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Launch the Virtual Tape Format application and make the desired settings for these parameters:
Sampling Rate
Bit Rate
Number of Tracks
TimeCode In (Original TimeCode / TimeStamp)
Length of the tape
Check the 'NTSC Non-Drop' box if you wish to have a tape that will (virtually) run at 1001/1000 (this
Choose a location in the SCSI drive where you wish to create the tape
Click Format New Tape
A set of (slightly enhanced) BWF files will be created in the target folder (one per track).
There can be only one Virtual Tape per folder. The application will refuse to create a second tape in a
folder where one already exists.
Do not attempt to move or copy the tape once created as this would suppress the block interleaving on
the disk made by Virtual Tape Format. Even if you feel that copying a "template tape" from another
disk would be quicker, that wouldn't align properly the tape blocks to the disk blocks.
The resultant files are standard BWF files and will be recognized as such by any other application.
Only Pyramix sees them as Virtual Tapes. In the future we will find a way to let Pyramix decide to see
them as BWF files instead of Tapes to allow editing them when the dubbing session is over. (Please see
Known Limitations below for a temporary solution)
Pyramix Settings for Virtual Tape Mode
Open Pyramix and go into the Settings > General Settings : Playback page.
• Enter the value '262144' in the Playback Buffer Size entry box and click 'Set'
• Select 96 KB in the Record Block Size box.
User Manual : Application Specific Configurations
just ensures the TimeStamp and Length will be correct)
Virtual Tape Format Application Window
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