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Avid AirSpeed®Multi Stream

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Contents

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 1 AirSpeed Multi Stream Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

AirSpeed Multi Stream Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Hardware and Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Optional Avid Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Software Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Ethernet Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Time-of-Day Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Internal Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Serial Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Digital Input and Output Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Supported Media Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Capture Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

MXF Media Formats and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Media Destination Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Protecting Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Headframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Studio Playout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Play While Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Play While Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Closed Caption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

International Character Support (ICS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Front and Rear Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Visual Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Rear Media Connections (All Models). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chassis Label Location (All Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Control Connections (All Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Video/LTC Connections (SD Model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Video/LTC Connections (DNxHD Model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware and Setting Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Unpacking and Inspecting Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Unpack and Inspect Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Unpacking Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Verifying Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Inspecting Components for Damage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Rack-mount Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Rack-mount Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Positioning the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Securing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Chassis in the Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Inserting the Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Connecting SDI and Video Reference Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Connecting Video Reference Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for SD Models). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models) . . . . . . . . . 58

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for DNxHD Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for SD Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models) . . . . . . . . 61

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for DNxHD Models). . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Connecting Time of Day (TOD) LTC Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Connecting Control and Communications Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Connecting USB Devices (Mouse and Keyboard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Connecting Ethernet Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Connecting to AirSpeed Multi Stream Over the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Connecting Expansion Port Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Connecting Remote Serial Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Connecting the Console Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Connecting the VGA Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Connecting the Power Cords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Setting Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

AirSpeed Multi Stream System Setup Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Changing the Computer Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Adjusting the Date, Time and Time Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Creating RAID 0 Striping in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Reconfiguring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping (for Previously Striped Drives) 74

Verifying Your Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Creating a Windows User Account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring Your Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Setting Up Remote Access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Chapter 3 Configuring the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Interplay and ISIS Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

License Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Configuration Requirements for AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Configuring the Avid Framework Workstation Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

(Option) Installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Creating a New Database in the AirSpeed Multi Stream Application. . . . . . . . . 87

Setting the Default Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Configuring Channels on AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Configuring Channels for Capturing Ancillary Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Configuring Channels for Playing Out Ancillary Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Configuring the Avid Service Configuration for Interplay Workgroup . . . . . . . . 97

Configuring the Avid Service Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Setting Up your Credentials for Connection to Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Setting Up Record and Destination Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Selecting Default Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Setting Up Inventory Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Launching Transfer Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Configuring Channels for Remote Control with Avid iNEWS Command or Capture-

Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Configuring Communication Protocols in AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring General Purpose Interface (GPI) Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . 113

Configuring Your Avid Editor to Work with AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . 115

Optional AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Setting Database Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Configuring Auto Logon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Locking Channel Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Avid IsoSync Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Configuring International Character Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Chapter 4 Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Starting AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

AirSpeed Multi Stream Database Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Opening a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Closing a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Locking and Unlocking a Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Showing Properties for a Database File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

File > Preferences Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

File > Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Air Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Window Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Network Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Expanding the Network Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Browse Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Changing the Order and Number of Fields in the Browse Window . . . . . . . . . 141

Changing the Sort Order of Clips in the Browse Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Headframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Selecting Headframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Changing Headframe Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Clip Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

MiniMonitor Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Preview Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Dockable Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Main Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Air Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Right-Click Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Selecting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Background Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

General Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Preview Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Chapter 5 Working with Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Recording a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Playing While Recording a Clip (PWR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Clip Recording Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Copying or Moving Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Editing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Editing Clips Using the Item Properties Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Editing Clips Using the Preview Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Playback Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Renumbering Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Playing Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Cueing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Clip Headframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Selecting a Default Headframe for a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Selecting the Timecode for a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Performing a Take. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Changing a Clip’s Headframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Transferring a Clip to Interplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Sending Sequences from an Avid Editor to AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Transfer Setup Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Transferring Sequences from your Avid Editor to AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . 178

Modifying Clip File Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Editing the Current Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Template for Channel and Item Properties — General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Template for Channel and Item Properties — Clip Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Template for Channel and Item Properties — Record Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Template for Channel and Item Properties — Audio Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Searching for Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Search Syntax Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Chapter 6 AirSpeed Multi Stream Studio and Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Studio Concept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Creating a Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Adding the Studio to Your WorkGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Using the Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Connect to Playout Server or Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Send to Playout Server or Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Monitoring Studio Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Transfer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Chapter 7 Working with the Remote Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Installing the Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Starting the Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Connecting to an AirSpeed Multi Stream Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

About Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Channels Pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Transport Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Inventory Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Right-Click Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Using the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Selecting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Changing the Sort Order of Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Filtering on a Clip Name or Video ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Playing Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Cueing and Playing Clips Directly from the Current Video ID Field. . . . . . 216

Cueing and Taking Clips via the Next Video ID Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Recording Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Crash Recording Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Recording Clips with Only a Video ID Specified (no Duration or Name). . 217

Recording Clips with Both a Video ID and Duration Specified . . . . . . . . . 218

Recording Clips with Only a Name Specified (no Duration or Video ID). . 218

Recording Clips with Only a Duration Specified (No Video ID or Name) . 218

Editing the In and Out Points of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Protecting or Unprotecting Clips from Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Transferring Clips to Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Transferring Clips to an Avid Editor and then to Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Inventory Pane Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Channels Pane Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Chapter 8 Maintaining Your AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Reimaging Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Checklist for Reimaging Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Loading the Windows XPE Restore Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Installing the Avid Framework Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream Application Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Rebuilding a Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Replacing Media Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Windows XPe Security Update Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Viewing System Health Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Accessing the Knowledge Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Chapter A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Physical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Power and Environment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Audio Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Video Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Control and Synchronization Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Data Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Rear Panel Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Connector Pinouts and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

RS-422 Serial Control Mechanism Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

RS-422 Serial Remote RJ45 Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Sony BVW Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Supported Optional VDCP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Ethernet Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Expansion Port Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

LTC Timecode Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

USB 2 Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Chapter B Performing Hardware Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Diagnostic Window Explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Reviewing Hardware Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Starting the Hardware Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Playing a Video Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Capturing from an External Video Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Testing Audio Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Capturing from the Play Frame Video (Loopback Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Diagnostic Test Failed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Chapter C Network Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Setting Up Network Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Chapter D Regulatory and Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Warnings and Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

LED Safety Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Canadian ICES-003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

European Union Declaration of Conformity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Using This Guide

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows®XP operating

system.The majority of screen shots in this document were captured on a Windows XP

system.

nThe documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your

system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the

documentation.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

nA note provides important related information, reminders,

recommendations, and strong suggestions.

cA caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to

your computer or cause you to lose data.

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

Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when

handling electrical equipment.

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the

order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the

File menu and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list

indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

(Windows), (Windows

only), (Macintosh), or

(Macintosh only)

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified

operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

items and keyboard sequences.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It

is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation

was published:

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,

they ship with your application and are also available online.

If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document

(README_product.pdf) and is also available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe

because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes

available. To view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit

the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for

maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are

available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find

answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates,

and to read or join online message-board discussions.

Avid Training Services

Avid makes lifelong learning, career advancement, and personal development easy and

convenient. Avid understands that the knowledge you need to differentiate yourself is always

changing, and Avid continually updates course content and offers new training delivery

methods that accommodate your pressured and competitive work environment.

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Avid Training Services

To learn about Avid's new online learning environment, Avid Learning Excellerator™

(ALEX), visit http://learn.avid.com.

For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and

books, please visit www.avid.com/training or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID

(800-949-2843).

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