Grass Valley GV STRATUS Playout v.2.0 - Manual (Page 62)

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Registering and Managing Assets
Configuring the watch folder
• Click OK.
7 Verify that the registration was completed. In GV STRATUS Playout open the Settings >
Device Settings page and find the device you created in the Devices list and verify that
it no longer shows as PENDING in the IP column. It should display the IP address of the
computer where the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway was installed.
Configuring the watch folder
The watch folder is a folder in your network which stores the files that are ready to be
registered or imported. The watch folder is specified in the Inbox Folder field. The GV
STRATUS Playout Gateway monitors that folder for new media files or schedules. When
media files are discovered, they are automatically registered as assets in the GV STRATUS
Playout service. When schedules are discovered, they are automatically imported and
converted into a GV STRATUS Playout schedule.
The Import Queue displays the status of files being added to the watch folder. As a file is
being added, its state will change from “Waiting” as it attempts to access the file to
“Complete” when the file has finished being imported into the watch folder. Once the
import is complete, the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway begins the process of registering the
media file as an asset.
The SSP-3801 cards must be able to access the contents of the watch folder so they can
download the media files to their stores for playout. If the SSP-3801 card is unable to access
the watch folder from the network, then the media files must be hosted in a web server (or
a folder with HTTP or HTTPS access) and its address must be provided in the Inbox Uri field.
In particular, if you want to include proxy media with the media files that you register, you
must provide HTTP or HTTPS access to the watch folder and point to that folder using the
HTTP/S address in the Inbox Uri field.
If you want to exclude certain files or folders from being automatically registered as an
asset, you can create a filter using the star character (*) as a wildcard. For example, if you
wanted the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway to ignore all the files in a folder called “Unedited”,
you can create a filter for “*\Unedited\*” which would exclude all the files with that pattern
in the path.
When the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway detects that a file was added to the folder specified
in the In Box field or you selected a file by clicking the Manual Import button, the job is sent
to an available File Processing Node. The File Processing Node then obtains the media file
from the specified folder, processes it according to the selected profile, and then saves the
converted file in the watch folder. Once the media file arrives in the watch folder, the GV
STRATUS Playout Gateway begins the process to register it as an asset.
To configure the watch folder:
1 Launch the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway.
2 In the Inbox Folder field, type the path to the folder designated as the watch folder or
click the browse button to choose a folder on the network.
Note: If you intend to create proxy media or convert files into a format
supported by the SSP-3801 card, you must also install the File Processing
Node.