Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.7.0 - Manual (Page 95)

1. Click SDB Server on the taskbar of your desktop to display the window.
2. Select Tools | Repopulate Rundown Items.
You could see the change from “Unknown Placeholder” to the previous name
of the placeholder in the rundown list.
3. Open the Housekeeper application and associate the clip to the repopulated
placeholder.
Restoring backup database of SDB Server
You also have the option to restore your backup database in case the current database
is corrupted or your system crashed.
For extra precaution, it is also advisable to have a backup database server on another
machine on your network.
1. Click SDB Server on the taskbar of your desktop to display the window.
2. Select Tools | Restore Backup Database.
Creating a Thumbnail folder
Regardless of which media server you’re using, you need to create a directory in which
to store video thumbnails.
1. Navigate to C:\Aurora Playout .
2. Create a folder and name it Thumbnails .
3. Right-click on the folder, select Sharing , and click Share this folder .
4. Click OK .
Configuring the XMOS Server
The XMOS Server provides communication between the Newsroom Computer System
and Aurora Playout.
1. From the Start menu, choose Programs | Grass Valley | Aurora | XMOS Server .
2. Choose Tools | Options .
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Configuring Aurora Playout