User`s guide

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9: Introduction to MVCP
1. Open a TCP/IP connection to a host machine running VST.
If successful, VST responds:
100 VTR Ready
2. Create a unit, which is a virtual videotape deck:
% UADD MFCODEC_0 * SHAR
3. Load the clip:
% LOAD unit-name clip-name OUT
unit-name Name of the unit on which the clip is loaded
The OUT option means that the clip, clip-name, can only be played, not recorded
onto.
4. Cue the clip for playback:
% CUE unit-name
5. Play the clip:
% PLAY unit-name speed
speed Specifies the speed of the playback; for example, 1000 is normal play
and –1000 is normal reverse play.
You can also play the clip in other modes, such as the following:
FF Fast forward.
JOG Advance or reverse one frame at a time.
SHTL Variable-speed fast forward or fast reverse (shuttle).
For more information about the arguments for each of these commands, see the mvcp(5)
man page.
Setting and Listing Configuration Values
VST configuration variables are called controls. The two major categories of controls are
the following: