Using Blackmagic Media Express
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Editing Video and Audio Files to Tape
Mastering your clips to a deck is easy. While we usually talk about mastering or editing to "tape", it doesn't
matter if your deck uses tapes or disks. To master your clips:
Select the clips you want to send to tape.
Click the blue Edit to Tape tab.
Set the In point and type of edit.
Master to tape.
Selecting clips to master
From the Media List, select the clips you wish to master to tape. If you only want to send your favorite clips
to tape, click the favorite (star) icon at the top of the Media List to show your favorites and hide all other clips.
Then select the favorite clips you wish to send to tape.
Insert and Assemble to tape
Click the blue Edit to Tape tab. If "No Remote" appears in the video preview pane, check that an RS-422
serial cable is connected between your Teranex 2D Processor and the deck. The Remote/Local switch needs
to be set to Remote on the deck so you can use the transport controls in Media Express.
Enter the In point of the tape by entering timecode into the In point field, or by cueing the tape to the
desired point via the transport control and then clicking the Mark In button, or use the shortcut key i.
If no Out point is entered, Media Express will set the duration of the edit to the total length of the clips in
the Media List. If an out point is defined, Media Express will stop recording once the Out point timecode is
reached, even if some clips have not been output.
The Assemble and Insert buttons are mutually exclusive and only one mode can be selected at a time.
Choose to master to tape using Assemble or Insert edit. Then press the Master button.
The Preview and Master buttons are also mutually exclusive. Preview mode mimics the edit process but
does not record to tape. This mode lets you check the edit point is correct. Preview edit operations should
always be checked on monitors connected directly to the output of the deck. This lets you view the video
already on tape and the new video.
If Record Inhibit is enabled either on the deck or on the tape, Media Express will display a dialog box, that
Record Inhibit is enabled when you click the Master button. Check the deck and tape. Disable Record
Inhibit before trying again.
Before mastering, the audio channels to be put to tape can be selected on or off via the track enable/
disable buttons.
Click the favorite (star) icon at the top of the Media List to only
show your favorites
This picture shows that 2 clips have been selected to be sent
to tape
Set the desired number of audio channels to be mastered
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