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This document provides information on how to use the Avid Interplay Export to Harris
service. The Quick Start section lists the required steps to send a sequence for Harris
playback using an AirSpeed®. The remaining sections provide more detailed information
about this process.
Contents
Quick Start - Sending a Sequence for Harris Playback Using an AirSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing and Starting the Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Service within the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Defining Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Transferring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sequence Segments Ready for Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Avid Interplay Export to Harris Service – Technical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Technical Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Quick Start - Sending a Sequence for Harris
Playback Using an AirSpeed
Preparing the Sequence
• The first frame of the Sequence must have Audio or Video media and not just filler.
• Assign a Tape ID for the Sequence.
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Overview
Send To Playback
Before using Avid Interplay Export To Harris, transfer the Sequence media to an AirSpeed
using the Send To Playback command. This step renders all Sequence effects and is a
required step before using Avid Interplay Export To Harris.
Where profile is a profile created using the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status
tool. For information on setting up profiles, see “Creating a Profile” on page 10, and the Avid
Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.
The Sequence Segments are now ready to be scheduled and sent to air on cue by the Harris
Automation System from the Avid AirSpeed.
Overview
The Avid Interplay Export to Harris service is a Media Service Engine service that allows
Avid Sequence metadata to be sent to a Harris Automation System indicating Segments of
the Sequence for programmable playback. The data sent allows the Harris Air Client Playlist
to play on cue the Sequence media sent to AirSpeed with the Send To Playback Transfer
function.
When an Avid Sequence is exported with the Export to Harris service, a Spot is created or
updated in the Harris database. The Spot can be either a Single-Segment or a Multi-Segment
Spot. The data sent includes Sequence name, Tape ID, and, for each Segment, the start time,
duration, and an identifying number.
Prior to export, Segments are defined in an Avid Sequence by adding a matching pairs of
Segment ‘start’ and ‘end’ Locators to the Sequence timeline. Segment ‘start’ and ‘end’
Locators are standard Locators with comment text specific to the Export To Harris
operation. When exported, the service inspects all the Locators and identifies those that
indicate the start and end of Segments. The Sequence might include any number of Locators
used for other purposes. The service simply ignores those Locators that it does not identify
as Segment Locators.
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Installing and Starting the Service
The Avid Interplay Export to Harris service is installed and started the same as other Media
Service service. For Export to Harris installation, see the Export To Harris folder at the top
level of the Avid Interplay Installer DVD. For details on Avid Interplay Media Services
Engine, see Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.
Configuration
There are 8 properties that must be set the first time the Avid Interplay Export to Harris
service is installed and used. For more information, see “Configuring Provider Settings” on
page 10.
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Defining Segments
Defining Segments
A segment is defined by placing a start Locator on the first frame and an end Locator on the
last frame of each segment. These start and end Locators are recognized by specific start or
end keywords followed by a unique segment number in the comment text of the Locator.
A sequence sent with just one pair of valid start and end segment Locators creates a
Single-Segment Spot in the Harris database. A sequence sent with several pairs of valid start
and end segment Locators creates a Multi-Segment Spot in the Harris database.
Additionally, a sequence sent with no segment Locators creates a Single-Segment Spot that
contains the entire Sequence media.
The designated Segments must be exclusive portions of the Sequence Timeline (no
overlapping Segments). The next Segment’s start Locator must be placed after the previous
Segment’s end Locator, and so forth.
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• Spaces and leading 0’s are allowed between the keyword and the Segment number.
For example, “start1”, “start 1”, “start01”, “start001”, and “start 01” are all valid.
Any other characters between the keyword and Segment number invalidate it.
For example, “start:1”, “start#1”, “start_1” are not valid and will not be identified as a
Segment Locator.
In general, keyword text is not case sensitive.
• The keyword and Segment number can be followed by additional text. This trailing text
is ignored by the Export To Harris service and does not invalidate the Segment Locator.
For example, “start4 PSA#2”, “start 4 PSA#2”, “start 4 PSA #2”, and “start04 - PSA#2”
are all valid syntax for the start Locator of Segment 4.
Syntax Errors
The service does not attempt to identify syntax errors in the Locator comment text. Locators
that do not meet the above criteria or contain misspellings (for example, “strt1”) are simply
not interpreted as Segment definition Locators and are ignored. A syntax error in one
Locator of a Segment’s Locator pair is likely to result in a “missing Locator” error as
described below. Syntax errors in both start and end Locators of a Segment results in the
Segment not being seen by the service altogether and no error will be reported.
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Transferring
Transferring
Once the Sequence is ready to send, first the media is sent to AirSpeed using the Interplay
Transfer function Send To Playback.
Spots are uniquely specified in the Harris system by an identifier and a Spot type
(Single-Segment or Multiple-Segment). During an Export to Harris operation, the Harris
identifier is given the Avid Tape ID, and the type is set to Single or Multiple depending upon
the existence of one or more than one Segment in the Sequence.
As per the rules of Send To Playback, the Sequence must have a Tape ID and this Tape ID
then becomes the Harris identifier as well (using Export To Harris) matching the AirSpeed
entry.
The Harris system can take up to 32 characters in the identifier, but the constraint is set by
the AirSpeed. In the AirSpeed Set Up parameter “Max Video ID Length”, the Tape ID
length has the option of 8 or 31 (not 32) characters.
The Export To Harris service assumes that Sequences are in Drop Frame TC mode, but the
service can accommodate Non-Drop Sequences with no errors or problems with playback of
the related AirSpeed media; the AirSpeed Set Up parameter “TC Mode” must be set to Drop
though for proper cueing and playback.
In the process, the Export To Harris service converts all Non-Drop Sequences to Drop Frame
and the Harris System database will contain TC converted numbers and not the original
Non-Drop TC numbers.
Therefore, TC points and at times Segment durations will differ from what the user sees in
their original Non-Drop Sequence.
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Exporting
After sending the Sequence media to AirSpeed, its metadata is then sent to the Harris
Automation System using the Avid Interplay Export To Harris service.
Highlight the Sequence in the Bin and select File > Media Services > Avid Interplay Export
To Harris Service > Profile, or right-click the Sequence and select Media Services > Avid
Interplay Export To Harris Service > Profile. Where profile is a profile created using the
Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool. For information on setting up profiles, see
“Creating a Profile” on page 10 and the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s
Guide.
Before the export, the Sequence must have all effects rendered (not ExpertRender). Not
rendering the effects will result in the loss of all Segment Locator metadata making a Single
Segment entry of the entire Sequence. This will not show up as an error in the Media
Services Job List. Instead, because no Locator data reached the Media Services service, it
will appear as an unintended but seemingly valid Single-Segment Spot.
First using the Send To Playback (sending to AirSpeed), by default, automatically renders
the entire Sequence. Therefore, when the Sequence is then sent using the Avid Interplay
Export To Harris service, it is already rendered. If the Send To Playback created a “Sequence
Name.transfer” copy of the Sequence in the Bin, then use that new Sequence for the Export
To Harris.
When the Sequence metadata is transferred to the Harris Automation System, the Harris
identifier is given the Avid Tape ID, and the Spot type is set to Single or Multiple depending
upon there being one or more Segments in the Sequence. Spots with the same Tape ID but
different types (Single or Multi-Segment) can co-exist in the Harris database.
Because Single-Segment and a Multi-Segment Spots with the same identifier can co-exist in
the Harris database, if a particular Sequence is changed from one Spot type to the other
(Multiple to Single or visa versa) and then re-exported, the Harris System will retain two
entries, one of each Spot type, under the same identifier.
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Sequence Segments Ready for Air
For example, if a Sequence was sent as a Single-Segment, and then was sent again with the
same Tape ID after a few additional Segments were specified (making it a Multi-Segment
Spot). A new Multi-Segment Spot is entered in the Harris database with the same identifier
as the earlier Single-Segment Spot. This is a possible source of confusion for the Harris
Playlist Programmer and avoiding this is recommended.
When browsing for the Export to Harris service zip file, search for:
ExportToHarrisService.zip
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Creating a Profile
You need to create a profile to use when performing an Export to Harris operation. After you
create a profile it is available from the Export to Harris menu when you right-click an asset.
n Currently, there are no profile settings available for the Export to Harris operation.
However, a profile is required for the Export to Harris operation.
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Avid Interplay Export to Harris Service – Technical Notes
Provider Name Name of the provider you specified when registering the none
provider.
Media Service Engine Host name of the system running the Avid Interplay Media none
Hostname Service Engine.
Harris DB Host IP address of the system on which the Harris database is running localhost
Harris DB Port Port on the above system that the Harris database listens to 1433
Harris DB User User name of a user with Harris database privileges none
System Configuration
TC Mode Drop
Channels
a. Any other Control Configuration setting, like “VDCP Record” or “Sony Play1 or Record,” can be used
for ingesting from other sources, but the Control Configuration setting should be set to “VDCP Play1
Play2” for use with the Export To Harris service.
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Harris Database Mappings
Avid Sequence data is mapped to the Harris database according to the following charts.
ASDB Table
Every exported Avid Sequence generates an entry in the ASDB table as follows:
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Avid Interplay Export to Harris Service – Technical Notes
ASSEG Table
Type ‘m’
NoteDateTimea
NoteContenta
a. These database fields are not set during the initial install and use, or modified during updates.
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