Chapter 9
Using Log and Capture
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March, 2009
ABOUT LOGGING AND CAPTURING MEDIA
You can use the Log and Capture window in Pipeline Control to create clip lists, then capture and encode
each clip in any supported SD or HD format as a QuickTime movie or TIFO file directly from a Pipeline that
is attached via Ethernet (directly or via LAN).
CREATING CLIP LISTS FOR LOG AND CAPTURE
To encode and capture media clips from Pipeline, follow these steps:
1. Create New Capture Window. If a Log and Capture window isn’t open, select File > New Log to
display an untitled Log and Capture window.
The Clip List panel, on the right, includes the General Tab for mark-in and mark-out points, several
metadata tabs, plus the clip list at the bottom. For details, see Using the Clip List Panel (page 141).
2. Select and Configure your Pipeline. If you haven’t already selected and configured Pipeline for this
task, do so now. After configuring Pipeline for your workflow requirements, save the file. For details, see
(The Pipeline Settings Toolbar (page 102)).
3. Connect to the Pipeline. When you connect, streaming media (if present) displays in the video panel.
If you’re connected to a VTR and it is in Remote mode, you can control your video using the VTR
controls and produce clips to be encoded and imported.
4. Create a Clip List. Insert tapes in your VTR, then use the VTR controls to scrub media, create mark in
and mark out points (General Tab), add metadata as necessary, and click Log to create the clip and add
it to the list.
If you want to capture clips from multiple tapes, enter the name of the tape (or category) in the General
> Tape field for the clip you’re creating. Before capturing clips, select the tape (or category) from the clip
list on the left, to display the clips you want to capture. You can use the tape name to filter your list.
5. Capture the Clips. Click the Capture button below the clip list to capture the clips displayed in the clip
list and save each one as a file. To capture clips from multiple tapes in one session, select All Tapes
before clicking Capture. You will be prompted to insert the correct tape when necessary and (if selected
in preferences) the previous tape will be ejected.
Note
When capturing media from Pipeline Quad, you can perform confidence monitoring to
qualify your video. See Confidence Monitoring (page 45).
Note
The MPEG2 50mb/sec i-frame codec is not available for use in Pipeline Control.
If your Pipeline is in NTSC mode, DVCPro is selectable because from the NTSC video
compression perspective, there is no difference between DV and DVCPro: both are
720x480, 25mbs using 4:1:1 chroma sampling.
In PAL mode, DV compression is 720x576, 25mbs with 4:2:0. DVCPro compression is
720x576, 25mbs with 4:1:1. Therefore, both DV and DVCPRO display in the list.
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