User Manual

Alternate Source Capture
253
Your Avid editing application prompts you to load the first tape.
11. Load the tape into the tape deck if you have not already done so.
12. Click Mounted to indicate to the system that the correct tape is loaded and ready for
capturing.
A dialog box opens.
13. Click OK to confirm the tape and deck entries.
Your Avid editing application captures each clip from the tape, in start timecode order. If
another source tape is needed, your Avid editing application prompts for the tape. You can
stop the batch-capturing process at any time by clicking the Trash button in the Capture tool.
A message box notifies you when batch capturing finishes. The new master clips appear in
the bin, and associated media files exist on the targeted drive or drives.
Alternate Source Capture
Alternate source capture allows you to choose a different source name (Tape) and timecode
(Start) to use when you perform a batch capture. This is helpful when the clips used in your
sequence are from a submaster source tape that is different than the original master tape. For
example, if during production you record RGB to HDCAM SR and then make color corrected
selects to HDCAM for the offline workflow, when mastering, it is best to go back to the original
master tape and color correct from the HD RGB sources. When you create the original HDCAM
tapes, the metadata displays as:
When you perform a batch capture of the Timeline or source clips, you can select and frame
accurately batch capture from either the HDCAM submaster or the HDCAM SR master.
You can also use an alternate tape name if the original tape name was incorrectly logged. You
can use any custom column in the bin as a source name when you batch capture in addition to
Labroll, Camroll, and Soundroll, or you can correct for timecode offsets and store them in the
Auxiliary TC column and batch capture from that.
n
When you use an alternate tape source, the tape does not have to display in the list of tapes. You
can create a temporary tape for the capture process and remove it from the list once the batch
capture is complete.
TAPE Color corrected submaster
START Timecode from color corrected submaster
Camroll Tape name from original field HDCAM SR master
Auxiliary TC 1 Timecode from original field master