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About the DigiDeck Controller Software
The DigiDeck controller software turns your PC running Windows 98, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP Home or XP
Professional, into an RS-422 controller for the Fast Forward Video DigiDeck. The software also provides many
enhancements and controls not available on the front panel, including easily recording, naming and logging of
video clips, build, edit, & save play lists, set bookmarks (cue points) and playback of multiple play lists.
Using the Software
When the software starts up, it searches your PC's serial ports for a DigiDeck. Once found the software will list all
recorded video clips in the source list window. Click on a clip name and press <Spacebar> or click the Play
button to play the clip.
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Use the <Up arrow> and <Down arrow> keys to jump to other clips. Use <Right arrow> and <Left arrow>
to seek within a clip by one frame.
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Press <Enter> or double-click on a clip in the source list window to append it to a play list. It will appear
in the play list window.
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After you have some clips in a play list, click on the play list window to activate it. Press <Home> to
rewind the play list to the first frame, then press <Spacebar> to start playback.
Basic play list editing
On the left side of the screen, the "Current in point" box contains the in-point for the current clip, as well as
buttons for editing the in-point. On the right side of the screen, the "Current length" box contains similar controls
for editing the length of the clip.
In both of these boxes:
"Mark" saves the current frame as the in-point or length
"Set" allows you to type in a number to use as the in-point or length.
increment/decrement the hours, minutes, seconds or frames.
"Go to" jumps to the in-point or out-point of the current clip.
"Clear" makes available all frames of the clip from the current in/out point to the first/last frame of the clip.
When you have edited a clip in the play list the "CURRENT CLIP POSITION" timeline will turn all unused head
and tail frames yellow. This provides you a quick visual reference to the length of a clip you have not used.
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To move a play list entry to another position in the list, hold down the <Ctrl> key, then click and drag an
entry.
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To copy an entry, hold down both <Ctrl> and <Alt> then click and drag to its new location.
Recording video
1.
In the source list window, click the "Recording" tab. The DigiDeck goes into "Pass through" mode, and is
ready to record video and audio.
2.
Press <Enter> or click the "Record" button to start recording.
3.
Press <Enter> or click "Stop rec" to end recording. When you stop recording, whatever clip description
and notes you have entered will be saved with the clip and the clip will show up in the source list window.
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Click the "Playback" tab to cue up your last recorded clip. Press <Spacebar> to playback.
5.
The "Options" button will open a window allowing you to set recording compression parameters and
choose video inputs.
DigiDeck digital video recorder™ Manual, Fast Forward Video, Inc. Revised 1/20/04
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