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Chapter 8, Using Matrox MediaTools
folder, all video and audio clips from tape “MyTape” will be saved in
D:\MediaTools\MyTape.
How MediaTools assigns clip names
When using the New tab, Clip ID displays the base name for your new clips. For
example, if the
Clip ID is “MyClip,” MediaTools will assign the name
MyClip000.avi to the first new clip you capture, and continue naming clips
sequentially (for example, MyClip001.avi, MyClip002.avi, etc.). Before scanning
or capturing new clips, you can change the
Clip ID to any base name you like.
When editing clips using the
Edit tab, Clip ID displays the name of the selected
clip in the clip list. You can change the name by typing a new name in the
Clip ID
box on the
Edit tab, then clicking Update. You can also change a clip ID directly
in the clip list by typing a new name in the clip’s
Clip ID box, then pressing
ENTER.
¦NoteChanging the clip ID for a captured clip will not change the clip’s file
name.
Scanning and capturing clips
With MediaTools, you can automatically scan and capture clips from a DV tape
in a single pass. Scanning the tape identifies all the individual clips on your tape
based on when the DV-1394 device started recording and when it stopped. You
can also choose to capture live video from your DV-1394 device. Capturing saves
the clips as .avi files on your computer’s hard drive, which you can later export to
an Adobe Premiere project (see “Exporting your clip list to an Adobe Premiere
project” on page 205).
°To scan and capture clips from your DV tape:
1 In the MediaTools dialog box, click the VTR button.
2 In the Tape I D box, type a name for the tape presently loaded in your
DV-1394 device. In the
Clip ID box, type the base clip name you’d like to be
assigned to your clips. For more information, see the previous section, “How
MediaTools assigns clip names.”
3 Mark or type in the In and Out points to identify where you want the
scan/capture to start and stop.
¦NoteIf you don’t set an In point, MediaTools will start scanning from the
current tape position, or rewind your tape before starting the scan/capture if
you selected that option in the
Options dialog box.
4 Click Scan/Capture.
5 Each time the video sequence on the tape changes, the clip is captured and
added to the clip list. Each clip also appears with time code information and
an icon representing the first and last frames of the clip.