Specifications

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4 You are now ready to begin capturing, as de-
scribed in “Capturing Audio and Video” on
page 55. When you begin capturing, the VTR
queues to the In point and begins capturing
video, then stops automatically when it reaches
the Out point.
Playing Back Captured Audio and Video
with a Video Satellite System
Once you have finished capturing with a video
satellite system, the captured clip appears in the
Record Monitor and in the Timeline. Audio ap-
pears in the Pro Tools Timeline.
To view the captured clip, do the following:
 Click Play (or press the Spacebar) in Pro Tools
or Media Composer.
Re-Digitizing an Existing
Sequence
Media Composer can open sequences created on
other Avid editing systems. However, you may
first want to re-digitize some or all of the media
files because they were the wrong resolution, or
missing.
When using this procedure with a video satel-
lite, you must capture the audio to
Media Composer and then export an AAF se-
quence referencing or containing the embedded
audio to Pro Tools.
Digitizing from an EDL
Media Composer includes Avid EDL Manager
software, which lets you open an EDL from an-
other editing application, create a Media Com-
poser sequence from that EDL, then re-digitize
the sequence.
When using this procedure with a video satel-
lite, you must capture the audio to
Media Composer and then export an AAF se-
quence referencing or containing the embedded
audio to Pro Tools.
Laying Back Audio and Video
to Tape
While outputting video from Pro Tools using an
Avid video peripheral, the video is intended for
monitoring purposes only, and is not suitable
for professional layback or broadcast, video out-
put from Media Composer is full broadcast
quality. You can use Media Composer linked to
Pro Tools when you need to output both audio
and video to tape.
The Universal Mastering feature in Sym-
phony is not supported with Video Satellite.
To minimize the chance of dropped frames,
it is recommended that all effects be ren-
dered before performing a layback.
When laying back to an SDI VTR or 1394 de-
vice that requires audio and video to be
combined in a single stream, you must ex-
port the audio to Media Composer from
Pro Tools or combine audio and video sig-
nals using a third-party summing device,
and then lay back the final sequence to tape.