Avid Technology Car Video System PT User Manual

Matching Media Station|PT 
Starting TC Time Code Setting and 
Pro Tools Session Start

In almost all cases, the first frame of video is lo-
cated at the start of the Media Station|PT se-
quence. However, Pro Tools sequences often 
have silence at the head to create countoffs or si-
lence. 

For example, a Media Station|PT sequence may 
start at 1:00:00 while the matching Pro Tools 
session starts at 00:55:00—allowing five seconds 
of silence before the audio starts. In this case, 
Media Station|PT parks on the first frame of 
video and waits for Pro Tools to reach 1:00:00 
before it begins to play the video. Regardless of 
their respective start times, Pro Tools and 
Media Station|PT will always play at the same 
time code values unless an offset has been en-
tered in the Video Satellite Offset field in the 
Pro Tools Session Setup window. 

Therefore, it is not required that the 
Media Station|PT sequence and Pro Tools ses-
sion start at the same time in order to play in 
sync.

To set the default start time for new sequences in 
Media Station|PT:

1  

In the Project window, click the Settings tab 

and then double-click the General setting.

2  

In the Default Starting TC field, do one of the 

following to set the default start time for a new 
sequence:

• If you want the sequence to begin captur-

ing at the same time code location as the 
beginning of the Pro Tools session, set the 
start time of the capture to be equal to the 
Session Start in Pro Tools (Setup > Session 
in Pro Tools).

– or –

• If you want to sequence to begin capturing 

at a time code location that falls after the 
Pro Tools session start, set the start time of 
the capture to be later than the Session 
Start in Pro Tools.

To change the start time of an existing sequence 
in Media Station|PT:

1  

In Media Station|PT, open the bin containing 

the existing sequence.