Car Video System User Manual

Chapter 4: Media Station|PT Video Satellite Workflows 101
To open a native Avid sequence, see one of the
following sections:
• “Opening an Avid Sequence from a Volume
Supporting Direct Playback” on page 101
• “Opening an Avid Sequence from a Volume
Not Supported for Playback” on page 105
To open an AAF sequence, see “Opening an AAF
Sequence for Playback on a Video Satellite Sys-
tem” on page 110.
Receiving Avid Sequences or AAF
Sequences
The steps you use to open a sequence depend on
which of the following you have received:
• An Avid bin containing a native Avid se-
quence (a sequence which has been created in
an Avid editing application such as Media
Composer)
• An AAF sequence which has been exported
from an Avid application specifically for im-
port into Pro Tools, Media Station|PT, or other
applications.
Opening an Avid Sequence
from a Volume Supporting
Direct Playback
This section describes how to open a sequence
that is currently stored on a volume suitable for
playback in Media Station|PT (such as local
video storage, Unity MediaNetwork or Unity
ISIS).
For details on importing AAF sequences, see
“Opening an AAF Sequence for Playback on a
Video Satellite System” on page 110.
Opening an Avid Sequence on
Local Storage or Unity with
Pro Tools Not Playing from Unity
This section describes how to open a sequence
with the following configuration:
• Media Station|PT will open the sequence ei-
ther from the video storage volume or an Avid
Unity system.
• Pro Tools is not connected to the Unity sys-
tem (if any).
This workflow involves the following steps:
1 Open the sequence in Media Station|PT di-
rectly from the local storage or Unity workspace.
2 Create an AAF export from Media Station|PT,
copying audio to the audio storage.
3 Import the AAF sequence into Pro Tools.
If your Pro Tools session contains video re-
gions of one frame rate, you cannot import
a satellite video track that refers to video of
a different frame rate—regardless of the
fact that you're not playing the actual
video. You must first delete the existing
video regions. If you have a 1080 sequence
at 50 fps and your Pro Tools session con-
tains video clips at 25 fps, you can convert
the project in Media Station|PT to SD (see
“Down-Converting an HD Project to SD
Video” on page 54) and re-export the AAF
at 25 fps. You can use the same technique if
you have a 1080 sequence at 59.94 fps and
your Pro Tools session contains video clips
at 29.97 fps.