Grass Valley PROFILE FAMILY User Manual
User Manual
PROFILE FAMILY
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February 1999 Origi nal issue. Part number 071 -0565-00.
March 2000 Updated Profile Protocol configuration information,
and corpo r at e ide ntity. Par t num ber 071-0565-0 1.
Contents
Contents
Preface
About this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile Family
A Profile System Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Video Disk Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Video Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Video and Audio Interf ace Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Profile Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
What to Read First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Starting Your Profile S y stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Starting and Closi ng Profile Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Starting an Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Viewing Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Closing an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Profile Configu ration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Media Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Transcode Utilit y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
VdrPanel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Profile Disk Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tool Box Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
List Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
TimeDelay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Profile Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fibre Channel Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 2 Using the Profile Co nf i gu r at io n M ana g e r
Saving a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loading a Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting Master Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting the System Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
E to E Timed Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adjusting the Timi ng when Upgrading to 2.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Auto Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting the Reference Genlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Changing LTC Input and Outp ut Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting MPEG Input Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Video Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Analog Composite Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Analog Composite Video Input Advanced Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Analog Composite Video Input Time Base Correction . . . . . . . . . . 59
Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Analog Component Video I nput . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Serial Digital Component Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Video Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Analog Composite Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Analog Composite Video Output Vertical Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Analog Composite Monitor Outpu t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Analog Composite Monitor Outpu t B u rn-in Tim e code. . . . . . . . . . . 73
Serial Digital Component Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Serial Digital Component Video Output Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
PDR100 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Analog Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Digital Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Analog Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Digital Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
PDR200 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Analog Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Digital Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Analog Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Digital Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audio Configuration for the PDR200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Input and Output Mappi ng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Input Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Output Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Input Clocki ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Audio Configurati on M onitor Channels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
System Audio Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting Up Fibre Channel Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Chapter 3 Using Media Manager
Starting and Exiting the Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Starting Other Applications from the Tools Me nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Viewing and Hiding the Toolbar and Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Viewi n g Help and So ftware Version In fo rmation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Connecting to a Remote Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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Viewing the Media Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Copying Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Using Paste Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Moving Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Duplicating Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Creating, Renaming and Deleting Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Renaming Clips and Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Deleting Clips and Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Emptying the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Viewing Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Finding Clips and Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using the Transcode Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Using a Library System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Archiving a Bin or Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Restoring a Bin or Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Renaming an Archived Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Deleting an Archived Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Importing a Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Exporting a Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Updating and Inventorying Cartridge s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Inventorying the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Formatting Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Viewing Library, Cartridge and Archived Clip Properties. . . . . . . . 150
Viewing Tape Transpo rt Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Viewing the Transfer Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Chapter 4 Using VdrPanel
Selecting a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Selecting a Communications Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Selecting Clip Leng th (BVW Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Configuring a Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Setting Compression Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Selecting Verti cal Blanking Interval Stor age Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Setting up BVW [insert edit] Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Setting Louth Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Selecting Video Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Setting Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Selecting How to Display Timecode on a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Setting Timecode Crosspoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Setting Drop-Frame Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
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Panel Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Opening a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Making a Panel Activ e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Arranging Panels and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Viewing Record Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Viewing an Audio Monitor for a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Using Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Defining a New Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Name Clips First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Record Clips First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Loading and Playing a Cli p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Renaming a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Setting Clip Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Striping a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Setting Long or Short Clip Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Ejecting All Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Deleting a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Clip Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Saving a Group of Clips in a Clip List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Playing a Clip List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Editing a Clip List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Setting In and Out Marks in Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Setting Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Removing Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Trimming Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Setting Field Dominance for Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Chapter 5 Using the Profile Disk Utility
Creating a File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Setting a Disk Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Formatting a Disk Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Loading Microcode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Relocating and Tes ti ng Bad Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
The Detail Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Chapter 6 Using Profile Utilities
Viewing Profile Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Log Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Profile Protocol Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Using the Profile Protocol Resources Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Manually Editing a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Resource Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Crosspoint lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Sample Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Basic Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Assigning a Second JPEG Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Assigning an MPEG encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Assigning an MPEG Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
PortServer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
PDR Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Updating Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Updating Fibre Channel Microcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Chapter 7 Fibre Channel Video Networking
Setting Up Hardware for Fibr e Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Setting Up Software for Fib re Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Ethernet IP Address Set Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Fibre Channel IP Address Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Enabling the Fibre Channel Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Editing the Hosts File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Testing the Fibre Channel Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Using the Listnam es and Copym ovie Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
The PDR Network Configuration Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Chapter 8 Using the Tool Box E di tor
Starting and Exiting the Tool Box Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Configuring Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Connecting to a Remote Profile Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Selecting a Current Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Opening a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Creating a New Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Record Time Remaining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Renaming Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Viewing Media Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Deleting Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Emptying the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
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The Capture Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Capturing a New Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Loop Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Playing a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Trimming a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Creating a Subclip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
User Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Event and Frame Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Shuttle Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Creating Subclips on the Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
The Edit Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Creating a New Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Adding Media to a Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Playing a Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Using the Audio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Tool Box Editor Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Chapter 9 Using the List Manager
List Manager Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Starting List Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Viewing Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Closing List Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Configuring Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Connecting to a Remote Profile Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Building a Playback List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Adding Media for Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Changing Event Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Optional Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Settings Unique to Transfer Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Settings Unique to Archive Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Monitoring a List as it Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Validating a List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Scheduling a New Play Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Scheduling Recor ding Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Scheduling Rule s and Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Using a Live Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Scheduling a Trans fer Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Scheduling an Arch ive Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Editing Event Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Changing the Order of Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Inserting Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Removing Events From a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
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Using the Edit Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Creating a New List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Saving a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Reusing a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Closing a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Exporting a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
List File ASCII Text Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Importing a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Deleting an Entire List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Overriding Events in a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Taking an Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Stopping an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Customizing Your List Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Using the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Chapter 10 Using the Resource Manager
Configuring Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Assigning Profil e Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Configuring Video Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Field and Frame Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Configuring Audio Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Audio Window Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Configuring Timecode Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Choosing Timecode Codecs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Timecode Generator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Resolving Resource Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Chapter 11 Using TimeDelay
Getting Started with TimeDelay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Working With the TimeDelay Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Saving a TimeDelay Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Opening an Existing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Launching a Project at Start-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Copying Project Fil es Between Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Connecting to a Remote Profile Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Changing the Remote Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Adding Names to the Network Host List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Removing Names from the Network Host List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Avoiding a Connection Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Configuring Channels with Resource Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Adding a Playback Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Deleting a Playback Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Changing a Panel’s Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Modifying a Channel’s Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Handling Resource Allocation Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
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Starting the TimeDelay Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Manually Starting the TimeDelay Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Automatically Starting the TimeDelay Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Working with the Record Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Setting the Record Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Changing the Record Buffer’s Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Saving the Record Buffer ’ Contents as a Profile Movie . . . . . . 353
Working with the Playback Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Setting a Playout Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Starting a Playback Channel Immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Modifying a Playout Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Pausing Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Working with Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Crash Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Setting Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Using the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
The Record Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
The Playback Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
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Figures
1 The PDR200/300 block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
2 PDR Application shortcuts on the Windows NT 4.0 desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
3 Profile Configuration Manager windo w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
4 Save As dialog box for saving a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
5 Open dialog box for loading a configura ti on fi le. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
6 Master Timecode dialog box, genlock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
7 Sys tem Timing dialog bo x, zero-timed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
8 System Timing dialog box, E to E timed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
9 Reference Genlock dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
10 LTC Inputs & Outputs dialo g box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
11 MPEG Input Timing dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
12 Analog Composite Video Input di alog box, Main tab (A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
13 Analog Composite Video Input di alog box, Main tab (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
14 Analog Composite Video Input di alog box, Advanced Control tab (A) . . . . . . . . . . . .55
15 Analog Composite Video Input di alog box, Advanced Control tab (B) . . . . . . . . . . . .56
16 Analog Composite Video Input di alog box, Time Base Correction tab . . . . . . . . . . . .59
17 Analog Composite Video Input di alog box, Vertical Interval tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
18 Component Analog Video Input dialog box (CAV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
19 Serial Digital Component Video Input dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
20 Serial Digital Component Video Input, Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
21 Analog Composite Video Outpu t di alog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
22 Analog Composite Video Input Ver ti cal Interval tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
23 Analog Composite Monitor Outpu t d ialog box , Main tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
24 Analog Composite Monitor Output dialog box, Burn-in Timecode tab. . . . . . . . . . . . .73
25 Serial Digital Component Video Output dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
26 Serial Digital Video Output dialog box, Advanced tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
27 Analog Audio Input dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
28 Digital Audio Input dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
29 Analog Audio Output dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
30 Digital Audio Output dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
31 Analog Audio Input dialog box, Main tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
32 Analog Audio Input dialog box, Line Level tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
33 Digital Audio Input dialog box, Main tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
34 Digital Audio Input dialog box, Status tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
35 Digital Audio In put dialog box, Sample Rat e Converter tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
36 Analog Audio Output dialog box, Main tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
37 Analog Audio Output dialog box, Line Mode tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
38 Analog Audio Outputs dialog box, Line Level tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
39 Digital Audio Output dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
40 Audio Configuration dialog box, Input Mapping tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
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41 Audio Configuration dialog box, Output Mapping tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
42 Audio Configuration dialog box, Input Clocki ng tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
43 Audio Configuration dialog box, Monitor Channels tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
44 System Audio Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
45 Fibre Channel Network Conf iguration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
46 Media Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
47 Add/Remove Machine dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
48 Add Network Host dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
49 The Media Manager tree pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
50 The Paste Special dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
51 Confirm Copy dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
52 Recycle Bin properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
53 Properties dialog box for volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
54 Properties dialog box for clips or masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
55 The transcode histor y page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
56 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
57 Transcode Utility window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
58 JPEG Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
59 MPEG Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
60 Transcode Utility dialog box, Convert tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
61 The Transcode Description dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
62 Transcode Utility dialog box, Preview tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
63 Import Cartridge dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
64 Export Cartridge dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
65 Confirm Update dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
66 Confirm Inventory dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
67 Confirm Inventory dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
68 Format Cartridge dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
69 Format Cartridge dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
70 Properties dialog box for the library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
71 Properties dialog box for a cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
72 Properties dialog box for an archived clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
73 Tape Transport Status dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
74 Add Tape Transport dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
75 Transfer Monitor dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
76 VdrPanel window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
77 Controller Setup dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
78 Comm Port dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
79 Set Clip Marks dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
80 Profile Options dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
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81 Profile Options dialog box (BVW [insert-edit] only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
82 Edit Compression Presets dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
83 Vertical Blanking Interval Storage dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
84 Video Crosspoint dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
85 Timecode Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
86 Timecode Crosspoint dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
87 Panel dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
88 Open Panel dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
89 Message box showing recor d capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
90 Audio Monitor dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
91 New Clip dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
92 Load Clip dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
93 Rename Video Clip dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
94 Set Clip Protection dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
95 Stripe Timecode dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
96 Delete Clip dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
97 Save Group of Clips dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
98 Load Group of Clips dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
99 Edit Clip List dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
100 Field Dominance dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
101 Profile Disk Utility window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
102 Set Label dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
103 Format Disk(s) dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
104 Mi crocode Filename to Load dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
105 Detail Log dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
106 Wi nTail window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
107 Log set selection screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
108 Size selection screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
109 Log tool complete screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
110 The main Profile Protocol Resources dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
111 Setting JPEG compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
112 Setting MPEG compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
113 PortServer window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
114 Services dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
115 Update Firmware window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
116 Th e Update FC Microcode window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
117 Tool Box Editor window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
118 Har dware Communication mess age box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
119 Remote Machine dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
120 Current bin display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
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121 Pr operties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
122 Capture timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
123 Timecode entry window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
124 E to E button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
125 Record buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
126 Clip Name text box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
127 Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
128 Record Buffer dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
129 Cr eate and User Mark buttons, plus event and frame controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
130 Edit timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
131 Tr im handles on the edit timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
132 Audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
133 List Manager window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
134 Hardware Communicatio n M o n itor mes sa ge box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
135 Remote Machine dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
136 A basic playback list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
137 Play event properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
138 Creating a play event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
139 Creating a record event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
140 New Switch Event dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
141 New Transfer Event dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
142 New Transfer Event dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
143 New List dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
144 Font dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
145 Color dialog box, with custom color controls shown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
146 Columns dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
147 An example of a log file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
148 Resource Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
149 Choosing a channel type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
150 Add Track dialog box for video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
151 Custom Video Quality Setti ngs dialog box, JPEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
152 Custom Video Quality Setti ngs dialog box, MPEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
153 MPEG video track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
154 JPEG video track settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
155 MPEG encoder and decoder check box es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
156 JPEG codec check boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
157 Field/Frame Setup controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
158 Audio inputs and outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
159 Add Track dialog box for audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
160 Audio Window Size list box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
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161 Timecode Input and Output check boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
162 Add Track dialog box for timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
163 Timecode Codec check boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
164 Timecode generator controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
165 Tool Tip showing an external user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
166 Tool Tip showing an internal user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
167 “In use” Tool Tip message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
168 “<Error>” Tool Tip message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
169 TimeDelay window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
170 The Remote Connection dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
171 The Add Network Host dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
172 The Resource Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
173 Warning dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
174 The Auto Start dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
175 TimeDelay Buffer Location dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
176 The Select Timecode Source… dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
177 The audio level controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
178 Two-column display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
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Tables
1 PDR100 and PDR200/300 features compared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2 Digita l audi o input channel indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
3 Board representation key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
4 Configuration example, two video input clocking sou rces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5 Configur ation example, four video input clocking sour ces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6 JPEG video quality (compression) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
7 MPEG Video quality (compression) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8 Factory set values for JPEG compression presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
9 Factory set values for MPEG compression presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
10 VdrPanel shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
11 Microcode update files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
12 MPEG Encoder Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
13 Audio Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
14 Timecode Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
15 Tool Box Editor Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
16 Event status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
17 Channel types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
18 JPEG Video Quality Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
19 MPEG Video Quality Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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Preface
About this Manual
The Profile® Family User Manual support s Profil e syste m soft ware 2.5 for the
PDR200 and PDR300 Profile Video File Servers and, with a Master Enhanced
Disk Recorder board upgrade, the Profile PDR100 Video Disk Recorder.
Profile disk recorder s use digital technology to store and produce broadcastquality JPEG and M PEG video and CD-quality a udio. This manual documents
the standard and optiona l software applicat ions that run on the Profile platf orm:
• The Profile Configuration Manager configures your hardware for input and
output of video and audio, genlock, a nd system timing.
• The Media Manager manages clips and masters on disk and in a cartridge
library system. With Fibre Channel, you can use Media Manager to copy or
move media between Profile units .
• The Transcode Utility conver ts media between different video compression
formats, such as from JPEG to MPEG.
• VdrPanel lets you capture and use JPEG and MPEG video and audio clips.
• The Profile Disk Utility le ts you manage the Profile systems media disk
drives.
• The optional Tool Box Editor records media and performs sim ple , cuts-only
edits. It also allows yo u to cre ate a se que n ce of clips calle d a ma ster .
• The optional List Manager allows you to set up simple station automation.
• The Resource Manager a llocates video, audio, a nd timecode resources for the
Tool Box Editor, the List Manager, and Time Dela y.
• TimeDelay, also optional, allows you to delay a video feed by a specific
amount of time.
• Other Profile utili ties include Profile Log (via WinTail), ProLink, and
PortServer, among others.
NOTE: This manual assumes that you are familiar with basic
Microsoft Windows operation.
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Related Documentation
Several manuals related to the Profile Family User Manual include:
• On-line manuals. You can access on-line help for an application at any time
by choosing
• Profile System Versio n 2.5 Release Notes.
• Profile PDR200 & PDR300 Installation Manual.
• PLS20 Library System Manual.
• PLS200 Library System Manual.
• PRS 200/A RAID Storage Instruction Manual.
• PRS250 RAID Storage Instruction Manual.
• PDX103 Disk Expansion Unit Installation Manual.
• PDX208 Disk Expansion Chassis Instruction Manual.
• PRC 100 Profile Control Panel User Manual.
• Microsoft Windows NT user documentation.
Help | Help Topics.
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Terminology and Conven tions
Button (graphical ) Buttons shown in bold (OK, for exampl e) that you click
with the mouse pointer.
Button (mouse) The two or three buttons on the top of the mouse.
Terminology and Conventions
Choosing Choosing menu items,
means choose the Exit menu item under the File menu.)
Commands Commands (
Clicking Pressing and releasing the mouse button without moving
the pointer.
Ctrl key Hold Ctrl down while pressing other keys in a sequence.
Double-clickin g Pressing and releasing the left mo use button twice without
moving the pointer.
Dragging P ressing and holding the mouse button while moving the
pointer.
Moving Changing the location of the pointer on the screen by
moving the mouse.
Pointer An arrow or other graphic on the screen indicating the
current cursor position f or sele cting or clicking.
Pointing Positioning the pointe r on an object on the display by
moving the mouse.
Right-click Pressing and holding the right mouse button.
Shift key Hold Shift down while pressing other keys in a sequence.
a:\setup, for example) are shown in bold.
File | Exit, for example. (File | Exit
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Chapter
1
Introducing the Profile Family
The Profile PDR100 Video Disk Recorder and the Profile PDR 200 and
PDR300 Video File Servers store broadcast-quality motion JPEG or MPEG
(PDR 200 and PDR300 only) video and CD-quality audio on computer disk
drives rather than on vide o tape, allowing almost insta nt access to any timec ode
location of your video and audio material.
A Profile system is more than just a one-for-one replacement of a VTR: it can
have up to six record and eight playback video channel s. Clips are availa ble on
all channels at once, s o you can play a clip on more than one channel at the same
time, without making a copy of it. Since each channel is independent of the
others, each playback can start at a different time and at a different place in the
clip.
You can even start playing a clip while it’s still be ing recorded. Just start
capturing the clip on one chan nel, wait about five seconds, and then pla y the clip
back on another channel. This kind of control makes the Profile system an ideal
solution if you wa nt to go to air with a clip before you are f inished recording it .
NOTE: Profile Syst em Software version 2. 5 supports the PDR200, the
PDR300, and, when upgraded with a Master and Slave Enhanced
Disk Recorder (EDR) boards, the PDR100. In addition, version 2.5
runs on Microsoft Windows® NT™ 3.51 and 4.0.
This version of system softwar e offers support for the MPEG-2 4:2:2 @ Main
Level encoder/decod er boards, which are standard in the PDR300. Upgrading
your PDR200 with MPEG can approximately double its video/audio storage
capacity and enables much faster data transfers over Fibre Channel. The MPEG
encoder offers both 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 chroma sampling, variabl e bit rates from 4
Mb/s to 50 Mb/s, and group of picture (GOP) structures from I-frame only to
16-frame GOPs.
MPEG u s es mo ti on p r edi ction t o in cr e as e ef f ic ie n cy —essentially , it u ses lower
data rates because it does not duplicate video that does not change from frame
to frame. MPEG accomplishes this through both backward and forward
prediction. To do this, it uses GOPs, consisting of I-frames, P pictures and B
pictures.
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Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile Family
An I-frame (also known a s an I-picture or Intr a-picture) is a nalogous to a single
motion JPEG frame, where all data required to display a frame is stored in one
picture. A P picture (also called a predictive picture) uses a motion vecto r to
predict what will happe n in the next frame and cont ains only the change d data,
rather than passing along an other complex frame of video. In addition, a
B picture (known also as a bidirectional picture) relies on data from both
backward and f orward motion vector s to determine how a future frame will be
composed. In general, the longer the GOP, the more efficient your MPEG video
stream will be.
Table 1 compares the capabilities of the PDR100 and PDR200/300. The
optional products suppor ted by these disk recorders are listed here:
• MPEG encoder/decoder board (opti onal PDR200, standard PDR300)
• Fibre Channel interface board
• Video mix effects board
• PDX103 and PDX208 Profile Disk Expansion Units
• PAC208 and PAC216 Analog/Digital Audio Interface chassis (PDR200/300)
• XLR216 and BNC216 Digital Audio Interf a ce chassis (PDR200/300)
• PRS200 and PRS250 Profile RAID Storage Systems
• PLS20 and PLS200 Profile Library Systems
• PRC100 Profile Control Panel unit
• LVS100 Live Controller
• Profile Vi deo G atew a y
• CD-ROM Drive
• Profile Tool Box Editor software
• Profile Tool Box List Manager software
• Profile TimeDelay applica tion software
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Table 1. PDR100 and PDR 200/300 features compared
Feature PDR100 PDR200/300
Video inpu ts Analog composite, compo nent
analog (CAV ), serial digital
Analog compos ite, compo nent anal og
(CAV), s erial digital compo nent
component
Video chann els: JPEG
2 or 4 play/record channels 2 or 4 play/record channels
CODECs
Video chann els: MPEG
encoders and decoders
None 1 or 2 record ch annels (encoders), 4,
6, or 8 playback channels (decoders);
Optional PDR200, Standard PDR300
Disk drives Up to eight 4-GB SCSI Up to eight 9-GB Ultra-SCSI
Audio Up to 16 channel s, 16-bit analog
standard; digital embedded op tional
(625 only)
16 chan ne ls , di g ita l standa rd
(AES/EBU, em bedded); up to 32
channels possible; analog option al
Digital audio interfaces None XLR216, BNC216
Analog audio interfaces XLR100 PAC208 (8 channel),
PAC216 (16 channel)
Internal storage at 24 Mb/s 3 hours 6 hours (JPEG),
12 hours (MPEG)
Mainf ra m e ba n d w id th 24 Mb/s 30 Mb/s
Ethernet 10/100 BaseT 10/100 BaseT
Video network Fibre Channel upgradeable Fibre Channel ready
RS-422 protocols Profile, Louth, Odetics, BVW Profile, Louth, Odetics, BVW
Reference signals NTSC and PAL NTSC and PAL
Line forma ts 525/60 and 62 5/50 525/60 and 625/50
Video compression Continuously variable motion
JPEG
Continuously variable motion JPEG,
MPEG 4:2:0 or 4:2:2
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Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile Family
A Profile System Overview
The PDRseries of video servers are multichannel digital disk recorders. Both
the PDR100 and PDR200 are capable of supporting up to four play/record
channels (codecs) of continuously variable motion JPEG video compression.
The PDR200 and PDR300 support Fibre Channel networking and MPEG
4:2:0/4:2:2 video c ompression, with up to two record channels (encoders) and
up to eight playb ack channels (decoders) . Each channel can play ba ck one video
and up to 16 audio signals, each capable of using different video formats. In
other words, one Prof ile unit can rep lace the f unctiona lity of up to eight VTRs,
with the added benefi t of random acc ess to video a nd audio da ta stored on disk.
The Profile system has an EISA motherboard with an internal digital video
routing syste m. There a re sixteen EI SA slots and one ISA slot used for i nterface
cards and routing audio data . The server also uses a PCI bus for routing data
between the master and slave enhanced disk recorder (EDR) boards, Fibre
Channel boards, and MPEG boards.
A video router chip s et is inte grated on the mother board. It rout es video signa ls
between the video disk system, video mix effects cards, and video I/O cards.
The video router is a 32 x 32 cros spoint matr ix capable of full band width 4:2:2
CCIR 601 8-bit digital video. The video router allows real-time transfer of
video throughout the system without impacting overall system performance.
The video router also makes possible simultaneous record and playback on
separate channels .
A block diagram showing t he hardwa re l ayout of a PDR200 or above is shown
in Figure 1 on page 27.
Video Disk Subsystem
In the video disk s ubsystem, vi deo data is compre ssed and writte n to up to eight
4-gigabyte ( PDR100 only) or 9-gigabyte disks, and then read from these disks
and decompressed. This video da ta is rea d from and written to the video router
in 8-bit, paralle l component digita l video format. The vi deo disk subsyste m has
disk recorder boards (PDR100) and enhanced disk recorder boards (PDR200
and above), with an Intel i960 real- time processor and a SCSI-2 inter face to the
disks.
The video disk subsystem us es master and slave disk rec order or enhanced disk
recorder (EDR) boards with two SCSI-2 channels on each board. The master
disk recorder board comes sta ndard with a two-channel JPEG codec.
Bidirectional co dec channe ls allow channels to be configured for recording or
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playback. By adding a sla ve disk recorder board, a Profile unit becom es a fourchannel JPEG system. The master board has a Intel i960 real-time processor
which controls compression and the data flows on SCSI-2 channels and JPEG
codecs. Master and slave EDR boards also control MPEG encoder and decoder
boards which are connected to the master and slave via a PCI interconnect
board.
Video Compression
The i960 on the master board is used to control dat a flow and compre ssion
coefficient loading of the JPEG codecs and, if present, MPEG encoders and
decoders. The amount of JPEG video compression varies according to the
setting of the compr ession coefficient; the amount of MPEG video compression
varies according to the bit rate. Higher compression ratios or bit rates store
more video, but the result is lower quality video. On the other hand, lower
compression ratios or bit rates result in higher quality video and less storage
capacity. Audio, however , is not c ompressed.
Since the video compression ratio can be varied to change the video quality
given available storage time, the amount of storage depends on your choice of
compression ratio. A quick rule of thumb is that five minutes of JPEG
video—plus four channels of audio and two channels of timecode—is roughly
equal to one gigabyte of disk stora ge at 75,000 bytes per field in the 525
standard video format. For example, a PDX208 Disk Expansion unit expands
storage up to twelve hours and a PRS200 RAID Storage System can bring it up
to approximately 96 hour s. For vide o stored in t he MPEG forma t at an average
24 Mbps, you can just about double these capacit ies.
In addition to video compression, the disk recorder boards also integrate the
digital audio data coming from the EISA bus, with typically four channels of
audio per channe l of video ( up to 32). Th ese recorder boa rds communica te with
the SCSI-2 interface using a Direct Memory Access (DMA) interface. The
PDR200 also supports the a udio signal proc essing board (ASPB). This board is
capable of delivering 16 channels of analog, embedded digital, or AES/EBU
digital audi o. The PDR200 can be equipped with t wo of thes e boards, for a total
of 32 channels of audio.
Video Compression
Video and Audio Interface Boards
Video and audio interface boards receive incoming and send outgoing video
and audio data . These boa rds are r esponsible f or convert ing the video and audio
to internal formats use d by the video serve r.
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The PDR200 and PDR300 come with the Audio Signal Processing board
(ASPB). This audio architecture accepts and simultaneously pr ocesses sixteen
audio inputs and outputs. Internally, all audio is processed with a selectable
storage resolution of 16 or 20 bits. Inputs may be individually clocked in groups
of four, and any clock g roup may be refer ence d to the system reference (house
black) or any one of four video inputs. Output clocking is synchronous to
system reference. Sample rate conversion is available for all inputs (30 to
50kHz), providing uniform storage at 48kHz.
You can configure the PDR200 or 300 to operate with analog, AES/EBU
digital, or embedded (SMPTE 272M Level A) audio, depending on which
options are install ed in your system. All three audio formats are support ed
without external conversio n equipment. Analog audio is only availabl e with an
optional PAC208 or PAC216 Analog/Digital Interface chassis. You can
expand the number of XLR or BNC connectors for AES/EBU audio with an
optional XLR216 or BNC216 Digital Interface chassis.You can choose an
audio format for each video channe l. F or example , you c ould enable analog
audio on one channel, embedded audio on another, and AES/EBU on the rest.
There are severa l video boards tha t allow a Profi le vide o serve r to be used with
various standard vide o formats: c omposite analog , seri al digita l component , or
component analog vide o are all possible . All boards accept 525 or 625 (NTSC
or PAL) video standards.
The latest a nalog com posit e input and out put b oard offers two input and ou tput
channels per board. The two output channels for this board are similar to the
output channels of the original analog composite board. An analog composite
monitor board allows you to display text and burn-in timecode on an output
monitor.
The component analog input allows dithe ring, auto-timing, and vertical
blanking. As with other inputs, you can automate VITC detection. You can
adjust input gain and also sele ct an input format such as Betacam.
A serial digital component boa rd provides two channels of both input and
output, plus embedded audio when used with an ASPB. You can also enable
dithering, auto-timing, and automate VITC detection. The board a lso has error
detection and handling.
The standard refe rence genl ock board allo ws you to t ime your Prof il e server t o
other devices in a broadcast facility. You can lock a Profile unit to a PAL or
NTSC reference signal (hous e black). The genlock board also lets you have
LTC inputs and outputs, with four inputs and four outputs possible for each
channel.
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Video and Audio Interface Boards
DVCPRO
Codec
Networking
• RS-422 ports(8)
• Ethernet LAN I/O
MPEG
4:2:2
Decoder
only
MPEG
4:2:2
Encoder/
Decoder
Fibre
Channel
Arbitrated
Loop
Indicates optional board
Applications Processor
Subsystem
•
Intel Pentium Processor
Enhanced
Slave Recorder
• 2 JPEG CODECs
• Ultra SCSI-2
SCSI Devices
PCI Bus
32 x 32 CCIR 601
Video Router and Clocks
EISA Bus
Enhanced
Master Recorder
• Intel i960 real-time
processor
• 2 JPEG CODECs
• Ultra SCSI-2
Digital
Audio I/O
Analog
Audio I/O
(External Chassis)
Video I/O
• Analog Composite
• SDI w/Embed. Audio
• Comp. Analog In
• Analog Comp. mon.
Mix
Effects
Ref.
Genlock
Board
Clocks
9955-1
Figure 1. The PDR200/300 b l o ck diag ram
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Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile Family
Profile Software Development
The Profile Software Devel opment Kit (SDK) provides an application
programming inte rface (API) for libr arie s of P rofile func tions. We rec ommend
that you call these functions via Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0; however, it is
possible to use other langua ges that permit calls to C declared functions
(contact your Grass Valley Group representative for more information).
Software developers can use the API to control the Profile from third-party
hardware devices, for example. The API consists of seven libraries:
• The TekCfg library provides an interf ace to the Profile configuration.
• The TekPdr library furnishes calls that inventory and manage movies in
Common Movie Format (CMF), an internal file format standard for video,
audio, and timecode.
• The TekRem library makes it possible for a remote Windows NT syste m to
control a Profile disk recorder over an Ethernet LAN.
• The TekVdr library provides an inter fac e for playing and recording video
and audio clips.
• The TekVfs library suppor ts low-level ac cess to individua l media files i n the
media file system.
• The TekVme library controls the optiona l video mix effects board.
• The TekXfr library supports media stre aming of Fibre Channel connecti ons.
Eight RS-422 se rial ports come standar d on a disk re corder. A dis k recorder can
issue serial commands or receive them from an external device via RS-422
communication lines. The Profile Protocol associates each API call with a
specific number that can be sent over an RS-422 line. The ProLink app lication
monitors Profile Protocol calls over an RS-422 link, allowing you to use
compatible hardware devices, such as the PRC100 Control Panel, to issue
commands to a Profile unit.
Windows applications are also available to control the Profile system. Your
disk recorder comes with several standard and optional applications. See
“Starting and Closing Profil e Applications” on page 31 for more information.
NOTE: Louth and Odetics RS-422 protocols are also supported,
although th ere i s not a one-to-one co rre spondence be tween these
protocols and the Profile API. Louth and Odetics protocols do not
allow you full access to the functionality of the Profile system.
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What to Read First
The order in which you shoul d read the chapters of this manual d epends on how
you want to set up your Profile system.
• Before using you r Profile u nit, you must first configure your video and a udio
boards. Refer t o Cha p te r 2, “Using the Profile Configuration Manager.”
• If you are upgrading a PDR100 to version 2.5 of Profile system softwar e
from version 1.4.XX or earlier , you mus t install enhanced disk recorder
(EDR) boards and you must rebuild your file system. To install the EDR
boards, you must i nstall a fie ld kit that i s sold separa tely. To rebuild y our file
system, refer to Chapter 5, “Using the Profile Disk Utilit y.” Your file system
may consist of internal disks, a disk expansion unit, or a RAID unit.
• Once you have configured your video and audio boards, and, if necessary
rebuilt your f ile sy stem, you a re rea dy to capture a nd rep lay video a nd audio
clips. Refer to Chapter 4, “Using VdrPanel.”
• To configure your Fibre Channel board, see Chapter 7, “Fibre Channel
Video Networking.”
• To read Profile logs, acc ess your Prof ile syst em from a re mote PC, or atta ch
a PRC100 Profile Control Pane l, refer to Chapter 6, “Using Profile Utiliti es.”
What to Read First
• To learn how to manage media on disk or over Fibre Channel on a Profile
network, see Chapter 3, “Using Media Manager.”
• If want to use opti onal s oftware appl icat ions, s ee Chapter 8 , “Using the Tool
Box Editor,” Chapter 9, “Using the List Manager,” or Chapter 11, “Using
TimeDelay.” To allocate resources for Tool Box Editor, List Manager, and
TimeDelay, see Chapter 10, “Using the Resource Manager.”
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Starting Your Profile System
Once the unit is properly installed, you are ready to log in. For instructions on
how to install and power-on a PDR100, PDR200, or PDR300 see the
installation manual that came with the unit.
To log in automatically:
Power up the Profile unit , and the start up routine begins. Dur ing normal start
up, you are logged in automati cally and the VdrPanel ap plication st arts. You
can hold down the
process.
NOTE: If you stop the aut omatic log in, or if it fails, t he Windows NT
log in dialog box appears. When logging in, remember that this
dialog box is case-sensitive.
To manually log in:
Shift key during start up to interrupt the automatic log in
1. At the Windows NT 4.0 log in window, enter the username:
(However, you must log in as administrator when installing software,
performing Windows NT administration, starting a service, or setting an
Ethernet IP address.)
2. Use the Tab key to advance to the password field.
3. The password app ea rs as aste ris ks (* ) for pa sswo rd secu ri ty . For the
password, enter:
4. Use the Tab key to advance to the From field.
5. If your domain name or local computer name is not displayed in the box,
click in the box to access a list of choices. Sele ct your domain or local
comp uter na me from th e list.
6. Click
OK or press Enter.
NOTE: If a log in error message appears, and all the information is
correct, try deleting the password and clicking
profile
OK.
profile
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