Configuring Settings in the Interplay | Production Administrator
The Interplay Production Administrator application includes settings that apply to MediaCentral UX. The initial configuration of these settings is described in the MediaCentral Platform Services Installation and Configuration Guide. After the initial configuration, you might want to modify these settings.
Settings that apply to MediaCentral UX are in the following views:
• Application Database Settings: audio settings and others
• Instinct/Assist User Options: markers (locators) and restrictions settings
In Media Composer v6.0, Avid Symphony v6.0, and NewsCutter v10.0, the term “locators” was changed to “markers” in both the user interface and the documentation. MediaCentral UX uses the term “markers.” Interplay Production currently uses the term “locators.”
To check or modify Application Database settings in the Interplay | Administrator:
1. Start the Interplay | Administrator application and log in to the server for the appropriate Interplay Production workgroup.
2. In the Application Settings section of the Interplay Administrator window, click the Application Database Settings icon.
3. Click the Editing Settings tab.
4. In the database tree on the left, select the folder to which you want to apply the settings (in most cases, the top-level database AvidWG.
5. Select the desired settings and click Apply.
The following table describes settings that are applicable to MediaCentral UX.
Section | Setting | Description |
Format | Video Format | This setting determines the default video format and frame rate for Interplay Production sequences. Select a format or select Any. If you select Any, MediaCentral UX determines the video format by using the format of the first clip that the user adds to the sequence. |
Audio Patching | Natural Sound | What you choose in the Audio Patching section determines how many channels are shown (for NAT or SOT) in the context menu options for audio when a user right-clicks on a clip in the Sequence Timeline. This setting is the channel count for natural sound. Options include: 1-Channel or 2-Channel. |
| Sound on Tape | This setting is the channel count for sound on tape. Options include: 1-Channel or 2-Channel. |
Audio - Track labels | Natural Sound label | This setting determines the wording or character(s) used as a label for the natural sound track control in the Audio pane as well as the header for the natural sound column in the Script Editor’s Sequence Timeline. By default, NAT is used. |
| Sound on Tape label | This setting determines the wording or character(s) used as a label for the sound on tape track control in the Audio pane as well as the header for the sound on tape column in the Script Editor’s Sequence Timeline. By default, SOT is used. |
| Voice Over label | This setting determines the wording or character(s) used as a label for the voice-over track control in the Audio pane as well as the header for the voice-over column in the Script Editor’s Sequence Timeline. By default, VO is used. |
Audio - Source audio patching | Natural Sound tracks 1 & 2 | These settings determine which two tracks are used for natural sound from the source media. |
| Sound on Tape tracks 1 & 2 | These settings determine which two tracks are used for sound on tape from the source media. |
| Voice Over track | This setting determines which track is used for voice-over audio from the source media. |
Audio - Storyline audio patching | Natural Sound tracks 1 & 2 | These settings determine which two tracks are used for natural sound on the output sequence. Each track for natural sound and sound on tape must be unique. For instance, do not set the first track for natural sound to A1 if the first track for sound on tape is already set to A1. |
| Sound on Tape tracks 1 & 2 | These settings determine which two tracks are used for sound on tape on the output sequence. Each track for natural sound and sound on tape must be unique. For instance, do not set the first track for sound on tape to A1 if the first track for natural sound is already set to A1. |
| Voice Over track | This settings determines which track is used for voice-over audio on the output sequence. |
Audio - General settings | Media Creation workspace | This is the name of the location on Avid shared-storage where MediaCentral UX creates voice-over files. |
| Sample bit depth | Set this to 16 for MediaCentral UX. |
| Ducking [-db] | When audio must be ducked because of overlapping tracks, this setting (in decibels) is what determines the reduction in audio level. |
Dynamic Relink | Dynamic Relink Enabled | This setting is not configured for MediaCentral UX in this location in the Interplay | Administrator application. Instead, this setting is configured in the Playback Service group of the MediaCentral UX System Settings layout. |
Audio Effects | Dissolve Duration [frames] | Brief dissolves between audio tracks are used to make audio edits sound smooth. Set this to the number of frames you want dissolves between audio edits to last. |
| Center-Panned Sound on Tape and Voice Over | If enabled, maps the VO track as center-panned (played on both channels). This setting applies to both Mono and Stereo Mixdown modes. For MediaCentral UX, this setting applies only to the VO track. If the setting is not enabled, VO is mapped odd tracks=left, even tracks=right |
Auto Reservation | Duration | This feature protects assets from deletion for the duration set by the administrator. This setting applies to new and modified sequences checked into Interplay Production from MediaCentral UX. If you do not want auto reservation on a folder, set the duration to zero. The default duration is 24 hours. The Reservation column in the Assets pane shows a number “1” for assets that have reservations applied and no number for assets without reservations. |
MediaCentral Playback Service | Hostname
Username
Password | These settings are used for Media Composer Cloud, not MediaCentral UX. |
MCS Settings | Messaging URL | Type the URL for the server that hosts your MediaCentral UX Messages pane, using the following syntax: https://MediaCentral server hostname |
To check or modify settings for markers and restrictions in the Interplay | Administrator:
1. Start the Interplay | Administrator application and log in to the server for the appropriate Interplay Production workgroup.
2. In the Application Settings section of the Interplay Administrator window, click the Instinct/Assist User Settings icon.
3. In the Users tree on the left, select an individual user or a group of users.
The settings for the selected user or user group area are displayed in the pane on the right.
4. Select the desired settings and click Apply.
The following table describes settings that are applicable to MediaCentral UX.
Section | Setting | Description |
Permission Settings | Can create locators | If yes, allows the selected user or group to create markers. If no, a user of an Avid editing application can still create markers for an asset, but can check in only the asset, not the marker metadata (an error message is displayed). In most cases, if you want a user to create markers, select “yes” for both “Can create locators” and “Can modify locators.” Both settings are needed because adding text is one aspect of modifying a marker. Administrators and owners have the ability to create markers by default. Other users must have “Can create locators” set to “yes” and must also have a read/write or read/write/delete role for at least one folder that contains the asset. |
Permission Settings | Can modify locators | If yes, allows the selected user or group to modify or delete markers. If no, a user of an Avid editing application can still modify markers on an asset, but can check in only the asset, not the marker metadata (an error message is displayed). Administrators and owners have the ability to modify markers by default. Other users must have “Can modify locators” set to “yes” and must also have a read/write or read/write/delete role for at least one folder that contains the asset. |
Permission Settings | Can create restrictions | If yes, allows the selected user or group to mark a section of a clip with a restriction marker. In most cases, if you want a user to create restrictions, select “yes” for both “Can create restrictions” and “Can modify restrictions.” Adding text is considered modifying a restriction. Administrators and owners have this right set by default. Other users who have this right must also have a read/write or read/write/delete role for at least one folder that contains the asset. |
Permission Settings | Can modify restrictions | If yes, allows the selected user or group to modify a restriction. Administrators and owners have this right set by default. Other users who have this right must also have a read/write or read/write/delete role for at least one folder that contains the asset. |