Specifications

Chapter 5: Exporting AAF, MXF, and OMF from Pro Tools
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Pro Tools creates a sequence with the name you supply.
When using an Avid software application, the Pro Tools
comment appears in the Avid bin in a Pro Tools Com-
ment column.Click OK.
10 In the file dialog, navigate to a folder where you can
easily l o c ate the AAF o r O MF sequence w h e n it is time to
distribute it to another editor or import it into
Media Station|PT.
11 Click Save.
12 In the “Please Choose a Folder for Converted Audio
Files” dialog, do one of the following:
• If planning to transmit the Pro Tools composition
for work at another location, navigate to a folder
where the media files can be easily located (such as
the same folder where AAF or OMF sequence re-
sides).
– or –
• If planning to use Media Station|PT to import the
sequence on the same computer, navigate to the
OMFI MediaFiles folder (for OMF media) or the
Avid MediaFiles folder (for MXF media).
13 Click Use Current Folder (Windows) or Choose
(Mac).
Pro Tools exports the composition and related media to
the appropriate folders.
Translation Settings
(For Export Selected Tracks as OMF/AAF
Sequences Command Only)
DigiTranslator 2.0 and higher provides several transla-
tion settings when exporting tracks to OMF/AAF, in-
cluding OMF/AAF Options, Sample Rate Conversion
Options, and Audio Media Options.
OMF/AAF Options
Enforce Avid Compatibility
If the Enforce Avid Compatibility option is enabled, all
AAF and OMF files and sequences will meet the specific
requirements of Avid Video workstations. Sample rates
are limited to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. Exported regions will
be padded to the nearest frame boundaries (Quantize
Edits to Frame Boundaries). This padding ensures that
the placement of a file in the Timeline will be the same
on sample-accurate as well as frame-accurate systems.
Target Project Time Code Format
Select the time code format for the project into which
this file or sequence will be imported. This may be dif-
ferent from the time code format of the current session.
This parameter allows regions to be placed correctly in
sessions with different time code formats, and also cal-
culates how many samples must be added to pad re-
gions to frame boundaries.
Some video editors (such as Avid Media Composer
or Avid Media Station|PT), require all media files
to be in specific folders to allow proper relinking.
Export to OMF/AAF Options