Grass Valley PIX:XP User Manual
PIX:XP
MEDIA INTERCHANGE TOOL
FOR PROFILE XP MEDIA PLATFORM
User Guide
SOFTWARE VERSION 1.0
071-8174-01
MARCH 2003
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Revision Status
Rev Date Description
August 22, 2002 Initial rel ease of the PIX:XP User Guide.
071-8174-00.
March 20, 2003 Revised to include new licensing information.
071-8174-01.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
What is PIX:XP?...................................................................................................................5
System requirements...........................................................................................................5
Licensing..............................................................................................................................7
About this manual.................................................................................................................7
Chapter 2 Using PIX:XP
Simple workflow example.....................................................................................................9
Animated sequence example.............................................................................................15
Chapter 3 Reference
Supported file formats ........................................................................................................19
Supported Profile systems.................................................................................................19
Supported video formats and image sizes.........................................................................20
Supported audio formats....................................................................................................20
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Chapter
1
Introduction
What is PIX:XP?
PIX:XP, the Profile Image eXchange XP - Image, Audio, and Animation Interchange
Tool for the Profile XP Media Platform, is a software application that allows you to
re-purpose Windows media such as still images, animations, and .wav format audio
to media you can use on your Profile XP Media Platform. It does this by converting
the Windows media into Pr ofile PDRMovi e for mat and trans ferri ng it t o your Pr ofile
system.
System requirements
The following illustration shows a simple PIX:XP networked environment. A single
licensed PIX:XP client workstation has Ethernet connections through a switch or hub
to both the Windows NT Ethernet Network card and the Ethernet Video Network card
on the Profile XP system.
Profile XP(s)
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* Refer to System Guide
for Network Setup
Windows NT
Network*
Video
Network*
Ethernet Hub
or Switch
PIX:XP Client Workstation
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Chapter 1 Introduction
NOTE: The PIX:XP client works tation must have two network r outes to the Profile
system:
• The standard Windows network. This allows you to use the PortServer
interface to a Profile XP system, which enables remote use of Profile
commands.
• The optional Ethernet Video Network on the Profile XP. Depending on the
advice of your local system administrator, you may choose to configure the
Ethernet switch or hub, shown in the previous illustration, so that the two
Profile XP Ethernet connections on different subnets. This may help to
prevent inter-Profile media traffic from congesting the Windows network.
In the following illustration, several PIX:XP client workstations are connected to one
or several Profile XP systems via the two required Ethernet connections. Once the
Profile movies are created on the Profile XP system or systems, they can subsequently
be moved to other Profile (PDR) or Profile XP (PVS) systems over an existing Fibre
Channel Video network. The Profile movies can be played or archived just like any
other standard-definition MPEG2 Profile movie.
Profile XP(s)
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* Refer to System Guide
for Network Setup
Windows NT
Network*
Video
Network*
Ethernet Hub
or Switch
Fibre Channel
Switch
Fibre Channel Device(s)
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PIX:XP Client Workstation
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