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 Video connection operates as: Selects between the available signal options: Use
4:4:4 SDI and Enable Single Link. Which options are available depend on which video
capture card you are using.
 Data Levels: Lets you specify the data range (normally scaled or full range) that’s
used when ingesting from or outputting to tape. This option switches the data range
of the signal output by your video capture card, but only during capture from tape
in the Media page, or output to tape in the Deliver page. When capture or output is
not currently occurring, your video capture card goes back to using the identically
named data range setting in the Master Settings panel of the Project Settings pane,
which governs how you monitor the signal being output on an external broadcast
display or projector.
 Video bit depth: 10-bit is the only available option.
 Use deck autoedit: If supported by your video deck, this is the best method to record
video to the deck, as it enables the deck to roll the edit using the specified preroll, and
control the edits via serial device control. If this checkbox is turned off, a basic edit On/
Off mode is used by the deck, with the potential for frame inaccuracies if the “Non auto
edit timing” setting is not properly adjusted.
 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 the 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, or when controlling the Cintel Film Scanner to scan film of
different formats.
 Capture: Lets you choose whether to capture both Video and Audio, or Video only.
 Video Format: The format captured media will be saved to. When capturing from tape,
the available options are DPX and QuickTime.
 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.
 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 lets 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, Roll/Card.
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