You can use Backdraft Conform to emulate a VTR for both input and output in real time. When configured to emulate a VTR, Backdraft Conform can be controlled, using an RS-422 interface, by a third-party application or device allowing you to:

• Load a clip into the Output Clip menu, enable an emulator and then use another application or device capable of capturing from a VTR to capture the clip.
• Enable an emulator in the Input Clip menu and then use another application or device capable of outputting to a VTR to output clips to the Backdraft Conform workstation.

In all cases, you control the emulator from the application or device that treats Backdraft Conform as a VTR device.