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- Page 1 K2 Dyno PA LIVE EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM User Manual Software Version 1.5 071-8762-01 October 2010...
- Page 2 Certificate Number: 510040.001 The Quality System of: The Quality System of: Thomson Inc, and it’s wordwide Grass Valley division affiliates DBA Thomson Inc, and its wor dwide Grass Valley division affiliates DBA GRASS VALLEY GRASS VALLEY Headquarters 15655 SW Greystone Ct.
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Page 3: User Manual
K2 Dyno PA LIVE EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM User Manual Software Version 1.5 071-8762-01 October 2010... - Page 4 Copyright Copyright © Grass Valley, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Portions of software © 2000 – 2009, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document may not be copied in whole or in part, or otherwise reproduced except as specifically permitted under U.S.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Grass Valley Product Support....................7 About the K2 Dyno PA User Manual ..................9 Chapter 1: About K2 Dyno Production Assistant...........11 About K2 Dyno Production Assistant..................12 Using K2 Dyno PA ........................13 About bins..........................14 About repositories.........................14 About K2 Dyno PA User Interface..................14 Customizing the K2 Dyno PA user interface................17... - Page 6 Contents Renaming an asset ......................38 Deleting an asset ........................39 Adding a repository.......................39 Adding a bin..........................40 Editing a repository .......................41 Deleting a repository or bin....................41 Chapter 6: Transferring Assets with K2 Dyno PA...........43 Transferring assets automatically with rules................44 Editing a rule ........................45 Deleting a rule........................46 Checking an asset for rules ....................46 Canceling an active transfer .....................46...
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Page 7: 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 8 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 9: About The K2 Dyno Pa User Manual
About the K2 Dyno PA User Manual ™ This manual is intended for users of the K2 Dyno Production Assistant (Dyno PA) application; it describes concepts and tasks that pertain to operating Dyno PA. For information on administrator tasks such as installing and con guring Dyno PA, see the K2 Dyno Production Assistant Con guration Manual. -
Page 11: Chapter 1: About K2 Dyno Production Assistant
Chapter About K2 Dyno Production Assistant This section contains the following topics: • About K2 Dyno Production Assistant • Using K2 Dyno PA • About bins • About repositories • About K2 Dyno PA User Interface • Customizing the K2 Dyno PA user interface •... -
Page 12: About K2 Dyno Production Assistant
K2 Dyno Production Assistant (Dyno PA) is a software platform composed of the Dyno PA application and the Grass Valley platform service. The platform service allows users on various Dyno PA clients to access assets as well as share saved searches, keywords, and transfer rules. -
Page 13: Using K2 Dyno Pa
About K2 Dyno Production Assistant Using K2 Dyno PA This section describes three of the common workflows for the K2 Dyno PA application. Content Management/Controller work ow This workflow describes a role that principally deals with assets. The user can be manually exporting or transferring assets about the network, creating playlists, loading assets onto managed channels, creating rules for automatic transfers/exports, creating searches, managing repositories, setting up scheduled transfers, and adding keywords... -
Page 14: About Bins
About K2 Dyno Production Assistant About bins Bins are folders on a K2 system. You can create or delete a bin on a K2 system, but bins cannot be renamed from K2 Dyno PA. About repositories A K2 Dyno PA repository can be used to transfer, import or export assets. A repository acts as a shortcut to a location on the network that can be used to transfer assets from or to Dyno PA. - Page 15 About K2 Dyno Production Assistant The Dyno PA panes are described below. NOTE: If your Dyno PA system is not licensed to use a particular feature, that pane is not displayed in the Dyno PA application. Navigator pane: Lists all the K2 systems that have been added as a server to the Dyno PA client, the current Dyno session, bins (folders on a K2 system), repositories (folders on a user-de ned location), and any search queries that have been saved.
- Page 16 About K2 Dyno Production Assistant Playlist pane: Displays the playlist currently being edited. In this pane, clicking the Locate button causes the Asset List pane to display the bin on the K2 system where this playlist is located. Asset List pane: Lists, either in thumbnail or list view, all the assets on the bin, repository, or Dyno session currently highlighted in the Navigator pane.
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Page 17: Customizing The K2 Dyno Pa User Interface
Any changes made to your layout are automatically saved when you log out of the Dyno PA application. The layout information is saved by the Grass Valley platform service, so your customized layout can be accessed, if you log into Dyno PA with the same username and password, from any Dyno PA client that shares that particular Grass Valley platform service. - Page 18 About K2 Dyno Production Assistant NOTE: This list displays the panes that are visible; that is, panes that are not hidden beneath other panes. For example, the Completed Transfers pane is not shown here because it is hidden beneath the Quick Logging pane. The Customize pane is not available in this release.
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Page 19: About User Layouts And Preferences
Users & Preferences and select the desired font options. 5. Layouts are automatically saved on the Grass Valley platform service PC when you exit the Dyno PA application. To export a layout, select Users & Preferences from the menu and click the button. -
Page 20: Sharing Assets And Information Between Multiple K2 Dyno Pa Clients
You can have multiple K2 Dyno PA clients accessing the same assets, rules, and searches through one Grass Valley platform service. If multiple Dyno PA clients share the same Grass Valley platform service, the different clients share: Dyno Production Assistant User Manual... - Page 21 • Browse: Dyno PA clients can browse clips or subclips from a K2 Summit system. Two Dyno PA clients can browse the same K2 Summit system if they are using the same Grass Valley platform service. You cannot browse a playlist. 15 October 2010...
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Page 23: Chapter 2: Starting Dyno Pa
Chapter Starting Dyno PA This section contains the following topics: • Starting the K2 Dyno PA application 15 October 2010 Dyno Production Assistant User Manual... -
Page 24: Starting The K2 Dyno Pa Application
Start | Programs | Grass Valley platform service. Prerequisites: • The Grass Valley platform service must be running before you start the K2 Dyno PA application. • The rst time you start the Grass Valley platform service after installation, you need to reboot the PC that the service is running on, or manually start the service. -
Page 25: Chapter 3: Logging And Keywords
Chapter Logging and keywords This section contains the following topics: • About K2 Dyno PA metadata and logging keywords • Creating a K2 Dyno PA keyword • Renaming a K2 Dyno PA keyword • Deleting a K2 Dyno PA keyword •... -
Page 26: About K2 Dyno Pa Metadata And Logging Keywords
Keyword categories can be imported to another Dyno PA client that accesses a different Grass Valley platform service or exported to a K2 Dyno Replay Controller. The following terms are used in K2 Dyno PA keyword logging: •... -
Page 27: Deleting A K2 Dyno Pa Keyword
Logging and keywords Deleting a K2 Dyno PA keyword 1. Right-click on the keyword and select Delete Keyword A con rmation message box displays. 2. Click The keyword is deleted. NOTE: If you select multiple keywords, Dyno PA deletes the last keyword selected. -
Page 28: Applying (Logging) A Keyframe In K2 Dyno Pa
Logging and keywords The keyword is grayed out. Applying (logging) a keyframe in K2 Dyno PA A keyframe is a keyword assigned to a speci c timecode. Prerequisite: You can only apply keyframes on a K2 Summit system. 1. From the Asset List pane, select the asset that you want to apply a keyframe to. 2. -
Page 29: Creating A Keyword Category
Logging and keywords 1. Load the asset in the Browse pane. 2. In the Info pane, select the keyframe. 3. Right-click and select Delete The keyframe is no longer displayed in the Info pane. Creating a keyword category You can group K2 Dyno PA keywords into categories, which can be accessed by selecting a tab in the Quick Logging pane. -
Page 30: Exporting K2 Dyno Pa Keywords To A K2 Dyno Controller
Exporting K2 Dyno PA keywords to another Dyno PA You can save all the keywords, and all the keyword categories, in an XML le that can be imported into a K2 Dyno PA client that uses a different Grass Valley platform service or saved as a backup le. -
Page 31: Chapter 4: Searching Assets
Chapter Searching assets This section contains the following topics: • Creating a search query in K2 Dyno PA • Editing a search in K2 Dyno PA • Deleting a search in K2 Dyno PA 15 October 2010 Dyno Production Assistant User Manual... -
Page 32: Creating A Search Query In K2 Dyno Pa
Creating a search query in K2 Dyno PA You can create and save queries to search assets in K2 Dyno PA. Saved searches can be viewed by any user sharing the same Grass Valley platform service. To create a search, follow these steps: 1. -
Page 33: Deleting A Search In K2 Dyno Pa
Searching assets 1. To edit a saved search, right-click on the search and select Edit Search The Search - New Search dialog box displays. 2. Make the desired changes and click Deleting a search in K2 Dyno PA 1. To delete a search, right-click on the search in the Navigator pane and select Delete A con rmation box displays asking if you want to delete the search. -
Page 35: Chapter 5: Working With Assets, Bins, And Folders
Chapter Working with assets, bins, and folders This section contains the following topics: • Creating a clip • Creating a subclip • Copying assets • Copying an asset to a repository • Playing an asset or playlist • Renaming an asset •... -
Page 36: Creating A Clip
Working with assets, bins, and folders Creating a clip You can use K2 Dyno PA to create (record) a clip on a K2 system. Prerequisite: • A managed channel must have been added to the K2 Dyno PA client. 1. In the Managed Channels pane, click on the button. -
Page 37: Copying Assets
Working with assets, bins, and folders Copying assets If you copy and paste an asset on the same K2 system, K2 Dyno PA pastes a shortcut, or reference, to the original asset rather than an entirely new copy. If you drag-and-drop an asset within a K2 system, the new asset is a reference to the existing asset unless you specify otherwise in the Users &... -
Page 38: Playing An Asset Or Playlist
Working with assets, bins, and folders Playing an asset or playlist You can play a K2 Dyno PA asset or playlist on a K2 system by using the Managed Channel pane. You cannot play a subclip on a managed channel. Prerequisite: •... -
Page 39: Deleting An Asset
This network share must be accessible from the PC that runs the Grass Valley platform service. • If the lesystem repository is a USB drive, the drive must be UNC mountable from the machine running the Dyno PA platform service. -
Page 40: Adding A Bin
Working with assets, bins, and folders • Use Dyno Keywords in Export Filename: the Dyno Keywords appear as part of the name in the exported le. • Use Dyno Marks in Export Filename: Dyno PA puts Dyno marks in the lename itself, for example: 10:15:25:20-10:22:40:15-S00001.Mov. -
Page 41: Editing A Repository
Working with assets, bins, and folders Editing a repository 1. In the Navigator pane, right-click on the repository and select Edit Repository Repository dialog box displays. 2. Make the desired changes and press Enter If you have edited the repository name, the change will not be visible in the Navigator pane until you click the button. -
Page 43: Chapter 6: Transferring Assets With K2 Dyno Pa
Chapter Transferring Assets with K2 Dyno PA This section contains the following topics: • Transferring assets automatically with rules • Transferring scheduled assets • Transferring assets manually 15 October 2010 Dyno Production Assistant User Manual... -
Page 44: Transferring Assets Automatically With Rules
Transferring Assets with K2 Dyno PA Transferring assets automatically with rules K2 Dyno PA can automatically transfer assets by using rules with speci c criteria. When an asset meets the criteria, Dyno PA transfers the asset to a location speci ed in the rule. -
Page 45: Editing A Rule
Transferring Assets with K2 Dyno PA • Use Dyno Marks for Transfer/Export: If you check this box, Dyno PA uses Mark In and Mark Out points that were automatically added to the asset by a K2 Dyno Replay Controller. • Single Transfer Queue: If you check this box, transfers are initiated (pulled) from the K2 Summit system that is the destination server. -
Page 46: Deleting A Rule
Transferring Assets with K2 Dyno PA Deleting a rule In the Rules pane, right-click the rule you want to delete and select Delete Checking an asset for rules You can check an asset to see if any rules have been applied to it, and you can release the asset from complying with a rule. - Page 47 Out point in the Recording Assets pane. (The time of the record is based on the time of the K2 system, and the date is based on the date on the machine running the Grass Valley platform service.) 5. In the appropriate column, select New Transfer The Scheduler Transfer dialog box displays.
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Page 48: Transferring Assets Manually
Transferring Assets with K2 Dyno PA • Channel: This eld is automatically populated with the channel you selected in step 3. You can modify the information here. • Side: This eld, if available with your system, is automatically populated with the channel side you selected in step 3. -
Page 49: Chapter 7: Playlists
Chapter Playlists This section contains the following topics: • Creating a playlist • Editing a playlist • Deleting a playlist • Renaming a playlist • Copying a playlist 15 October 2010 Dyno Production Assistant User Manual... -
Page 50: Creating A Playlist
Playlists Creating a playlist Prerequisite: • A bin in a K2 system must be selected from the Navigator pane before you create the playlist. To create a playlist, follow these steps: 1. From the menu, click on New Playlist The new playlist appears in the currently selected bin with a default name of List_n. -
Page 51: Editing A Playlist
Playlists 10. To remove an asset from the playlist, right-click on the asset and select Delete The asset is removed from the playlist, but not from the asset list. To play a playlist, you need to have con gured a managed channel from the same K2 system as the playlist. -
Page 52: Deleting A Playlist
Playlists To play a playlist, you need to have con gured a managed channel from the same K2 system as the playlist. Deleting a playlist 1. In the Asset List pane, right-click on the playlist you want to delete. 2. Select Delete A con rmation box displays asking if you want to delete the asset.