Grass Valley PROFILE FAMILY v.2.5 - Manual (Page 17)

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Preface
About this Manual
The Profile® Family User Manual supports Profile system software 2.5 for the
PDR 200 and PDR300 Profile Video File Servers and, with a Master Enhanced
Disk Recorder board upgrade, the Profile PDR100 Video Disk Recorder.
Profile disk recorders use digital technology to store and produce broadcast-
quality JPEG and MPEG video and CD-quality audio. This manual documents
the standard and optional software applications that run on the Profile platform:
• The Profile Configuration Manager configures your hardware for input and
output of video and audio, genlock, and system timing.
• The Media Manager manages clips and masters on disk and in a cartridge
library system. With Fibre Channel, you can use Media Manager to copy or
move media between Profile units.
• The Transcode Utility converts media between different video compression
formats, such as from JPEG to MPEG.
• VdrPanel lets you capture and use JPEG and MPEG video and audio clips.
• The Profile Disk Utility lets you manage the Profile systems media disk
drives.
• The optional Tool Box Editor records media and performs simple, cuts-only
edits. It also allows you to create a sequence of clips called a master.
• The optional List Manager allows you to set up simple station automation.
• The Resource Manager allocates video, audio, and timecode resources for the
Tool Box Editor, the List Manager, and Time Delay.
• TimeDelay, also optional, allows you to delay a video feed by a specific
amount of time.
• Other Profile utilities include Profile Log (via WinTail), ProLink, and
PortServer, among others.
NOTE: This manual assumes that you are familiar with basic
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