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y Enter the necessary parameters of the VTR timeline according to
your project’s needs.
y Then click on the button OK to confirm your settings.
After the confirmation of the settings the timeline of the VTR task mode
will be initialized: A VTR project file will be saved under the entered
name at the stated location and the DVS hardware’s in- and outputs
will switch to the set video raster(s). You can now begin to work with
the new timeline and, for example, capture material on it.
Opening an Existing VTR Timeline
When a VTR project already exists, you can open its project file in the
VTR task mode of the I/O Tool to perform further work on its timeline.
For this the following has to be done:
y If required, activate in the I/O Tool the VTR task mode.
y Then select from the Project menu on the menu bar of the DVS
software the menu option Open….
This will open the standard dialog window for a file selection.
y Select the project file (*.cp file) in the directory that contains the
VTR timeline project from the list box or enter its name in the entry
field File name.
y Confirm your selection with the button OPEN.
This will load the VTR timeline in the I/O Tool and the VTR task mode
will initialize the timeline by switching the hardware to the video for-
mats and rasters last used for this timeline while accessing the video
material. Furthermore, your previously set timeline configurations will
Plan this step carefully: At least the input settings have to
be determined here and all material captured with this VTR
project will be stored in this video and audio format. It will
not be possible to change the input settings of this VTR
project afterwards.
Further and more general information about the video format
settings in the VTR task mode can be found in section “Video
Format Settings for In- and Output” on page 7-15.
For information about how the VTR task mode stores projects
and video/audio material please refer to section “File and Di-
rectory Structure of VTR Task Mode Projects” on page 7-13.
Project files saved via the Edit Tool cannot be loaded as a VTR
timeline in the I/O Tool. However, the other way around is
possible: You can load a DVS VTR timeline in the Edit Tool (see
section “Opening a VTR Timeline Project in the Edit Tool” on
page 7-36).