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to the MediaFrame server, displays the connection status and attempts to reconnect
when the connection is broken.
About Aurora Ingest workstations
Aurora Ingest has a client/server architecture that allows for multiple simultaneous
users. It supports simultaneous event creation, event modification, event deletion,
event monitoring, and resource viewing from multiple workstations.
Each workstation can control up to eight VTRs for batch list creation and batch ingest.
You can work with either directly attached VTRs and dedicated server ports or through
a router.
You can trigger multiple channel records from disparate sources simultaneously and
schedule record events without reference to physical server port. Aurora Ingest
automatically allocates any available port as determined at the optimum time before
the record event is scheduled to begin. RS-422 router level control allows any
router-connected VTR to be controlled by any Aurora Ingest channel.
About Aurora Ingest applications
Aurora Ingest consists of the following applications:
• Aurora Ingest Server, which lets you configure the other Aurora Ingest applications
for batch or feed events, as well as monitor the status of the media servers, database
server, MediaFrame server, routers, CompuSat satellite dish control system, and
channels. You can also access logs ang manage user accounts for Aurora Ingest
clients.
• VTR Controller, which lets you monitor and manage the VTRs you use with VTR
Ingest.
• VTR Ingest, which lets you ingest footage from VTRs and import or export Edit
Decision Lists (EDLs). Supporting up to eight channels, VTR Ingest can record
footage and configurable handle durations. It lets you set mark points using either
the VTR, the PC keyboard, or the mouse. You can ingest a single item or build a
batch list of items to capture from multiple tapes. You can also create a batch list
offline and then import the list into VTR Ingest as a common EDL. Once you create
a batch list, you can optimize the list by timecode, which allows the material to be
ingested in the shortest time possible, or manually arrange the batch list items in
order to prioritize immediately needed clips.
• Scheduler, which lets you schedule ingest feed events from a media server,
CompuSat satellite dish control system, VizuAll Inc.'s ScheduALL application,
router source or VTR. You can also schedule events to record, up to three years in
advance, on each server port, including recurring events. Schedule Viewer provides
an easily readable way to see all ports and more specifically the task assigned to
each port.
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Introducing Aurora Ingest