User manual GRASS VALLEY AURORA PLAYOUT 7 DATASHEET

[. . . ] product data sheet Aurora Playout 7 pL aY B ac K c o N t r o L F o r L I V e studIo product IoN ruNNING W I N d o W s 7/ X p aurora playout lets you control up to six fully mirrored K2/K2 summit playout channels using manual or automatic channel assignment. The Grass ValleyTM AuroraTM production solution integrates with the entire newsproduction process, from acquisition, ingest, and media browsing, to quickturn editing, craft editing, and automated playout. The Aurora Playout system offers highly coordinated live studio playback from the K2 media server/media client and the K2 SummitTM production client. [. . . ] As the story is then played to air, Aurora Playout can frame-accurately trigger the Orad graphics server for direct play-to-air. Clip Trimming During the broadcast, should you be running late, Aurora Playout allows you to trim a story even though it's already on the server. Aurora Playout can dynamically adjust in and/or out points directly from the rundown control interface. This can be done using a hi-res channel from the server, or a lo-res proxy with the addition of the K2 BaseCamp Express content management system. Highly Coordinated News Playback The Aurora Playout system features integrated playback capabilities to deliver the workflow efficiencies that live television studio production environments demand. With its intuitive user interface, the Aurora Playout system lets you control up to six fully mirrored K2 playout Key FeAtures · Up to six-channel system playlist management for K2 or K2 Summit systems · Ability to trigger the Orad Maestro graphics server directly from the control room · Manual or automatic channel assignment · Mirrored playback of backup channels · GPI triggers for and from external devices · Xkeys template support for channel and application control · Jog/shuttle and slow/fast control · MOS NRCS connectivity for instant rundown management · Insert, move, or delete an item in a playlist without interrupting playback · Quickly cue/recue next/previous stories · Automatically skip items that are not ready · Out cue preview ­ see seconds to end of story with auto re-cue · Trim clip ­ can trim top/tail of clip to adjust rundown story length · Head frames displayed in playlist · Viewable duration countdown for each story playing · Editorial duration field for accurate timing in iNEWS, AP ENPS systems · Housekeeper management tool for manual playlist and clip selection · Integrates with Grass Valley Aurora Edit nonlinear editors · Archive play with RS-422 VTR control · K2 BaseCamp Express support for lo-res playback of stories in Playout and at NRCS www. grassvalley. com product data sheet K2 BAseCAmP exPress ­ INteGrAtING AurOrA system APPLICAtIONs When the K2 BaseCamp Express content management module is added to the Aurora system, Ingest, Edit, and Playout will all have access to the same media search and metadata management tools previously only available within Aurora Browse. K2 BaseCamp Express lets you add general and custom metadata and has expanded sortable results, collections, dynamic keyword marking, and integrated on-the-fly logging functionality. The expanded results window, with dynamically positioned columns, enables you to choose what metadata is shown in sortable results. Each user can customize their view using the column picker to show technical, general, or custom metadata when viewing search results. · Enhanced Search ­ use filters for flexible and efficient searches · Explore View ­ explore devices or on-line folders directly without using search tools. If you know where the media is, just go there. You can see both shared storage and inventory from standalone ingest and playout servers · Transfer Tool ­ now integrated into the K2 BaseCamp Express Explore View tools, allows you to drag and drop files and monitor transfer progress between devices · Collections ­ a virtual folder workspace allows you to create public or private folders so that you and others can contribute references to the media. Some of the uses for Collections include selecting clips for projects, selecting clips to be archived or restored, and requests for the media manager, all without actually moving or duplicating media. · Keywords ­ mark keyframe locators and keywords with in/out points and a description to identify selected media for use directly in editing · Scene Detection ­ the K2 BaseCamp Express scene detection engine scans for visual changes in the picture to make review of media faster · Pinnable Windows ­ the K2 BaseCamp Express panels are now pinnable and relocatable so you can customize and resize K2 BaseCamp Express tools within the application · Custom Metadata ­ create and search metadata fields including variable- and unlimited-sized text fields, date, pick list, and numbers NRCS Integration The Aurora Playout platform is compatible with newsroom computer systems using the MOS v2. 8 protocol, such as iNEWS, ENPS, and Octopus. This includes running an embedded plug-in within the NRCS applications, creating MOS objects for tracking stories throughout the workflow, viewing scripts generated from the newsroom systems, and reporting status of stories as they are sent from the editor and played out to air. K2 BaseCamp Express Support When K2 BaseCamp Express is present, you can search for media using customized metadata, restore or send media to or from archive, or just preview stories using lo-res video, eliminating the need to tie up a hi-res playout channel. [. . . ] All other tradenames referenced are service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Specifications subject to change without notice. [. . . ]