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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Easy Setup Part 1

Input, again much like in the video section, will vary depending on how the audio is getting into your system.  If you are working via SDI, that will appear here.  Since I have my HDV camera attached to my system, I have the option of importing channels 1&2, 3&4 or a mix of all four channels.  Some DV and HDV cameras can capture four channels of audio, but you cannot capture all four channels at the same time via F/W.  What I would recommend in this situation, if for example you shot your footage with video and four channels of audio in HDV, would be to use a device like the Sony HVR-1500 VTR that not only plays back and outputs HDV via F/W, but it also has an HD-SDI and RS-422 control to output your HDV via HD-SDI, so you can capture all video and four channels off your HDV tape via HD-SDI into your editing system.

Finally, we have our Format section where you can choose between different audio configurations.  Since I have my HDV camera hooked up, I can choose between 32, 44 or 48kHz, 16-bit, two channel audio.  If I had a different capture device, my options would be different.  In most cases, you will probably be capturing your audio at 48kHz, as it is considered the “industry standard”.

Finally, at the bottom of the CS window, we have three other options that can be activated or deactivated depending on our system configuration.

Capture Card Supports Simultaneous Play Through and Capture

Basically, what this feature does is enable you to see your video on an external client monitor, while it is being captured onto your drives.  If your capture card supports it, I would suggest keeping this enabled, as it is a good way to QC your codec as you capture.

Remove Advanced Pulldown and/or Duplicate Frames During Capture From F/W Sources

As I had mentioned earlier, there are many DV cameras on the market that shoot in a simulated 24p.  What I mean is that they are still shooting at 30 fps, but the camera is adding redundant frames that will be removed at a later time (the editing phase).  I normally do not have this selected as I like to have the footage in my system exactly as it was shot.  You can very easily do this process after the footage is captured by navigating to TOOLS>REMOVE ADVANCED PULLDOWN.

High-Quality Video Play Through

Have this box checked so that your DV video is displayed in the highest quality in the Log and Capture window.

I know that the Capture Settings window can be daunting, but hopefully this article will help explain a lot of what you are looking at, to help you build a better process for yourself, your client and your edit station.  In part two of my three part article series, I will take an in depth look at the Sequence Settings, and in part three we will look at the Device Settings and putting everything together.  If you have any questions or comments about this article, feel free to e-mail me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .

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