Obtaining a frame-accurate, Export to tape using matrox device control – Matrox MXO2 PCIe Host Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 8, Using Matrox MXO2 with Adobe Premiere Pro

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Insert

Records selected tracks (video and/or audio), without affecting

the control track. This lets you perform a video or audio dub. For
example, you can choose to record only video, only selected audio tracks,
or video and selected audio tracks from your sequence.

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Note

You can record a maximum of four audio tracks (tracks 1 to 4). Check

your device’s documentation to determine its recording capabilities for
assemble and insert editing. To perform an insert edit, your recorder must
support edit commands and the edit mode for Matrox device control must be
set to

Auto Edit

or

Basic Edit

as explained in

“Setting up Matrox device

control”

on page

91

.

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Select

Abort export on dropped frames

if you’d like the export to tape

to automatically stop when dropped frames are encountered. You’ll get a
warning if the export to tape is aborted due to a dropped frame.

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Use the transport controls to play back your tape. The current time code of
your tape appears in the text box above the transport controls. You can also
use the

J

,

K

, and

L

shortcut keys to control the shuttle. Press

J

to shuttle left,

L

to shuttle right, and

K

to stop. Pressing

J

or

L

multiple times increases the

speed of the shuttling.

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Specify where you want the recording to start and stop as follows:

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Click the

Set In Point

button (

) to specify where you want the

recording to start, or enter the required time code in the

In

box.

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Click the

Set Out Point

button (

) to specify where you want the

recording to stop, or enter the required time code in the

Out

box.

Alternately, you can select

Duration

and enter the duration you want for

the recording. The Out point will then be calculated for you. By default,
the duration is set to the duration of the work area. You can click

Reset

at

any time to set the duration back to the duration of the work area.

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Note

When

Out

is selected, the duration is calculated based on your

selected In and Out points. When

Duration

is selected, the Out point is

calculated based on your specified In point and duration.

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Click

Export

to start the export to tape.

Obtaining a frame-accurate export to tape
using Matrox device control

In order to obtain a frame-accurate export to tape when using Matrox device
control, there are various settings that you may need to adjust in the

Matrox

RS-422 Device Control Settings

dialog box:

• The

Mark In Time Code Offset

and

Mark Out Time Code Offset

determine when your device starts and stops recording on the tape. If the
recording doesn’t start on the tape at your specified In point and stop at your

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