Specifications

Video Satellite Guide4
Support for Avid ISIS 7000,
ISIS 5000, and MediaNetwork
Storage Systems
Avid ISIS
®
and Unity MediaNetwork are high-
speed network storage systems that let multiple
users store and share media through a gigabit
Ethernet connection (for ISIS) or fibre channel
connection (for MediaNetwork).
Media Composer, Symphony, and other Avid
video applications can use a Avid shared storage
system to share the same media as follows:
• Stream audio and video media in real time
• Share projects, AAF and OMF sequences, and
audio and video media.
• Share AAF sequences using the Avid Interplay
asset management system (Avid Interplay sys-
tem required)
Pro Tools can use an Avid shared storage system
to share media with Avid video systems as fol-
lows:
• Stream audio and video media in real time
• Share audio and video media in a push-pull
workflow
• Share Pro Tools sessions, AAF and OMF se-
quences, and audio and video media.
• Share AAF sequences using the Avid Interplay
asset management system (Avid Interplay sys-
tem required)
Avid Video Terminology
This section provides a brief glossary of Avid
terms and, where applicable, their Pro Tools
counterparts.
Clip A Clip in Media Composer is like a whole
file clip in Pro Tools. It references one or more
media files that play in synchronization, for in-
stance, a video file and its two audio tracks.
Clips are stored in bins.
Subclip A Subclip in Media Composer is like a
clip in Pro Tools. It is a shorter version of the
clip from which it was created. Subclips are also
stored in bins.
Avid Sequence An Avid sequence is equivalent
to a Pro Tools session. It is a collection of clips
and subclips organized in a Timeline. Sequences
are stored in bins.
AAF/OMF Sequence AAF and the older OMF are
standards designed specifically for exchanging
sequences between applications.
Media Composer and Pro Tools can import and
play AAF or OMF sequences. Media Composer
can export AAF or OMF sequences for import
into Pro Tools. Pro Tools can export tracks from
a session as an AAF or OMF sequence for import
into Media Composer or other Avid editing ap-
plications.
Bins Bins are like folders where you organize
clips and sequences. Bins are stored in the indi-
vidual project folders.
Projects Projects are where you organize a num-
ber of bins. Bins can also be shared between
projects.