Pre-Record

Use the Pre-Record menu to enable or disable Pre-Record, and to adjust the length of the Pre-Recorded clip.

Pre-Record allows you to continually capture images to a small amount of memory while waiting to begin recording. This allows you to capture unexpected events such as, a whale breaching the water, or an athlete scoring a goal. When you finish recording, the pre-recorded clip is added to the beginning of the recording.

You can set the Pre-Record clip to record from half a second up to 30 seconds, depending on the format, file type, resolution, and quality. The default setting is 2 seconds at the default Project Time Base of 23.98 FPS.

When the selected pre-record time is not possible in the selected format, the closest time available will be shown in yellow.

For more information, refer to Pre-Recording Content.

Enable

Select Enable to toggle Pre-Record on and off.

Time

Select Time to choose or enter the number of seconds to pre-record.

When you select a Time value larger than the current settings allow, the camera changes the Time value to the maximum value it can support and highlights the value in yellow.

Playback duration

Playback Duration displays the duration in seconds that the pre-record clip will last in playback.

Frames To Record

Frames to Record displays the number of frames the pre-recorded clip will contain at the current settings.