Car Video System User Manual

Chapter 2: Installing Media Station|PT 19
Overview of Media Station|PT
Installed as a Standalone
Application
When installed as a standalone application,
Media Station|PT comprises the following com-
ponents:
• A dedicated Media Station|PT computer
• Local and/or shared storage for audio and
video
• Avid video peripheral (required for playback
to an external NTSC/PAL monitor, but not re-
quired for capture, export, or layback)
• Video reference (connected to the Avid video
peripheral and the VTR if present)
• Optional VTR
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To install Media Station|PT as a standalone
application, do the following:
1 Install any optional hardware: See “Installing
Hardware” on page 22.
2 Install Media Station|PT software: See “Install-
ing Media Station|PT Software on Windows XP”
on page 26 or “Installing Media Station|PT Soft-
ware on Mac OS X” on page 30.
When installed as a standalone application,
Media Station|PT on Windows XP can easily be
configured as a video satellite of Pro Tools. See
“Overview of Media Station|PT Installed as a
Video Satellite System” on page 20.
Figure 1. Diagram Media Station|PT installed as a
standalone application (with required components
connected via solid lines and optional components
connected via dotted lines)
Shared
Storage
Video Reference
(Black Burst)
Media Station|PT
CPU
(Video
Satellite)
Deck Control or 1394
Video I/O
Local
Storage
VTR
External monitor