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User Guide
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If you plan to capture an entire tape, only the In point of the movie needs to be recognized
during capture. Once the In point is recorded, a frame-accurate tape deck will capture all of the
following frames accurately. The default Out point is beyond the length of your tape; thus,
the entire tape can be captured without setting an Out point.
Note: Timecode capture with controllable devices depends on the precision of your tape deck.
If your tape deck cannot read the timecode accurately, you may have to calibrate your system
or manually assign the timecode to your movie by matching frames.
Manually setting timecode for a clip
On some videotape copies, the timecode appears not on the video track, but as a window
dub or window burn superimposed on each video frame. This window dub lets you see the
timecode on a deck that doesn’t read invisible timecode. Window dub timecode is also called
burned-in, or visual, timecode. Because a videotape with burned-in timecode usually doesn’t
include invisible timecode, clips captured from that tape aren’t marked with timecode on
your computer. However, you can manually set the timecode for each captured clip. Because
this requires referring to the original videotape, this is best done immediately after capturing
a clip.
To set timecode manually for a clip:
1 Do one of the following:
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Activate the Clip window containing the clip you want to set.
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Open the clip in the Source view.
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Activate the Project, Bin, or Library window containing the clip you want to set, then select
the clip.
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