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Capture and Playout Settings
These settings affect both capture and playback when using the Tape Ingest options of the Media page, or the Tape Output options of the Deliver page.
— Video capture and playback: You can choose the video format (frame size and frame rate) with which to output to tape from this drop-down menu. HD timelines can be downconverted to SD, and SD timelines can be upconverted to HD using the format conversion of your DeckLink card.
— Use left and right eye SDI: A checkbox that enables supported video interfaces to ingest and output muxed stereoscopic video when used with supported VTRs, such as HDCAM SR decks with 4:2:2 x 2 mode. (When muxed stereoscopic signals are ingested, each eye is separated into individual left-eye and right-eye image files.) This parameter only appears when your hardware is set up appropriately.
— Video connection operates as: Selects between the available signal options: Use 4:4:4 SDI, and enable Single Link. Which options are available depend on which video capture card you are using.
— Data Levels: Lets you specify the data range (normally scaled or full range) that’s used when ingesting from or outputting to tape. This option switches the data range of the signal output by your video capture card, but only during capture from tape in the Media page, or output to tape in the Deliver page. When capture or output is not currently occurring, your video capture card goes back to using the identically named data range setting in the Master Settings panel of the Project Settings, which governs how you monitor the signal being output on an external broadcast display or projector.
— Video bit depth: Choose the bit depth that corresponds to the capability of your deck. You can choose between 8-bit and 10-bit. Outputting to 10-bit is more processor intensive, but higher quality for compatible devices, and is the default setting.
— Use deck autoedit: If supported by your video deck, this is the best method to record video to the deck, as it enables the deck to roll the edit using the specified preroll, and control the edits via serial device control. If this checkbox is turned off, a basic edit On/Off mode is used by the deck, with the potential for frame inaccuracies if the “Non auto edit timing” setting is not properly adjusted.
— Non auto edit timing: Adjusts the edit synchronization of the connected deck when auto edit is turned off.
— Deck preroll: Sets the number of seconds for preroll. How much is appropriate depends on the performance of your deck.
— Video output sync source: When using a DeckLink card this is set to Auto. Other capture cards may require you to set the sync source to “Reference” for playout and “Input” for ingest. This setting is only available if you have a DVS card installed on your system.
— Add 3:2 pulldown: Inserts or removes the 3:2 pulldown required to record or play 23.98 fps media to or from a 29.97 tape format.
Capture
These settings are used when you use the Capture mode in the Media page to capture clips from tape into the Media Pool. Media is captured as DPX image sequences.
— Capture: Lets you choose whether to capture both Video and Audio, or Video Only.