Avid Technology Car Video System PT User Manual

11  

Close the Media Tool.

12  

To preview the contents of the imported au-

dio clip, double-click the audio clip in the bin. 
The audio clip will open in a pop-up monitor.

Restoring Invisible Media Files in the 
Media Tool

(Media Station|PT on Windows XP Only)

If you have not disabled Simple File Sharing on 
Windows XP—and you have exported audio 
from Pro Tools to either the OMFI MediaFiles or 
Avid MediaFiles folder on a Windows-based 
Media Station|PT system—you may notice that 
those audio files or the entire contents of the 
media folder become invisible in the Media 
Tool.

If this occurs, you can repair the problem by fol-
lowing these steps.

To restore the visibility of media files in the Media 
Tool:

1  

On the Media Station|PT machine, disable 

Simple File Sharing as described in “Disabling 
Simple File Sharing” on page 29.

2  

Quit Media Station|PT.

3  

In Windows Explorer, navigate to the OMFI 

MediaFiles or Avid MediaFiles folder (whichever 
folder you exported the audio files from 
Pro Tools), and move those files to another loca-
tion (or delete them).

4  

Launch Media Station|PT.

5  

Do the following:

• Choose File > Refresh Media Directories.

• Choose Tools > Media Tool.

6  

If the Media Tool does not display the media 

files, repeat the last step until the contents of the 
media folders are visible again. You may have to 
do this several times.

7  

When the Media Tool displays the contents of 

the media folders again, you can transfer the ex-
ported Pro Tools audio back into the appropriate 
media folder.

Importing an AAF Audio Sequence 
into a Bin

To import an AAF sequence into Media Station|PT:

1  

Launch Media Station|PT, and open the de-

sired project.

2  

Select the bin where you would like to import 

the sequence.

3  

Choose File > Import.

4  

In the Select Files to Import dialog, navigate to 

the sequence you wish to import, and ensure the 
correct drive is selected for audio.

5  

Click Open. The new audio sequence appears 

in the selected bin, along with all related audio 
clips.

One of the following occurs:

• If you imported an AAF sequence containing 

embedded audio, Media Station|PT automati-
cally copies the embedded audio to either the 
Avid MediaFiles folder or the OMFI MediaFiles 
folder.

• If you imported an AAF sequence that refer-

ences audio—and Media Station|PT does not 
have direct access to the audio—you must 
copy the audio files from the Pro Tools audio 
storage to either the Avid Media Files folder or 
the OMFI MediaFiles folder.

6  

To hear the contents of the imported audio se-

quence, double-click the audio sequence in the 
bin. The audio sequence opens in a pop-up 
monitor or in the Timeline (depending on your 
Bin settings). Press the Spacebar to play.