User Manual

Setting Up the Capture Tool
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After deck control has been properly initialized, it remains active for all deck controllers
throughout the session until you quit your Avid editing application.
You must have V-LAN VLXi hardware to manage more than one deck at a time. For more
information on V-LAN equipment, contact your Avid sales representative.
Activating Playback from an Available Deck
To activate playback from an available deck:
t Click the Deck Selection menu, and select the deck.
Selecting a Source Tape
To select a source tape:
1. Do one of the following:
t If a tape is already in the deck, click the Source Tape Display button in the Capture tool.
t If there is no tape in the deck, insert a tape into the deck.
The Select Tape dialog box opens.
2. If you are working in an NTSC project, play the tape for a few seconds so your system can
detect the timecode format of the tape (drop-frame or non-drop-frame).
Otherwise, the system maintains the timecode format set in the Deck Preferences dialog box,
regardless of the format on the tape, and you might receive a message indicating a wrong
tape.