Specifications

Video Satellite Guide14
Installing Hardware
This section describes installation procedures
for the following:
• Avid video peripheral
• Audio monitoring setups
•VTR
Installing an Avid Video
Peripheral
For full installation instructions, see the docu-
mentation included with your Avid Video
Peripheral.
Monitoring Audio from
Media Composer or Symphony
The timing of the audio output of
Media Composer or Symphony is plus or minus
approximately 1/2 frame. While this is not as
precise as the audio output of Pro Tools, it may
still be useful to listen to the audio output from
Media Composer or Symphony in your
Pro Tools session. If desired, route the audio
outputs from the video peripheral into the ana-
log or digital inputs of your Pro Tools audio pe-
ripheral. If using digital inputs, be sure that the
Pro Tools Clock Reference is set to the digital
input, or pops and clicks may occur.
However, make sure that the Ref Present LED in
the Pro Tools Session Setup window is lit to con-
firm that the system is still aligned to video ref-
erence.
Connecting a VTR
You can use Media Composer or Symphony for
capturing audio and video from tape, or for lay-
ing audio and video back to tape. There are four
types of connections which need to be made:
•Video I/O
•Audio I/O
•Deck Control
• Video reference (black burst)
Figure 3. Diagram of Pro Tools and a Media Composer or Symphony video satellite system (with required
components connected with solid lines and optional components connected with dotted lines)
Shared
Storage
Video Reference
(Black Burst) or
tri-level sync
Pro Tools
CPU
Media Composer
or Symphony
CPU (Video
Satellite)
Deck Control or 1394
Ethernet connection (directly between two CPUs through a hub or through
Audio I/O
Avid Video
Peripheral
SYNC HD
(or SYNC I/O)
Video
Storage
Audio
Storage
VTR
Speakers
External monitor