Specifications

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Capturing Tape-Based Media
Drive destination settings may also be selected in the Media Creation
Settings area.
Source Deck or Camera
If Media Composer recognizes that the deck or camera connected to the
system has been connected previously and if the deck or camera was
turned on before opening the system, then the name of the device is
shown in the Deck Selection menu.
If the system has trouble connecting to the deck or camera or it has not
been connected to the deck or camera before, the Deck Selection menu
will say “NO DECK.” In this case, several deck connection and configura-
tion options are available in the menu.
ABOUT THE DECK SELECTION M ENU
Note the following important items regarding the Deck Selection menu:
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Select Check Decks to bring a deck or camera online if it is in the
current deck configuration template.
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To recog ni ze a ne w deck , select Au to -c on fi gu re, wh ich interro ga te s
the deck through your deck connection, unless the deck is con-
nected via FireWire.
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If your deck is connected via FireWire, you cannot autoconfigure it.
Rather, you have to select Adjust Deck to manually configure your
deck in the Deck Configuration settings.
NOTE If you want to
connect a deck or cam-
era for the first time or
if you are having deck
connection problems, see
the Deck Configuration
Settings in the Avid Media
Composer Editing Guide.
(Specific deck connection
or troubleshooting tech-
niques are beyond the
scope of this book.)
Source Tape Name
When you put a tape into the deck or camera, the New Tape dialog
box appears.
To create and select a new tape:
1. At the top of the Select Tape dialog box, click the New button.
2. Type a n ame for y our t ape, and click O K.
NOTE Saving audio and
video to different drives
was more useful when
hard drive capacities were
smaller and data transfer
rates were slower. You
really don’t need to select
this option with today’s
larger, faster drives.
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