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or open an already existing one. Most other modes of the I/O Tool can
be used without initializing a project first.
This section details some of the peculiarities of the VTR task mode to
familiarize you with it.
Project Files
To use the VTR task mode you either have to create a new VTR timeline
or open an already existing one (see section “Starting a VTR Task Mode
Session” on page 7-3). The VTR mode uses the same project files as,
for example, the Edit Tool (*.cp files) and they are created and access-
ed in exactly the same way. However, the I/O Tool stores the VTR time-
line project differently and therefore cannot access project files that
were saved via the Edit Tool. When opening a project file saved in the
Edit Tool, you will receive an error message.
When working in the VTR mode, you will mainly perform tasks in its
selection area and in the control area of the DVS software switched to
the RS-422 mode. Most of the settings applied to these areas will be
saved in the VTR mode project file.
Depending on the selected video raster and the hard disk ca-
pacity of your system, you may not be able to use the full
24 hours provided by the timeline. The selected video raster
and the available data storage have an effect on the maximum
amount of video time that can be recorded. DVS provides on
its web sites (http://www.dvs.de and http://www.dvsus.com)
some calculators that you can use to determine the maximum
amount of video which can be captured by a given storage ca-
pacity and video raster.
Several step-by-step descriptions of how to handle the VTR
task mode can be found in section “Using the VTR Task Mode”
on page 7-30.
The other way around is possible: You can access and open
project files in the Edit Tool that were saved in the VTR task
mode, for example, to perform editing tasks with the material
of the VTR timeline. Further information about this can be
found in section “Opening a VTR Timeline Project in the Edit
Tool” on page 7-36.
In essence, the project file saved under the VTR task mode
stores all VTR mode relevant settings. Other settings and de-
tails, e.g. the contents of the bin as it is available in the other
task modes of the I/O Tool, are not saved in a project file of the
VTR task mode. For information about what is normally saved
in a project file see section “Project Files/Global Settings and
the I/O Tool” on page 2-11.