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Selecting Settings for Capture
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4. Select or deselect “Capture across timecode breaks.”
When you select this option, your Avid editing application begins capturing a new master
clip at each timecode break. Select this option when you are performing an unattended batch
capture or autocapture. Deselect this option if you plan to capture the entire tape as a single
clip by capturing to multiple media files. See “Capturing to Multiple Media Files” on
page 174.
5. Click OK.
Capturing to Multiple Media Files
You can capture video and audio to multiple media files across multiple drives. MXF is
automatically captured to multiple files. OMF
®
is captured to multiple files when you set an
option in the Capture Settings dialog box.
Best Available
Control Track
Your Avid editing application uses the control track to determine the preroll
point. If there is not enough control track for preroll, your Avid editing
application adjusts the specified preroll time to accommodate the amount of
valid control track available. If the adjusted preroll time is too short to sync
lock at the IN point, your Avid editing application does not capture the shot
and displays an error message.
After your Avid editing application adjusts the preroll to the individual shot, it
returns to using the user-specified preroll time until it needs to adjust the time
again.
Use this method if you know there are timecode breaks and want to capture
material as automatically as possible. Because the system does not use
timecode, it might occasionally capture the wrong frames if there is a problem
with the control track.
Standard
Control Track
Your Avid editing application uses the control track to determine the preroll
point. If there is a break in the control track, your Avid editing application
stops capturing and displays an error message.
Use this method if you know the control track is continuous or if you want to
determine if there are breaks in the control track.
Preroll
Method Description