Avid Technology AirPlay MP Comment utiliser

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Part 0130-01158-01 Rev. B

These release notes pertain to Avid AirPlay MP Release 3.9.

This document lists the hardware and software requirements for

AirPlay MP 3.9. It also contains installation instructions, a list of the

documentation that accompanies the product, and a product over-

view. The product overview includes:

¥ Compatibility with other Avid products

¥ Support for product models and subsystems

¥ Features

¥ Known bugs and limitations

Contents

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Arming Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Reinstalling the Macintosh System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Reinstall Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Backing Up the Internal Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Cleaning Off the Internal Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Verifying Internal Hard Drive Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Installing Macintosh System Software 7.5.3r2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Restoring Files from the External Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Resuming Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Disconnecting the External Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Installing the AirPlay MP Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installation Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the AVIDinit Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing VScanner on Multichannel Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Checking the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Configurations and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Running Pro Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuring the RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuring the Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Setting the Avid Project Folder as Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Turning off File Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Documentation for AirPlay MP 3.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

AirPlay MP 3.9 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Compatibility with Other Avid Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Compatibility with ITU-R BT.601 (CCIR601) and

SMPTE 125M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Support for Product Models and Subsystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Supported Product Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Unsupported Product Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Supported External Subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Unsupported External Subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Supported Software Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Unsupported Software Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

New Features in AirPlay MP 3.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Arming a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting Up and Enabling an Arming Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Viewing the Arming Window Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

The Arming Window LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Supplemental Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Arming a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

As Run Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

AFRTS Configuration Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuration Drawing for Avid Media Player . . . . . . . 41

AVIDdrive 1.3.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Cable Wiring Run List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Channel-Switching Between Record and Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Creating Disk Space for Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using a Dedicated Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Clearing a Disk Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Customer Support Phone Number Ñ Area Code Change. . . . . . 45

House Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Iomega Jaz Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

NTSC in Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PAL Format Unsupported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PICT File Imports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Router Table Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Shared Media Files: Locking and Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

User Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using a MediaDock for Shared Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Viewing an Event in a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Known Bugs and Limitations in AirPlay MP 3.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

AirPlay MP Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

As Run Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Audio Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Audio Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Clips Not Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Clips Without Tape ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Consolidating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Deck Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Deck Disconnected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Digital Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Duplicated Clips in Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

External Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

GPIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Head Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Loop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Master Clips Reappear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

OMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Partition Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Pause Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Print File Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Printer Driver Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Priority Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Real-Time Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Serial Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Troubleshooting AirPlay MP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

System Freezes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Fatal Assertions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Crashes to MacsBug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Erratic System Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Daily Maintenance Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Single-channel Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Multichannel Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

All Systems with As Run Log Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Weekly Maintenance Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

BiWeekly Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Monthly Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Rebuilding the AirPlay¥Database (Multichannel Systems). . . . . 76

Cable Wiring Run List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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Symbols and Conventions

These release notes use the following special symbols and conven-

tions:

Ctrl-

means to hold down the Ctrl key and another key to perform

the operation.

Look here in the margin

for tips.

In the margin you will Þnd tips that help you perform tasks more eas-

ily and efÞciently.

✔

A check mark indicates a bug that has been Þxed.

✘

An X indicates a known bug or limitation. Where appropriate, a

workaround is provided.

Workaround:

Aworkaround provides a way to work around a known

bug or limitation.

Anote provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,

and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a speciÞc action you take could cause harm to

your computer or cause you to lose data.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.

Follow the guidelines in the manual or on the unit itself when han-

dling electrical equipment.

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IfYou Need Help

If you encounter a problem while you use AirPlay MP, try these sug-

gestions:

¥ For peripheral-related issues, check the documentation that came

with the peripheral equipment.

¥ For AirPlay MP problems:

a. Try the operation again, following the instructions in the doc-

umentation.

b. Check the Services & Support section of the Avid web site at

http://www.avid.com

for the latest Frequently Asked

Questions (FAQs), Tips & Techniques, Avid Answers, and

other Avid online offerings.

c. Check the Avid Bulletin Board, "Avid Online," for information

on products and user conferences. You can use this forum to

exchange information with Customer Support representatives

and other Avid customers.

d. Contact the Avid Customer Support Center:

Before September 1, 1997:

Phone: 800-NEWS-DNG (800-639-7364)

Fax: 508-640-1472

After September 1, 1997:

Phone: 800-NEWS-DNG (800-639-7364)

Fax: 001-978-640-1472

FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES:

Before September 1, 1997:

Phone: 001-508-275-2484

Fax: 001-508-640-1472

After September 1, 1997:

Phone: 001-978-275-2484

Fax: 001-978-640-1472

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New Features

AirPlay MP 3.9 includes the following new feature.

ArmingWindow

The Òarming windowÓ is a period of time during which an

AirPlay MP system in Standby or Priority Standby waits for an

external ÒplayÓ General Purpose Interface. See

ÒArming a PlaylistÓon

page 31

Requirements

This section describes the minimum conÞguration required for

running AirPlay MP Release 3.9.

System

AirPlay MP 3.9 runs on a properly conÞgured Avid Media Processor, a

Macintosh Quadra¨ 650 with Expansion Chassis, or a Macintosh

Quadra 950, running Macintosh¨ System Software 7.5.3r2.

Disk Drives

Each AFRTS system channel will have an Iomega¨ Jaz Drive. In addi-

tion, the conÞguration needs at least one of the following qualiÞed

drives:

¥ AvidRAIDª MX-500

¥ MediaDockª

¥ MediaDrive iS9 (9-GB)

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Boards

These boards are required:

¥ Compression: Advanced JPEG, Revision 10 or Revision 11a (to

support AVR 70H)

¥ Video: Avid Broadcast Video Board (ABVB), with optional analog

or digital video I/O board.

¥ Audio: SA 4

¥ SCSI accelerator board: ATTO SiliconExpress IV Revision 10 or

SiliconExpress 4D Revision 10

Installation Procedures

If you are a new customer, the correct Macintosh system software and

the AirPlay MP application are already installed on your system. You

may skip to

ÒConÞgurations and SettingsÓon page 23

Reinstalling the Macintosh System Software

In a rare case, you may need to reinstall the Macintosh system soft-

ware to solve an unusual problem. Do not attempt this unless your

Customer Support representative recommends it.

Failure to follow these procedures can result in a system crash dur-

ing upgrade, or in serious errors during the execution of Avid appli-

cations.

Reinstall Requirements

The following are required to complete the reinstall procedures:

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¥ An external SCSI hard drive, which can be connected to the Mac-

intosh SCSI port. The drive must be large enough to back up the

entire internal hard drive.

¥ These Norton Utilities (3.2 or higher):

¥ Norton Disk Doctorª

¥ Norton Wipe Info

¥ Virex (the latest version available)

¥ AVIDdrive Utility 1.3.8

¥ Macintosh System Software 7.5.3r2 disks (NOT 7.5 disks with

updates)

Backing Up the Internal Hard Drive

To back up the internal hard drive:

1. Shut down the Macintosh computer.

2. Connect the external SCSI hard drive to the Macintosh systemÕs

built-in SCSI port (NOT into an ATTO card).

3. Turn on the external SCSI hard drive.

4. Start the Macintosh computer.

5. Copy the entire internal hard drive to the external hard drive. Be

sure to copy the complete System Folder.

6. On the external drive, install Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Wipe

Info, Virex, and AVIDdrive Utility 1.3.8 (see the Requirements list).

7. From the Apple menu, choose Control Panels, then Startup Disk,

then the external hard drive.

8. Restart the Macintosh; it should boot off the external drive.

Cleaning Off the Internal Hard Drive

To clean off the internal hard drive:

1. From the Edit menu, choose Select All.

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