Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.5 - Manual (Page 6)

What is Aurora Browse?
Aurora Browse 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.
Aurora Browse creates video thumbnails and storyboards. From your PC, you can
mark in-points and out-points using the low-resolution media. Aurora Browse also
provides a rich metadata search engine that allows you to search for assets using
various criteria. Aurora Browse can also monitor the K2 server to create low-resolution
files that do not exist, and stream live feeds.
From the Aurora Browse application you can archive and restore high-resolution
media. Archived media is still visible from the Aurora Browse application.
Related Links
Logging in to the Aurora Browse client on page 7
Customizing the Aurora Browse window on page 9
About roles on page 11
Components of Aurora Browse
Aurora Browse 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 Aurora Browse
server. Aurora Browse Client
The central component of the Aurora Browse system
is the Aurora Browse 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.
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