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— 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 pane, which governs how you monitor the signal being output on an external broadcast display or projector.
— Video bit depth: 10-bit is the only available option.
— 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 the 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, or when controlling the Cintel Film Scanner to scan film of different formats.
— Capture: Lets you choose whether to capture both Video and Audio, or Video only.
— Video Format: The format captured media will be saved to. When capturing from tape, the available options are DPX and QuickTime.
— Codec: The codec used to write captured media. When capturing from tape, these include the various type of Apple ProRes, 8- and 10-bit YUV 422, 10-bit RGB, and the various types of DNxHD.
— Save clips to: A field that displays the directory path to which media files captured from tape
are written. You want to choose a volume that’s fast enough to accommodate the data rate of the media format you’re capturing.
— Browse: Click this button to choose a directory to write captured media to. The directory you choose appears in the field above.
— Save in this folder path: A series of checkboxes lets you specify what other information to use to define the directory hierarchy that will hold the captured media. Every checkbox you turn on adds an additional directory with a name defined by that checkbox’s metadata. You can choose any or all of the following: Program name, Clip number, Reel number, Roll/Card.
— Apply reel number to: Lets you choose how to write the reel name. Two checkboxes let you write the reel name to the file’s name, and/or to the Header data.
— Use prefix: A field lets you type in a prefix to be used in the media file’s name. This lets you add text identification that will make the media more easily identifiable and searchable.