Capturing from a Non-Avid-Controlled Deck
Toggle Source button with no deck control
Record button
To capture with manual deck control on a deck that cannot be controlled directly by the system:
1.  Open the Capture tool and prepare to capture, as described in Main Topics: Preparing to Capture.
2.  Select the audio input:
  Select Analog when inputting from a stereo mixer.
  Select Microphone when inputting from a microphone.
  Select 1394 when inputting directly from a camera, transcoder, or deck.
3.  Click the Toggle Source button in the Capture tool to disable the deck controls.
The Deck Offline icon appears, and the Tape Name display remains. The Select Tape dialog box appears.
  The TC button also disappears. The footage will be captured with time-of- day timecode generated by the system.
4.  Select "Show other projects" to display the tape names and associated project names for all bins that have been opened in the current session.
  Because the media files database does not open when you start your Avid system, tape names of all online media files do not appear automatically.
  If the tape name for which you are searching does not appear in the Select Tape dialog box, click the Scan for Tapes button. Tape and project names are listed.
5.  Identify the source tape name in one of the following ways:
  Select a tape name from the list.
Tape names and associated projects are listed in two columns.
  Click New if the tape is not in the list, and type a new tape name in the text box that appears at the bottom of the Tape Name list.
You can stop the process any time by clicking Cancel.
  For guidelines on naming tapes, see Logging Tips.
6.  Click OK.
The tape name is displayed in the Capture tool.
7.  Play the tape manually, and click the Record button to stop and start the capturing of each clip.

capturing capture


Some features described in Help are available only in Avid Xpress Pro or Avid Xpress DV. For more information about Avid Free DV go to
www.avid.com.