Specifications

Introduction

Licensing Requirements

Avid Integration Guide

Licensing Requirements

These Vantage components are enabled only with specific licenses:

• AAF Encoder—requires the following licenses:

– For Media Composer: Vantage Transcode Pro

– For Interplay: Vantage Transcode Pro Connect with Avid Advanced option

• TransferManager/Transfer Engine Encoder—requires Vantage Transcode Pro Con-

nect with Avid Advanced option.

• MXF Encoder—requires Vantage Transcode Pro.

• Final Cut/Avid QuickTime Encoder—requires Vantage Transcode Pro.

• Notify Actions Interplay Notifier—requires Vantage Transcode Pro Connect with Avid

Advanced option.

• Post Producer Compose and Conform Actions—requires Post Producer.

The following Vantage components and capabilities are enabled without specific

licenses in all Vantage products:

• The Telestream Playback Service

• Processing media files exported from Avid Media Composer

Please contact your Telestream account manager or Telestream Customer Service (see

Telestream Contact Information) for information about purchasing Vantage licenses.

Supported Avid Products

Vantage workflows can be integrated with the following Avid system implementations:

• Stand-alone Avid editing systems with local storage

• Avid editing systems with network attached shared storage such as Avid ISIS

• Avid editing systems with Interplay.

Vantage workflows can be integrated with the following Avid products:

• Avid Interplay Transfer Engine (Interplay | Transfer)—Interplay Transfer Engine

(often referred to as Interplay Transfer or Transfer Manager) automates the transfer

of media files in and out of Avid environments.

• Avid Interplay Asset Management Products:

– PAM (Production Asset Management) —Vantage seamlessly integrates directly

with PAM for both import and export.

– MAM (Media Asset Management)—Vantage workflows can ingest media

exported from MAM. Contact Avid for further information about submitting

media from MAM to Vantage workflows.

• Avid ISIS—Avid’s shared storage environment, a proprietary NAS device. The term

ISIS as used in this guide should not be confused with older Avid Unity products.