Use Insert mode when you want to insert video only, audio only, or both video and audio onto a tape that already contains material. The entire area to which you are recording must have a valid, continuous control track, as this mode only plays out the video (existing timecode and audio are not affected).

To record in Insert mode:

1. Set the VTR to Regen timecode.
2. Before you can play out to a VTR, you must render the timeline at the appropriate video resolution. See Rendering Shots and Playout Workflow.
3. Click Editing, and then click Playout to display the Playout menu.
4. Select a raster for playout. See Selecting a Raster for Playout.
5. In the Sync Mode list, select the synchronization mode. See Playout Menu Options.
6. (Optional) To record only a portion of the timeline, use markers to define where, in the timeline, you wish to start and stop recording to tape. See Defining In and Out Markers when Playing Out to Tape.
7. In the Source Playout From group, determine where the playout operation starts.

   Click:	To start the playout:
   Begin	From the start of the current timeline.
   Actual	At the current frame.
   Markers	At the in marker in the timeline, and stop at the out marker.

   
   

8. In the In field, enter the tape timecode where the video is to be inserted.

   
   

   TipTo find the desired timecode more quickly, click the Source Timecode field next to the playback controls while still in the Playout menu. The playback controls and Source Timecode field turns blue to indicate that they can be used to control the VTR. Scrub to the desired timecode, then enter it in the In field.
9. (Optional) In the Record To Tape Mode group, enable Preview.

   
   

   With Preview enabled, your footage is played out in the Player, but nothing is written to tape. The Insert button turns green after the first click to show that the action is non-destructive.

10. (Optional) Configure video and audio record delay. See Playout Menu Options.
11. Configure Lustre to record specific video and audio tracks to tape. See Playout Menu Options.
12. Click Insert, and then click it again to confirm the action.

    
    

    Tip To record a single shot as opposed to the entire timeline, select the shot you want to play out and hold down SHIFT while clicking Insert.

    The playout operation begins.