FOCUS Enhancements FS-3 - Manual (Page 9)

based “edit-ready” file formats such as Raw
DV, AVI Type 1, AVI Type 2, Matrox AVI,
Canopus AVI, QuickTime and Avid DV-OMF.
This means clips are immediately available to
your NLE system without first having to
transfer or convert the clips.
• Connect your FireWire disk directly to your
computer or connect via FireStore which
allows mount and dismount of the drives
without re-cabling or computer re-boots.
• Jump from clip to clip without spooling
through tape when in playback mode.
• As well as video, record and playback
embedded DV audio in either 2-ch (16-bit,
48kHz) or 4-ch (12-bit, 32kHz) formats.
• Record source timecode from your
camcorder or create your own Free Run,
Regen or Rec Run timecode. It is also possible
to preset timecode and user-bit values.
• Record, play and navigate using FireStore
FS-3’s VTR style controls.
• Record and recall a single frame of DV
video. Also record user definable time-lapse
sequences.
• Slow playback down or speed it up by 1
frame per second increments.
• Use trick playback modes such as up to
30X/-30X fast-forward and rewind speeds,
reverse play, loop clip and loop entire disk.
• Control FS-3 remotely via FireWire (for
triggering record/pause or AV/C) from a DV
based camcorder GPI port. Alternatively, control
FS-3 via RS-232C (using the optional 3.5mm to
DB-9 cable), wired remote or infrared remote
control, all of which are available as accessories.
• Daisy-chain up to four FireWire (IEEE-
1394) hard drives (in addition to the internal
removable FSHDD-1 FireWire hard drive)
together for extremely long, uninterrupted
record times.
BASIC APPLICATIONS
FireStore FS-3 can be used in the acquisition
stage of production, the editing/post production
stage and the presentation stage. FireStore FS-3
is most useful in the following applications:
• Record DV video live to disk at the
acquisition stage. Not only will you have an
exact copy of your camcorder’s tape footage
on disk with the same timecode, audio and
video information, it will be possible to
quickly review shot footage back through your
camcorder without risking damaging the tape
in your camcorder’s tape transport. This
“confidence recording” will save time and
reduce costly re-shoots during production.
• Clips are recorded in DTE Technology
based “edit-ready” file formats such as RawDV,
AVI Type 1, AVI Type 2, Matrox AVI, Canopus
AVI, QuickTime or Avid DV-OMF. This will
allow you to get your footage onto a computer
(Mac or PC) and view or edit it quickly. The
FireStore FSHDD-1 or external FireWire disk
drive can either be connected directly to your
computer (without FireStore) or through
FireStore which allows you to mount/un-mount
any connected drives without re-cabling or re-
booting. This also allows you to capture footage
to disk without tying up your computer.
• Playback DV video clips that were recorded to
a connected FireWire hard disk drive from
FireStore FS-3 to any DV video device such as a
mixer, camcorder or deck. Use FireStore’s
random access capabilities to navigate quickly
from clip to clip without having to spool forward
and backward through tape. Use FireStore FS-3’s
trick playback modes such as multi-speed fast
forward, incremental 1 frame per second slow
motion and reverse play to present DV video in
industrial, presentation or scientific applications.
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