Specifications

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Audio files that are not of the same bit depth or sample
rate as a session must be converted to be used with the
session. When an audio file is converted, a new file with
the correct bit depth, file type, and sample rate is cre-
ated and placed in a folder you choose.
Importing Audio from AAF
Sequences with Unsupported
Video Formats
Pro Tools with DigiTranslator 2.0 or higher and an Avid
video peripheral lets you import audio from AAF se-
quences containing unsupported video formats, includ-
ing high-definition Avid video files with frame rates
over 30 frames per second.
The following rules apply when importing AAF se-
quences of this type:
• Supported audio in these sequences will play back,
but unsupported video will not.
• Unsupported video appears in the Timeline as orange
blocks.
Importing AAF/OMF Sequences
Containing Media Mixdowns
Pro Tools 7.2 with DigiTranslator 2.0 or higher and an
Avid video peripheral lets you import AAF and OMF se-
quences exported from Avid editing applications by se-
lecting File > Import > Session Data or by dragging them
from the desktop or a DigiBase browser to Pro Tools.
If the sequence contains a video mixdown, the video
mixdown and its corresponding metadata are displayed
in two separate video tracks on the Timeline.
If the sequence contains an audio mixdown, the audio
mixdown and its corresponding metadata are displayed
in two separate video tracks on the Timeline.
You can use the Source Sample Rate settings to
compensate for any pull up or pull down factors
that may have been applied to the audio prior to
importing. (See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
more information on using the Sample Rate Con-
version settings.) In a sequence with files of mixed
sample rates, set the Source Sample Rate in pro-
portion to the Target sample rate of the session,
and the pull up or pull down compensation will be
applied correctly to all files in proportion with
their original sample rate.
For more details on the Import Session Data dia-
log, see the Pro Tools Reference Guide.
Video tracks with editing metadata and video mixdown