Defining your a/v tools options, Defining your, A/v tools options – Matrox MXO2 PCIe Host Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 12, Using Matrox A/V Tools

Changing the time code display

A value in a time code field can be displayed as a time code or a specific number
of frames. The first time you run A/V Tools, the fields display time codes. To
toggle between the two formats, press

CTRL+SHIFT

while the insertion point

(flashing vertical bar) is in any time code field.

For example, when working with NTSC clips, you could change a value of 24:04
(24 seconds, 4 frames) to 724 frames by pressing

CTRL+SHIFT

, and then switch

back to time codes again by pressing

CTRL+SHIFT

.

The time code format of your tape is indicated by the separator between the
seconds and frames digits in the time code fields as follows:

• A colon (

:

) indicates non-drop frame.

• A semicolon (

;

) indicates drop frame.

Defining your A/V Tools options

Before capturing or playing back clips with A/V Tools, you need to specify
various options, such as your editing video format and your capture and playback
settings.

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To define your options for A/V Tools:

1

Click the

Options

button.

¦

Note

The

Options

dialog box automatically pops up every time A/V Tools

starts.

2

Under

Capture Folder

, specify the folder where you want to store your

captured clips. For more information, see

“Selecting your capture folder”

on

page

178

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