Specifications

Introduction
Avid to Vantage—Exporting Media to Vantage
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Avid Integration Guide
Accessing Avid Unity Storage
Access to legacy Avid Unity storage systems is implemented in Vantage workflows via
the Watch and Associate actions. You configure them to use the Avid File Detector.
These Avid monitors are typically used for monitoring shared storage, generally in a
mixed platform (OSX and Windows) environment, for media to be processed in
Vantage.
You can use these actions to ingest QuickTime, OMF, OMFI, and MXF files from Editorial.
(The Avid File Detector automatically flattens QuickTime reference movies.)
Using the Telestream Playback Service for Avid Interplay
Transfer Engine
The Telestream Playback Service for Avid Interplay Transfer Engine is a Windows service
installed on an Avid Transfer Engine server, for sending I-Frame media to Vantage
workflows. Telestream Playback Service enables editors using Avid editorial products
with Interplay Transfer Engine to save edit sequences as Telestream Intermediary
Format (TIFO) files so that they can be processed by Vantage while the file is being
written.
Avid Data Track Support
• 608/708 captions
• XDS data
– Program Name
– V-Chip/Content Advisory Information
– Ratings
• Active Format Description
Transcode/Direct Convert Formats
• AVC Intra 50/100 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• DNxHD 720p/1080i/1080p
• DV/DVCPRO NTSC/PAL
• DVCPRO HD 720p/1080i
• IMX 30/40/50 NTSC/PAL
• Up to 16 audio channels
Note: 10-bit mastering quality video is processed as Full Quality (8-bit) by Vantage.
Note: For implementation and application details, see Using Telestream Playback
Service for Interplay | Transfer.