Input Clip Menu Options

The basic Clip Input controls are described as follows.

(a) Device Name box (b) Aspect Ratio box (c) Aspect Ratio field (d) EDL button (e) Current Timecode field (f) Proxy Quality box (g) Bit Depth box (h) Scan mode box (i) Tape Name field (j) Clip Name field (k) Increment Name field (l) Tape Type box

Device Name box: Select the VTR and timing combination to use to capture clips. The available VTR are defined in the software configuration file using the VTR keyword.
Aspect Ratio box: Select the aspect ratio of the clip to capture.
Aspect Ratio field: Displays the aspect ratio of the clip to capture. Editable.
Bit Depth box: Select the bit depth used to capture the clip.
Scan Mode box: Selects how to flag the captured clip: Progressive, Field 1 dominant, or Field 2 dominant. The flag is only there as a reminder; for example, setting Field 2 does not prevent you from de-interlacing on Field 1. In most cases, select the option that matches the format you are capturing.
Emulator button: Enable to have the application emulate a VTR.
Process button: Starts the capture.
Grab button: Grabs the current frame.
Input Type box: Select the type of footage found on the tape. Use Standard for regular capture. 2X can only be used with HDCAM SR. Dual Image is for stereo footage recorded side by side on the tape; use Slice to create a single Stereoscopic clip on capture, but with half the horizontal resolution; use Scale to create a single Stereoscopic clip, but resized to full horizontal resolution. With Scale, use Engineering > Dual Image Resizing Filter to select the quality of the resize.

EDL Log button: Click to log clip to EDL.
EDL button: Click to view the EDL menu.
Log On Out button: Enable to log EDL events every time you enter an out point.
Tape Name field: Enter the name of the tape from which you are capturing. This step is important for EDL assembly and media recapture procedures.
Clip Name field: Enter the name you want to use for the clip you are capturing.
Increment Name button: Enable to append numerical increments to the clip name automatically. For example, enter “My_Clip” in the Clip Name field and then enable Increment Name. The first clip you capture is named “My_Clip-1”, the second is named “My_Clip-2”, and so on. You can change the initial numerical increment by entering a number in the field that appears when you enable Increment Name.
Start Mode box: Determines the start mode for clip input.

Select:	To:
Start On Pen	Capture starting from the currently displayed frame on the tape. Click Process to activate the start-on-pen trigger.
Start On Timecode	Capture starting from the timecode you enter in the In field. Click Process to start the clip input process.

Stop Mode box: Determines the stop mode for clip input.

Select:	To capture until:
Stop On Pen	You click anywhere on the screen.
Stop After Frames	A specific number of frames have been captured. When you select this option, a field appears in which you enter the number of frames you want to capture.
Stop On Timecode	A timecode on the tape has been reached (entered in the Out Timecode field).

Current Timecode field: Indicates the current timecode of the tape in the VTR.
In Timecode field: Indicates the timecode on the tape at which point the clip output process begins.
Out Timecode field: Indicates the timecode on the tape at which point the clip output process ends.
Duration field: Indicates the duration, in timecode, between the clip output in point and out point.

The following controls are found on the right side of the menu (not shown in preceding illustration).

Tape EE button: A status button that, 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. Clicking Tape EE toggles E-to-E on and off.
Standby button: A status button that, when lit, indicates that the VTR is in standby mode. Click Standby to toggle between standby off and standby on.
In/Out Point controls: Use to enter, adjust, and cue to clip output in and out points.
VTR Status display: Indicates the current status of the VTR.

Engineering button

Click to view the clip input and output Engineering menu.

Proxy Only button

Enable to capture proxies only. In this case, the high-resolution media is captured, proxies are generated, but the high-resolution media is discarded. As a result, much storage space is required.

If your proxies are set to be generated as a post process, you can see an estimated time required for proxies generation in the message bar. You can abort this process at any time by clicking anywhere on the screen. When you click the screen, a message appears asking you to confirm the operation. Only the captured media that corresponds to completed proxy generation is preserved. Any captured frames for which no proxies have been generated are purged.

Proxy Quality box

Proxies generated during capture are always of draft quality. Using the Proxy Quality box, you can set the default quality for proxy generation after capture. Results vary depending on the type of clips involved, so it is a good idea to try different settings.

Select:	To:
Draft	Generate proxies in the least amount of processing time, at the expense of proxy quality. This setting is the default setting for proxy generation following video I/O.
Coarse	Get better results than Draft, in more processing time.
Medium	Get better results than Coarse, in more processing time.
Quality	Get the best results, in more processing time than Medium.
Bicubic	Often get good results, usually faster than Quality. Results are likely not as good as Quality, but acceptable.
Lanczos	Usally get the best results, often with better performance than Bicubic.

The previous two controls appear only if the current project is configured, in the Project Setup menu, to store proxies.