Grass Valley Maestro Master Control v.2.4.0 - Manual (Page 268)

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System Workflow
Branding DSP Engine
The Branding DSP engine is a small-format processing board or module,
which provides support for the retrieval and the displaying of content. The
Branding DSP engine module is capable of supporting up to four (4) still
images, or CG text, and one (1) text crawl or one (1) animation sequence.
The Branding DSP engine module occupies one Channel Branding mezza-
nine position. Modules are combined to provide up to four (4) still images,
or CG text, and two (2) text crawls or animations.
Channel Branding Hard Disk Storage
Branding elements are stored and accessed on the frame processor board-
mounted hard disk drives. The hard disk frame supports a total of four (4)
2.5 inch SATA disk drives. Branding Elements are divided between pairs of
storage arrays with the first pair of drives supporting still images, CG text,
text crawls and voice-over audio. The second pair of drives supports ani-
mations.
System Workflow
A Channel Branding workflow is comprised of the following components
and activities:
• Content Creation
• Content Gateway
• Channel Branding System
• Ingest of Branding Elements
• Content Management
• Playout Management
• Element Playout
The workflow diagram shown in Figure 162 on page 265 illustrates the
relationship between the Channel Branding workflow components. Each
activity is explained in detail below.