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Avid MediaLog User’s Guide • Part 0130-05439-01 • February 2003
Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 1 Understanding MediaLog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What Is MediaLog?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How Does MediaLog Work?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
What Are the Basic Logging Steps?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting Up the Hardware (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting Up the Hardware (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Supported Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Turning On the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing MediaLog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing MediaLog on a Windows System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing MediaLog on a Mac OS X System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Starting MediaLog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Up Project Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Identifying a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating a New User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting an Existing User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting Film Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting an Existing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Nesting Projects in Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Backing Up Your Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Ending a Work Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Quitting the MediaLog Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Turning Off Your Equipment (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Turning Off Your Equipment (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 3 Working with the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exploring the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Opening and Closing the Project Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the Bins Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Displaying Folders of Bins in the Bins List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating a Folder in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Creating a New Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Renaming a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening and Closing a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Opening Selected Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Opening Bins from Other Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Closing a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Deleting a Bin or Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Viewing Contents in the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Emptying the Trash in the Bins List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Managing Folders and Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Saving Bins Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Saving Bins Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Understanding Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Defining Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reviewing Basic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Film Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Bin Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Logging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Displaying Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the Settings Scroll List Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Working with Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Selecting Another User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Modifying Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Restoring Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using Site Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Info and Usage Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing Font and Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Customizing Your Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Viewing Keyboard Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the Avid Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using the Communications (Serial) Ports Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 4 Logging Source Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Understanding Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configuring Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Automatic Deck Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Manual Deck Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Deleting Deck Configuration Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting Deck Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Understanding Drop-Frame Timecode and
Non-Drop-Frame Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Preparing to Log Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Accessing and Setting Up the Logging Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Accessing the Logging Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting Up the Logging Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Guidelines for Naming Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Inserting Source Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selecting Active Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Selecting the Target Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Selecting the Source Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Identifying the Source Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Setting the Audio Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Logging from a Source Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Marking and Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Adding a Memory Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Logging On-the-Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Pausing a Deck While Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Logging with the Deck Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Logging Film Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Modifying Clip Information After Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Creating Avid Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Importing Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Importing Standard Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Compatible Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Importing Log Files into MediaLog Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Transferring Bins from Another MediaLog System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 5 Organizing with Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Preparing to Work with Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Film Scene Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Setting the Bin Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Understanding Bin Display Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Brief View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Bin Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Customizing Bin Views in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Saving a Custom Bin View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Bin Fast Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Basic Bin Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selecting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Duplicating Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Moving Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Copying Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Deleting Clips and Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Assigning Colors to Bin Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adding a Color Column to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Assigning a Source Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Assigning a Custom Source Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Limiting Color Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Sifting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Sifting Timecodes or Keycode Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Sifting Within a Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Locking and Unlocking Items in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Arranging Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Moving and Rearranging Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Aligning Bin Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Showing and Hiding Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Deleting a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Duplicating a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adding Customized Columns to a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Changing a Custom Column Heading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Managing Clip Information in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Moving Within Column Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Modifying Clip Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Copying Information Between Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sorting Clips in Text View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Sorting Clips in Ascending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Sorting Clips in Descending Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Multilevel Sorting with Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Sorting Clips by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Displaying Timecodes in a 23p, 24p or 25p Project. . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Frame Counting for Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Adding Timecode Columns to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Adding Timecode Values to the Timecode Columns. . . . . . . . 140
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Bin Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter 6 Creating MediaLog Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Printing Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Exporting Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Transferring Bins to an Avid Editing System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Transferring Projects and Bins Using AFE Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Appendix A Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Understanding Avid Log Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Data Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Sample Avid Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Appendix B Working with a Film Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Creating a Film Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Film Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Setting the Format and Display of Ink Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Transfer Settings for Film Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Setting the Pulldown Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Logging Film Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Displaying Film Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Entering Pulldown Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Determining the Pulldown Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Modifying the Pulldown Phase Before Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Entering Frames-per-Second Rates for PAL Transfers . . . . . . . . . 180
Entering Key Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Entering Additional Timecodes (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Entering the Ink Number (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Entering Additional Film Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tables
Table 1 Settings Scroll List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Table 2 Bin Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Table 3 Settings Display Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Table 4 Window Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Table 5 Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Table 6 Deck Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Table 7 Compatible Log Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Table 8 Import Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Table 9 Object Icon Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Table 10 Range Menu Items for Explicit Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Table 11 Range Menu Items for Implicit Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Table 12 Modifiable Bin Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Table 13 Modify Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Table 14 Timecode Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Table 15 Timecode Frame Counts for Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Table 16 Bin Column Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Table 17 Avid Log Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Table 18 Avid Log Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Table 19 Avid Log Data Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Table 20 Project Types for Systems That Support 23p, 24p and
25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Table 21 Film Setting Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
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This guide provides information about the configuration and operation of
®
MediaLog™.
Avid
n
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models.
Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware
that are covered in the documentation.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is for video and film editors who wish to log clips before
bringing them to an Avid editing system for batch digitizing and editing.
About This Guide
This guide is designed to keep pace with current advances in the Avid
system’s logging capabilities by consolidating in one comprehensive
resource all the information you will need to take advantage of the many
MediaLog options available to you.
This guide includes basic logging information and has the following
overall structure:
• Chapter 1, “Understanding MediaLog,” provides an overview of
MediaLog.
• Chapter 2, “Getting Started,” describes how to set up the hardware and
run MediaLog sessions.
• Chapter 3, “Working with the Project Window,” describes how to
structure and view important information in a project.
Using This Guide
• Chapter 4, “Logging Source Material,” describes how to use
MediaLog to log your clips in preparation for digitizing later when
using Avid editing system products.
• Chapter 5, “Organizing with Bins,” describes how, after creating clips,
you can rename, subcatalog, sort, sift, select, duplicate, and delete
them. This chapter also describes how you can analyze the clips in a
Bin view.
• Chapter 6, “Creating MediaLog Output,” provides information on how
you can print the bins to create a paper record of your log, export the
bin files for use in a different application, or transfer the bins to an
Avid editing system for digitizing and editing the footage.
• The appendixes provide reference information such as specifications
for creating an Avid log file and how to log film information.
• Finally, a detailed Index helps you quickly locate specific topics.
Symbols and Conventions
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Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the
®
Windows
2000, Windows® XP and Mac OS® X operating systems. When
the text applies to a specific operating system, it is marked as follows:
• (Windows) or (Windows only) means the information applies to the
Windows operating system.
• (Macintosh) or (Macintosh only) means the information applies to the
Mac OS X operating system.
The majority of screen shots in this document were captured on a
Windows 2000 system, but the information applies to both Windows 2000
and Mac OS X systems. Where differences exist, both Windows 2000 and
Mac OS X screen shots are shown.
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Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
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> This symbol indicates menu commands (and
t
k This symbol represents the Apple or Command key.
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the mouse button (Macintosh) while you move the
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Ctrl+key
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If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using MediaLog, you should:
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 release notes supplied with your Avid application for the
latest information that might have become available after the hardcopy
documentation was printed.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or
your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Center at www.avid.com/support. Online
services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this
online Knowledge Center to find answers, to view error messages, to
access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read/join
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For Broadcast On-Air Sites and Call Letter Stations, call
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Related Information
This guide frequently refers to other Avid manuals for additional
information. The following table shows the references and the related
manuals.
Avid Editing System References Related Manual
Avid Symphony™ editing guide Avid Symphony Editing Guide
Related Information
Avid Media Composer
and Avid
Film Composer
Avid Xpr ess
Avid NewsCutter
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Avid Xpress and Avid NewsCutter systems do not have input and output
guides. All relevant information is included in the user’s guide for these
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application, including MediaLog. The term Avid editing system refers to
one of the Avid video editing applications such as Avid Symphony, Avid
Media Composer, Avid Film Composer, Avid Xpress, or Avid NewsCutter.
input and output
guide
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editing guide Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Editing
input and output
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user’s guide Avid Xpress User’s Guide
user’s guide Avid NewsCutter User’s Guide
Avid Symphony Input and Output Guide
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Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Input and
Output Guide
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Chapter 1
Understanding MediaLog
MediaLog is a tool that helps you select and log footage before your edit
session. Although you can log footage with Avid editing system products,
using MediaLog can free up your Avid editing system for editing rather
than for logging footage. After logging shots (for example, on a laptop),
you can use your Avid editing system to digitize and edit the footage. In
addition, you can transfer film to National Television Standards
Committee (NTSC) or Phase Alternating Line (PAL) video, use MediaLog
to log the material, and then transfer the logged shots (also known as clips)
to an Avid editing system for digitizing and editing.
This chapter answers the following questions:
• What Is MediaLog?
• How Does MediaLog Work?
• What Are the Basic Logging Steps?
What Is MediaLog?
MediaLog is portable; you can install it on a laptop and on most desktop
computers that are running the Windows NT
Windows
shots from a source tape, your computer must be connected to a deck that
uses Sony
while viewing your source tapes and selecting the shots for your log. You
can also log without a deck and enter the logging information by hand.
®
®
, Mac OS® X, Windows 98,
98,Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system. To log
®
serial deck protocol. MediaLog allows you to control the deck
Chapter 1 Understanding MediaLog
For each shot that you log, MediaLog saves the start and end timecodes,
duration, tracks selected, and tape name.
MediaLog also lets you add new categories of information to your log, so
you can record the scene, take, location, or any other comments that can
help you to identify the footage.
Once you have created a log, the MediaLog Sort command orders your
shots according to criteria you specify. The Sift command uses your
criteria to pick out specific footage, such as all the product shots or all
shots from a certain location.
How Does MediaLog Work?
The MediaLog system uses clips, bins, and projects to organize your work.
MediaLog clips and bins are a lot like their film counterparts. Just as film
editors pull clips from their raw footage and store the clips in bins for the
editing session, MediaLog lets you select shots from your tapes and store
information about the shots in electronic bins.
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A clip corresponds to a shot you select from a tape. Clips contain
information about your footage such as the start and end timecodes and the
number of video and audio tracks. Clips are stored in electronic bins,
which have built-in database capabilities to help you easily find a specific
shot.
Each time you log clips, you open a bin and use Logging Tool controls to
play your tapes, mark the shots, and add the clips to the open bin.
A bin is open while you log clips to it.
Sample Bin
How Does MediaLog Work?
Deck and log controls are in the Logging tool.
Deck controls
Log controls
If you have a log sheet, you can log clips without using a deck. You type
the start and end timecodes for each clip, and then add them to the bin.
MediaLog uses a project file to organize all the work you do on a single
job. You must always create a new project or open an existing project
before you can open a bin and log your shots.
As you work on a project, MediaLog remembers the name of each bin you
open and displays a list of bin names in the Project window. The list is
useful for helping you to quickly access bins.
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Bin names
What Are the Basic Logging Steps?
To perform a logging session:
1. Start your computer and the MediaLog program.
2. Create a new project, or open an existing project.
3. Create a new bin, or open an existing bin.
Sample Project
window
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4. Prepare to log:
a. Select a video format.
b. Enter Logging mode.
c. Select a source name.
5. Select the tracks you want to log from the tape.
6. Log the clips.
7. Save and organize the bin.
8. Quit the MediaLog application, and (optionally) shut down the
computer.
Chapter 2
Getting Started
This chapter describes how to set up the hardware and run MediaLog
sessions.
This chapter covers the following topics:
• Setting Up the Hardware (Windows)
• Setting Up the Hardware (Macintosh)
• Supported Decks
• Turning On the Hardware
• Installing MediaLog
• Starting MediaLog
• Setting Up Project Files and Folders
• Backing Up Your Project Information
• Ending a Work Session
• Using Help
Setting Up the Hardware (Windows)
Make sure your computer meets the following requirements:
• The computer must be running the Windows NT, Windows 98,
Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system.
Chapter 2 Getting Started
• The computer includes at least 32 megabytes (MB) of random-access
MediaLog can control a deck that uses Sony serial deck protocol and a
timecode reader. You can control a single deck by connecting an RS-232
to RS-422 serial adapter kit to the serial port of your computer. MediaLog
can also control a deck through V-LAN
memory (RAM).
®
VLXi® connections.
n
c
n
If you need to connect and control more than one video deck, see the setup
guide for your Avid editing system.
A direct serial video deck connection requires a serial adapter kit that
contains these items (see the following figure):
• An RS-232 to RS-422 serial adapter
• Two serial cables; male 9-pin connectors at both ends
The computer and the deck must be off when you are connecting the
serial cable.
To connect a single deck to your PC:
1. Turn off the computer and the deck.
2. Attach one end of the first 9-pin cable to the end of the serial adapter
labeled RS-232.
3. Attach the other end of the first 9-pin cable to the serial port of your
computer.
When you attach the cable to the serial port on the computer, note if it is
port 1 or port 2. You will have to select the port in the Avid software.
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To your
deck
RS-422 connection
Serial adapter
RS-232 connection
To your
computer
Setting Up the Hardware (Macintosh)
4. Attach one end of the second 9-pin cable to the end of the serial
adapter labeled RS-422.
5. Attach the other end of the second 9-pin cable to the remote serial port
of the deck.
n
Set the deck to Remote mode before you attempt to control the deck using
the software.
For more information about connecting decks, see the setup guide for your
Avid editing system.
Setting Up the Hardware (Macintosh)
Make sure your computer meets the following requirements:
• The computer must be running the Mac OS X operating system.
• At least 12 MB of RAM must be available to run MediaLog (20 MB or
more is preferred when working with large bins).
MediaLog can control a deck that uses Sony serial deck protocol and a
timecode reader.
c
The computer and the deck must be off when you are connecting the
serial cable.
To connect a single deck to your system:
1. Locate a serial cable.
2. Attach the round 8-pin DIN connector to a USB-to-serial adapter.
3. Connect the USB-to-seral adapter to one of the following:
t A USB connector on the rear of your Macintosh G4 system
t A USB hub (See the following figure.)
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USB hub
USB-to-serial adapter
4. Attach the 9-pin D connector to the remote serial connector on the
back of the deck.
n
You might have to place the video deck in Remote mode by turning a
switch before attempting to use the software to control the video deck.
For more information about connecting decks, see the setup guide for your
Avid editing system.
Supported Decks
For a list of supported decks, search for “Supported Decks” in the Avid
Customer Support Knowledge Center on www.avid.com. For instructions
on how to access the Knowledge Center, see the Avid editing application
release notes.
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Turning On the Hardware
To be sure that the computer detects all the attached hardware and to
avoid damage to any component, turn on the hardware in the
following order:
1. If your computer has media drives, turn on each drive.
Wait 15 to 30 seconds for the drives to spin up before you turn on the
computer system; otherwise, the computer will not communicate with
the storage devices successfully.
2. If you will be logging clips using a deck, turn on the deck.
Set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch on the deck to REMOTE.
3. Turn on the computer.
Turning On the Hardware
c
Do not disconnect or turn off individual drives while the
computer is on.
You can now install the MediaLog software.
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Installing MediaLog
This section describes how to install the MediaLog software.
c
c
Do not install the MediaLog application on disks where you store
media.
If you install MediaLog on an Avid editing system, make sure the
MediaLog application is in a folder separate from the Avid editing
application. Each application has its own preferences.
Installing MediaLog on a Windows System
You can install MediaLog on the following Windows operating systems:
•Windows NT
• Windows 98
• Windows 2000
•Windows XP
MediaLog software is shipped on the MediaLog CD-ROM and the Avid
editing application CD-ROM.
n
For information on installing MediaLog from the Avid editing application
CD-ROM, see the release notes for your Avid editing system.
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To install MediaLog software on a Windows system:
1. Quit all Windows applications.
2. Insert the MediaLog CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
If the installer doesn't run automatically after you insert the application
CD-ROM, do the following:
a. Double-click the My Computer icon.
b. Double-click the CD-ROM icon.
c. Double-click Launch.exe to run the installer.
The MediaLog Installer CD-ROM window opens.
3. Click Install Avid MediaLog.
Follow the online instructions to install the software.
When the installation is complete, a message asks if you want to restart
the system.
4. Restart the computer now or later (before you start the MediaLog
application).
Installing MediaLog on a Mac OS X System
For Macintosh systems, MediaLog software is shipped only on the
MediaLog CD-ROM.
Starting MediaLog
n
The Macintosh version of MediaLog v11.7 and later runs only on the
Mac OS X operating system.
To install MediaLog software on a Mac OS X system:
1. Restart your Macintosh system.
2. Quit any applications that run automatically at startup.
3. Insert the MediaLog CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
4. Double-click the MediaLog Installer icon.
Follow the online instructions to install the software.
Starting MediaLog
After you install MediaLog, you are ready to start the application.
To start MediaLog:
1. Turn on the video deck.
2. Set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch on the deck to REMOTE.
3. Turn on the computer.
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c
User folders
Do not run any other Avid editing application on the computer at the
same time as the MediaLog application. The two applications will
conflict with each other.
4. Do one of the following:
t (Windows) Click the Start button, and select Programs > Avid >
MediaLog.
t (Macintosh) Double-click the MediaLog folder to open it, and then
double-click the MediaLog application icon to start MediaLog.
The Select User and Project dialog box opens.
MediaLog project folders are stored
in the Avid Projects folder.
Project folder
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5. Select an existing user and project, or create new ones, as described in
“Setting Up Project Files and Folders” on page 31.
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