ProTools HD 5.1 – How to setup 5_1 Monitoring in ProTools suite 4 and 5

Open ProTools>Create Session or open existing session
Choose Create Blank Session and or Open an existing session 24 Bit 48Khz and use I/O Last Used Click OK
Title the session and choose a destination to save the session. DO NOT USE THE DESKTOP TO SAVE!!! CLICK Save
Next go to >Setup>Playback Engine
Choose HDX 256 Samples Voices 256 all default settings Click OK
Next go to >Setup>Hardware
Go to Main Tab Input should be set to Analog 1-2 Can change this to whatever you have plugged into the snake Output should be set to Analog 1-2 Analog 3-4 Analog 5-6 Analog 7-8
Next to to Setup > I/O
Click on Output Tab
Click on Import Settings
Navigate to the I/O settings and choose UT_RTF_Default.pio
Yes to Delete existing unused paths?
Output will change to the default 5.1 surround settings as shown here Click OK
Next Import the video into the project Choose Import Video
Navigate to the video file that you want to view in the ProTools session
Choose New Track Import Audio Click OK
Choose to import at Session Start
Choose to enable the Video Engine Click Yes here
If you would like to use the audio off the video file choose to save it to the default Audio Drive folder
Video Engine will launch and you should be able to see the image on the projector automatically