User`s guide

Chapter 6: Recording and Adding to the Movie Track 35
chapter 6
Recording and Adding to the Movie Track
You can capture video files by actually recording
the video in through the inputs on your ABVB
connector cable (AVoption) or the inputs on
your Meridien I/O Box (AVoption XL). You can
also add files created in a compatible Avid video
editing and composition program, or previously
captured in Pro Tools.
The Movie Track
The Movie track holds the video clips you cap-
ture or add into Pro Tools. A Pro Tools session
with AVoption or AVoption XL can only contain
one Movie track.
To select record drives or choose an AVR or com-
pression ratio, select Display > Edit Window
Shows I/O view.
To create a new Movie track:
■ Choose Movie> New Movie Track.
The new, empty track appears in the Edit win-
dow.
Figure 3. Movie track controls (AVoption)
Track name
Record
Track
Compression
options
level
1st video record drive
2nd video record drive
3rd video record drive
View
options
Track height
Approximate available
record time
Video format
to record
ABVB inputs
to record from
Figure 4. Movie track controls (AVoption XL)
Track name
Record
Track
Compression
options
level
1st video record drive
2nd video record drive
3rd video record drive
View
options
Track height
Approximate available
record time
Video format
to record
Meridien I/O Box
inputs to record
from
Video output
format