Grass Valley Xplorer Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 51)

Xplorer User Manual 4-11
Moving assets to/from the Xmedia Server and other devices
13. Optional - Enter your name in the A UTHOR field.
14. Optional - Enter a short description in the D ESCRIPTION field.
15. Optional - Enable and set a E XPIRY D ATE and P UBLISH L IFESPAN fields. The E XPIRY
D ATE specifies a date when the asset will be automatically deleted from the main XMS,
spoke XMSs (hub & spoke model), as well as removing the asset from the devices that
it was published to.
The P
UBLISH L IFESPAN is used by the Xmedia Server to determine how long (in days)
the asset remains on a device that it has been published to before it is removed.
16. The M ANAGE ASSET FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION check box will only be enabled if the asset
that is to be ingested is currently stored on an external device and if the permission permit
access. If this criteria is met, the parameter is available and you can save space on your
local/central XMS by managing the asset from its current location. In most cases, this
parameter should not be enabled.
17. Assign the asset to one or more categories by selecting check boxes in the C ATEGORIES
box. To create a new category, right-click in the C ATEGORIES box and select A DD C ATEGORY
from the pop-up menu.
18. Optional - Assign the file one or more keywords by selecting check boxes in the K EYWORDS
box. (Keywords are used by the Search tool for searching and retrieving assets.) To create
a new keyword, right-click in the K
EYWORDS box and select A DD K EYWORD from the pop-up
menu.
19. Click OK to save and exit the Ingest window.
Or,
Click C
ANCEL to discard the new information entered in the window and return to Xplorer.
Ingesting video files
Video clips that are created using third-party applications must be ingested into the Xmedia
Server before they can be used by the Vertigo Suite applications.
To ingest a video clip:
1.
Click the I NGEST button in Xplorer’s toolbar or select the F ILE >I NGEST menu command.
The I NGEST F ILES window appears.
2. Navigate through the categories in the I NGEST F ILES window and select the file(s) that
are to be ingested. Then click O PEN .
To select multiple files, press the SHIFT key as you click on each asset for consecutive
selections, or press the CTRL key to select a grouping of non-consecutive files.
3. When the I NGEST window appears, select the first file name in the N EW M EDIA L IST
panel and complete the following tasks. Repeat this step for each file listed in the N EW
M EDIA L IST panel.
a. Optional - Preview the clip in the Windows Media Player in the middle panel to
confirm that this is the correct video file to be ingested.
b. Optional - Select a proxy by moving the slider in the Windows Media Player to the
desired frame. Optionally, you can use the Proxy Mode button to choose a jpg file.