Third-Party Video Capture Cards

The following third-party video capture card has been tested for use with Pro Tools|HD systems with Pro Tools 5.3 and 5.3.1:

• Aurora Fuse — Aurora Fuse drivers 2.0.2 or higher required. These drivers are available for free download from the Digidesign Support/Downloads/Utilities & Links
• Note: The Aurora Fuse has been discontinued by the manufacturer, and will not function with Mac OS X.

Firewire Playback of Quicktime DV Movies

New in Pro Tools 5.3.1 for Pro Tools|HD Macintosh systems. With the addition of an external DV transcoder (decoder), you can play QuickTime DV Movies out through your computer's Firewire port. These can include QuickTime movies exported from Avid XPressDV. Pro Tools 5.3.1 supports the Canopus ADVC-100 for playback of Quicktime DV movies via the FireWire port. This card supports both NTSC and PAL rates, and can record audio simultaneously with video. QuickTime DV performance may vary, depending on the specifics of your system and projects.

To digitize Quicktime DV video for use with Pro Tools, any application that can properly create DV25 Quicktime movies can be used. We have tested digitized files from Avid XpressDV 3.5 and Final Cut Pro 3.0, each using FireWire input or analog capture using the Canopus ADVC-100. The Canopus supports composite or S-Video inputs as well as clock locked analog audio inputs via RCA connectors.

The suggested Movie Sync Offset for this transcoder is 22 quarter frames for NTSC & 18 quarter frames for PAL. Other transcoders will work with Pro Tools, but Digidesign has not qualified them, and your performance may vary.

See the Pro Tools TDM 5.3.1 Addendum for additional information on Firewire playback of QuickTime DV Movies and exporting QuickTime DV from Avid XPressDV.