User guide

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CLIPSTER I/O Tool User Guide
5.1 The Different Record Modes
For the capturing and recording of clips the I/O Tool provides three dif-
ferent record modes: the Manual, the Autoedit and the Batch mode. All
these modes were implemented to account for the various demands re-
garding record. They can be activated easily via the selection area of the
I/O Tool (see also section “Overview of the User Interface” on
page 2-5): Simply click the button for the respective mode.
Figure 5-1: Part of the selection area with record mode buttons
Manual Mode
With the I/O Tool in the Manual record mode you can perform a simple
crash record. After specifying general settings such as the video format
and the record type, you can start a record operation at any time. In this
mode it is also possible to set a fixed duration for the record operation
or to control the DVS system by remote and send a record command to
the I/O Tool via RS-422. After initiating the record command the
I/O Tool will then record the incoming signal according to your settings
and save the clip in the specified format directly on the storage. As soon
as the record is finished a thumbnail of the recorded clip will be avail-
able in the contents area of the bin. You can find a detailed description
of the Manual record mode in section “Crash Record (Manual Mode)”
on page 5-21.
Autoedit Mode
In the Autoedit mode you can perform a record from an externally con-
nected player via RS-422, such as a VTR: You can record a clip from a
certain inpoint to a certain outpoint or duration of the video material
from the external player. The specifications for the record operation are
Although the optional VTR task mode is also able to record ma-
terial, this will not be explained in this chapter due to the spe-
cial nature of this mode. For more information about the VTR
task mode see chapter “The VTR Task Mode” on page 7-1.
record modes