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# Recapturing Media from a VTR

Recapture video-based media associated with unlinked clips using the Recapture tool.

To recapture media from a VTR:

1. Open the clip library containing the unlinked clips for which you want to recapture media.
2. Select the unlinked clips.
3. Click I/O to display the I/O menu.
4. Click Recapture.

   The Recapture screen appears.

   (a) Source Type label(b) EDL Selection & Display Options(c) Source Resolution box(d) Video Recapture Options(e) Auto Update Viewer(f) Tape list(g) Convert Selected Tapes To Files(h) Library Reel box(i) EDL list(j) Imported Clips list(k) File Recapture Options(l) Clip Media Relink Options

   The Recapture screen contains the following three list areas:

   - The Tape List contains the tape names for the media that you recapture from a VTR.
   - The Sources List contains the media events.
   - The Imported Clips List contains the file-based media associated with the unlinked clip. The Source Type label indicates the origin of the media. All this information is read from the clip metadata.
5. Optional: Change the library reel where you want to place the captured material by selecting one from the Library Reel box or create one by clicking in the Library Reel Name field. By default, the captured clips will be placed in a reel called “Recapture”.
6. Optional: From the Source Resolution box, select the resolution of the device from which you are capturing material.

   If your timeline clip uses sources of differing resolutions, the resolutions are listed in the Source Resolution box. This box acts as a filter on the Tape list and Event list. Only those tapes or events of the currently displayed resolution are listed.

   The tapes containing the material of the specified resolution are displayed.

7. If the list contains any tapes that you do not want to recapture during this session, click in the Capture field of the tape and drag to the left or right.

   The value changes from On to Off.

8. Set any options as needed. See About the Import EDL Menu.
9. Optional: Slip the start timecode of one or more tapes by dragging in the Start field of a tape in the Tape list.
10. Select the events that you want to recapture.

    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.
    - To select only the uncaptured events, click Select Uncaptured.
    NoteWhen no event is selected, all events in the EDL are recaptured.
11. To remove pulldown on capture, enable 2:3 Removal and set options as needed.

    You can remove pulldown on recapture regardless of whether pulldown was removed when the original material was captured. See Capturing Film-Based Media with 2:3 Pulldown Using EDLs.

12. Optional: If you want to generate proxies of the media in the background, enable Background Proxies.
13. Click Recapture.

    The Auto-Capture menu appears.

14. Set menu options as required and capture the material. See Auto-Capturing an EDL.
    NoteIn the Auto-Capture menu, do not change the aspect ratio, bit depth, or scan mode. The default values in these fields currently match the metadata in the selected unlinked clips and they must be matched in order to relink the material with the unlinked clip after the capture.
15. Click Exit Auto-Capture to return to the Recapture menu.

    All captured events have a small x to the right of the event number.

16. View the captured material in the Recapture Viewer to make sure that the capture was successful.
17. Enable Auto Render if you want to re-render all timeline soft effects and transitions.
18. Optional: If the material needs to be soft-resized, enable Soft Resize.

    This is useful, for example, when importing a 720x486 clip into a 720x480 project.

19. Click Relink.

    The captured media is relinked with the unlinked clips. If you enabled Auto Render, timeline soft effects are re-rendered.

20. Click Exit Recapture to return to the clip library.

    The relinked clip is located in the reel specified in the Library Reel box.