardware.

Final digital video capture to computer

Final capture

The processed signal is digitized into a server through professional video grabber hardware.