Grass Valley IngestStation v.1.0 - Manual (Page 16)

Chapter 1 Introducing IngestStation
14 Digital News Production
What is IngestStation?
IngestStation lets you get news footage from VTR tapes and router feeds and
ingest it directly to your Media Server. With IngestStation, you can select clips
from a VTR tape, create a batch list, and record it to the server. You can also
ingest feeds from a router source directly to the same server.
The IngestStation system supports two types of Media Servers—Profile 6g and
Profile XP Media Platform servers, and M-Series iVDRs. These media servers
are controlled through Ethernet-based AMP.
Raw footage comes from two sources—a VTR connected directly to the
IngestStation PC or a router source. While you can connect to the IngestStation
using either DCOM or RS-422, you need RS-422 connection from the VTR to
the IngestStation PC in order to have control of the VTR in the IngestStation
windows. For router sources, IngestStation supports both the Grass Valley
Series 7000 and Encore control systems, and allows source selection and
renaming.
Supporting up to six channels, IngestStation can record footage in one of two
modes—VTR (batch) mode and feed mode. VTR mode allows for recording
with configurable handle durations, lets you set mark points using either the
VTR, the PC keyboard, or the mouse, and allows you to reorganize clips in your
batch list. You use Feed mode to crash record, manually starting and stopping
the recording of a feed from a router source.
If you use NewsQ Pro as a playback system in your newsroom, you can ingest
clips directly to a NewsQ Pro rundown by linking clips to a NewsQ Pro
placeholder at the point of record.