Pinnacle Systems Xpress DV Quick Start Guide
Avid Xpress® DV
Getting Started Guide
Release 1.0
for the Windows NT® Operating System
a
tools for storytellers™
© 2000 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
Avid Xpress DV Getting Started Guide for the Windows NT Operating System • Part 0130-04379-01 Rev. A •
February 2000
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Contents
Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Avid Xpress DV System
Check List for Setting Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning On Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Preparing Your Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Overview of Partitioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Supported File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Checking Your Internal Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Creating Primary Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Formatting Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a Disk Configuration Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Testing Drives on Windows NT Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing Avid Xpress DV Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing Avid Xpress DV Software and All Components . . . 24
Installing Selected Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Performing a Custom Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Modifying, Repairing, or Removing Avid Xpress DV. . . . . . . . 29
Installing AvidNet Transfer Tool Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing EDL Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating an Emergency Repair Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing the Avid Xpress DV Tutorial Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Turning Off Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 2 About Avid Xpress DV
About DV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Nonlinear Editing with Avid Xpress DV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Avid Xpress DV Terms and Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Subclips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Attic Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Avid Xpress DV File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Project Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Starting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Preparing to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Editing a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Generating Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 3 Learning How to Use Avid Xpress DV
Using the Tutorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Opening and Closing the Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Getting Help for Windows and Dialog Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Getting Help for Screen Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Printing Help Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tips and Other Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 4 Starting a Project and Creating a Simple Sequence
Starting Avid Xpress DV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the Open Project Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Creating a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Selecting and Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Creating a Simple Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Closing the Project and Quitting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 5 Playing and Marking Clips
Exploring the Project Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The Bins Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The Settings Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Info Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Opening a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using Text View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using Frame View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching Between Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Playing Clips in a Source Pop-up Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the Keyboard to Play Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using Buttons and the Position Indicator to Play Clips . . . . . . 79
Marking IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Marking the First Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Marking Another Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Playing a Sequence in a Source Pop-up Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using Timecode to Find a Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
About Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Using Timecode to Mark IN and OUT Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using Frame Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Clearing IN Points and OUT Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Saving Your Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 6 Creating a Sequence
Working in the Avid Xpress DV Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Minimizing Avid Xpress DV Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Default Locations for the Avid Xpress DV Windows . . . . . . . . 94
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Making the First Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Playing a Video Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Dragging a Video Clip and Creating a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Moving and Renaming the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Opening a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Opening and Using the Tool Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Opening and Tearing Off the Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Displaying Button Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Splicing in an Audio Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Using Digital Audio Scrub to Locate a Specific Frame of
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Playing IN to OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Splicing in the Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Reviewing Your Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Exploring the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Displaying More or Less Detail in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Navigating in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Using the Position Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Using the Scroll Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Using the Track Selector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Selecting Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Monitoring Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Splicing in a Video Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adding Additional Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Splicing in the Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Splicing a Clip into the Middle of a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Moving to the Head of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Splicing in the Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Undoing an Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Splicing in a Music Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Opening and Marking the Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Patching Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting the Tracks to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Splicing in the Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Reviewing Your Edits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Confirming the Duration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 7 Building a Sequence
Storyboard Editing the Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Marking IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Creating the Storyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Editing the Clips into the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Overwriting Clips into a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Backtiming an Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rearranging Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Overwriting with a Three-Point Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using Segment Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing the Order of Clips in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing Footage from a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Removing Footage and Closing the Resulting Gap . . . . . 125
Removing Footage and Retaining the Resulting Gap . . . 126
Replacing a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adjusting Both Sides of a Transition (Dual-Roller
Trimming). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Single-Roller Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adding the Final Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Working with Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adjusting Audio Pan (Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adjusting Audio Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter 8 Adding Effects
Effects Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Transition Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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Segment Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Dissolving Between Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Creating a Series of Dissolves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Rendering a Series of Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Adding Additional Dissolves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Changing the Position of a Dissolve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Adding a Picture-in-Picture Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Displaying the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Using the Second Video Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Creating the Picture-in-Picture Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Resizing the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Previewing the Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Adjusting the Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Fading In and Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Rendering the Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Adding a Flop Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chapter 9 Creating Titles
Creating a New Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Adding a Shadow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Positioning and Aligning Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Saving a Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Editing the Title into the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Fading a Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Editing a Saved Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Changing Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Saving the Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Editing the Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Renaming Your Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
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Chapter 10 Generating Output
Creating a Movie for the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
About RealMedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Preparing the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Creating a RealMedia Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Exporting a QuickTime Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using the QuickTime DV Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exporting the Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Outputting a Digital Cut to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
About Remote and Local Deck Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Changing the Timecode of the Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Configuring Your Camera or Video Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Recording a Digital Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Chapter 11 Backing Up and Deleting a Project
Backing Up Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Backing Up Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Deleting a Project Folder and Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Deleting a Project Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Deleting Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Appendix A Connecting Your Editing Equipment
Connecting the Application Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Connecting the External SCSI Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Placing the Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cabling the Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Determining the SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Setting the SCSI IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Connecting the Editing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Overview of the Hardware Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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Cables Needed to Connect the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cables Shipped with the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Optional Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Connecting a Digital Video Deck or Camera to the
Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Connecting an Analog Video Deck to the Computer. . . . . . . . 216
Controlling an Analog Video Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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Figures
Figure 1-1 Example of Local Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure A-1 Application Key Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Figure A-2 Placing the External SCSI Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Figure A-3 Example of a Chain of SCSI Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Figure A-4 Cable and Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Figure A-5 Connecting the Adapter Cable to the SCSI Board. . . 202
Figure A-6 Connecting the Adapter Cable to the First
SCSI Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Figure A-7 Connecting the Interconnect Cable Between
SCSI Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Figure A-8 Connecting the LVD Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Figure A-9 Setting the SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Figure A-10 SCSI ID Switch Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Figure A-11 SCSI ID Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Figure A-12 Computer Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Figure A-13 Connecting the Digital Video Deck or Camera . . . . . 213
Figure A-14 Connecting an Analog Video Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Figure A-15 Analog Video Deck Control Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
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Tables
Table 1-1 Check List for Setting Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 1-2 Custom Installation Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Tab le A -1 Numbers Associated with SCSI Switch Letters. . . . . 208
Tab le A -2 Connecting the Digital Video Deck or Camera . . . . 214
Tab le A -3 Connecting an Analog Video Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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CHAPTER 1
Setting Up Your
Avid Xpress DV System
This chapter describes how to set up your Avid Xpress DV system. It
consists of the following sections:
• Check List for Setting Up Your System
• Turning On Your Equipment
• Preparing Your Drives
• Installing Avid Xpress DV Software
• Installing AvidNet Transfer Tool Software
• Installing EDL Manager
• Creating an Emergency Repair Disk
• Installing the Avid Xpress DV Tutorial Files
• Turning Off Your Equipment
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Check List for Setting Up Your System
The check list in Ta bl e 1 -1 lists the tasks you need to complete before
you can use your Avid Xpress DV system.
Table 1-1 Check List for Setting Up Your System
To See
Set up your computer hardware:
computer, monitor, mouse, keyboard,
and speakers
Connect your optional external drives Appendix A
Install the application key and printer Appendix A
Connect your camera or video deck
(you can connect these after you install
the software if you prefer)
Turn on your equipment “Turning On Your Equipment” on
Prepare your drives “Preparing Your Drives” on page 16
Install Avid Xpress DV software “Installing Avid Xpress DV
Create an emergency repair disk “Creating an Emergency Repair
Install Avid Xpress DV tutorial files
(optional)
Instructions shipped with the
computer
Appendix A
page 15
Software” on page 24
Disk” on page 34
“Installing the Avid Xpress DV
Tutorial Files” on page 35
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Turning On Your Equipment
After you have connected your equipment, turn on the various
components. If you have connected external drives, you need to shut
down and restart your computer before the computer can detect and
use the external drives.
If any part of your system fails to turn on, make sure its electrical cord
is plugged snugly into an appropriate electrical outlet or power strip.
For more information, see the instructions for setting up your
computer hardware.
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For information on your
Windows NT features,
such as the desktop and
icons, see your
Windows NT
documentation.
If you fail to follow the proper sequence for starting your system,
you could damage your computer or storage drives.
Turn on the components in the following order:
1. External media drives: Your system might include one or more
external media drives. Turn on the drive or drives before starting
the computer. Allow 10 to 15 seconds for the drives to spin up to
speed before starting your computer.
2. Other peripheral hardware: Turn on all other peripheral units,
such as monitor and speakers. If you have connected a camera,
transcoder, or deck, turn them on now.
3. Computer:
a. Turn on your computer.
The computer goes through a self-check routine, and the
Windows NT startup screen appears.
b. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and log on.
The Windows NT desktop appears.
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To avoid system damage, do not disconnect or turn off the external
media drives while the computer is on.
Preparing Your Drives
To use Avid Xpress DV software on a Windows NT system, you need
to partition and format the drives properly. Partitioning divides a drive
into sections, and formatting places a file system on each partition.
Your computer contains two internal disk drives. One drive is already
partially partitioned and formatted (see “Checking Your Internal
Drives” on page 18). This partition contains the Windows NT
operating system. That’s why the Windows NT operating system
appears automatically when you turn on the computer.
This section includes the following information:
• Overview of Partitioning
• Supported File Systems
• Checking Your Internal Drives
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• Creating Primary Partitions
• Formatting Partitions
• Creating a Disk Configuration Floppy Disk
• Testing Drives on Windows NT Systems
Overview of Partitioning
Windows NT allows you to create multiple partitions on a single
physical drive as a way to manage projects and files. The following are
two ways you can partition your drives.
The letters G through J
used are examples only.
• You can partition your drive as one primary partition, having the
partition represented by a drive letter.
One partition
G
• You can have up to four primary partitions per drive. Each
partition is assigned a drive letter and cannot be further
subdivided.
Four partitions
G
For specific recommendations for partitioning your drives, see
“Creating Primary Partitions” on page 20.
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IJ
Drive G
Drives G – J
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You can also create a partition across more than one drive, which is
called striping drives. You do not need to stripe drives when you use
Avid Xpress DV. See the Windows NT documentation for striping
information.
Supported File Systems
Windows NT supports two file systems: the File Allocation Table
(FAT) and the New Technology File System (NTFS). FAT is primarily
used when backward compatibility is needed on operating systems
such as MS-DOS
be limited to a 2-GB partition size to maintain this backward
compatibility. NTFS affords the user security, compression, and other
file recovery features. Drives employing NTFS support partitions of
any size. Avid recommends that you choose NTFS when you partition
your disk drives.
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or Windows NT. In general, FAT file systems should
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One of your internal disk drives has a partition (designated drive C)
that contains the Windows NT operating system stored on a FAT file
system. You should not reformat this partition unless you need to
rebuild your system disk drive.
Checking Your Internal Drives
Your computer contains two internal disk drives. The first drive has a
2-GB partition that is formatted with a FAT file system. This partition
is your system or boot drive, which is designated drive C in the factory
default configuration. The remaining portion of this drive needs to be
partitioned and formatted before you install Avid Xpress DV software.
The second drive is intended to be used as a media drive (see “Media
Files” on page 40). You need to partition and format this drive also.
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To check if you need to partition and format these drives:
1. Start Windows NT 4.0 and log in to an account with
administrative privileges.
2. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Administrative
Tools, and select Disk Administrator. The Disk Administrator
window opens.
3. Look at Disk 0 and Disk 1.
Your Disk 0 should look similar to Disk 0 in Figure 1-1. The figure
shows Partition C on Disk 0, with a stripe across the top, with
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Preload and a FAT file system.
IBM
9420 MB
18428 MB
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You should not partition and format the partition that contains the
Windows NT operating system. In the factory default configuration,
this partition is designated drive C, as shown in Figure 1-1.
Any remaining portion of Disk 0 or Disk 1 that shows Free Space
(as shown in Figure 1-1) needs to be partitioned and formatted.
Already partitioned and formatted
18 MB
Needs partitioning and formatting
Figure 1-1 Example of Local Disks
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Creating Primary Partitions
To create a primary partition:
1. Start Windows NT 4.0 and log in to an account with
administrative privileges. If you do not have administrative
privileges, see your system administrator to get privileges.
2. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Administrative
Tools, and select Disk Administrator. The first Disk Administrator
window opens.
3. From the Windows NT Disk Administrator, use the pointer to
select the portion of the disk on which you are going to create one
or more primary partitions.
4. From the Partition menu, choose Create.
The Create Primary Partition dialog box appears.
5. Choose the size of the primary partition by typing a number or by
clicking the up or down arrow.
Avid recommends creating a second partition on the first internal
drive (Disk 0), using all the remaining space. Avid also
recommends creating one large partition on the second internal
drive (Disk 1). In both cases, use the maximum size for the
partition.
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If you want to create multiple partitions, you can divide the
maximum size of the partition by the number of partitions (up to
4). Type that number in the Create partition of size text box.
6. Click OK to create the primary partition.
7. If you are formatting multiple partitions, repeat steps 3 through 6
to create up to four primary partitions.
8. From the Partition menu, choose Commit Changes Now.
The first Confirm dialog box appears.
9. Click Yes.
The following Disk Administrator dialog box appears.
10. Click OK.
Formatting Partitions
To format the primary partitions you created:
1. From the Windows NT Disk Administrator, use the pointer to
select the primary partition that you are going to format.
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2. From the Tools menu, choose Format.
The Format window opens.
3. Choose NTFS File System.
4. Type a Volume Label Name that helps you define that partition.
You can enter up to 14 characters.
5. Select Quick Format.
6. Click Start to begin formatting.
The Format warning dialog box appears.
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This warning refers only to the new partition, not previously
formatted partitions.
7. Click OK.
The Format Complete dialog box appears after formatting and
tells you the total disk space and the total disk space available on
the volume.
8. Click OK.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 until you have formatted all of the
primary partitions you created.
Creating a Disk Configuration Floppy Disk
You should now save the new disk configuration on a floppy disk.
To create a configuration floppy disk:
1. Start Windows NT 4.0 and log in to an account with
administrative privileges. If you do not have administrative
privileges, see your system administrator to get privileges.
2. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Administrative
Tools, and select Disk Administrator. The first Disk Administrator
window opens.
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3. Choose Configuration from the Partition menu and select Save.
4. A dialog box appears asking you to insert a floppy disk into the
floppy drive.
5. Click Yes.
Store the configuration floppy disk in a safe, dry, static-free location.
Whenever you change your disk configuration, create a new configuration
floppy disk.
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Testing Drives on Windows NT Systems
The Windows NT operating system contains a disk-checking feature in
the Properties section of each drive and a program named CHKDSK.
For information about how to use this feature and program, see the
Windows NT documentation.
Installing Avid Xpress DV Software
This section describes how to install the Avid Xpress DV application
and its related components from the installation CD-ROM.
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In order to install or remove the application software, you need to use an
account with administrative privileges.
The following third-party software applications have been modified
to work properly with Avid software: RealProducer G2, LSX-MPEG,
ASF NetShow
these applications before they are supported by Avid might cause
problems. Avid recommends not updating any of these applications
until they are officially supported by Avid. Check the Customer
Service section of the Avid Web site at www.avid.com.
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, and QuickTime®. Downloading newer versions of
Installing Avid Xpress DV Software and All Components
To install the Avid Xpress DV software and all related components:
1. Quit all Windows NT applications.
2. Insert the Avid Xpress DV application CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
drive.
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If the installation program doesn’t start automatically:
a. Double-click the My Computer icon.
b. Double-click your CD-ROM drive icon.
c. Double-click the Launch icon.
The opening window of the installer opens.
3. In the opening window, click Installers.
4. Click Install Avid Xpress DV.
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If you have not partitioned and formatted the second internal disk drive (in
addition to drive C) or additional external drives, a message appears. This
message informs you that you need at least two partitions to run
Avid Xpress DV. One partition is the boot drive (drive C), and the other
partition is used to store media. For instructions on partitioning and
formatting drives, see “Preparing Your Drives” on page 16.
If you have previously installed Avid Xpress DV, the Welcome
window for the Setup Maintenance program opens. Follow the
steps in “Modifying, Repairing, or Removing Avid Xpress DV”
on page 29
5. In the Welcome window, click Next.
6. In the License Agreement window, read the agreement, and then
click Yes to accept the terms of the agreement.
7. In the Choose Destination Location window, accept the default
path for the application folder (on drive C) by clicking Next. The
default path is:
C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Xpress DV
8. In the Setup Type window, select an option:
• Select Typical to install all components. This is the
recommended installation.
• Select Custom to select the components you want to install.
See “Performing a Custom Installation” on page 28.
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9. After you have selected an option, click Next.
The AVX_Plug-In Location window opens and displays the
default destination as:
C:\Program Files\Avid\AVX_Plug-ins
10. Click Next to accept the default path.
11. In the Application Data Location window, indicate a location for
the application files (project folders and user folders).
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Avid recommends that you install these files on a drive or partition other than
drive C.
To change the default path:
a. Click the Browse button.
b. In the Path text box, type:
drive
:\Avid\Avid Xpress DV
c. Click OK.
A message asks if you want to create the folder.
d. Click Yes.
12. Click Next.
The installation begins. During the installation, you see
installation programs for a series of components. For
RealProducer G2, a Welcome window opens.
a. Click Next
b. In the License Agreement window, click Yes.
c. In the RealProducer G2 Setup Complete window, click Finish.
When the Avid Xpress DV installation is complete, another Setup
Complete window opens and asks if you want to restart the
system.
13. Click Yes, and then click Finish.
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Installing Selected Components
You can install some Avid Xpress DV components separately. These
components, which create movies for Internet distribution, include:
• RealProducer G2
• LSX-MPEG
• ASF NetShow
•QuickTime
To install a selected component:
1. Quit all Windows NT applications.
2. Insert the Avid Xpress DV Installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
drive.
If the installation program doesn't start automatically:
a. Double-click the My Computer icon.
b. Double-click your CD-ROM drive icon.
c. Double-click the Launch icon.
The opening window of the installer opens.
3. In the opening window, click Component Installers.
4. Select the component you want to install and follow the on-screen
instructions.
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Performing a Custom Installation
You can perform a custom installation to install particular files from
the installation CD-ROM. Ta bl e 1 - 2 lists the components available
when you use the Custom option of the Avid Application Installer.
Table 1-2 Custom Installation Components
Component Description
Avid Xpress DV Installs the application and all the necessary
supporting files, except the Help files.
Help files Installs the appropriate Help files.
To perform a custom installation:
1. Follow steps 1 through 7 in the procedure “Installing Avid Xpress
DV Software and All Components” on page 24.
2. In the Setup Type window, click Custom and then click Next.
3. In the Select Components window, click the check boxes next to
the components you want to install. A check mark indicates the
component is selected.
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4. After you have selected the components to install, click Next.
5. In the Application Data Location window, indicate a location for
the application files (project folders and user folders).
Avid recommends that you install these files on a drive or partition other than
drive C.
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To change the default path:
a. Click the Browse button.
b. In the Path text box, type:
drive
:\Avid\Avid Xpress DV
c. Click OK.
A message asks if you want to create the folder.
d. Click Yes.
6. Click Next.
The installation begins. When the installation is complete, a
message asks if you want to restart the system.
7. Click Yes, and then click Finish.
Modifying, Repairing, or Removing Avid Xpress DV
If you have installed Avid Xpress DV and need to reinstall or remove
it, you use the Setup Maintenance program.
To modify, repair, or remove Avid Xpress DV:
1. Quit all Windows NT applications.
2. Insert the Avid Xpress DV application CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
drive.
If the installation program doesn’t start automatically:
a. Double-click the My Computer icon.
b. Double-click your CD-ROM drive icon.
c. Double-click the Launch icon.
The opening window of the installer opens.
3. In the opening window, click Installers.
4. Click Install Avid Xpress DV.
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The Welcome window for the Setup Maintenance program opens.
It presents three options:
• Modify: Select this option to add new program components or
remove currently installed components.
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If you choose to remove currently installed components, this option does not
remove registry entries or icons in the Start menu. To fully uninstall
Avid Xpress DV, select the Remove option.
If you want to remove Avid AVI Codec, RealProducer G2, LSX-MPEG
(Ligos), ASF NetShow, or QuickTime, use the Add/Remove Programs dialog
box. To access Add/Remove programs, click the Start menu, point to Settings,
click Control Panel, and double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
• Repair: Select this option to reinstall the components that you
previously installed.
• Remove: Select this option to completely uninstall all
components of Avid Xpress DV.
5. Select one of the three options and click Next.
• If you selected Modify, the Select Components window opens.
Components that are already installed are selected. Select the
new components you want to install. The installation
proceeds, as described in steps 12 and 13 in “Installing Avid
Xpress DV Software” on page 24.
If you deselect an installed component, the installation program will
remove the component from the Avid Xpress DV system.
• If you selected Repair, the installation proceeds, as described
in steps 12 and 13 in “Installing Avid Xpress DV Software”
on page 24.
• If you selected Remove, a message box asks you to confirm
that you want to delete the files. Click OK. When the
Maintenance Complete window opens, click Finish. Click Exit
to quit the installation program.
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