Car Video System User Manual

Chapter 2: Installing Media Station|PT 23
your Pro Tools audio peripheral. If using digital
inputs, be sure that the Pro Tools Clock Refer-
ence is set to the digital input, or pops and clicks
may occur.
Installed on the same computer as Pro Tools Use
the Digidesign audio peripheral as the audio I/O
for Media Station|PT.
Connecting a VTR
You can use Media Station|PT for capturing au-
dio and video from tape, or for laying audio and
video back to tape. There are four types of con-
nections which need to be made:
•Video I/O
•Audio I/O
• Deck Control
• Video reference (black burst)
Connecting Video I/O to the VTR
Connecting a VTR to an Avid Video Peripheral
If an Avid video peripheral is connected to the
system, connect the VTR’s video I/O to the Avid
video peripheral.
To connect a VTR’s video I/O to an Avid video
peripheral:
1 Connect the Avid video peripheral Composite
IN, Component IN, S-Video IN, or SDI IN con-
nectors to the corresponding output or outputs
on your VTR.
2 Connect the Avid video peripheral Composite
OUT, Component OUT, S-Video OUT, or SDI
OUT connectors to the corresponding inputs on
your VTR.
Connecting a VTR with No Avid Video Peripheral
Present
If no Avid video peripheral is connected to the
system—but the VTR supports input and output
of audio and video as a DV-stream via
FireWire— connect the VTR directly to the
Media Station|PT computer.
To connect a VTR’s video I/O without an Avid video
peripheral:
1 Connect one end of a 1394 (FireWire) cable to
the 1394 connector on the VTR.
2 Connect the other end of the 1394 (FireWire)
cable to an available FireWire port on the
Media Station|PT computer.
Connecting Audio I/O to the VTR
Media Station|PT Installed as a Standalone
Application with an Avid Video Peripheral
If Media Station|PT is installed as a standalone
application and connected to an Avid video pe-
ripheral, connect the audio inputs and outputs
on the VTR to the audio inputs and outputs on
the Avid video peripheral.
Media Station|PT Installed as a Standalone
Application with no Avid Video Peripheral
Present
If no Avid video peripheral is connected to the
system—but the VTR supports input and output
of audio and video as a DV-stream via
FireWire— connect the VTR directly to the
Media Station|PT computer.
This only supports DV video formats such
as DV25, DVCPro 100 and HDV.