User Manual

Video Input Tool Settings
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Video Input Tool Settings
For information on how to use the Video Input Tool settings, see “Preparing to Capture Video”
on page 212.
Desktop Play Delay Defines a frame offset in the Composer monitor so that the media on the desktop
and the media in the DV device play simultaneously. For more information, see
“Adjusting the Play Delay Offset” on page 501.
Open GL
®
Hardware
Preview DVE effects with:
Defines the Open GL processing method. Select either the Open GL board for your
video display, or Software OpenGL if you do not have an OpenGL video board.
For more information, see “Options for Controlling Real-Time Effects Playback”
in the Help.
Enable Confidence View
(also called passthrough)
When this option is selected, you can view incoming media in the Record monitor
while you are capturing. Deselect this option for better performance.
High-Quality Scaling for
Real-Time Decode
When this option is selected, image quality is improved during playback of
mixed-format sequences where material requires resizing. This option is selected
by default, and only affects playback with the Full Quality or the Full Quality
10-bit video quality setting. For more information, see “Setting the Video Quality
for Playback” on page 517.
This option improves image quality for SD sequences that contain HD material, or
for sequences that mix HD sizes (for example, 720p with 1080p).
Because this option affects playback performance, you might want to deselect it if
you are working with complex sequences. In particular, you might notice that a
sequence with many video streams that played back successfully in previous
releases of Avid editing applications does not play back smoothly. (This option
functions differently in earlier releases that include it.) You have two alternatives:
• If you do not need to view your sequence at full resolution, you can select
either Draft Quality or Best Performance in the Video Quality menu. These
quality settings do not use the High-Quality Scaling for Real-Time Decode
option.
• If you need to view your sequence at full resolution, you can deselect this
option.
Maximum Real Time
Streams
Defines the number of video streams your Avid editing application uses during
playback. For more information, see “Options for Controlling Real-Time Effects
Playback” in the Help.
Option Description