Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 24)

24 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide April 27, 2006
Chapter 2 Installing NewsBrowse
SmartBin Encoder instructions
The following components are hosted by the SmartBin encoder:
• Thomson SmartBin Proxy Transfer service. Refer to “About NewsBrowse
software” on page 27 .
• SmartBins Service and News FTP service. Refer to “Other software installation
considerations” on page 33 .
The SmartBin Encoder does the following:
• Creates MPEG-1 proxy versions of high-resolution material
• Processes high-resolution material and extracts thumbnail images to be used for
proxy identification
• Extracts dynamic scene detection images for storyboard creation
The SmartBin Encoder processes entirely in the digital domain.
Platform Specifications:
Cable as illustrated and as follows:
• For systems with one unified Production network, connect Gigabit port 1 to the
Production network. Gigabit port 2 is unused.
• For systems with a Production network consisting of a media network and a control
network, connect Gigabit port 1 to the media network and Gigabit port 2 to the
control network.
• 2.8 GHz Pentium • Minimum 250GB Media Cache Drive
• 512 MB RAM • Windows 2003 Server
• CD-ROM Drive • .NET Framework 1.1
• Minimum 40GB Program Drive • Internet Explorer 6 (SP1)
Gigabit port 1
VGA cable
to KVM Keyboard/mouse
port to pigtail
to KVM Power
Gigabit port 2