You can view the Output Clip menu in large or small form depending on which tab is selected.
When the Output, Audio, or Engineering tab is selected, both the large and small forms are available. To toggle between the
large and small forms, Ctrl-swipe the bottom of the screen.
When the Deliverables or Logo tab is selected, only the large form is available, but additional Pan and Zoom controls are
available.
If you are using the large Output menu with an HD clip, the menu automatically switches to the smaller form during clip output,
and then switches back when output is complete. This gives you an unobstructed view of the clip during output.
Small Output Clip menu (left portion):
Large Output Clip menu (broken into three parts):
In this documentation, the large menu is described. Differences present in the small menu are noted where applicable.
- Device Name box
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Displays the options for each uncommented VTR keyword line in the software initialisation configuration file. Select the option
corresponding to the VTR to which you want to output clips. See
Selecting a VTR Device For Output.
- Navigation tabs
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Switch between different Output Clip menus.
- Output Clip list
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Displays information about the clip selected for output. If there are multiple clips, you can sort them by clicking the column
headings. This changes the output sequence order. You can also edit the Timecode field in this list. See
Outputting Multiple Clips. If the list includes Deliverables and you do not have the hardware required by Real-Time Deliverables, the Deliverables
are greyed out. See
Outputting Deliverables.
- Video Layer field
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Indicates the track to output in a multi-track clip. Drag the field to browse through the video tracks and video layers. This
field is red when the selected layer is not the top layer of the selected video track; this does not prevent output.
- Graphics Card box
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- Tape EE button
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When lit, indicates that the VTR is in E-to-E mode (electronic to electronic). This means that the VTR output is showing its
input signal. When E-to-E is off, the VTR shows the contents of the tape it contains. Click this button to toggle E-to-E on
and off.
- Standby button
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When lit, indicates that the VTR is in standby mode. Click this button to toggle between on and off.
- VTR Status display
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- Current Timecode field
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Indicates the current timecode of the tape in the VTR.
- Output box
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Switch between insert or assemble mode. Click to perform the selected action.
- Preview button
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Triggers a simulation of the output process. The VTR behaves as if it is inserting material, however no material is recorded
to tape.
- Split View button
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- Start On Timecode field
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A locked field indicating that clip output begins at the timecode entered in the In Timecode field.
- Stop Mode box
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Determines the stop mode for clip output.
Select: |
To output the current clip until: |
Stop On Timecode |
A timecode on the tape is reached (indicated in the Out Timecode field). |
Stop After Frames |
A specified number of frames is output. When you select this option, a field appears in which you enter the number of frames
to output.
|
- In Timecode field
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Indicates the timecode on the tape at which point the clip output process begins.
- Out Timecode field
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Indicates the timecode on the tape at which point the clip output process ends.
- Duration field
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Indicates the duration, in timecode, between the clip output in and out points.
- Offset field
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Indicates the offset, in timecode, by which the selected clip is output. For example, an offset of 00:00:00:05 indicates that
the first five frames of the clip to be output are skipped. The first frame to be output is frame 5 of the clip (counting
frames from 0).
- In/Out Point controls
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- All Audio button
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Enable to output all audio channels for monitoring, even if only some audio channels are enabled for recording to tape.
- Audio Channel buttons
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