User`s guide

Pro Tools Reference Guide370
Blue & White G3 Macintosh computers
have an internal IDE system drive. Audio
and video should be stored on SCSI drives,
connected to the computer with a Digide-
sign-approved SCSI interface card.
Some recent Macintosh computers have
two SCSI busses, an internal SCSI bus, and a
separate external SCSI bus. The internal bus
is often a SCSI Fast-compatible bus which
can yield better disk performance. The ex-
ternal bus is a narrow SCSI bus, which is
slower. For best performance use an inter-
nal drive which connects to the internal
fast SCSI bus.
For G3 Macintosh models that have only a
single, narrow SCSI bus, you should use a
SCSI accelerator for the audio drive, and
use the narrow bus for QuickTime video.
Contact your Digidesign dealer or visit the
Digidesign website for compatibility infor-
mation.
Importing a QuickTime
Movie
Before you import a movie, you should dig-
itize your video material and know the cor-
rect frame rate and sample rate when appli-
cable.
▲ If a video card with video compression was
used to create the QuickTime movie, Pro Tools
cannot play the movie without the compres-
sion hardware. Make sure the video card is in-
stalled and configured correctly before starting
your session.
To import a QuickTime movie into Pro Tools:
1 Launch Pro Tools and create a new ses-
sion, or open an existing one.
2 Check the time code parameters of the
session to make sure they match those of
the movie you wish to import, and save the
session.
3 Choose Movie > Import Movie.
4 Locate the desired movie. When you se-
lect a movie in the Import Movie dialog,
you can view a preview frame by enabling
the Show Preview check box. The preview
corresponds to the first frame of the movie.
If you have not yet created a preview, you
can do so by selecting the desired movie
and clicking Update in this dialog.
5 Select the desired movie and click Open.
Pro Tools imports the movie and displays it
in its own Movie track in the Edit window
as well as in a floating Movie window. The
first frame of the movie is automatically
synchronized to the start time of your ses-
sion.
Import Movie dialog
The movie track “VideoSpot” appears above the
“Rhythm Guitar” track