User Manual

Preparing the Hardware for Capture
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Getting Information About Striped Drives
Avid maintains information about striping drives that is available through Avid online support.
For more information, see “Storage Options and Drive Striping” in the Help.
To get information about striped drives:
1. Go to www.avid.com/onlinesupport.
2. Search for “Drive Striping Tables.”
Selecting the Sync Source for Capture
Avid Nitris DX requires that the deck and the Avid Nitris input/output hardware are genlocked to
the same timing source when capturing using the Avid Nitris DX. You can use one of the
following sources as sync, depending on your project format:
• Black burst or house sync through the reference input (REF) of the Nitris hardware
• Tri-level sync through the HD TRILEVEL SYNC input of the Nitris hardware
If the source you select is not correctly connected, or if the sync generator is set to an incorrect
frame rate, your Avid editing application might end the capture with an error message. Also, the
start frame might be inaccurate when capturing using serial deck control and the resulting clip
will be off by one frame.
For a list of sync options for each format, see “Sync Options for HD Formats” on page 1040.
For information on selecting the sync source in preparation for output, see “Selecting the Sync
Source for Output” on page 1039.
To select the sync source:
1. Select Tools > Video Output Tool.
2. Select the sync source from the Sync Lock menu: Reference or Tri-Level.
Tri-Level appears only if you are working in an HD project.
Striped drives If you are capturing media at high resolution, you must use striped drives. See
“Storage Options and Drive Striping” in the Help and “Getting Information
About Striped Drives” on page 164.
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