Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.7.0 - Manual (Page 8)

What is the Aurora Browse system?
The Aurora Browse system comprises the MediaFrame server and Aurora Browse
client. The MediaFrame server processes an incoming feed and simultaneously encodes
it into two formats: a low-resolution format stored locally on the Network Attached
Storage (NAS) unit, and a high-resolution format stored on the K2 server.
The Aurora Browse system creates video thumbnails and storyboards. From your PC,
you can use the Aurora Browse client to mark in-points and out-points using the
low-resolution media. The Aurora Browse system also provides a rich metadata search
engine that allows you to search for assets using various criteria. It can also monitor
the K2 server to create low-resolution files that do not exist, and stream live feeds.
Using the Aurora Browse system, you can archive and restore high-resolution media.
The archived media is still visible from the system.
Components of the Aurora Browse system
The Aurora Browse system is a distributed application that runs on multiple, specialized
servers.
While installations may differ in that some servers may either be absent or duplicated,
a basic Aurora Browse system consists of the following:
Description Aurora Browse component
The user’s component of the Aurora Browse system
is on your own PC. It accesses the MediaFrame
server. Aurora Browse Client
The central component of the Aurora Browse system
is the MediaFrame server. It manages the other MediaFrame Server
system components, manages the metadata database,
and runs the web server to support the Aurora
Browse client on your PC.
The NAS unit stores the low-resolution video clips
and video thumbnails. Network Attached Storage (NAS)
The Advanced Encoder, also known as the Aurora
Proxy Encoder, creates proxy versions of Advanced Encoder (Aurora Proxy
Encoder)
high-resolution video assets that already exist or are
actively being recorded on a video server, processes
proxy content and extracts thumbnail images to be
used for proxy identification, extracts dynamic scene
detection images for storyboard creation, and renders
low bitrate proxy content. The Advanced Encoder
processes entirely in the digital domain.
8 Aurora Browse User Guide 10 March 2010
Aurora Browse Overview