Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 143)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
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Monitoring media file transfers
• Select
Clips | Send to
, or
• Right-click the clip and select
Send to
.
The Send to dialog box appears.
3. Click
Stream,
then locate and select the stream destination.
The
Stream to
label shows the current destination. The list under the
Stream to
label
displays the contents of the current location. You can select items in the list (a
machine , disk volume , or a bin) to explore its contents.
Clicking the up-arrow button moves up one directory level in the storage
hierarchy.
The
Stream to
drop-down list allows you to choose from one of the most recent
target devices (history).
4. Click
Send
to transfer the asset(s).
NOTE: Send to is a background task and can be monitored using the K2 system
Transfer Monitor tool.
Monitoring media file transfers
The Transfer Monitor is used to monitor all K2 system transfer jobs and their status.
A transfer job is created for each “send to” or “import/export” operation. Once
created, transfer jobs are added to the transfer job queue where they are dispatched in
a first in, first out basis. Up to four transfer jobs can execute simultaneously. Any
additional jobs wait in the queue.
NOTE: If the
System | Transfer Monitor
menu option is grayed out, review your level
of user access. For more information, see “Types of K2 users” on page 22 .
Topics in this section include:
• “Starting the Transfer Monitor”
• “Transfer Monitor pages and buttons”
• “Viewing transfer jobs in Transfer Monitor”
• “Viewing detailed transfer job properties”
• “Removing transfer jobs from the completed list”
Starting the Transfer Monitor
To start Transfer Monitor, perform one of the following:
• Select
System | Transfer Monitor
-or-
• In the AppCenter Statusbar, double-click the Transfer Monitor button .
The Transfer Monitor button appears when a transfer job is present.