Grass Valley K2 TX/MAM User Manual v.2.2 - Manual (Page 9)

TX/MAM User Manual - document version: 2.2 – Page 9
4. TX/MAM Introduction
TX/MAM is a tool for managing Assets. Functionality includes:
• Create Assets and Asset types.
• Automatic file ingest.
• Trim, soft part segments.
• Low-res proxy quality control.
• User management.
• Edit metadata.
• Asset jobs.
This chapter explains TX/MAM basic concepts using an example Asset, a music video California King
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4.1 Assets
In TX/MAM each Asset is described on several tabs:
• Configurable metadata tab pages. In the default setup:
o Info: Asset info such as Artist and Track.
o Technical: Asset info such as Media Type and Aspect ratio.
o Images: shows the graphic (only for TGA-Assets).
• Essences: the file(s) linked to an Asset and their status (only for video Assets).
• Spotcheck: file quality check and segments (only for video Assets).
• Jobs: the Jobs linked to an Asset and their status.
• Sharing: Assets are linked to a User Group, Channel1 in the example below. This group has
access to the Asset. To give other Groups access, Assets can be shared.
• History: lists all actions performed for this Asset.
Example Asset (video) in TX/MAM.