Specifications

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Cross-Mounting Mac OS X or Windows
Media Storage in Windows
You can mount another computer’s shared vol-
ume on a Windows computer.
To mount the shared volume in Windows 7
1 On the Windows 7 computer you want to use to
access a shared volume, click the Start button.
1 In the Start menu, click Computer.
2 Click the Tools menu and select Map Network
Drive...
3 In the Map Network Drive window, select the
drive letter you wish to map the network drive to
from the Drive: menu.
4 Type or browse to the location of the network
resource you want to access.
5 Click the Finish button in the Map Network
Drive window.
6 You’ll now see the shared volume in the Com-
puter window, ready to access.
Opening Sequences for
Playback on a Video Satellite
System
To play back a video sequence on a video satel-
lite system, you must first ensure that video files
are placed on the video storage connected to the
Media Composer or Symphony system, and that
audio files are placed on the audio storage con-
nected to the Pro Tools system. The workflow
you choose depends on two factors:
• Whether you are opening a native Avid se-
quence as opposed to an AAF sequence
• Whether the sequence you are opening resides
on a volume which is suitable for direct play-
back
To open a native Avid sequence, see one of the
following sections:
• “Opening an Avid Sequence from a Volume
Supporting Direct Playback” on page 30.
• “Opening an Avid Sequence from a Volume
Not Supported for Playback” on page 33.
To open an AAF sequence, see “Opening an AAF
Sequence for Playback on a Video Satellite Sys-
tem” on page 39.
Receiving Avid Sequences or
AAF Sequences
The steps you use to open a sequence depend on
which of the following you have received:
• An Avid bin containing a native Avid sequence
(a sequence which has been created in an Avid
editing application such as Media Composer
or Symphony).
• An AAF sequence which has been exported
from an Avid application specifically for im-
port into Pro Tools, Media Composer, or other
applications.
To create a shortcut for the shared volume
storage on the desktop, Right-click the
shared volume and select Create Shortcut.
This will let you to easily re-mount the
shared volume after you reboot.
If you find you need to enter the IP address
after each reboot, try turning off DHCP.
When mapping Mac OS X volumes on the
Windows system, the Mac system may ap-
pear as a generic name such as
“Mac000a958ce06c”. If this occurs, try re-
naming the Mac Computer Name in System
Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing and
rebooting the Mac. If the Mac is not seen by
the Windows system, try rebooting one or
both systems.