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Set capture format, preferences, and tracks



Use the Capture panel (choose File > Capture) to capture digital or analog video and audio. This panel includes a preview, which displays video being captured, controls for recording with or without device control, a Settings pane for editing your capture settings, and a Logging pane for logging clips for batch capturing. For convenience, some options available in the Capture panel are also available in the Capture panel menu.

You can control certain source devices, such as camcorders and decks, directly from the Capture panel, provided your computer has an Adobe Premiere Pro‑compatible IEEE1394, RS‑232, or RS‑422 controller. If your source device lacks any of these interfaces, you still use the Capture panel, but you must cue, start, and stop your source device using its controls.

Note: When not capturing in Adobe Premiere Pro, close the Capture panel. The Capture panel assumes primary focus, so leaving it open while editing or previewing video disables output to the source device and may decrease performance.
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Capture panel

A.
Status area

B.
Preview

C.
Tabs

D.
Panel menu

E.
Transport controls

Specify capture settings (Windows)

  1. With a project open, choose File > Capture, and select the Settings tab.
  2. In the Capture Settings pane, click Edit.
  3. In the Capture Settings dialog box, select an option from the Capture Format menu.
  4. Click OK.

Specify capture settings (Mac OS)

These steps store the QuickTime capture settings in the Adobe Premiere Pro project settings and in Preferences. Follow these steps the first time you use a device in a project, whenever you change devices in the project, or whenever you want to change the capture settings for the project.

  1. With a project open, choose File > Capture.
  2. In the Capture window, select the Settings tab.
  3. In the Capture Settings pane, click Edit.
  4. In the Capture Settings dialog box, select an option from the Capture Format menu.
  5. Click Video.
  6. Make any settings changes as desired and click OK. If no settings changes are required, simply click OK.
  7. Select Audio from the Capture Settings Window.
  8. If hearing audio during capture is desired, select On in the Speaker settings box in the Sound Window.

    If you access the Sound options window again after closing the Sound window dialog, the Speaker option will revert back to Off. Select On each time this dialog is accessed to enable audio to be heard during capture.

  9. Select the Sample tab and choose the Rate that matches the audio from your source.
  10. Select the Source tab in the Sound Window.
  11. Select DV Audio and next choose the desired source for the audio from your DV device. (By default, the Source is set to Built-in Line Input > Line In.) Choose First 2 Channels.
  12. (Optional) If your source material has additional channels of audio, select one of the other two options to capture additional or alternate channels of audio as desired.
  13. Make any other changes to the audio settings as desired and click OK.
  14. Click OK to close the Capture Settings Window.
  15. If Record is still grayed out, select the Settings tab in the Capture Window. Then select Edit.
  16. Click Video and then click OK.
  17. Press Play.

    The Record button becomes available.

Set capture preferences

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Capture (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Capture (Mac OS).
  2. Specify whether you want to abort capture on dropped frames, report dropped frames, or generate a batch log file.
  3. Select whether to use device control timecode. If a device controller is in use (for example, for RS‑422/232‑controlled devices), the last selection enables Adobe Premiere Pro to record the timecode supplied by the controller instead of attempting to record any timecode that might be written to the source tape.

Select tracks for capture

  1. To open the Capture panel, select File > Capture.
  2. In the Capture panel, click the panel menu.
  3. Select Record Video, Record Audio, or Record Audio And Video, depending on the option desired.