with matrox rt.x100, you can take advantage of the dv-1394 device control on your dv camera or deck when capturing or recording material in adobe premiere.

    to be able to perform a frame-accurate export to tape, you must use matrox dv-1394 device control.

    to set up this device control:

    1 choose edit ] preferences ] scratch disks and device control.

    2 under device control, select matrox dv-1394 device control.

    3 if you have an ntsc system, click options. in the provided dialog box, select the format that matches the time code format on your dv tapes (drop frame or non-drop frame).

    4 click ok. you can now use device control when capturing or recording material using your dv-1394 device (make sure your device is set to remote or vtr mode). device control will be available when capturing or recording material over the 1394 interface, and also when capturing the analog input from your dv-1394 device, such as the composite input.

    for details on how to capture material in adobe premiere, see your adobe premiere user guide. to record your adobe premiere timeline onto dv tape using device control, see "exporting your adobe premiere timeline to dv tape" on page 59.

    when capturing material using dv-1394 device control, the preroll time and timecode offset features are not supported. if you want to capture material from a composite or s-video deck, make sure you select none under device control.