before you begin capturing clips, consider creating separate directories for each project to help keep your clips organized and to make them easier to find. check your project folders and default i/o folders by clicking the "i" button in the toolbar.

    1. launch capture by either choosing file ] capture from the main menu, or right clicking in a gallery and choosing capture, or by pressing the capture button in the bottom left corner of the gallery.

    if the capture window is in timecode mode, select quick capture from the capture mode drop-down menu.

    2. use the settings button to open the settings window. adjust any of the settings before you start capturing.

    3. take a look at the directory locations for your clip. the default location for dva, dps and wav files shows in the associated input boxes. normally you will not need to change these defaults. the dva and wav directories should be on a system drive. the dps directory should be in a sub-folder in the dps folder, in a drive volume folder on the dedicated dpsreality scsi drive. you cannot save video files to the root of your dedicated scsi drives. (use the windows explorer or the dps hardware manager to create new folders on your video drives. see the dpsreality user's guide for details.)

    4. if you wish to use a capture limit, place a check in the limit box. in the timecode field beside it, enter the duration you would like the clip to have.

    5. set up audio capture parameters (sample rate, stereo/mono and data bits). higher quality audio settings will result in larger dva files. make sure that the default i/o folder's av directory has enough space to store the audio information during capture. at 44khz/16 bit/stereo (cd quality) allow roughly 70 mb per 5 minute capture.

    6. put a tape in your vcr and press play. you should see the video on your video monitor and hear the sound from your speakers.

    now, for each clip that you want to capture...

    1. select a unique name that identifies the material being captured and place it into the clip box. when you capture a clip, audio and video files are created using this name. when you successfully capture a clip, the text in this field automatically increments so you can capture another clip immediately.

    optionally, in the field below clip, you can assign a title to the files, as well. titles can be longer, and can contain any keyboard character, unlike a clip name.

    you can also add notes to the clip.

    2. determine whether you wish to capture video, audio or both in the v/a drop-down menu.

    and from the proc drop-down menu, you can choose to apply a proc amp adjustment to your video.

    3. when you get to the part of the tape that you want to capture, click on the record button.

    4. to place index marks in your clip as you capture, click the index button. index markers will be numbered sequentially in the clip. see chapter 8 (editing) for the myriad uses of indexes in the trim window and timeline.

    5. if you wish to terminate a capture without saving the video and/or audio files to disk, press the esc button.

    click the stop button when the segment you wish to capture is over. if you set a capture limit, the capture will stop automatically when the capture limit time is reached. the capture limit is the maximum time that you will capture in any one clip. no matter what number you choose as a capture limit you may use the stop button to end a capture at any time. if you don't know the length of the clip you intend to capture, you may uncheck the capture limit box. (the capture time available depends on the amount of hard drive space remaining and the quality setting selected.) your capture is automatically saved. assuming a video and audio capture, this creates a dva file that consists of the audio data and a pointer to the dps file saved on your dpsreality drive.

    capturing still images

    if you need to capture a series of non-consecutive single frames from video, your best bet will be to use the dpsreality manual trigger/time lapse recording function. it will create a single dps file containing all the images. if you need to name them individually, copy them out of the vtfs onto a system drive and then name them individually.

    see your dpsreality manual for more information.

    you can overwrite an aborted capture using quick capture. overwriting the previous capture is handy if you want to keep trying to capture an elusive camera event and want to use the same name for every trial.

    you cannot capture to a file with the same path and name as a saved capture file.