User's Manual

Media Station|PT Guide4
Support for Avid Interplay
Both Media Station|PT and Pro Tools support in-
tegration with Avid Interplay.
Avid Interplay lets Pro Tools and Avid editors in-
tegrate the complete workflow of each project
by managing assets, tracking versions, and pro-
viding powerful metadata and commenting ca-
pabilities. Interplay also automates the data
flow, eliminating errors and shielding users
from complex import/export steps.
When connected to an Interplay system,
Media Station|PT can:
• Check out projects and sequences from Inter-
play, and export media as needed for Pro Tools
• Check in projects and sequences, including fi-
nal audio created in Pro Tools
When equipped with the Pro Tools Avid Inter-
play Option, Pro Tools can:
• Open AAF sequences formatted specifically
for Pro Tools directly from Interplay.
• Export audio tracks directly back to the se-
quence on Interplay, either adding to or re-
placing existing audio tracks.
For detailed workflows, see the following sec-
tions:
• “Checking In a Sequence to Interplay for
Pro Tools” on page 69
• “Importing a Sequence into Pro Tools from In-
terplay” on page 75
• “Exporting Edited Audio Tracks to Interplay
from Pro Tools” on page 81
• “Importing Pro Tools Audio Files Back into
Media Station|PT from Avid Interplay” on
page 84
Support for Avid Unity ISIS
and MediaNetwork Storage
Systems
Avid Unity ISIS and Unity MediaNetwork are
high-speed network storage systems that let
multiple users store and share media through a
gigabit Ethernet connection (for ISIS) or fibre
channel connection (for MediaNetwork).
Media Station|PT and other Avid applications
can use a Unity system to share the same media
as follows:
• Stream audio and video media in real time
• Share Pro Tools, Avid, AAF, OMF, and MXF au-
dio and video sequences
• Share AAF sequences using the Avid Interplay
asset management system (Avid Interplay sys-
tem required).