Frame-Accurate Recording
Frame-accurate recording involves using the Digital Cut tool to record your sequence onto a prestriped tape (a tape with prerecorded control track and timecode) or a partially striped tape.
Before you can record a frame-accurate digital cut, you must prepare the record tapes in advance for either insert-editing recording or assemble-edit recording. See Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording.
  DV cameras or decks controlled through a 1394 connection and the OHCI protocol do not consistently support the commands for frame-accurate recording. As a result, if you are preparing to record to one of these devices, the insert edit and assemble edit menu choices do not appear in the Digital Cut tool. You can use the Digital Cut tool in either local mode or remote mode, but all tracks are enabled for recording and cannot be modified.
To perform insert-edit recording:
  Stripe the record tapes (record black with timecode for the entire duration of the tape) in advance (prestriped tape).
To perform assemble-edit recording:
  Record black with timecode onto the tape, including the necessary preroll before the IN point plus at least 10 seconds (partially stripedátape).

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