Working with Adobe Premiere Pro. Imagine communications Nexio Player

Nexio Player is a multi-purpose player application designed to work with either high-res Nexio or low-res Nexio Global Proxy systems. Nexio Player is also designed to work with Adobe Premiere Pro as a media browser.

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You can use Nexio Player to filter, search, and sort IDs in the high-res MediaBase, preview the ID inside the embedded video player and then drag-and-drop the ID from the MediaBase into

Adobe® Premiere® Pro. Premiere Pro uses the media linked through the mapped Nexio CIFS share for direct on-SAN editing.

Connections and Settings

Nexio CIFS Share

Nexio CIFS share is typically set up with its own network drive.

For Example: 172.16.239.23/Nexio01 mapped as drive Z:

The Windows 7 client will authenticate with CIFS using a Nexio login and password.

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Nexio CIFS

Connection

Nexio CIFS is only required when using Nexio Player with Adobe

Premiere Pro.

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On the Windows 7 client, map new network drive for the Nexio

CIFS share.

For Example: 172.16.239.23/Nexio1/ mapped as drive “Z:” (or another drive letter).

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Make sure to enable Connect using different credentials.

Nexio CIFServer should be running on the host gateway and will be shown once the client is connected.

Windows clients will authenticate with CIFS using a Nexio user login and password.

See section Connecting from Windows 7 Client workstation in the current Nexio FCP Integration Gateway User Guide.

The CIFS share will be entered in the Nexio Player settings >

Mounted path.

Up to 5 Adobe Premiere Pro PC clients can be connected to the

Nexio CIFServer.

Premiere Pro and Nexio FTP

You can use Premiere Pro’s Export Media function to export edited media to the Nexio FTP Server. The Nexio FTP Server must be be configured and running before you can use it with Premiere Pro.

You cannot install Adobe Premiere Pro on the same machine used to run your Nexio CIFS Server

NEXIO Player

User Guide

In Premiere Pro, navigate to Export Settings (File > Export >

Media), then click the checkbox on the FTP tab to enable FTP export.

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Here are the settings you should use in Premiere Pro to export to

Nexio FTP Server.

Server Name: enter the IP address of the Nexio FTP Server.

Port: change the port to match that of the your FTP Server

(default is 2098).

Remote Directory: leave blank.

User Login: use "admin" or other generic login.

Password: use "admin" or other generic password.

Retries: set to “1”

Send local file to Recycle Bin: enable to cleanup local temp files.

To validate the connection to the FTP server, click the Test button.

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Supported

Codecs

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This table lists codecs that have been tested with Adobe Premiere

Pro and Nexio CIFS share. Some codecs are not supported natively through Premiere Pro and require specific 3rd party codecs. You can use the following links to download 3rd party codecs.

Calibrated Software

Avid

All 3rd party codecs require Quicktime.

Note. QuickTime is required in order to run Calibrated {Q} software.

Codec

DV25/DVCAM

DV25/DVCPRO

DVCPRO50

DVCPRO HD

AVC-Intra

DNxHD

IMX

HDV

XDCAM HD

XDCAM EX

XDCAM HD422

Supported

Natively

Requires

Calibrated {Q}

Calibrated{Q}

AVC-Intra Decode

Avid Codecs LE

Calibrated{Q} IMX

Decode

Calibrated{Q} XD

Decode

NEXIO Player

User Guide

Premiere Pro

Settings

Sequence Settings

Format

DVCPRO HD

XDCAM HD 422

Sequence Settings

DV-NTSC/PAL > Standard/Widescreen

48kHz

DV-NTSC/PAL > Standard Widescreen

48kHZ

XDCAM HD422 > 1080i or 720p > 25 or 30

Export Settings

Format

DVCPRO HD

XDCAM HD 422

Export Settings

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Format: MXF OP1a

Preset: Custom

Output Name: your_clip_name.mxf

(also set local path to export to)

Video Codec: DV 25 NTSC or PAL

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Format: Quicktime

Preset: Custom (ignore)

Output Name: your_clip_name.mxf

(also set local path to export to)

Video Codec: DVCPRO HD 1080i60/

50 or 720p60/50

Audio Codec: Uncompressed

Format: MXF OP1a

Preset: XDCAM HD422 1080i or 720p/

25 or 30 (50i or 60i) (The Preset selection will change to "Custom" when FTP is enabled below)

Output Name: your_clip_name.mxf

(also set local path to export to)

Video Codec: XDCAMHD 50 PAL or

NTSC (4:2:2) (This should follow the preset set above. Validate that Field

Order is not set to Progressive.)

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Using Nexio

Player with

Premiere Pro

The best way to use Nexio Player with Adobe Premiere Pro is to position both applications on your workspace so you can drag and drop clip IDs from the MediaBase into the Premiere Pro project tab.

You can drag and drop the ID from the MediaBase to the Premiere

Pro bin or sequence either from the ID list in the MediaBase or from the video window of the loaded ID.

NEXIO Player

User Guide

Once the ID has been dropped in the bin, Premiere Pro links to the file via the CIFS share path. This allows for direct access without copying or moving the file. Linking support includes video as .mov, audio as .aiff, and stills as .jpg, .tif, .tga, .png, .bmp, or .psd.

If the file cannot be linked to, an error will display.

Key features

Multi-purpose player application
High-res and low-res Nexio support
Adobe Premiere Pro media browser integration
MediaBase filtering, search and sorting
ID preview with transport controls
Full screen and closed caption viewing
Subclipping and locator marks
DNxHD and H.264 playback options
Hardware output with Blackmagic DeckLink

Frequently asked questions

The minimum system requirements are an Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Dual-Core Processor (2GHz Dual-Core, 4MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB), 4GB RAM, 256MB Graphics Card, Gigabit Ethernet Port (Intel NIC recommended), 48K 16 bit soundcard, and Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate x64.

You must set the Windows User Account Control settings to the lowest option. To do this, navigate to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > User Accounts, select Change User Account Control settings, set the control to Never Notify, and click OK.

The Nexio Settings window is used to configure Nexio Player to your network. It allows you to specify the IP addresses of your License Server, GPRX Server, and LLM (high-res server). You can also enable high-res playback, indicate CIFS compatible files, enable locators, and configure other settings.

To create a subclip, use the Mark-In and Mark-Out points in a parent clip, then click the subclip icon. The Create Subclip pop-up displays showing a default name. You can also assign an Agency to the subclip.

The three software options available for Nexio Player are NXA-NXP-OUT, NXA-NXP-DNXHD, and NXA-NXP-H264. All three options are only applicable for use with high-resolution media.