User guide

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Capturing Clips

5.4.2 How to Use the Autoedit Record Mode

This section describes how to use the Autoedit record mode. With the

Autoedit record mode you can record a clip from an external player

connected via RS-422.

After clicking on the button AUTOEDIT in the I/O Tool the Autoedit

record mode is activated and the selection area to the right of the task

mode buttons shows the settings that are provided in this record mode.

Before performing a record you have to set the inpoint, outpoint and

duration for the clip to be captured:

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 use the controls of the control area in its RS-422 mode to

search for the exact inpoint in the material of the externally con-

nected player.

y Press the IN button to set the inpoint of the I/O Tool to the selected

position. Alternatively, you may enter the respective position manu-

ally in the entry field of the inpoint.

y After that use the controls for the external player to move to the

desired outpoint in the material.

y Then click the OUT button or enter the position in the respective

entry field to the right of the OUT button.

The position of the outpoint will be taken to the entry field of the Au-

toedit mode’s outpoint. When either the radio button of the In or Out

items is selected, the duration field will set itself according to the set-

tings of the other two items.

y After that press the RECORD button below the items to start the

record operation.

The I/O Tool then performs the record in accordance with your set-

tings: If not already active, the control area switches to the RS-422

mode automatically and the external player will go to its preroll position

and start playing from there. The input from the external player will be

shown in the video overlay as it will be present at the output(s) of the

DVS system, i.e. with the specified output video format. As soon as the

inpoint on the external player is reached the record is performed by the

The position or duration settings can be set either in timecode

or in frames depending on the selected notation for the DVS

software. See section about timecode/frame number fields in

the “CLIPSTER Edit Tool” user guide for further information

about this.

If the duration is selected via the radio buttons instead of one

of the other two items, the inpoint field would adjust itself in

dependence on the set duration and the confirmed outpoint.