GRASS VALLEY AURORA BROWSE 7 Datasheet

Aurora Browse 7
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aurora Browse is a workflow
management tool that provides
desktop access to low-resolution
media for searching, browsing, logging,
archiving, restoring, and simple content
management.
The Grass Valley Aurora production
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solution integrates with the entire
tapeless production process, from
acquisition, ingest, and media browsing,
to quick-turn editing, craft editing, and
automated playout.
A key component of this solution
is the Aurora Browse system, a
workflow management tool for media
production environments. It provides
desktop access to low-resolution
media for searching, browsing, logging,
archiving, restoring, and simple content
management.
The Aurora Browse system is based on
Grass Valley's K2 BaseCamp Express
content management architecture. The
K2 BaseCamp Express server platform
provides the functionality for all Aurora
applications to access Aurora Browse
features directly, and provides an IT
industry-standard extensible stylesheet
language template (XSLT) interface for
the integration of third-party applications.
KEY FEATURES
• Frame-accurate, 800 kb/s to 1.5 Mb/s,
MPEG-1 browsing of high-resolution
media
• Format support:
— DV 25, DV 50, DV 100, and MPEG-2
— SD: NTSC/PAL
— HD: 1080i/720p 50/60 Hz
— AVC-Intra
• Ingest, archive, and restore enabled
asset management tools
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Supporting the K2 media server/media
client system and the K2 Summit
production client—as well as the Aurora
Ingest, Aurora Edit, and Aurora Playout
applications—the Aurora Browse system
delivers fast, easy access to feeds,
centralized and archived media—all from
the desktop.
The Aurora Browse platform also
provides a number of important
production workflow benefits. Using
it, you can access, review, and modify
shared media. Multiple users can
browse, log, and make selections from
a single piece of media simultaneously,
even while the media is being recorded
into the system.
For archived material, the Aurora Browse
platform can quickly search and retrieve
proxy content linked to archived, high-
resolution media. It also greatly reduces
wasted time and valuable storage
resources by eliminating unnecessary
restores; you can initiate a restore from
an archive of related high-resolution
media and get visual confirmation right
at your desktop.
• Software encoding creates exact
copies from shared storage or
SmartBin FTP transfers from
standalone K2 or K2 Summit servers
• Assign keywords to important clips
that can be seen throughout the
workflow
• Add clips and sequences into virtual
collections for asset management
simplification
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For centrally managing your content, the
HD Aurora Browse system lets you locate
™
assets easily to manage the logging of
rich metadata, archive interactions, and
asset transfers and deletions within the
system.
By leveraging modular, scalable
components, the Aurora Browse system
provides expandability without increasing
latency or compromising performance.
Speeding Story Creation
The Aurora Browse system helps speed
story creation. Instead of waiting for an
edit room to become available, you can
work right from the desktop. Operators
can preview media and mark keywords
or keyframes frame accurately. These
metadata pointers are then immediately
selectable within each of the Aurora
applications throughout the workflow.
• View scene detection storyboards for
rapid shot selection
• Supports Aurora Ingest, Edit, and
Playout interface
• User authentication and rights
management to control access for
asset protection