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Contents Contents Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Where to Find Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Who Should Use This Guide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 New Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Existing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Chapter 6 Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Folders Installed On Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The DS_v4.02 Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The DS Archives Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 The DS Projects Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 The DSPresets Folder . . . . .
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Before You Start Where to Find Information The Avid®|DS package includes a comprehensive set of learning materials. With this Roadmap, you’ll know where to find the information you need to get up and running quickly and effectively. ? Start with the Workstation Setup Guide to prepare your site for Avid|DS and assemble your workstation. Use the Installation & Administration Guide should you need to reinstall and license any of the components, or for tips on the daily maintenance of your system.
Who Should Use This Guide? Who Should Use This Guide? This guide is intended for anyone who is installing an Avid|DS system for the first time, upgrading a system, or responsible for the daily management and administration of the system. Following these guidelines will help ensure the successful operation of your system. New Users ? The Avid|DS workstation comes with the software and drivers already installed.
Before You Start Document Conventions ? This guide uses the following symbols and conventions: Bold Bold is used for menu commands, dialog box and property editor options, and file/folder names. Italics Italics place emphasis on certain words. > The greater than (>) sign indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the order that you choose them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then choose the Import command.
Who Should Use This Guide? Mouse, Pen and Keyboard In Avid|DS, you can use a two-button mouse (with wheel) or a pen and tablet. The left and right mouse buttons perform different operations. Unless otherwise stated, use the left mouse button. ? The mouse and pen operate slightly differently. All the procedures in this guide are documented for the mouse. You can, however, easily use a pen or the keyboard. The following table shows the terms relating to the mouse, pen, and keyboard.
Before You Start Avid|DS Support Technical support for Avid|DS is provided by your Avid reseller working together with Avid|DS Customer Service. Immediate assistance for any technical issue is available through our hotline, e-mail, and web support services. Licensing Support You must contact your reseller to request a license for your Avid|DS system. You can do this through your reseller or through the license request form under Licensing at http://softimage.com/avidds.
Avid|DS Support Corporate Addresses You can reach Avid Technology, Inc. at the following addresses: Corporate Headquarters Avid Technology, Inc. Avid Technology Park One Park West Tewksbury, MA 01876 tel: 800 949-AVID or 978 640-6789 fax: 978 640 1366 web: avid.com ? European Headquarters Avid Technology Europe Ltd. Westside Complex Pinewood Studios Pinewood Road Iver, Buckinghamshire SLO ONH United Kingdom tel: 44 175 365 5999 fax: 44 175 365 4999 Asian Headquarters Avid Technology (S.E. Asia) Pte.
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Chapter 1 • Upgrading Your System In This Chapter... This chapter describes how to upgrade from previous versions to Avid|DS 5.0. Upgrading Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Uninstalling Previous Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Disk Space Limitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Upgrading Your System Upgrading Your System To upgrade to Avid|DS 5.0, make sure you follow these procedures. In order to complete the upgrade, you must have Administrator privileges on the workstation. ? 1. As a security measure, we strongly suggest that you back up your system to protect it in case of a failure during the upgrade—see Creating a Disk Configuration Disk on page 89, and Backing Up Your Registry on page 91. 2. Archive your projects.
Chapter 1 • Upgrading Your System Uninstalling Previous Versions The following procedure is valid for versions 2.1, 3.0, 3.01 and 3.02 of Avid|DS (formerly known as SOFTIMAGE|DS and Softimage DS). To uninstall Softimage DS 1. Go to Start > Programs > Softimage DS > Setup. ? 2. In the Softimage DS Setup window, click Remove All. 3. At the verification prompt, click Yes. The files are removed and you’re prompted to restart windows. 4. Click Restart Windows to restart your workstation.
Uninstalling Previous Versions System Cleanup After removing Softimage DS from your system, there are some leftover folders and registry entries that you should remove before installing Avid|DS 5.0. But before you do that, we highly recommend that you clean your system first. To clean your system ? 1. Go to the C:\Program Files folder. If the Softimage DS folder is present, verify its contents for EDLs, OMFs, bitmaps, or anything you may have saved there. 2.
Chapter 1 • Upgrading Your System Disk Space Limitation The older TDZ 2000 GT1 systems had their internal system drive configured as follows: Partition ? Label Partition size C: [System] 2 GB E: [AudioStorage] 3.5 GB F: [Projects] 3 GB Avid|DS 5.0 requires 175 MB of disk space. If your system matches the above configuration, it is possible that the installation of Avid|DS 5.0 will require too much disk space on an already very crowded C: partition.
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Chapter 2 • Uninstalling Avid|DS In This Chapter... This chapter describes how to uninstall Avid|DS. Follow the instructions in this section if you need to reinstall or upgrade Avid|DS. Uninstalling Avid|DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Uninstalling Avid|DS Uninstalling Avid|DS When you first receive your Avid|DS workstation, all the software you need to run Avid|DS is already installed and tested. You should follow the instructions in this chapter only if you are reinstalling or upgrading Avid|DS. As of version 4.0, you can install multiple versions of Avid|DS on your workstation. Therefore, you do not need to remove Avid|DS 4.x to install Avid|DS 5.0.
Chapter 2 • Uninstalling Avid|DS If you cannot uninstall some plug-ins, continue with the next one until completion, and then manually delete the Plug-In folder. Use the Windows Find utility to help you locate any Plug-In folders. To remove plug-ins on Windows NT workstations 1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. 2. From the application list, check for any installed plug-ins. ? 3. Select the plug-ins installed on your system (one at a time) and click Add/Remove.
Uninstalling Avid|DS 2. Select the Remove option and click Next. The Confirm File Deletion dialog box is displayed. ? 3. Click Yes. The Avid|DS files are removed from your system, and the Maintenance Complete dialog box is displayed. 4. Click Finish. If you’re prompted to restart the system, do so immediately to properly register the software to the operating system.
Chapter 2 • Uninstalling Avid|DS Removing the PICVideo MJPEG Codec On Windows 2000 workstations, the standard definition version of Avid|DS uses the PICVideo MJPEG codec to provide software-based video compression. The Avid|DS Setup program installs the codec automatically, but cannot uninstall it. To complete the uninstallation of the standard definition version of Avid|DS, use the following procedure to remove the PICVideo MJPEG codec. To remove the PICVideo MJPEG codec ? 1.
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Chapter 3 • Reinstalling the Avid|DS Hardware Drivers In This Chapter... This chapter describes how to reinstall the hardware drivers for your Avid|DS workstation. Reinstalling the Hardware Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Verifying the Installed Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reinstalling the Hardware Drivers Reinstalling the Hardware Drivers When you first receive your Avid|DS workstation, all the software you need to run Avid|DS is already installed and tested. You should not remove or modify the installed software. ? If you need to update, reinstall, or reconfigure specific system software components or drivers, use the Avid|DS Drivers CD that comes with your workstation. Updated and improved versions of these drivers are posted on the Avid|DS web site.
Chapter 3 • Reinstalling the Avid|DS Hardware Drivers Verifying the Installed Drivers Use the System Diagnostic utility to verify that you have the correct hardware drivers installed and determine which, if any, need to be reinstalled. To verify the list of installed drivers 1. Go to Start > Programs > Avid Products > Avid|DS v5.0 > Customer Service > System Diagnostic. ? The System Diagnostic utility is displayed. 2.
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Chapter 4 • Installing Avid|DS In This Chapter... This chapter describes how to install Avid|DS and install/remove fonts. Installing Avid|DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Installing and Removing Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installing Avid|DS Installing Avid|DS Once all of the hardware drivers are installed, you can install the current version of Avid|DS. To install Avid|DS, you must log on to an account that has Administrator privileges. ? To install Avid|DS 1. From the Avid|DS Software CD, open the \DS\DSSetup folder. 2. Double-click on the Setup.exe file. 3. In the Avid|DS Setup dialog box, click Next. 4.
Chapter 4 • Installing Avid|DS 6. In the Reseller or Dealer Information dialog box, enter the requested information and click Next. The Select Installation Folder dialog box is displayed. ? 7. Do one of the following: • Click Next to accept the default folder. • Click Browse to specify a folder in which to install Avid|DS and click Next. The Setup Type dialog box is displayed.
Installing Avid|DS 8. Select one of the following types of installation: • Avid|DS RP Only to install only Avid|DS RP. You won’t be able to run Avid|DS, only the remote processor. • Compact Installation to install Avid|DS and Avid|DS RP without any optional components. • Complete Installation to install Avid|DS and all the optional components. ? • Custom Installation to install only the Avid|DS components that you select.
Chapter 4 • Installing Avid|DS 12. Click Next. The Storage Setup dialog box is displayed. ? 13. Specify the following and click Next. • Video Storage: \D: Select the actual drive letter for your video storage configuration. • Audio Storage: \F: Select the actual drive letter for your audio storage configuration. , it If Setup detects a previous installation of Avid|DS, it uses the existing Video and Audio storage locations. In this case the Video and Audio storage options are not shown.
Installing Avid|DS The Licensing Information dialog box is displayed. ? 14. Do one of the following: • If you’re installing Avid|DS RP only, select the License Server option, and enter the following in the text box: 744@machine_name (machine_name is the network name of the computer that will be the license server). Click Next. • If you’re installing Avid|DS, select the Local License File option, enter the following in the text box: C:\Softimage\flexlm\Licenses\Softimage.lic and click Next.
Chapter 4 • Installing Avid|DS 15. Do one of the following: • If you don't have an Avid|Throttle Manager for your workstation, select the No Throttle Manager option and click Next. • If you have an Avid|Throttle Manager installed, select Name of the computer… and enter the network name of the workstation computer where the Avid|Throttle Manager is installed. Click Next. For information on the Avid|Throttle Manager, refer to Avid|Throttle Manager on page 10 of the Avid|DS Remote Processing Guide.
Installing Avid|DS 16. Enter the name or IP address of your SMTP server and click Next. The Color and Cursor Schemes dialog box is displayed. ? 17. Select the schemes that you want to install and click Next. The Start Copying Files dialog box is displayed. 18. Review your installation settings and if you’re satisfied, click Next. A progress indicator is displayed as the Avid|DS files are copied to your system.
Chapter 4 • Installing Avid|DS 19. Click one of the following: • Yes to verify your storage configuration before continuing the installation. • No to skip the verification and continue the installation. ? 20. Click Finish to complete the installation. If you’re installing Avid|DS, you are prompted to install the license server once all the files have been copied to your system. If you’re installing Avid|DS RP only, the installation is complete.
Installing Avid|DS ? 5. In the Softimage Licensing Setup dialog box, click Complete Install. You are prompted to select a folder in which to install the license server. 6. Select Avid Products and click Next. The program files are copied to your hard drive, and the following dialog box is displayed. You must enter the license keys from the license file, which you should have already received by e-mail—see Requesting a License File on page 47. 7.
Chapter 4 • Installing Avid|DS Installing and Removing Fonts Avid|DS supports the following typeface formats: • Type 1 • TrueType (PC-formatted) Avid|DS does not require any additional software to access TrueType fonts, but does require Adobe Type Manager (ATM) software to access Type 1 fonts. ? Included in the \Fonts folder of the Avid|DS CD are 500 fonts from the Bitstream typeface library. Installing too many fonts on your workstation can noticeably degrade computing performance.
Installing and Removing Fonts 4. Select the fonts to install from the List of Fonts list, as follows: • To select a single font, click the name of the font. • To select a range of fonts, click the name of the first font. Then Shift-click the last font in the range. • To select all fonts in the directory, click Select All. • To switch the selection of a font, press the Ctrl key and click a font name. ? 5.
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Chapter 5 • Installing the License File In This Chapter... This chapter describes how to request, install, and troubleshoot the license file on an Avid|DS workstation. Requesting a License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Softimage Licensing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Creating a Valid License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ? Solving Licensing Problems . . . . . . . . .
Requesting a License File Requesting a License File This version of Avid|DS requires a new 5.0 license file to validate the software. This license is provided to all valid Avid|DS customers and replaces the existing 4.0 license file. To run Avid|DS, you must have a license file, as well as a software protection key (Flexid dongle) connected to your parallel port. ? If you’re a new customer, you must request a license. When the license is issued, you will receive a copy by e-mail.
Chapter 5 • Installing the License File Softimage Licensing Program Before licensing the Avid|DS 5.0 software, you must verify the version of the Softimage Licensing program. To verify the version of the Softimage Licensing program 1. Go to Start > Programs > SOFTIMAGE Products > Licensing > LicTools. 2. Click Existing License. ? 3. Verify if the license text contains SENTINEL_KEY or FLEXID values before the dongle identifier (7-b285xxxx or 8-5E7000xxxxxx).
Creating a Valid License File Creating a Valid License File Once you receive your license from Softimage Licensing, you can create the license file on your client workstation. To create and validate a license file 1. Go to Start > Programs > SOFTIMAGE Products > Licensing > LicTools. ? 2. Do one of the following: • If you are creating a new license file, click New License. • If you have an existing license file and need to add the floating license for remote processing, click Existing License.
Chapter 5 • Installing the License File Node-lock license text ? Existing server lines Floating license text 3. Copy and paste the 5.0 node-lock license text from the licensing e-mail before the existing SERVER lines. 4. Copy and paste the floating license text after the SERVER lines. 5. Click Validate and check the Log Information dialog box: • If no error is reported, save and close the license file. • If there are reported errors, check the FLEXlm License File window for typos in the license text.
Solving Licensing Problems Solving Licensing Problems Before you can start Avid|DS, your system needs a software protection key (dongle) and a license file. If the dongle identification number matches the information in the license file, Avid|DS will start. ? If the licensing components are not properly set up, Avid|DS will not start and an error message is displayed. If this occurs, try the following troubleshooting steps or refer to the Troubleshooting section of the Avid|DS Drivers CD.
Chapter 5 • Installing the License File To verify that the dongle is properly installed on a Windows NT workstation 1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Devices. 2. Scroll down the list until you find the Parallel, DS1410D, and Sentinel devices, and verify that they are Started. If not, start them. To verify the environment setting for the license file ? 1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel. 2. Double-click on System. The System Properties dialog box is displayed. 3.
Solving Licensing Problems 8. In the System Properties dialog box, click OK to finish. To verify that the license number matches the dongle identification number 1. Go to Start > Programs > Avid Products > Avid|DS v5.0 > Customer Service > System Diagnostic. ? 2. In the Machine Serial nb text box, enter the serial number of your workstation, and click Run.
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Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation In This Chapter... This chapter contains information on your Avid|DS workstation and general guidelines on its maintenance and administration with the Windows 2000 operating system. Folders Installed On Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Managing User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ? Drive Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Folders Installed On Your System Folders Installed On Your System When you install Avid|DS, seven folders are created to hold various system files, project files, as well as media and cache files: ? Folder Description Location DS_v5.0 Contains the files required to run Avid|DS C:\Program Files\Avid\DS_v5.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation The DS Archives Folder The DS Archives folder is used by Avid|DS to keep track of archived projects. The DS Projects Folder The DS Projects folder contains the projects that you create with Avid|DS. Each time you create a new project, you are prompted to select a location for the project folder. Although you may store project folders anywhere on a local disk, it’s easier to manage projects if they’re all stored in the DS Projects folder.
Folders Installed On Your System The AudioStorage Folder The AudioStorage folder contains individual folders for each project. Each folder contains the audio media files for that project. Do not delete audio or video media files or folders using Windows 2000 Explorer. If you want to delete a media file, use the Purge or Delete command in Avid|DS. For more information on deleting clips and/or purging media, refer to Managing Media on page 50 of the Avid|DS User's Guide.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation Managing User Accounts Avid|DS makes full use of the Windows 2000 operating system. This includes multiple user accounts with your Avid|DS presets, layouts, and preferences preserved on an individual basis. When you log on to a Windows 2000 workstation, you are accessing an environment associated with your user name. When you set any personal or project preferences while logged on, Avid|DS saves them to your user profile.
Managing User Accounts 3. From the Action menu, choose New User. ? 4. Enter the new user information and click Create. 5. Repeat step 4 until you’re finished adding new users and click Close. The new user accounts are displayed in the Computer Management console. To modify an account 1. In the Computer Management console, navigate to System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users. 2. Double-click on the user account you want to edit. The Properties dialog box is displayed.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation 3. Select the General tab to specify password options. 4. Select the Member Of tab to add the user to groups. All Avid|DS users must be members of the Power Users group. 5. Select the Profile tab to specify and edit user profiles and logon scripts. 6. Click OK when you’re finished. ? Creating Power Users All users must be set up as Power Users in Windows 2000, so that they can use Avid|DS. To add a user to the power user group 1.
Managing User Accounts 2. Click Add. The Select Groups dialog box is displayed. ? 3. In the upper pane, select Power Users and click Add. 4. Click OK. 5. In the Properties dialog box, click OK. To delete an account 1. In the Computer Management console, navigate to System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users. 2. Right-click on an account and choose Delete.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation Drive Maintenance To prevent problems, you should keep at least 10% of the disk space on each drive free at all times. Keep in mind that during video media archiving, drive D: (Video Storage drive) is used to store files for any alpha material in the project. When you run Avid|DS, it creates two interactive cache files on the Video Storage drive. These two files (DS_interactive_cache.tmp and DS_interactive_cache.tmp.
Drive Maintenance To defragment the drives on Windows 2000 workstations 1. Right-click on My Computer and choose Manage. The Computer Management console is displayed. ? 2. Use the tree (left) to navigate to Storage > Disk Defragmenter. 3. Right-click on the disk you want to defragment and choose Defragment.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation About Striping Striping is the process of configuring hard drives to allow the system to see two or more drives as a single drive. When you transfer files to striped drives, the files are split between the drives, and the data transfer rate increases. Striping is required to work with uncompressed and high video resolutions.
Creating a Stripe Volume Creating a Stripe Volume With Windows 2000, the disks in a stripe volume must be dynamic disks. Since disks are not usually shipped in this format, you may need to upgrade your disks before you can stripe them. The Disk Manager in the Computer Management console automatically detects whether your disks need to be upgraded to dynamic disks.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation 3. Click Next. The Select Disks to Upgrade dialog box is displayed. ? 4. Select the disks that need to be upgraded and click Next. The Completing the Write Signature and Upgrade Disks Wizard is displayed. 5. Verify your selections and click Finish.
Creating a Stripe Volume Striping the Drives Once the disks in your storage array have been upgraded to dynamic disks, you can create the stripe volume. To create a stripe volume 1. Right-click on My Computer and choose Manage. The Computer Management console is displayed. ? 2. Use the tree (left) to navigate to Storage > Disk Management. 3. Right-click a disk in the stripe volume and choose Create Volume. The Create Volume Wizard is displayed.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation 4. Click Next. The Select Volume Type dialog box is displayed. ? 5. Select Striped Volume and click Next. The Select Disks dialog box is displayed. 6. In the All available dynamic disks box, select each of the disks in the stripe volume and click Add>>.
Creating a Stripe Volume 7. When you’re finished, click Next. The Assign Drive Letter or Path dialog box is displayed. ? 8. Select the appropriate drive letter for your video storage (normally D:) and click Next. The Format Volume dialog box is displayed.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation 9. Select Format this volume as follows and set the following: • File system to use: NTFS • Allocation unit size: Default • Volume label: Video • Perform a Quick Format: Selected • Enable file and folder compression: Deselected ? 10. Click Next. The Completing the Create Volume Wizard is displayed.
Creating a Stripe Volume 11. Verify your settings and click Finish. Your video storage drives are striped and formatted.
Chapter 6 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation Creating an Emergency Repair Disk An emergency repair disk can help you recover from a system failure in which the operating system has become corrupted. You should create a repair disk after any addition to the system, be it software or drivers. To create an emergency repair disk 1. Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup. ? The Backup utility is displayed. 2. Click Emergency Repair Disk.
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Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation In This Chapter... This chapter contains information on your Avid|DS workstation and general guidelines on its maintenance and administration with the Windows NT operating system. Folders Installed On Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Managing User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 ? Drive Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Folders Installed On Your System Folders Installed On Your System When you install Avid|DS, seven folders are created to hold various system files, project files, as well as media and cache files: ? Folder Description Location DS_v5.0 Contains the files required to run Avid|DS C:\Program Files\Avid\DS_v5.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation The DS Archives Folder The DS Archives folder is used by Avid|DS to keep track of archived projects. The DS Projects Folder The DS Projects folder contains the projects that you create with Avid|DS. Each time you create a new project, you are prompted to select a location for the project folder. Although you may store project folders anywhere on a local disk, it is easier to manage projects if they’re all stored in the DS Projects folder.
Folders Installed On Your System The AudioStorage Folder The AudioStorage folder contains individual folders for each project. Each folder contains the audio media files for that project. You should not delete audio or video media files or folders using Windows NT Explorer. If you want to delete a media file, use the Purge or Delete command in Avid|DS. For more information on deleting clips and/or purging media, refer to Managing Media on page 50 of the Avid|DS User's Guide.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation Managing User Accounts Avid|DS makes full use of the Windows NT operating system. This includes multiple user accounts with your Avid|DS presets, layouts, and preferences preserved on an individual basis. When you log on to a Windows NT workstation, you are accessing an environment associated with your user name. When you set any personal or project preferences while logged on, Avid|DS saves them to your user profile.
Managing User Accounts To modify an account 1. Go to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > User Manager. The User Manager window is displayed. 2. Select the user name that you want to modify, or select Administrator to modify the administrator’s account. 3. From the User menu, choose Properties, and modify the account as needed. ? To change the account password, you can also press Ctrl+Alt+Del and click Change Password. 4. From the Policies menu, choose Account, and select the options you require.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation Drive Maintenance To prevent problems, you should keep at least 10% of the disk space on each drive free at all times. Keep in mind that during video media archiving, drive D: (Video Storage drive) is used to store files for any alpha material in the project. When you run Avid|DS, it creates two interactive cache files on the Video Storage drive. These two files (DS_interactive_cache.tmp and DS_interactive_cache.tmp.
About Striping About Striping Striping is the process of configuring hard drives to allow the system to see two or more drives as a single drive. When you transfer files to striped drives, the files are split between the drives, and the data transfer rate increases. Striping is required to work with uncompressed and high video resolutions. Keep in mind the following when striping drives: ? • Avid|DS requires at least eight drives striped together to sustain real-time performance.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation Creating a Stripe Set You can create a stripe set across two drives. However, Avid|DS requires at least eight drives striped together to sustain real-time performance. The drives you stripe must not contain extended or logical partitions. Use the Delete command to delete any partitions before you stripe the drives.
Creating a Stripe Set ? 5. Set the partition size to the size you need, and click OK. The drives appear as an unformatted, unpartitioned stripe set. Remember, the size of the partition is cumulative. If you set the partition size as 4 GB, the stripe set will be 2 GB on each drive. The Release Notes document for each Avid release contains the supported and suggested striping configurations. Unformatted unpartitioned drives 6.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation 8. Click Yes. The following Disk Administrator window is displayed. ? 9. Click OK.
Formatting Partitions Formatting Partitions Once you’ve created the stripe set, you’ll need to format it before you can use it. To format a stripe set you created 1. From the Windows NT Disk Administrator, select the primary partition (or striped partition) that you’re going to format. ? 2. From the Tools menu, choose Format. The Format window is displayed. 3. From the File System list, select NTFS File System. 4. Enter a Volume Label Name. You can enter up to 14 characters. 5.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation 6. Click OK. The Format Complete dialog box is displayed after formatting. ? 7. Click OK. 8. Repeat steps 1 to 7 until you’ve formatted all the primary partitions you created. You should now save the new disk configuration to a diskette.
Creating a Disk Configuration Disk Creating a Disk Configuration Disk It’s very important that you keep a copy of the signature of your fibre channel’s stripe set. The fibre channel storage uses a level zero formatted stripe set, which does not offer any media duplication and protection. As a result, if the stripe set configuration is lost, all the video media information is lost too. ? It is recommended that you create two copies of your Disk Configuration.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation Creating a Windows NT Repair Disk A Windows NT Repair Disk can be used to recover from a system failure in which the operating system has become corrupted. You should create a Repair Disk after any addition to the system, be it software or drivers. To create a Windows NT repair disk 1. Go to Start > Run. ? 2. Under Open, type rdisk /s (note the space) and click OK. A Saving Configuration progress indicator is displayed. 3.
Backing Up Your Registry Backing Up Your Registry Windows NT places system configuration information into a structure known as the registry. A Windows NT system will not run without a registry, and a damaged registry may prevent a system from booting. Keeping a backup of the registry can help you to quickly and easily recover from a system failure. To back up your registry ? 1. Go to Start > Run. 2. In the Open text box, type regedit, and click OK. 3. In the Registry Editor, select My Computer. 4.
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation Updating the Windows NT Service Pack Avid|DS 5.0 requires Windows NT 4.0 Revised Service Pack 6a in order to operate properly. Before installing the service pack, you’ll have to verify the version that’s currently on your system. To verify the version of the service pack 1. Go to Start > Run. ? 2. Type winver and click OK. The following message box is displayed. Service pack version The correct service pack version is Revised Service Pack 6a. 3.
1 A B C D E F G H Index A ? accounts, managing 60 AudioStorage folder 57, 59, 77, 79 Avid|DS installing 33 managing workstation 55 to 74, 75 to 92 uninstalling 23 Avid|DS discussion group 8 C conventions 11 keyboard, mouse, and pen 11 creating a license file 49 customer service 12 D defragmenting drives 64, 65, 82 schedule 64, 82 deleting user accounts 63 discussion group Avid|DS 8 Disk Defragmenter 64 disk, emergency repair 74 Diskeeper 82 DiskeeperLite 82 document conventions 10 dongle (software pro
Index 1 A B C D E F G H S ? server, license 40 SoftDB folder 59, 79 Softimage Licensing program installing 48 verifying 48 source models 58, 78 striping 66, 83 support 12 hotline 12 licensing 12 training 12 web 13 system folder Dsprojectinfo 58, 78 source models 58, 78 T TDZ 2000 GT1 20 technical support 12 telephone support 12 training support 12 troubleshooting, license 51 TrueType fonts installing 42 removing 42 Type 1 fonts installing 42 removing 42 U uninstalling Avid|DS 4.
