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The Kayenne ClipStore

David casper

november 2010

The Grass Valley

 Kayenne

 Video Production 

Center  ClipStore  provides  the  means  to 
rapidly load and play clips that are integral to 
live production, whether they’re packages for 

replay, or animations used in transitions.

www.grassvalley.com

Summary of Contents for EDIUS 4 LICENSE MANAGER - APPLICATION NOTE 11-2010

Page 1: ...r November 2010 The Grass Valley Kayenne Video Production Center ClipStore provides the means to rapidly load and play clips that are integral to live production whether they re packages for replay or animations used in transitions www grassvalley com ...

Page 2: ...s the means to edit and trim clips and to assemble a video key audio clip from separate files This is described later in this document However what is most important is the way the ClipStore is integrated into the switcher s control system so that in addition to the manual loading of clips using the switcher s menu clips can be loaded cued and played using E MEM macros and Q MEM It is this integra...

Page 3: ...clip select a channel by touching its output icon and then touch the clip As soon as the clip is loaded and ready to play the thumbnail is displayed in the channel s icon There is a full range of motion control for the clip playing at unity or variable speed forward or reverse and of course fast forward and rewind The menu also has a jog knob to precisely move the clip as well as setting precise m...

Page 4: ...n be assigned to any level Most usefully the channels can be made definable and placed as sub levels within an M E In this case the M E and the clip can be driven from a local E MEM panel rather than the master To create a macro for the ClipStore first ensure that KF Triggers are turned off Now ClipStore functions accessed through the menu can be recorded into a macro including Load Cue Play Stop ...

Page 5: ...hrough D can be learned into a Q MEM on its own so that the DCM can be rapidly delegated to controlling the ClipStore Once a channel is selected rotating the second knob scrolls through avail able clips and pressing the load button loads the clip onto the channel The power of Q MEM is fully utilized when named clips in and out points and auto play are learned into one of the 100 Q MEM registers to...

Page 6: ...MOV formats however it is only the GXF format that can have video and key combined in the same file so it is only GXF format that is supported on export Ingesting Material cont The ClipStore menu editing tools allow you to trim clips create sub clips from a longer clip join clips together concatenate and most importantly combine tracks from separate clips into a single clip In the illustration bel...

Page 7: ... be copied into and out of the ClipStore The left hand side of the menu is always the source and the right hand side the target Files can be copied and deleted using this menu Once a file is imported into the ClipStore it can immediately be loaded and played In a workflow that is centered around the ClipStore clips will be in the high quality AVC Intra 100 compression standard In workflows that in...

Page 8: ...uts used for recording sends from the Kayenne switcher and its outputs used for playout returns to the switcher Once this is done the ClipStore is ready for use Configuring the ClipStore Using the Kayenne Menu Connection to the ClipStore is made by configuring its IP address in the Eng Setup Node Settings Frame Suites Nodes ID menu and pressing the Enable button Setup and Configuration ...

Page 9: ... configured each ClipStore channel automati cally appears in the Enables Devices menu The fol lowing illustration show how a four channel ClipStore appears in that menu The ClipStore is not treated as an external device and should not be configured in that menu doing so would cause conflicts due to a dupli cate configuration Setup and Configuration cont ...

Page 10: ...iguration is first retrieved from the ClipStore using the Read from ClipStore button the desired changes are made to the configuration and then the ClipStore is configured by pressing the Send to ClipStore button Using this menu various settings can be made such as configuring the aspect ratio conversion or the freeze mode Setup and Configuration cont ...

Page 11: ... distribution amplifier DA Where there are two suites one Aux Bus per suite could be used In some sites the ClipStore inputs are directly connected to a router and switcher Aux Buses not used at all For a standard configuration using one VK Aux Bus pair per channel start by cabling the switcher output BNCs to the ClipStore Each channel should have four cables two cables for record one for video th...

Page 12: ...he returns from the ClipStore In the example of source 25 the video is on input 31 and the key on 12 All that is necessary for operation of the ClipStore is to configure the sources as in 25 27 29 and 31 However the creator of this con figuration chose to additionally configure logical sources 26 28 30 and 32 which are the key only side of the ClipStore output for each channel The Grass Valley Kay...

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