Installation guide

Merging Technologies
Le Verney 4, CH-1070 Puidoux Switzerland
www.merging.com/Pyramix T : [phone] • F : [phone]
Pyramix v7.1 Tips
Pyramix v7 Media Manager and Library recommendations and changed behaviors
 The Database Location path is set under Settings>Application>Location>Default Database Location.
Otherwise the database path will be C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Application
Data\Merging Technologies\Pyramix
 For better performance Merging strongly recommends that you move the Database location on your
fastest system Drive. SATA2 - 7200 rpm Disks are recommended and not necessarily C:\OS default
drive (as a drive with less activity and more speed should be performing better)
 Merging recommends that your Disk have the indexing disabled and that you make sure that the
Power Management is set accordingly for better performance.
 Disable File Indexing (XP + Vista + 7):
1. Open “My computer”
2. Right click on each drive and select “Properties” from dropdown menu
3. Un-Check the indexing check box
 Verify the Power Management:
Go under Windows Control Panel and open Power options
• XP Users: Set “Power Scheme” to “Always On” and set Turn off Hard disks to “Never”
and System Standby to “Never”
• MassCore users Under Vista & 7: Power plan should be “RTX – recommended”
• Native Users: Make sure you select the “High Performance” power plan
 For ultimate performance Merging recommends that you (not mandatory)
 Set your Antivirus to off while running Pyramix
 Set Windows Automatic-Update to “notify me”
 Avoid active internet connection while running Pyramix
 Keeping Mounted Folders when closing and restarting Pyramix can speed up your workflow: Set
option under All Settings>Application>General> “Mount all Media folders that were Mounted at
previous Application Exit”
 You can clear the History of the Media Manager under the Media Manager>Media Folder menu
 Merging recommends Pyramix users save their project on a Disk were no OS resides for better
performances (C:\ not recommended).
 Since Pyramix 7, the Composition Library is not longer present. We’ve made the decision to do so to
preserve editing interactivity.
We recommend 2 workflows to workaround this:
 A) Toggle the Select Used Media view to list the media by location, based on timeline
selection. You can search and drag & drop from this window back into the timeline. You can
also save the Select Used Media content to a Library that can be re-opened as a library.
 B) Use the EDL view since it has been improved in Pyramix 7 and it should be functional and
reliable.
 Default library: The default library should be present but will be empty by default, until you add
something to it
 Global Libraries – Default Library: The global library should appear empty by default. If there’s a
Default Library in it, it could come from the last closed session.