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1. If VITC Generator Enable is selected VITC is placed on the lines given in VITC Generator Line 1 and 2 If you only want one line use the same number in both text boxes If VITC Erase Enable is selected it replaces lines mostly vertical interval but into the active video with black The range of lines is given in the Start and End sliders Profile Family Analog Composite Video Output Vertical Interval Analog Composite Video Output Vertical Interval The Vertical Interval tab brings up the Analog Composite Video Output Vertical Interval controls The vertical interval line numbers change depending on the selected video standard Gre peed es dran Um HA rester Due Van Ween intercal Field 1 Mao Lore ID 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 15 0 ld lll ee ee SE Sdt A mm Pass FF F F F F F F FF Vice VITE Field Pars video Ven Lef um u 12 13 14 45 i 17 18 15 Procemp Elle WT TT mn a UE Haip Erstis Pass FR FF EFE F F Figure 21 Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval dialog box The settings determine how the Vertical Interval signals are handled The video on these lines can have the Procamp Enabled the settings are the same as the regular video the VITC Enabled if VITC Generator Enable from the Output Settings group is checked or the input can Pass Video through All or none of the options can be selected for each line There are three default buttons Default Procamp Default VITC
2. ITC detect oe UI Default Close Ordo Hep Figure 12 Reference Genlock dialog box Status Indicators At the top of the dialog box the status indicators display the current status of the Genlock input Locked to External Reference Internal Clock Locked and VITC Present A green light indicates that the particular status is on These indicators cannot be edited VITC Reader Setting If you use Automatic VITC detect the Profile unit uses the range set in the From and To lines to look for the VITC signals If Automatic VITC detect is not used the unit expects to find the VITC signals on the VITC Reader Line 1 default 10 or Line 2 default 12 Profile Family 21 Wa Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 22 Internal Reference Timing Use the Field Line and Fine entries to adjust the internal timing relative to the reference input Changing this setting affects all system timing including all output timing and the input synchronized timing window Click Default to return to the default values 0 0 0 NOTE In order to properly time the disk recorder into the system the Internal Reference Timing should only be changed if the downstream timing requirements cannot be met using the Video Output Delay Adjustment Profile Family Changing LTC Input and Output Names Changing LTC Input and Output Names The LTC Inputs amp Outputs renames the LTC inputs and outputs To open this dialog box c
3. Noise Reduction 28 Normal 90 Normal vertical interval 31 Notch 27 31 NTSC 129 O Odetics 73 Off line cartridge 129 Out marks 91 105 Output mapping 61 Output Timing Adjustments 40 Overload status 50 P P1 through P8 74 PAL 129 Panel Back One Field 91 basics 89 Bounce 90 Clip Name Box 92 Clip Position Bar 91 Fast Forward 90 Field Selection 90 Forward One Field 91 Go to Clip Beginning 92 Go to Clip End 91 Group Name Box 91 Loop 90 making active 70 Normal 90 PB EE 91 Play 90 Playback 91 Record 90 Remove In Mark 91 Remove Out Mark 91 Rewind 90 Set In Mark 91 Set Out Mark 91 Shuttle Bar 92 Shuttle Rate 92 Stop 90 tiling 71 Timecode 90 Trim from Out Mark 91 Trim to In Mark 91 Panel Control 73 Parameter 129 Partitions 129 Pass On Y 31 PB EE 91 PDR 100 Audio 44 PDR 200 Audio 48 PDR Access Control 118 PDX 208 Disk Expansion Unit 108 Peak hold 72 Physical volumes 108 Pixel 129 Index Play 90 Playback 91 129 Playing clips 96 Pointer 130 Pointing device 130 Port 74 130 PortSever 10 Powering on 4 PRC 100 Profile Remote Control unit 67 Presets 78 Procamp Adjustments 38 Profile Configuration Manager 7 I I Profile Disk Utility 9 107 Profile Logs 10 Profile logs 10 115 Profile Protocol 10 67 profile log 115 ProLink 10 Protecting clips 99 Protocol 130 R Read only memory 130 Real time 130 Record 90 94 Record Capacity 71 Reference Genlock 21 Reference signals 2
4. Warranty and Licensing vi Profile Family Contents ADOUETAIS Manta a a EE xiii Related Documentation ooocccccccccoccccnnconononnnnnncnnnnoncnnonnononcnnononnnnanenannns xiv Terminology and CONVENTIONS coooccocccccccnnnnnccononnnnnnnnnonnnnnononononanenennns XV Wiarto Read EE 3 Starting Your Profil Syste EE 4 Starting and Closing Profile ApplicatiONS ccoooocooonncccncnnconcnonnnnnnos 5 Starting an Application EE 6 VENN EE a oer enn ne eT 6 Closing an Application EE 6 Profile Configuration Manager 7 o 8 Profile Disk UHI eege 9 A A A ae aN 10 A A ae 10 A 2 eae T 10 Fibre Channel SUPPON EE 10 Saving a Configuration GIE 12 Loading Configuration e EE 13 Setting Master Tmecocde ooooocncccnnccccccononononcncnnnnnnnononononnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnononos 14 Setting the System Tmimg 17 E10E Umed DUPUIS ae 19 Adjusting the Timing when Upgrading to 2 20 Setting the Reference Genlock 21 Status AMGICAION ee 21 VITE Reader Setting DEE 21 Internal Reference Tummg 22 Changing LTC Input and Output Names rrrrrnvnnnnnnnnrnnnnrrrrrrrnnvnnnnnnnnn 23 VE NPS 24 Analog Composite Video Input 24 Analog Composite Video Input Advanced Control 27 Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Inienval 30 Component Analog Video Input 32 Serial Digital Component Video Input 35 Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced s00nnnnnn0annenn 37 le leger EE 38 Analog Composite Vi
5. Clocks 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 If the error is nonrepeatable the block may be removed from the bad blocks list Otherwise the block will be reallocated To test bad blocks e Choose Disk Utilities Test Bad Blocks or click Test Bad Blocks NOTE You must read the detail log SCSI log to view the results of these tests See The Detail Log on page 113 112 Profile Family The Detail Log The Detail Log The detail log scsi log records the history of everything that happens on a disk and helps you track problems with disks For example when you relocate or test 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 done checking the log information Detail Log E No entres for Internal disk A 20 No entres for Internal disk 4 50 No entres for Internal disk 4 6 0 No entres for Internal disk B 3 0 No entres for Internal disk B 5 0 No entres for Internal disk B 6 0 No entres for External 1 disk 4 86 01 No entres for External 1 disk B 10 0 Figure 69 Detail Log dialog box NOTE Scsi log is a binary file you cannot view it with WinTail See Viewing Profile Logs on page 115 f
6. Relocating a bad block 112 Remove In Mark 91 Remove Out Mark 91 Renaming clips 98 Resource 130 Rewind 90 Profile Family 139 TE Index RGB 131 ROM 130 Router video 133 RS 232 C 131 RS 4222 131 S S N Ratio 132 Save Group of Clips 102 Scrubbing 65 SCSI 131 SCSI IDs 108 SCSI log file 113 SDI 131 SECAM 131 Select timecode 84 Serial Digital Component Video Input 35 Serial Digital Component Video Output 42 Serial port 74 131 Service PDR Access Control 118 Set In Mark 91 Set Out Mark 91 Short clip names 100 Shortcut keys 92 Shuttle Bar 92 Shuttle Rate 92 SMPTE 272M Level A 48 Software Development Kit 10 Source 132 Spatial Adaptive 28 Starting an application 6 Status bar 12 132 Profile Family Stop 90 Striping a clip 100 System timing 17 T Target compression rate 79 TC Recorder 85 TCREC 81 Temporal Spatial Adaptive 28 Testing a bad block 112 Text insertion point 132 Timecode 84 90 crosspoint 86 free run 85 freeze 85 lock to field number 85 Timecode crosspoints 86 TimeDelay 67 Timing Adjustment 43 Tool Box 67 Tool Tips 132 Toolbar 12 Tracks 132 Trim from Out Mark 91 Trim to In Mark 91 Trimming 133 U Undo button 12 Unlocking clips 99 Using 115 V VdrPanel 8 67 Vertical Blanking 34 Vertical Interval 30 41 Video channels 2 Video crosspoints 82 Video disk recorder server 1 133 Video Gain 39 Video inputs 2 Video interface 133 Video network 2 Video
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8. and Default Pass Video to reset these specified values back to the factory presets NOTE If the Pass Video box is not checked the input video is replaced with black Do not check Pass Video for VITC lines Pass Video overrides VITC Insertion Profile Family 41 TE Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 42 Serial Digital Component Video Output To open the Serial Digital Component Video Output dialog box select Video Output from the configuration tree and then click or double click a digital component output from the list such as SD OutA J5 Moral Compared Yes Dip S gt 5D Cui AE inn Advances MTC Gaai Setiag STE O semurtsotre Tt al we Fee Line 1 ee EE pz Taming Aduriment Ling rie C MITC Erase Enable lo i i dy geg Kin Datsut End 3 SS Figure 22 Serial Digital Component Video Output dialog box e Name changes the signal name For example if the signal named SDI OutA J13 is a dedicated signal to a main switcher rename it Switcher 1 The VITC name automatically tracks the signal name Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter e VITC Generator Setting places VITC on specified lines and or erase lines in the vertical interval If VITC Generator Enable is selected VITC is placed on the lines given in VITC Generator Line I and 2 If you only
9. stopping at the end and freezing on the last field IO Loop causes Play to play the entire selected clip list in order looping back to the first clip when the last clip ends 11 Bounce causes Play to play the entire selected clip list in order At the end of the last clip it reverses the sequence playing all the clips in reverse order When it reaches the first clip the process repeats Profile Family Panel Basics 12 Playback or E to E determines the action during stop or record If you select 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 only Playback the recorded image is displayed as a still during Stop and audio is silenced If EE is selected the input signal is routed through to the output during stop or record Clip Position Bar displays the relative position of the current frame within the current clip For example if the Clip Position Bar is to the far left the frame is at the beginning If it is at the far right the frame is at the end Remove In Mark removes the In Mark and restores the clip to its first available timecode Set In Mark sets the In Mark for the current clip at the current Timecode When the clip is played it starts at the In Mark instead of the clip beginning The portion before the In Mark is not lost Use Remove In Mark to remove the In Mark and start from the clip beginning The In Mark only affects this copy of the clip If the clip repeats in the clip list or
10. Audio outputs from the disk recorder are connected to the audio channels assigned as the Playback Audio Edit controller is connected to the assigned Port Refer to the your system s installation manual DIP switch on the breakout box is set to Device for the RS 422 Port Refer to the unit s installation manual Profile Family 81 Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Selecting Video Crosspoints A video crosspoint shows the connection between a video input a codec and a video output e Video inputs top left corner represent video input connectors on the back panel Video inputs can be connected to JPEG codecs for recording onto disk or connected to video output for display e Video outputs top right corner represent video output connectors on the back panel Video outputs can be connected to JPEG codecs for playback of recorded material from disk or to video inputs To specify video crosspoints 1 Choose Window Video Crosspoint to open the dialog box The green boxes indicate current connections For example a green box at the intersection of a SDI InB J8 serial digital video board in slot J8 and a JPEG 1 codec connects the video signal from the back panel input labeled IN A to JPEG video codec 1 Video Crosspoint Ei IT SDHnAJTT IT SsDrOuAT IT SDHnB T IT SDtOou J SDMA SDrOutaJe I SDFINB J8 Ir sSDEOutb J E funusedl Panel A JPEG 1 st EE Panel C JPEG Si AT r Pa
11. Click OK 7 Click the Play button in the selected Panel dialog box to begin playing the clip 8 The Normal Loop and Bounce functions determine how play back occurs 96 Profile Family Loading and Playing a Clip Normal causes Play to play the entire selected clip list in order stopping at the end and freezing on the last field Loop causes Play to play the entire selected clip list in order looping back to the first clip when the last clip ends Bounce causes Play to play the entire selected clip list in order then at the end of the last clip it reverses the sequence playing all the clips in reverse order When it reaches the first clip the process repeats Profile Family 97 Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Renaming a Clip To rename a clip 1 Choose VideoClip Rename Clip The Rename Video Clip dialog box appears Drive INTT default Hename To Intuition OK Cancel Figure 57 Rename Video Clip dialog box Select a clip from the Rename box The clip name appears in the To box 3 Edit the current name or delete the name and enter a new one Clip names can have up to 32 characters Spaces and uppercase characters are acceptable however uppercase and lowercase characters will not distiguish clip names 4 Click OK when complete 98 Profile Family Setting Clip Protection Setting Clip Protection To set clip read only protection 1 Choose VideoClip Set Clip Pr
12. Clip marks 75 Clip Name Box 92 Clip Position Bar 91 Closing an application 6 Cluster 112 CODEC 2 80 82 123 COMI and COM2 74 Comb 28 Command Line 123 Communications port 74 Component Analog Video Input 32 Component video 123 Composite video 123 Compression 2 78 79 123 Compute from field number 85 Configuration files 12 Configuration Manager 11 Configuration tree I I Controller 73 75 Crosspoints timecode 86 video 82 Ctrl key xv Profile Family D D to A 124 Data cartridge 123 Data set 108 dB 124 Default 124 Default Procamp 39 Defining clips 93 Delete vertical interval 31 Deleting clips 101 Desktop Windows NT 5 Detail log file 113 Dialog box 124 Digital Audio Input PDR 100 45 Digital audio interfaces 2 Digital Audio Output PDR 100 47 Digital Audio Output PDR 200 57 Disk drives 2 Disk Expansion Unit 124 Disk label 109 Disk Utility 9 107 124 Display 124 Dither 26 34 Dominance field 106 Drop frame 88 125 E E to E 17 20 25 26 33 34 36 37 91 125 auto timing 25 33 36 system timing 17 E to E timed outputs 19 Edit presets 78 Editing a clip list 104 EDL 125 EISA bus 44 Ejecting clips 101 Enable Impulse Noise Reduction 29 Enable Luma 28 Enable Procamp 38 Enable Quiet Line 29 Esc key xv Ethernet 2 10 F Factory default 125 Fast Forward 90 Fibre channel 10 Field 125 Field dominance 106 Field Selection 90 File systems 108 Firmware 125 Fixed Q 79 Fo
13. Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix with shipping charges prepaid Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non Tektronix supplies or d to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THIS PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS
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15. Input 1 video Input 1 video Input 1 video Input 3 video Input 3 video Input 3 video Input 3 Figure 39 Audio Configuration dialog box Input Clocking tab Profile Family 63 T Chapter 2 64 Using the Profile Configuration Manager To change the input clocking 1 Choose Options Audio Configuration The Audio Configuration dialog box appears Click the Input Clocking tab if it isn t already displayed 2 Click the button in the Audio Clock Reference Source column for the desired channels and select one of up to five choices System default 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 clocking source 3 Click OK to accept your changes or click another tab Profile Family Audio Configuration Other Tab Audio Configuration Other Tab Finally under the Other tab you can select recording and playback quality and adjust monitor channels 1 Choose Options Audio Configuration The Audio Configuration dialog box appears Figure 40 Audio Configuration al cit Bnr rabia ecuatia IN a It ley brent eu Sa eB Git e er Lath Se eine Figure 40 Audio Configuration dialog box Other tab 2 Click the Other tab 3 By default recording and playback are set to 16 bit quality To change the audio quality click the 20 bit button for either recordi
16. T Glossary 132 S N Ratio The Signal to Noise Ratio measured in decibels is the ratio between the maximum signal level and the noise level with no signal present The higher the value the better the sound reproduction Source In Profile operations a source is any signal video audio or timecode presented to the machine inputs A VTR output a satellite downlink a camera output and a facility router output are all examples of sources Status bar The status bar at the bottom of most windows provides status information short explanations of commands and errors Tape See Cartridge Tape Text insertion point The I shaped pointer which appears in a text input area Clicking the mouse in a text input area causes the text cursor to appear in that area Whatever information you type on the keyboard appears in the text input area displaying the text cursor Tool Tips A 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 cursor on a tool and leaves it there for approximately one half second The tool tip appears near the cursor and disappears when the user clicks a mouse button or moves the pointer off of the tool Tracks Clips and masters are made up of individual tracks A clip may consist of any combination of a video track timecode track and up to 16 audio tracks A mas
17. The E to E Timed Output option sets a 16 line delay on all the system outputs exactly matching the delay of an auto timed input To set all your Profile unit output for E to E operations 1 Choose Options System Timing or click the System Timing button on the toolbar The System Timing dialog box appears a Wel e R D Figure 11 System Timing dialog box E to E timed 2 Click E to E Timed Output 3 Click Close Profile Family 19 Wa Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 20 Adjusting the Timing when Upgrading to 2 1 If you are upgrading an existing PDR 100 to system software version 2 1 your system timing will be left in E to E mode and no changes will be made to your system timing The only difference you will see is a numeric offset of 7 lines in the Line setting under Reference Genlock System Input Advanced Adjustment in the Reference Genlock dialog box and an offset of 9 lines in the Vertical Line Delay under Output Timing Adjustment under Video Output Profile Family Setting the Reference Genlock Setting the Reference Genlock The Reference Genlock dialog box sets the genlock parameters To open this dialog box click or double click Genlock from the configuration tree and the Reference Genlock dialog box appears Reference Genlock Ei O Lockedto ext Internal clock VITE reference locked Present vITC Reader setting Internal Ret Timing Field Line Fine fo fo 4 lo 4 M Automatic
18. To pie fr S eissam Swift Setep Hon CDA RA Input Gain Adjusimaal MH 890 Setup i Figure 17 Component Analog Video Input dialog box CAV Status Indicators Display the current status of the Genlock input Video Present VITC Present and Auto Timed The green light indicates the particular status is on These indicators cannot be edited Overwritable Video Standard Changes the video standard for this input board NTSC 525 or PAL 625 If you change this standard you must restart all tools that use this channel The board can serve both standards but the input can only accept one at a time 32 Profile Family Component Analog Video Input Renaming the Input Signal Enter the new name in the Name field For example if the signal is a Betacam input rename it Betacam 1 The VITC name window title bar name and the configuration tree name automatically change as you enter the new name Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter VITC Reader Setting If you to use Automatic VITC detect the disk recorder uses the range set in the From and To lines to look for the VITC signals If Automatic VITC detect is not used the disk recorder expects to find the VITC signals on the VITC Reader Line 1 default 10 or Line 2 default 40 If the signal is found the VITC Present indicator is turned on NOTE Inp
19. VITE Rasdar Zentren liput Gan Achuar T Eble ABC H 141 Tia A g Cresta Wo pnpe nosmal Figure 14 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box Main tab Status Indicators Display the current status of this video input VITC Present Burst Present Input Locked and Video Timed The green light indicates a particular status is on These indicators cannot be edited Profile Family Analog Composite Video Input Overwritable Video Standard This changes the video standard for this input board NTSC with pedestal NTSC without pedestal or PAL If you change this standard restart all tools that use this channel The board can serve both standards but the input can only accept one at a time Renaming the Input Signal Enter the new name in the Name box For example if it is a network feed you could rename it to Network_Feed The VITC name the window title bar and the configuration tree name change automatically as you enter the new name Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter VITC Reader Setting If you use Automatic VITC detect the disk recorder uses the range set in the From and To lines to look for the VITC signals If Automatic VITC detect is not used the disk recorder expects to find the VITC signals on the VITC Reader Line 1 default 10 or Line 2 default 12 If the signal is found the VITC Present in
20. and serial digital embedded 625 only audio inputs and outputs depending on which boards are installed your the PDR 100 system Audio in the PDR 100 is routed using the EISA bus with data flow controlled by a real time controller and the audio interface card The analog audio card is capable of converting four channels of analog audio to digital audio and vice versa using 16 bit 48kHz conversion The input and output data flow to the card via the EISA bus with sample clocks coming from a video interface card such as the analog composite board or the SDI board However the analog audio card can only have one clock operating at a time If the card is used as an input device it must have the clock that originates on the video board associated with the audio Analog Audio Input To open the Analog Audio Input dialog box select Audio Input from the configuration tree and then click or double click an analog audio name from the list such as Analog InA J8 The dialog box appears as shown in Figure 24 Analog Audio Input J A Analog In J8 Mame fanalog Ina J8 Related Audio Channels Select Audio Record Clock Source Analog InB J8 C System Clock Arnalog nC J8 amp Record Clock Close ng Analog InD J6 Figure 24 Analog Audio Input dialog box e Name allows you to change the signal name from Analog InA J8 to Audio One for example Signal names can be up to 30 characters long and can include
21. at c cAcABB size 7815168 4 video codec channels disk recorder slave board hu Feb 13 18 35 66 1997 in slot 13 ef genlock videoStandard is the same no change 7 Figure 70 WinTail window 2 To view other logs choose File Open Profile Family 115 TE Chapter 5 116 Using Profile Utilities NOTE Because it is a binary file you cannot view scsi log with WinTail See The Detail Log on page 113 for instructions on how to view scsi log Three sets of logs are now maintained 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 all RS 422 protocol messages for supported third party protocols Logging occurs to files VdrPanel ABCD 000 and VdrPanel ABCD 001 in the directory where VdrPanel is run Logging has a timing resolution of 10 msec Use a dedicated RS 422 logger for better resolution and accuracy Logging for each panel may be turned off by setting the value MsgLogger to 0 in these registry keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlset Services VtrService Chan ABCD NOTE Logger does not log duplicate replies for BVW BV W insert edit and Odetics for 61 0c CurrentTimeSense for Timerl LTC and VITC and 61 0c StatusSense nor for Louth for 30 05 PortStatusRequest and 30 10 SystemStatusRequest 3 VdrPort logs are maintained recording all messa
22. each field Click on Default Lines to return to the default values e Enable Impulse Noise Reduction automatically filters out noise spikes such as amplifier crackling NOTE If reduction of impulse noise is selected the disk recorder automatically switches the clamp speed to slow It is recommended that you use the spatial adaptive decode option although it does not automatically switch Clamp Speed Clamp speed sets the reaction to changing DC levels of the input signal Speed can be Adaptive Slow Medium or Fast The faster the clamp the more reactive it is to small DC variations Slow ignores short term DC level changes but gradually changes the clamping level to track the input Adaptive uses the best clamp for the current video input The Clamp Speed also helps with white noise reduction Adaptive is the best choice for white noise reduction Do not use Adaptive for impulse noise use Slow and the Impulse Noise Detection option from the Noise Reduction group NOTE If you set AGC audio gain control to automatic on the main screen clamp speed cannot be selected Profile Family 29 Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval The controls under the Vertical Interval tab sets how the vertical interval signals are handled There are different vertical interval line numbers in the dialog boxes depending on your video standard NTSC 525 or PAL 625 Click or double click o
23. frames per second the standard way of measuring the speed of video playback Thirty fps is considered real time playback in NTSC 25 fps in PAL 24 fps is standard for film and is considered animation speed playback In the range of 12 to 15 fps the human eye can detect the difference between one frame and the next visually this appears as a jerky motion or flicker Frame The standard unit of measure for film and video One frame represents one complete still image divided into two fields Frequency response The frequency range which an electronic component can accurately reproduce Humans some can hear from 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz 20 KHz An ideal audio component would have a frequency response totally flat and without any deviation from 20 Hz to 20 KHz Frequency response specifications are measured in decibels dB based on how closely an output s response resembles that of the input Genlock This term defines the relationship between video paths Two video signals that are exactly synchronized are said to be genlocked GUI A Graphical User Interface provides a visual way to interact with computer software GUIs allow people to control an application by using a pointing device such as a mouse to perform operations The usual alternative to a GUI is a command line interface which requires people to type in application specific commands following precise rules of syntax GUIs are considered easier to use than command line in
24. graphical log viewer WinTail This log viewer allows you to see the end of a log file To learn more about how to view Profile logs see Chapter 5 Using Profile Utilities ProLink ProLink monitors Profile Protocol calls over RS 422 communication lines allowing you to use a device such as the PRC 100 Control Panel attached to a selected port to communicate with a Profile system The PRC 100 is a discrete control panel that provides conventional VTR type control of Profile systems For more information on Profile Protocol see the Profile Software Development Kit PortSever PortSever allows you to communicate to a Profile unit remotely using Ethernet communications For example you can run PortServer on a remote Profile system so that you can communicate over a LAN with it from another Profile PortServer is used in conjunction with Fibre Channel operations Fibre Channel Support 10 You can use Fibre Channel video networking capabilities to move clips from one Profile unit to another The listnames and copymovie commands described in the PDR200 Installation Manual and the PDR 100 Fibre Channel Manual use the Fibre Channel connection to transfer media files between machines Ethernet LAN is required for transferring commands and status information Profile Family Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager The Profile Configuration Manager provides an easy to use interface to streamline setting up reference gen
25. insert edit Emulation This procedure sets up a panel to emulate a Betacam Refer to the manual for your controller 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 insert edit panel For example if Panel C is the BVW insert edit panel close Panel A B or D Reopen a panel with Window Open Panel Click within a BVW insert edit panel to select the panel Refer to Selecting a Controller on page 73 if you have not already selected BVW insert edit as the controller for this panel NOTE If you do not select BVW insert edit for the panel insert edit operations are not properly executed The channel can be used as a source deck or be acceptable for remote control systems such as the Ash Vale slow motion controller that do not use EditOn commands Choose Controller Configure to open Profile Options see Figure 48 on page 77 Select two unused video codecs one for Playback Video and one for Record Video For example use JPEG 3 for Playback Video and JPEG 4 for Record Video Use Controller Configure with the other panels to assure the codecs are not in use Select two pairs of audio codecs For example select Chan 9 and Chan 11 for the Playback Audio and Chan 10 and Chan 12 for the Record Audio Audio codec pair selection must follow these rules The playback record audio codec pair
26. is used by another panel the In Mark is not automatically present Trim to In Mark removes the portion of the current clip preceding the In Mark This action affects all copies of this clip on all panels The cut is not retrievable warning message and verification prompt are displayed before the material is trimmed Trim from Out Mark removes the portion of the current clip following the Out Mark This action affects all copies of this clip on all panels The cut is not retrievable warning message and verification prompt are displayed before the material is trimmed Set Out Mark sets an out mark for the current clip at the current timecode When the clip is played it ends at the out mark The portion after the out mark is not lost Use Remove Out Mark to remove it and stop at the clip end An out mark only affects this copy of the clip If the clip repeats in the clip list or is used by another panel the out mark is not automatically present Remove Out Mark removes the out mark and restores the clip to its last available timecode Group Name Box lists the name of the group that contains the clip list Go to Clip End jumps to the end of the current clip Forward One Field moves the current clip position forward one field Back One Field moves the current clip position back one field Profile Family Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel 24 Go to Clip Beginning jumps to the beginning of the current clip 25 Shuttle Bar sets the Shutt
27. keyboard all perform as expected Refer tospecific operating information about these items in the Windows NT manuals 2 Timecode 1 Bytes Field 3 Play 4 Sto j SC Panel A Panel Control 5 Rewind pre 6 Record res Pye y 27 Clip Name 7 Fast pa e gt gt gt Box Forward R rew Stop Hey a 26 Shuttle Rate 8 Field 2 Selection gt e 25 Shuttle Bar Se 9 Normal DA 3 60 24 Go to Clip 10 Loop fr Beginning a 4 d mo gt o 11 Bounce 23 Back One 12 Play Back EB SR 22 Forward 13 Clip One Field Position Bar 14 Remove In HENE 2 6 ya 21 Go to Mark Clip End 4 Mark 16 Trim to 17 Trim from 18 SetOut 19 Remove 20 Group Name In Mark Out Mark Mark Out Mark Box Figure 54 Panel dialog box Profile Family 89 T Chapter 3 90 Using VdrPanel Bytes Field is the number of bytes stored for the current field The more detailed the picture the higher the number of bytes Target compression rate is set in the Edit Presets dialog box accessed from Controller Configure Timecode is the current timecode of the selected clip Refer to Setting Timecode on page 84 For example when you use slow motion replays from several camera angles the timecode can free run or freeze Clicking on the Timecode display moves a clip to a specific timecode If there is no recorded timecode VdrPanel displays a timecode calculated from the current
28. 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 grouped as sets of four Chan 1 through 4 Chan 5 through 8 Chan 9 through 12 and Chan 13 through 16 The playback is assigned to the first selected codec in the pair record is assigned to the second selected codec in the pair For example playback assigned to Chan 14 and record assigned to Chan 15 Profile Family Setting up BVW insert edit Emulation NOTE There must be two audio codecs assigned for each audio track to be recorded Select two pairs of timecode For example select TCREC 5 and TCREC 7 for the Playback Timecode and TCREC 6 and TCREC 8 for the Record Timecode If any other selections are highlighted click to deselect them 7 Select the video compression to be applied see Setting Compression Presets on page 78 for more information on video compression and the presets 8 Click OK 10 11 12 Choose Controller Comm Port to open the Communication Port dialog box see Figure 46 on page 74 Select the RS 422 communication port to be used for the edit controller for example P3 The Port name is the same as the name on the RS 422 breakout box Click OK Verify the external connections Source audio channels are connected to the inputs for the audio channels assigned as the Record Audio
29. position 00 00 00 00 or above Play runs the selected clip at normal speed If there are multiple clips in the clip list Play starts with the first selected clip and proceeds through the list The Normal Loop and Bounce functions determine what happens after the last selected clip is played 4 Stop halts the current play shuttle or record function Rewind shuttles the clip backwards to the beginning the first available field or in mark of the selected clip Use Go To Clip Beginning or select a timecode value to move directly to the beginning without scrolling Record starts storing the incoming video and audio under the selected clip name If no clip is selected a default clip name pound sign followed by a number is assigned See Defining a New Clip on page 93 The record process continues until the disk decoder runs out of storage space or you select another command button Recording does not start unless there is a video signal assigned to for the selected panel and there is disk storage available Fast Forward shuttles the clip forward to the end Use Go To Clip End or select a timecode value to move directly to the end without scrolling Field Selection selects a one field or two field display during still mode One field display eliminates temporal artifacts while two field display provides the best vertical resolution Normal causes Play to play the entire selected clip list in order
30. router 133 VideoClip 93 Edit Clip List 104 Eject All Clips 95 Load Clip 96 Load Group 102 New Clip 94 Rename Clip 95 VITC 14 76 84 133 VITC Generator Setting 42 VITC Reader Setting 21 33 36 Volume 133 Volumes 108 W Warranty 111 Window Open Panel 80 Timecode Crosspoint 86 Video Crosspoint 82 Windows NT 3 516 Windows NT 4 06 Windows NT desktop 5 WinTail 10 113 115 A XLR 216 Digital Interface chassis 48 Z Zero timed outputs 17 Profile Family Index 141 Index 142 Profile Family
31. seconds into a clip it plays at the five second mark instead of at the beginning but if you remove a mark in it returns the beginning of the clip to the actual clip start NOTE Setting in and out marks applies to Panel Control only It is not recommended for other protocols Setting Marks To set a new in mark and out mark in a clip 1 Click a panel to select it 2 Create a clip load a clip or load a clip list and then select a clip from the list The Clip Position Bar is all the way to the left and the Timecode is 00 00 00 00 3 Use the transport controls drag the Clip Position Bar or click on the Timecode display to enter a timecode to locate the frame where you want to set the in mark 4 Click Set In Mark The Timecode display remains the same but the Clip Position Bar jumps to the far left indicating the mark in point on the clip 5 Use the transport controls drag the Clip Position Bar or click on the Timecode display to enter a timecode to locate the frame where you want to set 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 beginning of the clip 8 Click Play The clip starts at the in mark and stops at the out mark Profile Family 105 Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Removing Marks To remove in and out marks from a clip 1 Select a clip containing mark
32. slider While the Group Fader moves all channels at once it maintains the individual channel differences 4 To mute a channel click the mute button next to the channel name 5 After you have adjusted the line levels click Close or another tab 56 Profile Family Digital Audio Output Digital Audio Output You can change the names of the digital audio channels Click Undo if you want to cancel any changes Click Help for context sensitive Help on digital audio output To change a channel name 1 Expand Audio Output and then click one of the Digital Channels to bring up the Digital Audio Output dialog box Figure 36 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 channel pair on the first connector and Ch 03 and Ch 04 refer to the pair on the second connector and so forth Digital Audio Outputs J12 Outputs 9 12 E AE SfEBU Outa J1 E bp S EBU Out 0 11 2 AES EBU Out 1 112 AE ED Out 2 11 e Dee Help Figure 36 Digital Audio Output dialog box 2 Click in the box of the output channel whose name you want to change A channel name can have up to 30 characters 3 After you have changed the channel name or names click Close Profile Family 57 T Chapter2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Audio Configuration for the PDR200 The Audio Configuration dialog box shown in Figure 37 allows you to map input and
33. 18 Serial Digital Component Video Input dialog box Status Indicators Display the current status of this video input Video Present VITC Present and Auto Timed The green light indicates that a particular status is on These indicators cannot be edited Overwritable Video Standard Changes the video standard for this input board NTSC 525 or PAL 625 If you change this standard you must restart all tools that use this channel The board can serve both standards but the input can only accept one at a time Profile Family 35 Wa Chapter 2 36 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Renaming the Input Signal Enter the new name in the Name field For example if SDI InA J 13 is a dedicated satellite feed rename it Satellite 1 The VITC name window title bar name and the configuration tree name automatically change as you enter the new name Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter VITC Reader Setting If you to use Automatic VITC detect the disk recorder uses the range set in the From and To lines to look for the VITC signals If Automatic VITC detect is not used the disk recorder expects to find the VITC signals on the VITC Reader Line 1 default 10 or Line 2 default 12 If the signal is found the VITC Present indicator is turned on Line 1 and Line 2 cannot be more than 14 apart NOTE Input mus
34. 909 5 mV and 100 to 139 5 IRE in the NTSC standard Default Procamp resets the Procamp to the factory defined levels Profile Family 39 TE Chapter 2 40 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Changing the Output Timing Adjustments The Output Timing Adjustment group enables you to adjust the timing of the output signal to compensate for any additional delays in your system Any changes you make in this group take place immediately You can delay at the following levels to get the exact amount of delay required e Vertical Line level from 2 to 148 lines e Coarse Horizontal level from 100 to 100 ms e Fine Horizontal level from 100 to 100 ms Use the slider bars to set the delay amount The timing adjustments are generally done with a waveform monitor visually moving the signal so that it matches the reference Click on Default Timing to reset the slider bars to 0 which is the point where the output signal timing is aligned with the reference genlock signal Changing Output Settings e Name changes the signal name For example if this is a dedicated signal to a main switcher rename it Switcher 1 The VITC Name automatically tracks the signal name Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter e VITC Generator Setting places VITC on specified lines and or erase lines in the vertical interval
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36. Composite Video Output To open the Analog Composite Video Output dialog box select Video Output from the configuration tree and click or double click an analog composite output from the list such as Composite OutA J11 ra Carta Vee Dutt Ji A Coria Dusk Man vareniinerenl Heng oi pira ie Pro came Ad actress r F Enable Frocanp 0 Lumnaros VITE paste ar E Gagan Chora Filer COTTE Gereke Eresble SS kom inal E ATC Padel RE Timin Lestra T Lure Bleck Cip Lesti iming dai Innnnnrsn sem ps AO a Hiv DE drlmgap RE ajej Degree es Figure 20 Analog Composite Video Output dialog box Changing the Procamp Adjustments The Procamp Adjustment group modifies the output signal to compensate for any irregularities in the signal path All changes take place immediately e Enable Procamp must be checked before anything in this group can be adjusted This enables you to setup the Procamp and then disable it without losing the setup 38 Profile Family Analog Composite Video Output Luminance enabled specifies only the luminance portion of the signal is output The signal is black and white Gaussian Chroma Filter determines the type of filter used on the chrominance portion of the signal If the Gaussian Chroma Filter is selected the filter has a long slow roll off to prevent ringing If it is not selected then a brickwall filter is used Although this may introduce ringing into th
37. EE AR eee HEER FEE Figure 51 Video Crosspoint dialog box 2 To assign a crosspoint click in the intersection between a video signal and a JPEG Channel The selections turn green 82 Profile Family Selecting Video Crosspoints NOTE Verify that you have the appropriate BNC connections on the rear panel 3 Click the Close button when complete NOTE To release a timecode output for use by another application click the box at the intersection of the output with the unused box Profile Family 83 Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Setting Timecode You can set timecode crosspoints select drop frame timecode or select timecode panel display and generators Selecting How to Display Timecode on a Panel The Timecode Setup dialog box enables you to set the timecode display and the source 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 divided into two groups Display on Panel and Timecode Generator Settings Panel A Timecode Setup Ei Display on panel ht mpat C TC Rec 1 C VITC input o Field counter C Generator Timecode generator settings C Free run C Freeze Lock to field Regenerate hr min sec frm Figure 52 Timecode Setup dialog box 3 Select the timecode to be displayed on the panel from the Display on Panel group LTC Inpu
38. Enter Related Audio Channels lists the audio channels that are related to the signal name Profile Family Digital Audio Output Digital Audio Output To open the Serial Digital Audio Output dialog box select Audio Output from the configuration tree and then click or double click a digital audio name from the list Digital Audio Input J8 4 SDlAudio Out A J8 Associated Video output channel Audio Transmit Group SUFOuta Ji amp Group 1 Related Audio Channel Group C Group 3 SOlAudio Outh J8 C Group 4 SPl udio Outt Ja SPlAudio DutL Ja Close Eer Help Figure 27 Digital Audio Output dialog box e Name changes the signal name Audio Out 1 for example Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces The window title bar name and the configuration tree name automatically change as you enter the new name To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter e Associate Video Output Channel lists the name of the associated video output channel e Related Audio Channels lists the audio channels that are related to the signal name e Audio Transmit Group changes the audio transmit group in the range 14 To change the group click on the button associated with the group Profile Family 47 Wa Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager PDR 200 Audio 48 The PDR 200 audio architecture accepts and simultaneouly process
39. Filename to Load dialog DOX ooocccccccccoccccnncccononcnnnncononanonnnnnnnanennnnnnnnnos 111 Detail OG dialog EE 113 OTI RECHT ele EE 115 POSEN WINGOW Ker 117 SEMIGES dialog DO een 119 Profile Family Contents Xi SP Contents xii Profile Family Preface About this Manual The ProfileQ Family User Manual supports Profile System Software 2 1 for the industry standard Profile PDR 100 Video Disk Recorder and the PDR 200 Profile Video File Server The PDR 100 and PDR 200 use digital technology to store broadcast quality video and CD quality audio The PDR 100 features 4 gigabyte disk drives plus analog and embedded audio while the PDR 200 features 9 gigabyte Ultra SCSI disk drives plus AES EBU digital audio in addition to analog and embedded audio Both systems support Fibre Channel NOTE This manual assumes that you are familiar with basic Microsoft Windows operation After an introduction in Chapter 1 each chapter of the manual is dedicated to a Profile application e Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager explains how to configure your hardware for input and output of video and audio genlock and system timing e Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel describes VdrPanel and gives specific instructions on how to capture and use video and audio clips e Chapter 4 Using the Profile Disk Utility spells out how to create a file system or load new microcode for a volume of disks e Chapt
40. Main tab 2 Click the Main tab 1f 1t 1s not already visible 3 Click in the box of the input channel whose name you want to change A channel name can have up to 30 characters 4 After you have changed the channel name or names click Close or another tab Profile Family 51 T Chapter2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager To check the status of digital input channels 1 In the Digital Audio Input dialog box click the Status tab Under Status Indicators you see the error status of each channel If a channel has an error the indicator is on See Table 2 for a description of each error indicator Digital Audio Inputs J12 Inputs 9 12 Main Status Sample Rate Converter Status Indicators Unlocked Validity Farity CRC Emphasis Error Error Error Error O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O er Help Figure 31 Digital Audio Input dialog box Status tab 2 When you are done checking for errors click Close or another tab Table 2 Digital audio input channel indicators Indicator Description Unlocked Error Receiver unlocked Validity Error AES receiver validity Parity Error Parity error CRC Error CRC subframe errors Emphasis Detected emphasis 52 Profile Family Digital Audio Input If you want to bypass the sample rate converter 1 In the Digital Audio Input dialog box click the Sample Rate Converter tab Figure 32 By default the sample rate converter is enabled The sample rate conver
41. S signal connector Button on the display A small display box that has a raised appearance and contains text Generally clicking on a button activates a function or performs some action See Clicking Button on the mouse The two or three buttons on the top of the mouse Capture Generally the act of storing digital audio and video in memory or on a disk The process may involve converting an analog signal to a digital one Some compression of the digital data may be involved Cartridge tape A tape used in the library that stores video and audio in digital form CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory the preferred medium for multimedia storage because of its large capacity high quality ease of use and low cost Chroma A term that describes the 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 cartridge A special tape cartridge that cleans tape transports on demand Clicking Quickly pressing and releasing the left mouse button usually without moving the pointer Profile Family Glossary Clip A clip is a reference to recorded video or audio tracks from a single source and may include timecode If a clip includes both video and audio they must be synchronous reference to several clips edited together is called a master Deleting a clip will delete its associ
42. User Manual Tektronix Profile Family Printed in USA or UK Tektronix Inc PO Box 1000 Wilsonville OR 97070 1000 USA 1 800 547 8949 USA and Canada 1 503 682 7300 http www tek com Copyright Revision Status Copyright 1997 Tektronix Inc Wilsonville Oregon Printed in the United States of America or the United Kingdom All rights reserved This document may not be copied in whole or in part or otherwise reproduced except as specifically permitted under U S copyright law without the prior written consent of Tektronix Inc P O Box 1000 Wilsonville Oregon 97070 1000 TEKTRONIX TEK and Profile are registered trademarks 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 products Profile Family User Manual revision status Rev Date Description APR 1997 Original issue Part number 070 9955 00 Warranty and Licensing Warranty Tektronix warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of shipment If any such product proves defective during this warranty period Tektronix at its option either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product In order to obtain service under this warranty
43. a Clip List To edit a clip list group of clips 1 Click a panel to select it 2 Choose Video Clip Load Group if the clip list to be edited was previously saved as a group Select the group and click OK 3 Choose VideoClip Edit Clip List to open the Edit Clip List dialog box Edit Clip List Drive Clip list INTT fdefault INTT default Richter Clips INTT defaultferuption i INTT defaultfmagma Intuition magma Nuance lt Remove INTT defaultTidal Wawe INT1 fdefaultfrolcano Richter Tidal Wave wolcano Figure 63 Edit Clip List dialog box 4 To add a clip to the current list loaded in step 1 select a clip in the Clips box and then click Add It is added to the Clip List box with a long clip name 5 To remove a clip from the current list select a clip from the Clip List box and click Remove to remove the clip from the list This does not delete the clip from disk it simply removes a reference from the clip list 6 To edit a different group click Add Group to bring up the Load Group of Clips dialog box 7 Click OK when complete 104 Profile Family Setting In and Out Marks in Clips Setting In and Out Marks in Clips You can set a temporary beginning and ending to a clip by marking an in point an out point or both The video and audio data 1s not lost however it simply is not used when the clip is played For example if you set a mark in point five
44. acks Generally audio systems or video displays used in a studio environment to control quality Also a video display device without audio capabilities Profile Family Glossary Mouse An input device that when moved across a flat surface causes the pointer to move across a screen The mouse usually has buttons that you press to send signals These signals in turn accomplish certain functions The representation of the mouse on the screen is called the pointer See Pointer NTSC The standard composite color format used in North America and Japan that was developed by the National Television Standards Committee Off line cartridge The archive library has immediate access of up to 80 cartridges However the library database can contain information about any number of cartridges A cartridge is considered off line when it has been ejected from the library storage device but remains in the library database PAL The Phase Alternate Line standard is used to encode color information in Western European composite video Partitions To give the archive tape transports some degree of random access a data cartridge is divided into an number of partitions Media may be added to a partition until that partition is full Deleting media from one partition does not affect any other partition Parameter A variable that is given a specific value This value is passed to a program before execution Pixel The smallest part of a d
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46. alog box see Figure 11 which shows the dialog box when the outputs are E to E timed In the timing edit box you can adjust the number of fields genlock only or lines and also tune these settings with course or fine adjustments You can enter a number directly or click an arrow to adjust a setting The adjustments and ranges available vary depending on which input output you change Profile Family 17 Chapter 2 18 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 4 Click Close to accept the settings Undo to return to the previous settings Default to return to the default settings NOTE You must restart your unit for the new system timing setting to take effect You can also fine tune your system timing settings individually under Reference Genlock System Input Advanced Adjustment in the Reference Genlock dialog box You can also tune individual output settings under Output Timing Adjustment in under Video Output W di ie L d all wi T w w wii S s d AS See SC Ab CS A AR O E AR A RS O E A A EA A s Besse AA gv vs gv xxx S AS A A S gi vi on oe S gv di ei PE vg e vi e d e S SI A a S na e s id d d e d e e S Sg s s SC AS XS SS S AS A RS a a ee RR Ra SAS AS A BR s Si SS Fr Si SS S SIS NS S AS A A R a A a PA ASS S AS S A TS O ESE a a a a S SI a a pi ot AS AS S Si Sa id V i EE EE E O EE INEA EEE ES A A pr ea Pu a Ce i Ca oe SC AS A A E EE AE ASS EK A a SS
47. also a relative unit used to compare the strength of acoustic signals Default A value that is automatically assigned or used in the absence of any other input For example a new Profile system shipped from the factory is zero timed by default while E to E mode is the nondefault setting Dialog box A box displayed in a computer application s graphical user interface where you choose options and enter information Use the mouse or keyboard to move from field to field click on buttons and position the text insertion point Enter information with the keyboard Digital In digital audio video systems sounds and images are converted into a series of binary values ones and zeros D to A Digital to analog converter device used to convert digital signals into an analog form For example compact disc players use D to convertors to convert the digital information on the CD into analog audio suitable for amplification Disk expansion unit A product PDX 103 and PDX 208 that adds disk storage to a Profile video disk recorder Disk Utility The Profile Disk Utility tool is used to maintain Profile hard drives This includes formatting and labeling disk volumes eliminating bad blocks and updating hard drives with new microcode Display A device that receives video output from a display adapter such as VGA card and displays the video output on a screen Profile Family Glossary Dragging Pressing and holding down
48. at you get when making copies of tapes since the material is digitally stored You can even start playing a clip while it s still being recorded Just start capturing the clip on one channel wait about five seconds and then play the clip back on another channel This kind of control makes the Profile system an ideal solution if you want to go to air with a clip before you are finished recording it Table 1 on page 2 lists and compares other features of the PDR 100 and PDR 200 in detail Figure 1 Profile front panel Profile Family Chapter I Introducing the Profile Family Table 1 PDR 100 and PDR 200 features compared Video inputs Analog composite Analog composite component analog CAV component analog CAV serial digital component serial digital component Video channels 2 or 4 2 or 4 CODECs Eight 4 GB SCSI Eight 9 GB Ultra SCSI 16 channels 16 bit analog 16 channels digital standard standard digital optional AES EBU embedded 625 only analog optional Digital audio interfaces XLR216 BNC216 Analog audio XLR 100 PAC 208 8 channel interfaces PAC 216 16 channel Internal storage at 24 3 hours 6 hours Mb s Compression Continuously variable Continuously variable motion JPEG motion JPEG NOTE Profile System Software version 2 1 supports both the PDR100 and the PDR200 2 Profile Family What to Read First The PDR 100 and PDR 200 are supported by the following products e PDX103 and PDX208 P
49. ated material only if that material is not used by another clip or master CODEC CODEC is an acronym for Coder Decoder the link between component parallel digital video and the SCSI 2 channel The CODEC compresses the video data to a rate that is commensurate with the available disk bandwidth Conversely the CODEC decompresses the video data coming from the SCSI 2 channel back to 8 bit component parallel digital video The Profile video disk recorder translates digital video data between CCIR 601 digital component and compressed motion JPEG for storage on hard disk Command line The line that you type to invoke a program or initiate an action command line usually contains the application program name along with optional arguments known as command line options Composite video single video signal composed of combined luminance and chrominance information Component video Typically the transmission or storage of video as a separate luminance and chrominance information such as Y B Y R Y Compression video A technique for reducing the amount of space needed to store images or sequences of images JPEG Motion JPEG M JPEG and MPEG are examples of video compression techniques Data cartridge A digital tape cartridge that is capable of storing media in large quantities Profile Family 123 T Glossary 124 dB Decibel In theory the minimum change in sound intensity that the human ear can distinguish
50. cations on the Windows NT desktop Figure 2 PDR Application Shortcut on the Windows NT 4 0 desktop Several applications are shipped with Profile system software version 2 1 e Profile Configuration Manager see page 7 e VdrPanel see page 8 e Profile Disk Utility see page 9 e Profile Log see page 10 e ProLink see page 10 e PortServer see page 10 Profile Family 5 Wa Chapter I Introducing the Profile Family Starting an Application To start a Profile application such as VdrPanel using Windows NT 4 0 e Double click the shortcut icon on the Windows NT desktop e Choose Start VdrPanel e Choose Start Programs PDR Applications VdrPanel To start a Profile application such as VdrPanel using Windows NT 3 51 1 In Program Manager double click the PDR Applications program group icon 2 Double click the VdrPanel icon in the PDR Applications program group Viewing Help To view the Help for an application e Choose Help Help Topics e Click the Help button on a dialog box or a toolbar if available To view version information for VdrPanel in this example e Choose Help About VdrPanel Closing an Application To close Profile applications e Choose File Quit File Exit or click the Close button 6 Profile Family Profile Configuration Manager Profile Configuration Manager The Profile Configuration Manager shown in Figure 3 is the interface for configuring reference genlock
51. channel name s click Close or another tab 54 Profile Family Analog Audio Output To change line modes for the XLR connectors 1 In the Analog Audio Output dialog box click the Line Mode tab Figure 34 Analog Audio Outputs J12 Outputs 1 4 ka el WK el Wi el WK el Figure 34 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 illustrations of the XLR connectors to the left of the box give visual cues of the selected mode 3 After choosing a line mode or modes click Close or another tab Profile Family 55 T Chapter2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager To trim the line level 1 In the Analog Audio Output dialog box click the Line Level tab Figure 35 Analog Audio Outputs J12 Outputs 1 4 F Mute F Mute M Mute IY Mute Group Fader Close Undo Help Figure 35 Analog Audio Outputs dialog box Line Level tab 2 The line level range is 12 to 0 dB If you trim the line level for an individual channel with the slider handle the line level is incremented or decremented by I 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 number is rounded to the nearest 0 5 dB 3 To adjust the trim for all channels at once use the Group Fader
52. ck OK Profile Family 73 e Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Selecting a Communications Port To select a communications port for a controller 1 Click in a panel to select it NOTE Other than Panel control the Comm Port dialog box appears automatically the first time you select each type of controller 2 Choose Controller Comm Port to open the Controller Setup dialog box An example of this dialog box is shown in Figure 46 Panel 4 Comm Port Fa Cancel Figure 46 Comm Port dialog box NOTE Ports PI through P8 are available on the RS 422 breakout panel COMI and COM2 are available on the unit s back panel RS 232 DB 9 connectors Any P ports used by VdrPanel should have the DIP switches set to Device Refer to your Profile unit s installation manual for details 3 Select the communications port and click OK 74 Profile Family Selecting Clip Length BVW Only Selecting Clip Length BVW Only If you have chosen a BVW controller you can specify clip length by setting mark in and mark out points kuch NOTE The Set Clip Marks clip length dialog box shown here will not appear unless the panel controller is a BVW controller Click in a panel to select it Choose Controller Clip Length The Set Clip Marks dialog box appears Figure 47 Set Clip Marks Enter mark in Enter mark out po foo for foo fF fro foo fro hr min sec frm hr min sec frm Apply to loaded clip s Ca
53. ctable In Figure 38 in the column labeled AES EBU rows 9 16 appear dimmed indicating that this audio type is always mapped and cannot be unmapped Attempting to remap this section results in an error message The number of columns in the mapping grid depends on the number of possible input or output audio types that may be mapped to the disk recorder channels The grid is used for selecting which of the possible input or output audio Profile Family 59 T Chapter 2 60 Using the Profile Configuration Manager channels to map to the channels Audio channels are mapped in groups of four channels only and the four audio channels are always mapped to consecutive disk channels For example analog channels 1 4 Input 01 Input 04 in Figure 37 are mapped to the first four disk recorder channels Ch 01 Ch 04 while digital channels 9 12 Input 09 Input 12 in Figure 38 are mapped to the first four disk recorder channels Ch 09 Ch 12 Audio types may only be assigned to channels in groups of four For example channels 1 4 may mapped to analog channels 5 8 mapped to AES EBU and so forth In addition analog and AES EBU audio types have an assigned one to one mapping to their respective channels that is input I always maps to channel 1 input 2 to channel 2 and so on Serial digital embedded audio contains for groups of four audio channels for 3 total of sixteen channels Each group can be assigned to any group of fou
54. d video information Profile Family 133 SP Glossary 134 Profile Family Index A A to D 121 Access Control 118 Access Time 121 Advanced 27 37 AES EBU 121 AES EBU digital audio 48 Alt key xv Analog Audio Input PDR 100 44 Analog Audio Input PDR 200 49 Analog audio interfaces 2 Analog Audio Output PDR 100 46 Analog Audio Output PDR 200 54 Analog Composite Video Input 24 Analog Composite Video Input Ad vanced Control 27 Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval 30 Analog Composite Video Output 38 Analog video 121 Applications how to start 5 Archive Library 121 Assemble record mode 121 Audio Configuration 58 Audio I O 121 Audio input mapping 58 Audio Monitor 72 Audio output mapping 61 Audio PDR 100 2 44 Audio PDR 200 2 48 Auto Timing 25 33 36 B Back One Field 91 Bad blocks 112 Betacam 80 Black Level 39 BNC 216 Digital Interface chassis 48 BNC connections 83 122 Bounce 90 Burst 24 BVW 73 BVW clip length 75 Bytes Field 79 90 C Capture 122 Cartridge Tape 122 CD ROM 122 Chroma 122 Chroma Gain 39 Chroma Phase 39 Chroma Reduction 28 Clamp Speed 29 Cleaning Cartridge 122 Clip 123 clip list 102 define 93 delete 101 edit a list 104 eject 101 group 102 load 96 lock 99 long names 100 Profile Family 135 Index new 94 play 96 protect 99 renaming 98 short names 100 striping 100 unlock 99 Clip length BVW 75 Clip list 102
55. deo Output 38 Analog Composite Video Output Vertical Interval 41 Serial Digital Component Video Output 42 Serial Digital Component Video Output Advanced oooooccnccccccooo 43 PDRI00 AUGO au EN 44 Analog AUdIO Wl e E EE 44 Digtal Audio re DEE 45 Analog NEIERENS EE 46 Profile Family vii T Contents Digital Audio OUiDU scroll 47 A renee mee pene epee eee eed ener 48 Analog Audio Input xc cccdccntetendecwasesstenerdcestensetaceesusnadesenaeeeosesedeeentenenes 49 Digital Audio Input EE 51 Analog Audio Output EE 54 Bleialf UE 57 Audio Configuration for the DDR 200 58 Input and Output Mapping ooccccnncnnccccccccononncnnnnnncnnnononanonononnnnnnnnnos 58 Input CIO GING EN Eaa 62 Audio Configuration Other Tab 65 PER ANG E 70 Making a Panel Achve 70 Arranging Panels and ICONS 71 Viewing Record Capacity ooooonnnncccncncccccccnnonnnncnononnnonnnnnnnnnanenonononinnnss 71 Viewing an Audio Monitor for a Panel rrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnvnnnnvnnnnnnrrnnnnnnre 72 Selecting a Controller rrrrrrrnnnnnnrnnnorvnnvrrrnnnnnnnnnrnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnssnnnnnn 73 Selecting a Communications Port 74 Selecting Clip Length BVW Onbhy 75 Configuring a Controller 76 Setting Compression Presets coooooocononcccnnnnncconononononnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnanons 78 Setting up BVW insert edit Emulaton 80 Selecting Video Crosespoimts 82 Setting Timecode oooooccccccncccccccccononnncnnnnnnnnnon
56. dicator is turned on NOTE Input must be auto timed to use automatic VITC detection Enable Auto Timing Auto timing determines if the input is synchronized to the reference genlock signal The disk recorder records time base corrected video whether or not it is also locked to the reference If auto timing is enabled and the signal was able to be timed into the system then the Auto Timed indicator is turned on If you want to use the disk recorder as a switcher and or have the output video correctly timed when in E to E mode the input video must be locked to the reference and properly timed to the disk recorder To aid in the timing setup all video inputs have auto timing circuits which synchronize input video to the internal timing reference as long as the input video is within the auto timing sync window 1 lines To get to the auto timing window the input must be advanced 7 5 lines 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 into the system If the input drifts out of range it 1s retimed Profile Family 25 Wa Chapter 2 26 Using the Profile Configuration Manager as soon as it drops back into range The disk recorder can use untimed signals if auto timing is not enabled but they are not timed correctly and may cause jumping and skipping in E to E mode NOTE If you select auto t
57. disks in the data set To create a file system 1 Select a data set from the Current Data Set box For example Data Set I int 2 Select the volumes to be included in the data set from the Available Volumes list and click Add To remove volumes from the data set select volumes from the Selected Volumes list and click Remove 3 Choose File Make Data Set or click Make Data Set 108 Profile Family Setting a Disk Label To set a disk label Setting a Disk Label 1 Choose File Set Label or click Set Label The Set Label dialog box appears Set Label E Current Label INT Mew Label Gel Figure 66 Set Label dialog box 2 Enter the new label name in the New Label box The label name can have up to seven characters 3 Click Set when complete Profile Family 109 T Chapter4 Using the Profile Disk Utility Formatting a Disk Volume Formatting disks organizes them so the computer can write data to and read data from them in an orderly way All media disks come preformatted from the factory gt gt gt WARNING Formatting disks removes all media and other data from the disks Format disks only when absolutely necessary To format a disk 1 Select the desired physical volume with the tab 2 Select the desired disks 3 Choose Disk Utilities Format Disk s or click Format The Format Disk s dialog box appears If disks are non Seagate you can select a block size 4 Click For
58. e 72 Controller Setup dialog DOX ccccccococcoccccccnnncnccconononnncnnnnnnnnnonnnononnnnnnnnnnonononnnnanennnnnns 73 Gomm Port dialog HO EE 74 Set Clip Marks dialog DOX sssrin enen aA EE EN E EE 75 Protile Options dialog DOX vv A A 76 Profile Options dialog box BVW insert edit only oooooooconcnccncccncncncncncnancnannnnnnno 77 Edit Compression Presets dialog box oooccccccnccccccoconoonnccnnnnnonononononanononnnnnnnnnnnonanos 78 Video Crosspoint dialog DOX cccoooccccncoccconcconnconononcnnnnnononcncnnnononannncnnnonnnnnrnnnnnonananess 82 Timecode SEM GIalOG BOX nicas ii ed 84 Timecode Grossp int dial BOX ui 87 Paneldi ldbg Le EE 89 New CIP el E ele HO ee 94 Bette loge TE e te DOM SEE EE NN ER NE EE 96 Rename Video Clip dialog DOX cooooccconcccccocnnnnnconononcnnnncnnoncncnnonnononcnnnncnnonanennnnnss 98 Set Clip Protection dialog DOX ooooooccccccnccccccononcnnncncnnnnonononnnnonnncnnonnnonononennnanennnons 99 Stripe Timecode dialog DOX nomis a a 100 Delete Clip dialog DOX cccccccononccncccoccococonnonononononnnonononconononnnnnnnnnonnonannnnnnnnnananennnnns 101 Save Group of Clips dialog DOX cremes A E E R E E E S 102 Load Group of Clips dialog bOX oooocccncccccononconcccononnncnncnnononnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonanennnnnnnnnas 103 Bel G lle RE Ce TE erte bel 104 Field Dominance dialog BO sunde 106 Prone DiSK UIV WINGO EE 107 Sel Labeldialog BOX EE 109 FORMAL DSKS dialog DOX EEN 110 Microcode
59. e signal it maintains the integrity of the signal for multiple processing Use the Gaussian Filter as a last step before transmission and if ringing suppression is required Do not use this filter if you are doing multiple processes passes on the signal or if the material is in component form The Procamp controls are adjusted with either the slider bars or arrow buttons The corresponding numeric values are displayed m the text boxes Video Gain raises or lowers the overall amplitude of the video signal It has a range of 50 to 200 percent of nominal Chroma Gain changes the amplitude of the chrominance portion of the signal to change the color intensity It has a range of 50 to 200 percent of nominal Black Level sets the voltage level of the reference black level This is expressed in mV in the PAL video standard and in IRE units in NTSC The 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 Luminance Black Clip Level is the point where the procamp clips the luminance portion of any video that drops below this level For PAL the range is 150 mV to 0 mV and 20 IRE to 7 5 IRE or 0 IRE if pedestal is not selected in the NTSC standard Luminance White Clip Level follows the same logic only it clips any luminance above the set threshold Its range in the PAL standard is 700 to
60. er 5 Using Profile Utilities tells you how to use Profile Logs PDR Service ProLink and PortServer At the end of the manual you ll find a glossary of digital video and computer terms and a complete index Profile Family xiii Wa Preface XIV Related Documentation Several manuals related to the Profile Family User Manual include On line manuals You can access on line help for an application at anytime by choosing Help Help Topics Profile System Version 2 1 Release Notes PDR200 Profile Installation Manual PLS200 Library System Manual PRS200 RAID Storage Instruction Manual PDX 103 Disk Expansion Unit Manual PDX208 Disk Expansion Unit Manual Profile Tool Box User Manual Profile TimeDelay User Manual Microsoft Windows NT user documentation Profile Family Terminology and Conventions Terminology and Conventions Alt key Ctrl key Esc key Button mouse Clicking Double clicking Dragging Moving Pointer Pointing Choosing commands Hold Alt down while pressing other keys in a sequence Hold Ctrl down while pressing other keys in a sequence Press and release Esc then press other keys in a sequence The two or three buttons on the top of the mouse Pressing and releasing the mouse button without moving the pointer Pressing and releasing the left mouse button twice without moving the pointer Pressing and holding the mouse button while moving the pointer Changing
61. es sixteen audio inputs and outputs at up to four simultaneous clock rates Internally all audio is processed in floating point at 48kHz with a selectable storage resolution of 16 or 20 bits Inputs may be individually clocked in groups of four and any clock group may be referenced to the system reference house black or any one of four video inputs Output clocking is synchronous to system reference Sample rate conversion is available for all inputs 30 to 50kHz providing uniform storage at 48kHz The PDR 200 can be configured to operate with analog AES EBU digital or embedded SMPTE 272M Level A audio depending on which options are installed in your system All three audio formats are supported without external conversion equipment Analog audio is only available with an optional PAC208 or PAC216 Analog Digital Interface chassis You can expand the number of XLR or BNC connectors for AES EBU audio with an optional XLR216 or BNC 216 Digital Interface chassis You can choose an audio format for each video channel For example you could enable analog audio on one channel embedded audio on another and AES EBU on the rest NOTE Do not turn off sample rate conversion or use AES EBU as a reference unless you are certain that all inputs and outputs are synchronous Profile Family Analog Audio Input Analog Audio Input In analog audio input you can change audio channel names check the channel overload status or adjust line levels i
62. et VITC Reader Line1 to the beginning of the search line The minimum line number is 6 in PAL and 10 in NTSC Check for VITC Present For manual VITC detection on analog composite and serial digital component signals Profile Family 15 T Chapter2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Verify Automatic VITC detect is not selected If it is click to toggle it Set VITC Reader Linel and VITC Reader Line to the lines where VITC is located If you only have one VITC line enter the same value on both Reader lines Check VITC Present If it is still not on double check your line numbers and try again 4 For each video output that should have VITC select it from the list The procedure is different for each type of signal e For analog composite Verify VITC Generator Enable is checked If not click to toggle it Click on Vert Interval to open the Vertical 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 Vertical Interval Line Programming dialog box e For serial digital component From the Serial Digital Component Video Output dialog box set the lines where you want VITC in VITC Generator Linel and VITC Generator Line2 Verify VITC Generator Enable is checked If not click to toggle it 16 Profile Family Setting the System Timing Setting the Sy
63. f the clip for example INT I default clipname Short clip names display only the clip name Clip names are shown in Clip Name box in a Panel To set the clip name to short or long clip name e Choose Options Display Short Name or Options Display Long Name NOTE This setting only applies to the current panel Each panel can have a different setting for clip name length 100 Profile Family Ejecting All Clips Ejecting All Clips To eject all clips 1 Choose VideoClip Eject All Clips 2 All clips in the Clips box in the Panel are ejected immediately Deleting a Clip To delete a clip 1 Choose VideoClip Delete Clip to open the Delete Clip dialog box Delete Clip Drive INTI default Select clip s to be deleted Tidal Wawe wolcano Cancel Figure 60 Delete Clip dialog box 2 If the clip you want to delete is on a different drive select it in the Drive box 3 Select the clip or clips you want to delete 4 Click OK when complete A message box appears telling you which file is being deleted Profile Family 101 TE Chapter 7 Using VdrPanel Clip Lists You can save and organize clips into lists also called groups You can load saved group of clips You can also save an existing group of clips under a different name You can also create and later edit a list of clips Saving a Group of Clips in a Clip List A clip list can be saved and loaded later To save a clip list as a grou
64. ges passed between Windows NT and the real time processor The following information is logged Direction gt indicates NT to video processor lt indicates video processor to NT VDR port number 0 3 Tick count msec since Windows NT booted Message Profile Family ProLink The start of the VdrPort log file contains the date and time year month day hours min sec msec and the equivalent tick count Events are logged to two files VdrPortLog 000 and VdrPortLog 001 ProLink ProLink monitors Profile Protocol calls over RS 422 communication lines allowing you to use a device such as the PRC 100 Control Panel to communicate with a Profile system The PRC 100 is a discrete control panel that provides conventional VTR type control of Profile systems Simply double click the ProLink shortcut icon on the desktop to start it then select the port that your device is connected to P1 through P8 PortServer PortSever allows you to communicate to a Profile unit remotely using Ethernet communications For example you can run PortServer on a remote Profile system so that you can access it from a local Profile using you LAN Simply double click the PortServer shortcut icon on the desktop to start it The PortServer interface is shown in Figure 71 ES Untitled Port Server OF ES File Edit View Help waiting new link Accept Figure 71 PortServer window Profile Family 117 T Chapter 5 Using Profile Utili
65. he standard specifies the physical attributes of the link as well as how the information is transmitted along it Ato D Analog to digital converter An electronic component that converts incoming analog signals into its digital representation Analog video Video represented as a continuously variable electrical signal Consumer TV and domestic VCR are analog video devices Analog 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 a machine s disk storage The library consists of digital tape cartridges and a robot that moves cartridges to and from tape transports Assemble record mode Video and all audio tracks assigned to a machine are recorded simultaneously along with timecode and any previous contents are overwritten Traditionally this mode is used when appending to a master tape that has not had black timecode and control track previously recorded before editing Audio I O The audio path through the Profile video disk recorder especially the crosspoint circuitry that routes the audio within the Profile system Profile Family 121 TE Glossary 122 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 was recently adopted as an alternate AE
66. he connections of timecode signals within the Profile system e Timecode inputs top left corner represent either LTC input connectors on the back panel or VITC input signals Timecode inputs can be connected to timecode recorders for recording onto disk e Timecode generators below timecode inputs represent timecode generators used by the panels Timecode generators can be connected to timecode recorders for recording onto disk or to timecode outputs e Timecode outputs top right corner represent either LTC output connectors on the back panel or VITC output signals Timecode outputs can be connected to timecode recorders for playback of recorded material from disk to timecode inputs 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 TCRec 1 and Genlock VITC InA J16 indicates the timecode signal from the back panel input is recorded by timecode recorder 1 Profile Family Setting Timecode Crosspoints LS H rot ait KW AN Tit bah d DS PS amp i El EIE JER ELIE Lass Lass La se La zs Lac Je i Le Les Lass kass La sie Less ze i L Le Le Le Jan Le Jess I Figure 53 Timecode Crosspoint dialog box 2 To assign a crosspoint click in the intersection between the signal and the recorder channel The selections turn green NOTE A timecode recorder
67. he same value on both Reader lines Check VITC Present If it is still not on double check the genlock signal to make sure that VITC exists on these lines Automatic VITC detection four channel LTC version of the reference genlock board only automatic option available for PDR 200 Verify Automatic VITC detect is selected If it is not 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 double check the genlock signal to make sure that VITC exists and is within the expected range VITC detection one channel LTC version of the reference genlock board earlier PDR 100 only Set VITC Reader Linel to the expected location of the first Reader Line and VITC Reader Line2 to the second expected Reader Line If you only have one VITC line enter the same value on both Reader lines Notice that Automatic detect is off Check VITC Present If it is still not on double check the genlock signal to make sure that VITC is available then try again with a broader range For each video input that should have VITC select it from the list The procedure is different for each type of signal NOTE The input signal must be auto timed to be able to use automatic VITC detection For automatic VITC detection on analog composite and serial digital component signals Verify Automatic VITC detect is selected If it is not click to toggle it S
68. iming for an input signal and it cannot auto time with the genlock reference signal the input signal is not recorded accurately If you must record an input that cannot lock disable auto timing and record There may be problems if you are operating on E to E mode but the clip won t play back correctly timed Enable Dither Dithering smooths out roughness caused when a signal is digitized The LSB artifacts on 10 bit video feeds are reduced There is no effect on 8 bit video Input Gain Adjustment Adjust the input gain on the syncs to compensate for any losses in the input You can adjust the gain manually or use the AGC audio gain control AGC enables the internal quality monitoring circuit to automatically adjust the gain to keep the sync level constant To manually adjust the gain turn off AGC and move the slider to the desired value The range is from 45 to 142 percent 3 dB of the input signal for NTSC 525 and 82 to 142 percent for PAL 625 When you click Default the Input Gain Adjustment resets to the default value 100 percent Profile Family Analog Composite Video Input Advanced Control Analog Composite Video Input Advanced Control The Advanced Control tab allows you to select a Decode mode Decode mode determines how the chrominance and luminance information is separated for conversion to serial digital video for storage Click or double click on the Advanced Control tab see Figure 15 KI ZER TZ ECK bee 4 K k
69. isplay memory that can be addressed Playback Playback is the act of playing a clip track or master loaded on a machine at any rate Profile Family 129 T Glossary 130 Pointer The pointer allows you to make selections in menus to size and position windows and icons and to select the window where you want to send the input The window manager such as Windows NT determines the shape of the pointer See Pointing Device Pointing device Typically a mouse tablet or some other device with effective dimensional motion See Pointer Port A physical connection such as a multi pin connector or coaxial connector and its associated firmware that permits one computing device to communicate data and control information with another computing or peripheral device Protocol A set of rules that allows computers to transfer information across a network to other computers Read only memory ROM Memory that is not erased when power is turned off It is also called firmware The firmware 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 information as it becomes available rather than storing for processing at a later time Resource A resource is a Profile input JPEG codec or output You allocate resources for exclusive use by any application such as Tool Box Editor L
70. ist Manager and VDRPanel You should free up deallocate unneeded Profile resources whenever possible to that they can be used by other applications Profile Family Glossary RGB An additive method of combining percentages of red green and blue primary colors to form other colors ROM See Read Only Memory RS 232 C A standard serial communications interface for data communications commonly used for communications between a computer and modem or to control automated devices which don t have a conventional computer operating system RS 422 A standard serial communications interface for data communications similar to RS 232 C but good for longer distance cabling It is typically used for communications in a broadcast or post production environment between devices such as VTRs mixers and controllers SCSI Channel Small Computer System Interface The interface between the Profile processor and the disk array or library system It is 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 coaxial cable SECAM France and Russia use the S quence Couleur A M moire standard color format Serial port Usually the standard RS 232 C of a personal computer Attach a serial cable to communicate with a peripheral device such as a modem or printer Profile Family 131
71. l de Ire An ee SE um Figure 15 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box Advanced Control tab There are four options e Notch Decoder mode separates the chrominance by using a notch filter 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 vertical lines can be more difficult Profile Family 27 Wa Chapter 2 28 Using the Profile Configuration Manager e Comb Decoder mode tries to separate high frequency luminance from the chrominance using the same notch filter as the notch decoder but also takes information from the next line It uses this information to determine if high frequency is luminance or chrominance A comb decoder readily determines finely spaced vertical lines are luminance A lack of line to line phase alteration causes difficulty with fine horizontal lines Spatial Adaptive Decoding uses either the comb or notch decoder on a pixel by pixel basis depending on which gives the best results For horizontal lines Notch is used for vertical lines Comb is used Temporal Spatial Adaptive Decoding uses both the next line and the same line in the alternate field in the calculations This decoder uses all of the properties of the Spatial Adaptive decoder plus it uses Temporal interfield changes information The phase change or lack of from field to fie
72. l you can arrange the panels so that they are all completely visible To arrange the panels in this way e Choose Window Tile Panels If you have minimized the panels you can arrange the icons with e Choose Window Arrange Icons Viewing Record Capacity The Record Capacity dialog box shows the amount of recording time remaining on the current disk volume according to the current compression presets To view the recording capacity 1 Click a panel to select it 2 Choose Window Record Capacity A message box appears Figure 43 In this instance the message box shows the internal disks labeled INT The recording time remaining is represented in Hours Minutes Seconds For more information on compression presets see Setting Compression Presets on page 78 Panel A Record Capacity Ei Figure 43 Message box showing record capacity 3 When you are done viewing the information click Close Profile Family 71 T Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Viewing an Audio Monitor for a Panel The Audio Monitor allows you to monitor the level of an audio signal for a panel To view a panel s audio monitor 1 Choose Window Audio Monitor The Audio dialog box appears as shown in Figure 44 There are only two channels in this example but up to sixteen are possible Panel A Audio Ei PeakHold Level 15 0 DU O 0 Figure 44 Audio Monitor dialog box 2 To turn peak hold on or off choose PeakHold On
73. ld helps determine whether high frequency should be decoded as chrominance or luminance NOTE Spatial adaptive and temporal spatial adaptive decoding use the high or low threshold setting Temporal Spatial Option This control is only used if the Decode Mode is set to Temporal Spatial Adaptive The threshold determines the amount of motion allowed between alternate fields to still have the Temporal decoder recognize the pixel High allows more motion than Low Noise Reduction These controls enable and set various noise reduction methods e Enable Luma and Chroma Reduction applies the Level and Threshold settings to use a feedback noise reduction scheme on the decoded input signals after they have been separated into chrominance and luminance The Level and Threshold settings determine the amount of weight the feedback signal has in comparison to the input signal The Threshold range takes into consideration the amount of motion in the picture Use the sliders to adjust the ranges Be sure Enable Luma and Chroma Reduction is checked for the reduction values to be applied Profile Family Analog Composite Video Input Advanced Control e Enable Quiet Lineacts as a noise reference If the Quiet line is noise free the rest of the signal should also be noise free This allows the decoder to not mistake noise for motion If the Quiet Line is enabled the line values for Field 1 and Field 2 are used Use the sliders to set the line values for
74. le Rate Use the mouse to drag the pointer to the desired Shuttle Rate displayed in the Shuttle Rate box When you click on the shuttle bar the disk recorder enters shuttle mode 26 Shuttle Rate displays the current shuttle rate This number ranges from 16 00 to 16 00 with the positive numbers indicating forward motion negative numbers reverse and 0 00 still This number can be set by clicking on the Shuttle Rate to open the Shuttle Rate dialog box or by dragging the Shuttle Bar to the desired position If Shuttle Rate is set faster than the maximum rate for the controller the maximum rate is displayed 27 Clip Name Box lists the names of the clips in the current group or clip list The functions on the Panel dialog box can be accessed directly by clicking on the appropriate button with the mouse or by using the shortcut keys shown in Table 7 For example pressing r starts recording in the active panel Table 7 VdrPanel shortcut keys om Pantin ECT into o pe fe C CO e E gt gt gt C Se ECN CS CA TT ESCHER CIN CET faens CN tan om ECON TT CO TT CTO fore fr mener 92 Profile Family Using Clips Using Clips With VdrPanel you can define rename and delete a clip You can load an existing clip or group of clips Defining a New Clip There are two methods for defining clips e You can create and name an empty clip then record to it Name Clip First e Youcan start recording with an empty clip list
75. lick or double click LTC Input amp Output in the configuration tree LTC Input amp Output Name Change Window Ei Input LTC Name Output LTC Name sn J16 LTC O utl J16 LTC Ine J16 LTC Out2 J16 LTC In3 J16 LTC Out3 J16 LTC Ind J16 LTC Outd J16 Close ng Figure 13 LTC Inputs and Outputs dialog box 1 Select an LTC input or output name 2 Position the text edit cursor within the edit box 3 Enter the new name or portion of name 4 The new name appears in the name list Profile Family 23 SP Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 24 Video Input You may have analog composite component analog CAV or serial digital component video input boards installed in your Profile system The steps to configure for video inputs from these boards follow Analog Composite Video Input To open the Analog Composite Video Input dialog box select Video Input from the configuration tree and then click or double click an analog composite input from the list such as Composite InA J5 This configuration has several dialog boxes each opened by clicking the appropriate tab The Main tab is displayed when the configuration box is opened Click on the other tabs to open the other controls rette Ladies reg CT 2 meee be 4 Han advanced Conti Vertcal marsa a a a 3 D HTSC wie dente W Furst Input TE ATSC Pu detal Fibi Pieter Loca d Tred C PAL amp Esablo Anir Tirar T Eeabie Cather
76. lip l 2 Click a panel to select it If any clips are listed in the Clips box choose VideoClip Eject All Clips to clear the clip list Click the Record button in the selected Panel dialog box to begin recording A clip named 1 or other number for a unique clip name appears in the clip list for the panel Click Stop to stop recording 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 Choose VideoClip Rename Clip to open the Rename Video Clip dialog box see Renaming a Clip on page 98 6 Click on the clip to be renamed such as 1 7 Enter the new name in the To field Spaces and uppercase characters are acceptable however uppercase and lowercase characters will not distiguish clip names Click OK Profile Family 95 SP Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Loading and Playing a Clip To load and play a clip 1 Click in a panel to select it 2 If the clip is already loaded select it from the Clips box and go to step 7 3 If the clip is not loaded choose VideoClip Load Clip to open the Load Clip dialog box Load Clip Ei Drive INTI default Clips Tidal Wave vplcano Figure 56 Load Clip dialog box 4 If the clip you want to load is on a different drive select a different disk drive in the Drive box 5 Select the clip to load Richter in this example 6
77. lips on the Profile system is VdrPanel VdrPanel provides you with a VTR like interface complete with transport controls to directly manage media operations Once created with VdrPanel clips are availble for use with optional Profile applications such as TimeDelay or the List Manager in Profile Tool Box VdrPanel also allows you to configure any or all of your channels for operation through a controller connected to an RS 422 serial port These controllers either comply with Profile Protocol such as the optional PRC 100 Profile Remote Control unit or they comply with Louth Odetics BVW or BVW insert edit protocols Profile Family T Chapter 3 68 Using VdrPanel Before using VdrPanel to capture clips you must complete a few steps 1 You must decide whether you want to use the Windows NT interface called Panel Control to capture and play clips or if you want to use an external device to control your Profile system To select a controller see Selecting a Controller on page 73 2 You need to configure the playback and record JPEG channels audio channels and the VITC timecodes for your selected controller To configure the controller see Configuring a Controller on page 76 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 82 4 You can select timecode panel di
78. ll Rights Reserved except as specified below Permission is hereby granted to use copy modify and distribute this software or portions thereof for any purpose without fee subject to these conditions 1 If any part of the source code for this software is distributed then this README file must be included with this copyright and no warranty notice unaltered and any additions deletions or changes to the original files must be clearly indicated in accompanying documentation 2 If only executable code is distributed then the accompanying documentation must state that this software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group 3 Permission for use of this software is granted only if the user accepts full responsibility for any undesirable consequences the authors accept NO LIABILITY for damages of any kind These conditions apply to any software derived from or based on the IJG code not just to the unmodified library If you use our work you ought to acknowledge us Permission is NOT granted for the use of any IJG author s name or company name in advertising or publicity relating to this software or products derived from it This software may be referred to only as the Independent JPEG Group s software We specifically permit and encourage the use of this software as the basis of commercial products provided that all warranty or liability claims are assumed by the product vendor Profile Family V T
79. lock video and audio inputs and outputs system timing and timecode You use the configuration tree to open the specific configuration dialog boxes graphic representation of the Profile rear panel shows which boards have been installed The Configuration Manager window appears in Figure 6 B eda Cola atten Hana MA Cardoct f LTC inpri E Cup veien lap SM viden Ouipai e d durin ingar a tudo KA Figure 6 Profile Configuration Manager window To select an item from the configuration tree e The configuration tree appears to the left of the display Clicking on an entry such as Video Input expands the list of choices Clicking on an expanded list of choices such as 1f you click on Video Input a second time collapses the list of choices Profile Family 11 SP Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager e A single click opens the specific dialog box closing a previously opened box if necessary A double click 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 button will undo changes from the time a dialog box was opened in the current tab of the dialog box The Undo button is dimmed if there is nothing to undo The Help button opens context sensitive help related to the current dialog box By default the toolbar and status bar are shown in
80. mat on the dialog box to continue formatting the disks Format Disk z E Block Size 4096 gt Time Remaining Fe Lancel Figure 67 Format Disk s dialog box 110 Profile Family Loading Microcode Loading Microcode To load microcode for your hard disks 1 Choose Disk Utilities Load Microcode or click the Load Microcode button to open this dialog box Microcode Filename to Load Look ir Sy bin el cushwO015 lod el cushw amp 001 lod Filez of type Microcode Files lod sl Cancel Figure 68 Microcode Filename to Load dialog box 2 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 NOTE Currently the microcode file cu4w6001 lod is the most up to date for 4 gigabyte Seagate drives The file ca9wd309 lod is the most up to date for 9 gigabyte Seagate drives Profile Family 111 Chapter4 Using the Profile Disk Utility Relocating and Testing Bad Blocks The reason why bad block errors are reported is usually not because the physical block cluster is damaged Often the reason is because when the system attempts to read a media file and for any reason it cannot read a block it does not retry but simply repeats the last field and moves on to the next block NOTE The following tests are nondestructive To relocate bad blocks e Choose Disk Utilities Relocate Bad Blocks or click Relocate Bad
81. mily 525 60 Standard 625 50 Standard Setting Compression Presets Min Lum Q sets the minimum compression that can be applied to luminance in a field to meet the target data rate typically 0 75 which is the lowest rate Max Chroma sets the maximum compression that can be applied to chrominance in a video field to meet the target data rate typically 60 Fixed Q sets a fixed picture quality and ignores variation in field size Use this mode for critical multigeneration work When Fixed Q is selected the other fields become fixed as Lum Q fixed luminance compression and Chroma Q fixed chrominance Q Useful starting values for Fixed Q and Chroma Q are 5 00 Verify that there is sufficient available data rate headroom before using Fixed Q mode The Bytes Field target attempts to meet the Lum and Chroma goals With Fixed Q mode Bytes 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 target rate it is simply the average rate the disk recorder tries The higher the rate the better the picture detail The actual Bytes Field depends on the picture complexity Min Lum Q and Max Chroma The algorithm dynamically changes Min Lum Q and Max Chroma to make the field size meet the target unless Fixed Q is selected 3 Click OK when complete Profile Family 19 Wa Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel 80 Setting up BVW
82. multiple audio types but of these only one can be a serial digital embedded or SDI audio type To map output channels 1 Choose Options Audio Configuration The Audio Configuration dialog box appears Figure 38 2 Click the Output Mapping tab 3 Click on a button in a column This displays a list containing analog AES EBU or SDI audio groups Unavailable audio 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 Profile Family 61 Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Input Clocking The Input Clocking tab is used for assigning video input clocking sources to input audio channels The first column on the left side of the dialog box displays the disk recorder channel numbers The last column shows the audio clock reference source selection Figure 39 You get one system reference by default from the Reference Genlock boards and up to four video input references depending on which video boards are installed in your Profile unit Even if more than four video references are available only the first four input clocking references are used If you look at the bottom of the Configuration Manger window you will see a graphic representation of the installed boards key to the board representations is shown in Table 3 Table 3 Board representation key The vide
83. must be used by a panel to be available as a timecode output 3 Click the Close button when complete NOTE To release a timecode output for use by another application click the box at the intersection of the output with the unused box Profile Family 87 Wa Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel 88 Setting Drop Frame Timecode In NTSC you don t actually get 30 frames per second the real number is about 29 97 fps Timecode usually assumes 30 fps To account for the discrepancy drop frame timecode skips or drops two timecode values at the beginning of every minute except every tenth minute This allows timecode to exactly match a real time clock on 525 60 systems This correction is not needed on 625 50 systems because the frame rate is exactly 50 fps To set drop frame timecode e Choose Options Drop Frame or Options Non Drop Frame NOTE This setting applies to all open panels channels Profile Family Panel Basics Panel Basics In the VdrPanel application you can display up to four Panel dialog boxes at a time one for each video channel Each Panel dialog box has independent controls A close up view of a Panel dialog box is shown in Figure 54 A description of each Panel function follows NOTE If the panels are stacked choose Window Tile Panels The VdrPanel interface follows the same conventions as other Windows NT applications the control menu box title bar menu bar minimize and maximize buttons mouse and
84. n decibels Click Undo to cancel changes or click Help for context sensitive Help To configure analog audio input 1 Expand Audio Input and then click one of the Analog Channels The Analog Audio Input dialog box appears Figure 28 The channel numbers on the left refer to the physical input connectors on the audio input box Ch 01 refers to the first connector and Ch 02 refers to the second connector and so forth Analog Audio Inputs J12 Inputs 1 4 Mame fanalogdnt N12 O analagAn2J12 Analogni O AnalogAngJi2 O Close Ordo Help Figure 28 Analog Audio Input dialog box Main tab 2 Click the Main tab 1f 1t 1s not already visible 3 Click in the box of the input channel whose name you want to change A channel name can have up to 30 characters 4 After you have changed the channel names click Close or another tab Profile Family 49 ve Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager To trim the line level or view overload status 1 In the Analog Audio Input dialog box click the Line Level tab Figure 29 Analog Audio Inputs J12 Inputs 1 4 Line Level Overload 12 cho Ch D Ch 03 ES Ch 04 Group Fader Close Ordo Help Figure 29 Analog Audio Input dialog box Line Level tab 2 The line level range is 12 to 12 dB If you trim the line level for an individual channel with the slider handle the line level 1s incremented by 1 dB clicking
85. n the Vertical Interval tab see Figure 16 Figure 16 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box Vertical Interval tab 30 Profile Family Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval For each Video Line position the slider pointer to one of the following Normal indicates the vertical interval video line is passed through Notch applies notch filtering to the vertical 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 caption or data filtering Delete removes the vertical interval video line and replaces it with black Profile Family 31 T Chapter2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Component Analog Video Input To open the Analog Component Video Input CAV dialog box select Video Input from the configuration tree and then click or double click an analog component input from the list such as CAV InA J9 Briten loser Veleeo ima J8 Ca ind E enerne len vider Sulen a FADE ideo Standard Video VITE Au r Video Standard Present Fesoni Timed E Enable Auto Timing s r F Heng vind F Ense Ditar to 0 biden vm Feat 00 E vertical banking ITC Apsis Sating Bak viiga lapu Forge D Automatic WTC deeg OR O T 47 C SKRFTEESDU H lan zeng Keen K nn irma s E Deisc pen amp Hi rett PETTI PEETI IER HE Lei H Balacam wio Setup
86. ncel Figure 47 Set Clip Marks dialog box Enter the mark in and mark out points by specifying the hour minute second and frame settings This applies to future clips only Click Apply to Loaded Clip s if you want the mark in and mark out points to apply to existing clips as well as future clips Click OK when complete Profile Family 15 T Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel 76 Configuring a Controller You can configure the playback and record JPEG channels audio channels and the VITC timecodes for the selected controller 1 Click the panel to select it 2 Choose Controller Configure to open the Profile Options dialog box for the selected panel Figure 48 illustrates the standard Profile options with an example configuration selected Figure 49 illustrates the Profile Options dialog box for BYW insert edit also with appropriate selections shown in the example Frofile Options Ei Timecode Audio 7 TC Rec 7 Video compression presets C Highest quality least recording time C Best compromise of quality and time amp Greatest recording time lowest quality C Custom setting Edit presets Cancel Figure 48 Profile Options dialog box Profile Family Configuring a Controller Profile Options Ei Playback Video Playback Audio Playback Timecode JPEG 2 Audio 4 TC Rec 4 Audio 5 TC Rec 5 Audio 6 TC Rec 6 Audio 47 TC Rec 7 Record Video Record Audi
87. ng playback or both Audio is played back at its recorded resolution even if the system 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 4 Scrubbing is currently disabled Profile Family 65 Wa Chapter 2 66 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 5 Under Monitor Channels the Channel Selection box allows you to select which channels you want to monitor Click next to a channel pair to select them You can now adjust line levels for the pair 6 The line level range is 12 to 0 dB If you trim the line level for an individual channel with the slider handle the line level is incremented by I dB clicking 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 rounded to the nearest 0 5 dB 7 To adjust the trim for all channels at once use the Group Fader slider While the Group Fader moves all channels at once it maintains the individual channel differences NOTE If the audio interface box is not present the Monitor group will not appear If your system is configured with an XLR 216 digital only chassis channel selection is the only option available in the Monitor Channels group 8 Click OK to accept your changes or click another tab Profile Family Chapter 3 Usi
88. ng VdrPanel Storing media on a Profile system rather than on tape opens the door to almost instant access to video and audio material Media is available to all of Profile s channels at once so you can play a video on more than one channel at the same time Since each of the channels up to four is independent playback can start at a different time and place in a clip One of the best features of the Profile system is that you can start playing material while it s still being recorded The basic element of digitally stored video and audio is the clip A clip is a reference to video audio and timecode material recorded in media files on Profile disks A clip has a beginning and an end and when first recorded the beginning and end correspond to the first and last frames stored in the media file 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 media itself You can also mark in and mark out points in a clip These marks change the effective beginning and end points of a clip while not removing the associated material from the media file On the other hand you can trim media to remove material from either end of a clip which also removes the information from the media file Trimmed material is removed from disk and is no longer available for use The main tool for creating and playing c
89. nnnnnononnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnanons 21 13 LTC Inputs and Outputs dialog box ooccoccccnccnncccccoconconncnnnnnncnnnnononannnnnnnnnnnnnonnnanons 23 14 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box Main tab rrrrrrrvnnrrrnnnnnnnrrrrrvrnnnrrrnnnnnnn 24 15 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box Advanced Control tab 27 16 Analog Composite Video Input dialog box Vertical Interval tab 30 17 Component Analog Video Input dialog box CAV rrnnrrrrrrrvnnrrrnnnnnnrrrrrrrrnnnrrrnnnnnnn 32 18 Serial Digital Component Video Input dialog DOX oooccccnnccccconccnnncnononccnnnnonnnnos 35 19 Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced tab ooonccccccccccccccnnccononccnnnnnnnnnns 37 20 Analog Composite Video Output dialog DOX cooocccncccccononcnncccononcncnncnnonancnnnononanos 38 21 Analog Composite Video Input Vertical Interval dialog box 41 22 Serial Digital Component Video Output dialog DOX ooooccccccccconcccnncnnonanonnncnononos 42 23 Serial Digital Video Output dialog box Advanced ab 43 24 Analog Audio Input dialog DOX oooocccncccccoccccnnocononccnnncononancnnonnononcnnnnononnancnnnnnnnnnos 44 25 Digital Audio Input dialog box 45 26 Analog Audio Output dialog DOX ccccccccooconcncccnnnnnccnonononnonncnnnnnnnonnnnnonnannnnnonnnonnnos 46 27 Digital Audio Output dialog DOX cccccccccccocoocononcccnnnonoconononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnncn
90. nnnnonnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnanenonnnnnnnnnss 84 Selecting How to Display Timecode on a Panel 84 Setting Timecode Crosspoimte 86 Setting Drop Frame Timecode cocooooncnccnnnnncccccconnononnnonnnnnnnnnonnnanons 88 PLUMS ai e RA o RO ERE 89 VIE 93 Defining a New Clm 93 Loading and Playing a Cp 96 Renaming a Clip E 98 Setting Clip ProtectiON ccccccccconococonocnconnnnnocononononannnnnnnnnonononnnanons 99 TN 100 Setting Long or Short Clip Names soo000naannnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnne 100 228 11 AL GDO EEE EE 101 Deleting Clip WE 101 e BEE 102 Saving a Group of ClpsimnacChpst 102 Playing GA E 103 Editing Clip LIS TT 104 Setting In and Out Marks in Clips 105 11 A 105 REMOVING Marke 106 Setting Field Dominance for Marks ooccccccccccccccccconocccnnnnnncnonononanons 106 viii Profile Family Creating a File System rereua a a eai 108 Setting Disk Label eat dk 109 Formatting a Disk Volume oooccoonccccccnccnnccnocnnncnnnconcnnnnnnconnncnnnonnnnnnnnnos 110 Loading Miercoles cunda ninia 111 Relocating and Testing Bad Blocks ranrrrernrrnnnnrrvvrnnrnnrrrrernrnrnnerereenn 112 TE DEAN EO eee 113 WIG WING Fro ile LOIS aar ee 115 Brei Blat MR EE E ere ER 117 POM SCION N nerea o ace cabal aS 117 PDRACCOSS COMING isaac 118 Glossary Profile Family Contents Wa Contents Tables 1 PDR100 and PDR 200 features compared c cccccooccccncccnnnncccnnccnnnnnnnnncnnonancncnnnononanennns 2 2 Digit
91. nns 47 28 Analog Audio Input dialog box Main tab ooocccccccncnnccnccconnnoncnncncnnancncnncnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnos 49 29 Analog Audio Input dialog box Line Level tab oooocccccccnnnncccnccccnoncccnncnnnnnccnnncnnnnnos 50 30 Digital Audio Input dialog box Main tab rrnnnrrnnnnnnnnnnrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnrrrnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnn 51 31 Digital Audio Input dialog box Status tab ooooiooicccincccciccciconinnnnnennnononononononnnnononnnnnnns 52 32 Digital Audio Input dialog box Sample Rate Converter tab oooncccccccccccccnnnccnnnno 53 33 Analog Audio Output dialog box Main tab 54 X Profile Family Analog Audio Output dialog box Line Mode tab ooonccccnccccnccconccccnoncccnnnnnonanonnnnnos 55 Analog Audio Outputs dialog box Line Level tab ccccccconnnccnccccconnccnncononancnnnnnos 56 Digital Audio Output dialog DOX ccccccoccccccnccccnnncnccnnnnnnonononnnnnnnononononannnenonnnnnnnnnononos 57 Audio Configuration dialog box Input Mapping tab ccccccccoccnccncccccnccncnncnnonancnnnnnos 58 Audio Configuration dialog box Output Mapping tab cooccccccccccocnccnncccoconononocos 59 Audio Configuration dialog box Input Clocking tab ccooooncccnccccconcccnncononancnnnnoos 63 Audio Configuration dialog box Other ab 65 vare WINGOW Ne 69 Open Paneldialog OOK Luse 70 Message box showing record capacity ccooooonccnccccnnncccnnccnononcnnnnnonnnannnnnnnonanennnnnnnnnos 71 Audio MONO ADO BOX a
92. nt configuration Profile Family 13 e Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Setting Master Timecode From the Master VITC Setting dialog box you can conveniently view and change VITC settings for genlock and all available inputs and outputs from a single location To set the master timecode VITC settings ES 1 Choose Options Master Timecode or click the Master Timecode button on the toolbar The Master VITC Setting dialog box appears Figure 9 Master YITC Setting Ei gt Genlock Timecode Genlock Input Timecode Composite InA J5 oO CompositednA J SDl InA J13 MITE SDHNAB J13 Present i CAM NA JG EF Output Timecode Composite Qut J11 Composite OutB J11 Composite OutC 11 Composite QutD J11 dE oUl Out4 J1 3 i SDl OutB J13 vITC Reader setting i Automatic ITC detect Figure 9 Master Timecode dialog box genlock settings 2 The VITC Present status indicator should be on green If VITC Present is not on use one of the following options e Manual VITC detection four channel LTC version of the reference genlock board only manual option available for PDR200 Verify Automatic VITC detect is not selected If it is click to toggle it Set VITC Reader Linel to the expected location of the first Reader Line 14 Profile Family Setting Master Timecode and VITC Reader Line2 to the second expected Reader Line If you only have one VITC line enter t
93. nted by four status indicators one per audio group The green light indicates that the particular status is on These indicators cannot be edited Profile Family 45 ve Chapter 2 46 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Associated Video Input Channel lists the name of the digital component video input channel associated with the audio signal Related Audio Channels lists the audio channels that are related to the signal name Selected Audio Receive Group is in the range 1 4 To change the group click on the button associated with the group Selected Group Status represents parity error and check sum error with a status indicator for each The green light indicates an error condition These indicators cannot be edited Analog Audio Output To open the Analog Audio Output dialog box select Audio Output from the configuration tree and then click or double click an analog audio name from the list Analog Audio Output JE A Analog Out4 J8 Mame Analog Lut J0 Related Audio Channels Analog DutB J8 Close Analog Outl Jo nde Analog LutD Jo Figure 26 Analog Audio Output dialog box Name changes the signal name Audio_Out_1l for example Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces The window title bar name and the configuration tree name automatically change as you enter the new name To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press
94. o Record Timecode JPEG 1 Video compression presets amp Highest quality least recording time C Best compromise of quality and time C Greatest recording time lowest quality C Custom setting Edit presets Figure 49 Profile Options dialog box BVW insert edit only 3 Click on the appropriate video audio and timecode resources for your selected controller Use the scroll bars if necessary to see more resources Profile Family 11 e Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel 78 Setting Compression Presets The Profile Options dialog box lets you select a video compression preset and edit the preset values l Click the desired compression preset The options range from highest quality which uses the most disk space and least material to the lowest quality which uses much less disk space but records more material A custom setting using the current presets is also available Edit the preset values if necessary Refer to Table 6 for the factory set preset values If you need to change the values click Edit Presets to open the Edit Compression Presets dialog box shown in Figure 50 Table 6 Factory set values of the compression presets Gem soo s l sf soo Edit compression presets Preset Mame 0 75 Min lum Q Best compromise Most recording time fi 00 00 Max chroma Q Custom setting Fixed Q fi 00000 Bytes per field Figure 50 Edit Compression Presets dialog box Profile Fa
95. o references shown in the Input Clocking tab Video Input 1 4 correspond to the actual video boards installed from left to right as represented at the bottom of the Configuration Manager window For example a system that does not use all four available clock references might be configured like this In this specific example shown in Table 4 you have one analog composite board and one component analog board The panel in the tab shows System Video Input 1 and Video Input 2 Table 4 Configuration example two video input clocking sources Board Board Tag Board Type Reference Input Clock Reference Vid I CAV Component analog video i Video Input 1 1 Vid I Cmpst Analog composite video 1 Video Input 2 62 Profile Family In the next example a system that does uses all four available clock references might be configured with two serial digital component boards In this specific example shown in Table 5 the panel in the tab shows System Video Input I Video Input 2 Video Input 3 and Video Input 4 Input Clocking Table 5 Configuration example four video input clocking sources Board Tag Board Type Referance Input Clock Reference Vid I O SDI VA Serial digital component I and 2 Video Input 1 Video Input 2 Vid I O SDI VA Serial digital component I and 2 Video Input 3 Video Input 4 Audio Configuration Ei Board Input Mapping Input Clocking Output Mapping Other Audio Clock Reference Source E video
96. 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 rounded to the nearest 0 5 dB 3 To adjust the trim for all channels at once use the Group Fader slider While the Group Fader moves all channels at once it maintains the individual channel differences 4 If a channel is overloaded the Overload indicator is on This means that the incoming audio is clipping 5 After you have adjusted the line levels click Close or another tab 50 Profile Family Digital Audio Input Digital Audio Input In digital audio input you can change channel names check the status of channel errors and change the setting of the sample rate converter Click Undo if you want to cancel any changes or click Help for context sensitive Help To configure digital audio input I Expand Audio Input and then click one of the Digital Channels to bring up the Digital Audio Input dialog box Figure 30 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 channel pair on the first connector and Ch 03 and Ch 04 refer to the pair on the second connector and so forth Digital Audio Inputs J12 Inputs 9 12 Mame koennen AES EBLAMOJI2 AES EBUAMIS12 AES EBLAMZI12 Close Odo Help Figure 30 Digital Audio Input dialog box
97. or PeakHold Off By default peak hold is on 3 To show the record level controls choose Levels Show Record Level Controls To show play level controls choose Levels Show Play Level Controls To hide the level controls choose Levels Hide Level Controls 4 To work the controls independently choose Levels Independent Controls To gang the controls choose Levels Ganged Controls 5 Click the Close button when complete 72 Profile Family Selecting a Controller Selecting a Controller Before you can use a video channel you must first configure it to use a controller Panel Control specifies control from the Windows NT user interface and no communication port selection or configuration is necessary Other choices allow you to select serial control protocols and require an external device and additional setup such as selection of an serial communications port or specifying clip length for BV W type controllers The Comm Port dialog box appears automatically the first time you select a Louth Odetics or BVW controller see Selecting a Communications Port on page 74 To select a controller 1 Click in a panel to select it 2 Choose Controller Select to open the Controller Setup dialog box Figure 45 Controller Setup Ea Panel Control Louth Automation Odetics Broadcast BYW BYY insert edit Cancel Figure 45 Controller Setup dialog box 3 Select the controller for the channel and cli
98. or information about viewing other Profile logs Profile Family 113 T Chapter4 Using the Profile Disk Utility 114 Profile Family Chapter 5 Using Profile Utilities This chapter shows you how to read Profile logs with WinTail monitor an RS 422 port with ProLink access a Profile system from a remote PC with 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 see the end of a log file To view any of the Profile system log files 1 Double click on the Profile Log shortcut icon on the Windows NT desktop By default the WinTail application views profile log WinTail automatically checks log files for updates every two seconds BA winT ail profile log Mal 5 xj File Edit View Window Help 5 ele 066 06 SEAGATE ST1515 V in lot 14 digital video hoard in slot 3 digital video board in slot 7 DinitBoard component serial digital video board at DinitBoard component serial digital video board at hoard in hoard in board in board in ystem reincarnation 18 ound file system INT 6061 HAS 2 5 slot 4 slot 5 slot 8 slot ET buffers at c138 8 size 524288 Size 524288 Size 524288 ET buffers at c7380006 size 524288 memory at cAcHAcHABA size 7815168 memory at c2cAcHABA size 7815168 memory at cdcHBcAB size 7815168 memory
99. otection and the Set Clip Protection dialog box appears Set Clip Protection Drive INTI default Play Record Play only lt Unlock OK Cancel Figure 58 Set Clip Protection dialog box 2 If the clip you want to protect is on a different drive select a different disk drive in the Drive box 3 To protect or lock a clip select a clip in the Play Record box and then click Lock The clip is now protected as read only 4 To unprotect or unlock a clip select a clip in the Read only box and then click Unlock The clip is no longer protected 5 Click OK when complete Profile Family 99 TE Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Striping a Clip Striping timecode with VdrPanel allows you to complete a striping process faster than real time For example on a traditional VTR it might take you an hour to stripe a one hour clip But with VdrPanel you can stripe a one hour clip in a matter of minutes To stripe timecode on a clip 1 Choose VideoClip Stripe Clip and the Stripe Timecode dialog box appears Stipe Time Code starting time code po foo oo foo hr min sec frm User bits 00000000 Cancel Figure 59 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 complete Setting Long or Short Clip Names Long clip names display the full path name o
100. output channels input clocking audio quality and monitor channels Input and Output Mapping The Input Mapping tab is used for mapping input channels to Profile unit channels while the Output Mapping tab is used for mapping output channels For example you can map Profile Audio Chassis PAC input channels and serial digital audio input channels Figure 37 and Figure 38 illustrate a Profile unit with an audio signal processing board a PAC 208 chassis and two serial digital cards providing eight analog audio channels eight digital audio channels and four video channels with 16 embedded audio channels each Audio Configuration Ei Input Mapping Input Clocking Output Mapping Other Figure 37 Audio Configuration dialog box Input Mapping tab 58 Profile Family Input and Output Mapping Audio Configuration EI Input Mapping Input Clocking Output Mapping Other Cutput 09 E Output 10 Output 11 Output 12 Figure 38 Audio Configuration dialog box Output Mapping tab The columns are the mapping grid The examples in Figure 37 and Figure 38 illustrate the system with a PAC 208 chassis allowing the selection of analog channels 1 8 and digital channels 9 16 A PAC 216 chassis however provides 16 analog inputs and 16 digital inputs For the PAC 208 rows 9 through 16 of the analog channel column and rows through 8 of the digital channel column are cross hatched to indicate that these channels are not sele
101. p 1 Click within the specific Panel 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 If the clips have not been saved in a group previously the Save Group of Clips dialog box appears Save Group of Clips Save IN Ps profile 5 Seismic grp Save as type Groups of Clips sl Cancel Figure 61 Save Group of Clips dialog box 3 If you have not already saved the group choose File Save Group of Clips As The Save As command enables you assign a different name to an already named group of clips preserving the contents of the original group The saved group can be loaded at any time with VideoClip Load Group 102 Profile Family Playing a Clip List Playing a Clip List To play a list of clips 1 Click within the specific Panel dialog box to select the panel 2 Choose VideoClip Load Group if the clip list you want to play is not currently loaded Load Group of Clips Look m ad profile File name Seismic grp Files of type Groups of Clips sl Cancel Figure 62 Load Group 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 Profile Family 103 Wa Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Editing
102. quires timecode on the destination Interface A common connection that is used for sending or accepting information and control between programs and machines Profile Family 127 T Glossary 128 Keyboard An alphanumeric input device that allows communication with software applications Library system The Profile Library System PLS 200 is a robotic tape library that provides affordable mass storage for the Profile video disk recorder LTC Longitudinal Time Code is typically an analog audio 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 been captured by the Profile disk recorder are considered media Media is stored on disk as media files Audio and video clips do not contain media but instead reference positions in a media file Memory A component of a computer system used for virtually instantaneous temporary storage and retrieval of information data or instructions programs Information in memory is volatile and is lost when the computer is shut down Storing information on a permanent storage device such as a hard disk or a tape allows for retrieval during another work session Menu A list of commands or functions that you select with a pointer A menu is normally displayed in a small window Monitor Two channel audio output of selected machine tr
103. r channels For example group I may be assigned to channels 14 5 8 9 12 or 13 16 However a maximum of two of the four groups may be used simultaneously Input Mapping The Input Mapping tab is used for mapping input channels to Profile disk channels The channels must be mapped to an audio type at all times there is no unmapped state for input mapping However channels may only be mapped to one audio type at a time Analog and AES EBU channels must always be mapped directly to the same physical channel numbers To map input channels 1 Choose Options Audio Configuration The Audio Configuration dialog box appears Figure 37 2 Click the Input Mapping tab 3 Click on a button in a column This displays a list containing analog AES EBU or SDI audio groups Unavailable audio groups appear dimmed 4 Click on the group of channels you want Any single group of AES EBU channels may be mapped to any group of disk channels 5 Click OK to accept your changes or click another tab Profile Family Input and Output Mapping Output Mapping The Output Mapping tab is used for mapping output channels to Profile disk channels The channels don t have to be mapped to an audio type at all times as with input mapping but channels may be in a mapped or unmapped state If analog or AES EBU audio types present they are always mapped to their associated channels These audio types cannot be unmapped Channels may be mapped to
104. rofile Disk Expansion Units e PAC208 and PAC216 Analog Digital Interface chassis PDR 200 only e XLR216 and BNC216 Digital Interface chassis PDR200 only e PRS200 Profile RAID Storage System 3 to 96 hours of storage e PLS200 Profile Library System e PRC100 Profile Remote Control unit e LVS100 Live Controller e PDRFCD CD ROM Drive e Profile Tool Box application software e Profile TimeDelay application software NOTE Version 2 1 is supported by Windows NT 3 51 and 4 0 What to Read First The order in which you should read the chapters of this manual depends on how you want to set up your Profile system e Before using your Profile unit you must first configure your video and audio resources Refer to Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager e If you are upgrading a PDR 100 to version 2 1 of Profile system software from version 1 4 XX or earlier you must rebuild your file system Refer to Chapter 4 Using the Profile Disk Utility e Once you have configured your video and audio resources and rebuilt your file system if necessary you are ready to capture and replay video and audio clips Refer to Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel e To read Profile logs access your Profile system from a remote PC or attach a PRC 100 Profile Control Panel refer to Chapter 5 Using Profile Utilities Profile Family 3 Wa Chapter I Introducing the Profile Family Starting Your Profile System Once
105. rtup Close Network DDE OSOM Manual Morton SpeedDisk Started Automatic Start Norton Unerase Protection Started Automatic MT UM Security Support Provider Manual Stop POR Access Control Started Automatic Plug and Flay Started Automatic Pausa Remote Procedure Call RPC Locator Started Manual ae Remote Procedure Call APC Service Started Automatic Schedule Manual SE Server Started Automatic SN Hiv Profiles Startup Parameters Help doud Figure 72 Services dialog box 5 Select PDR Access Control from the list of services You may have to scroll the list box 6 Click Start to start the service By 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 Click Close to close the Services dialog box gt gt gt CAUTION If the start up option is changed from Automatic the Profile applications are not able to run unless the service ts started manually each time the system is rebooted Profile Family 119 T Chapter 5 Using Profile Utilities 120 Profile Family Glossary Access Time The time it takes to find and retrieve digital information generally from hard disk storage AES EBU Acronym for Audio Engineering Society European Broadcasting Union an industry standard for the transmission of serial digital audio information T
106. rward One Field 91 fps 126 Frame 126 Free Run timecode 85 Freeze timecode 85 Frequency response 126 G Gaussian Chroma Filte 39 Generator timecode 85 Genlock 126 Go to Clip Beginning 92 Go to Clip End 91 Graphical user interface 126 Index Group 126 Group Fader 50 66 Group Name Box 91 Group of clips 102 GUI 126 H Hard disk 127 Help xiv 6 127 Hertz Hz 127 Hue 127 I In marks 91 105 Input Clocking 62 Input device 127 Input Gain Adjustment 26 33 Input mapping 58 BVW 80 Insert record mode 127 Intel GNU license agreement iv Internal Reference Timing 22 Internal storage 2 J JPEG 82 K Keyboard 128 Alt key xv Ctrl key xv Esc key xv Keys shortcut 92 Profile Family 137 TE Index L Labeling a disk 109 LAN 10 Library system 128 Line formats 2 Line level 50 List Manager 67 Loading clips 96 Loading microcode I I I Lock to Field Number 85 Locking clips 99 Log file 115 Logging in 4 Logs viewing Profile 115 Long clip names 100 Loop 90 Louth 73 LTC 23 84 86 128 Luminance Black Clip Level 39 Luminance Only 39 Luminance White Clip Level 39 M Mainframe bandwidth 2 Manual conventions xv Manually logging in 4 Marks 105 Master timecode 14 Master VITC 14 Max Chroma 79 Media files 128 Memory 128 Menu xv 128 Microcode I I I Profile Family Microsoft Windows NT agreement iv Min Lum Q 79 Monitor 128 Monitor Channels 66 Mouse 129 N New clips 94
107. s 2 Click Remove In Mark to remove a mark in point and reset the clip beginning to the actual start of the clip 3 Click Remove Out Mark to remove the mark out point and reset the clip ending to the actual end of the clip Setting Field Dominance for 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 I or field 2 can be a mark in or mark out point To change field dominance 1 Choose Options Field Dominance The Field Dominance dialog box appears Figure 64 Panel Field Dominance C Field C Field 2 Cancel Figure 64 Field Dominance dialog box 2 Click Field 1 or Field 2 3 Click OK The change takes effect immediately NOTE The latest field dominance setting applies to all open panels 106 Profile Family Chapter 4 Using the Profile Disk Utility The Profile Disk Utility allows you to create new file systems on a Profile disk set volume format disks set a new disk label load the latest microcode from the disk manufacturer or browse through the SCSI log A Profile volume may consist of the internal disks in a PDR 100 or PDR 200 or it may be the external disks in a PDX 103 Disk Expansion Unit PDX 208 Disk Expansion Unit or a PRS 200 RAID Storage System After starting the application the Profile Disk Utility window appears Most of the disk utility function
108. s can be performed from this dialog box as shown in Figure 65 a Probe Drei iiy T EN CH Ex Eh ES Bea En amp amp Figure 65 Profile Disk Utility window Profile Family 107 Wa Chapter4 Using the Profile Disk Utility NOTE If you use the PDX 103 Disk Expansion Unit with a PDR 200 the 9 gigabyte hard drives in the PDR 200 are limited to the storage size of the 4 gigabyte hard drives in the PDX 103 Creating a File System A file system is created for all media disks before a Profile disk recorder is shipped from the factory You can set up a file system any time you need to build or rebuild your system NOTE If you are upgrading a PDR 100 to version 2 1 of system software from version 1 4 XX or earlier you must rebuild your file system Information on the disks is shown in the upper left panel of the Profile Disk Utility window information such as physical volumes 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 numbers bad blocks and medium errors A volume consists of a set of physical disks such as an array of eight internal disks in a Profile disk recorder or in a PDX 208 Disk Expansion Unit A data set is a group of disks that can consist of one or more volumes The data set name is the name that appears in VdrPanel Media is striped across all
109. spaces The window title bar name and the configuration tree name automatically change as you enter the new name To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter Profile Family Digital Audio Input e Related Audio Channelslists the audio channels that are related to the signal name e Select Audio Record Clock Source allows you to select either the system clock or the record clock Digital Audio Input To open the Digital Audio Input dialog box select Audio Input from the configuration tree and then click or double click a digital audio name from the list Digital Audio Input J8 4 SDlAudio In A J8 Audio Groups Present Mame SDlAudio nA J Associated Video Input Channel some lf Automatic Group Select SP Hn J selected Audio Receive Group Related Audio Channels Group Selected Group Status Group 2 Group f Grou 4 S Check Sum Error Close ng Figure 25 Digital Audio Input dialog box oDlAudio InB J8 oDlAudio Ini Jg oDlAudio InD J6 S Farity Error e Name changes the signal name Audio_ for example Names can be up to 30 characters and can include spaces The window title bar name and the configuration tree name automatically change as you enter the new name To return a renamed signal to the default delete all the characters in the text field and press Enter e Audio Groups Present is represe
110. splay which timecode generators to use select drop frame timecode and also set timecode crosspoints inputs generators and ouputs See Setting Timecode on page 84 For information on how to start and close VdrPanel see Starting and Closing Profile Applications on page 5 The VdrPanel window is shown in Figure 41 By default the VdrPanel window appears automatically at power up unless you log in manually You can display up to four panels in the VdrPanel window Panels A B C and D Each panel is dedicated to one of up to four available video channels Profile Family Fri al ani me arin A ham a Pi neii Pa Set GI EE ae E SR RS KI Figure 41 VdrPanel window Profile Family 69 SP Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Opening a Panel If none of the panels are visible here are the steps to open a panel 1 Choose Window Open Panel The Open a Panel dialog box appears Figure 42 Open a Panel E Figure 42 Open Panel dialog box 2 Select the panel you want to display Panel A through D Only panels that are not currently open appear in the dialog box 3 Click OK Making a Panel Active To make a panel active such as Panel A do either of the following e Click the mouse pointer anywhere inside Panel A Or e Choose Window 1 Panel A Panel Control 70 Profile Family Arranging Panels and Icons Arranging Panels and Icons If a panel is obscured by another pane
111. stem Timing a A new factory default PDR 200 is configured so that e All zero timed inputs are auto timed correctly with no adjustments e All outputs are zero timed to the external reference house black e Fach input can lock to and record any stable video input whether or not the source is genlocked to an external reference Each input is auto timed to allow precise switching between inputs provided the input signals are within the auto time window See Auto time Mode for each input NOTE Serial digital inputs 525 lines without embedded audio must be timed manually To adjust system timing 1 Choose Options System Timing or click the System Timing button on the toolbar The System Timing dialog box appears see Figure 10 which shows an example of how the dialog box looks when the outputs are zero timed by default The red line represents the external reference and the yellow line represents reference genlock 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 from 16 to 16 lines You can scroll past this range by dragging the pointer on this line in either direction with the mouse Click any button to the left of the internal reference genlock or video output signal name and the timing edit box appears in the bottom left of the System Timing di
112. system timing video and audio inputs and outputs Refer to Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager JVC sje Alien RS DI E NAAA Crd ke LTC inpr E Curipul ven pul SM Video Oupei A A eari o dio Duipuf Figure 3 Profile Configuration Manager NOTE You must configure your system resources with this application before you can use your Profile unit Profile Family 7 Chapter I Introducing the Profile Family VdrPanel VdrPanel enables you to capture and trim video and audio clips and then play those clips back VdrPanel appears in Figure 4 By default VdrPanel starts automatically when you power on your Profile system For more information refer to Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel Fri eng pd Al Barna H GM LR KKK A DIE z wane arr Geen i HE a E 3 ea Eder Figure 4 VdrPanel window 8 Profile Family Profile Disk Utility Profile Disk Utility As shipped from the factory Profile disks come preformatted and a file system is already created Profile Disk Utility allows you to create new file systems reformat disks and change disk labels see Figure 5 To find out more about how to use this utility refer to Chapter 4 Using the Profile Disk Utility d d d H d d Figure 5 Profile Disk Utility window Profile Family 9 TE Chapter I Introducing the Profile Family Profile Logs You can view Profile system logs with the
113. t be auto timed to use automatic VITC detection Enable Auto Timing Auto timing determines if the input is synchronized to the reference genlock signal The disk recorder records time base corrected video whether or not it is also locked to the reference If you want to use the disk recorder as a switcher and or have the output video correctly timed when in E to E mode the input video must be locked to the reference and properly timed to the disk recorder To aid in the timing setup all video inputs have auto timing circuits which synchronize input video to the internal timing reference as long as the input video is within the auto timing sync window 1 lines To get to the auto timing window the input must be advanced 7 5 lines 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 into the system If the input drifts out of range it 1s retimed as soon as it drops back into range The disk recorder can use untimed signals if auto timing is not enabled but they are not timed correctly and may cause jumping and skipping in E to E mode Profile Family Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced NOTE If you select auto timing for an input signal and it cannot auto time with the genlock reference signal the input signal is not recorded accurately If you must record an input that cannot lock disable auto
114. t is separate signal input via the genlock card VITC Input is the timecode from the VITC input signal It may be part of the video signal being recorded 84 Profile Family Selecting How to Display Timecode on a Panel Compute from Field Number calculates the timecode directly from the field number of the recorded video New clips start at 00 00 00 00 TC Rec displays the recorded timecode Generator displays the timecode from the generator for the channel 4 Set up the timecode generator used by the panel with the Timecode Generator Settings group Free Run causes the timecode generator to continue to advance regardless of the current play or record mode of the panel Freeze locks the timecode at the current value The value does not advance with time nor with changes in the play or record mode of the panel Lock to Field Number causes the generator to output a timecode locked to the current clip s timecode When the panel is in stop the value freezes When the panel is in play or record the timecode advances normally During rewind or reverse shuttle the timecode runs backward The Reset To button resets the timecode to the value entered in the box The generator can be set to this value when Free Run Freeze or Lock to Field Number is selected 5 Click Close when complete Profile Family 85 T Chapter 3 Using VdrPanel 86 Setting Timecode Crosspoints The Timecode Crosspoint dialog box controls t
115. ter affects all four channel inputs Digital Audio Inputs J12 Inputs 9 12 Figure 32 Digital Audio Input dialog box Sample Rate Converter tab 2 Click the Bypass Sample Rate Converter box NOTE Do not bypass sample rate conversion unless you are certain that all inputs and outputs are synchronous 3 After you have disabled the sample rate converter click Close or another tab Profile Family 53 ve Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Analog Audio Output In analog audio output you can change audio channel names change line modes for XLR connectors or adjust individual or group line levels in decibels Click Undo if you want to cancel any changes or click Help for context sensitive Help To configure analog audio output 1 Expand Audio Output and 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 the first connector and Ch 02 refers to the second connector and so forth Analog Audio Outputs J12 Outputs 1 4 Mame Analog Quti 412 EERSTEN boaloo a EERSTEN Close Odo Help Figure 33 Analog Audio Output dialog box Main tab 2 Click the Main tab 1f 1t 1s not already visible 3 Click in the box of the output channel whose name you want to change A channel name can have up to 30 characters 4 After you have changed
116. ter may consist of any combination of a timecode track 0 4 video tracks and 0 16 audio tracks Profile Family Glossary Trimming Shortening an originally recorded media file to a desired duration using the In and Out marks Material beyond the In and Out points is removed from the volume unless it is used in another clip or master Video interface The link to or from the internal video router and the external video signal An example is a composite analog input channel This path takes a composite analog video signal and converts it to 8 bit component parallel digital and places it on the video router Another example is the component serial digital output This path takes component parallel digital video from the video router and converts to serial digital component format Video disk recorder server A device such as the PDR 200 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 frames but becomes unreliable at frame rates faster than normal play speed such as fast shuttle operations Video router The video path through a system The crosspoint circuitry that routes the video within the Profile video disk recorder is a router Volume A volume is a logical set of disks such as the disks in a PDR100 ora PDR 200 which are used as a grouping of disks for the storage of audio an
117. terfaces Group In audio terms this provides the ability to group tracks to perform functions across several tracks at the same time such as gain mute etc Profile Family Glossary Hard disk Computer systems use hard disks as permanent storage devices Information is magnetically recorded on spinning platters for quick access Hardware The physical parts of a system such as a computer display monitor or keyboard Help Profile software applications come with on line help manuals that include examples demonstrations and reference information about using the application The manual and the Help window it is displayed in follow the Microsoft standard Hertz Hz Hertz is the unit of frequency named after the physicist Heinrich Hertz 1857 1894 One hertz Hz is equal to 1 cycle second Hue 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 is measured in degrees See Chroma Input device A device that allows you to send information to a software application Typical input devices include keyboards mice tablets and trackballs See Pointer and Pointing Device Insert record mode In insert record mode audio and video material can be recorded independently New material can replace existing material anywhere in the program Insert record mode re
118. the Configuration Manager window To hide the toolbar or status bar e Choose View Toolbar or View Status Bar Saving a Configuration File 12 It is possible to preserve a configuration for later use You can save your current overall configuration in 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 7 Save As Save IN 3 profile e ES File name new cfa save as type Contig Files cha sl Cancel Figure 7 Save As dialog box 2 Enter a file name in the File Name box new cfg in this example 3 Press Enter or click Save The current configuration is saved Profile Family Loading a Configuration File Loading a Configuration File To load a configuration file that has been saved previously 1 Choose File Load Configuration File The Open dialog box appears Figure 8 Open Look ir E profile EX File name new ctg Files of type Contig Files cha sl Cancel Figure 8 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 continue 3 Double click a file name in the tree or type the name of the file in the File Name box new cfg in this example 4 Press Enter or click Open The file is loaded as the curre
119. the left mouse button while moving the pointer The mouse pointer must be over an object such as a file Drop frame In NTSC you don t actually get 30 frames per second the real number is about 29 97 fps Timecode usually assumes 30 fps To account for the discrepancy drop frame timecode skips or drops two timecode values at the beginning of every minute except every tenth minute This allows timecode to exactly match a real time clock on 525 60 systems This correction is not needed on 625 50 systems because the frame rate is exactly 50 fps E to E EE Electronics to Electronics mode routes audio and video input directly to output Edit The process of creating or refining a sequence of media clips in a specific order 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 transition durations effects etc Factory default The value assigned to a parameter as delivered from the factory See Default Field A part of the total number of lines that represent a video image scanned in two passes For example an NTSC 525 line frame is divided into 262 5 line fields See Frame Firmware Software instructions that are permanently stored in the memory of a computer and are not lost when you turn the power off Profile Family 125 T Glossary 126 fps The abbreviation for
120. the location of the pointer on the screen by moving the mouse An arrow or other graphic on the screen indicating the current cursor position for selecting or clicking Positioning the pointer on an object on the display by moving the mouse Choosing menu items File Exit for example File Exit means choose the Exit menu item under the File menu Commands a setup for example are shown in bold Profile Family XV SP Preface xvi Profile Family Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile Family The PDR 100 Profile Video Disk Recorder and the PDR 200 Profile Video File Server are a vast improvement over traditional VTRs because they store broadcast quality video and CD quality audio on computer disk drives rather than on tape This means that there s no need to rewind a tape to find footage for editing or playback because you have almost instant access to any location in your video and audio material on disk A Profile system is more than just a one for one replacement of a VTR it can have up to four video channels something like having four independent VTRs in one unit Clips are available to all channels at once so you can play a clip on more than one channel at the same time without making a copy of it Since each channel is independent of the others each playback can start at a different time and at a different place in the clip When you do need to make a copy of a clip you don t suffer the same generation loss th
121. the unit is properly installed your ready to log in For instructions on how to install and power on either a PDR 100 or PDR 200 see the unit s installation manual To log in automatically l Power up the Profile unit and the start up routine begins During normal start up you are logged in automatically and the VdrPanel application starts You can hold down the Shift key during start up to interrupt the automatic log in process NOTE If you stop the automatic log in or if it fails the Windows NT log in screen appears When logging in remember that Windows NT is case sensitive enter the username and password in lowercase letters To manually log in l ze At the Windows NT log in screen enter the username profile Use the Tab key to advance to the From field If your domain name or local computer name is not displayed in the box click in the box to access a list of choices Select your domain or local computer name from the list Use the Tab key to advance to the password field The password appears as asterisks for password security For the password enter profile Click on OK or press Enter NOTE If a log in error message appears and all the information is correct try deleting the password and clicking OK 4 Profile Family Starting and Closing Profile Applications Starting and Closing Profile Applications After logging into your Profile system you see shortcuts for the Profile appli
122. then rename the recorded clip to a meaningful name Record Clip First Either method creates and stores a named clip Use whichever method is most convenient for you You can choose VideoClip Rename Clip at any time to change a clip name Profile Family 93 ve Chapter 3 94 Using VdrPanel Name Clips First To define a clip by first naming the clip 1 Click in a panel to select it 2 Select VideoClip New Clip to open the New Clip dialog box Figure 55 Enter clip name Cen Drive Int default hi Clips Figure 55 New Clip dialog box 3 Select a drive from the Drive list The number of drives available depends on your hardware 4 Enter a clip name up to 32 characters long Spaces and uppercase characters are acceptable however uppercase and lowercase characters will not distiguish clip names 5 Click OK The new clip is added to the clip list for the selected channel 6 If the Loop or Bounce buttons are pressed in the Panel a dialog appears asking you to specify the loop or bounce duration in the form 00 00 00 00 7 Click the Record button in the selected Panel dialog box to begin recording Profile Family 8 Defining a New Clip The timecode and compression rate fields are updated NOTE A video input signal must be present on the selected channel for recording to start Click Stop to stop recording Record Clips First To define a clip by recording and then naming the c
123. ties PDR Access Control 118 PDR Access Control is a Windows NT service in the 2 1 release that prevents one application from crashing another user s application by mistake Though largely transparent to users the service prevents applications from accidentally reloading the video processor while in use essentially providing a controlled gateway to the processor Applications attempting to load different video processor code than what is currently running are denied access and terminated however applications attempting to load the same code are 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 administrator alert is generated The event is logged to the Windows NT Event log The Event log can be viewed with the Event Viewer application typically located in the Administrative Tools group PDR Access Control is automatically installed and started as part of the installation process and is restarted every time the system is rebooted This procedure is provided in the unlikely event that case you need to start the service manually 1 Log in as administrator 2 Double click My Computer on the desktop 3 Double click the Control Panel icon 4 Double click the Services icon The Services dialog box appears Figure 72 Profile Family PDR Access Control Services Service Satis Sta
124. timing and record There may be problems if you are operating on E to E mode but the clip plays back correctly timed If auto timing is enabled and the signal was able to be timed into the system the Auto Timed indicator is turned on Also Line I can still be adjusted but Line 2 is always equal to Line I 14 Enable Dither Dithering smooths out roughness caused when a signal is digitized The LSB artifacts on 10 bit video feeds are reduced There is no effect on 8 bit video Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced Click the Advanced tab to view the Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced settings Dress Lsstsserg Mr ra beet 15 A SD 1445 unn re Aadio Groupes Fresen EDH Packet Present a ge CO Geoup 1 Emy Deiprios and Heading O FFCAL Ross FF CAC Gap D AP CRC Raset AP CFC Aa ci lar Deia Packet Emors Pary Eno Checksum Eno Gupi Geup4 Cow He Figure 19 Serial Digital Component Video Input Advanced tab These advanced settings allow you to determine whether the EDH packet is present which audio groups are present and which errors are present Full Field FF CRC or Active Picture AP CRC plus parity and checksum errors Profile Family 37 Wa Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager Video Output You can configure either analog composite or serial digital component video output on your Profile system depending on which boards are installed Analog
125. ut must be auto timed to use automatic VITC detection Input Gain Adjustment Move the adjustment slider to the desired value The range 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 Enable Auto Timing Auto timing determines if the input is synchronized to the reference genlock signal The disk recorder records time base corrected video whether or not it is also locked to the reference If you want to use the disk recorder as a switcher and or have the output video correctly timed when in E to E mode the input video must be locked to the reference and properly timed to the disk recorder To aid in the timing setup all video inputs have auto timing circuits which synchronize input video to the internal timing reference as long as the input video is within the auto timing sync window 1 lines To get to the auto timing window the input must be advanced 7 5 lines 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 into the system If the input drifts out of range it is retimed Profile Family 33 Wa Chapter 2 34 Using the Profile Configuration Manager as soon as it drops back into range The disk recorder can use untimed signals if auto timing is not enabled but the
126. want one line use the same number in both text boxes If VITC Erase Enable is selected it replaces lines mostly vertical interval but into the active video with black The range of lines is given in the Start and End sliders Profile Family Serial Digital Component Video Output Advanced e Timing Adjustment sets the timing of each output with respect to the Reference Genlock System Input Advance which in turn is set with respect to the external reference input With the Reference Genlock System Input Advance set to the factory default of 0 the outputs have an adjustment range of 2 5 lines to 148 lines of delay The Fine delay is in nanoseconds and the Line delay is in lines Serial Digital Component Video Output Advanced Click the Advanced tab to view the Serial Digital Component Video Output Advanced settings Figure 23 Drar p Loper ees rg as D dei uti JE Van Za vanced Error Detection ard Handing F hianEDH Pack E Bet ralery Cain Figure 23 Serial Digital Video Output dialog box Advanced tab The Advanced tab allows you to set options for error detection and handling EDH If Insert EDH Packets is checked Full Frame CRC and Active Picture CRC are inserted into the video stream If Blank Ancillary Data is checked ancillary data information is inserted into the video stream Profile Family 43 Chapter 2 Using the Profile Configuration Manager 44 PDR100 Audio The PDR 100 supports both analog
127. y are not timed correctly and may cause jumping and skipping in E to E mode NOTE If you select auto timing for an input signal and it cannot auto time with the genlock reference signal the input signal is not recorded accurately If you must record an input that cannot lock disable auto timing and record There may be problems if you are operating on E to E mode but the clip plays back correctly timed If auto timing is enabled and the signal was able to be timed into the system the Auto Timed indicator is turned on Enable Dither Dithering smooths out roughness caused when a signal is digitized The LSB artifacts on 10 bit video feeds are reduced There is no effect on 8 bit video Vertical Blanking If you enable vertical blanking for the 525 standard lines 1 through 9 and 264 through 272 are blanked for the 625 standard lines I through 5 311 through 317 624 and 625 are blanked Profile Family Serial Digital Component Video Input Serial Digital Component Video Input To open the Serial Digital Component Video Input dialog box click or double click Video Input on the configuration tree and then select a digital component input from the list such as SDI InA J13 Dead Compre Hide lege JG SD ind 45 a Q Wiad WIT un Presa Frpsori Timed Orar dedo Sercand P 525 00 ireland TC 625 Video Sanderi 10 40 Erabil Aup Tieng HEEN EE ENN NN ee T E Enabke Dihar 10 to E bil M j I To mme pa m as Figure

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