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Chapter 1

Avid Artist DNxIV

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

High Quality Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Avid Artist | DNxIV Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

AJA Software and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

What’s In the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

In this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 2

Installation

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Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

System Test Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Cable Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connector Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3

Avid Artist DNxIV Operation

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Front Panel Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Monitor Output and Gain Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Audio Level Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Power LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

XLR Audio Input and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

AJA Control Panel Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

AJA Control Panel Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

AJA Control Panel User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Controlling Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Controlling Application Format Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Control Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Default Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Function Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using Avid Artist | DNxIV for UltraHD/4K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4K/UltraHD Transport Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Avid Artist | DNxIV Audio Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

AJA Control Panel Function Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Summary of Contents for Artist DNxIV

Page 1: ...Avid Artist DNxIV Installation and Operations Guide...

Page 2: ...on it contains However this document may contain omissions technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Avid Technology Inc does not accept responsibility of any kind for customers losses due to the...

Page 3: ...Software 12 Chapter 3 Avid Artist DNxIV Operation 13 Front Panel Operation 13 Monitor Output and Gain Control 13 Audio Level Meters 13 Power LED 14 XLR Audio Input and Controls 14 AJA Control Panel O...

Page 4: ...n 54 Appendix A Specifications 55 Avid Artist DNxIV Tech Specs 55 Video Formats 55 Video Inputs 55 Video Outputs 56 Audio Inputs Digital 56 Audio Inputs Analog 56 Audio Input Analog Microphone 56 Audi...

Page 5: ...n EFTA Regulatory Compliance 60 Korea KCC Compliance Statement 61 Taiwan Compliance Statement 61 Japan Compliance Statement 62 China Compliance Statement 62 Translated Warning and Caution Messages 62...

Page 6: ...he documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware related issues 4 Visit the online Knowledge Base at www avid com support Online services are availabl...

Page 7: ...exibility making it perfect for on set or in the edit suite Features Two Thunderbolt 3 ports supports pass through daisy chaining Four bidirectional SDI BNCs configurable for up to four inputs or four...

Page 8: ...e configured as either Ch 1 8 input Ch 1 8 output Ch1 4 input with Ch 5 8 output or Ch 1 4 output with Ch 5 8 input AJA Software and Utilities Avid Artist DNxIV operates with AJA s Desktop software pa...

Page 9: ...ents Mac OS 10 12 Sierra or later Win 10 or later with all updates 2 5 GHz quad core i7 minimum for HD 3 5 GHz eight core minimum faster processors and more cores recommended for UltraHD 4K workflows...

Page 10: ...king materials and the shipping box for future use should you need to transport your system or return it for service Inside the box you ll find the following components Avid Artist DNxIV 12V power ada...

Page 11: ...to verify that the installation has completed successfully n AJA Control Panel will prompt you to update firmware if the new software package contained a firmware update for your AJA device System Te...

Page 12: ...D SD inputs SDI 1 and SDI 2 and two outputs SDI 3 and SDI 4 Two 4K UltraHD single link 6 12G inputs SDI 1 and SDI 2 and two 4K UltraHD single link 6 12G outputs SDI 3 and SDI 4 One 4K UltraHD two link...

Page 13: ...d LTC Input Two BNC connectors provide reference Input and LTC output The Reference Video input can also be used for LTC input The selection of Reference sync or LTC is set using the AJA Control Panel...

Page 14: ...t Media Composer is installed on your system See the Media Composer Installation Guide here for details on installing the editing application software Before using Avid Artist DNxIV with Avid Media Co...

Page 15: ...level Pushing in the knob extends it for adjustment or recesses it to prevent accidental changes Audio Level Meters The Audio Level Meters in the center of the front panel indicate During Capture The...

Page 16: ...r use with a dynamic microphone Line Input for use with a line level source like an audio mixer 48 Mic Input for use with a condenser mic that requires phantom power The audio from the XLR input can b...

Page 17: ...n when Control Panel is being used without an external controlling application The current Avid Artist DNxIV operating mode is reported on the Control Panel UI screen below the block diagram See AJA C...

Page 18: ...isual representation of the processing if any that s currently occurring including inputs outputs reference source and system status Lines between inputs the framebuffer and outputs show a video path...

Page 19: ...d menu screens or via external application software Device Format The Device Format is the media format written to disk and used in your project This is the format that the framebuffer will use and is...

Page 20: ...lications take control of the interface as soon as they are launched and don t give it up until they quit while other applications take control of the interface only when they are the front most runni...

Page 21: ...unique location on that computer that is dedicated to that particular device serial number and logged in user Then when AJA Control Panel is restarted for any reason the AJA device being controlled re...

Page 22: ...here are three possible shared locations depending on your system C Users Public Aja C Users All Users Aja C ProgramData Aja Copy or move the com aja devicesettings file described above to one of thes...

Page 23: ...r of links and data rates necessary to carry that signal Quadrant Mode In Quadrant Mode you can use four HD or 2K signals 1 5G to input output UltraHD or 4K at 30fps or below or four 3G signals to ena...

Page 24: ...of AJA Control Panel the 2SI method is referred to as 425 which is a reference to the SMPTE 425 standard which defines this method 2 Wire and 4 Wire Modes Using higher data rates it is possible to ca...

Page 25: ...re can route this audio for monitoring This cuts down on unnecessary cabling and means you can take advantage of a consistent audio monitoring environment whatever you are currently doing with your ho...

Page 26: ...NLE application e g via a pass through mix tool Gain Knob SDI Embedded Audio Output HDMI Embedded Audio Output Audio Capture Punch In Voice Over Record to File Analog Audio Output SDI Embedded Audio...

Page 27: ...rce and for setting the Horiz and Vert timing offsets The top of the Control Screen shows the current state of the device and also shows the name of the Application which has control of the board if t...

Page 28: ...G Narrow HDR PQ Narrow or HDR PQ Wide Graphic File Display In addition to the test patterns above a Load File selection at the bottom of the Test Pattern dropdown menu allows you to load a standard RG...

Page 29: ...tist DNxIV due to its excellent freerun accuracy On the Avid Artist DNxIV house sync is connected to LTC Ref In Alternatively Avid Artist DNxIV can receive externally supplied Linear Time Code on that...

Page 30: ...nge to reflect the new format Pixel Format Use this pulldown menu to choose YUV 10 YUV 8 RGB 10 or ARGB 8 or RGB 12 RGB Range The RGB Range pulldown menu allows you to select either Auto Full range 0...

Page 31: ...orted by your editing application Two information panes in the screen are provided Video Input and Audio Input Video Input Source The Source pulldown menu allows you to select the currently selected v...

Page 32: ...t channels DB 25 connector and one analog mic line input Choose from Analog SDI Ch 1 16 HDMI or Mic In Map Channels Here you can select which two audio input channels will be mapped to your editing ap...

Page 33: ...matically selects the output format based on the input or selected format Device Format Selects the framebuffer format for output Video Key When selected this indicates that the SDI 3 video is set to...

Page 34: ...HD DL Dual link HD output using two BNCs The Level B DL format is the mapping of dual link HD SDI SMPTE 372M i e 1080p up to 60 fps in a single serial digital interface at the nominal 3 Gbit s 4K Tran...

Page 35: ...PTE 2Si setting is required for UltraHD 4K HDMI output Other 4K Transport settings will down convert HDMI output to HD or 2K HDMI Output Source For UltraHD 4K formats this pulldown lets you choose Pri...

Page 36: ...I monitor using an HDMI to DVI adapter Color Space Sets the color space bit depth Select from RGBA 8bit RGB 10bit RGB Range This pulldown lets you configure video output range Choose from SMPTE Full H...

Page 37: ...ined in CTA 861 3 and HDMI v2 0a Included are preset primaries values for BT 2020 and DCI P3 color gamuts HDR Settings Colorimetry Auto default SDR Standard Dynamic Range P3 P3 colorspace 2020 BT 2020...

Page 38: ...is determined by the mastering environment Range 0 00000 cd m2 to 1 00000 cd m2 Step size 0 00002 cd m2 Maximum Defines the ceiling of the SMPTE ST 2086 color volume in the case of HDR and is determin...

Page 39: ...ayed see VOut Filters on page 38 Choose between Prefer p Format progressive frames non interlaced output Prefer psf Format progressive segmented frames n If you change this option while your NLE is op...

Page 40: ...me VOut filter This filter is used by older applications that are built on legacy QuickTime architecture such as FCP7 AJA TV and older versions of After Effects Boxes that are checked will define what...

Page 41: ...r most editing scenarios this should remain as Ch 1 2 since most NLEs default to dual track stereo monitoring as a sum of the entire timeline n This setting only applies to dual channel monitoring env...

Page 42: ...le The controls on this screen are dedicated only to monitoring adjustments and do not affect the level at which inbound audio signals are captured to storage The selection check boxes and screen slid...

Page 43: ...o different Audio Mixer screens are available selected by clicking on the Playback Monitor or Capture Monitor tabs During regular editing the Playback tab is used to control your monitoring experience...

Page 44: ...in the Item Select column and its audio can be selected for playback with the checkbox AJA Input Selects for monitoring the audio being input to Avid Artist DNxIV n The AJA Input Item Select dropdown...

Page 45: ...when that source is not selected The levels shown do not change when the gain is adjusted because the input levels are being monitored not the output levels When activated the source gain controls ca...

Page 46: ...io signals being recorded The Audio Mixer screen is dedicated for monitoring only not program mixing The controls on this screen are similar to those on the Playback Monitor Mode screen except the Mai...

Page 47: ...graphics file that has an alpha channel Photoshop etc Settings in the DS Keyer Screen provide control over how the keyer operates and whether it s turned on or off Mode Downstream Keyer Off When this...

Page 48: ...of the foreground key being composited over the background Audio Out Frame Buffer Select audio out to be routed from the Frame Buffer Audio In Select audio out to be routed from the Avid Artist DNxIV...

Page 49: ...ols are activated by selecting a User LUT Type Red Blue and Green curves show the transfer functions of each color n The displayed curves are approximate Curves for some extreme settings may diverge s...

Page 50: ...fset for Red Blue and Green Sliders The sliders on the right can be used to change the values for each color Numeric Entry You also enter a numeric value by clicking on the displayed number and can in...

Page 51: ...line contains 3 integer values in the range 0 1023 representing 10 bit R G B component output values Component values may be separated by one or more commas spaces or tabs The example below show LUT...

Page 52: ...is also used for monitoring the RP 188 timecode embedded in the digital data stream for selecting a timecode offset if required and setting timecode outputs Options Source In RP 188 timecode SMPTE 12M...

Page 53: ...s Screen After configuring the AJA Control Panel screens you can then save all your settings as a snapshot for later recall called a preset In this way you can organize presets for all your typical ta...

Page 54: ...ile and do one of the following If a Default Global Preference if found it is loaded and the device is set to this state If a Default Global Preference file is not found factory defaults are loaded an...

Page 55: ...cess the firmware install screen Click install to erase current firmware and load the firmware version contained in your current driver installation Note the Installation message shown below You will...

Page 56: ...ens 54 Info Screen The Info Screen shows the software files that have been installed on your system This information may be needed if you talk to a Customer Service representative to determine if file...

Page 57: ...DI SMPTE 2081 10 bit and 8 bit 3G SDI SMPTE 259 292 296 424 425 12 bit 10 bit and 8 bit 4K UltraHD 4 4 4 4 x BNC 1 5G SDI SMPTE 372M Dual Link HD 4 4 4 2x BNC 12 bit 10 bit and 8 bit 1 5G SDI SMPTE 29...

Page 58: ...ut or Output Additionally 12G SDI 6G SDI configured outputs support UltraHD 4K only Bit depth support is application dependent Check with your software manufacturer for compatibility HLG support is ap...

Page 59: ...ation chosen Downstream Keyer Supports graphics up to 2K HD with alpha channel over video matte or framebuffer or framebuffer content over incoming video or matte Down Conversion 4K UltraHD Real time...

Page 60: ...lbs 1 5 kg Power device only 10 20V 30W typical 36W max 70W max with USB C power delivery to external devices Environment Safe Operating Temperature Range 0 to 40C 32xF to 104xF Safe Storage Temperat...

Page 61: ...eceiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution This devi...

Page 62: ...this symbol indicates compliance with the Essential Requirements of the EMC Directive of the European Union 2014 30 EU This equipment meets the following conformance standards This equipment meets th...

Page 63: ...recycling please contact your local authority or where you purchased your product Korea KCC Compliance Statement Taiwan Compliance Statement This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Bure...

Page 64: ...onventions and warning messages apply to this product and manual c Warning Symbol w Caution Symbol Before Operation Please Read These Instructions c Warning Read and follow all warning notices and ins...

Page 65: ...n las instrucciones del fabricante Aviso N o obstrua nenhuma das aberturas de ventila o Instale de acordo com as instru es do fabricante Avviso Non ostruire le aperture di ventilazione Installare in c...

Page 66: ...JA Warnung ffnen Sie das Geh use nicht Keine der Ger teteile k nnen vom Benutzer gewartet werden Durch das ffnen des Geh uses wird die Garantie hinf llig es sei denn solche Wartungsarbeiten werden in...

Page 67: ...funciona de modo normal o se ha ca do Aviso Remeta todos os servi os de manuten o para o pessoal de assist ncia qualificado A presta o de servi os de manuten o exigida quando o dispositivo foi danific...

Page 68: ...stitui o da tomada obsoleta Avviso Non compromettere la sicurezza della spina polarizzata o con messa a terra Una spina polarizzata ha due spinotti di cui uno pi largo Una spina con messa a terra ha d...

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