Grass Valley iTX Desktop v.2.6 - Manual (Page 275)

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server
Using the Tape Ingest layout for single or batch ingest
You use the Tape Ingest layout to record the media for placeholder clips from videotapes.
About placeholder clips
The System Database can hold placeholder clips. These are assets that have no associated
media files. They are created, for example, for media that is going to be ingested from a
videotape.
iTX may create placeholder clips automatically on receiving the required information in one of
two ways: either from a traffic system or from a clip list (.ocl file) placed in the Media Store
Inbox. Alternatively, you may create placeholder clips manually.
You can use the Tape Ingest layout to create media files and link the placeholder clips to them;
the placeholder clips then become normal video clips, available for playout.
Options for ingest on the Tape Ingest layout
From the Tape Ingest layout, you can control the recording of media for placeholder clips in
two types of process:
• For batch recording, you build a list of placeholder clips in the Batch Ingest control panel
for media that is on a single videotape; you then start the recording process.
• For single recordings, you load placeholder clips one at a time in the Encode control panel
and start the recording.
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