User Manual

Using the Media Tool
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Media Tool views are saved as User settings and appear in the Settings list in the Project window
as bin views.
• You can print Media Tool data by using the same procedures for printing bins, as described
in “Printing Bins” on page 373.
The Media tool also has a number of unique functions:
• Unlike a bin, the Media tool can display all the tracks captured for each clip as separate
media files. Therefore, when you view, delete, and manipulate files, you have the added
option of specifying individual video and audio tracks.
• Unlike a bin, the Media tool does not display sequences and subclips. Only master clips,
precompute (rendered effect) clips, and associated media files are available for display.
• The following Bin menu commands do not apply to the Media tool: Batch Capture, Batch
Import, Relink, Modify, AutoSync, and AutoSequence. You must perform these functions
from a bin.
Using the Media Tool in an Avid Interplay Environment
On an editing system in an Avid Interplay environment, the Media tool displays only media that
is stored on local drives. When you use the Media tool to search for media on a local drive, the
Interplay Media Indexer (an Interplay service) searches its database and determines if media is
online. If the media is online, it tells the Media tool to display it. However, the Media Indexer
keeps track of media only if the media is on indexed storages (storages for which Media Indexer
is configured).
If some media seems to be missing when you use the Media tool, that media might be stored in a
folder not indexed by Media Indexer. If you want to see all local media in the Media tool, all
your local storages must be properly indexed. For information on configuring Media Indexer, see
the installation documentation for Avid Interplay.
Opening the Media Tool
To open the Media tool:
1. Select Tools > Media Tool.
The Media Tool Display dialog box opens.