Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 - Manual (Page 459)

June 25, 2009 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 459
Configure HotBin
present.
This is the K2 SAN storage, also known as the V: drive.
2. From the Macintosh system, open a text editor, create a text file, enter text, and
save it on the V: drive.
3. Close the text editor.
4. In Finder, browse to the V: drive and open the text file.
5. Make a change to the text in the text file and then save and close the text file.
6. Delete the text file.
Configure HotBin
Configure a HotBin on the K2 SAN to receive the finished media from Final Cut Pro.
1. Set up SNFS as follows:
Add "GlobalSuperUser = Yes" to default.cfg file.
2. In K2 AppCenter, create a bin with an appropriate name, such as "dstBin".
3. Configure dstBin as a HotBin.
Refer to the K2 System Guide for instructions.
4. 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, the QuickTime import delay 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.
Using Final Cut Pro on a K2 SAN
Read the following topics to use access and edit K2 media with Final Cut Pro.