User guide

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The VTR Task Mode

7.1 Basics

The VTR task mode is a special mode that emulates a single 24-hours

timeline where you can perform record as well as play-out operations,

either in the manual or in the autoedit operation mode where an exter-

nally connected device is controlled by remote. Due to this special ca-

pability its handling differs in some respect from the other task modes

available in the I/O Tool. This section details and explains some of these

handling specialties and you will be informed, for example, about what

to do to start and exit a VTR task mode session or the settings necessary

to create a new VTR timeline.

7.1.1 Starting a VTR Task Mode Session

After clicking on the button VTR the I/O Tool switches

to the VTR task mode and the selection area to the

right of the task mode buttons changes its appearance. Then you can

see the settings items that are provided for this mode. The following

figure shows the selection area as it appears in the VTR mode:

Figure 7-2: Selection area when VTR mode is activated

Before starting to work with the VTR mode you have to initialize the

timeline either by creating a new VTR timeline or by loading an already

existing one. This is performed via DVS VTR project files and both pro-

cedures are explained in detail in this section.

Creating a New VTR Timeline

If no saved VTR timeline exists or if needs call for another VTR timeline,

you can create a new one easily. During this procedure the VTR timeline

has to be set to a definite video and audio input format which will be

used in the future when recording on the timeline, i.e. material to be

recorded has to be captured in this format. To create a new VTR time-

line perform the following:

y Select from the Project menu on the menu bar of the DVS soft-

ware the menu option New.

This will open the following window: