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Product

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3.3.2.1401 for K2 Media
Client

7.2.7.1397 for K2
Summit Production
Client

Generic iSCSI Installer

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3.3.2.1401 for K2 Media
Client

7.2.7.1397 for K2
Summit Production
Client

GVG_MLib Installer

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3.3.2.1401 for K2 Media
Client

7.2.7.1397 for K2
Summit Production
Client

K2 system software

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7.1.0.273

K2-Aurora FTP

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2.0.13.567

M-Series system software

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1.4.0.451 or higher

SiteCon

g application

1.1.188

SiteCon

g Discovery Agent

Compatible with K2 version
3.3.2.1401 and K2 Summit
version 7.2.7.1397

3.5.2.1b15620

StorNext File System
(SNFS)

The prerequisite

les must be

installed on the SiteCon

control point PC.

1.0.0

Grass Valley prerequisite

les

Compatible third party products

Products by manufacturers other than Grass Valley are compatible with this release
of software as follows:

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Version

Product

5.21

Chyron Lyric Software

9.0c

DirectX

6.00.0042

ENPS

3.1

iNews

6.0

Octopus

18 October 2010

Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7.1.0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions

Version compatibility

Summary of Contents for AURORA EDIT - S AND UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS V7.1.0

Page 1: ...al NewsBrowse NewsEdit NewsQ NewsShare NewsQ Pro and Media Manager are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Grass Valley Inc in the United States and or other countries Grass Valley Inc products are covered by U S and foreign patents issued and pending Additional information regarding Grass Valley Inc trademarks and other proprietary rights may be found at www grassvalley com Other tradem...

Page 2: ... the control point PC 26 Upgrade K2 systems 26 Set up K2 Aurora FTP 26 Distribute devices into deployment groups 29 Install High Priority Windows updates recommended 30 Manually upgrade systems 30 Check all currently installed software on Aurora Edit devices 30 Add software package to deployment group for Aurora Edit devices 31 Setting deployment options 33 Upgrade software on shared storage Auror...

Page 3: ...58 Moving Orad MOS objects into Aurora Edit 59 The VizRT Graphics Tool 60 Moving VizRT MOS objects into Aurora Edit 60 Create VizRT Graphic within Aurora Edit 62 Linking video MOS objects to the Timeline 64 Editing using offline proxy media 66 Preserving ANC Data 67 Operation considerations 69 Known Issues 75 18 October 2010 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructi...

Page 4: ...vailable 24 hours a day 7 days a week In country Toll free Support Center 33 1 48 25 20 20 800 80 80 20 20 France 1 530 478 4148 1 800 547 8949 United States Authorized Local Support Representative A local support representative may be available in your country To locate a support center during normal local business hours refer to the following list This list is regularly updated on the website fo...

Page 5: ...pe 31 0 35 62 38 421 Benelux Netherlands 32 0 2 334 90 30 Benelux Belgium 800 80 80 20 20 33 1 48 25 20 20 France 49 6150 104 444 Germany Austria Eastern Europe 7 495 258 09 20 Belarus Russia Tadzhikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan 45 404 72 237 Northern Europe 39 06 87 20 35 28 Southern Europe Italy 34 91 512 03 50 Southern Europe Spain 971 4 299 64 40 Middle East Middle East Near East Africa 800 80 80 2...

Page 6: ... of Aurora Edit will perform renders and transcodes faster than the previous version Transferred sequences that require these functions will appear faster to the user especially with the new class workstations The Conform server performance is also improved Animated graphics now allowed on graphics track Aurora Edit 7 0 now allows for animated graphics to be placed on the graphics track Due to thi...

Page 7: ...ct in the Timeline to launch the VizRT plug in Editors have the same add modify capabilities as the journalist do within the VizRT plug in Once a graphic is ready on the Timeline the operator retrieves the graphic to pull it from the VizRT graphics server as a video file with alpha The editor can then transfer to playout with the burned in graphic already on the Timeline Refer to The VizRT Graphic...

Page 8: ... of an optional AJA Breakout Box BOB LHi version only When incoming feeds with closed captioned data are recorded to a K2 or Summit storage device the K2 or Summit will put this data into an ancillary data track when the generate ancillary data option is turned on on the K2 or Summit device This is done in Audio Video configuration under Data Track Setup on the K2 or Summit When clips with this da...

Page 9: ...will be ignored by the application Use Configured Web Proxy Setting A new setting to bypass the configured web proxy has been added to each application within the Aurora Suite This checkbox pertains to environments that have MediaFrame enabled For Aurora Edit the checkbox is found in Tools Options General and will become active only with MediaFrame turned on When checked the application will conti...

Page 10: ...rs to transcode to MPEG I Frame as well as MPEG Long GOP and XDCAM HD formats More Audio Channels Aurora Edit now supports 16 channels of audio within a file for playback 8 channels of audio for recording 16 tracks of audio within the timeline and up to 16 channels of output when sending to a server MediaFrame Integration New search and metadata tools have been embedded in numerous areas within th...

Page 11: ... placed on the timeline in its native format These will be transcoded on sending to the K2 server JPEG2K Support JPEG2K clips can be imported and placed on the timeline in its native format These will be transcoded on sending to the K2 server Online Help Users can access online help from Aurora Edit which is an improvement upon the help manuals of the past Older versions For information about olde...

Page 12: ...re provided only for existing SD customers upgrading to this release New customers should use HD configurations Aurora Edit SD laptop MINIMUM Spec Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2 4 GHz Processor 2 GB Memory Integrated or discrete graphics with 128 MB of memory and support for Direct3D 9 and Shader Model 3 0 Graphics 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA System Drive 7200 RPM SATA if 2nd drive is available otherwise order ...

Page 13: ...to desktop systems This Notes includes potentially choppy playback particularly during un rendered effects or when playing multiple streams of video In addition render performance on a laptop is affected by inherently slower drive performance within laptops Aurora Edit SD desktop MINIMUM Spec Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2 33 GHz OR Intel Xeon 5140 Dual Core 2 33 GHz OR AMD Opteron 270 Dual Core 2 0 GHz...

Page 14: ...DVD CD DVD Optical Drive Gigabit Ethernet 2 Gigabit Ethernet 2 Network As needed As needed Firewire 1394 Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or Windows 7 Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or Windows 7 OS A Gigabit Ethernet card and a Firewire 1394 card shall NOT be installed on the same PCI bus segment e g adjacent PCI Notes slots since this can cause very poor performance It is the customer s responsibility to insure that...

Page 15: ...drive and or larger faster media drives if desired Customer may order additional network interfaces as needed Customer may order additional 1394 card if needed You might need to update the firmware on theAJA LHi board since some early boards from AJA might have shipped with an older firmware Aurora Self Test should notify you if the wrong firmware is installed To update the firmware follow these s...

Page 16: ...d graphics Integrated graphics Graphics 160 GB 7200 RPM SATA or SAS 36 GB 7200 RPM SATA or SAS System Drive CD DVD CD DVD Optical Drive Gigabit Ethernet 2 Gigabit Ethernet 2 Network Windows Server 2003 R2 32 SP2 Windows Server 2003 32 SP2 OS Aurora Edit LD RECOMMENDED Spec MINIMUM Spec Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2 0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 2 4 GHz OR Intel Pentium Dual Core 1 6 GHz OR Intel Core 2 2 0 Pro...

Page 17: ...rubbing video and audio HP workstation board assignments This section lists the supported Aurora Edit workstations and the corresponding slot assignments HP xw8600 Workstation Board Assignment Slot Type Slot Comtrol RS 422 optional OR additional IEEE 1394 optional PCI 1 NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 graphics PCI e x16 2 Empty use as needed PCI e x8 x4 3 Empty use as needed PCI e x16 x16 or x8 4 Empty use a...

Page 18: ...DIA Quadro FX1500 graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX1500 graphics PCI e 2 Network Interface Network Interface PCI e 3 Network Interface Network Interface PCI e 4 HDFX I O HDR I O PCI X 5 HDFX Audio Adapter PCI X 6 HDFX Effects Fibre Channel PCI X 7 HP xw9300 Workstation Single CPU Board Assignment SDFX Option 2 SDFX Option 1 SD SDR Slot Type Slot NVIDIA QuadroFX1400 graphics NVIDIA QuadroFX1500 graphics NV...

Page 19: ...PCI 2 additional IEEE 1394 optional additional IEEE 1394 optional Network Interface Network Interface PCI e 3 HDFX Audio Adapter Network Interface or Fibre Channel PCI X 4 HDFX I O Network Interface or Fibre Channel PCI X 5 HDFX Effects HDR I O PCI X 6 HP z800 Workstation Board Assignment Use Slot Type Slot Empty can be used as needed PCI e Gen2 x8 x4 1 NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 graphics PCI e Gen2 x16...

Page 20: ...tible with this release of software as follows Comments Version Product Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 7 1 0 8 Aurora Browse client With compatible version of SQL 7 1 0 18 Aurora Browse MediaFrame Server Windows Server 2003 7 1 0 15 Aurora Proxy Encoder With compatible version of SQL 7 1 0 68 Aurora Ingest With compatible version of SQL 7 1 0 39 Aurora Playout Windows Server 2003 7 1 0 273 Aurora Co...

Page 21: ... 1 188 SiteConfig DiscoveryAgent Compatible with K2 version 3 3 2 1401 and K2 Summit version 7 2 7 1397 3 5 2 1b15620 StorNext File System SNFS The prerequisite files must be installed on the SiteConfig control point PC 1 0 0 Grass Valley prerequisite files Compatible third party products Products by manufacturers other than Grass Valley are compatible with this release of software as follows Comm...

Page 22: ...78 NVIDIA driver 3 0 4 10c Orad FrameworkXP 1 3 3 210 Orad HASPdriver 5 0 12 1513 Orad RenderEngine 5 2 0 472b Orad ReTalkXML 5 2 0 1646 Orad PageBrowserAx Contact Panasonic for driver 2 03 0002 Panasonic P2 Driver 7 6 or greater QuickTime 2 6 1 4 SabreTooth Contact Sony for driver 2 04 Sony XDCAM FAM Driver www vizrt com Contact VizRT VizRT Requirements 22 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Re...

Page 23: ...rora Edit and Aurora Edit LD with SiteConfig With the upgrade instructions in this document you use SiteConfig from a network connected control point PC and remotely upgrade software simultaneously on your Aurora product devices This is the recommended process for software upgrades NOTE Do not use the upgrade instructions in this document if upgrading with SiteConfig for the first time If SiteConf...

Page 24: ...inistrator account must be enabled Make recovery images Do not do this task if You previously made a recovery image at the current software version for each computer you are upgrading Do this task if You do not have a recovery image at the current software version for one or more of the computers you are upgrading The recommended procedure is to make a recovery image immediately after a software u...

Page 25: ...repare SiteConfig for the software upgrade 1 Make the following files accessible to the SiteConfig control point PC AuroraSuite software installation cab file AuroraEditLD software installation cab file NewsShare software installation cab file ConformServer software installation cab file SNFS software installation cab file SNFS_nonK2_x86 versionnumber cab for the 32 bit and SNFS_nonK2_x64 versionn...

Page 26: ...ley Prerequisite Files Upgrade K2 systems Prerequisites for this task are as follows If upgrading a K2 SAN all SAN clients must be offline all media access stopped or shut down Depending on your system design this could include devices such as K2 clients K2 appliances Aurora Proxy Advanced Encoders MDI server Aurora Edit clients Aurora Ingest clients Aurora Playout clients and generic clients Upgr...

Page 27: ... 1 In SiteConfig check software on the the deployment group that contains your K2 Media Servers 2 In SiteConfig add the K2AuroraFTP_x x x xxx cab file to the deployment group that contains your K2 Media Servers 3 Proceed with next steps to set deployment options for K2 Aurora FTP software 4 Do one of the following to set deployment options Double click the task Select the task and click the Option...

Page 28: ... button 8 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 Restart required link click the link and when prompted are you sure click Yes If the Details column does not prompt you restart the K2 Media Server manually 28 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructi...

Page 29: ...device This increases the efficiency of your software deployment with SiteConfig If you have not already done so configure your deployment groups The recommended deployment group distribution is as follows Depending on your system design your system might not have all the device types listed In a deployment group named Aurora_Edit_Ingest_Playout place the following devices Aurora Edit workstation ...

Page 30: ...ther Microsoft SQL Express 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition is required Use the following steps to manage upgrades to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition 1 Determine if you have Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition installed on one or more of your system devices If installed continue with next steps 2 Check version compatibility information in these release notes and...

Page 31: ...ted 2 When the check is complete for the selected device or devices close the Check Software dialog box An updated list of all currently installed software is displayed in the Software Deployment Devices Installed Software list view If software is a SiteConfig managed software package information is displayed in the Managed Package and Deployment Group columns Related Links About installing SiteCo...

Page 32: ...CI_x86_7 2 x cab Generic iSCSI client for 32 bit systems GenericISCI_x64_7 2 x cab Generic iSCSI client for 64 bit systems GVG_MLib_7 2 x cab GVG MLib SNFS_nonK2_x86_x x x xxx cab Use version compatible with your K2 software SNFS for 32 bit systems SNFS_nonK2_x64_x x x xxx cab Use version compatible with your K2 software SNFS for 64 bit systems You can add files for both 32 bit and 64 bit systems ...

Page 33: ...s Tasks that need to have deployment options set display in the Details column a message stating Deployment options required If you select a task that needs to have its deployment options set the Start Deployment button is disabled and the message is displayed next to the button 3 Proceed with next steps to set deployment options for the following GVG_MLib Conform Server Aurora Edit LD 4 Do one of...

Page 34: ...ase server DSM Shared AV Files Shared AV Drives Enter Local AV Files Cache Files Aurora Edit LD 34 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 Upgrading Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD systems ...

Page 35: ...e on other Aurora Edit devices Do this task if You have shared storage NewsShare Aurora Edit systems Use this procedure to upgrade their software Prerequisites for this task are as follows The devices that you are upgrading are in a deployment group For the software you are upgrading you have added a newer version of that managed software package to the deployment group Prerequisite files are inst...

Page 36: ...u are deploying select the Deploy check box in the row for the uninstall task NOTE If you manually uninstalled or installed software the uninstall task might not appear or it might appear with a different package name Uninstall software as follows Action Managed Package Deploy Uninstall AuroraSuite xxxx xxxx Uninstall NewsShare xxxx xxxx Uninstall GenericISCI x86 xxxx xxxx Uninstall GenericISCI x6...

Page 37: ...d link click the link and when prompted are you sure click Yes The device restarts 6 For the software you are installing select the Deploy check box in the row for the install task Install software as follows Action Managed Package Deploy Install GenericISCI x86 xxxx xxxx version must be compatible with K2 SAN Install GenericISCI x64 xxxx xxxx version must be compatible with K2 SAN Install GVGMLib...

Page 38: ...a Restart required link click the link and when prompted are you sure click Yes The device restarts 10 The shared media drives on theAurora Edit workstations should have been mapped in the previous software installation The install program checks for mapped drive status so if the shared media drives are not mapped you will be notified by the application to do this 11 For the software you are insta...

Page 39: ...e to the deployment group Prerequisite files are installed on the control point PC You have recently done the SiteConfig 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 For some software components SiteConfi...

Page 40: ...xxx Uninstall NewsShare xxxx xxxx Install NewsShare 7 1 0 xxxx Uninstall ConformServer xxxx xxxx Install ConformServer 7 1 0 xxxx Uninstall GenericISCI x86 xxxx xxxx Install GenericISCI x86 xxxx xxxx version must be compatible with K2 SAN Uninstall GenericISCI x64 xxxx xxxx Install GenericISCI x64 xxxx xxxx version must be compatible with K2 SAN Uninstall GVGMLib xxxx xxxx Install GVGMLib xxxx xxx...

Page 41: ...un and software is uninstalled Progress is reported and next steps are indicated in both the Status and Details columns If an error appears regarding prerequisite software install the prerequisite files on the control point PC and then repeat this step 6 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...

Page 42: ...rvers c Upgrade software on K2 Media Servers via a SiteConfig deployment session Upgrade Browse and MediaFrame systems Prerequisites for this task are as follows K2 systems are upgraded to the compatible version of K2 system software Aurora Edit Ingest and Playout systems are upgraded to the compatible versions of software K2 Nearline SAN NAS systems are upgraded to the compatible version of K2 sy...

Page 43: ... Grass Valley product s Service Manual for recovery image procedures 18 October 2010 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 43 Upgrading Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD systems ...

Page 44: ...ext In the Select Shared Server field enter the name of the database server that you are using for the Shared database and select Next 8 In the Select Shared AV Files Directory select the directory where the Aurora Suite Video and Audio files are to be saved This should be a directory located on a high speed AV disk drive Click Next to accept the default directory V VibrintAVFiles or select the ma...

Page 45: ...ust also enter the NAS Media Path for the NAS storage that will be used for media Select Next 13 Click Next to install the application Wait for the install to completely finish It will take a few minutes to complete 18 October 2010 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 45 Manually Installing Aurora Edit Aurora Edit LD Software ...

Page 46: ...tions on installing software for any third party products Many of these products may also include installation instructions Be sure to use these instructions for proper installation Please note it is very important to check the Compatible third party products software table in these release notes so you use the validated software or driver version required for this release Related Links 46 Aurora ...

Page 47: ...r which they are requested and cannot be used on any other machine You should back up the license text files to a separate drive or as part of a recovery image Licenses are based on your system s unique identifier which is partially derived from your system s Media Access Control MAC address If you change your system s MAC address by performing operations such as changing the System Processor card...

Page 48: ...t text file will overwrite it 7 If you have K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server and if the write filter is currently enabled be aware that files on the desktop are lost on restart Therefore do one of the following Save the License Request text file s to a different location Keep the K2 system running do not restart until after you have requested the license s 8 Do one of the follow...

Page 49: ...icense Licenses_ SalesNumber txt is provided as a text file Use the License Manager to add this file to your system and enable the desired feature 1 Click on the License Manager icon on the Windows Desktop The SabreTooth License Manager opens 2 Do one of the following Choose File Import License and navigate to the file location to open the text file Drag and drop the text file onto the License Man...

Page 50: ...location This allows you to quickly re install a license should it be deleted or should you have to downgrade and then re license the software You can archive multiple licenses at the same time NOTE If you downgrade to an earlier version of the licensed software make sure to archive the licenses first 1 In the SabreTooth License Manager select the license or licenses 2 Choose File Export License t...

Page 51: ...k with sticker keypads The following sections show the new keyboard look for all keycaps This information and a full listing of keyboard functionality is included in the current Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD User Guides Tool selection keys The eight light blue keys at the top of the keyboard activate the Aurora Edit tools Function Name Keypad Selects and moves items on the Timeline Timeline Tool ...

Page 52: ...port command keys The light purple keys act as transport controls for playing sequences and remote sources The green keys control movement within a clip The red key F12 starts a record Function Name Keypad Plays the Timeline source or clip Play Plays sequence or clip starting at the beginning Play From Start Plays the Timeline source or clip Play Rewinds the footage for both Timeline and source Re...

Page 53: ...diting and clip track selection keys The tan keys perform trims The blue keys represent edit modes for overwrite splice and fit to fill The dark gray key performs copy to Timeline The purple keys control clips The gray keys are used with Aurora Edit local seaches not MediaFrame Function Name Keypad Trims the Out point in the Cut Point Edit Tool changes the duration of the sequence Edit HD only Tri...

Page 54: ...ies selected clips from Bin as well as Timeline clip sources to the Timeline In the Record to Bin window add a clip to the Batch Capture list Match Frame to Bin Marks an in and out around the selected areas of the Timeline Mark Area Displays the results bin for local Aurora Edit searches not MediaFrame searches View Search Results Searches for assets within the local Aurora Edit database not the M...

Page 55: ... of the clip the tail off the selected clips on the Timeline Cut Mark Out Moves to the Mark In point Go to Mark In Moves to the Mark Out point Go to Mark Out Marks an In point Mark In Marks an Out point Mark Out Clears the In point Clear Mark In Clears the Out point Clear Mark Out Extends an edit past the end of the clip using handles Extend Edit Toggles between Timecode and Control Track modes Ti...

Page 56: ...meline in Zoom in Toggles video track V1 on and off Video 1 Toggles audio track A1 on and off Audio 1 Toggles audio track A2 on and off Audio 2 Toggles audio track A3 on and off Audio 3 Toggles audio track A4 on and off Audio 4 Other Aurora Edit keys The keys described below perform miscellaneous editing functions 56 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 O...

Page 57: ... the Source Tool Enable Vary Speed In the Video Effects Tool adds a keyframe to the currently selected effect Insert Keyframe Control Moves the position to the beginning of a clip or sequence Go to Start In the Source Tool or Trimmer selects the previously set variable speed Previous Vary Speed Deletes the selected clip from the Bin or Timeline Delete Selection Moves the position to the end of a c...

Page 58: ... a new sequence and linking to the Assignment List Manager to select a story Then from the Story View graphics can be copied directly to the Graphics track on the Timeline Graphics that get copied to the Timeline will inherit the default graphic duration which is configured inAurora Edit s Tools Options Graphics tab in the main menu bar Once a graphic is on the Timeline Graphics track it can be tr...

Page 59: ... assigned from the news service Click OK to close the sequence and open the Timeline 4 One the Timeline is open you can preview the script and retrieve the MOS object by selecting the Story View button in the top right main menu bar The Story View view opens listing the stories created in Orad MOS objects appear on the left side of the list in red 5 At the top of the Story View window is a Copy to...

Page 60: ... or extended This will not change the path the animation will take It will extend or trim the middle of the graphic NOTE As an additional precaution editors can trim the graphic until it is no longer on the Timeline There is no minimum duration Refer to the VizRT documentation included with your VizRT system for complete details for using the VizRT plug in and other VizRT features Moving VizRT MOS...

Page 61: ... and all will be copied to the Timeline at the same time 6 To retrieve the graphic s right click on each graphic and select the Retrieve Graphic command from the pop up menu This will bring up the Importing Graphic window which will show the progress of the graphic retrieving operation 7 Once the graphic has been retrieved the editor can play the graphic on the Timeline to preview it Aurora Edit L...

Page 62: ... VizRT system an editor can create a graphic by opening the VizRT plug in from within Aurora Edit 1 To create a new graphic from within theAurora Edit orAurora Edit LD application right click on the Graphics track of the open Timeline and select the New Graphic command in the pop up menu 62 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 New topics ...

Page 63: ...raphic Once the graphic has been created select the Save As button at the bottom of the plug in 2 In the Save dialog rename the graphic if you have modified an existing graphic or select Save as new and name the new graphic 18 October 2010 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 63 New topics ...

Page 64: ...s within the newsroom computer system The MOS Objects may be searched on and linked to stories for use within Aurora Edit Once a feed has been started in the Aurora Ingest Scheduler application the video become searchable within ENPS This provides a fast method of finding feed material and placing it into a news story as a MOS object that can easily be brought intoAurora Edit and edited as desired...

Page 65: ...now link to the script by creating a new sequence linking to the Assignment List from the sequence selecting the story being created and then select the Story View button at the top left of the Aurora Edit application When video MOS objects are linked to the script the Story View window will have a Resouces tab 18 October 2010 Aurora Edit and Edit LD Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instruc...

Page 66: ...ora Edit LD bin and become available as editable material on the Timeline The offline assets found in the database search will be indicated by an orange dot in the search result bin view An offline clip can be then be loaded into the clip player and saved to the Timeline Any number of archived clips can be used and can also be mixed with online clips on the Timeline The video can be edited in the ...

Page 67: ... closed captioning in Aurora Edit are listed below Closed captioning data is only displayed on ancillary data tracks Closed captioning in the VBI will not be displayed If a clip with closed captioning data in the VBI is rendered to convert to another compression type etc the VBI is not preserved The currently supported types of closed captioning are OP 42 OP 47 EIA 608 and EIA 708 Data must be VAN...

Page 68: ...rrect rate they will most likely play twice as fast but they could also appear corrupt The reverse is also true When the progressive clip on the interlaced timeline gets transcoded the captions will not be preserved The conform process will preserve ANC data on sends from Aurora Edit LD NOTE Due to the nature of closed captioning editing a clip with closed captions can result in error prone closed...

Page 69: ... default for external GPI devices However these can be changed to 422 communication ports by deselecting the Reserve COM1 and COM2 for GPIO checkbox within the Tools Options dialog of Aurora Edit The Comtrol COM ports use COM3 and COM4 for 422 communications by default When using either COM3 or COM4 to connect to an External Control Device a dipswitch on top of the Comtrol Card must be toggled to ...

Page 70: ...ile 8 Under Settings scroll down to find Unified back depth buffer Select it and change the value from On to Off 9 Select Apply When using 720p and HDR dual monitor mode is disabled as resources needed for processing the additional signal are unavailable Edit LD automatic login To avoid logging in each time you launch Aurora Edit LD configure your machine for automatic login 1 Open Internet Explor...

Page 71: ... accept 5 Select File Save changes and press Enter 6 Press F10 to accept The system will restart At this time it is not known whether Dell systems have a similar setting Aurora Edit SDR HDR models If you are installing Aurora Edit SDR HDR on an HP xw9300 you must make the following BIOS change for proper operation Failure to do so will result in stuttering audio and video and dropped frames NOTE T...

Page 72: ...OS setup 2 Select Power Thermal and press Enter 3 Select Fan Idle Mode and change it from 1 bar minimum to 7 bars maximum 4 Press F10 to accept 5 Select File Save changes and press Enter 6 Press F10 to accept The system will restart Hyper Threading Hyper Threading should be disabled for Intel processors that support this feature This is typically controlled via the system BIOS Performance tests wi...

Page 73: ...actory To improve system performance adjust this setting 1 Right click on My Computer and select Properties 2 Click the Advanced tab 3 In the Performance area click Settings 4 Click the Adjust for best performance radio button 5 Click OK Removable Media When importing removable media from XDCAM in View as Tape mode it will be considerably slower than real time if the removable media is comprised o...

Page 74: ...e utilities are available for maintenance of the News database that is used byAurora Edit These utilities automatically install on DNP machines that host shared or embedded instances of the News database The utilities can be found in the DB Maintenance subdirectory for the respective Aurora Product under the C Program Files Grass Valley Aurora directory They must be run from the DB Maintenance sub...

Page 75: ...D online help files the section on Controlling a Deck from Aurora Edit is not applicable for Aurora Edit LD This functionality is only available with Aurora Edit Aurora Edit LD thumbnails display as Media NotAvailable This occurs if the graphic is on the V drive yet the V drive is not connected to the Aurora Edit LD computer Description CR105624 To display thumbnails of graphics on the V drive you...

Page 76: ...I output from HDFX to a Sony HDXDCAM deck with firmware 1 62 there is no audio Description CR82652 None Workaround Aurora Edit may not launch if running under a non Administrator account Description CR83022 Modify the registry file HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet00X Enum Then apply Read permission Workaround to Everyone to the Enum key under CurrentControlSet00X Make the registry chang...

Page 77: ...D Installation and Configuration Guide Workaround Going from the HDMI audio output of the AJA Breakout Box into the HDMI audio input of another Breakout Box is not supported Description CR108752 None not supported by outside manufacturer Workaround Caching Caching has been disabled in version 7 0 Description CR109539 Caching is disabled in the registry but not removed from the Installer It will st...

Page 78: ...frame based Description CR73848 Rendering the effect will allow the system to process the video and audio properly when playing back Workaround There are size and shape differences between odd shape resizes and drop shadows between the SD SDR HD HDR and SDFX HDFX Description CR82536 None Workaround External jog shuttle controller The JLCooper ES 450 external controller with Sony knob is currently ...

Page 79: ...mance limitations of the platform In this case the record audio is fine when played back In extreme cases audio can be dropped on the input and the user will get the message that Frames were dropped during record due performance limitations Record the media to bin and then add it to your timeline Workaround The encoding of AVCI is not be supported for HP xw9300 or xw8400 platforms due to performan...

Page 80: ...cription CR111430 DVD software and Aurora Edit both supply MPEG codecs which live side by side one doesn t overwrite the other The Workaround Microsoft API used during MPEG import export cannot be told which one to use and more often than not it picks the DVD supplied one Unfortunately the DVD software codec doesn t implement an API correctly resulting in the import export failure iNews Raw feed p...

Page 81: ...d select Properties 3 On the Security tab under the Customize on Launch and Activation Permission area add anonymous logon 4 Check Allow for all listed permissions 5 Click OK Link To Story When linked to iNEWS scripts StoryView window sometimes gives an Internet Explorer script error Re sizing of this window can cause this to happen Description CR72952 Go to Windows Display Properties Appearance E...

Page 82: ...42775 Lyric templates should not be configured to be read only Workaround If using Chyron Title Tool within a dual monitor environment renders will fail if the monitor resolution is set to higher than 1280x1024 Description CR106517 Set resolutions to 1280x1024 Workaround After uninstalling Chyron Title Tool plugin OMFObject dll and TBMSlogger dll no longer register Systems that have never had Chyr...

Page 83: ... administrative users cannot preview ORAD graphics Description CR108239 All Orad users need read and write permissions to the ORAD server a Windows drive must be mapped to the Orad server Workaround Panasonic P2 The Panasonic P2 driver must be loaded in order for P2 media to work properly on the Aurora Edit station USB 2 0 is required for the station using Panasonic P2 media If the on board USB is...

Page 84: ...e a flash frame of the scene before the in point on the tape None Workaround Timeline pointer skips ahead a couple of frames when reaching the IN mark of a record to timeline SDFX HDFX Description CR80923 None Workaround When you are recording to a Timeline while you also have a Record to Bin window open you may get a Src Filter error Description CR92196 This may indicate insufficient bandwidth on...

Page 85: ...ll not occur if the clips have been cached locally When rendering a clip with anAlpha Channel the aspect ratio conversion doesn t get saved Description CR97642 Graphics and animations should be created in the same format as the Aurora Edit timeline Workaround Second video display Edit LD A JPEG2000 clip only displays one field in 1080i playback Description CR96329 Aurora Edit models HD HDR are una...

Page 86: ...R43245 Clips with zero length will not be available for use within Aurora Edit Once the file reaches 25 seconds in length it will ready for use Workaround Renaming a media client bin that is currently being monitored as a SmartBin can lead to SmartBin disconnects in the NewsShare database Description CR34804 Renaming bins that are monitored as SmartBins is not recommended Workaround MOV files with...

Page 87: ...it rates such as IMX 50 and IMX 40 Copying directly to timeline instead of recording to timeline bypasses the issue Note that the result of the record to timeline Workaround will not be choppy as the clip import will succeed regardless of play performance Dragging and dropping XDCAM clips of varying formats to the bin at the same time may result in incorrect Compression Format Description CR79687 ...

Page 88: ...me over 32 characters causes smartbins to fail to transfer clips to Edit Description CR101388 Rename the bin to be 32 characters or less Workaround When winking over QT files from Summit opening them in the vmf on FCP causes them to fail to open Description CR109626 You cannot use this with growing files from Summit If you want to use it with growing files then you need to navigate to the V Media ...

Page 89: ...retrieved by the user to be burned into the Timeline Click on the graphic on the Timeline Workaround and select Retrieve Graphic If a graphic has not been retrieved the graphics will not be exported with an EDL SiteConfig When installing Aurora on Windows 7 clients a pending SiteConfig dialog can be missed Description PR20458 When a dialog is pending a blinking icon displays on the Windows 7 task ...

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