Grass Valley K2 Edge Engineering Manual v4.1 - Manual (Page 7)

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 7
Databases and storage
Asset info
TX/MAM databases Asset info and Metadata:
Assets contain Asset info and metadata such as file type, external
reference, duration. Metadata field are customizable metadata, for
instance artist, title, and episode.
Jobs and statuses:
Assets can have configurable jobs and statuses that are visible in
TX/MAM. Jobs can be executed automatically and/or manually.
Workflow:
Workflow steps can be defined using the status of an Asset or Asset Job.
Essences
Media Files
Storage Essences (Asset media files) are stored on the K2 Summit storage server.
Files are transferred to the playout nodes for playout.
Playlists
POC client/TX/MAM db
Playout databases Playlists are saved on the POC client or in the TX/MAM database.
Activated Playlists are stored in the playout databases on the main and
backup nodes.
Channel Packs
Storage
TX/MAM database A Channel Pack contains the following items:
Scene graph:
The scene graph contains all Objects, Templates and Scene Parameters
that were defined during the design process.
Assets:
All fixed Assets that were imported during the design process are stored in
content-type specific folders within the Channel Pack. The following
folders can be found in a Channel Pack:
Animations.
Applets.
Audio files.
Font files.
Mesh clip files.
Metadata definition files. These files are not used during playout (only
used during design by Channel Composer).
Still graphic files.
Video files.
Channel Pack Assets are not listed in the TX/MAM Asset list.
Channel Composer Project
This is the project file used by Channel Composer and it is not used during
playout (it is only used during design by Channel Composer).
Contents Description
The contents description file (contents.xml) is intended for third-party
implementers and describes the contents of a Channel Pack in detail in
XML-format.