Tektronix Profile Pro Series, Profile Pro II, Profile Pro III User Manual
User Manual
Profile PRO Series
Version 1.1
Printed in USA
Tektronix, Inc.
P.O. Box 1000
Wilsonville, OR 97070-1000 USA
(800) 547-8949 (USA and Canada)
(503) 627-2221
http://www.tekronix.com
Copyright Copyright 1999 Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, Oregon.
Printed in the United States of America or the United Kingdom. All rights
reserved. This document may not be copied, in whole or in part, or otherwise
reproduced, except as specifically permitted under U.S. copyright law, without
the prior written consent of Tektronix, Inc., P.O. Box 1000, Wilsonville, Oregon
97070-1000.
TEKTRONIX, TEK, and Profile are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc.
Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft.
Other trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered
trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the associated products.
Tektronix License
Agreement
Profile system software contains intellectual property of Tektronix, Inc., i.e.,
software programs that are licensed for use by the end user consumer. The
terms of the license are contained on the package containing the backup disks,
or a copy may be obtained from your local licensed Tektronix dealer.
Revison Status
Rev Date Description
April 1999 Original issue. Part number 071-0579-00.
Contents
Preface
About this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile PRO Series
A Profile PRO System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Video Disk Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Video Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Video and Audio Interface Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Profile Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
What to Read First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Starting Your Profile PRO Disk Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Starting and Closing Profile Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Starting an Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Closing an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Profile Configuration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Media Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transcode Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
VdrPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Profile Disk Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tool Box Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
List Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
TimeDelay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
QuickStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Profile Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager
Saving a Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Loading a Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting Master Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting the System Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
E to E Timed Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Auto Timing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting the Reference Genlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing LTC Input and Output Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting MPEG Input Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Video Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Analog Composite Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Analog Composite Video Input Advanced Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Analog Composite Video Input Time Base Correction . . . . . . . . . . 57
Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Analog Component Video Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Serial Digital Component Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Video Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Analog Composite Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Analog Composite Video Output Vertical Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Analog Composite Monitor Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Analog Composite Monitor Output Burn-in Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . 71
Serial Digital Component Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Serial Digital Component Video Output Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Profile Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Analog Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Digital Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Analog Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Digital Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Audio Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Input and Output Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Input Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Output Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Input Clocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audio Configuration Monitor Channels Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
System Audio Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting Up Fibre Channel Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter 3 Using Media Manager
Starting and Exiting the Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Starting Other Applications from the Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Viewing and Hiding the Toolbar and Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Viewing Help and Software Version Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Connecting to a Remote Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Viewing the Media Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Copying Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Using Paste Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Moving Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Duplicating Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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Creating, Renaming and Deleting Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Renaming Clips and Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Deleting Clips and Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Emptying the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Viewing Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Finding Clips and Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Using the Transcode Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using a Library System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Archiving a Bin or Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Restoring a Bin or Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Renaming an Archived Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Deleting an Archived Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Importing a Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exporting a Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Updating and Inventorying Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Inventorying the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Formatting Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Viewing Library, Cartridge and Archived Clip Properties. . . . . . . . 142
Viewing Tape Transport Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Viewing the Transfer Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 4 Using VdrPanel
Selecting a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting a Communications Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Selecting Clip Length (BVW Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Configuring a Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Setting Compression Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting Vertical Blanking Interval Storage Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Setting up BVW [insert edit] Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting Louth Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Selecting Video Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Setting Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Selecting How to Display Timecode on a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Setting Timecode Crosspoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setting Drop-Frame Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Panel Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Opening a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Making a Panel Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Arranging Panels and Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Viewing Record Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Viewing an Audio Monitor for a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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Using Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Defining a New Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Name Clips First. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Record Clips First. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Loading and Playing a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Renaming a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Setting Clip Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Striping a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Setting Long or Short Clip Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Ejecting All Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Deleting a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Clip Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Saving a Group of Clips in a Clip List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Playing a Clip List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Editing a Clip List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Setting In and Out Marks in Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Setting Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Removing Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Trimming Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Setting Field Dominance for Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Chapter 5 Using the Profile Disk Utility
Creating a File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Setting a Disk Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Formatting a Disk Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Loading Microcode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Relocating and Testing Bad Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
The Detail Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 6 Using Profile Utilities
Viewing Profile Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Log Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Profile Protocol Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Using the Profile Protocol Resources Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Manually Editing a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Resource Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Crosspoint lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Sample Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Basic Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Assigning a Second JPEG Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Assigning an MPEG encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Assigning an MPEG Decoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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PortServer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
PDR Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Updating Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter 7 Using the Tool Box Editor
Starting and Exiting the Tool Box Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Configuring Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Connecting to a Remote Profile Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Selecting a Current Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Opening a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Creating a New Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Record Time Remaining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Renaming Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Viewing Media Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Deleting Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Emptying the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
The Capture Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Capturing a New Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Loop Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Playing a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Trimming a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Creating a Subclip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
User Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Event and Frame Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Shuttle Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Creating Subclips on the Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
The Edit Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Creating a New Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Adding Media to a Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Playing a Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Using the Audio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tool Box Editor Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Chapter 8 Using the List Manager
List Manager Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Starting List Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Viewing Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Closing List Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Configuring Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Connecting to a Remote Profile Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
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Building a Playback List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Adding Media for Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Changing Event Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Optional Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Settings Unique to Transfer Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Settings Unique to Archive Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Monitoring a List as it Runs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Validating a List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Scheduling a New Play Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Scheduling Recording Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Scheduling Rules and Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Using a Live Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Scheduling a Transfer Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Scheduling an Archive Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Editing Event Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Changing the Order of Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Inserting Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Removing Events From a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Using the Edit Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Creating a New List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Saving a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Reusing a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Closing a List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Exporting a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
List File ASCII Text Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Importing a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Deleting an Entire List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Overriding Events in a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Taking an Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Stopping an Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Customizing Your List Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Using the Event Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Chapter 9 Using the Resource Manager
Configuring Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Assigning Profile Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Configuring Video Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Field and Frame Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Configuring Audio Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Audio Window Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Configuring Timecode Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Choosing Timecode Codecs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Timecode Generator Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Resolving Resource Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
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Chapter 10 Using TimeDelay
Getting Started with TimeDelay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Working With the TimeDelay Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Saving a TimeDelay Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Opening an Existing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Launching a Project at Start-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Copying Project Files Between Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Connecting to a Remote Profile Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Changing the Remote Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Adding Names to the Network Host List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Removing Names from the Network Host List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Avoiding a Connection Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Configuring Channels with Resource Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Adding a Playback Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Deleting a Playback Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Changing a Panel’s Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Modifying a Channel’s Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Handling Resource Allocation Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Starting the TimeDelay Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Manually Starting the TimeDelay Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Automatically Starting the TimeDelay Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Working with the Record Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Setting the Record Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Changing the Record Buffer’s Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Saving the Record Buffer’ Contents as a Profile Movie . . . . . . 331
Working with the Playback Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Setting a Playout Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Starting a Playback Channel Immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Modifying a Playout Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Pausing Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Working with Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Crash Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Setting Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Using the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
The Record Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
The Playback Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
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1 The PRO II/PRO III block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
2 PDR Application shortcuts on the Windows NT 4.0 desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
3 Profile Configuration Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
4 Save As dialog box for saving a configuration file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
5 Open dialog box for loading a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
6 Master Timecode dialog box, genlock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
7 System Timing dialog box, zero-timed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
8 System Timing dialog box, E to E timed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
9 Reference Genlock dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
10 LTC Inputs & Outputs dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
11 MPEG Input Timing dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
12 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box, Main tab (A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
13 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box, Main tab (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
14 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box, Advanced Control tab (A) . . . . . . . . . . . .53
15 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box, Advanced Control tab (B) . . . . . . . . . . . .54
16 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box, Time Base Correction tab . . . . . . . . . . . .57
17 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box, Vertical Interval tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
18 Component Analog Video Input dialog box (CAV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
19 Serial Digital Component Video Input dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
20 Serial Digital Component Video Input, Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
21 Analog Composite Video Output dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
22 Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
23 Analog Composite Monitor Output dialog box, Main tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
24 Analog Composite Monitor Output dialog box, Burn-in Timecode tab . . . . . . . . . . . .71
25 Serial Digital Component Video Output dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
26 Serial Digital Video Output dialog box, Advanced tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
27 Analog Audio Input dialog box, Main tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
28 Analog Audio Input dialog box, Line Level tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
29 Digital Audio Input dialog box, Main tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
30 Digital Audio Input dialog box, Status tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
31 Digital Audio Input dialog box, Sample Rate Converter tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
32 Analog Audio Output dialog box, Main tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
33 Analog Audio Output dialog box, Line Mode tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
34 Analog Audio Outputs dialog box, Line Level tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
35 Digital Audio Output dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
36 Audio Configuration dialog box, Input Mapping tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
37 Audio Configuration dialog box, Output Mapping tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
38 Audio Configuration dialog box, Input Clocking tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
39 Audio Configuration dialog box, Monitor Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
40 System Audio Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
41 Fibre Channel Network Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
42 Media Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
43 Add/Remove Machine dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
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44 Add Network Host dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
45 The Media Manager tree pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
46 The Paste Special dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
47 Confirm Copy dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
48 Recycle Bin properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
49 Properties dialog box for volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
50 Properties dialog box for clips or masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
51 The transcode history page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
52 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
53 Transcode Utility window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
54 JPEG Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
55 MPEG Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
56 Transcode Utility dialog box, Convert tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
57 The Transcode Description dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
58 Transcode Utility dialog box, Preview tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
59 Import Cartridge dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
60 Export Cartridge dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
61 Confirm Update dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
62 Confirm Inventory dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
63 Confirm Inventory dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
64 Format Cartridge dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
65 Format Cartridge dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
66 Properties dialog box for the library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
67 Properties dialog box for a cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
68 Properties dialog box for an archived clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
69 Tape Transport Status dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
70 Add Tape Transport dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
71 Transfer Monitor dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
72 VdrPanel window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
73 Controller Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
74 Comm Port dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
75 Set Clip Marks dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
76 Profile Options dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
77 Profile Options dialog box (BVW [insert-edit] only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
78 Edit Compression Presets dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
79 Vertical Blanking Interval Storage dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
80 Video Crosspoint dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
81 Timecode Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
82 Timecode Crosspoint dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
83 Panel dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
84 Open Panel dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
85 Message box showing record capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
86 Audio Monitor dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
87 New Clip dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
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88 Load Clip dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
89 Rename Video Clip dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
90 Set Clip Protection dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
91 Stripe Timecode dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
92 Delete Clip dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
93 Save Group of Clips dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
94 Load Group of Clips dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
95 Edit Clip List dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
96 Field Dominance dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
97 Profile Disk Utility window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
98 Set Label dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
99 Format Disk(s) dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
100 Microcode Filename to Load dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
101 Detail Log dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
102 WinTail window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
103 Log set selection screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
104 Size selection screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
105 Log tool complete screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
106 The main Profile Protocol Resources window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
107 Setting JPEG compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
108 Setting MPEG compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
109 PortServer window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
110 Services dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
111 Update Firmware window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
112 Tool Box Editor window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
113 Hardware Communication message box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
114 Remote Machine dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
115 Current bin display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
116 Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
117 Capture timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
118 Timecode entry window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
119 E to E button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
120 Record buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
121 Clip Name text box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
122 Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
123 Record Buffer dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
124 Create and User Mark buttons, plus event and frame controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
125 Edit timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
126 Trim handles on the edit timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
127 Audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
128 List Manager window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
129 Hardware Communication Monitor message box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
130 Remote Machine dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
131 A basic playback list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
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132 Play event properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
133 Creating a play event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
134 Creating a record event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
135 New Switch Event dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
136 New Transfer Event dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
137 New Transfer Event dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
138 New List dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
139 Font dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
140 Color dialog box, with custom color controls shown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
141 Columns dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
142 An example of a log file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
143 Resource Manager dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
144 Choosing a channel type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
145 Add Track dialog box for video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
146 Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box, JPEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
147 Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box, MPEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
148 MPEG video track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
149 JPEG video track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
150 MPEG encoder and decoder check boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
151 JPEG codec check boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
152 Field/Frame Setup controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
153 Audio inputs and outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
154 Add Track dialog box for audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
155 Audio Window Size list box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
156 Timecode Input and Output check boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
157 Add Track dialog box for timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
158 Timecode Codec check boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
159 Timecode generator controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
160 Tool Tip showing an external user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
161 Tool Tip showing an internal user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
162 “In use” Tool Tip message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
163 “<Error>” Tool Tip message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
164 TimeDelay window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
165 The Remote Connection dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
166 The Add Network Host dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
167 The Resource Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
168 Warning dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
169 The Auto Start dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
170 TimeDelay Buffer Location dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
171 The Select Timecode Source… dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
172 The audio level controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
173 Two-column display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
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Tables
1 Profile PRO II and PRO III features compared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2 Digital audio input channel indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
3 Board representation key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4 Configuration example, two video input clocking sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5 Configuration example, four video input clocking sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6 JPEG video quality (compression) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
7 MPEG Video quality (compression) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
8 Factory set values for JPEG compression presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
9 Factory set values for MPEG compression presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
10 VdrPanel shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
11 Microcode update files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
12 MPEG Encoder Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
13 Audio Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
14 Timecode Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
15 Tool Box Editor Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
16 Event status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
17 Channel types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
18 JPEG Video Quality Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
19 MPEG Video Quality Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
14 Profile PRO Series
Preface
About this Manual
The Profile PRO® Series User Manual supports Profile PRO system software
1.1 for the Profile PRO Series video disk recorders as well as other Profile
models. As a result, some of the features and functions described in this manual
are not applicable to the Profile PRO Series.
Profile PRO video disk recorders use digital technology to store and produce
broadcast-quality JPEG and MPEG video and CD-quality audio. This manual
documents the standard and optional software applications that run on the
Profile platform:
• The Profile Configuration Manager configures your hardware for input and
output of video and audio, genlock, and system timing.
• The Media Manager manages clips and masters on disk and in a cartridge
library system.
• The Transcode Utility converts media between different video compression
formats, such as from JPEG to MPEG.
• VdrPanel lets you capture and use JPEG and MPEG video and audio clips.
• The Profile Disk Utility lets you manage the Profile systems media disk
drives.
• The optional Tool Box Editor records media and performs simple, cuts-only
edits. It also allows you to create a sequence of clips called a master.
• The optional List Manager allows you to set up simple station automation.
• TheResourceManager allocatesvideo,audio, andtimecoderesources forthe
Tool Box Editor, the List Manager, and Time Delay.
• TimeDelay, also optional, allows you to delay a video feed by a specific
amount of time.
• Other Profile utilities include Profile Log (via WinTail), ProLink, and
PortServer, among others.
NOTE: This manual assumes that you are familiar with basic
Microsoft Windows operation.
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Related Documentation
Several manuals related to the Profile PRO User Manual include:
• On-line manuals. You can access on-line help for an application at any time
by choosing
• Profile PRO Series V1.1 Release Notes.
• Profile PRO Series Installation Manual.
• PLS20 Library System Manual.
• PLS200 Library System Manual.
• PRS200/A RAID Storage Instruction Manual.
• PRS250 RAID Storage Instruction Manual.
• PDX103 Disk Expansion Unit Installation Manual.
• PDX208 Disk Expansion Chassis Instruction Manual.
• PRC100 Profile Control Panel User Manual.
• Microsoft Windows NT user documentation.
Help | Help Topics.
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Terminology and Conventions
Button (graphical) Buttons shown in bold (OK, for example) that you click
with the mouse pointer.
Button (mouse) The two or three buttons on the top of the mouse.
Terminology and Conventions
Choosing Choosing menu items,
means choose the Exit menu item under the File menu.)
Commands Commands (
Clicking Pressing and releasing the mouse button without moving
the pointer.
Ctrl key Hold Ctrl down while pressing other keys in a sequence.
Double-clicking Pressing and releasing the left mouse button twice without
moving the pointer.
Dragging Pressing and holding the mouse button while moving the
pointer.
Moving Changing the location of the pointer on the screen by
moving the mouse.
Pointer An arrow or other graphic on the screen indicating the
current cursor position for selecting or clicking.
Pointing Positioning the pointer on an object on the display by
moving the mouse.
Right-click Pressing and holding the right mouse button.
Shift key Hold Shift down while pressing other keys in a sequence.
a:\setup, for example) are shown in bold.
File | Exit, for example. (File | Exit
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18 Profile PRO Series
Chapter
1
Introducing the Profile PRO Series
TheProfilePRO Series VideoDisk Recorders storebroadcast-quality video and
CD-quality audio on computer disk drives rather than on video tape, allowing
almost instantaccessto any timecode location of yourvideo and audio material.
Table 1 on page 20 compares the capabilities of the PRO II, which used motion
JPEG compression, and the PRO III, which uses MPEG compression.
A Profile PRO disk recorder is more than just a one-for-one replacement of a
VTR: it can have up to two record and two playback video channels. Clips are
available on all channels at once, so you can play a clip on more than one
channel at the same time, without making a copy of it. Since each channel is
independent of the others, each playback can start at a different time and at a
different place in the clip.
You can even start play a clip while it’s still being recorded. Just start capturing
the clip on one channel, wait about five seconds, and then play the clip back on
another channel. This kindofcontrolmakesthe Profile system an ideal solution
if you want to go to air with a clip before you are finished recording it.
The Profile PRO Series disk recorders support these optional products:
• Video Mix/Effects board
• PDX208 Profile Disk Expansion Units
• PAC208 and PAC216 Analog/Digital Audio Interface chassis
• XLR216 and BNC216 Digital Audio Interface chassis
• PRS255 Profile RAID Storage System
• PLS20 Profile Library Systems
• PRC100 Profile Control Panel unit
• LVS100 Live Controller
• CD-ROM Drive
• Profile Tool Box Editor software
• Profile Tool Box List Manager software
• Profile TimeDelay application software
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NOTE: Profile PRO Series System Software version 1.1 supports the
PRO II and PRO III. In addition, version 1.1 runs on Microsoft
Windows® NT™ 4.0.
Table 1. Profile PRO II and PRO III features compared
Feature PRO II PRO III
Compression
Video I/O
Video Channels
Codecs
Audio Channels
Audio Format
Processor
Protocols
Control
System Software
User Interface
Input
Cables
Manuals
Storage Interface
Internal Storage
JPEG; Up to 24 Mb/s MPEG-2; 4-15 Mb/s; 4:2:0 sampling
Analog and Digital Analog and Digital
2 I/O 1 in / 2 out
2 bi-directional 1 encoder/ 2 decoders
4 channels per video channel 4 channels per video channel
Embedded (AES/EBU and Analog
optional)
233 MHz Pentium CPU 233 MHz Pentium CPU
Profile, BVW, Louth, Odetics Profile, BVW, Louth, Odetics
RS-422 (4 ports)
Ethernet 10/100 BaseT
PRO Series System Software
Windows NT 4.0
VDR Panel VDR Panel
Keyboard, Mouse Keyboard, Mouse
Power, Ethernet Power, Ethernet
Profile User Manual
PRO Series Startup Manual
Release Notes
Ultra-SCSI Ultra-SCSI
Standard (3) 18-GB Internal Drives
Total of 48 GB
JPEG @ 24 Mb/s: 4 hours
Optional up to (8) 18-GB Internal Drives
Total of 128 GB
JPEG @ 24 Mb/s: 10.5 hours
Embedded (AES/EBU and Analog
optional)
RS-422 (4 ports)
Ethernet 10/100 BaseT
PRO Series System Software
Windows NT 4.0
Profile User Manual
PRO Series Startup Manual
Release Notes
Standard (3) 18-GB Internal Drives
Total of 48 GB
MPEG @ 8 Mb/s: 10.2 hours
Optional up to (8) 18-GB Internal Drives
Total of 128 GB
MPEG @ 8 Mb/s: 27.3 hours
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A Profile PRO System Overview
The Profile PRO Series are multichannel digital video disk recorders. The
PRO II supports two play/record channels (codecs) of continuously variable
motion JPEG video compression. The PRO III supports MPEG 4:2:0 video
compression, with one record channel (encoder) and two playback channels
(decoders). Each channel can play back one video and up to 4 audio signals,
each capable of using different video formats. In other words, one PRO Series
unit can replace the functionality of up to two VTRs, with the added benefit of
random access to video and audio data stored on disk.
The Profile PRO system has an EISA motherboard with an internal digital
video routing system. There are sixteen EISA slots and one ISA slot used for
interface cards and routing audio data. The PRO III also uses a PCI bus for
routing data between the master enhanced disk recorder (EDR) board and
MPEG board.
A video routerchipset is integrated on the mother board. It routesvideosignals
between the video disk system, video mix effects cards, and video I/O cards.
The video router is a 32 x 32 crosspoint matrix capable of full bandwidth 4:2:2
CCIR 601 8-bit digital video. The video router allows real-time transfer of
video throughout the system without impacting overall system performance.
The video router also makes possible simultaneous record and playback on
separate channels.
A block diagram showing the hardware layout of the PRO Series is shown in
Figure 1 on page 24.
A Profile PRO System Overview
Video Disk Subsystem
In the video disk subsystem, video data is compressed and written to an array
of disks, and then read from these disks and decompressed. This video data is
read from and written to the video router in 8-bit, parallel component digital
video format. The video disk subsystem has enhanced disk recorder boards,
with an Intel i960 real-time processor and a SCSI-2 interface to the disks.
The video disk subsystem uses a master enhanced disk recorder (EDR) board.
The master board has an Intel i960 real-time processor that controls
compression on the two-channel JPEG codec or the MPEG encoder and
decoder board, which is connected to the master via a PCI interconnect board.
The processor also controls the data flows on the master board’s two SCSI-2
channels. The bidirectional JPEG codec channels allow channels to be
configured for recording or playback.
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Video Compression
The i960 on the master board is used to control data flow and compression
coefficient loading of the JPEG codecs or, if present, MPEG encoders and
decoders. The amount of JPEG video compression varies according to the
settingofthe compression coefficient;the amount ofMPEG video compression
varies according to the bit rate. Higher compression ratios or bit rates store
more video, but the result is lower quality video. On the other hand, lower
compression ratios or bit rates result in higher quality video and less storage
capacity. Audio, however, is not compressed.
Since the video compression ratio can be varied to change the video quality
given available storage time, the amount of storage depends on your choice of
compression ratio. A quick rule of thumb is that five minutes of JPEG
video—plus four channels of audio and two channels of timecode—is roughly
equal to one gigabyte of disk storage at 50,000 bytes per field in the 525
standard video format. For example, a PDX218 Disk Expansion unit expands
storage up to twelve hours and using multiple PRS255 RAID Storage Systems
can bringit up to approximately 96hours.For video stored in theMPEG format
at an average 12 Mbps, you can just about double these capacities.
MPEG usesmotionprediction to increase efficiency—essentially, it useslower
data rates because it does not duplicate video that does not change from frame
to frame. MPEG accomplishes this through both backward and forward
prediction. To do this, it uses GOPs, consisting of I-frames, P frames and
B frames.
An I-frame (also knownasanI-pictureor Intra-picture) is analogous to a single
motion JPEG frame, where all data required to display a frame is stored in one
picture. A P picture (also called a predictive picture) uses a motion vector to
predict what will happen in the next frame and contains only the changed data,
rather than passing along another complex frame of video. In addition, a
B picture (known also as a bidirectional picture) relies on data from both
backward and forward motion vectors to determine how a future frame will be
composed.Ingeneral, the longer theGOP, the more efficientyour MPEG video
stream will be.
In addition to video compression, the disk recorder boards also integrate the
digital audio data coming from the EISA bus, with up to four channels of audio
per channel of video. These recorder boards communicate with the SCSI-2
interface using a Direct Memory Access (DMA) interface. The Profile PRO
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Series also supports the audio signal processing board (ASPB). This board is
capable of delivering 16 channels of analog, embedded digital, or AES/EBU
digital audio.
Video and Audio Interface Boards
Video and audio interface boards receive incoming and send outgoing video
and audiodata. These boards are responsiblefor converting the video andaudio
to internal formats used by the video server.
The Profile PRO Series comes with the Audio Signal Processing board
(ASPB). This audio architecture accepts and simultaneously processes sixteen
audio inputs and outputs. Internally, all audio is processed with a selectable
resolution of 16 or 20 bits, then stored as 16-bit audio. Inputs may be
individually clocked in groups of four, and any clock group may be referenced
to the system reference (house black) or any one of four video inputs. Output
clocking is synchronous to system reference. Sample rate conversion is
available for all inputs (30 to 50kHz), providing uniform storage at 48kHz.
You can configure the PRO Series tooperatewithanalog,AES/EBU digital, or
embedded (SMPTE 272M Level A) audio, depending on which options are
installed in yoursystem.Allthree audio formats are supported without external
conversion equipment. Analog audio is only available with an optional
PAC208or PAC216Analog/Digital Interface chassis. You can specify the use
of XLR or BNC connectors for AES/EBU audio with an optional XLR216 or
BNC216 Digital Interface chassis. You can choose an audio format for each
videochannel.For example, youcould enable analogaudioon one channel,and
embedded audio or AES/EBU on the other.
Two video boards allow the PRO series to be used with the composite analog
and serialdigitalcomponent video formats, both ofwhichare standard formats.
Both boards accept 525 or 625 (NTSC or PAL) video standards.
The analog composite input and output board offers two input and output
channels per board.
A serial digital component board provides two channels of both input and
output, plus embedded audio when used with an ASPB. You can also enable
dithering, auto-timing, and automate VITC detection. The board also has error
detection and handling.
Video and Audio Interface Boards
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The standard reference genlock board allows you to time your PRO Series
video disk recorder tootherdevicesina broadcast facility. You can lock a PRO
Series unit to a PAL or NTSC reference signal (house black). The genlock
board also lets you have LTC inputs and outputs, withoneinputandoneoutput
possible for each channel.
Notes:
Indicates optional board
MPEG Encoder/Decoder is
*
available only in the PRO III.
JPEG CODECs is available
**
only in the PRO II.
Figure 1. The PRO II/PRO III block diagram
Networking
• RS-422 port
• Ethernet LAN I/O
MPEG
4:2:0*
Encoder/
Decoder
SCSI Devices
PCI Bus
0579-1
Applications Processor
Subsystem
•
Intel Pentium Processor
EISA Bus
Enhanced
Master Recorder
• Intel i960 real-time
processor
• 2 JPEG CODECs
• Ultra SCSI-2
**
32 x 32 CCIR 601
Video Router and Clocks
Digital
Audio I/O
Video I/O
• Analog Composite
• SDI w/Embed. Audio
Analog
Audio I/O
(External Chassis)
Mix
Effects
Genlock
Board
Ref.
Clocks
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Profile Software Development
The Profile Software Development Kit (SDK) provides an application
programming interface (API) for libraries of Profile functions. We recommend
that you call these functions via Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0; however, it is
possible to use other languages that permit calls to C declared functions
(contact your Tektronix representative for more information). Software
developers can use the API to control the Profile from third-party hardware
devices, for example. The API consists of seven libraries:
• The TekCfg library provides an interface to the Profile configuration.
• The TekPdr library furnishes calls that inventory and manage movies in
Common Movie Format (CMF), an internal file format standard for video,
audio, and timecode.
• The TekRem library makes it possible for a remote Windows NT system to
control a Profile disk recorder over an Ethernet LAN.
• The TekVdr library provides an interface for playing and recording video
and audio clips.
• The TekVfs librarysupportslow-levelaccess to individual media files in the
media file system.
Profile Software Development
• The TekVme library controls the optional video mix effects board.
Four RS-422 serial ports come standard on a disk recorder. A disk recorder can
issue serial commands or receive them from an external device via RS-422
communication lines. The Profile Protocol associates each API call with a
specific number that can be sent over an RS-422 line. The ProLink application
monitors Profile Protocol calls over an RS-422 link, allowing you to use
compatible hardware devices, such as the PRC100 Control Panel, to issue
commands to a Profile unit.
Windows applications are also available to control the Profile system. Your
disk recorder comes with several standard and optional applications. See
“Starting and Closing Profile Applications” on page 28 for more information.
NOTE: Louth and Odetics RS-422 protocols are also supported,
although there is not a one-to-one correspondence between these
protocols and the Profile API. Louth and Odetics protocols do not
allow you full access to the functionality of the Profile system.
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What to Read First
The orderinwhich you should read thechaptersof this manual depends onhow
you want to set up your Profile PRO system.
• Before using your Profile PRO unit, you must first configure your video and
audio boards. Refer to Chapter 2, “Using the Profile Configuration
Manager.”
• Once you have configured your video and audio boards, and, if necessary
rebuilt your file system, you are ready to capture and replay video and audio
clips. Refer to Chapter 4, “Using VdrPanel.”
• To read Profile logs, access your Profile PRO system from a remote PC, or
attach a PRC100 Profile Control Panel; refer to Chapter 6, “Using Profile
Utilities.”
• To learn how to manage media on disk, see Chapter 3, “Using Media
Manager.”
• If want to use optional software applications, see Chapter 7, “Using the Tool
Box Editor,” Chapter 8, “Using the List Manager,” or Chapter 10, “Using
TimeDelay.” To allocate resources for Tool Box Editor, List Manager, and
TimeDelay, see Chapter 9, “Using the Resource Manager.”
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Starting Your Profile PRO Disk Recorder
Starting Your Profile PRO Disk Recorder
Once the unit is properly installed, you are ready to log in. For instructions on
how to install and power-on a Profile PRO disk recorder, see the installation
manual that came with the unit.
To log in automatically:
Power up the Profile PRO disk recorder, and the start up routine begins.
During normal start up, you are logged in automatically and the Quick Start
application opens. You can hold down the
interrupt the automatic log in process.
NOTE: Ifyoustoptheautomatic log in, or if it fails, the WindowsNT
log in dialog box appears. When logging in, remember that this
dialog box is case-sensitive.
To manually log in:
Shift key during start up to
1. At the Windows NT 4.0 log in window, enter the username:
(However, you must log in as administrator when installing software,
performing Windows NT administration, starting a service, or setting an
Ethernet IP address.)
2. Use the Tab key to advance to the password field.
3. The password appears as asterisks (*) for password security. For the
password, enter:
4. Use the Tab key to advance to the From field.
5. If your domain name or local computer name is not displayed in the box,
click in the box to access a list of choices. Select your domain or local
computer name from the list.
6. Click
OK or press Enter.
NOTE: If a log in error message appears, and all the information is
correct, try deleting the password and clicking
profile
OK.
profile
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Starting and Closing Profile Applications
After logging into your Profile PRO system, you see shortcut icons for the
Profile applications on the Windows NT 4.0 desktop.
Figure 2. PDR Application shortcuts on the Windows NT 4.0 desktop
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Starting an Application
To start a Profile application—VdrPanel in these examples—using Windows
NT 4.0:
• Double-click the shortcut icon on the Windows NT desktop.
Or:
Starting an Application
• Choose
Or:
• Choose
Start | VdrPanel.
Start | Programs | PDR Applications | VdrPanel.
Viewing Help
To view the Help for an application:
• Choose
Or:
• Click the
To view version information (for VdrPanel in this example):
• Choose
Help | Help Topics.
Help button in a dialog box or a toolbar, if available.
Help | About VdrPanel.
Closing an Application
To close Profile applications:
• Choose
File | Quit, File | Exit or click the Close button.
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NOTE: Ifyoudon’tconfiguresystem resources with QuickStart, you
must use Configuration Manager to configure resources before
using your PRO Series video disk recorder.
Profile Configuration
Manager
The Profile Configuration
Manager is a graphical user
interfacefor configuringreference
genlock, system timing,videoand
audioinputs andoutputs. Formore
information, refer to Chapter 2,
“Using the Profile Configuration
Manager.”
Media Manager
The Media Manager allows you to
manage clips and masters on disk. Refer
to Chapter 3, “Using Media Manager.”
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Transcode Utility
The Transcode Utility, which is started from
Media Manager, can change the video quality
of a clip. Refer also to Chapter 3, “Using
Media Manager.”
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