Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.2.7 - Manual (Page 86)

86 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide December 16, 2004
Chapter 3 Configuring the NewsBrowse System
• Host: localhost
• Port: 9230
5. Click Connect . Verify that the …Update… and …Transfer… buttons become
enabled, which means the connection is successful.
6. Configure as follows to define the MPEG source clip on the NAS:
• Source Laid: Enter the path to a MPEG asset on a NAS machine. You can use
an asset created in an earlier test.
• (Source) Format: video/proxy.mpeg
7. Configure the first row as follows to transfer/transcode a thumbnail asset from a
MPEG asset:
• Dest Laid: Enter the path to the directory on the NAS machine that contains the
source MPEG asset. For the purposes of this test, the thumbnail and storyboard
assets must be written to the same location as the source MPEG asset.
• (Destination) Format: stillImage/proxy.thumbnail
8. Select the checkbox to enable the next row, then configure as follows to transfer/
transcode a storyboard asset from a MPEG asset:
• Dest Laid: Enter the path to the directory on the NAS machine that contains the
source MPEG asset. For the purposes of this test, the thumbnail and storyboard
assets must be written to the same location as the source MPEG asset.
• (Destination) Format: stillImage/proxy.storyboard
9. Click Transfer (With Auto update) . Track progress in the State column until it
reports DONE.
10.Using Windows Explorer, verify that the thumbnail and storyboard test files were
written to the proper directory.
Checklist: Advanced encoder stand-alone stage
Use the following check list to verify that the basic configuration and testing of the
stand-alone Advanced encoder is complete.
" Advanced encoder is connected to NAS
" Encoder writes to NAS
" MPEG created
" MPEG playback with audio
" Thumbnails files are created.
" Storyboard files are created.