Avid Technology Car Video System PT User Manual

Consolidate Media 

This option is faster and uses 

less storage because only those parts of the audio 
files which are actually used in the sequence are 
copied. You have the option to add “handles” 
on either end of the files in case you need to ex-
tend them once in Pro Tools.

Copy All Media 

This option is slower and uses 

more storage, but allows you access to the full 
file once in Pro Tools. If this export is an update 
to an existing sequence where you copied in-
stead of consolidated, only new files will be cop-
ied as long as you are exporting the AAF to the 
same session folder.

10  

In the Media Destination section, do the fol-

lowing:

• Select Folder from the Audio pop-up menu.

• Select the Use Same Folder As AAF File op-

tion.

11  

Click Save.

12  

In the Export As dialog, select the desired ses-

sion folder on the Pro Tools audio storage.

13  

Click Save.

This creates an OMFI MediaFiles folder (for OMF 
media) or Avid MediaFiles folder (for MXF me-
dia) in the Pro Tools session folder on the audio 
storage. The AAF sequence will be also be cre-
ated in the session folder. The AAF sequence 
must be in the same folder as the media folders 
in order to relink properly.

14  

In Pro Tools, choose File > Import > Session 

Data.

15  

Locate the AAF sequence exported from 

Media Station|PT, and click Open.

16  

In the Import Session Data dialog, do the fol-

lowing:

• Under Audio Media Options, select Link to 

Source Media (Where Possible).

• Under Video Media Options, select Link to 

Source Media.

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Under the Source Tracks section of the Im-

port Session Data dialog, do the following:

• To import the metadata (cuts and clip 

names) exported from a video satellite into 
a new video track, select New Satellite 
Track. (The video itself will not be im-
ported.)

• To import SD video into a new video track 

in Pro Tools, select New Video Track.

• For each audio track you want to import, 

select New Track.

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Select any other options, and click OK.

The AAF opens in Pro Tools.