User Manual

Setting Up the Capture Tool
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Drop-frame timecode appears in the Timecode indicator with semicolons between hours,
minutes, seconds, and frames. Non-drop-frame timecode appears with colons. For more
information, see “Understanding Timecode” on page 183.
3. Provide the system with a tape name in one of the following ways:
t Select the name of the tape from the list in the Select Tape dialog box and click OK.
t Expand the list by selecting the “Show other projects” option or by clicking the Scan for
tapes button.
t Click New if the tape is not in the list. A new tape name line appears in the dialog box.
Type the new name, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh), and click OK.
For information on tape naming conventions, see “Naming Tapes” on page 138. If you are
working with MultiRez in an Avid Interplay environment, see “Guidelines for MultiRez
Tape Management” on page 1253.
Selecting Source Tracks and Audio Channels
You can select the tracks to capture from the source tape, and you can set the audio channel
groupings if you capture stereo audio source media.
When you group audio tracks for multichannel capture or batch capture, your Avid editing
application saves the grouping as a capture setting, independent of the hardware channels you
select. The resulting clip uses the grouping setting and the used channels. For more information
on audio channel groupings, see “Working with Multichannel Audio Tracks” on page 762.
When you batch capture, if the tracks are already logged into the bin then channel selection is
made automatically unless you deselect the option “Capture the tracks logged for each clip” in
the Batch tab of the Capture Settings dialog box. For more information on Batch Capture
settings, see “Batch Capturing Clips” on page 241.
Batch capture uses the audio channel groupings currently specified on the master clip, not the
groupings that display in the Capture tool when you batch capture previously-logged clips.
To select only those tracks you want to capture:
t Click the Channel Selection buttons in the Capture tool.