Grass valley AURORA 7 ARCHIVE AND RESTORE WORKFLOW APPLICATION NOTE

application Note

Aurora Edit 7 Archive &

Restore Workflow

Michael DeJadon

November 2010

Using Aurora Edit 7, you now have the ability to manage, edit, and synchronize—on an asneeded basis—low-resolution proxies to their high-resolution files when those files are located offline in an archive.

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Introduction

Prior to Aurora™ Edit 7.0, it was not possible to edit with assets that were listed as offline. This could be a real handicap in a system that presents proxy capabilities. As of version 7.0, Grass Valley™ has created a new workflow that allows the user to manage, edit, and synchronize their low-resolution assets for use in a high-resolution world.

Software Prerequisites

Aurora Edit ≥7.0

BaseCamp ≥ 7.0

Working with Offline Assets

What constitutes an offline asset:

An offline asset is defined as any media item that has a reference to a low-resolution asset, but its corresponding high-reso- lution asset exists only in a storage pool that cannot be directly accessed via the client.

One example of this would be when the high-resolution asset has been deleted from the local storage and placed in an offline archiving system. Another example would be when the highresolution asset lives on another pool of storage like a mirrored SAN.

How to determine whether an asset is offline:

In the “Search Results” view of the BaseCamp search tool, any asset that is currently offline will display an orange dot, which can be found in the location column of the window.

How to play back an offline asset within Aurora Edit:

Once an offline asset is found, you can simply double-click or drag-and-drop the clip in order to load it into the “Source Tool” for immediate playback.

NOTE: This is now using the low-resolution asset for playback thus the quality may be less than what you are currently used to seeing in Aurora Edit.

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Editing with Offline Assets

Now that you know how to locate and play back assets that are offline, you can edit with these offline assets much in the same way as you would as if the asset was online. You can set marks in the source tool, copy the clip to the timeline, add transitions, effects, alter audio fade control points, etc.

Any offline asset that is added to the timeline will display an orange line across the top. This makes it easy to instantly recognize which assets still need to be restored before trying to perform a send or conform.

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