Tektronix Profile Pro II, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual Profile PRO Series Version 1 1 Printed in USA Tektronix Inc P O Box 1000 Wilsonville OR 97070 1000 USA 800 547 8949 USA and Canada 503 627 2221 http www tekronix com...

Page 2: ...s of Tektronix Inc Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Other trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the associated p...

Page 3: ...Profile Applications 28 Starting an Application 29 Viewing Help 29 Closing an Application 29 Profile Configuration Manager 30 Media Manager 30 Transcode Utility 30 VdrPanel 31 Profile Disk Utility 31...

Page 4: ...utput 72 Serial Digital Component Video Output Advanced 74 Profile Audio 75 Analog Audio Input 76 Digital Audio Input 78 Analog Audio Output 81 Digital Audio Output 84 Audio Configuration 85 Input and...

Page 5: ...rary Cartridge and Archived Clip Properties 142 Viewing Tape Transport Status 145 Viewing the Transfer Monitor 148 Chapter 4 Using VdrPanel Selecting a Controller 153 Selecting a Communications Port 1...

Page 6: ...ng Marks 193 Trimming Clips 193 Setting Field Dominance for Marks 194 Chapter 5 Using the Profile Disk Utility Creating a File System 196 Setting a Disk Label 197 Formatting a Disk Volume 198 Loading...

Page 7: ...Emptying the Recycle Bin 242 The Capture Timeline 242 Capturing a New Clip 244 Loop Recording 246 Playing a Clip 247 Trimming a Clip 247 Creating a Subclip 248 User Marks 249 Event and Frame Controls...

Page 8: ...ting Events 278 Removing Events From a List 279 Using the Edit Window 280 Creating a New List 280 Saving a List 280 Reusing a List 281 Closing a List 281 Exporting a List 281 List File ASCII Text Form...

Page 9: ...hannel 324 Changing a Panel s Name 326 Modifying a Channel s Configuration 326 Handling Resource Allocation Errors 327 Starting the TimeDelay Process 328 Manually Starting the TimeDelay Process 328 Au...

Page 10: ...20 Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced 64 21 Analog Composite Video Output dialog box 65 22 Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval tab 68 23 Analog Composite Monitor Output dialog bo...

Page 11: ...Inventory dialog box 137 63 Confirm Inventory dialog box 138 64 Format Cartridge dialog box 139 65 Format Cartridge dialog box 140 66 Properties dialog box for the library 142 67 Properties dialog bo...

Page 12: ...n Profile Protocol Resources window 210 107 Setting JPEG compression 211 108 Setting MPEG compression 212 109 PortServer window 226 110 Services dialog box 228 111 Update Firmware window 230 112 Tool...

Page 13: ...ings 300 150 MPEG encoder and decoder check boxes 301 151 JPEG codec check boxes 302 152 Field Frame Setup controls 304 153 Audio inputs and outputs 305 154 Add Track dialog box for audio 306 155 Audi...

Page 14: ...JPEG video quality compression 124 7 MPEG Video quality compression 125 8 Factory set values for JPEG compression presets 160 9 Factory set values for MPEG compression presets 161 10 VdrPanel shortcut...

Page 15: ...s and masters on disk and in a cartridge library system The Transcode Utility converts media between different video compression formats such as from JPEG to MPEG VdrPanel lets you capture and use JPE...

Page 16: ...p Help Topics Profile PRO Series V1 1 Release Notes Profile PRO Series Installation Manual PLS20 Library System Manual PLS200 Library System Manual PRS200 A RAID Storage Instruction Manual PRS250 RAID...

Page 17: ...without moving the pointer Ctrl key Hold Ctrl down while pressing other keys in a sequence Double clicking Pressing and releasing the left mouse button twice without moving the pointer Dragging Pressi...

Page 18: ...Preface 18 Profile PRO Series...

Page 19: ...each channel is independent of the others each playback can start at a different time and at a different place in the clip You can even start play a clip while it s still being recorded Just start ca...

Page 20: ...CPU 233 MHz Pentium CPU Protocols Profile BVW Louth Odetics Profile BVW Louth Odetics Control RS 422 4 ports Ethernet 10 100 BaseT RS 422 4 ports Ethernet 10 100 BaseT System Software PRO Series Syste...

Page 21: ...ideo I O cards The video router is a 32 x 32 crosspoint matrix capable of full bandwidth 4 2 2 CCIR 601 8 bit digital video The video router allows real time transfer of video throughout the system wi...

Page 22: ...can bring it up to approximately 96 hours For video stored in the MPEG format at an average 12 Mbps you can just about double these capacities MPEG uses motion prediction to increase efficiency essen...

Page 23: ...oviding uniform storage at 48kHz You can configure the PRO Series to operate with analog AES EBU digital or embedded SMPTE 272M Level A audio depending on which options are installed in your system Al...

Page 24: ...l Figure 1 The PRO II PRO III block diagram 0579 1 32 x 32 CCIR 601 Video Router and Clocks Networking RS 422 port Ethernet LAN I O Applications Processor Subsystem Intel Pentium Processor Digital Aud...

Page 25: ...e for playing and recording video and audio clips The TekVfs library supports low level access to individual media files in the media file system The TekVme library controls the optional video mix eff...

Page 26: ...f necessary rebuilt your file system you are ready to capture and replay video and audio clips Refer to Chapter 4 Using VdrPanel To read Profile logs access your Profile PRO system from a remote PC or...

Page 27: ...T log in dialog box appears When logging in remember that this dialog box is case sensitive To manually log in 1 At the Windows NT 4 0 log in window enter the username profile However you must log in...

Page 28: ...rofile PRO Series Starting and Closing Profile Applications After logging into your Profile PRO system you see shortcut icons for the Profile applications on the Windows NT 4 0 desktop Figure 2 PDR Ap...

Page 29: ...Or Choose Start VdrPanel Or Choose Start Programs PDR Applications VdrPanel Viewing Help To view the Help for an application Choose Help Help Topics Or Click the Help button in a dialog box or a toolb...

Page 30: ...Using the Profile Configuration Manager NOTE If you don t configure system resources with QuickStart you must use Configuration Manager to configure resources before using your PRO Series video disk r...

Page 31: ...preformatted and with a file system already created Profile Disk Utility allows you to create new file systems reformat disks and change disk labels To find out more about how to use this utility refe...

Page 32: ...ager TimeDelay TimeDelay allows you to delay incoming video by an amount of time you specify For more information see Chapter 10 Using TimeDelay QuickStart Profile PRO Series system software includes...

Page 33: ...lly used in conjunction with Fibre Channel operations PDR Access Control is a Windows NT service that prevents one application from crashing another application by mistake Though largely transparent t...

Page 34: ...Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile PRO Series 34 Profile PRO Series...

Page 35: ...ecode for your Profile video disk recorder The configuration tree allows you to open the specific configuration dialog boxes that control the settings A graphic representation of the Profile rear pane...

Page 36: ...opens the specific dialog box but does not close any other open dialog boxes To close all open dialog boxes at once choose Window Close All All changes in a dialog box take place immediately The Undo...

Page 37: ...a file and then load it later Configuration files have a cfg extension To save your current configuration in a file 1 Choose File Save Current Configuration The Save As dialog box appears Figure 4 Fi...

Page 38: ...The Open dialog box appears Figure 5 Figure 5 Open dialog box for loading a configuration file 2 A message box warns you that if you load a configuration file all open windows are closed Click Yes to...

Page 39: ...onveniently view and change VITC settings for genlock and all available inputs and outputs To set the master timecode VITC settings 1 Choose Option Master Timecode or click the Master Timecode button...

Page 40: ...ot click to toggle it The Search Lines are automatically established for NTSC 525 and PAL 625 Check VITC Present If it is still not on check the genlock signal to make sure that VITC exists and is wit...

Page 41: ...tical Interval Line Programming dialog box Select the desired VITC lines by checking in the VITC Enable column for the line There is not a limit on the number of VITC lines Click Close to close the Ve...

Page 42: ...reference A hashed box represents a timing window or in other words the range of lines within which the timing is adjusted The external reference represented at the top of the dialog box shows a range...

Page 43: ...can also make system and output timing adjustments using the configuration dialog boxes for genlock and video outputs To access those dialog boxes select Genlock or Video Output from the configuratio...

Page 44: ...the playback The E to E Timed Output option sets a 16 line delay on all the system outputs allowing a zero timed input to be exactly timed with a play to air signal To set all your Profile unit output...

Page 45: ...for all others The auto timing circuit is always trying to lock to the signal If you try to auto time a signal outside of the window the video signal appears to be broken up as it cannot be timed int...

Page 46: ...atus is on These indicators cannot be edited To change the reference genlock settings 1 Click or double click Genlock from the configuration tree and the Reference Genlock dialog box appears see Figur...

Page 47: ...to return to the default timing values 0 0 0 NOTE In order to properly time the disk recorder the Internal Reference Timing should only be changed if the downstream timing requirements cannot be met...

Page 48: ...uble click LTC Input Output in the configuration tree and LTC Input Output dialog box appears Figure 10 LTC Inputs Outputs dialog box 1 Select an LTC input or output name 2 Position the edit cursor wi...

Page 49: ...ert edit Emulation on page 164 you need to obtain a timing signal from a video I O board to synchronize your output To select a timing input for the MPEG board 1 Click or double click MPEG Board from...

Page 50: ...put The indicators are VITC Present Input Locked and Auto Timed also Burst Present for earlier analog composite cards A green light indicates that a status is on These are indicators and cannot be edi...

Page 51: ...e characters in the text field and press Enter 3 Select a video standard Click either NTSC with pedestal NTSC without pedestal or PAL PAL is available only with earlier cards If you change the standar...

Page 52: ...king to enable vertical blanking When enabled for the 525 standard lines 1 through 9 and 264 through 272 are blanked for the 625 standard lines 1 through 5 311 through 317 624 and 625 are blanked 8 Ad...

Page 53: ...peed and other settings depending on which analog composite card you have To change advanced controls settings 1 Click or double click on the Advanced Control tab to view it Figure 14 shows the dialog...

Page 54: ...ter around the chrominance subcarrier This leaves the high frequency luminance intertwined with the chrominance A notch decoder readily determines horizontal lines are line to line luminance Fine vert...

Page 55: ...DC levels of the input signal Speed can be either slow or fast The fast clamp speed is more reactive to small DC variations The slow speed ignores short term DC level changes but gradually changes th...

Page 56: ...to adjust the ranges Be sure Enable Luma and Chroma Reduction is checked for the reduction values to be applied Click Enable Quiet Line if desired This acts as a noise reference If the Quiet line is...

Page 57: ...gure 16 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box Time Base Correction tab 2 When you select Time Base Correction you can select either composite input or Super VHS SVHS or S video input There are two c...

Page 58: ...visible only if you have an older card in your Profile unit For the most recent cards the vertical interval settings are handled under the Advanced Control tab There are different vertical interval l...

Page 59: ...interval video line chrominance information and any luminance around the chroma subcarrier are removed Pass On Y passes luminance information straight through This is useful for VITC and closed captio...

Page 60: ...een light indicates that a particular status is on These indicators cannot be edited To configure analog component video input 1 Select Video Input from the configuration tree and then click or double...

Page 61: ...is from 70 percent to 140 percent 3 dB for the input signal for both 525 and 625 When you click on Default the Input Gain Adjustment resets to the default value 100 percent 6 If you want video input...

Page 62: ...Video Input on the configuration tree and then click or double click a digital component input from the list such as SDI InA J13 The Serial Digital Component Video Input dialog box appears Figure 19...

Page 63: ...ned on Line 1 and Line 2 cannot be more than 14 lines apart NOTE Input must be auto timed to use automatic VITC detection 5 If you want video input auto timed click Enable Auto Timing Auto timing dete...

Page 64: ...esent and which errors are present Full Field FF CRC or Active Picture AP CRC plus parity and checksum errors To reset EDH for serial digital video input 1 Click the Advanced tab to view the Serial Di...

Page 65: ...analog composite output from the list such as Composite OutA J11 The Analog Composite Video Output dialog box appears see Figure 21 Figure 21 Analog Composite Video Output dialog box 2 Enter a new nam...

Page 66: ...t the values to 0 which is the point where the output signal timing is aligned with the reference genlock signal 6 Under Procamp Adjustment you can modify the output signal to compensate for any irreg...

Page 67: ...range in the PAL standard is 140 to 140 mV The range in the NTSC standard is 20 to 20 IRE Chroma Phase sets the colors by varying the phase of the chrominance subcarrier The range is 45 to 45 Luminanc...

Page 68: ...Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval tab 2 Click in the boxes for each line to enable Procamp the settings are the same as the regular video VITC if VITC Generator Enable is selected or to P...

Page 69: ...dialog box Main tab 2 Enter a new name in the Name box to change the signal name For example you could rename it to Monitor_1 Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces To return a renam...

Page 70: ...ping where you want the text displayed on the monitor Legal characters are a z A Z 0 9 Use _ underbar for transparent space 6 To clear entire monitor click Clear Display Click the button again to disp...

Page 71: ...2 To display timecode on an attached monitor select Show Hide Window 3 To display a large timecode window select Large Window Size 4 Under Window Position select the Start Row and Start Column for th...

Page 72: ...n the Name box to change the signal name For example if the signal named SDI OutA J13 is a dedicated signal to a main switcher you could rename it to Switcher_1 The VITC name automatically tracks the...

Page 73: ...nder Timing Adjustment you can set the timing of each output with respect to the reference genlock internal reference timing which in turn is set with respect to the external reference input house bla...

Page 74: ...al Digital Component Video Output Advanced settings see Figure 26 Figure 26 Serial Digital Video Output dialog box Advanced tab 2 Click Insert EDH Packets to insert Full Frame CRC and Active Picture C...

Page 75: ...50kHz providing uniform storage at 48kHz The Profile system can be configured to operate with analog AES EBU digital or embedded SMPTE 272M Level A audio depending on which options are installed in yo...

Page 76: ...ick one of the Analog Channels The Analog Audio Input dialog box appears Figure 27 The channel numbers on the left refer to the physical input connectors on the audio input box Ch 01 refers to the fir...

Page 77: ...licking on either side of the slider handle increments the line level by 0 5 dB The Level boxes show the current line level If you enter a number directly into a Level box the line level number is rou...

Page 78: ...igital Channels to bring up the Digital Audio Input dialog box Figure 29 The channel numbers on the left refer to the physical input connectors on the audio input box Ch 01 and Ch 02 refer to the chan...

Page 79: ...has an error the indicator is on See Table 2 for a description of each error indicator Figure 30 Digital Audio Input dialog box Status tab 2 When you are done checking for errors click Close or anothe...

Page 80: ...31 By default the sample rate converter is enabled The sample rate converter affects all four channel inputs Figure 31 Digital Audio Input dialog box Sample Rate Converter tab 2 Click Bypass Sample R...

Page 81: ...d then click one of the Analog Channels to bring up the Analog Audio Output dialog box The channel numbers on the left refer to the physical output connectors on the audio output box Ch 01 refers to t...

Page 82: ...ck the Line Mode tab Figure 33 Figure 33 Analog Audio Output dialog box Line Mode tab 2 In the Line Mode box you have three options Balanced default unbalanced Pin 2 Low or unbalanced Pin 3 Low The il...

Page 83: ...emented by 1 dB clicking on either side of the slider handle changes the line level by 0 5 dB The Level boxes show the current line level If you enter a number directly into a Level box the line level...

Page 84: ...igital Channels to bring up the Digital Audio Output dialog box Figure 35 The channel numbers on the left refer to the physical output connectors on the audio output box Ch 01 and Ch 02 refer to the c...

Page 85: ...mapping Profile channels to output destinations For example you can map Profile Audio Chassis PAC input sources and serial digital audio input sources Figure 36 and Figure 37 illustrate a sample confi...

Page 86: ...e AES EBU channel column are cross hatched to indicate that these channels are not selectable In Figure 37 in the column labeled AES EBU rows 9 16 appear dimmed indicating that this audio type is alwa...

Page 87: ...o of the four groups from a serial digital video source may be used simultaneously Input Mapping The Input Mapping tab is used for mapping input channels to Profile disk channels The channels must be...

Page 88: ...io groups appear dimmed 4 Click on the group of channels you want The audio channel may be mapped to any of the outputs in groups of four 5 Click OK to accept your changes or click another tab Input C...

Page 89: ...Video Input 2 In the next example a system that uses all four available clock references might be configured with two serial digital component boards In this specific example shown in Table 5 the pane...

Page 90: ...ialog box Input Clocking tab Table 5 Configuration example four video input clocking sources Board Tag Board Type Board Reference Input Clock Reference Vid I O SDI VA Serial digital component 1 and 2...

Page 91: ...or Video Input The number of video inputs depends on the number of available video channels Selecting one of the video inputs sets the group of four channels to use the selected input as their audio...

Page 92: ...side of the slider handle increments the line level by 0 5 dB The Level boxes show the current line level If you enter a number directly into a Level box the line level number is rounded to the neare...

Page 93: ...m is configured for 20 bit playback quality If 16 bit quality is enabled all audio will be played back at 16 bit regardless of what quality it was recorded in 3 Click Enabled under Scrubbing to turn a...

Page 94: ...on the toolbar The Fibre Channel dialog box appears see Figure 41 Figure 41 Fibre Channel Network Configuration dialog box 2 Click Auto hosts administration for TCP IP name lookup When selected the P...

Page 95: ...P address in the box provided Contact your network administrator for an appropriate address The IP address must be different than the Ethernet address for the machine Click Clear to erase an entry 8 E...

Page 96: ...Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 96 Profile PRO Series...

Page 97: ...0 Professional Video Disk Recorder PDR200 or PDR300 Video File Server PRO II or PRO III Video Disk Recorder PRS200 A or PRS250 Profile RAID Storage system PDX103 Profile Disk Expansion Chassis PDX208...

Page 98: ...ow appears see Figure 42 The tree pane is on the left and the contents pane is on the right What appears in the contents pane depends on what you select in the tree pane For example if you select the...

Page 99: ...er you start the Media Manager a Hardware Communication Monitor is also started if it is not already running This program makes calls to the disk recorder and keeps track of the Profile host file prof...

Page 100: ...the optional Tool Box Editor if available See Chapter 7 Using the Tool Box Editor on 231 Choose Tools List Manager to start the optional List Manager if available See Chapter 8 Using the List Manager...

Page 101: ...bar again By default the status bar is visible To hide it Choose View Status Bar To make it visible again choose View Status Bar again To refresh the tree and contents panes Choose View Refresh or pre...

Page 102: ...ines listed in the host file and passes on change notifications received from each of these machines when other applications such as other instances of Media Manager are running simultaneously While H...

Page 103: ...host list You can click the Add button again to add as many machine names as you want 5 Click OK The connection status message box appears to show the progress of new connections To remove a Profile m...

Page 104: ...xample under a volume you see bins Clicking on the button collapses or closes the associated branch of the tree hiding the bins under the volume To explore the contents of an item select the icon repr...

Page 105: ...via Ethernet alone A Profile machine connected via Ethernet and Fibre Channel An unconnected machine icon Appears if no connection could be made This icon cannot be expanded A non Profile server that...

Page 106: ...ived clips with audio only no video An item in the Profile clip database that Media Manager does not recognize A library system appears after volumes The library icon appears only on machines connecte...

Page 107: ...achine item in the tree Up One Level Goes to the folder one level up Cut Removes the selected items and copies them onto the clipboard Use Paste to put them in the new location Copy Copies the selecte...

Page 108: ...be pasted into the same bin it was copied from In this case the clip is automatically renamed Media Manager automatically suggests a new name that does not conflict with any other item at the selecte...

Page 109: ...to the new location Using Paste Special Paste Special is a method of pasting clips or masters that are currently on the clipboard as a result of a copy or cut operation Paste Special is enabled only...

Page 110: ...ay copy between machines 4 Choose Paste from the Edit menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click You can also click the Paste button on the toolbar Pasting media into the same bin has no effect...

Page 111: ...e pane will automatically scroll when dragging a bin to the very top or bottom of the tree If you hold down the Ctrl key when you drop the item the item is copied to the new location not moved Draggin...

Page 112: ...can have a name up to 32 characters long Spaces are legal characters but count for two characters Colons and slashes are illegal Tildes are illegal as a first character in a bin name To create a new...

Page 113: ...ct the bin or bins in either the tree or contents pane 2 Press Delete Backspace choose Edit Delete or with a right click choose Delete from the shortcut menu Press Shift Delete to skip the Recycle bin...

Page 114: ...moved to the Recycle bin Emptying the Recycle Bin When a clip or master is deleted it is moved to the Recycle bin and is permanently deleted when the Recycle bin is emptied If an item of the same nam...

Page 115: ...Emptying the Recycle Bin Profile PRO Series 115 Figure 48 Recycle Bin properties dialog box...

Page 116: ...brary system see Viewing Library Cartridge and Archived Clip Properties on page 142 To view volume properties 1 Select a volume in the tree pane 2 Choose Properties from the File menu or from the shor...

Page 117: ...aster in the contents bin 2 Choose Properties from the File menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click You can also click the Properties button on the toolbar The Properties dialog box for clip...

Page 118: ...ime that the media was created and the date and time it was last changed The date and time the media was created or last changed is shown in the format 12 2 94 9 40 PM Month Day Year Hours Minutes AM...

Page 119: ...Viewing Properties Profile PRO Series 119 Figure 51 The transcode history page...

Page 120: ...network If you select a machine your search will be limited to that machine s volumes and attached library If you select a cartridge in a library your search includes all partitions in the cartridge 1...

Page 121: ...en a match is found the result is displayed in the box at the bottom of the Find dialog box as shown in Figure 52 5 If you double click an item in the list of found items the tree pane is expanded and...

Page 122: ...at you want to convert to MPEG The Transcode Utility is a tool that makes format conversions easy The Transcode Utility converts media files clips and masters in four ways From JPEG to JPEG using a di...

Page 123: ...PEG 5 In the Video Quality box select a video quality if you want something other than the default Medium The higher the quality the more disk space is used NOTE The Profile PRO Series supports up to...

Page 124: ...lips only To make an MPEG clip I frame drag the diamond to the far left side of the grid Figure 54 JPEG Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box Table 6 JPEG video quality compression Quality Settings...

Page 125: ...eries 125 Figure 55 MPEG Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box Table 7 MPEG Video quality compression Quality Settings Compressionin Mbps Chrominance Draft 4 4 2 0 Low 8 4 2 0 Medium default 15 4 2...

Page 126: ...he Target Video Output box select a video output for the target clip or master This allows you to compare video quality by watching the target media play out on a monitor during the conversion with a...

Page 127: ...ter in the list and continues to the last If the media are not deleted see step 10 the source clips and masters are moved to a backup bin For example if the source media is in the default bin the orig...

Page 128: ...Chapter 3 Using Media Manager 128 Profile PRO Series Figure 58 Transcode Utility dialog box Preview tab...

Page 129: ...To archive a bin means to copy all the clips and masters in the bin to the library system without having to individually select each clip or master NOTE The archiving operation copies the data to the...

Page 130: ...logo or choose Tools Transfer Monitor to view the Transfer Monitor Restoring a Bin or Clip To restore an archived clip means to copy it from a partition in a cartridge in the library system to disk C...

Page 131: ...con in the tree pane where you want to restore the clip 4 If you want to check on the progress of a restore operation click on the Profile logo or choose Tools Transfer Monitor to view the Transfer Mo...

Page 132: ...cess medium the storage space is not reclaimed as it is on the disk drives and the space cannot be reused until all clips in a partition have been deleted NOTE The delete operation does not take effec...

Page 133: ...idge is rejected If the library system can find no record of the barcode label the cartridge is stored as an unknown cartridge For a fast import with no verification of the cartridge s contents click...

Page 134: ...brary s control panel 7 The Importing Cartridge dialog box remains on the screen until the robot puts the cartridge in the available slot Since this is done in the background click OK at any time When...

Page 135: ...ansport and its directory is updated to reflect clip name changes or deletions This information is saved on the cartridge Then all references to the cartridge are deleted from the library database and...

Page 136: ...brary database s record of what should be on that cartridge Conversely the inventory operation reads the cartridge directory and rewrites the library database s entry for that cartridge CAUTION It is...

Page 137: ...pane select one or more cartridge icons 2 Choose Inventory either from the File menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click Since the inventory takes several minutes to complete you are asked to...

Page 138: ...tents of the library 1 Select a library icon in the tree pane 2 Choose Inventory from the File menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click Since this operation may take several minutes Media Man...

Page 139: ...one or more cartridges 1 Select the cartridge icon or icons in the tree pane 2 Choose Format from the File menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click The Format dialog box appears see Figure 64...

Page 140: ...two or more partitions depending on other settings You do not actually set the duration of clips or video and audio quality you simply approximate based on how you anticipate using the cartridges You...

Page 141: ...format operation to create larger and fewer partitions To set the anticipated audio resolution that you plan to use with these cartridges select either 16 bits or 20 bits from the Anticipated Audio Q...

Page 142: ...ary 1 Select the library icon in the tree pane 2 Choose Properties either from the File menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click You can also click the Properties button on the toolbar The li...

Page 143: ...ght click You can also click the Properties button on the toolbar The cartridge properties dialog box appears Because the size in megabytes is constant the available time is an approximation based on...

Page 144: ...Properties from the File menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click You can also click the Properties button on the toolbar The clip properties dialog box appears Figure 68 Properties dialog b...

Page 145: ...Tape Transport Status To view the status of the tape transports in the library 1 Choose Tape Transport Status from the File menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click The Tape Transport Status...

Page 146: ...in this dialog does not necessarily reflect the order they appear in the library system Transport Number This is the logical identifier for the transport It is a number from 0 255 Robot Position This...

Page 147: ...propriate Disable button To clean a tape transport Click the appropriate Clean button A tape transport does not need cleaning until the Needs Cleaning message appears beside the Clean button The libra...

Page 148: ...is done in the background to allow you to continue with your work Adding to and restoring from an archive also is done in the background Since this may result in more than one transfer occurring at t...

Page 149: ...p names A destination clip name may be different from the source clip name if the clip was renamed when pasted or moved to the new location which has to be done when a clip with the same name already...

Page 150: ...ive If a network copy was selected the button is labeled Cancel Transfer Occasionally an error will occur while a transfer is in progress The destination machine may have unexpectedly run out of stora...

Page 151: ...t the clip refers to remains on disk if at least one other clip refers to it only the reference to the media file is deleted not the media itself You can mark in and out points in a clip These marks c...

Page 152: ...page 157 3 You must set video crosspoints or connections This means that you can select video inputs codecs and outputs You can also choose to bypass codecs See Selecting Video Crosspoints on page 167...

Page 153: ...roller is Panel Control Panel Control specifies control from the Windows NT user interface and no communication port selection or additional configuration is necessary Other controller choices allow y...

Page 154: ...Controller Manage Archive menu command is available under special circumstances in Louth Automation Contact your Tektronix representative for more information To select a controller 1 Click a panel t...

Page 155: ...time you select a controller 2 Choose Controller Comm Port to open the Comm Port dialog box An example of this dialog box is shown in Figure 74 Figure 74 Comm Port dialog box NOTE Ports P1 through P8...

Page 156: ...s not the same as setting clip length while in Loop or Bounce mode 1 Click a panel to make it active 2 Choose Controller Clip Length The Set Clip Marks dialog box appears Figure 75 Figure 75 Set Clip...

Page 157: ...clips are present in it 3 Choose Controller Configure to open the Profile Options dialog box for the selected panel Figure 76 illustrates the standard Profile options with an example configuration sel...

Page 158: ...Chapter 4 Using VdrPanel 158 Profile PRO Series Figure 76 Profile Options dialog box...

Page 159: ...Configuring a Controller Profile PRO Series 159 Figure 77 Profile Options dialog box BVW insert edit only...

Page 160: ...records more material A custom setting is also available 2 Edit the preset values Refer to Table 8 for the JPEG factory set preset values and to Table 9 for the MPEG values To change the values click...

Page 161: ...ls With Fixed Q mode Bytes per Field can increase beyond the system bandwidth causing interference with other channels Bytes per Field is the target compression rate Not every field requires the targe...

Page 162: ...Open GOP is a group of pictures that has a B picture as its last picture type for the next I frame such as IBBPBBPBBI and so on An Open GOP depends on the next GOP s anchor to define its last B pictu...

Page 163: ...orage dialog box see Figure 79 which allows you to select from one to three lines in the vertical blanking interval VBI that will not be compressed with the video data but will be stored without being...

Page 164: ...to the manual for your hardware controller device to set up Super Edits or BVEs NOTE This procedure requires access to two control ports Close a panel to free a control port for use with the BVW inse...

Page 165: ...e playback record audio channel pair must be sequentially numbered For example Chan 1 and Chan 2 or Chan 14 and Chan 15 The playback record pair must be with the same channel group Channels are groupe...

Page 166: ...or BVW insert edit controllers are not possible unless the clip is I frame only An inset edit is accomplished by over recording previously recorded portions of video or audio material Setting Louth M...

Page 167: ...nel to normal mode choose Options Louth End Mode again Selecting Video Crosspoints A video crosspoint shows the connection between a video input and output with a JPEG codec MPEG encoder or MPEG decod...

Page 168: ...ction boxes between a video signal and a JPEG codec MPEG encoder or MPEG decoder The selection boxes turn green You can also select a video signal and while holding down the left mouse button stretch...

Page 169: ...rce on a channel to the values required for your application 1 Click in a panel to select it 2 Choose Options Select Timecode to open the Timecode Setup dialog box The Timecode Setup dialog box is div...

Page 170: ...he timecode runs backward Regenerate pertains to BVW controllers only When the timecode position is changed to a new portion of the clip and a record operation includes recorded timecode tracks which...

Page 171: ...or to timecode generators 1 Select Window Timecode Crosspoint to open the Timecode Crosspoint dialog box The green boxes indicate the current connections For example a green box at the intersection of...

Page 172: ...60 systems This correction is not needed on PAL or 625 50 systems because the frame rate is exactly 50 fps To set drop frame timecode Choose Options Drop Frame or Options Non Drop Frame NOTE This set...

Page 173: ...ring a Controller on page 157 3 The Timecode box is the current timecode of the selected clip To configure timecode refer to Setting Timecode on page 169 For example when you use slow motion replays f...

Page 174: ...ecode value in the Timecode box to move directly to the beginning without shuttling 7 The Record button starts storing the incoming video as JPEG or MPEG streams and audio under the selected clip name...

Page 175: ...us protecting disk storage space 12 The Bounce button plays the selected clip or clip list continuously until at the end of the clip it plays the clip in reverse or in the case of a clip list it plays...

Page 176: ...n of the current clip preceding the in mark you can also press c This action affects all copies of this clip on all panels The trimmed material is not retrievable A warning message and verification pr...

Page 177: ...beginning of the current clip You can also press t 26 The Shuttle Bar sets the shuttle rate Use the mouse to drag the pointer to the desired shuttle rate displayed in the Shuttle Rate box When you cli...

Page 178: ...nel Table 10 VdrPanel shortcut keys Shortcut Key Function Shortcut Key Function Shift R Record Ctrl Forward 100 Fields w Rewind Ctrl Back 100 Fields s Stop j or Jog controls p or Play e Go to Clip End...

Page 179: ...panel 1 Choose Window Open Panel The Open a Panel dialog box appears Figure 84 Figure 84 Open Panel dialog box 2 Select the panel you want to display Panel A through H Only panels that are not curren...

Page 180: ...an arrange the icons with Choose Window Arrange Icons Viewing Record Capacity The Record Capacity dialog box shows the amount of recording time remaining on the current media disk volume according to...

Page 181: ...alog box 3 To turn peak hold on or off choose PeakHold On or PeakHold Off By default peak hold is on The peak indicators the white bars in record level controls indicates the audio peak you are curren...

Page 182: ...1 Click in a panel to select it 2 Select VideoClip New Clip to open the New Clip dialog box Figure 87 3 Select a drive from the Drive list The number of drives available depends on your hardware 4 Ent...

Page 183: ...Defining a New Clip Profile PRO Series 183 Figure 87 New Clip dialog box...

Page 184: ...If you repeat these steps to record additional clips they are named sequentially one higher than the previous clip For example 2 3 and so forth 6 Choose VideoClip Rename Clip to open the Rename Video...

Page 185: ...ast field of the clip or of the last clip in the list Loop plays the selected clip or clip list continuously looping back to the beginning of the clip when the clip ends or in the case of a clip list...

Page 186: ...2 If the clip you want to rename is in a different list select it from the Drive box 3 Select a clip from the Rename box The clip name appears in the To box 4 Edit the current name or delete the name...

Page 187: ...rs Figure 90 Set Clip Protection dialog box 2 If the clip you want to protect is in a different list select it from the Drive box 3 To protect a clip select a clip in the Play Record box and then clic...

Page 188: ...ears Figure 91 Stripe Timecode dialog box 2 Enter the timecode you want to start the clip with in the form 00 00 00 00 3 Enter up to eight digits to mark the clip with user bits 4 Click OK when comple...

Page 189: ...ted immediately Deleting a Clip To delete a clip 1 Choose VideoClip Delete Clip to open the Delete Clip dialog box Figure 92 Delete Clip dialog box 2 If the clip you want to delete is on a different d...

Page 190: ...l dialog box to select the panel where the clip list is currently displayed 2 Choose File Save Group of Clips and the current list of clips as shown in the Clips box is saved in the current group grp...

Page 191: ...of Clips dialog box 3 Select the group and click OK In this example the group is Seismic grp 4 Click on the first clip in the clip list 5 Click Play to start playing the clip list Editing a Clip List...

Page 192: ...6 To edit a different group click Add Group to bring up the Load Group of Clips dialog box 7 Click OK when complete Setting In and Out Marks in Clips You can set a temporary beginning and ending to a...

Page 193: ...t the out mark 6 Click Set Out Mark The Timecode display remains the same but the Clip Position Bar jumps to the far right indicating the mark out point of the clip 7 Drag the Clip Position Bar to the...

Page 194: ...Marks You can set field dominance so that a clip s mark in and mark out points occur at field 1 or field 2 of a given frame By default the field dominance is set so that either field 1 or field 2 can...

Page 195: ...h the SCSI log A Profile volume may consist of the internal disks in a PDR100 PDR200 or PDR300 or it may be the external disks in a PDX103 208 Disk Expansion Unit or a PRS200 250 RAID Storage System N...

Page 196: ...olumes data sets number of disks and disk size Additional information is shown in the lower pane SCSI IDs of each disk serial numbers vendor names number of blocks block sizes model numbers revision n...

Page 197: ...Set Label or click Set Label The Set Label dialog box appears Figure 98 Set Label dialog box 2 Enter the new label name in the New Label box The label name can have up to seven characters and can con...

Page 198: ...d other data from the disks Format disks only when absolutely necessary To format a disk 1 Select the desired physical volume with the tab in the lower pane 2 Select the desired disks 3 Choose Disk Ut...

Page 199: ...Load dialog box 3 Double click on a filename or enter the name of the microcode lod file in the Filename box and click Open to load the microcode see Table 11 NOTE Before loading microcode check what...

Page 200: ...ck NOTE The following tests are nondestructive Testing bad blocks determines whether a bad block error is really a physical problem with the disk or just a nonrepeatable read error that can be ignored...

Page 201: ...bad blocks you must read the detail log to see the results To open and read the detail log 1 Choose Disk Utilities Detail Log or click Detail Log The Detail Log dialog box appears 2 Click Close when...

Page 202: ...Chapter 5 Using the Profile Disk Utility 202 Profile PRO Series...

Page 203: ...PortServer and how to manually stop and start the PDR Access Control service Viewing Profile Logs You can view Profile system logs with the graphical log viewer WinTail This log viewer allows you to...

Page 204: ...three sets of logs 1 The PDR Access Control service records messages from the real time processor into profile log As installed the WinTail application reads this log file by default 2 VdrPanel logs...

Page 205: ...Timer1 LTC and VITC and 61 0c StatusSense nor for Louth for 30 05 PortStatusRequest and 30 10 SystemStatusRequest 3 VdrPort logs record all messages passed between Windows NT and the real time proces...

Page 206: ...n the text entry field or enter start logstool on a command line When you start the log capture tool it compresses the current set of Profile logs and launches the log set selection screen Figure 103...

Page 207: ...tes to send the information to Tektronix Single file Custom file size enter a number in the field to specify the number of 100 000 byte blocks minimum 2 The single file and custom file size selections...

Page 208: ...te screen displays the location of the ZIP files that were created from the log set that you selected Carefully note the location of the files created then click OK to exit the program NOTE Clicking O...

Page 209: ...sources including MPEG encoders and decoders The following sections explain how to use the Profile Protocol Resources utility You ll also find an explanation of the contents of a configuration file an...

Page 210: ...Chapter 6 Using Profile Utilities 210 Profile PRO Series Figure 106 The main Profile Protocol Resources window...

Page 211: ...example you must create vtr1 cfg vtr2 cfg etc files for use with the PRC100 5 Choose OK to write the configuration file 6 If you selected a JPEG codec a dialog box appears similar to the one shown in...

Page 212: ...support If you select a compression setting outside the supported range the video will be stored at the highest supported compression rate Figure 108 Setting MPEG compression Refer to Setting Compres...

Page 213: ...e the cfg filename extension if you change the name of the file Configuration files are simple text files containing three types of lines The lines are parsed on a column basis as follows If column 1...

Page 214: ...For inputs and outputs spread across multiple cards devices are scanned along the Profile EISA bus starting at slot 0 Viewed from the back of the Profile system numbers increment from right to left In...

Page 215: ...the Serial Digital inputs will be numbered 00 through 03 and the Composite input will be numbered 04 regardless of where the Composite card is placed Column 6 optional separator or space This is mand...

Page 216: ...hese parameters are shown in Table 12 Table 12 MPEG Encoder Parameters Parameter Acceptable Values Default bitrate Mb s between 4000000 and 50000000 18000000 format Select 4 2 2 or 4 2 0 do not use th...

Page 217: ...525 60 total encoded lines is typically 240 in 625 50 total encoded lines is typically 288 The last encoded line must not exceed 263 525 60 or 311 625 50 The first encoded line is inclusive meaning it...

Page 218: ...order independent of comment lines or crosspoint lines Thus the first resource line found in an NCS file is assigned index number 1 the second is assigned index number 2 etc These index numbers may b...

Page 219: ...schedule crosspoints Scheduled crosspoint connections take precedence during playback default crosspoints take effect at all other times or in the absence of scheduled crosspoints Typically scheduled...

Page 220: ...ormat is 2 digit base 10 numbers format XX YY func1 func2 starting col 1 format if col1 is not between 0 9 its a comment format optional parameters with white space separators start in col 6 02 00 S i...

Page 221: ...2JpegSample cfg in the c Profile configs directory on the Profile system drive format is 2 digit base 10 numbers format XX YY func1 func2 starting col 1 format if col1 is not between 0 9 its a commen...

Page 222: ...index 11 now do the LTC to recorder 1 04 00 S index 12 LTC input 07 00 index 13 LTC output 09 00 index 14 tcRecorder 12 13 CD 12 14 CD 14 13 CS manually add these lines to add a second Jpeg Codec 02 0...

Page 223: ...rting col 1 format if col1 is not between 0 9 it is a comment format optional parameters with white space separators start in col 6 MPEG Encoder format 12 YY bitrate format GopEnd iPerGOP pPerI bPerIP...

Page 224: ...261 for example NTSC 4 2 2 12 00 18000000 0 422 1 1 5 2 0 5 261 for example PAL 4 2 0 12 00 18000000 0 420 1 1 5 2 0 23 311 for example PAL 4 2 2 12 00 18000000 0 422 1 1 5 2 0 7 311 Video Resources...

Page 225: ...Audio Chan 4 Output Timecode Resources 04 00 S index 12 LTCIn1 07 00 index 13 LTCOut1 05 00 S index 14 DComponentVITC1InA 08 00 index 15 DComponentVITC1OutA 09 00 index 16 TCRec 1 09 01 index 17 TCRe...

Page 226: ...Use 13 01 for MpegDec 2 etc 18 02 CS Schedule connect MpegDec 1 to DComponentVideo1OutA Play PortServer PortSever allows you to control a Profile unit remotely using Ethernet communications For exampl...

Page 227: ...re given access to proceed The c profile profile log file tracks all messages from the video processor The state of the video processor is periodically checked If the processor does not respond an adm...

Page 228: ...default the service is automatically restarted whenever the system is rebooted It is unlikely that you will ever need to start the service manually 7 Click on Stop to stop the service if desired 8 Cli...

Page 229: ...ies if 1 You are field installing MPEG boards in a system that is not MPEG ready or 2 You are field installing an EDR board Systems with these boards installed in the factory serial number B030000 and...

Page 230: ...es up to three times to reprogram parts in the event of verification errors After reprogramming all parts a summary is provided that describes what has been done 6 If parts have failed to program powe...

Page 231: ...le A clip may refer to the entire media file or just part of it When you delete a clip the media file that the clip referred to remains on disk only the reference to the media file is deleted not the...

Page 232: ...g the Tool Box Editor To start the Tool Box Editor Double click the Tool Box Editor shortcut icon on the desktop Choose Start PDR Applications Tool Box Editor NOTE The Tool Box Editor may be restarted...

Page 233: ...art Tool Box Editor while also connecting to a named Profile unit on the network tbxedit exe m profile7 NOTE You cannot specify both a project file and a remote Profile machine in a command line at th...

Page 234: ...ee Figure 114 To exit the Tool Box Editor Choose File Close A message box is displayed asking you to confirm that you really want to exit the application Click on the Yes button to confirm the exit or...

Page 235: ...or that Profile machine saved by Resource Manager are used for that machine If no defaults have been saved factory defaults are used To save the current work environment in a project file in the curre...

Page 236: ...N To connect to a remote Profile machine 1 Choose File Remote Machine The Connect to Machine dialog box appears The label Local appears after the name of the local Profile machine Figure 114 Remote Ma...

Page 237: ...t bin is the first or top bin displayed in Media Manager The current bin display helps you focus on and work with a set of clips and masters Above the display the column headers are shown Click on the...

Page 238: ...e currently loaded master on the edit timeline near the location of the current timeline cursor Timeline Eject Ejects media from the active timeline New Master Creates a new empty master ready to rece...

Page 239: ...fault name 3 Click OK to accept the new bin name The new bin automatically appears in the current bin display Record Time Remaining Below the edit timeline lower left is the record time remaining in t...

Page 240: ...r clips and masters To view these properties 1 Select a clip or master in the current bin 2 Choose Properties from the Media menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click You can also double click...

Page 241: ...nly attribute cannot be renamed deleted or modified in any way Deleting Media When the amount of remaining disk storage begins to get low the time remaining is displayed below the edit timeline you ca...

Page 242: ...ts Click on the Capture button below the audio controls to activate the Capture timeline without changing the current time position Figure 117 Capture timeline When recording a clip on the capture tim...

Page 243: ...or click anywhere on the capture timeline The updated timecode is displayed in the indicator as you move the cursor To adjust a clip s mark in or out point move the current position cursor to the desi...

Page 244: ...gure 118 Timecode entry window The E to E Electronics to Electronics button is to the right of the duration timecode indicator By default E to E is off If you click on this button E to E is activated...

Page 245: ...gure 127 3 Enter the new clip name in the Clip Name text box or simply accept the default The default name automatically increments to a unique name With a right click in the text box you can choose f...

Page 246: ...material you set up a record buffer that will allow you to record for a length of time When you reach the end of the record buffer the current position moves back to the beginning of the buffer and p...

Page 247: ...a clip means changing the mark in and or mark out points so that the clip duration becomes shorter To trim a clip 1 Select the clip you want to trim in the current bin 2 Load the clip onto the captur...

Page 248: ...that allow you to create subclips are the Create Mark in and Create Mark out buttons With the Create Mark in button you mark where you want to start the subclip with the Create Mark out button you spe...

Page 249: ...to the desired ending location 7 Click on the Create Mark out button The subclip is added to the current bin User Marks You can insert a user mark into a clip so that you can easily jump to that mark...

Page 250: ...adjust the shuttle rate Creating Subclips on the Fly To create a subclip on the fly either while recording a new clip or by playing an existing clip 1 To start recording choose Record from the Media m...

Page 251: ...controls to activate the edit timeline without changing the current time position Figure 125 Edit timeline Beneath the edit timeline is a toolbar displaying these buttons Zoom in Zooms in the track s...

Page 252: ...of the beginning and ending of the source material Figure 126 Trim handles on the edit timeline As you trim a clip the current channel output plays source material from the trim position rather than t...

Page 253: ...even other masters into it 1 Click in the edit timeline to make it active 1 Select a clip or master in the current bin 2 Choose Insert from the Media menu or from the shortcut menu with a right click...

Page 254: ...u can also click on the Load button on the current bin toolbar The master is loaded onto the edit timeline and the timeline is made active 3 Click on the Play button You can also drag and drop a maste...

Page 255: ...tering section contains an input indicator an overload indicator and from left to right tick marks to indicate decibel levels an input gain level indicator an audio level bar meter and an output gain...

Page 256: ...adjustment the fader level reflects the highest gain level of the selected audio channels The decibel level window above the fader also displays the fader s current decibel level The input and output...

Page 257: ...Channel 4 F9 Select video F11 Select audio F12 EE toggle j Reverse Play h Rewind Fast Forward l Play n Record SPACE or k Stop i Create Mark In o Create Mark Out q Modify Mark In w Modify Mark Out u U...

Page 258: ...e 2 Give focus to Duration timecode 3 Give focus to Mark in timecode 4 Give focus to Mark out timecode 7 Give focus to Fader Level 8 Give focus to Shuttle Rate 9 Give focus to New Clip Name 0 Give foc...

Page 259: ...r uses a software engine called the Event Scheduler Engine to schedule your lists It runs behind the scenes and does all the actual work of playing and recording clips at the appointed times This low...

Page 260: ...s reads the On air List and will perform the events you see in the Monitor view at their appointed times unless you delete events The On air List can t be saved for future use There is one On air List...

Page 261: ...Manager in Windows NT 4 0 Double click the List Manager shortcut icon on the desktop Or Choose Start Programs PDR Applications List Manager When you start List Manager for the first time your screen s...

Page 262: ...eady running This program makes calls to the disk recorder keeps track of the Profile host file profile hst which lists Profile systems on the network as well as remoting activities Figure 129 Hardwar...

Page 263: ...remove video audio and timecode tracks and assign inputs and outputs to those tracks For detailed instructions on using Resource Manager see Using the Resource Manager on page 291 System resources us...

Page 264: ...connect to a remote Profile machine 1 Choose File Remote Machine The Connect to Machine dialog box appears The label Local appears after the name of the local Profile machine Figure 130 Remote Machin...

Page 265: ...back Creating a playback list is the simplest of all List Manager operations To build a playback only list 1 Click the Monitor tab to view of the On air List The first time you use List Manager this l...

Page 266: ...Chapter 8 Using the List Manager 266 Profile PRO Series Figure 131 A basic playback list...

Page 267: ...ent in the list with the up and down arrow keys You can customize the event by editing the property settings in the list You can also edit property settings by double clicking on the left end of the r...

Page 268: ...is cell identifies the clip or master name whether it is being played or whether it is a new clip being recorded Start Time You can enter the time at which you wish to play the specified material Ente...

Page 269: ...tions are described in later in this chapter Event Number Events are numbered as they are added to the current list The event number can t be changed because it provides a unique identifier for this e...

Page 270: ...e The name of the Profile unit to which the media is copied Settings Unique to Archive Events Archive events have these added settings see Scheduling an Archive Event on page 277 Media The name of the...

Page 271: ...ould manually check any other list to make sure that you haven t scheduled conflicting events using the same Profile resources To validate a list Choose Validate List from the Options menu or from the...

Page 272: ...edit boxes 1 Open the list to which you are adding the play event 2 Choose File New Event Play to open the New Play Event dialog box as shown in Figure 133 3 Fill in the edit boxes with the various e...

Page 273: ...recording operation is just as simple as a playback 1 Open the list to which you are adding the recording event 2 Choose File New Event Record to open the New Record Event dialog box as shown in Figu...

Page 274: ...olute event see rule 1 Approximate events remain in the list during their aging process The aging process allows approximate events to stay cued past their start time Allow at least fifteen seconds fo...

Page 275: ...e New Event Switch and the New Switch Event dialog box appears as shown in Figure 135 Figure 135 New Switch Event dialog box 3 In the New Switch Event dialog box enter all the event information as des...

Page 276: ...he network requires Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections Only one Transfer event may be scheduled at one time 1 Open the list to which you wish to add the live event 2 Choose File New Event Transfer...

Page 277: ...he PLS200 must be attached to a Profile system running the Event Scheduler engine 1 Open the list to which you wish to add the live event 2 Choose File New Event Archive and the New Archive Event dial...

Page 278: ...s set to Follow you can Select the event by clicking on the event in the left most column of the window then drag the event to its new position to the list You can move several events by using the sta...

Page 279: ...remove unwanted events from a list 1 Select the unwanted event You can select several events by using the standard Windows operations to select more than one event Ctrl click to add an event to the se...

Page 280: ...e By saving your lists you can use them on a daily or weekly basis without having to rebuild the list each time For example you may want to use this for inserting commercials in network feeds Creating...

Page 281: ...with events already in the On air List If it finds any conflicts such as events using the same channel or output at the same time it will report these errors so that you can take corrective action The...

Page 282: ...the line following the parent event in the list file Each event can have only one follow event Empty lines will be ignored while parsing An error occurs if all the fields for a particular type of eve...

Page 283: ...Date Comment Record INT Default Pepsi commercial 05 10 20 00 00 01 30 00 Absolute 02 02 1997 Commercial1 Switch event The format is Action Start Time Duration Type Start Date Comment Switch 05 10 20 0...

Page 284: ...o an ASCII text file lst To import a file 1 Click the Edit window tab 2 Choose File Import An Open dialog box appears displaying files of type lst in the path c profile 3 Select the name of the file y...

Page 285: ...tab Make sure you can see the channel that will execute the event you wish to take 3 Highlight the event that you want to use immediately 4 Click the Take button The event begins five seconds later 5...

Page 286: ...r to schedule Record events you might not want to see the Source column at all You can change fonts text color and highlight color in a list display To change a font 1 Choose View Font and the Font di...

Page 287: ...e View Color Text or View Color Highlight and the Color dialog box appears Figure 140 Figure 140 Color dialog box with custom color controls shown 2 To select a preset color click one of the basic 48...

Page 288: ...you want or make it disappear completely You can move one or several columns to the left or right to arrange them in an order that you find more convenient To add a column to a list display 1 Choose...

Page 289: ...e desired column width 4 Drag the right border completely to the left to reduce the column width to nothing removing the column from the display To make the column visible again double click on the bo...

Page 290: ...d Duration field shows the value entered in the On air List It does not show the actual duration of the event The times shown in the Start Time and End Time fields are actual times which can be used t...

Page 291: ...he Resource Manager lets you assign system video audio and timecode resources and configure operational settings for one or more Profile channels These resources are used by the Tool Box Editor List M...

Page 292: ...Resource Manager include Video inputs and outputs Video codecs JPEG Video encoders and decoders MPEG Audio inputs and outputs Timecode sources inputs and outputs Timecode codecs Operational settings i...

Page 293: ...media is loaded on a timeline Assigning Profile Channels Your first step is to acquire one or more Profile channels The single channel tab labeled Channel A is the default You can change the name of t...

Page 294: ...Player Recorder Player or Recorder see Figure 144 Depending on the channel type different codec or encoder decoder information is displayed below the configuration tree as listed in Table 17 Figure 1...

Page 295: ...r the quality the more disk space is used NOTE The Profile PRO Series allows you to select quality settings that it does not support If you select a compression setting outside the supported range the...

Page 296: ...e making a custom setting Click Undo to undo changes and click OK when done Figure 146 Custom Video Quality Settings dialog box JPEG Table 18 JPEG Video Quality Settings Quality Settings Compression i...

Page 297: ...eo Quality Settings Quality Settings Compression in Mbps Chrominance GOP Draft 4 4 2 0 IBBPBBPBBPBBPBBP default Low 8 Medium default 15 4 2 2 High 24 Custom 1 or 2 4 44 in increments of 4 12 default 4...

Page 298: ...guration Manager You can choose only one video input at a time per track 7 Click the Crosspoints button and then select video outputs from the Video Output s check boxes The names of video outputs are...

Page 299: ...Configuring Video Resources Profile PRO Series 299 Figure 148 MPEG video track settings...

Page 300: ...Chapter 9 Using the Resource Manager 300 Profile PRO Series Figure 149 JPEG video track settings...

Page 301: ...ault the system will choose a codec resource for you based on availability This default option is indicated by displaying Any for your codec selection 8 Click the Advanced button and make encoder and...

Page 302: ...Chapter 9 Using the Resource Manager 302 Profile PRO Series Figure 151 JPEG codec check boxes...

Page 303: ...ager dialog box see Figure 152 2 Field dominance determines which field is the mark in or mark out point for the frame The default is Field 1 To set it to Field 2 click the button 3 Still play mode de...

Page 304: ...Chapter 9 Using the Resource Manager 304 Profile PRO Series Figure 152 Field Frame Setup controls...

Page 305: ...is automatically selected For instance if you select AES EBU In1 J5 for your input AES EBU Out1 J5 is automatically selected as the output Likewise if you select an output the corresponding input is...

Page 306: ...log box that appears see Figure 154 click Audio then enter the number of tracks you want to add Click Add when done The new audio track icons will appear in the configuration tree Figure 154 Add Track...

Page 307: ...peed You can specify the size of the window and thus the amount of the audio that you hear by selecting a number of fields To set the audio window size 1 Select the Audio icon in the configuration tre...

Page 308: ...gure timecode resources 1 Click on a Track icon under the Timecode icon in the configuration tree and with the Crosspoints button clicked the Timecode Input and Output check boxes appear at the bottom...

Page 309: ...C LTC inputs or a VITC input from a Profile video input 4 Select a timecode output under Timecode Output The default timecode output is None You can choose either a VITC output from a Profile video ou...

Page 310: ...act codec resource to be used By default the system chooses a codec resource for you based on availability This default option is indicated by displaying Any for your codec selection To select a timec...

Page 311: ...Configuring Timecode Resources Profile PRO Series 311 Figure 158 Timecode Codec check boxes...

Page 312: ...trols for making these settings are available only when the timecode input is Internal Generator and are dimmed for any other timecode input To change timecode generator settings 1 With a timecode Tra...

Page 313: ...ops two frames per minute except on the tenth minute PAL on the other hand has a constant rate of 25 frames per second and never requires drop frame timecode Resolving Resource Conflicts Resource conf...

Page 314: ...ee Figure 160 Figure 160 Tool Tip showing an external user When the resource is being used by the application in which you are currently working the Tool Tip simply lists the channel that is using the...

Page 315: ...that it is in use The Tool Tip displays Error as shown in Figure 163 after several seconds of delay The delay is the result of Resource Manager timing out after looking for status information that is...

Page 316: ...Chapter 9 Using the Resource Manager 316 Profile PRO Series...

Page 317: ...which is supported by Profile system software version 2 5 and higher and Profile PRO Series system software version 1 1 and higher In this chapter you find three major sections Getting Started with Ti...

Page 318: ...TimeDelay window appears you can use the default settings that include one record and one playback panel see Figure 164 Double click on a TimeDelay project file tdx This launches TimeDelay using the...

Page 319: ...urce Manager Once you save a TimeDelay project you can use the project file to start the TimeDelay application Launching a project file directly starts TimeDelay with the saved project settings Saving...

Page 320: ...ou create a TimeDelay project file you can copy it to any number of machines or open it remotely There are several issues to consider When you copy a project to and run it on a PC rather than a Profil...

Page 321: ...ntly the TimeDelay Remote Connection dialog box does not appear when TimeDelay is launched on a Profile unit and the File Remote Connection menu item is not available when TimeDelay is running on a Pr...

Page 322: ...eDelay makes the new connection When the new connection is established the default project settings are used Adding Names to the Network Host List To add a machine to the Network Host List 1 Click the...

Page 323: ...connected When you launch the project file at a later time TimeDelay attempts to connect to the same machine By importing a project file rather than opening it you can use the resource configuration f...

Page 324: ...yback channel 1 Choose Config Resource Manager to open Resource Manager 2 Click the Add Channel button This creates a new channel tab in the Resource Manager dialog box 3 Configure the new channel as...

Page 325: ...er Profile PRO Series 325 Because TimeDelay always needs a record channel and at least one playback channel Resource Manager will not let you delete the record channel or the last playback channel Fig...

Page 326: ...e Manager on page 291 TimeDelay imposes some unique restrictions when using Resource Manager to configure channels These unique restrictions are described here Since playback channels share source mat...

Page 327: ...ght conflict with each other if the same output is used on more than one channel When there is a resource conflict and all TimeDelay resources cannot be allocated the warning dialog box shown in Figur...

Page 328: ...Profile unit if you are operating remotely and that you have allocated the necessary resources with Resource Manager Manually Starting the TimeDelay Process To start a recording with delayed playback...

Page 329: ...To automatically begin recording at a set timecode 1 Choose Config Timecode Source 2 Select an external timecode source 3 In the Record Panel click the Auto Start button or choose Config AutoStart Th...

Page 330: ...is 10 seconds the maximum buffer size is the recording capacity of the current record buffer volume By default the maximum buffer size is shown when TimeDelay is started If you enter a buffer size th...

Page 331: ...Profile movie do the following 1 On the File menu click Save Buffer As This opens the dialog shown below 2 Enter a name for the movie This movie name must be unique When the dialog is opened a unique...

Page 332: ...e maximum delay is five seconds less than the current record buffer size TimeDelay automatically adjusts playout delays that are too large or too small to the closest valid value Starting a Playback C...

Page 333: ...ck channel restarts immediately with the new delay Pausing Playback To pause playback click the Pause button in the Playback Panel for the channel that you wish to pause The playback channel s output...

Page 334: ...a single timecode display they can only display timecode from a single source at a time The Select Timecode Source dialog box shown in Figure 171 allows you to select from multiple timecode sources F...

Page 335: ...it will come up recording when started again TimeDelay starts recording at the first break in the timecode and resets the playbacks to their original settings Choose Config Crash Recovery to activate...

Page 336: ...ontrol the audio level as you record Click and drag the audio level controls to the desired record level for each audio track Similar controls in the Player panel allow you to control the playback lev...

Page 337: ...fer fills and starts recording at the beginning of the buffer This control allows you to set the duration of the TimeDelay buffer The minimum buffer size is 10 seconds The maximum buffer size is the r...

Page 338: ...data rate relative to the maximum rate Audio meters show the audio input level in dB The Playback Panel Though TimeDelay may have multiple playback panels each has its own set of the following control...

Page 339: ...mber of video and audio tracks in the record channel A Video status light turns red when the corresponding video track is not receiving a signal An audio status lights turn red when the audio input si...

Page 340: ...with a new file name Set Drive Selects a different disk volume for the record buffer Save Buffer As Save the record buffer as a PDR movie Exit Closes TimeDelay View Single Column Displays all the play...

Page 341: ...rces and for adding naming and removing channels Timecode Source Opens the timecode display selection dialog box If the record channel has more than one timecode track this allows you to select the on...

Page 342: ...Chapter 10 Using TimeDelay 342 Profile PRO Series...

Page 343: ...g video can be converted to digital format to be stored and manipulated by computer or other digital devices Archive library The archive library is an automated tape storage device used to supplement...

Page 344: ...is broadcast quality BNC Connector used in professional A V components The BNC connection provides optimum shielding between the video input signal lines to provide the best possible performance BNC...

Page 345: ...saturation or vividness of a color A chroma of 0 describes a neutral gray color Chroma ranges to the most vivid color a screen or printer generates for a specific hue and value See Hue Cleaning cartr...

Page 346: ...action A command line usually contains the application program name along with optional arguments known as command line options Composite video A single video signal composed of combined luminance and...

Page 347: ...nes and zeros D to A Digital to analog converter A device used to convert digital signals into an analog form For example compact disc players use D to A convertors to convert the digital information...

Page 348: ...er EDL An Edit Decision List is a list of events that include the source to be recorded and where to record it In addition an EDL can include information about transitions cuts dissolves wipes transit...

Page 349: ...Two video signals that are exactly synchronized are said to be genlocked GUI A Graphical User Interface GUI provides a visual way to interact with computer software GUIs allow people to control an ap...

Page 350: ...e A term that describes a color family for example red or yellow Hue is a polar coordinate that is it moves in a circular motion around the color spectrum and ranges from 0 to 360 with 0 being red Hue...

Page 351: ...udio track or a dedicated address channel on a tape LTC can t be read in still mode and may not be reliable during low speed shuttle operations Media files Audio video and timecode sources that have b...

Page 352: ...o MPEG uses compression methods that maintain high quality while requiring smaller bandwidths to transport video and audio streams NTSC The standard composite color format used in North America and Ja...

Page 353: ...k or master loaded on a machine at any rate Playback delay The amount of time that the playback channel is behind the record channel Pointer The pointer allows you to make selections in menus to size...

Page 354: ...in a computing device allows it to boot without being connected to a host computer Real time Generally considered to be 30 fps in NTSC 25 fps in PAL 24 fps for film In computer terms processing infor...

Page 355: ...fast and wide and provides for speeds up to 20 Mbytes second on a 16 bit bus SDI An acronym for Serial Digital Interface a standard for transmitting CCIR 601 digital video over a pair of conductors co...

Page 356: ...tool tip is a small pop up window that displays a single line of text describing the purpose of a control in a window A tool tip is hidden most of the time appearing only when the user puts the curso...

Page 357: ...DR200 Video File Server that stores audio and video as digital information on disks VITC Vertical Interval Time Code is encoded into the video lines at the start of field VITC can be read during still...

Page 358: ...Glossary 358 Profile PRO Series...

Page 359: ...lip properties 142 Archiving a bin or clip 129 ASPB 343 Assemble record mode 343 Assigning Profile Channels 293 Audio 75 channels 255 configuration 85 controls 255 gain levels 255 I O 344 Input Clocki...

Page 360: ...44 capturing 231 clip list 190 define 182 delete 114 189 drag and drop 247 edit a list 191 eject 184 189 group 190 load 184 lock 187 long names 188 new 182 play 185 247 protect 187 record 244 renaming...

Page 361: ...Data set 196 Date 269 dB 256 346 Decibels 256 Decoders 21 Default 347 Default Procamp 67 Defining clips 182 Delete Media 238 Delete vertical interval 59 Deleting an archived clip 132 Deleting clips 1...

Page 362: ...stopping 259 Event Viewer application 227 Expanding the media tree 104 Explore in Media Manager 104 Exporting a cartridge 134 F Factory default 348 Fast Forward 174 246 Fibre Channel 97 Field 348 Fie...

Page 363: ...ridge 136 Inventorying the library 138 ISA 21 J JPEG 21 167 JPEG codecs assigning 209 K Keyboard 351 Keys shortcut 178 L Labeling a disk 197 LAN 33 226 Launching TimeDelay at start up 320 Library prop...

Page 364: ...n 114 exporting a cartridge 134 formatting cartridges 139 icons 105 importing a cartridge 132 inventorying the Library 138 library cartridge and clip properties 142 moving media 109 renaming an archiv...

Page 365: ...74 Field Selection 174 Forward One Field 177 Go to Clip Beginning 177 Go to Clip End 177 Group Name Box 176 Loop 175 making active 180 Normal 175 PB EE 175 Play 174 Playback 175 Record 174 Remove In M...

Page 366: ...Protocol 25 33 151 Profile Protocol Resources 33 209 Profile System Version 2 4 Release Notes 16 profile log 203 ProLink configuration 203 209 Properties 142 240 properties media 116 Protecting clips...

Page 367: ...rt 155 355 Service PDR Access Control 227 Set In Mark 176 Set Out Mark 176 Settings event 267 Short clip names 188 Shortcut keys VDR Panel 178 Shuttle Bar 177 Shuttle Rate 176 177 Size box 173 SMPTE 2...

Page 368: ...project file 319 record panel 337 Timeline capture 242 edit 251 Timeline Eject 238 Timing Adjustment 73 Tool Box Editor 31 151 231 configuring resources 293 exiting 232 launching 232 Tool Tips 356 Too...

Page 369: ...ards 23 Video resources configuring 294 Video router 21 357 Viewing columns 268 VITC 39 157 169 309 357 erase 73 Generator Setting 72 reader setting 46 Volume 97 105 196 357 VTR 19 21 231 W Window Ope...

Page 370: ...Index 370 Profile PRO Series...