User guide

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CLIPSTER I/O Tool User Guide
5.2 General Settings
This section details the necessary settings that will be the same for all
capture operations regardless of the record mode. The settings for all
task modes (record and play-out tasks) are performed in the selection
area of the I/O Tool (see section “Overview of the User Interface” on
page 2-5). In the selection area you can find to the right of the buttons
that activate the task mode the settings for the respective mode. Once
a task mode is activated, the selection area will alter its appearance and
you will see the settings that are necessary for this mode. The following
figure shows the settings of the selection area as they will appear for
the Manual record mode:
Figure 5-2: Selection area when Manual mode is activated
The settings for the different record modes are easy to make with the
I/O Tool because they are arranged in the user interface in a sequence
common for a capture operation:
1. First, specify the video and/or audio format for the clip to be cap-
tured.
2. Then select the type of material that you want to capture: audio
or video alone, or audio together with video.
3. This is followed by specifications about where and how to save
the clip, such as the directory path, the clip name and its file for-
mat.
4. Last but not least, you have to set the mode specific settings for
the respective record mode.
All settings (except the mode specific ones which will be described in
the respective section for their mode) are explained in detail in this sec-
tion.
5.2.1 The Video Format
With the button VIDEO FORMAT… you have to set the video raster for
the I/O Tool. The video format settings in the record task modes deter-
mine the input format during record, and the output format for a simul-
taneous play-out.