product data sheet
Aurora Browse also supports metadata
import and mapping from removable
media devices such as Infinity
™
REV PRO
™
and CompactFlash, P2, and
XDCAM.
Scalable Platform for Unfettered
Growth
The Aurora Browse system is
comprised of browse and archive/
restore applications, browse servers
and low-resolution storage systems,
and encoders. This collection of
hardware and software can easily scale
to meet the growth demands of your
organization.
The Aurora Browse K2 BaseCamp
Express server maintains a Microsoft
SQL Server database, which links
low- and high-resolution media, and
manages the metadata and access
rights for the system. The Aurora Browse
software transcode engine automatically
generates browse media and storyboard
thumbnails using advanced scene-
detection technology.
The low-resolution storage systems
serve up all media to clients, including
low-resolution MPEG-1 files for desktop
editing and browsing and thumbnails for
quick clip identification.
The Aurora Browse system also scales
to accommodate any number of ingest
sources and offers flexible encoding for
generating low-resolution files.
The system’s advanced encoder, for
example, handles up to 1.5 Mb/s,
MPEG-1 low-resolution media from
feeds or tapes. This Ethernet device,
when paired with a K2 system, can
simultaneously record high-resolution
media while monitoring selected folders
in scavenge mode to automatically
create low-resolution material from new,
finished material.
K2 BASECAmp ExpRESS – INTEGRATING AURoRA SYSTEm ApplICATIoNS
When the K2 BaseCamp Express
content management module is added to
the Aurora system, Ingest, Edit, and
Playout will all have access to the
same media search and metadata
management tools previously only
available within Aurora Browse.
K2 BaseCamp Express lets you
add general and custom metadata
and has expanded sortable results,
collections, dynamic keyword marking,
and integrated on-the-fly logging
functionality.
The expanded results window, with
dynamically positioned columns, enables
you to choose what metadata is shown
in sortable results. Each user can
customize their view using the column
picker to show technical, general, or
custom metadata when viewing search
results.
Enhanced Search –
•
use filters for
flexible and efficient searches
Explore View –
•
explore devices or
on-line folders directly without using
search tools. If you know where the
media is, just go there. You can see
both shared storage and inventory
from standalone ingest and playout
servers
Transfer Tool –
•
now integrated into
the K2 BaseCamp Express Explore
View tools, allows you to drag and
drop files and monitor transfer
progress between devices
Collections –
•
a virtual folder
workspace allows you to create
public or private folders so that you
and others can contribute references
to the media. Some of the uses for
Collections include selecting clips for
projects, selecting clips to be archived
or restored, and requests for the
media manager, all without actually
moving or duplicating media.
Keywords –
•
mark keyframe locators
and keywords with in/out points and a
description to identify selected media
for use directly in editing
Scene Detection –
•
the K2 BaseCamp
Express scene detection engine scans
for visual changes in the picture to
make review of media faster
Pinnable Windows –
•
the K2
BaseCamp Express panels are now
pinnable and relocatable so you can
customize and resize K2 BaseCamp
Express tools within the application
Custom Metadata –
•
create and
search metadata fields including
variable- and unlimited-sized text
fields, date, pick list, and numbers
