Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 134)

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K2 AppCenter User Manual 05 April 2010
Chapter 8 Importing and Exporting Media
If importing or exporting files on an external storage K2 Summit client, while it
appears as if your view of the “local” Windows file system is that of the external
storage K2 Summit client, in actuality the “local” drives (such as C:) that AppCenter
uses for source or destination are the local drives of the K2 Media Server. Therefore
you must similarly map a network drive on the external storage K2 Summit
Production Client to create a verified source or destination, even if the source or
destination you intend is in fact a local drive on the external storage K2 Summit
Production Client itself. To do this, on the source or destination machine create a
shared folder, then on the external storage K2 Summit Production Client map that
shared folder as a network drive. Then you can import or export using the shared
network drive. Refer to procedures later in this section.
Exporting to the V: drive is not recommended. The V: drive is reserved for the
primary media storage and should not be used for file import/export. The location of
the V: drive differs based on the type of K2 System you are using.
NOTE: If you import to a file or stream media that has the same name as an asset
already existing in the destination location, an Abort/Rename/Retry dialog box
appears.
Supported multimedia file formats, Interchange Standards, and Movie formats for GXF
imports/exports
K2 Summit Production Client and K2 Solo Media Server supports GXF, MXF, and
other multimedia file formats for import/export.
Depending on system software versions on source and destination devices, it might
be required that all video and audio segments in a GXF transferred file be of the same
media type.
For more information, see “Operational specifications” on page 204 .
Adding a remote host
Grass Valley recommends manually adding each remote host that you want to import
or export files to. Do this for K2 systems and Profile XP.
To import/export between systems using AppCenter, follow these steps:
1. Open Configuration Manager and select the Remote tab.
2. Add each system that you want to have available as a source or a destination.
• Enter the name or the IP address of the K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo
Media Server where you want to import or export streaming media assets. (Grass
Valley recommends that you use host names. For more information on host files,
see the K2 System Guide.)
• When adding a remote host that uses AMP remote control protocol, select a
Controller id .
To map a source or destination drive
This procedure provides a mapped network drive for file import/export on the
machine on which you are using AppCenter, such that you can use the drive as a
verified source or destination via AppCenter’s Import or Send To features. This is
required in the following cases: