Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.3 - Manual (Page 14)

14 Aurora Playout User Guide September 2007
Chapter 1 Introducing Aurora Playout
• Assignment List Plug-in
• Assignment List Manager
• Housekeeper utility
• SDB Server
• XMOS Server
• Thumbnail Server
Each component plays a different role in the newsroom workflow and is introduced
later in this chapter.
Terms You Should Know
To use Aurora Playout effectively and efficiently, you should become familiar with
these terms:
Using Aurora Playout
You can use Aurora Playout in two ways:
• To create playlists by linking to a newsroom computer system (NCS)
• To create playlists manually in Aurora Playout
Term Definition
Clip 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.
Placeholder An item (in the Aurora Playout Assignment List Plug-in or the Assignment List
Manager) reserved for a clip that doesn’t yet exist or is not complete. Clips are
linked in the playlist and played to air.
Script The textual information for a news story in the newsroom computer system
(NCS) rundown. Scripts can also reference electronic media, such as clips from
a media server.
Sequence Edited media, consisting of different clips and subclips edited using the Aurora
Edit editing system.
Story The story — a collection of clips, sequences, and scripts — is the complete
news segment that plays to air.