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To output a pre-rendered media file to tape:
1 Click the Add Clips button at the bottom of the tape settings, and use the VTR Record
dialog to select the media file you rendered in step 1, and click Add Clip(s) to Queue.
The media file you selected is added to the Edit to Tape Queue as a Power Mastering
job, and will be output in its entirety.
2 Use the transport controls to find the In point on the tape at which you want to start
recording, and click the In button.
3 Choose Insert from the drop-down menu at the upper right-hand side of the Viewer,
if you’re either outputting to a striped and blacked tape, or inserting over an existing
program on tape.
4 To preview what the edit will look like before actually writing it to tape, choose “Use
Preview for Tape Output” from the Edit to Tape queue option-menu, and then click Start
Record to watch DaVinci Resolve run through the edit using the deck. After previewing
the edit, turn this setting off.
5 Click Start Record to begin the process of outputting to tape. Device control is used to
record to the designated section of tape; a progress bar appears at the bottom of the
Render Queue to show how long this will take.
Batch Outputting Multiple Clips
You also have the option of outputting a number of clips to tape in a batch operation, as
opposed to outputting from the Timeline. When you set up a batch of multiple clips in the Edit to
Tape Queue, then DaVinci Resolve will automatically record them sequentially to tape.
How the timecode is generated during batch output depends on the “Output Source
Timecode” setting in the Capture and Playback panel of the Project Settings. If this is turned off,
then a continuous timecode track will be written to cover everything being output to tape. If this
is turned on, then each clip’s source timecode will be written to tape discontinuously.
When batch outputting to tape, you can add black handles to each of the clips to space them
out, making later ingest easier, using the “Set batch playout head/tail handle” settings in the
Capture and Playback panel of the Project Settings.
To make a Batch Record multiple clips to tape:
1 Use the transport controls to find the In point on tape at which you want to start
recording, and click the In button.
2 Do one of the following to add items to output to the Edit to Tape Queue:
Click the Add Clips button at the bottom of the tape settings, and choose one or
more media files from the VTR Record browser, and click Add Clip(s) to Queue.
Right-click any clip in the Timeline, choose Render This Clip, and then click the
Power Mastering button at the bottom of the tape settings to add that clip to the
Queue.
3 Choose either Assemble or Crash from the drop-down menu at the upper right-hand
side of the Viewer. Because you’re outputting clips with discontinuous timecode, you
cannot insert edit when batch outputting.
4 Once you’ve added all the clips you want to output to the queue, click Start Record to
begin outputting to tape. Device control is used to record to the designated section of
tape; a progress bar appears at the bottom of the Render Queue to show how long this
will take.
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