Pinnacle Systems Interplay Transfert - 2.5 User Manual

Avid® Interplay® Transfer

Setup and User’s Guide

Version 2.5

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Contents

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 1 Avid Interplay Transfer Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Understanding Interplay Transfer Engine Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Workgroup Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Supported Avid Interplay Transfer Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Location of Interplay Transfer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Networking Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Remote Workgroup Connectivity Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Typical Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Remote Workgroup Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Transfer Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Support for MXF/AAF Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Operating Points Qualified for Interplay Transfer Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 2 Avid Interplay Transfer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Installation and Configuration Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Check List for Installing and Configuring an Interplay Transfer Server . . . . . . . 30

Check List for Installing and Configuring an Interplay Transfer in a

Standalone Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Check List for Installing Interplay Transfer Support Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Turning On the Interplay Transfer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Installing Avid Shared Storage Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Understanding the Software Required for Performing Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Understanding the Workgroup Environment Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Understanding the Standalone Transfer Environment Software. . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installing the Interplay Transfer Engine in a Workgroup Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installing the Interplay Transfer Engine Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing the Interplay Transfer Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing Interplay Transfer Support Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing the Avid Interplay Auto Media Services Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing the Transfer Cache Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing the Interplay Transfer Software in a Standalone Environment . . . . . . . . . 41

Installing the Interplay Transfer Engine on a Standalone Editing System. . . . . 41

Installing the Interplay Transfer Client Software in a

Standalone Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 3 Interplay Transfer Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Opening the Avid Interplay Transfer Engine Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Avid Interplay Transfer Engine Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Setting the Number of Simultaneous Transfers Allowed by the Interplay

Transfer Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Configuring Workgroup Transfer Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring an Avid Interplay Workgroup For Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Opening the Interplay Transfer Settings View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Selecting a Transfer Cache Engine for Monitoring Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adding Interplay Transfer Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adding an Avid AirSpeed Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Setting the Refresh Time of the Interplay Transfer Status Window. . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring a Remote Workgroup for Workgroup-to-Workgroup Transfers. . . . . . . 66

Specifying Interplay Transfer Engines For Direct Transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Enabling Direct Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Settings For Direct Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Naming Workgroup Transfer Presets For Direct Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Performing a Direct Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Configuring a Standalone System to Monitor Transfer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Monitoring Transfer Status from a Standalone System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring Interplay Transfer in a Standalone Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Configuring the Avid Editing Application for Transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Setting Transfer Settings in the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Multi-Channel Mapping for Send to Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Allowing Transfers to Other Workgroups and Workstations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Configuring Capture and Playback of MXF DHM OPIa File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Configuring an FTP Server Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

FTP Server Dialog Box Settings Used to Create an FTP Server Profile . . . . . . 87

Setting an Aspect Ratio For Send To Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Configuring a Generic FTP Playback Device into a Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Filtering Ancillary Data During Send to Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

How Interplay Transfer Turns Off Ancillary Data Tracks for Playback . . . . 93

Configuring a Generic FTP Ingest Device into a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Creating and Editing FTP Directory Profiles on Interplay Transfer Client . . . . . 94

FTP Directory Profile Window Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Configuring the Interplay Transfer Client For Direct Captures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Configuration for Playing Back to a Sony XDCAM SD Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuration for Working with XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX Assets . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Configuration for Working with an Omneon Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Creating an FTP Server Profile for an Omneon Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Port Setting Used For a Omneon Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Adding an Omneon Server for Ingesting XDCAM HD and

XDCAM EX Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Configuring an Avid Interplay Transfer Client for Ingest From an

Omneon Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Configuration for Working with an AirSpeed Multi Stream Server . . . . . . . . . . 104

Configuring a Thunder Production Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Configuring Ingest From FTP Deck Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Adding FTP Ingest Devices into an Interplay Transfer Engine Configuration . 106

Setting the Ingest Device Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Connection Settings For Ingest Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Configuring an Ingest Device Catalog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Configuring a Playback Device Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring the AutoTransfer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Chapter 4 Transferring Avid Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Media Compatibility Between Avid Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Transferring Avid Assets from an Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Transferring Avid Assets from an Interplay Workgroup to Another Workgroup . . . 119

Explanation of Send to Workgroup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Transferring Avid Assets from Workgroup 4.5 to an Interplay Workgroup . . . 122

Automatically Transferring Assets to Another Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Check List for Automatic Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Identify an AutoTransfer Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Automatically Transferring Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Rules of AutoTransfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Transferring Avid Assets in a Standalone Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Transferring Avid Assets to Another Avid Editing System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Transferring Avid Assets to a Playback Device (Send to Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Working with Rundowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Creating a Rundown Schedule File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Transcoding of Mixed Resolution Clips During a Send to Playback . . . . . . . . 129

XDCAM HD Send to Playback Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Transferring Files From an Ingest Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Transferring To and From Generic FTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Workflow: Capturing Clips From an FTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Using the FTP Media Browse Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Workflow: Playing Back to an FTP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Transferring Files From FTP Deck Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Workflow For Using Sony XDCAM SD and XDCAM HD FTP Devices . . . . . . 137

Capturing Clips From FTP Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Workflow: Capturing Clips From an e-VTR Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Workflow: Capturing Clips From an XDCAM Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Chapter 5 Using Frame Chase Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Understanding Frame Chase Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Workflow for Frame Chase Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Using Frame Chase Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Limitations When Working With In-Progress Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

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Chapter 6 Monitoring Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Monitoring Transfers from Within the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Transfer Status Window Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Sorting the Transfer Status Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Clearing the Transfer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Monitoring Transfers from Within Avid Interplay Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Accessing the Interplay Transfer Status Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Understanding the Interplay Transfer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Working with Filters in the Interplay Transfer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Description of Filter Options in the Interplay Transfer Status Window . . . . . . . 158

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Suggested Troubleshooting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Verifying Network Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Increasing the Performance of Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Changing the File Limit of Media Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Additional File Count Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Increasing the Performance of Workgroup-to-Workgroup Transfers . . . . . . . . 164

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid® Interplay® Transfer application. You can use
your application to move Avid assets (media and metadata) and manage the transfer of assets
to and from workgroups in an Avid Interplay environment. You can also use Avid Interplay
Transfer in a standalone environment to move assets between workstations. The Interplay
Transfer system transfers assets to and from supported third-party applications, devices, and
archive integration systems.

This guide contains all the task-oriented instructions, conceptual information, and reference
material you need to transfer assets in an Avid Interplay or in a standalone environment.

This guide is intended for all Avid Interplay Transfer users, from beginning to advanced.

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.

Date Revised Changes Made

10/12/2011 Updated the following:

• “Specifying Interplay Transfer Engines For Direct Transfers” on page 68

• Added new Force UTF-8 option to FTP Directory Profile dialog box. See “FTP

Directory Profile Window Settings” on page 97.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

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> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the

(Windows), (Windows
only), (Macintosh), or
(Macintosh only)

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.

Courier Bold font

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.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.
Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when
handling electrical equipment.

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.

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified
operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

items and keyboard sequences.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

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Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

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:

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,

they are shipped with your application and are also available online.

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document
(README_product.pdf) and is also available online.

You should 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 view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit

the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.

If You Need Help

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.

Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay
Portal

You can quickly access the Interplay Help, PDF versions of the Interplay guides, and useful
external links by viewing the Interplay User Information Center on the Interplay Portal. The
Interplay Portal is a web site that runs on the Interplay Engine.

You can access the Interplay User Information Center through a browser from any system in
the Interplay environment. You can also access it through the Help menu in Interplay Access
and the Interplay Administrator.

The Interplay Help combines information from all Interplay guides in one Help system. It
includes a combined index and a full-featured search. From the Interplay Portal, you can run
the Help in a browser or download a compiled (.chm) version for use on other systems, such
as a laptop.

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To open the Interplay User Information Center through a browser:

1. Type the following line in a web browser:

http://Interplay_Engine_name

For Interplay_Engine_name substitute the name of the computer running the Interplay
Engine software. For example, the following line opens the portal web page on a system
named docwg:

http://docwg

2. Click the “Avid Interplay Documentation” link to access the User Information Center
web page.

To open the Interplay User Information Center from Interplay Access or the Interplay
Administrator:

t Select Help > Documentation Website on Server.

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.

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For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and
books, please visit www.avid.com/support and follow the Training links, or call Avid Sales
at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843).

1 Avid Interplay Transfer Overview

Avid Interplay Transfer Engine lets you transfer Avid assets to and from another workgroup,
send finished sequences to a configured playback device, and capture media from a
configured ingest device.

Interplay Transfer Engine receives and queues transfer requests from one or more clients.
Transfers are then initiated by the Interplay Transfer Engine to off load the client.

You can monitor the status of all transfers using the Interplay Transfer Engine Status view
from within Avid Interplay Access or you can monitor your own transfers from within your
Avid editing application. You can also monitor the status of transfers using the Avid
Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status software. You can designate a single Transfer
Cache engine to monitor the transfers handled by several Interplay Transfer Engines, Avid
AirSpeed

The following topics in this chapter provide an overview of working with Interplay Transfer
Engine:

• Understanding Interplay Transfer Engine Configurations

• Networking Considerations

• Transfer Types

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Multi Stream, or other Interplay Transfer Engine enabled devices.

• Support for MXF/AAF Media

• Operating Points Qualified for Interplay Transfer Playback

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Understanding Interplay Transfer Engine Configurations

Interplay Transfer Engine can be configured in a workgroup or in a standalone
configuration.

Terminology

The following terminology applies to Interplay Transfer configurations:

• Avid shared storage - includes one of the following storage environments:

- Avid ISIS

- Avid Unity MediaNetwork

- Avid Unity LANshare

• Workgroup - another term for Interplay environment. A workgroup always includes an
Interplay Engine and shared storage.

• Standalone environment - the Transfer Engine is not part of an Interplay environment
(workgroup). A standalone environment may or may not include shared storage.

Workgroup Configurations

A workgroup enables collaborative workflows by allowing multiple editors to share media.
For diagrams showing typical shared-storage workgroup configurations, see Avid Interplay
Best Practices.

Your workgroup environment might consist of the following components, depending on the
workgroup configuration:

• Avid Interplay Engine to track and manage Avid shared storage media

• Interplay Transfer Engine to manage the transfer of media to and from the workgroup,
and to and from other workgroups

• Supported Avid editing applications, such as Media Composer

• Avid ISIS, Avid Unity MediaNetwork, or Avid Unity LANshare file server and storage.

• Fibre Channel network that connects the Avid editing systems, Avid Interplay Engine,
and Interplay Transfer Engine server to an Avid Unity MediaNetwork or Avid Unity
LANshare shared storage environment

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•Ethernet
Interplay Transfer Engine server to an Avid ISIS shared storage environment

• Ethernet network used as a general-purpose communication network

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network that connects the Avid editing systems, Avid Interplay Engine, and

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or NewsCutter

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Understanding Interplay Transfer Engine Configurations

Supported Avid Interplay Transfer Configurations

The supported Interplay Transfer Engine configurations are as follows:

• A dedicated Interplay Transfer Engine server connected to Avid shared storage (Avid
ISIS, Avid Unity MediaNetwork, or Avid Unity LANshare) that includes an Avid
Interplay Engine.

• Standalone Interplay Transfer Engine software installed on an Avid editing system that
is connected to Avid shared storage without an Avid Interplay Engine. Each networked
client must install both the Interplay Transfer Engine software and the Interplay
Transfer Engine client software.

Standalone Interplay Transfer Engine is not supported on Avid Instinct® systems.

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• Standalone Interplay Transfer Engine software installed on an Avid editing system with
local storage and no access to shared storage (Windows operating systems only).

• Standalone Avid Interplay Transfer supports the following operating systems on Avid
Media Composer, Avid Symphony, and Avid NewsCutter systems:

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-Microsoft

-WindowsVista

Windows XP Professional

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Business 64

-Windows 7
When installing a standalone Avid Interplay Transfer client on one of these Avid editing

systems, the location of the TMClient.ini file varies depending on the operating system
of the Avid editing system. See “Location of Interplay Transfer Files” on page 19.

Location of Interplay Transfer Files

The location of the Interplay Transfer files depends on the location selected during the
installation process. The tables in this section provide the default locations. If you have any
problems locating the files, you should use the Microsoft Windows Search tool.

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The following table list the locations for Interplay Transfer files on an Interplay Transfer
Engine system.

Files on Interplay Transfer
Engine System Location

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Interplay Transfer log files C:\Documents and Settings\

All Users\Application Data\Avid\Temp\TMServerLog

TMserver.ini C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\

Application Data\Avid\Avid Interplay Transfer Engine

a. The Application Data folder is a hidden folder in Microsoft Windows. To view this folder you need to change the

View settings in the Folder Options dialog box.

The following table list the locations of the Interplay Transfer files on an Interplay Transfer
client system.

Files on Interplay Transfer
Client System Location

Interplay Transfer Client log files (Windows XP Pro) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\

Application Data\Avid\Temp\
(Windows Vista 64 and Windows 7) C:\ProgramData\Avid\

TMClient.ini Standalone Interplay Transfer supports Microsoft Windows

Business 64 operating system. When installing an Avid Interplay Transfer
v2.2 client on a supported Avid editing system, the location of the
TMClient.ini file varies depending on the operating system and type of
Avid editing system.

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Vista®

Standalone Interplay Transfer Engine files

Interplay Transfer log files (Windows XP Pro) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\

Application Data\Avid\Temp\TMServerLog
(Windows Vista 64 and Windows 7)

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Temp\TMServerLog

TMserver.ini (Windows XP Pro) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\

Application Data\Avid\Avid Interplay Transfer Engine
(Windows Vista 64 and Windows 7)

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Avid Interplay Transfer Engine

a. The Application Data folder is a hidden folder in Microsoft Windows. To view this folder you need to change the View

settings in the Folder Options dialog box.

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Networking Considerations

For two workgroups to cooperate, some workstations in one workgroup must have access to
services in the other workgroup. If these workgroups are not in the same site, or are
separated by routers or firewalls, you have to establish access to allow these services to work
together.

The main components are an Avid Interplay Engine and two Interplay Transfer Engines. All
these services are TCP/IP based.

• The Avid Interplay Engine leverages the standard HTTP service on port 80.

• The Interplay Transfer Engines use port numbers that are defined in the services file in
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\. As installed, these port numbers are as
follows:

- 6532 - the Interplay Transfer Engine listens on this port for requests from other TM

servers (for example, initiating a workgroup transfer).

- 6535 - This is the default port used by the Interplay Transfer Engine for connecting

to playback servers (for example, AirSpeed Multi Stream).

- 6539 - The Interplay Transfer Engine listens on this port for incoming requests from

the Transfer Client.

Networking Considerations

Interplay Transfer uses ports 6432 and 6535 to communicate with the sending or receiving
device. After the Transfer Engine establishes the connection, the OS on the external device
assigns a port and notifies the Transfer Engine of the new port number. Then the external
device starts listening on that port. Transfer Engine uses the new port number for sending or
receiving data.

Remote Workgroup Connectivity Rules

For minimal remote workgroup connectivity, the following rules apply:

• Avid editing clients must be able to access the remote Interplay Transfer Engine server
and Avid Interplay Engine services.

• Interplay Transfer Engine servers must be able to access the remote Media Transfer
service. Interplay Transfer Engine servers access only workgroup-local Avid Interplay
Engine services, not remote ones.

• The Avid Interplay Engine must be able to access the remote Interplay Transfer Engine
service.

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Typical Configuration

The following figure shows a typical configuration.

In the above illustration, the term “Interplay Server” refers to the Interplay Engine.

Remote Workgroup Network Configuration

The figure in “Typical Configuration” on page 22 shows only one Avid editing client per
workgroup. You should assume that there are more clients and that each client requires the
same connectivity. To access Interplay Transfer Engine when network traffic is restricted at
the router/firewall point, the network administrator must enable the combinations listed in
the following table.

Use the following table to verify which port numbers to use, depending on your source and
destination.

Remote Workgroup Network Connection Guidelines

Source Destination Port

EditingClient_A_1 Avid Interplay Server_B http:80

EditingClient_A_1 Avid Interplay Transfer Server_B 6539

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Remote Workgroup Network Connection Guidelines (Continued)

Source Destination Port

EditingClient_B_1 Avid Interplay Server _A http:80

EditingClient_B_1 Avid Interplay Transfer Server _A 6539

Avid Interplay Server _A Avid Interplay Transfer Server _B 6539

Avid Interplay Server _B Avid Interplay Transfer Server _A 6539

Avid Interplay Transfer Server_A Avid Interplay Transfer Server _B 6532

Avid Interplay Transfer Server _B Avid Interplay Transfer Server _A 6532

Any additional Avid editing clients should follow the rules listed in “Remote Workgroup

Connectivity Rules” on page 21.

Transfer Types

When you use Interplay Transfer Engine in a workgroup environment, you can use several
types of transfers.

Transfer Types

• You can perform a transfer from within the Avid editing system (for example,
NewsCutter) to another workgroup or playback device. See “Transferring Avid Assets

from an Avid Editing Application” on page 118.

• You can perform a remote transfer from the Avid Interplay Access user interface. See

“Transferring Avid Assets from Workgroup 4.5 to an Interplay Workgroup” on
page 122.

• You can capture media from a configured ingest device to your Avid editing application
bin. See “Transferring Files From an Ingest Device” on page 130.

• If you are working in a broadcast environment, you can transfer finished sequences to a
configured playback device. See “Transferring Avid Assets to a Playback Device (Send

to Playback)” on page 126.

• You can import and export MXF OP1a files into an Avid Unity MediaNetwork, Avid
ISIS, or an Avid editing environment from an FTP server. See “Transferring To and

From Generic FTP Servers” on page 131.

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• You can capture media from FTP video servers. See “Transferring Files From FTP Deck

Devices” on page 137.

• You can perform transfers from an Avid Interplay environment to an Avid Unity
MediaManager v4.5 MXF workgroup environment that includes Avid editing systems
supported in an Avid Interplay environment. See “Transferring Avid Assets from an

Interplay Workgroup to Another Workgroup” on page 119.

Transfers from Avid Interplay to MediaManager v4.5 OMF® workgroups are not supported.

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• You can drag and drop from Avid Unity MediaManager v4.5.x workgroup to an Avid
Interplay workgroup if you are going from the MediaManager browser to a standalone
Avid Interplay Access or to an Interplay Window. See “Transferring Avid Assets from

Workgroup 4.5 to an Interplay Workgroup” on page 122.

• You can edit media during the capture process. See “Using Frame Chase Editing” on

page 143.

• You can create an AutoTransfer folder with a Transfer Preset to automatically transfer
assets to the Interplay Transfer Engine for workgroup-to-workgroup transfers. See

“Automatically Transferring Assets to Another Workgroup” on page 122.

Support for MXF/AAF Media

MXF media created and edited in an Avid editing application can be shared in an Avid
Interplay environment with other Avid MXF-capable devices. For a description of
compatible issue between the various Avid products when working in an Avid Interplay
workgroup, see Avid Interplay Best Practices.

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Any third-party video servers included in an Interplay Transfer Engine workgroup
must support integration with an Avid MXF workgroup. Check with the
manufacturers of the third-party video servers to verify that your video servers
support Avid MXF workgroups.

Operating Points Qualified for Interplay Transfer Playback

Due to variations in FTP servers, Avid cannot guarantee that the GENERIC_FTP and OP1A
_EXPORT profiles will work with all FTP servers. In addition to specific playback devices,
we have also tested with FileZilla and Linux Vsftpd FTP servers.

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Operating Points Qualified for Interplay Transfer Playback

Note that the GENERIC_FTP_PROFILE and the OP1A_EXPORT_PROFILE expect that
the files on the FTP server will have an ".mxf" extension, and that these profiles will not
work with servers that don't.

The Grass Valley K2 does not use MXF extensions and the OP1A_EXPORT_K2 profile was
created to handle that and other differences with that server. This profile may work with
other servers that don't use the extension, but this cannot be guaranteed and it is best to try it
first.

The following table lists the operating points qualified for Interplay Transfer Generic FTP
playback.

For Interplay v2.3, Avid has not qualified AVC-Intra FTP for any specific video servers.

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Support is for Generic FTP only. See the Interplay Transfer Readme for latest information.

Generic_FTP_Profile - DHM Workflows

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Format Ingest Playback W

DV 25 Yes Yes 720 480/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

DV 50 Yes Yes 720 480/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

IMX 30 Yes Yes 720 486/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

IMX 40 Yes Yes 720 486/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

IMX 50 Yes Yes 720 486/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

DNxHD 145 Yes Yes 1920 1080 Interlaced 59.94

DNxHD 120 Yes Yes 1920 1080 Interlaced 50

*XDCAM HD Phase III
4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

AVC-Intra 50 Yes Yes 1440 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50

AVC-Intra 50 Yes Yes 960 720 Progressive 59.94, 50

AVC-Intra 100 Yes Yes 1920 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50

AVC-Intra 100 Yes Yes 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50

*XDCAM HD Phase III
4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

Yes No 1920 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50

Yes No 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50

NTSC/PAL

Interlaced /
Progressive

Frame Rate
NTSC/PAL

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Generic_FTP_Profile - DHM Workflows

Format Ingest Playback W

*XDCAM HD EX
35Mbps VBR

Yes No 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50

H
NTSC/PAL

Interlaced /
Progressive

Frame Rate
NTSC/PAL

* Playback of XDCAM HD formats cannot be performed with GENERIC_FTP_PROFILE.

Avid has qualified the supported XDCAM HD formats with the Omneon Spectrum and
Grass Valley K2 servers. OP1A_EXPORT profile was used for Omneon playback,
OP1A_EXPORT_K2 was used for K2 playback, and GenericFTP was used for ingest.

Avid has qualified the OP1A_EXPORT profile with the Omneon server and the
OP1A_EXPORT_K2 Profile with the Grass Valley K2 server. These profiles may work with
other devices that play and record Sony compliant media, but variations have been found and
these are the only servers that we can guarantee will work. Deviations from the Sony
XDCAM HD specification may result in clips not being recognized as the correct format,
longer splicing and encoding times on export, or failure to work.

OP1A_Export - DET Workflows to Omneon and Other FTP Servers

Frame

Format Ingest Playback W H

Interlaced /
Progressive

Rate
NTSC/PAL

Profile
and Level

XDCAM HD Phase III
4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

XDCAM HD Phase III
4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

XDCAM HD EX
4:2:0 35Mbps VBR

The following table lists the K2 media server playback formats available when setting up an
FTP Server profile using Server Type: OP1A_EXPORT_K2. For information about working
with a K2 server, see the document Working with a Thompson Grass Valley K2 Media
Server.

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No Yes 1920 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50 422@HL

No Yes 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50 422@HL

No Yes 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50 MP@ML

Operating Points Qualified for Interplay Transfer Playback

OP1A_Export_K2 - DET Workflows to Grass Valley K2

Interlaced /

Format Ingest Playback W H

Progressive

Frame
Rate
NTSC/PAL

Profile
and Level

XDCAM HD Phase III

Yes Yes 1920 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50 422@HL

4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

XDCAM HD Phase III

Yes Yes 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50 422@HL

4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

XDCAM HD EX

Yes Yes 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50 MP@ML

4:2:0 35Mbps VBR

Supported Formats for Sony XDCAM Profile - used only with Sony XDCAM Decks

Format Ingest Playback W

H
NTSC/PAL

Interlaced /
Progressive

Frame Rate
NTSC/PAL

DV 25 Yes Yes 720 480/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

DV 50 Yes Yes 720 480/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

IMX 30 Yes Yes 720 486/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

IMX 40 Yes Yes 720 486/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

IMX 50 Yes Yes 720 486/576 Interlaced 29.97, 25

XDCAM HD 1080i

Yes No 1440 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50

17.5 Mbps

XDCAM HD 1080i
25 Mbps

XDCAM HD 1080i
35 Mbps

XDCAM HD 1080p

17.5 Mbps

XDCAM HD 1080p
25 Mbps

XDCAM HD 1080p
35 Mbps

a

a

a

Yes No 1440 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50

Yes No 1440 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50

Yes No 1440 1080 Progressive 23.976

Yes No 1440 1080 Progressive 23.976

Yes No 1440 1080 Progressive 23.976

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1 Avid Interplay Transfer Overview

Supported Formats for Sony XDCAM Profile - used only with Sony XDCAM Decks

Format Ingest Playback W

XDCAM HD Phase III

Yes No 1920 1080 Interlaced 59.94, 50

4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

XDCAM HD Phase III

Yes No 1280 720 Progressive 59.94, 50

4:2:2 50Mbps CBR

a. Half height clips (1440x540) are not supported for 1080p formats.

H
NTSC/PAL

Interlaced /
Progressive

Frame Rate
NTSC/PAL

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2 Avid Interplay Transfer Installation

The following sections are included in this chapter:

• Installation and Configuration Check List

• Turning On the Interplay Transfer Server

• Installing Avid Shared Storage Client Software

• Understanding the Software Required for Performing Transfers

• Installing the Interplay Transfer Engine in a Workgroup Environment

• Installing Interplay Transfer Support Software

• Installing the Interplay Transfer Software in a Standalone Environment

Installation and Configuration Check List

The following sections provide check lists for setting up an Interplay Transfer server and
installing the Interplay Transfer support software in a workgroup environment. There is also
a check list for setting up Interplay Transfer in a standalone environment.

• Check List for Installing and Configuring an Interplay Transfer Server

• Check List for Installing and Configuring an Interplay Transfer in a Standalone

Environment

• Check List for Installing Interplay Transfer Support Software

2 Avid Interplay Transfer Installation

Check List for Installing and Configuring an Interplay Transfer Server

The following table provides a check list of steps for installing and configuring the Interplay
Transfer server in an Avid shared storage workgroup and includes pointers to information
about each step. The check list also covers installing and configuring the Interplay Transfer
client software on an Avid editing system.

Task Section Reference

Check your configuration. See “Supported Avid Interplay Transfer



Configurations” on page 19.

Review network considerations. See “Networking Considerations” on page 21.



Connect the Interplay Transfer server hardware



and cables.

Install cards in the Interplay Transfer server. See “Installing Cards in the Interplay Transfer



(Avid ISIS environment) Make sure the System



Director software is installed and is running.

(Avid Unity MediaNetwork environment) Make sure



Avid Unity File Manager software is installed on the
File Manager server and is running.

Start the Interplay Transfer server. See “Turning On the Interplay Transfer Server”



Install the Avid ISIS or Avid Unity MediaNetwork



client software.

In a workgroup, the Interplay Transfer server is an
Avid shared storage client. Depending on your
Avid shared storage environment, see the
following documents:

For Avid ISIS, see the Avid ISIS client setup
documentation.

For Avid Unity MediaNetwork, see the
Avid Unity MediaNetwork client setup
documentation.

Server” in the Interplay Software Installation and
Configuration Guide.

See the Avid ISIS administrator documentation.

See the Avid Unity File Manager documentation.

on page 33.

See “Installing Avid Shared Storage Client

Software” on page 33.

Make sure the Avid Interplay server has a user



account for the Interplay Transfer server.

Connect the Interplay Transfer application key. See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and



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The two accounts match exactly on the Interplay
Transfer engine and Interplay Engine.

Configuration Guide.