Capturing is the process of creating digital media from videotape or audio input. Before you begin the capturing process in Main Topics: Capturing Media, you need to prepare for it as described in the following sections:

Before capturing, see Main Topics: Setting Up Your Software-Only Avid Editing System or Main Topics: Using the Avid Mojo DNA to ensure you have properly connected your recording equipment such as a camera, deck, DV device, or an Avid Mojo DNA device.