Instruction manual

Capture and Playback

Avid Media Composer

Avid Media Composer captures and plays back standard definition and high definition video and audio

with Teranex Processor hardware and also supports RS-422 deck control. Blackmagic plug-ins for Media

Composer are automatically installed if Media Composer is installed before the Desktop Video software.

For this example, the converted output from Teranex will be 1080i59.94 and we will be capturing from a

non-controllable device.

Setting Up

Step 1. Launch Media Composer and the Select Project window will appear. Click the New Project button.

Step 2. In the New Project window, name your project.

Step 3. Go to the Format dropdown menu and select 1080i/59.94.

Step 4. Go to the Color Space dropdown menu and select YCbCr 709.

Step 5. Go to the Raster Dimension dropdown menu and select 1920x1080. Click OK.

Capture

Step 1. Choose Tools > Capture to open the Capture Tool.

Step 2. Click the Toggle Source button so that the button's icon of a deck shows a red circle-slash symbol.

Step 3. Set the Video and Audio input menus to "Blackmagic".

Step 4. Select your video and the audio source tracks.

Step 5. Use the Bin menu to select a Target Bin.

Step 6. From the Res dropdown menu, choose your codec.

Step 7. Select the disk storage for your captured video and audio.

Step 8. Click the "Tape Name?" button and select the desired tape and click OK.

Step 9. Ensure your video and audio source is ready or playing and then click the Capture button.

Step 10. Click the Capture button again to stop capturing and close the Capture Tool.

Playback

You can use the Avid Media Composer timeline to display video on a monitor or TV connected to the

output of your Teranex Processor. Output Video can be toggled on and off by using the "Toggle Client

Monitor" button which is located at the bottom of the timeline window.

Avid Media Composer

Type a project name and set the project options.

If using a single computer monitor with Media Composer,

open the Blackmagic Design system preferences and choose

to send Black when not playing video.