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The clip status in the VTR Ingest window changes from Ready -> Cueing ->
Recording -> Done. If the clip didn’t record for some reason, status shows as
Failed.

Scanning tape with broken timecodes

Regardless of which timecode mode is used with your VTR; you can scan tapes with
broken timecodes, capture clips and assign keywords according to timecode breaks.
A batch list will automatically be created and saved as the .vlg EDL type.

To enable the feature, you need to select the

Enable Timecode Break Scan

checkbox

in the VTR tab within Tools | Options of VTR Ingest. Once selected, two additional
buttons will appear on the clip record interface of VTR Ingest.

Function

Button

Find and ingest segments in tape according to timecode
breaks.

Find, ingest segments in tape and assign keywords according
to timecode breaks.

1. Insert a tape into the VTR and click the

Timecode Break Scan

button .

2. You can choose to scan for timecode changes from the beginning of the tape or

you can choose to start the scan from the current position of the tape. VTR Ingest
will rewind the tape if you choose to scan from the beginning.

3. VTR Ingest will insert mark in and mark out points around timecode changes, and

the clip is then automatically added to the segment list.

4. If you want to assign keywords to each captured clip, you can click the

Keyword

Scan

button at the beginning of the operation. VTR Ingest will run the operation

from step 2 to step 3 above, and add keywords to each clip in the segment list.

5. When all clips have been logged, VTR Ingest will then ingest all clips in the batch

list at the end of the operation.

NOTE: You can also choose not to ingest segments automatically by
deselecting the

Automatically start recording after Timecode Break Scan

checkbox

within Tools | Options of VTR Ingest.

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