Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 88)

Configuring a Media Watcher
Monitor the Inbox folder
The Media Watcher must monitor the Inbox folder if it is to register new media files and make
them available for use in the iTX system.
1.
Ensure Monitor Inbox is selected.
Hold event durations for .osc imports
If you are importing .osc schedules with tc_dur values for the clip duration (Hold Duration),
Media Watcher can import these values and use this to hold the duration of the event.
1.
Select Hold Import Duration.
Create browse copies of video clips
If there is a Proxy Generation Service in your system, the Media Watcher can use this to create
a low bit-rate, browse copy for a video clip when it registers the clip.
2.
Select Auto Low-Res Proxy.
Create keyframes from video clips
If there is a Keyframe Generation Service in your system, the Media Watcher can use this to
create keyframes for a video clip when it registers the clip.
1.
Select Auto Keyframing.
Check mono tracks for Dolby E data
In media files placed in the Inbox, audio content in Dolby E format is normally carried in a single
track containing a pair of stereo channels. The Media Watcher identifies the channels as a
stereo pair that are to play out together.
Dolby E content in some files may appear on two separate tracks, each containing a mono
channel. This separation of content prevents the Media Watcher automatically identifying the
tracks as a pair for playout.
The Media Watcher can detect two separate Dolby E tracks, though, if they are the first two
tracks in a file. It does this by sampling the content of these tracks; if it detects Dolby E data, it
marks the tracks as the component parts of a Dolby E stereo pair.
1.
Select Analyze for Dolby E if you want the Media Watcher to check the first two tracks of
all video files for Dolby E data.
Group mono tracks
Track grouping is a way of linking two mono tracks so that iTX can use them to produce a PCM
stereo or Dolby E output signal. You can set up the Media Watcher to automatically perform
this process.
1.
Select Group Mono Tracks if you want the Media Watcher to group pairs of adjacent mono
tracks for all video clips.
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