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# Auto-Capturing an EDL

Before you auto-capture an EDL, make sure all the preferences are set correctly. Once you set the auto-capture options, you can capture the EDL.

To auto-capture an EDL:

1. From the clip library, click Video I/O > Import EDL.
2. From the Import EDL menu, click Load.

   The EDL Load menu appears.

3. Select the EDLs that you want to load.
4. Optional: Enable Same Library Reel, if you want to load a series of EDLs and capture these open EDLs to the same reel in the clip library (using Multiple EDLs).
5. Click Load.

   The selected EDLs are loaded into the Import EDL module.

6. Enter a name for the clip in the Name field.
7. Enter a library name in the Library Reel field.
8. In the EDL list, select the events that you want to capture. Do any of the following:
   - To select a single event, click the event number entry. Click the event number entry of another event to unselect the first entry.
   - To select a range of events, hold Shift, select an event, and click the last event in the range that you want to select. You can also click and drag to select a range of events.
   - To add to a range of events, hold the Ctrl key or the pen button when you select an event.
   - To select all events, use the Select All or Unselect All buttons.
   NoteWhen no event is selected, all events in the EDL are captured.
9. Optional: Use the Mark and Unmark buttons to keep track of events that you want to capture. See Capture Group.
10. Click Capture.

    The Auto-Capture menu appears.

11. Ensure that the correct VTR is selected in the Device Name box.
    NoteMake sure the VTR is in Remote mode; otherwise, the clips will not be transferred. You can switch the VTR from Local to Remote mode only on the VTR panel. If the Local box in the menu is enabled, the VTR is in Local mode. See Controlling a VTR.

    The frame at the current position of the selected device is displayed in the image window. You can use the controls below the image window to play all the clips on the selected device. See Viewing Captured and Assembled Material.

12. Specify any VTR options in the Engineering menu. See Setting Video Input and Output Engineering Menu Controls.
13. Optional: Set the value in the Capture Handles field.

    If Force Handles is enabled, clips will be recaptured if they do not contain at least as many handles as specified in the Capture Handles field. See Capture Group.

14. To capture all open EDLs that share the same library reel, enable Multiple EDLs.
    NoteIf you already have one EDL loaded, and then load another EDL with the Same Library Reel option enabled, both EDLs will be captured on the same reel in the clip library as long as Multiple EDLs is enabled in the Capture menu.
15. Set any options for audio sources. See Defining Audio Tracks to be Captured.
16. Click Auto-Capture.

    If a tape is not already loaded, you are prompted to insert one into the VTR. The options for capture appear.

17. Click Capture This Tape to begin the auto-capture.

    To minimize VTR transport, the clips are sorted according to their positions on the tape. Clips are always captured in C Mode, regardless of the display sort mode you selected.

18. When required, select a different tape to capture from in the Capture Order list.

    You will need to repeat this for every tape that you are using during the auto-capture.

19. When the auto-capture is complete, click Exit Auto-Capture.

    Each clip is named according to the event number or clip name comment, and is assigned in and out points set to the location used by the EDL at the time of capture. Tracks that are not used by the event are not assigned an output channel (denoted by “--”).

20. Click Exit Import EDL.

    The clips appear in the clip library on a reel specified in the Library Reel field.