About VTR Archives

 
 
 
NoteSmoke can only read VTR archives, it cannot create nor write to VTR archives.

You can create a VTR archive for clips of any resolution supported by your video board and VTR device. To archive and restore from a VTR archive, your clips FPS, resolution and bit depth need to match your VTR tape device settings.

When you change projects without exiting Smoke, the video timing selected at start-up applies to the project you are switching to.

Header Information Slate

All VTR archives contain a Header Info Slate, which is a single frame providing information about the archive. Located in the archive before the table of contents, the Header Info Slate provides information such as:

(a) Header Info Slate example