Bi-directional television and motion picture film to magnetic tape format digital signal converter

摘要

A television signal format converter is provided for converting without loss of picture information a television format or a motion picture film image format to or from a given recorder/player format. An interface converts between RGB and luminance/chrominance inputs and between analog and digital inputs. The interface couples a source signal format to a plurality of pairs of memories. A clock and control circuit controls addressing of the memories for reading and writing so that conversion is performed between a source format and the format required for a given high definition digital video tape recorder or any other comparable recorder.