007 - Videorecording (R)
MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2008
Recording on which visual images, usually in motion and
accompanied by sound, have been registered, and which are
designed for playback on a television receiver or video
monitor.
Character Positions
00 - Category of
material
v -
Videorecording
01 - Specific material
designation
Special class of videorecording to which
an item belongs.
c -
Videocartridge
d - Videodisc
f -
Videocassette
r - Videoreel
u -
Unspecified
z - Other
| - No attempt to
code
02 - Undefined
Contains blank (#) or a fill character
(|).
03 - Color
Color characteristics of a
videorecording.
a - One color
Not used with videorecordings.
b -
Black-and-white
c -
Multicolored
m - Mixed
n - Not applicable
Item has no images, e.g., a
videorecording with sound only.
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to
code
04 - Videorecording
format
Videotape or videodisc recording
format.
a - Beta (1/2 in.,
videocassette)
b - VHS (1/2 in.,
videocassette)
c - U-matic (3/4 in.,
videocasstte)
d - EIAJ (1/2 in.,
reel)
e - Type C (1 in.,
reel)
f - Quadruplex (1 in. or 2
in., reel)
g - Laserdisc
h - CED (Capacitance
Electronic Disc) videodisc
i - Betacam (1/2 in.,
videocassette)
j - Betacam SP (1/2 in.,
videocassette)
k - Super-VHS (1/2 in.,
videocassette)
m - M-II (1/2 in.,
videocassette)
o - D-2 (3/4 in.,
videocassette)
p - 8 mm.
q - Hi-8 mm.
s - Blu-ray
disc
u - Unknown
v - DVD
z - Other
| - No attempt to
code
05 - Sound on medium or
separate
Whether the sound is on the item or
separate from the item (i.e., on the accompanying
material).
# - No sound
(silent)
a - Sound on
medium
b - Sound separate from
medium
u - Unknown
| - No attempt to
code
06 - Medium for
sound
Specific medium used to carry the sound
of an item, whether that sound is carried on the videorecording
or is separate, and the type of sound playback required for the
item.
# - No sound
(silent)
a - Optical sound track on
motion picture film
b - Magnetic sound track on
motion picture film
c - Magnetic audio tape in
cartridge
d - Sound disc
e - Magnetic audio tape on
reel
f - Magnetic audio tape in
cassette
g - Optical and magnetic
sound track on motion picture film
h - Videotape
i - Videodisc
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to
code
07 - Dimensions
Width of the videorecording.
a - 8 mm.
m - 1/4 in.
o - 1/2 in.
p - 1 in.
q - 2 in.
r - 3/4 in.
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to
code
08 - Configuration of
playback channels
Configuration of intended playback
channels for the sound portion of a videorecording.
k - Mixed
More than one configuration of playback
channels for the sound portion is available on a single
videorecording.
m - Monaural
n - Not applicable
Videorecording has no sound or sound is
on separate medium.
q - Quadraphonic,
multichannel, or surround
s -
Stereophonic
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to
code