Grass Valley K2 Dyno S Replay Controller v.3.2 - Manual (Page 79)

ShareFlex
About ShareFlex
ShareFlex allows a K2 Dyno S Replay Controller to share content across multiple standalone K2
Summit systems. The K2 Dyno S Replay Controller accesses the content directly over Gigabit
Ethernet, with no need to transfer content between the K2 Summit systems. This allows a K2 Dyno
S Replay Controller that is controlling a local K2 Summit system to cue remote clips, playlists, and
record trains of a different K2 Summit system, without using remote channels.
You can share highlight clips instantly between K2 Summit systems. From your local K2 Dyno S
Replay System, you can access a different K2 Summit system to view recorded content, make a clip
from a record channel, load and play back a clip, retrieve content from the library, and place a clip
in a local playlist.
Key features of ShareFlex are as follows:
• Sharing highlight clips between systems
• Viewing recorded content locally on a different K2 Summit system
• Making a clip from a different K2 Summit system’s record channel
• Loading and playing back a clip from a different K2 Summit system
• Retrieving content from the library of a different K2 Summit system
• Placing a clip in a local playlist from different K2 Summit system
ShareFlex connections
A K2 Summit system supports up to four ShareFlex connections at the same time, one of which is
guaranteed to be a real-time connection. The number of real-time connections depends on the number
of active channel streams. ShareFlex connections beyond the real-time limit share the available
network bandwidth, with performance similar to an FTP transfer. In addition, no more than eight
total connections are supported.
Real-time connections act as if they are record channels on the K2 Summit system. The total number
of active channel streams and real-time ShareFlex connections is subject to the supported channel
stream limit for the given media type and bitrate.
The following examples are based on six DVCPROHD (DV100) channel streams, which is the
maximum supported on a K2 Summit system.
• Example 1: Two channels are recording DVCPROHD and two channels are playing DVCPROHD.
This totals to four real-time streams. That leaves two real-time connections available, and those
are used as ShareFlex connections. The total is now six real-time streams, which is the maximum
supported. For the remaining two ShareFlex connections supported, the connections are not real
time. This means there is a wait, similar to that for an FTP transfer, for the desired asset to be
available on the ShareFlex connected system.
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