User manual GRASS VALLEY AURORA INGEST 7 DATASHEET

[. . . ] product data sheet Aurora Ingest 7 I N G es t M a N aG e M e N t F o r s h a r e d p r o d u c t I o N sYs t e M s r u N N I N G W I N d o W s 7/ X p aurora Ingest is a high-availability scheduling system that fit the needs of the largest tapeless production environments. The Grass ValleyTM AuroraTM Ingest system offers highly coordinated ingest management for the K2 media server/ media client platform, including the K2 SummitTM production client. Designed for workflow efficiency and flexibility, the solution is highly configurable, ranging from simple single workstations for small operations to fully networked, high-availability scheduling systems that fit the needs of the largest tapeless production environments running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With its intuitive user interface, the Aurora Ingest system lets ingest operators or non-technical staff control large numbers of K2 channels using manual or automatic channel assignment. [. . . ] Adding K2 BaseCamp Express, Aurora's content management system, enables entering of descriptive metadata for scheduled events, even before material exists--saving time and enabling production teams to discover relevant media that will soon be ingested and useful for their story. If breaking news demands it, the Aurora Ingest solution allows you to bypass the editing process altogether: you can link incoming content to Aurora Playout placeholders and be on the air within seconds after recording begins. Aurora Ingest Centralized Ingest NRCS Integration The Aurora Ingest system is the first solution to enable server recordings to be scheduled from within a newsroom computer system. ENPS newsroom users can send ingest schedules to the Aurora Ingest platform in exactly the same way that producers send playout rundowns to playback systems. Standards-Based PC Configuration The Aurora Ingest solution runs on a standard PC. This reliance on standardsbased technologies allows broadcasters to leverage the cost efficiencies of rapidly evolving technologies. This approach makes upgrades easier too, typically involving a simple software upgrade or board swap. 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 product data sheet SpECIFICATIONS Ingest Management for K2, Profile, M-Series · Encore, Series 7000, Jupiter, and Acappella router control · Controls audio, video, timecode, and RS-422 router levels · CompuSat satellite dish management interface · MOS newsroom computer system scheduling interface (requires Aurora Playout) · ENPS assignment grid schedule integration · ScheduAll integration for two-way feed scheduling ORdERING INFORmATION Recommended Specifications Processor: Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2. 3 GHz Memory: 2 GB Graphics: Discrete graphics w/128 MB of dedicated memory and support for Direct3D 9 and Shader Model 3. 0 System drive: 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA Optical drive: CD/DVD Network: Gigabit Ethernet (2) OS: Windows 7 (32/64-bit) or Windows XP Professional SP3 (32-bit) Notes: It is the customer's responsibility to insure that the system has sufficient number and type of expansion slots to meet the intended use. 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