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■ THE CAPTURE TOOL: CAPTURE CONTROLS
Figure 2.18 The Xpress Pro logging interface
If you don’t want to mark clips on the fly, you can type in a timecode number
by using the timecode registers at the bottom of the Capture tool.
The Deck Button
When the Capture/Log button is clicked again, you return to the original Capture
mode, where you started. Let’s continue our journey by looking at the Deck button.
Clicking this button determines whether our deck will be controlled remotely through
Free DV or Xpress Pro ; or—if it has no type of remote-control capability—
whether the deck will be operated manually. An example of a manually controlled deck
is VHS. Most VHS decks, including some that are used professionally, have no RS-422
or FireWire connections. As a result, Free DV and Xpress Pro cannot control them
directly. Other sources that might not be controlled by FreeDV/Xpress Pro include CD
players, satellite feeds, microphones, DVD players, direct sources such as studio and
animation, and motion-capture cameras.
The problem is that when you have no remote control over a source, you cannot
record timecode information on your clips that can be traced back to that source. In
other words, if you want to recapture the material that you are using at a higher reso-
lution or for any other reason, there is no way to refer to it on the source tape—other
than perhaps visually. Without reference, there is no way to match the original source
on the tape.
Further complications can occur when media are accidentally deleted. If you lose
a media file from an unreferenced source, you’ll have to find the original clip on video-
tape all over again and cut it back into your sequence. How can you do this? If you
named the clip or described it well in your bin, you might be able to figure out which
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