User Manual

Capturing in Satellite Mode or No Device Control
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During Quick Record mode, the timecode display for the deck shows the timecode followed
by “* LOCAL”; for example: 00;01;05;14 * LOCAL.
Capturing in Satellite Mode or No Device Control
LTC (longitudinal or linear timecode) from an external source lets you capture from multiple
sources at the same time as recording to tape. This is called satellite Mode. If your facility has a
central timecode generator you can use that clock to send identical timecode to all systems. You
can run this timecode output directly to your Avid system through the LTC IN connection
available on some Avid input/output hardware.
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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 shoot 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.”
Setting IN and OUT points is especially useful if you are taking a feed from a source based on a
time-of-day timecode generator. Your Avid editing application begins to capture when the time
of the external timecode source matches the IN point, and stops when the external timecode
matches the OUT point.
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You can log an event ahead of time and it automatically starts recording that signal when the
internal clock or external LTC arrives at that timecode. For example, if you log a clip at
14:00:00:00 to14:30:00:00 sometime before 2:00 pm, the capture starts at 2:00 pm and ends at
2:30.
To capture with external timecode:
1. Select Tools > Capture.
The Capture tool opens.