User Manual

Frame Chase Capture
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Capturing DV Material with Offset
To offset the sequence for capture:
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
2. Double-click Deck Preferences.
The Deck Preferences Settings dialog box opens.
3. Determine the approximate offset, and then enter that offset in the Capture Offset (frames)
text box.
4. Click OK.
The delay is reflected in the DV Capture Offset box in the Capture tool.
5. Capture your material.
See “Capturing by Setting Both Marks” on page 227 and “Capturing On-the-Fly” on
page 228.
6. Repeat this process until you achieve the appropriate offset.
Frame Chase Capture
If your Avid editing application is part of a workgroup environment managed by Avid
Interplay
™
, you can use the Capture tool to capture media to shared storage on the workgroup
using your Avid editing application’s Frame Chase
™
capture capabilities.
When you capture in this way, the media becomes available for viewing and editing from any
applications in the workgroup while the capture is still in progress.
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You can also perform Frame Chase captures using a line feed or ingest device connected to the
Interplay workgroup, for example, an Avid AirSpeed
®
video server controlled by an application
such as Avid CaptureManager
™
. For more information, see the Avid Interplay Transfer Setup
and User’s Guide or Avid Interplay Best Practices.
Understanding Frame Chase Capture
To understand how Frame Chase capture saves and manages media files, you can compare the
Frame Chase capture process with conventional capture performed within an Interplay
workgroup environment (and therefore using the MXF file format). Frame Chase capture is only
available in an Interplay environment.