Grass Valley K2 FCP Connect v.2.0.0 - Manual (Page 41)

Refer to the K2 System Guide for instructions.
3. When you configure a HotBin, in the Capture Services Utility you can adjust
QuickTime Import Delay. The recommended setting is 15 seconds. Refer to the
next topic for more information.
About QuickTime import delay
When you copy a file into a K2 HotBin, the HotBin watches for the file to close and
the copy operation to stop, which should indicate the file is complete, before it begins
to import the file into K2 storage. However, Final Cut Pro repeatedly opens and closes
any QuickTime file as it exports the file, so it is possible that the K2 HotBin can detect
a file closed event and begin to import the file before Final Cut Pro is done. If this
occurs, the K2 HotBin import for that file fails.
To avoid this problem, when you configure a K2 HotBin you can configure the
QuickTime import delay setting. This setting allows you to adjust how long a
QuickTime file must be idle (no data being written to the file) before the HotBin begins
to import the file into K2 storage. The recommended default value is 15 seconds. If
you have problems with failed imports and you suspect that Final Cut Pro is holding
on to the file with pauses longer than 15 seconds, you should increase the QuickTime
import delay time and re-try the import. The HotBin process constrains the QuickTime
import delay range to between 10 and 60 seconds.
Configure Aurora Playout workflow
Prerequisites are as follows:
• A Aurora Playout server must be a mounted volume available to the Macintosh
system.
• A playout destination must be a location on configured and licensed K2 storage.
• A HotBin must be configured so that when it receives media, it imports that media
into K2 storage, to the bin that Aurora Playout monitors.
In this procedure you specify the Aurora Playout server on which GV Connect accesses
placeholders/rundowns and one or more K2 storage locations to which GV Connect
exports sequences.
1. Close GV Connect, if it is currently open.
2. In System Preferences open K2 FCP GV Connect .
3. Click the Playout tab.
4. For Display Name , enter the name that you want displayed on the GV Connect
drop-down list.
This is name of the location on K2 storage to which GV Connect exports the
Aurora Playout associated sequences.
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Installing and configuring K2 FCP Connect