Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.5 - Manual (Page 12)

About Aurora Playout
Aurora Playout is a playback control system that controls media servers for live
playback. It includes tools to integrate the program production workflow between a
media server, Aurora Edit, MediaFrame and optionally a newsroom computer system.
Aurora Playout is compatible with these systems:
Profile Video Server Media Server
K2
M-Series iVDR
Aurora Edit Editing Application
MediaFrame plug-in from Aurora Browse Asset Management Tool
Associated Press Electronic News Production System (ENPS) Newsroom Computer
System
Avid Technology iNEWS
Octopus Newsroom
By using Aurora Playout with a media server for server playout in live programs you
can effectively replace four to six tape machines, depending on your media server.
Aurora Playout displays each channel simultaneously and you can control playout
with a keyboard and mouse, or with GPI buttons.
Aurora Playout consists of seven software components:
• Main Aurora Playout application
• Assignment List Plug-in
• Assignment List Manager
• Housekeeper utility
• SDB Server
• XMOS Server
• Thumbnail Server
Terms You Should Know
To use Aurora Playout effectively and efficiently, you should become familiar with
terms that are frequently used with Aurora products.
Definition Term
A piece of media you can edit, containing video, audio, or both. Once a
sequence is sent from a Aurora Edit workstation to a media server it becomes
a clip again. All clips and subclips merge into one clip. Clip
Combination of the MediaFrame database information, metadata, physical
asset or assets on the server, and proxy assets. Logical Asset
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Introducing Aurora Playout