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Considerations When Working with Dynamic Relink

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Considerations When Working with Dynamic Relink

Consider the following when you are working with dynamic relink:

• If you connect to an Avid ISIS media network with a 100Base-T connection in a Zone 3

configuration, you can access MPEG-2 low-resolution video and MPEG-1 Layer II (or

MP2) compressed audio. This is useful for browsing media stored on the media network as

the low-resolution media files require less bandwidth to view. However, you cannot output,

consolidate, or transcode media using MP2 compressed audio. Instead, you should use

dynamic relink to link the low-resolution media to the high-resolution source media.

• If you dynamically relink a sequence and then check the sequence into Avid Interplay, your

Avid editing application checks in the resolution to which you are currently linked.

• Dynamic relink does not work with OMF media files that include an alpha channel (titles or

graphics with alpha that are imported or created in OMF resolutions). Clips with OMF alpha

are unaffected when the dynamic relink settings are changed.

• Dynamic relink works somewhat differently with mixed rate clips. For more information,

see “Using Dynamic Relink with Mixed Rate Clips” on page 1272.

• If you are using Interplay Sphere on a remote editing station, the dynamic relink works

slightly differently. For more information, see “Interplay Sphere and Dynamic Relink” on

page 1227.

Using the Dynamic Relink Settings Dialog Box

You use the Dynamic Relink Settings dialog box to enable dynamic relink and to specify your

working settings and target settings. You can also use this dialog box to override the working

settings with the target settings. If you work with mixed rate material, you can also enable

dynamic relink for mixed rate sequences.

For complete reference information on the Dynamic Relink settings, see “Dynamic Relink

Settings” on page 1376.

Dynamic Relink settings are project settings. You can use them as site settings, so that all

projects you create on your editing system use the same settings. For more information, see

“Using Site Settings” on page 1347.

Opening the Dynamic Relink Settings Dialog Box

To open the Dynamic Relink Settings dialog box, do one of the following:

t In the Settings list in the Project window, double-click Dynamic Relink.