Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.7.2 - Manual (Page 216)

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Appendix B Specifications
Video network performance
K2 systems support streaming transfers to and from K2 Summit Production Clients,
K2 Solo Media Servers, K2 Media Clients, K2 SANs, Profile XP Media Platforms, or
any device that supports General Exchange Format (GXF) as described in SMPTE
360M.
Supported file input/output formats on K2 Summit/Solo/SAN
The K2 Solo Media Server, K2 Summit Production Client, and K2 SAN can send and
receive files of various formats using import, export, and transfer mechanisms.
Formats supported are as follows:
Parameter Specification Comments
Transfer bandwidth per internal storage K2
system Up to 50 MBytes per second —
Transfer bandwidth per Level 2 K2 Storage 50 MBytes per second —
Transfer bandwidth per Level 3 K2 Storage 80 MBytes per second Additional K2 Media Servers
dedicated as FTP servers add 80
MBytes per second each
Maximum concurrent transfers per transfer
engine 4 to 10, configurable on SAN Additional transfers are queued.
Minimum delay from start of record to start of
transfer 20 seconds This applies to both 60Hz timing
and 50Hz timing.
Minimum delay between start of transfer into
destination and start of play on destination 20 seconds. —
Streaming
file format
Video
elementary
format
Audio elementary
format
File based a FTP stream
Other information Import Export Import Export
GXF DVCPRO25
DVCPRO50
DVCPRO HD
b
DVCAM
MPEG-2
c
AVC-Intra
48 kHz,
16 bit, or
24 bit PCM,
Dolby-E, or AC-3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Streaming between
online K2 Systems
supports complex
movies and agile
playlists of mixed
format.
MXF
d
DVCPRO25
DVCPRO50
DVCPRO
HD
b.
DVCAM
D10
e
MPEG-2
c.
AVC-Intra
48 kHz,
16 bit, or
24 bit PCM,
Dolby-E, or AC-3 Yes Yes Yes Yes MXF OP 1A. See “MXF
export behavior on K2
Summit/Solo” on
page 218
AVI d. DVCPRO25
DVCPRO50
DVCPRO HD
DVCAM 48 kHz,
16 bit, or
24 bit PCM Yes Yes No No Type-2
(non-interleaved) DV
video only. Audio tracks
handled as stereo pairs.