Grass Valley Aurora Ingest v.7.0.0 - Manual (Page 12)

Introducing Aurora Ingest
Aurora Ingest is an automated media digitization system, made up of several integrated
applications, that allows you to ingest footage from VTRs, feeds from a router, or files
from multiple Digital Media Cameras and Digital Media Recorders, all directly to a
media server in your operation.
The Aurora Ingest system supports the K2 Media Server and Media Client system,
K2 Summit Production Client system and M-Series iVDR (Intelligent Video Disk
Recorder). You can configure your system to record clips into two servers in parallel.
If one server fails or has inadequate storage, only the recording on that server will be
stopped. When the system continues to the next clip, the storage capacity on both
servers is checked again, allowing parallel recording to resume if storage is made
adequate.
Raw footage comes from a VTR connected directly to the Aurora Ingest workstation,
a CompuSat satellite dish control system, a router source or a removable media device.
While you connect the media servers to the Aurora Ingest workstation using AMP
Sockets, you need RS-422 connection from the VTR to the Aurora Ingest workstation
to have control of the VTR in the Aurora Ingest windows. For router sources, Aurora
Ingest supports the SMS 7000, Acappella, Encore control and Jupiter systems. For
removable media, Aurora Ingest supports devices such as Infinity, Panasonic P2, Sony
XDCAM and JVC.
The integration of MediaFrame with Aurora Ingest adds asset management feature
and metadata capabilities to the system. With MediaFrame asset management tools,
users can apply, add, edit and search metadata of assets created within the ingest
process. Users can also play low-resolution video versions of ingested assets. Aurora
Ingest Server monitors the connection to the MediaFrame server, displays the
connection status and attempts to reconnect when the connection is broken. MediaFrame
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Introducing Aurora Ingest