User guide

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Capturing Clips

y Then press the RECORD button.

If not already active, the control area switches to the RS-422 mode au-

tomatically. Then the record is performed and the timecode numbers of

the Rec field in the information area turn red displaying the current du-

ration of the recorded clip. The video overlay shows the input signal as

it will be present at the system’s output(s), i.e. with the applied output

raster. Once the recorded clip corresponds to the set duration in the

field Dur, the record operation will be stopped automatically. As soon

as the record is finished, a thumbnail of the recorded clip will be avail-

able in the contents area of the bin.

Slave Mode Recording

In the Manual record mode you can control the I/O Tool by remote and

send a record command to it via RS-422. After receiving the command

the I/O Tool will record the incoming signal according to your settings

and save the clip in the specified format directly on the storage.

To prepare the system for a slave mode recording perform the follow-

ing:

y Specify the general settings for the record operation, such as the

video format and the storage information as detailed in section

“General Settings” on page 5-4.

y Then press the button SLAVE….

The slave mode control window will be displayed on the screen and the

I/O Tool automatically creates directories for this clip. After this it waits

for a record command via RS-422 to begin a capturing of the signal

present at the input(s) of the DVS system.

To terminate the slave mode recording perform the following:

A duration must not be set necessarily and with a click on the

RECORD button you can terminate the capturing procedure

manually at any time.

If no duration is set, it will be assumed that the amount of

frames to be recorded exceeds the number set with the files per

folder items (see section “Path Options” on page 5-19) and a

multi-clip may be created (see section “The Captured Files” on

page 5-12).

The slave mode recording also works in a multi-device setup

where one DVS system controls several others for a simulta-

neous record operation. For further information about the

multi-device operation mode see the “CLIPSTER Configura-

tions” user guide.

The field for a duration of the clip as well as the items for a

time-lapse recording (button INTERVAL and entry field below

it) have no function in a slave recording operation.