Configuring send locations – Grass Valley Aurora Edit LD v.6.5 Installation User Manual
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Chapter 4 Configuring Your System
Configuring Send Locations
After completing a sequence you can send it to a playout machine or to a network video
server. The Send tab allows you to configure Aurora Edit with your send locations
—another Aurora Edit workstation, a Media Server, or a Bin. You can also create a local
send location if you want to store completed sequences on your PC.
The table below describes the Send tab; the procedure for configuring a location follows.
To set up a send location:
1. Click
Add
.
The Add Named Destination to Send List window appears.
2. Enter a
Send Name
to identify the location (displayed on the Send tab).
3. Select the
Send Type
from the drop-down list:
Item
Description
[locations]
The left pane displays the currently configured send locations.
Send Type
Displays the Send Type of the selected location.
Destination
Summary
Displays a summary of the destination settings.
Use Video ID
Check
Use Video ID
if you will be linking to stories on a Newsroom Computer System
(NRCS) that use Video IDs. When you send an Aurora Edit sequence to this location,
the system uses the Video ID as the file name.
Aurora Playout
Destination
Indicates whether this send location is an Aurora Playout server (this is configured
within the send location).
GXF Sequence
Transfer
Check this option if you want to send sequences via GXF. If unselected, Aurora Edit
can send sequences to a Profile Server or K2 in a shared storage system without using
a fiber channel IP connection.
Test for Invalid
Video Server
Characters
Check this option to have Aurora Edit check for invalid characters when creating files,
including creating a new clip, creating a new sequence, renaming a Bin object, sending
a sequence with a video ID, importing a removable media clip, and editing the name
of the sequence when sending to another destination.
Invalid characters are: * \ | / < > : “ ? [ ] % & ‘
Add
Configures a new send location.
Remove
Deletes the selected send location.
Edit
Opens the send location configuration for editing.
Send Type
Description
Vibrint
Select
Vibrint
if the send location is another Aurora Edit or an Aurora Playout system.
Profile*
Select
Profile
if the send location is a K2 Server or M-Series iVDR.
Publish*
Select if you want to transfer sequences.
GXF ftp*
Select
GXF ftp
to send completed sequences as GXF streams that can be used for a
generic FTP site.
GXF file
Select
GXF file
to send completed sequences as GXF files.