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Capturing with Time-of-Day Timecode
When you capture with an Avid-controlled deck, you can capture your footage
with time-of-day timecode rather than source timecode.
To capture with time-of-day timecode:
1. Select Tools > Capture.
The Capture tool opens.
2. When selecting tracks, deselect the TC button.
3. Capture by using the procedure described in “Capturing On-the-Fly” on
page 160.
Capturing in Satellite Mode or No Device Control
Longitudinal timecode (LTC) from an external source allows production
facilities to capture from multiple sources at the same time they are capturing
to tape. This is called satellite Mode.
A facility that has a central timecode generator can use that clock to send
identical timecode to all systems. This timecode output can be run directly to
the Avid editing system through the LTC IN connection on the Avid
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Discontinuous timecodes are not checked during this type of capture.
Satellite mode using external timecode is especially useful for live events,
dramatic multicamera shows, and video material coming in on routers that do
not support timecode. You can start editing immediately after the shooting
without waiting to capture from the backup reference tapes.
A 23.976p video only capture is supported only with the Advanced Pulldown
cadence of 2:3:3:2 as created by the Panasonic cameras AG-DVX100 and the
AG-SDX900 NTSC versions. When creating a 23.976 project in these
products, capture always assumes the pulldown cadence to be “advanced.”
If you are taking a feed from a source based on a time-of-day timecode
generator, setting IN and OUT points is especially useful. When the time of
the external timecode source matches the IN point, the Avid editing
application begins to capture. Capture stops when the external timecode
matches the OUT point.