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 Non auto edit timing: Adjusts the edit synchronization of the connected deck when
auto edit is turned off.
 Deck preroll: Sets the number of seconds for preroll. How much is appropriate
depends on the performance of your deck.
 Video output sync source: When using a DeckLink card this is set to Auto. Other
capture cards may require you to set the sync source to “Reference” for playout
and “Input” for ingest. This setting is only available if you have a DVS card installed
on your system.
 Add 3:2 pulldown: Inserts or removes the 3:2 pulldown required to record or play
23.98 fps media to or from a 29.97 tape format.
Capture
These settings are used when you use the Capture mode in the Media page to capture clips
from tape into the Media Pool.
 Capture: Lets you choose whether to capture both Video and Audio, or Video Only.
 Video Format: The format that scanned film frames are saved as. When capturing from
tape, the available options are DPX and QuickTime. When capturing from the Cintel
film scanner, this is restricted to Cintel Raw Image (CRI), which is a raw data format that
DaVinci Resolve automatically debayers as a Cineon log-encoded image for grading.
 Codec: The codec used to write captured media. When capturing from tape, these
include the various type of Apple ProRes, 8- and 10-bit YUV 422, 10-bit RGB, and the
various types of DNxHD. Cintel Raw Image files default to rgb.
 Save clips to: A field that displays the directory path to which media files captured from
tape are written. You want to choose a volume that’s fast enough to accommodate the
data rate of the media format you’re capturing.
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Browse: Click this button to choose a directory to write captured media to.
Thedirectory you choose appears in the field above.
 Save in this folder path: A series of checkboxes let you specify what other information
to use to define the directory hierarchy that will hold the captured media. Every
checkbox you turn on adds an additional directory with a name defined by that
checkbox’s metadata. You can choose any or all of the following: Program name, Clip
number, Reel number, and Roll/Card.
 Apply reel number to: Lets you choose how to write the reel name. Two checkboxes
let you write the reel number to the file’s name, and/or to the Header data.
 Use prefix: A field lets you type in a prefix to be used in the media file’s name. This
lets you add text identification that will make the media more easily identifiable and
searchable.
 Apply prefix to: Two checkboxes let you choose to use the prefix you typed in the file
name, and/or in the folder name.
 Use frame number with: When capturing to image sequences, you can choose how
many digits to use when writing the frame number into the name of each frame file.
 Set batch ingest handles to: When capturing to image sequences from a batch list,
defines how many frames of additional handles to ingest along with each logged clip.
 Input: Lets you choose how many tracks of audio to capture, from 2 to 16.
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