System information
4. The Capture folder box displays the path to the folder where your video will be saved. You can click
the Browse button to choose a different folder.
For uncompressed capture, select a folder on a fast RAID drive.
5. Click the Clip Log tab on the right side of Video Capture window.
6.
Click the Capture Clips button and choose a command from the drop-down list to start
capturing clips to the folder specified on the Disk Management tab of the Capture Preferences
dialog.
Command Description
Capture all clips Captures all clips in the log. If a clip has already been captured, it will
be recaptured.
Capture selected clips Captures all selected clips in the log. Hold Shift or Ctrl to select
multiple clips.
Capture offline clips Captures all clips with a status of Offline in the log.
The captured clips are also added to the Project Media list, and you can add them to the timeline.
If you've configured your capture device to capture multiple channels of audio, the audio will be
added across tracks when you add the clip to the timeline. You can open the clips in the Trimmer
window to choose which channels you want to use. For more information, see "Using the Trimmer"
on page 150.
Tips:
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Click the Save Clip Log button to save the current clip log as an XML file if you want
to save your clip log for capture or recapture at a later time.
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Click the Open Clip Log button and browse to a saved clip log to load a previously
saved clip log.
Capture Preferences
You can use the Capture Preferences dialog to set options for capturing video from an SDI or HDV device.
For more information, see "Capturing Video" on page 121.
1. Enable the Sony Video Capture application:
a. From the Options menu, choose Preferences.
b. Click the Video tab. For more information, see "Preferences - Video Tab" on page 582.
c. Clear the Use external video capture application check box.
d. Click the OK button.
2.
From the File menu, choose Capture Video (or click the Capture Video button in the Project
Media window) to start the Sony Video Capture application.
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