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Grass Valley PDR v.2.2 User Manual

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Chapter 4

Using VdrPanel

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Profile Family

Before using VdrPanel to capture clips, you must complete a few steps:

1. You must decide whether you want to use the Windows NT interface called

Panel Control to capture and play clips, or if you want to use an external
device to control your Profile system. To select a controller, see “Selecting
a Controller” on page 134.

2. You need to configure the playback and record JPEG channels, audio

channels and the VITC timecodes for your selected controller. To configure
the controller, see “Configuring a Controller” on page 137.

3. You must set video crosspoints or connections. This means that you can

select video inputs, codecs, and outputs. You can also choose to bypass
codecs. See “Selecting Video Crosspoints” on page 143

4. You can select timecode panel display, which timecode generators to use,

select drop-frame timecode, and also set timecode crosspoints—inputs,
generators, and outputs. See “Setting Timecode” on page 145

For information on how to start and close VdrPanel, see “Starting and Closing
Profile Applications” on page 11.

The VdrPanel window is shown in Figure 68. By default, the VdrPanel window
appears automatically at power-up, unless you log in manually. You can
display up to four panels in the VdrPanel window—Panels A, B, C, and D. Each
panel is dedicated to one of up to four available video channels.