GRASS VALLEY K2 7.3.8 - RELEASE NOTES AND Quick Start Manual page 11

Version 7.1.9
MPEG-2 play
licensing. MPEG-2 SD Playback is standard with or without the HD license. MPEG-2 HD
Playback is available only on systems that are licensed for HD.
MPEG-2 record
upgrade, relative to current licensing. MPEG-2 SD recording is standard with or without the HD
license. MPEG-2 HD recording is available only on systems that are licensed for HD.
Solid State Disks
Super out
AFD support
Ancillary data
Capture services
Security
on channels.
SNFS
services, as displayed in the Service control panel. Also, on new systems and if you make a new
le system on existing systems, the name that Storage Utility creates for the SNFS volume (the
V: drive) is
QuickTime update
Licensing for K2 system software
with a 30 day trial license. You must obtain a permanent license from Grass Valley. When
upgrading to version 7.1.9, make sure that you carefully follow the upgrade and licensing
procedures later in these release notes, so that licensing features are correctly installed.
2910al series switch
2910al Series is quali ed for use with K2 Storage Systems. Its use and con guration are the
same as the existing 2900 series switch, as documented in the K2 Storage Area Network
Installation and Service Manual.
K2 Coder
version of K2 software does not have watch folders pre-con gured, so you must create them
yourself, as documented in the K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual.
Preroll setting
is increased to 1 second. For same compression format playout, preroll remains at 10 frames.
This applies to AMP protocol, VDCP protocol, and Harris settings Disk Prerolls, Frames to send
Play early, and Frames to send Record early. These speci cations supersede those in the K2
System Guide part number 071-8726-00.
Version 7.0.13
K2 Media Servers
platforms.
Live Production option
type of SAN has a shorter minimum delay between start record and start playout when the record
and play are on different SAN K2 Summit Production Clients. To support this feature, the K2
SAN must be sized for increased bandwidth. Contact your Grass Valley representative for
speci cations relative to your needs.
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MPEG-2 Playback is a standard feature on all models, relative to current
MPEG-2 recording is a standard feature on MPEG models or as a eld-kit
Solid State Disks (SSD) available.
Timecode burn-in on monitor output. This is an AppCenter Pro feature.
Active Format Description (AFD) is supported for control of aspect ratio.
Support for SD ancillary data, including SD/HD data bridging.
The K2 Path re capture service and the K2 DG capture service are supported.
Based on Windows user accounts and groups, you can set permissions on bins and
Upgrade to SNFS version 3.5.1 is required. With this version there is a change to SNFS
, where
gvfs_hostname
Upgrade to QuickTime version 7.6 or higher is required.
A new Gigabit Ethernet switch, the ProCurve Networking Switch
The K2 Coder is supported on the K2 SAN. The K2 Coder compatible with this
For mixed compression format playout (DV/MPEG/AVC-Intra), the preroll
Dell PowerEdge R710 and R610 are supported as K2 Media Server
In K2Con g, you can now create a Live Production K2 SAN. This
is the name of the primary SNFS le system server.
hostname
When upgrading, version 7.1.9 K2 system software installs
K2 Version 7.3.8 Release Notes & Upgrade Instructions
Release Summary
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