Installation Guide : Introduction 1 - 7
1 Introduction
Thank you!
Congratulations on your purchase of the VCube Highdef Video System
You have joined a worldwide commuinity of users who have already discovered the Merging Technolo-
gies advantage.
Note: IMPORTANT! - The first thing you need to do is register your software to acquire your
Ovation key(s) and to be included in our user support list.
http://www.merging.com/register/
Please also subscribe to the User Forum at:
http://www.merging.com/forum/
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This document is intended to get you up and running with VCube as quickly as possible. For more
detailed information about Ovation, Pyramix and VCube please see the PDF User Guides which are
installed with the software.
If you have purchased VCube as an integrated (Turnkey) system, the installation information in this
guide will be redundant, since these systems come with all hardware and software pre-installed. If you
are configuring your own system, please refer to the following instructions.
2 VCube Overview
VCube is a hard-disk based video player / recorder solution designed specifically for use in audio post
production and anywhere where high quality playout is required. VCube can operate as a standalone
unit, or as part of a multi-system network, fully integrated with Pyramix or Ovation, through standard
Ethernet. Like Pyramix it offers sync to PAL, NTSC, 24fps Film and all the HDTV frame rates. VCube can
also be controlled via the 9-pin Sony P2 protocol by any third-party DAW system, as well as controlling
any 9-pin controllable VTR for capturing. VCube fully supports the Merging Technologies Virtual Trans-
port technology.
The integrated video editor with multi-track, multi-layer features enables the VCube user to remove,
add or trim Media Files imported from a Composition (VCube native or OMF AAF, MXF and Apple XML
are optional). VCube is able to mix different formats in the same Timeline. It is only necessary to specify
the output format. All video Clips will be resized to this format in real time. Therefore it is possible to
play out an HD file on a standard SD output… VCube is an open solution that can import OMF, AAF,
MXF and Apple XML Compositions. VCube XE and SE are also able to convert, and render Media. A pass-
word protected watermark feature allows the administrator to tag both video and graphic outputs. The
administrator can also protect VCube settings with a second password.
VCube will be your Swiss Army Knife in the video jungle.
Note: VCube is currently supplied with RGBA, RGB, YUY2, DV25, MJPEG codecs and OMF is
provided as a Timeline exchange format. Please see below for optional hardware, codecs
and exchange formats.
