1. Hit the power button on the power supply under the table
2. Boot up the Mac
3. Turn on the G RAID external drive. (It's the bigger grey drive to the left of the Mac.)

Follow booting up steps above

1. Open the AJA control panel on the dock
2. Select the Input Select tab on the left. Under Input Select select the appropriate source of video (VHS, 3/4“ are SDI 2 Beta is SDI1). The SDI can remain YUV.
3. Open the AJA VTR Exchange on the dock.
4. Insert your tape in the appropriate machine and hit play
5. Adjust the sound levels on the Sescom audio converter. If you want to try and adjust the video, make adjustments on the Time Base Corrector (the thing with the flashing lights), otherwise you can just leave it on automatic.
6. Select Video Settings on the Capture drop down to select your compression type. H.264-Best is good for a preservation master.
7. Name your file
8. Hit Capture Now on the VTR Exchange then play on the deck.
9. Hit stop on the VTR Exchange when the tape ends and the file will be saved on the G-RAID drive.
10. Make a lower-res access copy in Adobe Media Encoder. We use the h.264 mp4 encoding.