Specifications

Video Satellite Guide60
Exporting Audio and Video as
a Digital Movie from a Video
Satellite
If you have audio and video media with a video
satellite system and you want to create a Quick-
Time or Windows Media digital movie, you must
first get the audio from Pro Tools into
Media Composer.
Exporting audio and video from a video satellite
system to a digital movie involves the following
steps:
1 Move the audio to the Media Composer ma-
chine and cut it into the video sequence.
2 Export the sequence as a digital movie.
To get the audio from Pro Tools to the
Media Composer video satellite:
1 Ensure that the Pro Tools system can deliver
files easily to the Media Composer video satel-
lite computer through shared storage (such as
Avid shared storage or Ethernet-mounted net-
work volume), a mounted audio or video storage
drive, or a DVD.
2 Export audio files from Pro Tools using one of
the following methods:
• Bounce the audio tracks to disk.
• Mix back to internal tracks.
• Export the selected tracks as an AAF with
audio embedded.
3 Import the Pro Tools audio into the
Media Composer sequence, and integrate it into
the track.
4 See the Media Composer guides for details on
importing and synchronizing audio in Media
Composer.
To export a sequence as a digital movie:
1 Select the sequence you want to export in the
bin and drag it to the Record Monitor.
2 Render all effects in the Timeline as described
in the Avid Media Composer Guide.
3 Select the Track Enable buttons for the video
and audio tracks to export.
4 Choose File > Export.
5 Type a name and select the destination.
6 Choose the type of file you want to export from
the Export Setting pop-up menu.
7 Click Options, and configure the settings as
desired.
8 Click Save or Save As.
9 In the Export As dialog, click Save.
See “Cross-Mounting Media Storage on Re-
mote Systems” on page 25.
See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for de-
tails on exporting audio from Pro Tools.
On a Windows system, if you experience
errors when exporting QuickTime movies,
open QuickTime Player, go to Preferences >
Advanced, and choose Safe mode (GDI
only).