Car Video System User Manual

Chapter 3: Basic Media Station|PT Workflows 49
2 To record, do one of the following:
• Use the Transport Controls to queue the
tape to the position at which you wish to
start capturing, then click Record. The VTR
will start playback, and Media Station|PT
will begin capturing as soon as the tape
comes up to speed.
• Use the Transport Controls to begin play-
back on the VTR, then click Record when
you are ready.
• Use the Mark In and Mark Out controls to
select a specific portion of video to capture
and click Record. (See “Selecting a Portion
of Video to Capture” on page 50.)
The flashing red light indicates recording is in
progress.
3 Click the Record button again (or press the
ESC key) to stop.
4 Type a clip name and optional comments in
the Name and Cmnt fields. These can be entered
before recording is started, while recording, or
by clicking on the clip’s name or comment field
in the bin after recording has completed.
5 To view the captured clip, do one of the fol-
lowing:
• Double-click the captured clip in the bin to
open it into a pop-up window.
– or –
• Drag the clip to the Source Monitor.
6 Preview the clip in any of the following ways:
• Click the Play button (or press the Space-
bar) to play or pause.
• Click the Rewind button (or press the
Home key) to return to the beginning.
• Drag the scrub cursor to move back and
forth through the clip.
Avid Media Station|PT Capture Tool (Transport controls)
Mark In and Mark Out controls (and Record button)
Source
pop-up
menu
Tape
Name pop-
up menu
Delay Audio
Mark Out
Duration
Mark Memory Go To Memory
Go to In
Go to Out
Mark In
Clear
Display
Record
During recording, video will appear out of
synchronization with audio. However, au-
dio and video will be synchronized during
playback.
While capturing video from a VTR con-
nected to the DV port, Media Station|PT
does not output audio, but the audio will be
included in the digitized clip.
Avid Media Station|PT Capture Tool (Name/Comments)