Pinnacle Systems DS - 10.2 Installation Manual
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Contents
Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 1 Installing your Avid DS Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing Avid DS Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing a Standalone Avid DS Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing Multiple Workstations in an Avid DS Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checklist: Installing the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checklist: Installing Avid DS on the Appropriate Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checklist: Installing Avid DS RP on the Appropriate Workstations . . . . . . . . . . 24
Upgrading Existing Avid DS Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Checklist: Upgrading a Standalone Avid DS Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checklist: Upgrading a Workgroup with Multiple Avid DS Workstations . . . . . . 27
Checklist: Removing Avid DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Managing a Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adding a Workstation to a Standalone Avid DS Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting Other Workstations in the Workgroup to the Controller . . . . . . . . . 31
Designating a New Controller for the Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Separating a Workstation from the Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting up and Shutting down a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Restarting a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recovering the Avid DS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Running Avid DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 2 Configuring Avid DS on Avid Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Configuration and Hardware Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Common Installation Scenarios for Avid DS on Avid Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing Avid DS with Avid Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Checklist: Installing Avid DS with Avid Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring the Avid DS Media Storage on Avid Unity MediaNetwork . . . . . . . . . . 40
Preparing to Configure Avid DS Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Connecting an Avid DS Workstation to a Remote Avid Unity Storage . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 3 Conforming Projects in an Avid Interplay Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Avid DS and the Avid Interplay Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Checklist: Setting up Avid DS in an Interplay Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuring the Interplay Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Exporting the Finished Sequence to Avid DS via Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Importing and Opening the Sequence in Avid DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 4 Configuring Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuring the Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using Two Network Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on a Standalone Station . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Managing Microsoft Windows Workgroup Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Naming a Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Managing Microsoft Windows Domain Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sharing Folders and Setting Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sharing Folders in a Windows Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Storing Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Sharing Folders in a Windows Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Creating User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 5 Installing Avid DS Software and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing Avid DS Software Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Uninstalling Avid DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing Avid DS Software on a Standalone Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing Avid DS in a Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing the Avid DS Workgroup Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Avid DS Support Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing Avid Interplay Media Services and Related Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Uninstalling Avid DMS Broker v2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Uninstalling DMS Broker v5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Installing Internet Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing Java Runtime Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing Microsoft SQL Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing Avid Interplay Media Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing Avid Interplay Media Service and Transfer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing the Sentinel Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing Avid MetaFuze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing and Removing the AVI Reference Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Reinstalling Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing and Removing Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing and Removing Type 1 Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing and Removing TrueType Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing Non-European Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Saving Avid DS System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Exporting your Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Importing your Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Saving your Avid DS Deck Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter 6 Installing the Remote Processing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Remote Processing Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Minimal Requirements for Avid DS RP Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Optimizing Network and Remote Processing Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Optimizing CPU Usage on Avid DS RP Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing Avid DS RP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Avid Throttle Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter 7 Licensing Avid DS Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Requesting a License File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Installing the Registered License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chapter 8 Managing Your Storage Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Planning your Storage Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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The Avid Indexing Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Workgroup with Private Projects and Centralized Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Workgroup with Shared Projects and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Workgroup with Shared Storage in an Avid Interplay Environment. . . . . . . . . 112
Sharing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sharing MXF Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sharing OMFI Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Placing High-Resolution Media on the Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Linking Back to MXF Media on the Avid Offline Editing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Configuring your Storage Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Opening the Media Storage Configuration Tool outside Avid DS . . . . . . . . . . 121
Defining your Storage Areas within the Media Indexing Service. . . . . . . . . . . 122
Accessing Storage on another Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Accessing Storage on Workstations in an Avid Interplay Environment. . . . . . 130
Stopping and Starting your Avid Indexing Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
About your Local Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
The DS Archives Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The DS Projects Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The DSPresets Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
The VideoStorage and AudioStorage Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
The DSSystem Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 9 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System . . . . . . . . . 137
Media Services Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Understanding the Media Services Engine Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . 139
Understanding the Standalone Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . 140
Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Chapter 10 Interplay Media Services Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Configuring the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Chapter 11 Using the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Media Services and Transfer Status Tool User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Using the Jobs Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
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Jobs Page Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Customizing the Jobs Page Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Filtering the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Viewing Details About a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Job Details Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Purging the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Prioritizing a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Canceling a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Deleting a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Retrying a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exporting the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Understanding the Providers Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Opening the Providers Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Customizing the Providers Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Viewing Details About a Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Deleting Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Understanding the Services Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Opening the Services Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Displaying Details About a Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Deleting a Media Services Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Understanding the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Opening the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Setting Up User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Reassigning Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Deleting User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 12 Installing Services and Registering Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Registering the Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Verifying a Service is Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
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Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid® DS system. You can use your system to create
broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible production element from full-speed,
high-resolution footage, multimedia artwork and animation, to computer-generated effects
and titling.
This guide is intended for system administrators who are involved in installing and
configuring Avid DS.
The material in this document applies to the Windows® operating system.
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your
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system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the
documentation.
Symbols and Conventions
Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
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c
> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the
Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface
Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.
A note provides important related information, reminders,
recommendations, and strong suggestions.
A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to
your computer or cause you to lose data.
order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the
File menu and then select the Import command.
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list
indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.
items and keyboard sequences.
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
Courier Bold font
Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the
If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using Avid DS:
1. Retry the action carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is
especially important to check each step of your workflow.
2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation
was published:
t If release notes are available, they ship with the application.
t If ReadMe files are available, they are supplied on your Avid DS installation DVD,
the Avid DS application folder, or online.
Always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the
online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To vi ew
these online versions go to
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.
www.avid.com/readme.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are
available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find
answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates,
and to read or join online message-board discussions.
Avid Training Services
Avid makes lifelong learning, career advancement, and personal development easy and
convenient. Avid understands that the knowledge you need to differentiate yourself is always
changing, and Avid continually updates course content and offers new training delivery
methods that accommodate your pressured and competitive work environment.
To learn about Avid's new online learning environment, Avid Learning Excellerator™
(ALEX), visit
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learn.avid.com.
Avid Training Services
For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and
books, please visit
www.avid.com/training or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID
(800-949-2843).
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This section describes how to set up a post-production environment with Avid DS.
Whether this is a new system installation, or an upgrade from an existing system, the
workstation(s) must be prepared with the proper operating system, drivers, and network and
storage connections.
The Avid DS Support Center web site at www.avid.com/ds/support, has all the most recent
software updates, hardware component and firmware drivers.
The Avid DS Support Center also contains many of the instructions and procedures found
here. In many cases, the versions found in the support center have added details and are
presented in a different manner. Users are encouraged to explore the support center and use
whichever resource they find most helpful.
Installing Avid DS Workstations
Due to the various types of hardware platforms and Avid DS workgroup configurations,
there are different installation checklists for upgrading your Avid DS workstation software.
These checklists have specific steps that must be followed in the correct order. Each step will
point you to an appropriate section with more detailed instructions. Return to the checklist
each time that you complete a step.
This section covers the installation of Avid DS on a standalone workstation or as part of an
Avid DS workgroup. In each case, a description of how the various Avid DS software
components or services should be installed.
Avid DS Components
Avid DS Avid DS is the editing, compositing, graphics and finishing
application.
Avid DS Controller The Workgroup Controller is a workstation in a Workgroup
that hosts the Avid Project Indexer service (only applicable in
an Avid DS Workgroup environment).
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Avid DS Workstation
Avid DS
Avid Project Indexer
Avid Media Indexer
Avid DS
MEDIA
PROJECT
DATA
Avid DS Components
Avid DS RP Avid DS RP is the remote processing application used to
Avid Throttle Manager Avid Throttle Manager controls the jobs running on the remote
Avid Media Indexer Avid Media Indexer is an application that gathers media file
Avid Project Indexer Avid Project Indexer defines the DS Workgroup Controller.
generate real-time, playable, cached media in the Avid DS
storages.
processor so that Avid DS has priority access to its media files.
information and the location of all the stored Avid DS audio
and video files. The media files can be stored on a Unity
workspace or a local storage device. In a workgroup, each
Avid DS workstation has a Media Indexer installed.
The service gathers projects, sequences, and clip information
and the location of all the defined Avid DS project roots. There
is only one service per DS Workgroup.
Installing a Standalone Avid DS Workstation
Avid Interplay Media Services
Engine
A provider is a software program that can perform a particular
service for Avid editing application. Avid Interplay Media
Services Engine uses the concept of service providers to match
jobs to suitable providers.
A single standalone Avid DS workstation requires only the installation of the Avid DS
software. The single workstation functions as both controller and media indexing service.
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Installing Avid DS Workstations
CONTROLLER
CLIENT
Avid DS Workstation
- Avid Throttle Manager
- Avid DS RP
- Avid Interplay Media Services
Could run any one of the following:
Installing Multiple Workstations in an Avid DS Workgroup
Two or more Avid DS workstations (including an Avid DS RP workstation), can be
connected as an Avid DS workgroup, enabling the sharing of projects and media between
workstations or the offloading of media management and processing services to a dedicated
workstation.
To optimize the operation of a workgroup, we recommend connecting an ordinary
workstation (i.e. a non-Avid DS workstation) to the workgroup and designating it as the
controller. The controller manages all indexing and remote processing services, so that the
Avid DS workstations can be dedicated to editing tasks.
This workstation would have the same system requirements as an Avid DS RP—see
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“Minimal Requirements for Avid DS RP Workstation” on page 98.
In a more elaborate environment, more than one RP workstation may be providing services
to several Avid DS workstations. (You can’t run Avid DS RP and Avid DS simultaneously
on a workstation.)
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ADDITIONAL RP WORKSTATION
Running Avid DS RP
Each RP workstation added to the
workgroup should be configured
the same as this one.
Avid DS Workstation
CLIENT 3
Running Avid DS
Running:
- Avid DS RP
- Avid Interplay Media Services
- Avid Throttle Manager
CLIENT 1
Avid DS Workstation
Running Avid DS
Each Avid DS workstation added to
the workgroup should be configured
the same as this one.
CONTROLLER
LOCAL AREA NETWORK
CLIENT 2
Avid DS Workstation
To properly configure an Avid DS workgroup, you should have a basic understanding of
Windows user account management. All workstations should be connected to the same
network so that they can access each other’s project files and media when necessary.
Refer also to “Planning your Storage Locations” on page 107 for the various media storage
configurations. If you are using Avid Unity MediaNetwork as storage, you may use it in any
of these workgroup scenarios.
Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation
Before installing the Avid DS software, prepare your workstation(s) with the proper
operating system, drivers, and network and storage connections.
This checklist applies only to workstations on which you are installing Avid DS. It is not
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required if you are only installing Avid DS RP on a workstation—see
Avid DS RP on the Appropriate Workstations” on page 24.
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
“Checklist: Installing
Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation
Step Refer to
Read the latest ReadMe and Known Limitations
document on the Avid DS Support Center web site.
Request an Avid DS license for each workstation on
which you are going to install Avid DS.
Make sure the workstation is properly connected to
any necessary peripheral and storage devices.
Start the workstation.
On new Avid DS systems, the Windows XP
operating system is already installed, but the
Windows XP product ID may be required for license
confirmation.
You will be asked to create a user account (other than
Administrator).
After setting up a user account, switch to the
administrator account to install Avid DS.
• Press Ctrl+Atl+Del twice to get the Windows
login dialog.
• Type administrator for the User ID and leave the
Password field blank.
• After you log in as administrator, add a password
for the administrator, so that the Avid DS
indexing services function properly.
Go to www.avid.com/ds/support and select
Documentation > Online Library.
“Requesting a License File” on page 105
Avid DS-HP Z800 Configuration Guidelines
(or Avid DS Configuration Guidelines for your PC)
“Creating User Accounts” on page 59
Microsoft Windows online help.
Click Start > Help and Support.
On 64-bit systems, make sure that Windows Media
Encoder 9 Series is installed. This is needed to allow
the output and capture of WMV files.
The workstation MUST have a unique IP address.
Make sure that you have a valid network connection
for your Avid DS workstation whether it is
connected to a network or is standalone.
If you are running a standalone workstation, and don’t have a valid network connection, you need to
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simulate one by creating a loopback connection—see “Installing the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on
a Standalone Station” on page 54.
Create a user account for each workstation user.
Go to the Microsoft Download Center at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/.
“Configuring the Network Connection” on page 51
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Step Refer to
• If you are part of a Windows Workgroup... “Managing Microsoft Windows Workgroup
Accounts” on page 55
• If you are part of a Windows Domain... “Managing Microsoft Windows Domain Accounts”
on page 56
Name the workstation to uniquely identify. “Naming a Workstation” on page 56
Turn off Simple File Sharing, so that other Avid DS
software components can access the shared folders
for data and media.
From Windows Explorer (My Computer), select
Tools > Folder Options... > View.
Under Advanced settings, deselect the Use simple
file sharing (Recommended) check box.
Use a network timing software to maintain
synchronization between the workstations
within a workgroup.
Install the necessary drivers for the workstation.
When installing the drivers, reboot the workstation
each time you are asked to do so.
If you purchased a new Avid DS system, the
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drivers and firmware needed to run Avid DS
are already installed on your system.
If you are adding an external monitor to the
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workstation, refer to the NVIDIA Drivers
section on the DVD or the Support Center for
configuration instructions.
If the workstation has a local storage device, make
sure the stripe volume has been created.
You are now ready to install Avid DS on the
workstation(s).
Use the appropriate checklist for installing:
• a single standalone Avid DS workstation “Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation” on
• multiple connected Avid DS and/or Avid DS RP
workstation(s).
Use the Avid DS Software & Drivers DVD, or
download the latest drivers from the Avid DS Support
Center web site: www.avid.com/ds/support.
Avid DS v10.x System Setup Guide in the Online
Library on the Avid DS Support Site
page 21
“Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations” on page
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Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation
Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation
For a standalone Avid DS workstation, you only need to install Avid DS.
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
Step Refer to
Ensure that the workstation has been fully prepared
for the install.
Log on to the workstation.
Install Avid DS. “Installing Avid DS Software Components” on
Download and Install the latest Avid DS upgrades
and/or fixes (if any).
Create the license file for the workstation. “Installing the Registered License File” on page
Any new storage areas automatically have full
read/write access by any user on the network. To
restrict access to the media, change the share
permissions through Windows.
Configure the media storage areas on each Avid DS
workstation.
By default, the Avid DS installation configures one
audio and one video storage on each workstation.
Check the storage device configuration to set the Disk
Controller Type and Disk Storage Type correctly.
“Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation”
on page 18
page 64
Use the Avid DS Software & Drivers DVD, or
download the software from the Avid Download
Center www.avid.com/ds/support.
Online instructions to install software updates.
(Then reboot the workstation.)
106.
“Sharing Folders and Setting Permissions” on page
57
“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 121.
Set the path to the projects folder. Establishing the Project Folder in the Help.
Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new project.
If you receive a Project Indexer message when
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you create a new sequence, contact Avid DS
Support Center immediately to resolve the
problem.
Creating a Project in the Help.
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Step Refer to
Repeat these steps for each Avid DS workstation and
continue on to Checklist: Installing Avid DS RP on
the Appropriate Workstations if you want to install
Avid DS RP on a workstation.
Establishing the Project Folder in the Help.
Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations
To upgrade an existing Avid DS workgroup, follow the instructions in this section. The order
in which you install the Avid DS software and services is critical, especially when
configuring RP workstations. In order to install Avid DS on multiple workstations, the
following three checklists must be completed.
• Checklist: Installing the Controller
• Checklist: Installing Avid DS on the Appropriate Workstations
• Checklist: Installing Avid DS RP on the Appropriate Workstations
Checklist: Installing the Controller
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
Step Refer to
Determine the appropriate workgroup configuration. “Installing Avid DS Workstations” on page 15
In a workgroup, first install the controller. “Installing the Avid DS Workgroup Controller” on
page 73
Use the Avid DS Software & Drivers DVD, or
download the software from the Avid Download
Center www.avid.com/ds/support.
After the controller has been installed, install and
connect other workstations in the workgroup.
“Checklist: Installing Avid DS on the Appropriate
Workstations” on page 22
Checklist: Installing Avid DS on the Appropriate Workstations
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
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Step Refer to
Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations
Ensure that each Avid DS workstation has been
fully prepared for the install.
Log on to the workstation.
Install Avid DS.
In a workgroup environment, the
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controller must be installed before you
install Avid DS on the workstations.
Install the latest Avid DS updates and/or fixes (if
any).
Follow the online instructions to install these
software updates, then reboot the workstation.
Install Avid Interplay Media Services “Installing Avid Interplay Media Services and Related
Create the license file on each workstation where
Avid DS is installed.
Any new storage areas automatically have full
read/write access by any user on the network. To
restrict access to the media, change the share
permissions through Windows.
Configure the media storage areas on each
Avid DS workstation.
By default, the Avid DS installation configures
one audio and one video storage on each
workstation. Check the storage device
configuration to set the Disk Controller Type and
Disk Storage Type correctly.
“Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation” on
page 18.
“Installing Avid DS Software Components” on page 64.
Use the Avid DS Software & Drivers DVD, or download
the software from the Avid Download Center
www.avid.com/ds/support.
Download the latest upgrades and/or fixes.
Applications” on page 79
“Installing the Registered License File” on page 106.
“Sharing Folders and Setting Permissions” on page 57
“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 121
Set the path to the projects folder. Establishing the Project Folder in the Help
If you are using Avid Unity as your storage,
install the Avid Unity MediaNetwork software
on each client workstation.
If you are using Avid DS in an Interplay
enviroment.
“Checklist: Installing Avid DS with Avid Unity” on page
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“Installing Avid Interplay Media Services and Related
Applications” on page 79
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Step Refer to
Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new
project.
If you receive a Project Indexer message
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when you create a new sequence, contact
Avid DS Customer Service immediately to
resolve the problem.
Creating a Project in the Help
Checklist: Installing Avid DS RP on the Appropriate Workstations
After the controller and the Avid DS workstations have been installed, install Avid DS RP on
the workstations that will serve as remote processing workstations.
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
Step Refer to
Install Avid DS RP. “Installing Avid DS RP” on page 100.
Use the Avid DS Software & Drivers DVD, or
download the software from the Avid Download Center
www.avid.com/ds/support.
Test remote processing on the newly installed
RP workstation.
• Start Avid DS RP and check that no error
messages are displayed.
• Start Avid DS on any workstation in the
workgroup.
Test remote processing on an Avid DS RP
workstation (if used by the workgroup).
• Start Avid DS RP on the controller, and
check that no error messages are displayed.
• Start Avid DS on any workstation in the
workgroup.
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Upgrading Existing Avid DS Workstations
• Create a sequence, apply an effect on a
short clip, then send the job to be processed
remotely. After processing is complete,
verify that the processed effect plays back
correctly on the timeline.
If you have more than one RP
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workstation in your workgroup, Avid DS
will direct your request to the first
available RP workstation. You can test
individual RP workstations by closing
Avid DS RP on the other RP
workstations.
Understanding Processing in the Help
Select the Process Remotely option in the
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Processing dialog box.
Upgrading Existing Avid DS Workstations
This section describes how to perform a software upgrade on your workstations.
If you only need to reinstall hardware component drivers or system firmware, refer to the
Avid DS Support Center web site at
If you are upgrading from an earlier version than v7.5, refer to the Avid DS Support Center
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web site for detailed instructions.
www.avid.com/ds/support for the most recent updates.
Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an Upgrade
Before upgrading the software, it is very important to archive your existing projects and save
your Avid DS user preferences. You can then update your system drivers and firmware, and
lastly, upgrade your software.
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
Step Refer to
Read the online release notes and Readme instructions
on the Avid DS Support Center web site.
Request an Avid DS license for each workstation on
which you are going to install Avid DS.
Go to www.avid.com/ds/support and select
Documentation > Online Library.
“Requesting a License File” on page 105
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Step Refer to
Archive your existing projects.
Do NOT directly open projects created using previous
versions of Avid DS without first archiving them. Once
a sequence is opened in a newer version of Avid DS, it
cannot be opened using a previous version. Therefore,
it’s best to archive your projects before upgrading.
Save your current Avid DS layouts and preferences. “Saving Avid DS System Settings” on page 94
Uninstall the previous version of Avid DS as well as
any plug-ins.
Ensure that all workstations are upgraded to Windows
XP Service Pack 2, or Windows Professional x64
Edition and Service Pack 1.
Install the latest Windows XP hot fixes from the
Microsoft web site.
Download the latest drivers and firmware files for the
workstations.
Install these files as instructed on the web site.
After the operating system and necessary hardware
drivers have been updated, use the appropriate
checklist to install the software:
Archiving Projects in the Help
“Checklist: Removing Avid DS” on page 29
www.avid.com/ds/support
v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
Avid Download Center: www.avid.com/ds/support
• on a single standalone Avid DS workstation “Checklist: Upgrading a Standalone Avid DS
Workstation” on page 26
• on more than one Avid DS and/or Avid DS RP
workstation(s) connected together
“Checklist: Upgrading a Workgroup with Multiple
Avid DS Workstations” on page 27
Checklist: Upgrading a Standalone Avid DS Workstation
For a standalone Avid DS workstation, you need to install only Avid DS. The Project
Indexer and Media Indexer are installed automatically.
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
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Step Refer to
Upgrading Existing Avid DS Workstations
Ensure that the workstation has been fully prepared
for the install.
Install Avid DS. “Installing Avid DS Software Components” on page
Install the necessary Avid DS components on this
workstation.
If there are any fixes for this version, install them as
well.
Install the license file for the workstation. “Installing the Registered License File” on page 106
Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new project.
If you receive a Project Indexer message when you
create a new sequence, contact Avid DS Support
Center immediately to resolve the problem.
Configure the Media Storage.
By default, the Avid DS installation configures one
audio and one video storage on each workstation. If
you had existing storage, your storage areas are now
shared using ds_media names (e.g. ds_media,
ds_media_1, ds_media_2).
Determine the physical storage devices/drives to
which these correspond, and check that you are
capturing media to the correct location. Also check
the storage device configuration to set the Disk
Controller Type and Disk Storage Type correctly.
“Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an
Upgrade” on page 25
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Use the Avid DS Software & Drivers DVD, or
download the software from the Avid Download
Center www.avid.com/ds/support.
Creating a Project in the Help
“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 121
Restore the Avid DS layouts and preferences saved
from the previous version.
“Saving Avid DS System Settings” on page 94
Checklist: Upgrading a Workgroup with Multiple Avid DS Workstations
To upgrade an existing Avid DS workgroup, follow the instructions in this section. The order
in which you install the Avid DS software and services is critical, especially when
configuring RP workstations.
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This checklist assumes no changes to the existing workgroup configuration. To change the
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workgroup configuration, (for instance, to designate a different workstation as controller),
“Managing a Workgroup” on page 30.
see
If you want to keep one or more workstations running earlier versions of Avid DS, then you
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must create a separate workgroup for these workstations.
Use these steps to upgrade each workstation. Follow these steps in the order that they are
listed. Each time you link to another topic within a step, make sure you return to the
checklist after you have completed that procedure.
Step Refer to
Make sure that each workstation has been fully
prepared for the install.
Insert the Avid DS Software and Drivers DVD into
your drive,
OR
Download the latest Avid DS software and updates
from the web.
Install the Controller.
First, install the necessary Avid DS components on
the controller.
If there are any fixes for this version, install them as
well.
Install Avid Interplay Media Services. “Installing Avid Interplay Media Services and
Install Avid DS and/or related software on each
workstation.
Create the license file for each workstation. .
Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new project.
If you receive a Project Indexer message when you
create a new sequence, contact Avid DS Support
Center immediately to resolve the problem.
“Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an
Upgrade” on page 25
Avid Download Center: www.avid.com/ds/support
“Installing the Avid DS Workgroup Controller” on
page 73
Related Applications” on page 79
Refer to corresponding checklists for desired
software installations.
Creating a Project in the Help
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Step Refer to
Checklist: Removing Avid DS
Configure the media storage areas on each Avid DS
workstation.
By default, the Avid DS installation configures one
audio and one video storage on each workstation.
Check your storage device configuration to set the
Disk Controller Type and Disk Storage Type correctly.
If you are using Avid Unity as your storage, install the
Avid Unity MediaNetwork software on each client
workstation.
If you want to use Avid DS RP on a workstation(s),
install Avid DS RP on these workstations.
Test remote processing on an Avid DS RP workstation
(if you have one in your workgroup).
• Start Avid DS RP on the controller, and check the
messages in the interface to make sure that no
error is displayed.
• Start Avid DS on any workstation in the
workgroup.
• Create a sequence, apply an effect on a short clip
and send the job to be processed remotely. After
processing is complete, verify that the processed
effect plays back correctly on the timeline.
“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 121
“Installing Avid DS with Avid Unity” on page 39
“Checklist: Installing Avid DS RP on the
Appropriate Workstations” on page 24
Understanding Processing in the Help.
Select the Process Remotely option in the
Processing dialog box.
If you have more than one RP workstation in your workgroup, Avid DS will direct your request to the
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first available RP workstation. You can test individual RP workstations by closing Avid DS RP on the
other RP workstations.
Restore your Avid DS layouts and preferences that
you saved from your previous version.
“Saving Avid DS System Settings” on page 94
Checklist: Removing Avid DS
If you need to uninstall the Avid DS software, you MUST first remove any plug-ins or
codecs that were installed on your system.
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If you uninstall Avid DS before uninstalling the plug-ins, the uninstall procedure will
fail.
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1 Installing your Avid DS Environment
Follow these steps in the order that they are listed. Each time you link to another topic within
a step, make sure you return to the checklist after you have completed that procedure.
Step
Save existing Avid DS layouts, presets, preferences, toolbars, and key command maps.
Refer to “Saving Avid DS System Settings” on page 94
Remove all the Avid DS plug-ins or codecs.
• Click the Start button, and select Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
• In the Currently Installed Programs list, check for any installed plugs-ins.
• Select the plug-ins one at a time, and click the Change/Remove button. Repeat this step until they are
all removed.
If you cannot remove some plug-ins, continue with the next one until completion, and then manually
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delete the \Plug-in folder.
If the Avid DS 32-bit version is installed, uninstall it before uninstalling the other Avid DS components.
Remove the installed drivers and firmware via Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
Remove Avid DS.
• Click the Start button, and select Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
• In the Currently Installed Programs list, select the Avid DS software that you want to remove.
• When the setup program starts, select the Remove option, then click Next.
• Select Ye s to remove all components.
• When all components are removed, click Yes to restart the workstation.
Managing a Workgroup
This section describes how to Manage an Avid DS Workgroup, including how to connect
more workstations to a workgroup, change the controller of a workgroup, and create a new
workgroup.
For issues related to Media Indexing Services, please refer to the online support page related
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to Troubleshooting indexing services.
Adding a Workstation to a Standalone Avid DS Workstation
To connect a new workstation (either Avid DS or Avid DS RP) to a standalone workstation,
you need to first set up an Avid DS workgroup. In a workgroup, at least one workstation
must be designated as the controller.
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