Virtual Transport User Guide
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1. The X button hides all the VT server windows Keyboard Shortcut T The A button activates advance mode and displays the Advance Mode and Varispeed setup frame Key board A The button accesses the About Virtual Transport panel Keyboard F1 The About panel can be hid den with the Esc or Enter keys Virtual Transport User Guide Server Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Advanced mode amp Varispeed set up frame p 20 00 SMPTE Drop 30 fos drop na Varispeed amp advance mode Advanced mode amp Varispeed set up frame allows editing of the Varispeed setting by double clicking on the number field This field works in the same way as the timecode editing field except that the up and down key board keys are used to move in the field instead of changing the digits of the speed The right play button of the Varispeed setup frame sets the play mode to Forward playing and the left play button sets the play mode to Reverse play When the Varispeed setup frame is shown the A button is highlighted Clicking again on the A button hides the frame The right drop down menu gives access to the timecode frame rate selection as shown in Fig 8 below suerte Drop 30 fps drap bd FILM 23 98 fpa FILM 23 38 fps drop FILM 24 fos PAL 25 fos NTSC 29 97 fps NTSC Drop 23 37 fps drop SMPTE 30 fps Advanced mode amp Varispeed set frame rate Launcher Frame The Launcher Frame allows2. When a change of Play Mode or Speed is made on a Client or a Server of the Cluster all Clients and Servers in this Cluster are affected by this change Servers and Clients outside the Cluster are not affected by the changes The settings current before the application is quit are saved and restored the next time you launch the program At the bottom of the frame on the left hand side a check box allows the network to be activated When this check box is disabled the Server runs in stand alone mode and communicates only with the Clients on the local machine At the bottom of the frame on the right hand side there is a combo box that allows the user to choose an IP address on a computer with multiple IP addresses If the machine has only one IP address this address is selected by default and no other choice is available This address is used only when the network is enabled If you change the IP address while the network is enabled this will disable the network for a short time and enable it again This will cause the loss of the current network configuration The state of the network enabled or disabled and the IP address of the computer are saved on exit and restored on start up Network Presets Advanced Enable Network 192 168 1 14 Network settings and information boxes Above the Enable Network box there is a Network Presets button This button calls the Network Configuration Preset window Preset Configuration dialog
3. 12 00 fps 12 50 fps 14 98 fps e 15 00 fps 24 00 fps 25 00 fps e 29 97 fps e 30 00 fps e 48 00 fps yn Virtual Transport User Guide DS Video Player Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION e 50 00 fps 59 94 fps e 60 00 fps Crop Video Opens the Set Video Cropping Size window as shown here Set Video Cropping Size x Video cropping dialog Type numbers in the boxes to reduce the edge of the picture by the specified amount 16 9 Toggles the video format between 4 3 and 16 9 Lower Field First This has been made available to compensate for some field gaps under certain circum stances in Native mode only The read order of video field depends of the video format Lower field is first in DV PAL amp NTSC and D1 4 2 2 NTSC Upper field is first in D1 4 2 2 PAL This allows for example for a DV PAL file to play in sync with a D1 Pal compensating for the 1 field gap Top Most Sets the window to top most window or use the shortcut Ctrl T To enable the video output on a IEEE1394 Firewire device make sure a Firewire device is plugged in and select the DV Mode with FireWire Output command or use the shortcut Ctrl V This option is grayed out when no Firewire device is available To enable video capture a video device should be installed on the computer and Capture Mode activated in the pop up menu or with the shortcut Ctrl C This option is grayed out when no device is available Fu
4. to connect with other on line VT servers Typi cally each router VT s broadcast reguest passes through can represent a Hop or more The default setting is 3 and this is sufficient for a small network In some situations though it may be desirable to increase it For example when VT machines are separated by several routers or switchers in a big network The Multicast Port can also be set This allows you to set this VT Server to work without seeing another VT Server using a different multicast port TC Player Client Overview 00 00 00 00 LlmLacled Description wT1 Sample 1 Transport Monitor on YCUBE Ofsef T 00 00 On 50 dg Hock Master i TE Master i Delfa 00 00 00 00 00 HO nn DD DID oo Wark in E 00 00 1 00 Dn i Speed oO 0g nn ie FE Hark eM 00 00 00 On VT TC Player Client Frame Fig 1 VT TC Player Client Frame TC Player is a simple application that can show the current Time Clock and Play Mode received from the VT Server running on the local machine Apart from the regular client frame and controls this application uses a floating panel launched by clicking in the blue magnifying glass of its client window This will show the current time code a transport display a speed display and the play mode that the user can choose to display in one of three different time code formats Frame format shows the time code in hours min
5. At the top a multi choice combo box displays the current preset name If the preset list is not empty you can click at the right to expand it and select a desired preset After an existing preset has been selected clicking on the Load button activates it Creating anew preset is done by clicking on the New Config button This opens a new window where a name can be set for the new preset Choices have to be confirmed or cancelled If confirmed the new preset is added to the preset list and the name is displayed When editing an existing preset clicking the Store button will save the latest changes Clicking on the Suppress button Protected by an are you sure dialog will suppress the current loaded preset Clicking on the Close but ton will close the network configuration window The Network Presets button is deactivated when the network is disabled yn Virtual Transport User Guide Server AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Above the IP Address box is an Advanced button This button calls the Advanced Network Configuration win dow AHNE Network Configura Advanced Network Configuration dialog The Advanced Network Setup Frame enables you to choose the TTL value of the multicast messages used to find every VT Server running on the network The TTL Multicast setting determines the number of routers switches VT can jump or Hop when broadcasting its invitation
6. Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Virtual Transport User Guide Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION y ae No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form whatsoever or be stored in any data retrieval system without prior written permission of the copyright owners This documentation is supplied on an as is basis Information contained within this documenta tion is subject to change at any time without notice and must not be relied upon All company and product names are or Registered Trademarks of their respective owners Windows Vista Windows XP and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Merging Technologies makes no warranties express or implied regarding this software its qual ity performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose The software is supplied as is you the purchaser are assuming the entire risk of the results of using this Merging Technolo gies software In no circumstances will Merging Technologies its owners directors officers employees or agents be liable to you for any consequential incidental or indirect loss or damages including loss of time loss of business loss of profits loss of data or similar resulting from the use of or inability to use the Merging Technologies hardware and or software or for any defect in the hardware software or documentation Copyright Merging Technologies Inc 2009 All rights reserved Merging Technologi
7. frame displaying the movie Every operation is done in the popup menu obtained by a right mouse click on the frame This pop up menu changes contextually depending whether a video file is open or not Some controls are only available when required hardware is connected QT Video Player Quick Tine Video Player Merging Technologies QT Video Player Client QuickTime Player Before the QT Video Player client can be used QuickTime Player version 6 0 or higher must be installed on the PC The application may be downloaded from http www apple com quicktime download Virtual Transport User Guide QT Video Player Client Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION In Use To launch a new QT Video Player go to launch frame La in the VT Server and click on QT Video Player This will open a black frame this is the main frame of QT Video Player Open Movie Ctrl Minimize Ctrl M w Top Mosk ErI T Cit QT Video Player Video Frame with context pop up menu General controls Right clicking in the video frame will open the pop up menu From there the following settings can be made Open Movie Opens a video file or use the shortcut ctrl O Minimize Minimizes the window or use the shortcut ctrl M Top Most Keeps the OT Video Frame on top of other windows or use the shortcut ctrl T Ouit Closes the OT Video Frame Once a video file has been opened further menu options become available The
8. through a common interface and to be synchronized to the same TimeCode The applications can be running on the same machine or over the network on different computers These processes are transparent for the user and independent of the Client applications locations Virtual Transport design The heart of Virtual Transport is the VT Server Application from this you can launch and setup Clients The Time Code the play mode and the speed can also be set from VT server All programs compatible with VT implement an interface which enables them to communicate with the main VT Server program Each machine running VT has its own server application The server makes the link between client applications so they can communicate together and be synchronized The server determines whether the client is on the same machine or on a remote computer and sends commands accordingly Servers communicate through Ethernet A VT server can work with other VT servers through a network or in stand alone mode only communicating and synchronizing with local client appli cations Virtual Transport clients Currently only a few applications using VT are available 7 are including with Pyramix This document describes the VT Server application along with these 7 simple Clients For information about how to use VT inside Pyramix please refer to the latest Pyramix documentation Other applications running under VT are TC Player is an application that shows the curr
9. you to start a client application on the local computer in a future release it will also be possible to start a client on a remote computer All available VT client applications are displayed in this frame For each client application the following details are given The name of the application A short description of the application The name of the developing company yn Virtual Transport User Guide Server AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION y NW The name of the machine on which the application will be launched Launcher Frame To start an application simply double click on it or click the right mouse button and select Launch in the popup menu Shown above is the Launcher Frame with the current VT Client applications available from Merging Technologies Other applications will be available in the future from Merging Technologies and third party com panies When network is activated and more than one machine is running VT you can select the computer on which to launch the clients by right clicking on the Launcher frame and selecting the desired machine in the popup menu w CHAR ACA Launcher pop up menu Virtual Transport User Guide Server Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Clients Frame The Clients Frame shows all VT clients currently running on the local computer and allows them to be set up In a future release it will be possible to setup remote clients running on a remote comput
10. 3 OW TFanspor Fin P 3 AlphaBlend 25 4 Show Speed _ F bL U Close s TC Player pop up Midi Sync Client Overview Midi Sync is a client application that allows Virtual Transport to send and receive MIDI Time Code and MIDI Clock to and from MIDI devices These MIDI devices can be external to the Midi Sync host computer connected thru a regular MIDI interface They can also be other software applications running internally in the same computer as MIDI Sync For this purpose A virtual hardware midi device such as MidiYoke will serve as MIDI link between Midi Sync and the Client applica tion emulating the behavior of a real MIDI interface Several third party applications such as sequencers stand alone virtual instruments and loop players can be syn chronized with Virtual Transport s clients using Midi Sync A client application could be used as Time Code Master for VT when synchronized with Midi Sync yn Virtual Transport User Guide Midi Sync Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Note please note that although synchronized with VT third party audio applications running on the same computer will need their own audio I O interface and will not have access to Pyramix audio hardware In Use To launch a new Midi Sync client go to launch frame La in the VT Server and click on Midi Sync This will open a regular VT client in the Client Frame OF Loet z m
11. 4 DV FireWire port No internal video card is necessary although for analog sources an external analog Composite S VHS etc to DV con verter is required E g the Canopus range of ADVC50 to ADVC300 with the audio outputs routed to Pyramix live inputs Note Playback or recording of video files using DS Video Player over Firewire requires that the Advanced Video Support software option is authorized in the computer l e the relevant Key is present When DS Video Player is using Firewire for record or playback back of video files to or from video equipment it can only use AVI files containing DV25 format encoded video So although DS Video Player can play other video formats inter nally via the graphics card using Firewire restricts its use to DV25 encoded AVI files Note also that there are several types of DV25 Codec and that files recorded or imported in AVI wrapped DV25 format will only be playable if the correct Codec is present Analog Video Output If you want to use a graphics card with a video output to display the DS Video Player content on a PAL NTSC or SECAM video monitor or projector you will need to use a card which is capable of copying the video overlay onto the video output This function is known by different names depending on the manufacturer Examples For cards based on ATI Radeon chipsets having this capability it is known as Theater Mode On MATROX cards such as Parhelia having this capability it is known as P
12. ET has Loop Record On Audio Track Arming E Pyramix Client Frame In Use Apart from providing all the transport settings common to VT clients the Pyramix client offers Track Arming com mands reflecting the number of tracks currently available in the Pyramix edit window It is also possible to set Pyramix into Record Mode in the Client frame Typically Pyramix should act as the Clock Master and TC Master and this can be set either here in the Client frame or in the Pyramix Application in the Settings gt All Settings gt Remote Control gt Virtual Transport page tick the boxes Automatically set as Clock Master and Automatically set as Time Code Master The same dialog will enable Virtual Transport Communication with Pyramix to be fine tuned as desired For any further information about setting up Pyramix to communicate with VT please refer to Pyramix User Manual in the Settings Chapter Virtual Transport section yn Virtual Transport User Guide Pyramix Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION T Pyramix Setting 5 Master Board 11290 ADAT 11290 EJ Routing PCM 44 1 48kHz PCM 88 2 96kHz PCM 176 4 192kHz PCM 352 8 384kHz DXD project DSD project Time Code Project General Record Controller Mapping E Mixer Level Meter DSP Power Saving Mixer Settings Plug ins Settings E Application General Editing Playback Record Jog Chase CD SACD Desktop Layout TimeLine Layout Track Headers Layo
13. N y ae Client frame upper block ID 03 00 34 18 05 Inst Oo Virtual Studia Client Frame upper block The ID number of the client application Each client running on the same machine has a unigue ID The Instance number If an application has more than one instance running each instance has a different Instance number Name of the application Name of the developing company The current time code of the client The client time code could be different to the server time code depending on the Offset set on the client and others delays A short description of the application The name of the machine on which the client is running A wrench key opens the client s settings when applicable A blue magnifying glass shows the client s interface A red magnifying glass hides the client s interface A X cross closes the client Client frame middle block Ofsef 00 00 00 00 Clock Master ME Tc Master efa 400 00 OO OO OO B Lock Store Offse Mark Iri DD 32 36 05 Speed 0 00 Tn fps 25 00 Wark Out 00 36 52 07 Cha Loop Client Frame middle block Blue Offset button Works by a scrolling the client to the desired location b pressing Offset button c locating the TC master application to the reference position d pressing Offset again The applications are now locked with their new offset positions Red Offset button Resets the offset setting to zero Offset time display Th
14. ate a VT Cluster by dragging a first machine from the right hand column to the left hand column then drag a second or further machines onto the first one to finalize the cluster That s it machines are now synchronized However in some situations you may find that the graphics in Virtual Transport s Network page are not being updated properly and you might face difficulties dragging a machine from the right hand column to the left hand column If this occurs please just sit back and relax there is nothing else you can do but wait till all the TCP IP lists are updated at OS level then all will be fine Nothing is wrong with the software it just is a matter of taking and enjoying a short break while every network list is being properly updated Virtual Transport User Guide Appendix I Network Connections Virtual Transport Guide Index yn Virtual Transport Guide Index Page 32 AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Numerics 16 9 22 A Advanced mode 9 Analog Video Output 20 Apply New Frame Rate to File 21 Audio Track Arming 13 Automatically set as Clock Master 27 Automatically set as Time Code Master 27 AVI Splitter 22 B blue magnifying glass 12 C Capture Mode 22 23 Chase 13 Clients Frame 11 Clock Master button 12 Crop Video 22 D Delta 12 Digitizing Video 20 DS Video Player Client 20 DV IEE1394 Firewire InPut Output Firewire Input Output 20 DV Splitter 22 DV Video D
15. availability of certain options is dependent on the type of video file Below a widescreen 2 43 1 video file has been loaded yn Virtual Transport User Guide OT Video Player Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Open Movie Chl 0 Minimize Ctr P Size w Show Time Cock Thres uarter w Mormal Cauit Double w Top Most Ctrl T FullScreen QT Video Player Video Frame with context pop up menu Controls available only when a video file is opened Size of the frame can be adjusted to a quarter a half three quarters normal double size or full screen This is achieved using the controls in the submenu Size The following shortcut keys may also be used e Q for Quarter H for Half T for Three guarter N for Normal D for Double F for Full screen Some QuickTime files contain a Time Code track Where a Time Code track is present it can be shown or hidden with the menu command Show Time Code that appears below the Size menu entry yn Virtual Transport User Guide OT Video Player Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Pyramix Client Overview Pyramix Client is an application allowing simple remote communication and synchronization with Pyramix Virtual Studio o5 Pyramix 00 32 99 22 O11 ae Ofsef FD DIO OL CIO Clock Master TC Master Delis 00 CODIO DO OL Lock store Offse Mark tr 00 33 Speed 0 00 Up fps 25 00 Mark Clit rel
16. digit Numeric keypad or main keyboard number keys may also be used to edit time code fo0 00 17 15 Time code edit Right clicking on the time code edit field in this mode shows a pop up allowing you to Undo changes Cut Copy Paste Delete and Select All digits of the timecode To exit the timecode editing mode press the Escape key To validate your changes press the Enter key ut Copy Delete Copy pop up Transport Bar button functions together with their associated Keyboard Shortcuts lower left of the main m panel Transport bar From left to right The Rewind button sets the Play Mode to Rewind mode Pressing key number 1 of the numeric keypad has the same effect The Fast Forward button sets the Play Mode to Fast Forward mode Pressing key number 2 of the numeric keypad has the same effect The Stop button sets the play mode to Stop mode Pressing key number 0 of the numerical keypad has the same effect Clicking twice on the Stop button resets the timecode The Play button sets the play mode to Play mode Pressing the Enter key of the numeric key pad has the same effect Click a second time on the Play button to set the play mode to Pause The Pause button sets the play mode to Pause mode Pressing key number 3 of the numeric keypad has the same effect Clicking a second time on the Pause button cancels the pause The Record button sets the play mode to Record mode Pressing the peri
17. ecoder 22 F Filters Properties 22 Full Screen Control Mode 22 Full screen mode 22 G Generate MidiClock 19 Generate MTC 19 H Hide Client 14 ID number 12 Imported AVI DVFiles 20 Importing a QuickTime movie 24 Instance number 12 y NW K Kill Client Application 14 L Launcher Frame 9 Lock button 12 Loop 13 Lower Field First 22 M Mark In green button 12 Mark In number field 12 Mark In red button 12 Mark Out green 13 Mark Out number field 13 Mark Out red button 13 Midi Input 19 Midi Output 19 Midi Sync Client 18 N Network Configuration Preset window 16 Network Frame 15 Network Presets 16 Network Setup Frame 15 Not Responding 14 O Offset 12 Offset time display 12 p Pyramix Client 27 Q OT Video Player Client 24 QT Video Player controls 25 QuickTime Importing 24 QuickTime Player 24 R Record On button 13 red magnifying glass 12 Red Offset 12 S Server 6 Show Client 14 Speed number field 12 Store Offset 12 Virtual Transport Guide Index Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION T VCube Client 29 Video Cropping Size 22 TC Master button 12 Video Render 22 TC Player Client 17 TC Player pop up 18 W Track Arming 27 wrench 12 V Varispeed 9 yn Virtual Transport Guide Index AMERGING
18. efault to a fixed IP address if no DHCP server is available At all times proper individual TCP IP addresses for each machine assigned either auto matically DHCP if available or manually Fixed IP are required as described below This caution is not relevant for machines operating without network connection Ethernet Connection amp Settings a Create an Ethernet connection between the machines via an Ethernet switch or using a direct cross wired Ethernet cable 100Mbit for Sync Control 1000Mbit for file sharing recommended b If on your existing network an Admin DHCP server is giving TCP IP addresses to all connected clients leave all Pyramix Isis and VCube machines with the default DHCP settings Obtain IP address automatically in the Local Area Connection Properties Internet Protocol TCP IP properties If you are connected to an existing network with no active DHCP server please contact the human server administrator to obtain a range of available IP address from him and enter these as shown below c If no admin DHCP server is available manually give each of your machines a unique TCP IP number in the Local Area Connection Properties Internet Protocol TCP IP properties Typically IP addresses can be respectively 192 168 0 3 PMX 192 168 0 4 VCube and 192 168 0 5 Isis with a common Subnet mask being 255 255 255 0 No default gateway is necessary 1 DHCP Short for Dynamic Host Configuration Pr
19. ent TimeCode and play mode OT Video Player allows video playback of files contained in the OuickTime wrapper DS Video Player allows video playback and video capture Some specific hardware is reguired for this purpose controlled and synchronized by VT MIDI Sync allows VT to send commands and time codes to a MIDI device Pyramix client VCube client yn Virtual Transport User Guide Introduction AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Server Overview When launching the Server Application VT s icon appears in the notification area on the right side of the task bar near the clock display A simple left click on it shows the main panel A right click on it displays a popup menu Show Clients Z Hide Launcher L Show Mebwark M Hide Transport T Frame Rate d Eiiiz Frame control pop up This menu allows you to either quit the server application or to show the different Server Frames Only one of frame Launcher Frame Clients Frame or Network Frame can be shown at a time When you move the Main Panel these frames follow the main window See also main panel below The position of the frames and their state hidden or shown and some others settings described below are saved when exiting the program and reloaded when starting the Server The server application is divided into four parts The Main Panel window from which the time code the play mode and the speed are controlled The Clients Frame fr
20. er Fr x TER oo Pyramix 0i Merging Technologies mix Virtual Studio 00 00 00 00 Clock Master Delta 4XkO3 24 21 1E N Lock Speed 0 00 fark In 0 0 00 00 00 Mark Oni O 32 44 02 Chase STOP Record On Audio Track Arming amp 1 9 4 5 6 amp 10 44 42 8 49 20 21 2 22 2d 24 25 26 SP 28 o2 VCube 01 Merging Technologies Ofsei 00 00 200 00 cl ock Master Delta 00 00 00 200 00 Lock Mark In HYO CH OD OD Speed 0 00 Mark Ou 00 00 00 00 Chase STOP Record On Audio Track Arming a o TC Player TA Merging Technologies Sample 1 Transport Monitor 4 00 00 00 00 Clock Master Delta 00 00 00 00 00 Lock Mark In 00 00 00 00 Speed 0 00 fare Out 4 00 00 00 00 Chase STOP Record On Chis ee f i a P DEPOTS A nig 44 45 1 00 00 00 00 yn DARKMATERIAL 5 MATERIALS TC Master Store Offset fps 23 38 Loop a TC Master Store Offset fps 23 98 Loop Unlocked TC Master Store Offset fps 23 99 Loop Clients Frame When there are too many clients to be simultaneously displayed in the Clients frame a scroll bar appears on the right hand side For each active client a number of information fields are available Described from left to right and top to bottom screen block by y ne screen block Virtual Transport User Guide Server Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIO
21. er TCP IP address is currently assigned to the workstation or device you wish to check followed by Enter then wait for the machine to reply Repeat the process for all other connected worksta tions controllers Using Windows Explorer In a Windows Explorer window right click on My Network Places and choose Explore gt Entire Network Microsoft Windows Network Workgroup or Domain choose whichever is appropriate then verify that all Pyramix and VCube workstations can search see each other on the network including shared hard drives and folders Having all machines in the same Workgroup default workgroup is WORKGROUP helps Note With Windows XP it may take some time for the TCP IP lists to be appropriately updated to reflect the complete network topology on all machines Particularly when additional computers are added to a large existing network Please allow for time for these operations to be properly carried out in the background It may in fact take some thing like 10 to 50 minutes depending on the size of the network In certain situations E g a small 2 machine peer to peer network rebooting both machines may speed up the process Virtual Transport User Guide Appendix I Network Connections Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Synchronization with Virtual Transport y NW Open an authorized Virtual Transport versions MUST be identical version on both machines and enable the VT Network Cre
22. es Le Verney 1070 Puidoux Switzerland Tel 41 21 946 04 44 e Fax 41 21 946 04 45 www merging com Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION VT User Guide Contents Introduction 5 What is Virtual Transport 5 Virtual Transport design 5 Virtual Transport clients 5 Server 6 Overview 6 Main Window 6 Launcher Frame 9 Clients Frame 11 Network Frame 15 TC Player Client 17 Overview 17 In Use 18 Midi Sync Client 18 Overview 18 In Use 19 DS Video Player Client 20 Overview 20 DV IEE1394 Firewire Input Output 20 Imported AVI DVFiles 20 Launch Video Player 21 OT Video Player Client 24 Overview 24 QuickTime Player 24 In Use 25 Pyramix Client 27 Overview 27 In Use 27 VCube Client 29 Overview 29 Appendix I Network Connections 29 Ethernet Connection amp Settings 29 Synchronization with Virtual Transport 31 yn VT User Guide Contents AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Virtual Transport User Guide Pyramix Virtual Transport 10 Date 21st July 2009 yn Virtual Transport User Guide AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Introduction For the latest information about Virtual Transport please consult the FAQ sections at http www merging com If you need further technical support please e mail support merging com What is Virtual Transport Virtual Transport is a Client Server architecture which allows various applications to communicate together
23. he capture mode can only be activated if you have a video device connected to your system Note Only video signals can be recorded in DS Video Player sound will need to be routed to Pyramix Virtual Studio hardware inputs and recorded separately It can also simultaneously be copied to tape by syncing Pyramix in VT with a Pyramix client along with DS Video Player Set Capture File Ctrl Cn Video Device Capture Settings F Frame R ate Row PAL 25 Fos Video In Offset d l NTSC 29 97 Fos Video Type l NTSC Drop 29 97 Fos drop Full Screen Control Mode Ctrl Video Format it DD SMPTE 30 Fps ideo Decoder Playback Mode Ctrl F SMPTE Drop 30 Fos drop Quit Pop up menu and sub menus for video capture settings yn Virtual Transport User Guide DS Video Player Client AMERGING y ae Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Properties YCA and Tape Info Timecode Track Number SD DYCA with 625 50 Lan be recorded M Bn p i p E Jj Search Cancel Video Type dialog QT Video Player Client Overview The QT Video Player application is a QuickTime Player capable of playing back video files in every format recog nized by QuickTime Note When importing a QT movie generated on a MAC if QT Video Player cannot read the file check the file extension If it is anything other than mov try changing it to mov This should allow the file to be read This application consists of a single
24. ing information in musical numbers such as beats bars and bar number Midi Input display will show the time of an incoming Midi clock VT server display will show the reference time of the VT server and Midi Output display shows the outgoing Midi time MTC In MTC Out and Midi Clock Out red buttons give the user extra feedback on Midi Sync activity Virtual Transport User Guide Midi Sync Client y ae Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION DS Video Player Client Overview The DS Video Player application can play back video files of almost any format When IEEE1394 Firewire is avail able on the computer DS Video Player can import and export AVI wrapped DV25 files from and to DV devices such as DV camcorders DV VCRs etc Note The Advanced Video Support software option is required for recording and play ing back DV encoded AVI files via an IEEE1394 Firewire connection from within Pyramix This application consists of a single frame displaying the movie Every operation is done in the popup menu obtained by a right mouse click on the frame This pop up menu changes contextually depending whether a video file is open or not Some controls are only available when required hardware is connected DS Video Player DirectShow Video Player Merging Technologies DS Video Player Client DV IEE1394 Firewire Input Output Digitizing Video Digitizing video from an external source DV25 source is achieved through the IEEE193
25. is field could be edited by clicking on it in the same way the timecode field works in the main panel Clock Master button Indicates if an application is Clock Master Also allows activation of an application as clock master There can be only one Clock Master per computer TC Master button Indicates if an application is TC Master Also allows selection of the clock master appli cation There can be only one TC Master on a computer Delta time difference display between the Client and the local Server Lock button Indicates if a client is locked and allows locking or un locking the client Store Offset This button is provided as an extra facility for setting up offsets between TC masters and cli ents It works by a unlocking the client b locate the client and local server to their respective desired loca tions c press Store Offset d press Lock The applications are now locked with their new offset positions Mark In red button Sets the Mark In to the current cursor time location Mark In green button Locate to the current Mark In time Mark In number field Indicates the current Mark In time This field can be edited by clicking on it in the same way the timecode field works in the main panel Speed number field indicates the speed at which the client time code is incremented in of the rate Virtual Transport User Guide Server Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION y NW The rate in frame per
26. ll Screen Control Mode Sets the video frame can be set to full screen with Play Mode display or use the shortcut Ctrl W Controls available only when a video file is opened Filters Properties With this command the following choices can be made in the sub menu Video Ren der DV Video Decoder DV Splitter AVI Splitter etc Depending on the file type or video device in cap ture mode Size of the frame can be adjusted to a guarter a half three guarters normal double size or full screen This is achieved using the controls in the submenu Size The following shortcut keys may also be used G for Ouarter H for Half T for Three quarter N for Normal D for Double F for Full screen Full screen mode At the bottom of the frame a transport bar eguivalent to the one in the main VT window is available with timecode display on the right This works just like the VT timecode edit yn Virtual Transport User Guide DS Video Player Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION If the Escape key is pressed in full screen mode most of the popup functions will be displayed on the left side of the frame i ROD IODD MO DS Video Player in full screen with control mode Capture Mode Right clicking in the DS video frame will open the DS Video Player pop up menu In Capture Mode new items will be available related to video capture settings as show below in Figs 5 and 6 Please note that t
27. m I SUL I FHI UL UI IL O Oe fF TUL UL UL Wank ir Wank Out N0 00 00 00 PLAY Record On Description virtual transport Midi synchronisation I UL UL on WCUBE Clock Master TC Master Lack fps 25 00 5 pee gq 100 00 Chase L od Pp Midi Input MIDI Yoke MT 1 Emulated Midi Output MIDI Yoke NT 1 E mulated Frame Fate Midi ln as TCMaster _ Generate MTC _ Generate MidiClack Midi Input WT Server Midi Output 00 32 41 05 00 32 41 07 00 32 41 07 MITE In LI MTE Out Ll Midiclock Out El PLAY 100 00 lt PAL gt EE PP 00 32 41 07 Midi Sync panel with settings opened Settings The settings specific to Midi Sync s client panel are the Midi Input menu which enables a Midi Input device to be selected Midi Output which selects a Midi target device The Frame Rate menu provides a choice of 24 25 30 and 30drop frame rates and is only active when Midi as TCMaster lower in panel has been activated The Midi In as TCMaster checkbox allows for a Midi device to act as the timecode master for VT and all other cli ents connected to the same cluster Generate MTC will make Midi Sync output Midi Time Code to the selected Midi output and likewise Generate MidiClock will send Midi clock information to selected output Midi Time Code information is expressed in Hours Minutes Seconds and Frames Midi Clock expresses tim
28. nts Virtual Transport User Guide Server Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION When a client information frame is right clicked a popup menu appears This menu allows you to Show or Hide the Client in the Windows environment Close the Client application or Kill it when the application is not respond ing 01 Pyramix 0i Merging Techi Pyramix 1 Server 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0w0 Mark Ir OJOS eS Cee Wark Cut 00 37 21 21 has Loop STOF Record On Audio Track Arming 10 Client pop up menu The Server does a poll on each Client If a Client doesn t respond during a certain time this Client appears in in the Clients Frame with the text Not Responding in place of the company name This is shown in Figure 16 By right clicking on the client not responding you can kill it by selecting killin the pop up menu The application can also be closed with click on the right mouse button and selecting Close in the popup menu 00 00 00 00 Un Locked 00 00 00 00 Clack blaster TL Master 00 00 00 00 00 Lozk Store Offse Mark in 00 00 00 00 Speed 0 00 bp fps 25 00 Wark Out 00 00 00 00 has Loop Record On Client not responding display yn Virtual Transport User Guide Server AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION When more than one machine is running VT and the network is activated you can select the computer on which you want to view the
29. od key of the numeric keypad has the same effect Clicking a second time on the Record button exits record mode Be Bees Virtual Transport User Guide Server Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION y NW Context Menu Right clicking anywhere on the Main Window opens the main popup menu Right clicking on the Task Bar icon has the same effect From here the following actions can be initiated Show Clients C Hide Launcher L Show Metwork M Hide Transport T FILM 23 98 fps Frame Rate d FILMI 23 38 Fos drop l FILM 24 fps Ei PAL 25 fps NTSC 29 97 fps HTSC Drop 29 97 Fos drop w SMPTE 30 Fos SMPTE Drop 30 Fos drop Frame Rate set sub menu pop up The functions toggle between Show and Hide E g if the Launcher Frame is already vis ible the menu will offer Hide Launcher Show Clients displays the Clients Frame Show Launcher displays the launcher view Show Network displays the network view Hide Transport hides the Virtual Transport main window Select Frame Rate leads to the sub menu as seen in Fig 5 Exit exits Virtual Transport Main Window center Panel The Center Panel gives quick access to the different Frame views The first button CL opens the Client Frame The second button La opens the Launcher Frame The third button Net opens the Network Frame Main Window right hand Panel The Right hand block Hides or Shows Advanced mode the Varispeed Frame and about VT window
30. om which running clients are set up The Launcher Frame from which clients are launched The Network Setup Frame from which network configuration is controlled Main Window y NW PLAY 100 00 lt PAL gt PoE all gt l P 00 44 36 08 Main Window and its three panel blocks The main window is built of 3 different panel blocks From here all VT functions and controls can be accessed launched modified or moved The complete set of Virtual Transport windows can be moved around screen together by clicking and dragging with the left mouse button in the upper display area of this main panel Main Window left hand Panel The first panel is the Transport Bar itself At the top is a display of the current Transport Mode and speed as a percentage of sync play Left clicking and holding allows all the VT windows to be dragged anywhere on screen as a single entity Bottom right of the main panel the Time Code Display allows you to view and edit the current time code Editing current time code is accessed by double clicking in the numeric display or by pressing the 6 key on the numeric keypad When time code editing mode is entered the time code field changes as shown below The left and right arrows cursor the selection between digits in the time code edit field Pressing the up and down arrows increases or Virtual Transport User Guide Server Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION y ae decreases the currently selected
31. otocol a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network yn Virtual Transport User Guide Appendix I Network Connections AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION y ae Set up for Pyramix amp VCube in Control Panel gt Network Connections gt Local Area Connection gt Properties Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties Set up for Isis Press STOP key for 5 seconds during power up Set up address with left right cursor and Track keys 1 to 10 then Set key See also ISIS User Manual page 14 Fixed IP address range examples BSA 192 168 0 5 10 0 0 5 ISISA 192 168 0 6 10 0 0 6 Pyramix B 192 168 0 7 10 0 0 7 VCube B 192 168 0 8 10 0 0 8 ISIS B Increase only rightmost number up to 254 Use an address from column A or B then stick to the selected range for all machines connected on a single net work Set subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 Checking IP Configuration To check the IP Configuration of the machine you are working on do the following Open a Command Prompt window Start gt All programs gt Accessories gt Command Prompt then type in the following command IPCONFIG followed by Enter Checking Network Connections Using Ping To check that the connections you have set up are operational do the following Open a Command Prompt window Start gt All programs gt Accessories gt Command Prompt then type in the following command PING 192 168 0 3 or whatev
32. running clients by right clicking on the Clients Frame and selecting the desired machine in the pop up menu 11 Pyramix _ 00 00 00 00 nst E Merging Pyramix Server FUL UL UU FLL WLI LILI LIL ULI Lock j Store Offset Mark in 0032 3522 Speed 0 00 Un fps 25 00 Wark Ouf 00 3r 21 21 has Loop Client frame pop up menu Network Frame R enote Server Remolie Server Net work Pres ets A wared Enable Network 192 168 1 14 Network Frame with active clusters The Network Setup Frame allows you to configure how VT Servers running on machines on the local network will interact They can be setup to run in stand alone mode by disabling the network This is the default configuration When working together with the other VT Servers on the local network you can configure each server to be a TC Master a Slave or as an available Server This is achieved by sliding machines between Available Server Window on the right side to Network Clusters Window on the left Dragging a server into another one will create a cluster where the container server will act as TC Master and the contained Server will be slave A TC Master Server can have many Slaves but a Slave can have only one Master An Available Server acts like a Server without the network enabled As seen in Fig 18 more than one cluster can be created yn Virtual Transport User Guide Server AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION
33. seconds fps Mark Out red button Sets the Mark In with the current cursor time location Mark Out green button Locate to the current Mark In time Mark Out number field Indicates the current Mark Out time This field can be edited by clicking on it in the same way the timecode field works in the main panel Chase mode button Indicates if the Client is in chase mode Loop mode button Indicates if the Client is in loop mode Client frame lower block Renard On Audio Track Arming DEHE Client Frame lower block The current play mode of the client On the Fig 13 the client is in STOP mode Record On button If the client has capture or record features you can arm it from here Audio Track Arming If the target Client has remote track arming features you can arm the desired tracks for record from here The Client s transport control keys are grayed out when the client is in lock mode but continue to indicate trans port status When in local mode lock not lit these buttons function as local controls for the client Other Clients Frame options By double clicking on the client information bar you can collapse the client information frame When collapsed only the ID the Instance number the name the company and the client time code are shown Merging Technologies UnLocked 00 01 15 04 Locked Clients Frame with collapsed clie
34. ure Video Note With certain model cards ATI Theater Mode can output a progressive scan de interlaced signal to the composite S VHS video output while the Matrox Parhelia out puts an interlaced video signal Imported AVI DVFiles Note DS Video Player will appropriately output AVI DV files generated by other applica tions but these files MUST have the audio stripped out before they will work yn Virtual Transport User Guide DS Video Player Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Many video editing and other applications will do this for you including the freeware VirtualDub Launch Video Player To launch a new video Player go to launch frame La in the VT Server and click on DS Video Player This will open a black frame this is the main frame of DS Video Player Open Chrl 0 Close Minimize m Apply Mew Frame Rate To File d Size F Crop video Set Video Cropping Size 16 9 Lower Field First w Top Most Ctrl T Full Screen Control Mode Ctrl Filters Properties F Quit Video Frame with context pop up menu General controls Right clicking in the video frame will open the pop up menu From there the following settings can be made Open Opens a video file or use the shortcut ctrl O Close Closes a video file Minimize Minimizes the window or use the shortcut M Apply a new frame rate to the video file using the command Apply New Frame Rate to File Frame rates can be
35. ut Keys Location Automation 3 Time Stretch TimeZone 5ettings Prosonig MPEX3 5ettinc EJ Remote Control Machine Controller g Virtual Transport y NW General Enable Virtual Transport Communication W Automatically Set as Clock Master Automatically Set as TimeCode Master Chasing Chase Mode None Hard Soft Varispeed Force TimeCode Source to External Virtual Transport Clients State Saving Don t Save Clients State Save Clients State on Local Server Save Clients State on all Servers Editing W Synchronize Virtual Transport with Editing Moves Send Song Position amp Tempo to Virtual Transport Virtual Transport page in the Pyramix All Settings menu Virtual Transport User Guide Pyramix Client Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION VCube Client Overview VCube Client is an application allowing simple remote communication and synchronization with VCube o VCube 10 00 00 00 1 Merging Technologies Locked 09 59 35 10 Clock Master TC Master 00 00 54 07 29 Lock Store Offset 00 00 00 00 speed 0 00 400 00 00 00 Chase Record On VCube Client Frame Appendix I Network Connections Note Direct Ethernet connection of Workstations i e 1x VCube and 1x Pyramix with standard factory default DHCP settings and without a proper DHCP server available in the network may lead to unexpected behaviour E g software or system freezes ISIS controller will d
36. utes seconds and frame number Sample format shows the time code in hours minutes seconds and sample number yn Virtual Transport User Guide TC Player Client AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Milliseconds format shows the time code in milliseconds 00 00 03 02 TC Player floating panel with Transport display In Use Once launched the floating panel gives access to several options Right clicking on the panel brings up a popup menu From there the following settings can be made The Frame can be set to Opaque or transparent at three different AlphaBlend levels 75 50 or 2590 Numeric keys 1 to 4 are shortcuts for the graphic options Check Flick Free if flicker becomes objectionable Timecode format can be set to Frames Samples Milliseconds as described above View of the play mode can be toggled between graphics and text This can also be done with the T key for graphical representation and the Y key for textual Speed display in can be toggled ON and OFF Transport display can be toggled ON and OFF The application can be closed by a click on the right mouse button and selecting Close in the popup menu Shortcut key O may also be used All these settings are saved when the application is closed and restored at next launch 00 00 09 14 Graphic Options d Flick Free Timcade Formats hb w Opaque 1 AlphaBlend 75 2 Show T T id al MAN AlphaBlend 50
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