Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools AVoption XL - 5.3.1 Instruction Manual

Pro Tools

AVoption|XL Guide

Version 5.1.3 on Macintosh

Version 5.3.1 on Macintosh or Windows

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contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Pro Tools AVoption|XL

AVoption|XL Components

FilmFrame

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Chapter 2. AVoption|XL Hardware Overview

AVoption|XL Hardware Capabilities

Required Hardware

Sync Hardware

Local Storage Hardware

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Chapter 3. Installing AVoption|XL

Installing AVoption|XL Software

Installing AVoption|XL Hardware

Authorizing AVoption|XL

Installing the SCSI Accelerator

AVoption|XL Video Connections

AVoption|XL Breakout Box

Using NTSC and PAL

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Chapter 4. Recording and Adding to the Movie Track

The Movie Track

Movie Track Options

Recording Video

Timebase Correction

Setting S-Video or Component Output

MachineControl

Exporting Files from Avid Programs

Adding OMFI Video Clips

Importing a QuickTime Movie

Undo/Redo for Video Editing Commands

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Chapter 5. Playing and Editing the Movie Track

Movie Online

Movie Offline

Playback Viewing

Moving the Movie Track or Video Clips

Copying Video Clips

Clearing Selected Video Clips

Locking the Movie Track

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Appendix A. Slot Configurations for AVoption|XL

Appendix B. FilmFrame Workflows

Index

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chapter 1

Introduction to Pro Tools AVoption|XL

AVoption|XL combines the powerful audio post­production features of Pro Tools with integrated
support for the import, capture, and playback of
Avid video media.

AVoption|XL Components

AVoption|XL consists of software, a Meridien
Digital Media Board (PCI card) that you install
in a Pro Tools audio system, and a Breakout Box
that connects to the PCI card. The Pro Tools au­dio hardware provides digital audio recording,
editing, mixing, and processing. AVoption|XL
provides video capture and import, full-screen
video playback on an external PAL or NTSC
monitor, professional quality video compres­sion, and the capability to record and play back
uncompressed video.

AVoption|XL includes the following:

• Meridien Digital Media Board

• AVoption|XL Breakout Box

• Connector cable

• AVoption|XL Installer CD-ROM

• AVoption|XL iLok License Card for
Pro Tools|HD systems

– and –

• AVoption|XL Authorizer floppy disk for
Pro Tools|24 MIX and Pro Tools|24 systems

AVoption|XL Capabilities

AVoption|XL lets you:

• Import and capture multiple NTSC or PAL
video clips to the Movie track.

• Play the Movie track with near sample-accu­rate precision against audio tracks in a
Pro Tools session.

• Spot or Slip video clips to a new time code lo­cation, and spot audio to video.

• Spot individual video clips to new locations in
the Movie track.

• View video edits and clip definitions in the
Movie track.

• View the Movie track as a series of picture
frames.

• Play video on an external NTSC or PAL moni­tor.

You can also:

• Import JFIF video media files from Meridien­based Avid systems such as Media Composer,
Symphony, and Xpress into the Movie track
of a Pro Tools session.

• Capture JFIF format video media in the Movie
track of a Pro Tools session, while recording
audio simultaneously.

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FilmFrame

The FilmFrame™ option enables support for
true 24P (Progressive Scan) picture media in
AVoption|XL. Using FilmFrame, you can import
and play back 24P material created in Avid video
workstations. 24P indicates 24 frames per sec­ond using progressive image storage, as opposed
to interlaced fields.

When using FilmFrame, all clips in the Movie
track should be 24P. This is because the first
frame in the Movie track sets the video engine
to the appropriate speed. If the first clip is 24 fps,
the entire Movie track will play at 24 fps. This
will effect the playback speed of any subsequent
clips of different speeds.

FilmFrame is installed with AVoption|XL. To au­thorize FilmFrame, use your FilmFrame authori­zation key disk or iLok license card, and follow
the same steps used for authorizing AVop­tion|XL (see “Installing AVoption|XL Software”
on page 9).

For examples of common FilmFrame Work­flows, see Appendix B, “FilmFrame Workflows.”

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chapter 2

AVoption|XL Hardware Overview

AVoption|XL consists of two hardware compo­nents: a Meridien Digital Media Board that in­stalls in a PCI slot in your computer, and an
AVoption|XL Breakout Box that connects to the
card in your computer. A Video I/O Board, in­stalled in the AVoption|XL Breakout Box, pro­vides video inputs and outputs from your com­puter to the rest of your video equipment.

AVoption|XL Hardware Capabilities

AVoption|XL hardware:

• Receives composite, component, S-video, or
(optional) SDI video signal.

• Digitizes incoming video.

• Compresses digitized video using advanced
JFIF compression.

• Outputs composite, component, S-video, and
(optional) SDI video signals.

• Captures and plays back uncompressed video.

JFIF Video Compression

The Meridien board captures and plays back
video media in JPEG File Interchange Format
(JFIF). JFIF compression levels provide variable
levels of compression for your video project, de­pending on the recording input selected. The
available JFIF resolutions are:

• Single field: 5:1s, 4:1s, 2:1s

• Two fields: 20:1, 10:1, 3:1, 2:1, 1:1 (uncom­pressed)

High JFIF compression ratios (such as 20:1 or
10:1) do not require as much storage space as
low compression ratios (such as 3:1 or 2:1); how­ever, video resolution is much better at low
compression ratios.

The lowest JFIF resolution for two fields is 20:1,
and the maximum resolution is 1:1 (uncom­pressed).

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JFIF Compression and Storage

File sizes for JFIF compressed video media will
vary, depending on the selected video input.

The following tables list the approximate
amount of video storage, in megabytes per sec­ond, required for each JFIF compression level.

Storage for Single-Field JFIF

JFIF
level

5:1s .7

4:1s 2.7

2:1s 5.5

Storage Required for Two-Field JFIF

JFIF
level

20:1 1.1

10:1 2.2

3:1 7.3

30/25 FPS
Storage
(MB/second)
(approximate)

30/25 FPS
Storage
(MB/second)
(approximate,
except 1:1)

Required Hardware

To install and use AVoption|XL, you must first
install a currently supported version of
Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools|24 MIX, or
Pro Tools|24 (Macintosh only).

Minimum System Requirements

• Digidesign-qualified computer

• Mac OS 9.1 or 9.2

– or –

Windows XP Professional Edition

• At least 512 MB of RAM

• Digidesign qualified expansion chassis (re­quired for Macintosh, optional for Windows)

• Digidesign qualified storage adapters (one for
audio and one for video):

• SCSI HBA

• FireWire (audio only)

• Fiber Channel for Avid Unity™ MediaNet

For an up-to-date list of Digidesign-quali­fied computers, video cards, SCSI accelera­tors, and hard drives, visit the Digidesign
Web site (www.digidesign.com).

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1:1 22

1:1 (uncompressed) data storage levels are
not approximate. The amount of data re­quired to store 1:1 video is always the same,
regardless of the video input used.

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Supported CPUs

• Power Macintosh 9600

• Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)

• Power Macintosh G4

Older G3 Macintosh systems (beige) are not
supported.

• IBM M-Pro 6850

• Compaq 8000

3:1 Video Compression or Higher 2:1 Video Compression or 1:1

(Uncompressed)

Minimum AVoption|XL System Requirements

Item Minimum Requirement

CPU Power Macintosh 9600,

Blue & White G3, or G4
IBM M-Pro 6850 or Compaq
8000

PCI Expansion
Chassis

SCSI accelerator Qualified SCSI accelerator

SCSI hard drives Qualified hard drives are

Striped hard drives Depending on the drive

Avid Unity
MediaNet
(optional)

Sync peripheral SYNC I/O with HD or MIX sys-

Digidesign or Magma 13-Slot
(optional on Windows)

(ATTO EPCI-DC, UL2D, UL3D,
or Digidesign SCSI 64)

required; for more informa­tion, see the Digidesign Web
site (www.digidesign.com).

speed, a 2-way striped or 4­way striped drive may be nec­essary for video playback.

Qualified Fibre Channel PCI
card (ATTO 3300, JNI
FCE3210C, or JNI
FCE3210N).

tems or Universal Slave
Driver (USD) with MIX sys­tems

Minimum AVoption|XL System Requirements

Item Minimum Requirement

CPU Power Macintosh 9600,

Blue & White G3, or G4
IBM M-Pro 6850 or Compaq
8000

PCI Expansion
Chassis

SCSI accelerator
(video)

SCSI accelerator
(audio)

SCSI hard drives Qualified hard drives are

Striped hard drives Depending on the drive

Avid Unity
MediaNet
(optional)

Digidesign or Magma 13-Slot
(optional on Windows)

Qualified SCSI accelerator
(ATTO EPCI-UL2D or UL3D
LVD Accelerator required for
2:1 or 1:1 video compres­sion)

Qualified SCSI accelerator
(ATTO EPCI-DC, UL2D, UL3D,
or Digidesign SCSI 64
required for 2:1 or 1:1 video
compression)

required; for more informa­tion, see the Digidesign Web
site (www.digidesign.com).

speed, a 2-way striped or 4­way striped drive may be nec­essary for video playback.

Qualified Fibre Channel PCI
card (ATTO 3300, JNI
FCE3210C, or JNI
FCE3210N).

Sync peripheral SYNC I/O with HD or MIX sys-

tems or Universal Slave
Driver (USD) with MIX sys­tems

On Windows with Avid Unity, 1:1 video is
not currently supported with an expansion
chassis.

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Sync Hardware

Synchronization Peripheral

AVoption|XL requires SYNC I/O for use with
Pro Tools|HD systems. AVoption|XL requires
Universal Slave Driver (USD) or SYNC I/O for
use with Pro Tools|24 and Pro Tools|24 MIX sys­tems.

Using Two Hard Drives

For scenarios that do not require a high audio
track count or a very long video segment, you
may use two hard drives.

In this scenario, one drive is used to record, im­port, and play back audio data, and the other is
used to do the same for video.

Using More Than Two Hard Drives

Sync Source

For accurate synchronization during capture
and playback, a house sync source or black burst
generator is required.

Local Storage Hardware

SCSI Accelerators

To support the high transfer rates required by
AVoption|XL video, a qualified dual-channel
SCSI accelerator is required, with audio drives
connected to one channel and video drives con­nected to the other channel. For 2:1 compres­sion or 1:1 uncompressed video, two SCSI accel­erators are required.

SCSI Hardware and Drives with Video Compression Level 3:1 or Higher

If you are using 3:1 video compression or higher
at all times, then your system requires only a
single dual channel SCSI accelerator, with audio
drives connected to one channel and video
drives connected to another. Qualified dual
channel SCSI accelerators include the ATTO
UL2D or UL3D, or the Digidesign SCSI 64.

To get the highest possible performance from
your AVoption|XL system, you can use more
than two hard drives. In this scenario, you can
use striped hard drives for video data. Striped
volumes appear to AVoption|XL as a single vol­ume.

Striped drives are supported for video only.
Striped drives are not supported for audio.

Audio

AVoption|XL can store audio data to mul­tiple hard drives. You should allocate audio
tracks to different hard drives manually. “Round
robin” disk allocation is not recommended in a
system that includes video drives. For more in­formation, see the

Video

AVoption|XL can capture a contiguous
video track to multiple hard disks. This is useful
if the length of your video session exceeds the
storage space available on a single drive. For ex­ample, 26 minutes of video material, using 3:1
compression, requires approximately 11.1 GB of
storage space.

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SCSI Hardware and Drives with Video Compression Level 2:1 or 1:1

If you are using 2:1 or 1:1 video compression,
your system requires two SCSI accelerators—one
for audio and one for video. Any combination
of the following is acceptable: SCSI 64, ATTO
EPCI-DC, EPCI-UL2D, or EPCI-UL3D.

Striped Drive Requirements

Striped

drives are configured so that multiple
hard drives behave as if they are one hard drive.
This makes higher data throughput possible. Re­quirements will vary depending on the drives.
For instance, the 5th-Generation DigiDrives™
(released November 2001) require 2-way striped
drives when capturing or playing uncompressed
(1:1) video. For earlier generations of drives, 4­way striped drives (4 drives acting as one) are re­quired when capturing or playing uncom­pressed (1:1) video. 2-way striped drives (2
drives acting as one) are required when captur­ing or playing 2:1 compressed video.

2-way striped drives should be connected in
pairs to the video accelerator, with 1 drive con­nected to each channel.

4-way striped drives should be connected in
pairs to the video accelerator, with 2 or more
drives connected (in even amounts) to each
channel.

Pro Tools with AVoption|XL does not sup­port striped audio drives for local storage.

For information on Avid Unity MediaNet,
refer to your Avid documentation.

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chapter 3

Installing AVoption|XL

If you do not already have currently supported
Pro Tools hardware installed, you must first in­stall your Pro Tools software and hardware. For
detailed installation information, see your

ting Started Guide

.

Get-

Installing AVoption|XL Hardware

AVoption|XL PCI Slot
Configurations

Installing AVoption|XL Software

To install AVoption|XL software on Macintosh:

1

Install your Pro Tools software and hardware
according to the installation instructions in
your

Getting Started Guide.

2

Confirm Pro Tools is functioning correctly.

3

Reboot.

4

Install AVoption|XL using the AVoption|XL
Installer CD-ROM.

5

Shut down and turn off your computer.

You are now ready to install the AVoption|XL
hardware (see “Installing AVoption|XL Hard­ware” on page 9).

If you will be working on an Avid Unity sys­tem, refer to your Avid Unity MediaNet doc­umentation for installation instructions.

To install your AVoption|XL hardware, first de­termine the PCI slots where you will install the
hardware. For detailed information, see
Appendix A, “Slot Configurations for AVop­tion|XL.”

Audio Hardware

Refer to your
hardware installation information. You may be
required to move hardware that is already in­stalled to new PCI slot locations in your
computer or expansion chassis, based on the in­formation in Appendix A, “Slot Configurations
for AVoption|XL.”

Getting Started Guide

for audio

Installing AVoption|XL Video Hardware

You must first install the AVoption|XL software
before installing the AVoption|XL hardware. If
you have not already done so, install the AVop­tion|XL software now (see “Installing AVop­tion|XL Software” on page 9)

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To install AVoption|XL video hardware:

1

Unplug and open your computer or expan­sion chassis according to the instructions in­cluded with it.

2

Release any static electricity by touching the
power supply, or another grounded item.

3

Remove the Digital Media Board from the
anti-static bag, being careful to handle it only by
the edges.

4

Line up the Digital Media Board with the in­stallation slot, and slide the card into place gen­tly so the PCI connector is lined up with the PCI
slot. To identify the proper PCI slot location, see
Appendix A, “Slot Configurations for AVop­tion|XL.”

5

Press down firmly on the card with even pres­sure. The connector should click into place in
the PCI slot.

7

Attach the connector cable from the Digital
Media Board (connector labeled M) to the Com­puter connector on the AVoption|XL Breakout
Box (see “AVoption|XL Breakout Box” on
page 17).

COMPONENT

COMPOSITE

IN

ININ

Y

R-Y B-Y

IN

S-VIDEO

COMPOSITE

REF

Y

OUT 1

OUT

B-Y

R-Y

OUT 3

OUT 2

MC

SYSTEM

OUT

IN / OUT

S-VIDEO

LTC

IN

OUT

OUT

Connecting the Digital Media Board to the Breakout Box

8

If you need to install a SCSI accelerator card,
do so now (see “Installing the SCSI Accelerator”
on page 12).

9

Start your computer.

10

On Windows, the Found New Hardware Wiz­ard dialog will open. Follow the on-screen in­structions to complete the installation process.

PCI card alignment and installation

6

Close the computer or expansion chassis.

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Note that dalwdm is used only to confirm
that the card is present, but the functional
driver is installed when you install the
AVoption|XL software.

Authorizing AVoption|XL

Once you have installed your AVoption|XL soft­ware and hardware, launch Pro Tools to autho­rize AVoption|XL using the iLok USB key and
the licence card (see “iLok USB Key” on
page 11), or the authorizer key disk (see “Key
Disk Authorization” on page 11).

iLok USB Key

AVoption|XL can be authorized using the iLok
USB key (included with your core Pro Tools sys­tem). After you install the software from the CD­ROM, use the included AVoption|XL License
Card to authorize your iLok USB key.

One iLok USB key is included with your
Pro Tools|HD system, or can be purchased sepa­rately from Digidesign. This key can hold over
100 authorizations for all your iLok-enabled
software, including plug-ins and other software
options (such as AVoption|XL or Digi­Translator). Once iLok is authorized for a given
piece of software, use the iLok USB key to bring
your authorizations to any other computer.

To authorize iLok:

1

Insert the iLok into an available USB port on

your computer.

2

Launch Pro Tools. You will be prompted to au­thorize any installed unauthorized software op­tions or plug-ins.

3

Follow the on-screen instructions until you
are prompted to insert the License Card for
AVoption|XL into the iLok.

4

Separate the License Card—the smaller GSM
cutout—from the larger protective card by pull­ing the cutout up and out with your thumb. Do
not force your finger downward.

5

Insert the License Card into the iLok, making
sure that the arrows on the License Card are
pointing towards the iLok. You will be able to vi­sually verify that the License Card makes con­tact with the iLok’s metal card reader.

iLok with License Card

6

After authorizing, remove the License Card.

7

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete

the authorization process.

Key Disk Authorization

You can also use an Authorizer diskette to au­thorize or deauthorize AVoption|XL. After you
install the software from the CD-ROM, the Au­thorizer diskette permits you to authorize and
use a single copy of AVoption|XL.

AVoption|XL software is installed in a specific
location on your hard drive, and should not be
moved or altered. The Authorizer diskette per­mits you to reclaim authorization from your
hard drive if you want to install AVoption|XL on
a different hard drive, or if you want to re-ini­tialize or format your drive.

To authorize or deauthorize AVoption|XL:

1

Insert the Authorizer diskette into the floppy
drive. (Pro Tools should NOT be launched dur­ing this process).

2

Click Authdeauthorizer in the pop-up win­dow that appears.

3

Click Set-up Authorizer or Deauthorizer.

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4

Choose Authorize or Remove. (If you are re­moving an authorization and a “?” appears over
the application icon, the diskette you inserted is
not the one you originally used for the authori­zation. You should see a gold key icon. If you
continue through the deauthorization process
with a “?”, the application will be deauthorized,
but an authorization will not credited back to
the diskette for your next installation.)

5

Select disk location and click Authorize or Re­move.

6

Quit.

To install the SCSI Accelerator card:

1

Unplug and open your computer or expan­sion chassis according to the instructions in­cluded with it.

2

Release any static electricity by touching the
power supply, or another grounded item.

3

Remove the SCSI accelerator card from the an­tistatic bag, being careful to handle it only by
the edges.

4

Line up the SCSI accelerator card with the in­stallation slot, and slide the card into place gen­tly so the PCI connector is aligned with the PCI
slot.

Installing the SCSI Accelerator

ATTO UL2D LVD SCSI Accelerator

If installing the SCSI accelerator card in
your computer, always install it in the high­est numbered slot available. If installing the
SCSI accelerator card in an expansion chas­sis, see Appendix A, “Slot Configurations
for AVoption|XL” to determine the correct
slot placement

5

Press down firmly on the card with even pres­sure. The connector should click into place in
the PCI slot.

6

Fasten the card in place using the included
screw to attach the card bracket to the computer
mounting bracket.

Flashing SCSI ROM with ATTO ExpressPro-Tools

(Macintosh)

ExpressPro-Tools is supplied with Pro Tools 5.1
or later and every ATTO SCSI card. It allows you
to flash the ROM on the SCSI card. Digidesign
strongly recommends that the firmware be set
on SCSI channels where audio storage is con­nected.

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