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Aurora Playout Version 7.1 Release
Notes and Upgrade Instructions
These release notes contain the most recent information and supersede previous
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- Page 1 Product options and specifications subject to change without notice. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Grass Valley, Inc. Grass Valley, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this publication.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Grass Valley Product Support.....................3 Release note revisions for this release..................5 Release Summary........................6 What's new in version 7.1.0.....................6 Version 7.1...........................6 Feature limitations in this release..................6 Changes and features in previous releases................6 Version compatibility........................9 System specifications......................9 Compatible Grass Valley products...................9 Compatible third party products....................10 Upgrading Aurora Playout systems...................11... -
Page 3: Grass Valley Product Support
Grass Valley Product Support To get technical assistance, check on the status of a question, or to report a new issue, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax. Web Technical Support To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Web site. - Page 4 Grass Valley Product Support Region Country Telephone India +91 22 676 10324 Paci c Australia 1 300 721 495 New Zealand 0800 846 676 For callers outside Australia +61 3 8540 3650 or New Zealand Central America, +55 11 5509 3440...
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Page 5: Release Note Revisions For This Release
Initial release notes for Aurora Playout 7.1 software 071-8549-11 Topics added/modi ed, with the following changes: Check the Compatible Grass Valley products section to determine the latest software version compatible with your system. is an optional setting for the ENPS global AddMOSObjDuration con guration table. -
Page 6: Release Summary
Version 7.0.0 New Look The look and feel of the Aurora Playout has been changed to match the rest of the Grass Valley product lines. New terminology The MediaFrame server will now be referred to as K2 BaseCamp. (The scaled-down version of the Aurora Browse/MediaFrame system is still referred to as K2 BaseCamp Express.) - Page 7 Version 6.5.2 SiteConfig support Network con guration and software deployment across all Aurora products is supported by SiteCon g, Grass Valley's system management tool. Script Preview in Final Cut Pro Scripts created through GV supported NCS systems are now available for preview within a FireFox web browser on Final Cut Pro.
- Page 8 Release Summary Version 6.5.1.62 K2 Summit compatible The Aurora suite of software, including Aurora Playout, is compatible with the K2 Summit software. Version 6.5 MediaFrame in the Assignment List Plug-in A MediaFrame tab has been added to the ALP in order to allow search, preview, and highlight capabilities. Preview Finished Stories in ALP, Playlist, and ALM The Assignment List Plug-in, Aurora Playout Playlist, and Assignment List Manager all have the ability...
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Page 9: Version Compatibility
Playout requires one free PCI slot for each Comtrol 422 and Sealevel GPIO board. Compatible Grass Valley products Grass Valley products are compatible with this release of software as follows: 18 October 2010 Aurora Playout Version 7.1.0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions... -
Page 10: Compatible Third Party Products
Grass Valley prerequisite 1.0.0 The prerequisite le must be installed on the SiteCon g control point PC. Compatible third party products Products by manufacturers other than Grass Valley are compatible with this release of software as follows: Product Version Comments ENPS 6.00.0042... -
Page 11: Upgrading Aurora Playout Systems
Work through the tasks sequentially to complete the upgrade. NOTE: These upgrade instructions assume that current software is at version 6.5.0 or higher. If you have a lower version of software, contact Grass Valley Support before upgrading. About upgrading Aurora Playout devices with SiteConfig... -
Page 12: Prepare For Upgrade
2. On the SiteCon g control point PC, open Windows Add/Remove programs and look for , then proceed as follows: Grass Valley Prerequisite Files If the required version of prerequisite les is installed, do not proceed with this task. If prerequisite les are not installed or are not at the required version, proceed with this task. -
Page 13: Upgrade K2 Systems
Upgrading Aurora Playout systems 4. On the SiteCon g control point PC, run the installation le. The installation program copies prerequisite les to C:\Program Files\Grass Valley\Prerequisite Files Upgrade K2 systems Prerequisites for this task are as follows: If upgrading a K2 SAN, all SAN clients must be of ine (all media access stopped) or shut down. -
Page 14: Install High Priority Windows Updates (Recommended)
CAUTION: Only “High Priority Updates” should be installed. Do not install other Windows or driver updates unless speci cally directed by product documentation or by Grass Valley Support. Check all currently installed software on Aurora Playout devices Prerequisites for this task are as follow: The device is assigned in the SiteCon g system description and network connectivity is present. -
Page 15: Add Software Package To Deployment Group For Aurora Playout Devices
Aurora Playout devices. For this release of software, identify and add software installation les as follows: Software File name Aurora Playout software AuroraPlayout_7.1.0.xxxx.cab Grass Valley Windows Monitoring SNMP PCMonitoring_x.x.x.xx.cab agent 1. In the tree view, select a deployment Software Deployment | Deployment Groups group. - Page 16 Upgrading Aurora Playout systems Prerequisite les are installed on the control point PC. You have recently done the SiteCon g "Check Software" operation on the devices you are upgrading. If you are upgrading multiple software components for which there is a required sequence, you must check and uncheck tasks and run multiple deployment sessions to control the sequence.
- Page 17 Upgrading Aurora Playout systems Key-in the Database Server, XMOS Server, MOS ID and select the appropriate Newsroom Computer System in your operation. Then, click Close For upgrading Aurora Playout to this release, deploy the following tasks: Deploy Managed Package Action AuroraPlayout xxxx.xxxx Uninstall AuroraPlayout 7.1.0.xxxx...
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Page 18: Upgrade Nas Systems
Upgrading Aurora Playout systems The device restarts. This restart is required by the Aurora Playout software uninstall. Deployment tasks run and software is installed. Progress is reported and next steps are indicated in both the Status and Details columns. 7. When the Status or Details columns indicate next steps, identify the software in the row, then do one of the following: For K2 software, when Details displays a link, click the link... -
Page 19: Licensing Grass Valley Products
Once you have installed Aurora Playout, you are provided with a 30-day demo license. You need to get a license number from Grass Valley in order to install the permanent license. Obtaining the software license number is important because you cannot launch channels or con gure Aurora Playout after your 30-day demo license has expired. - Page 20 You might want to keep a copy of the message for your records. 9. Send the email as instructed by the License Request Wizard. An email will be sent from Grass Valley to the return email address you speci ed; your SabreTooth software license will be provided as a text le.
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Page 21: Adding A License
Licensing Grass Valley products 1. Generate a unique ID of the device where you will install software, as follows: a) Click on the License Manager icon on the Windows Desktop. The SabreTooth License Manager opens. b) Choose the License Manager. -
Page 22: Archiving Licenses
Valley recommends saving the license le to a USB drive or other external location. Aurora Playout licenses The Grass Valley licenses available at the time of this writing that can be installed on Aurora Playout are as follows. Contact your Grass Valley representative for more information about licenses. -
Page 23: New Topics
Once a feed has been added to the system, it immediately becomes a searchable MOS object within ENPS. Grass Valley feeds will then be found within an ENPS search. 1. Set the search lter in ENPS to include Grass Valley video elements. - Page 24 New topics 5. Once a feed has been found, the journalist may drag and drop the video element "below the black line" of the script within ENPS. This is a "scratch pad" area that does not impact the text of the story. It merely represents a repository for non-essential items outside of the typical rundown management.
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Page 25: Inserting Graphics Into Enps Story
MOS reference within the script remains intact, thus allowing for searches even after the media is gone. The journalist then double-clicks the remaining MOS link and the Grass Valley preview window launches displaying proxy for the of ine media. This media may still be linked to a new script, which allows journalists to present of ine feed and previously nished story video to the editors. -
Page 26: Playing Clips With Orad Graphics
New topics 6. Key-in texts related to your story into the template. 7. Click the button to save the graphic into your story. Save item The graphic is added as a MOS object within your story in the ENPS. If needed, you can also insert multiple graphics into your story. Playing clips with Orad graphics Aurora Playout supports graphics work ow through an interface to the Orad graphics playout engine, Maestro. -
Page 27: Use Configured Web Proxy Settings
New topics To play a clip: If not already cued, cue the clip to the desired channel. To cue a clip, drag and drop it into a channel window. Clips with Orad graphics contain timing information that will be retrieved by Aurora Playout. - Page 28 New topics 1. Launch the ALP using Administrator account. 2. Click the button. Options 3. Deselect the checkbox. Enable Trim Capability 4. Right-click on a clip within ALP and select to view the proxy via the View Asset MediaFrame clip player. The Asset Details window is displayed.
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Page 29: Additional Notes
Additional notes The following section contains additional information about this release. Setting up AMP control on a K2 Client K2 Media Client and K2 Summit Production Client are controlled via AMP Protocol over Ethernet. To set up AMP control of a K2 Client: 1. -
Page 30: Installing Alp Using A Configuration File
Additional notes Component Machine where you install it... adversely affect the speed of MOS communication with the newsroom computer system. Housekeeper Aurora Playout computer or another PC on the same network. Assignment List Manager Non-NCS computers, usually used by Newsroom (standalone version) Producers. - Page 31 Additional notes 1. Copy the Aurora Playout software installation le, , from SetupAuroraPlayout.exe the CD onto your network. 2. Using a text editor such as Notepad, create a le called setup.ini similar to this example: [AssignmentListPlugin] DatabaseServer=localhost BackupDatabaseServer= MosID=gvg.nqp.mos ThumbnailPath=C:\AuroraPlayout\thumbnails XMOSServer=localhost DisplayMode=2 AddTypeToObjSlug=0...
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Page 32: Installing Alp Using A Batch File
Additional notes Navigate to the network directory where you saved the installer and con guration le and double-click SetupAuroraPlayout.exe b) Click until you reach the Select Components screen. Next c) At the Select Components screen, check the checkbox Assignment List Plugin and click Next d) Select... - Page 33 Additional notes 2. Close the News Object Manager (NOM); it should restart automatically. 3. On an ENPS client, log in as the administrator and start up ENPS. 4. From the NEWS folder (e.g. KXYZ NEWS), select System Maintenance | Groups and create a new group with these parameters: | New KXYZGVG...
- Page 34 Additional notes 10. On the ENPS server, close the NOM one last time and let it restart automatically. 11. Restart the ENPS client application. 12. Install the Assignment List Plug-in on all ENPS clients where this functionality is needed. Aurora Playout Version 7.1.0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010...
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Page 35: Known Issues
Known Issues The following limitations are present in this release of software. If you wish to obtain more information about these limitations, please mention the reference numbers. Aurora Playout CR42885 Description: If Aurora Playout doesn't play all the way through your playlist when using the Archive Play feature, there may be a problem with the black clip that is used as ller between clips. - Page 36 Known Issues to their original positions and reset the mark points individually. CR99292 Description: Republication of sequence, master clip, or subclip causes metadata associations to break. Workaround: Before resending, if the previously published version of the item is deleted from the publish folder, then the resend will preserve metadata association.
- Page 37 Known Issues Workaround: Octopus users need to make these following changes to the Statuses tab within Admin | MOS | Devices of the Octopus application: 1. Change CUED status to STAND BY. 2. Change PLAYED status to END. CR63446 Description: Trimming a clip in an Aurora Playout channel will not affect the duration that displays on a Newsroom Computer System.