User Manual

Batch Capturing from Logged Clips

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When you capture footage from an NTSC film-to-tape transfer with pulldown, the playback

flickers in the Client monitor during capturing because the system is dropping occasional frames

due to the pullin process. The footage plays back smoothly in your Avid editing application,

however, after the pullin conversion is complete.

Preparing to Batch Capture

Before you batch capture, you need to establish settings that allow the batch capture to take place

with minimal supervision.

Because your clips are already logged in a bin, you can simplify the interface during batch

capture by hiding the deck controller and logging controls in the Capture tool. You can hide any

other panels in the Capture tool in a similar way.

Unattended batch capturing lets you capture a large number of clips with minimal supervision by

selecting Capture settings that avoid a pause in the capture process.

To prepare for unattended batch capturing:

1. Double-click Capture in the Settings list in the Project window.

The Capture Settings dialog box opens.

2. Click the Batch tab and select the following options:

t Log errors to the console and continue capturing

t Switch to the emptiest drive if current drive is full

For additional options, see “Capture Settings: Batch Tab” on page 1363. You can also view

this information by clicking the dialog box and pressing the F1 key (Windows) or the Help

key (Macintosh).

3. Click the General tab and select “Capture across timecode breaks.”

For more information, see “Selecting Settings for Preroll Method and for Capturing Across

Timecode Breaks” on page 173.

4. Click OK.

You cannot batch capture clips that contain timecode breaks between the logged IN and

OUT points. Also, you cannot capture across breaks in the recording (that is, if the

recorded footage breaks up into noise between shots). If such breaks in recording exist on

your tape, consider using the methods described in “Capturing On-the-Fly” on page 228.