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CLIPSTER I/O Tool User Guide
7.3 Using the VTR Task Mode
After switching to the VTR task mode and initializing a
VTR timeline project (see section “Starting a VTR Task
Mode Session” on page 7-3) you are ready to work on the currently ac-
tive VTR timeline.
This section details how to perform some common operations with a
VTR timeline in step-by-step descriptions: First, a description will be
given how to preview a record operation prior to performing the actual
capturing. After this follow instructions how to perform the record for
real. Next comes a description of how to play-out the VTR timeline. The
step-by-step task descriptions will be concluded with an explanation
how to perform a slave mode operation in the VTR task mode.
7.3.1 How to Preview an Operation
This section describes how to preview a record operation prior to per-
forming the actual capturing. With the preview option of the VTR task
mode you are able to preview the behavior of the connected external
device and/or of the VTR timeline without capturing any data at all.
As soon as a VTR timeline project is initialized in the VTR task mode,
you will be able to use the preview function. However, before perform-
ing the operation you have to set the parameters for the data to be cap-
tured:
y Specify the settings for the operation to be performed as described
in section “The Settings” on page 7-17 and detailed in the follow-
ing:
– Configure the video format (button VIDEO FORMAT…) accord-
ing to your needs: The input video raster will already be set to
the raster specified during the creation of the VTR project but
other settings can still be adjusted. For a simultaneous output
of the recorded material, for example, to view it on a con-
nected monitor, configure the output settings as well.
– With the button VIDEO and the audio channel buttons below it
set up the processing type, i.e. the data or material that you
want to capture later during the real operation.
– Via the position settings above the VTR timeline select an in-
and outpoint on the timeline of the VTR task mode.
In case you want to view the input signal in the video overlay
of the control area, make sure that the live mode of the VTR
task mode is switched on (button EE, see section “The Time-
line Controls” on page 7-24).
For this you may also use the possibilities of the VTR
timeline’s representation as well as its controls.