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# Playing Out to a VTR

Use the Playout tool to play out frames from Lustre so that they can be recorded to an external device.

NoteIf you play out Telecine-style to tape, you can only play out in Assemble mode.

In the majority of cases, you will play out rendered frames to a VTR. See Rendering Shots. There are exceptions:

- The creation of real-time deliverables using source material. See Creating Real-Time Deliverables from the Timeline or Rendered Material.
- GPU playout from the timeline. See Playout from Timeline with GPU Acceleration.

There are three modes for playing out to a VTR:

- In Insert mode, you record video only, audio only, or a combination of both, to a tape that already contains material (either pre-striped with black or actual video material with a valid control track).
- In Assemble mode, you can add video to the end of previously-recorded material.
- In Record mode, you can play out video to a blank tape or a tape that contains existing material. Everything on the tape is overwritten when recording.

For some video formats, you can add 3:2 pulldown during the playout operation. See About 3:2 Pulldown.

#### Topics in this section

- Playout Workflow
- Selecting a Raster for Playout
- Defining In and Out Markers when Playing Out to Tape
- Recording in Insert Mode
- Recording in Assemble Mode
- Recording in Record Mode
- VTR Emulation