User Manual

Configuring Decks
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For information about other settings in the General Settings dialog box, see “General Settings”
on page 1371. For information on opening the General Settings and other settings dialog boxes,
see “Viewing and Modifying Settings” on page 1308.
Capture-Related Settings for Film and 24p Projects
The following settings are important when you are capturing video transferred from film or
capturing 24p video. You should specify these settings for film or 24p projects immediately after
you create a new project and before capturing.
Configuring Decks
Deck Configuration settings let you establish deck control parameters for a single deck or for
multiple decks. You can create multiple versions, allowing you to select among them for frequent
changes in hardware configurations.
Setting Description
Project Type The top portion of the dialog box displays the project type (NTSC or PAL)
and other useful information such as the type of film used as source media.
NTSC Has Setup This option applies to standard NTSC format and is selected by default. If
the source footage is in the NTSC-EIAJ format standard (used primarily in
Japan), deselect NTSC Has Setup.
Option Description
Video Pulldown Cadence Lets you specify how your Avid editing application handles pulldown frames:
• Video rate, no pulldown: Select this option when capturing 24-fps footage that
was transferred MOS (roughly translated as “without sound”) to 30 fps by
speeding up the film, and the audio was brought into your Avid system
separately at 100 percent of the actual speed.
• Standard 2:3:2:3 pulldown: Select this option when capturing 24-fps footage
that was transferred to 30 fps by duplicating frames (pulldown) and the audio
is synchronized to the picture.
• Advanced 2:3:3:2 pulldown: Select this option when using native DV editing
with capture over Firewire.
Set Pulldown Phase of
Timecode
Lets you set a default pulldown phase for a 24p NTSC project. See “Setting the
Pulldown Phase” on page 133.