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If you wish you can rename your video file on the desktop by double-clicking the file. If Media Express asks: Do you want to save your changes to project? select Don’t Save. Check to make sure your video file is saved on the desktop, then close Media Express. The video file will also be saved on the desktop as a MOV file. In Media Express, the video file you just created will show up on the left of the Media Express window. This will end the digitization process and create a video file. When video capture is over, click Capture one more time. If there is still no video signal, ask a staff member for help. After you hit the reset button, begin again. If no video signal appears, hit the Reset button on the TBC (Time Base Corrector). A ¼” stereo jack adapter can be checked out if needed. If you brought headphones, make sure they are plugged into the headphone jack on the front of the VCR to listen to the audio on your tape. The two moving green bars at the bottom will indicate sound being recorded. Video feed should appear in Media Express, but the computer will be silent. Video should play on both the Ikegami monitor and in Media Express. Click Capture in Media Express (towards the bottom of the Media Express window). Make sure tape is rewound to the beginning. Watch How to load VHS player if you need help. Press the two (2) Analog buttons on the BlackMagic UltraStudio 4K.The Time Base Corrector should turn on automatically.
Power on the power conditioner, VCR, and Ikegami TV monitor. A test signal should appear in Media Express. Click the Log and Capture tab immediately to the left of the green Playback tab. Open Black Magic Media Express icon in the dock. Once the lid is secure, check to make sure the tape threaded properly by pressing the little button on the right side of the VHS-C adapter and lifting up the guard panel on the adapter. Slide the VHS-C adapter lid slowly back into place.
Press the tape gently into the adapter. You’ll need to keep the guard panel of your VHS-C tape open as you insert it into the adapter. Press the little button on the right side of your VHS-C tape to open the top guard panel. Slide the adapter lid slowly until it is fully open. NOTE: Do NOT try pushing a VHS-C tape into a regular VHS playback deck. Load your VHS-C tape into the Videocassette Adapter. Check out a VHS-C adapter from the Octavia Lab staff desk.
NOTE: Our equipment only supports VHS-C recorded in Standard Play (SP) and Extended Play/Super Long Play (EP/SLP)