Specifications

DigiTranslator Integrated Option Guide
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Depending on how you want to import the video,
choose one of the following options from the Video Me-
dia Options pop-up menu:
Link to Source Media This option lets you avoid dupli-
cating video files by referring to the original files.
Copy from Source Media This option copies all video
files related to the imported tracks from the source me-
dia to a new specified location.
11 Change other parameters as desired.
12 Click OK.
Pro Tools will create a new Audio Files folder, a Fade
Files folder, Region Groups folder, a Session File Backups
folder, a Video Files folder, a cache.wfm file, and a ses-
sion file where you have designated their locations. This
session will match the audio file type, sample rate, and
bit depth of the audio in the OMF or AAF you selected.
Pro Tools does not import video embedded in a se-
quence.
If you are opening an AAF or OMF sequence created on
an Avid system, you might be prompted to locate Fade
files. It is recommended that you choose to Skip All
Fades because fades created on an Avid system are not
compatible with Pro Tools. Pro Tools always recreates all
fades.
Multi-Cam Resolution Files
On an Avid system, Multi-Cam Resolution files display
multiple individual camera angles of the same scene.
The Avid operator chooses which of the Multi-Cam files
(and therefore camera angles) will be dominant, at the
time of creating an AAF or OMF export. When you im-
port an AAF or OMF sequence into a Pro Tools session,
only the clip representing the dominant camera angle
will be displayed.
Importing an AAF or OMF Sequence into
an Existing Session
You can import an AAF or OMF sequence containing au-
dio and video media into an existing Pro Tools session.
To open and import audio and/or video tracks from an OMF
or AAF sequence:
1 Launch Pro Tools, and open an existing Pro Tools ses-
sion.
2 Choose File > Import > Session Data, and choose the
AAF or OMF sequence that you wish to import.
If there are any errors, region name truncations, or
other notes (such as missing effect renderings),
during the import, a dialog appears asking you if
you want a detailed report of the changes. Click
Yes and choose where you want to save the log.
The log is a text file that you can open in any text
editing application.
Every AAF and OMF file has a filename and
unique identifier stored in the AAF and OMF
metadata, and a name which is displayed on the
desktop. Truncating a region name in the transla-
tion process does not change the AAF or OMF file-
name or unique ID.
You can also open an AAF or OMF sequence by
dragging it from any location on your computer or
the DigiBase browser to the Pro Tools Timeline.