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Overview of Media Station|PT 
Installed as a Video Satellite 
System

(Windows XP Only)

Pro Tools and a Media Station|PT video satellite 
are known collectively as a video satellite system, 
and comprise the following components:

• A dedicated Pro Tools computer with:

• Pro Tools|HD card

• Pro Tools|HD audio interface

• SYNC HD  or  SYNC I/O

• Video reference (connected to the 

SYNC HD or SYNC I/O)

• Local and/or shared audio storage (local au-

dio storage required and shared storage op-
tional on Mac OS X)

• Video Satellite Option installed

• A dedicated Media Station|PT computer with:

• Local and/or shared storage for audio and 

video

• Avid video peripheral

• Video reference (connected to the Avid 

video peripheral and the VTR if present)

• Optional VTR

• Ethernet connection, either directly through 

Ethernet hub or via a larger Ethernet network

To install Media Station|PT as a video satellite of 
Pro Tools:

1  

Install any optional hardware: See “Installing 

2  

Make Ethernet connections between Pro Tools 

and the video satellite system: See “Making 
Ethernet Connections with Video Satellite Sys-
tems” on page 25.

3  

Install Media Station|PT: See “Installing 

4  

Authorize the Video Satellite option on any 

Pro Tools machine that will be used to interface 
with the video satellite: See “Authorizing the 
Video Satellite Option in Pro Tools” on page 32.

Shared

Storage

Video Reference

(Black Burst) or 

tri-level sync

Pro Tools

CPU

Media Station|PT 

CPU

(Video

Satellite)

Audio I/O

Video I/O

SYNC HD

(or SYNC I/O)

Video 

Storage

Audio 

Storage

VTR

Speakers

External monitor