Grass Valley GV STRATUS User Manual v.3.1

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GV STRATUS

Media Workflow Application Framework

User Manual

Software Version 3.1

071-8813- 08

2014 02 21

GV STRATUS

Media Workflow Application Framework

User Manual

Software Version 3.1

071-8813- 08

2014 02 21

Contents
Overview of the GV STRATUS application.................................................................................................	11
About the GV STRATUS product............................................................................................................	11
Logging on..............................................................................................................................................	12
About the GV STRATUS application.......................................................................................................	13
About customizing the application workspace........................................................................................	14
Arranging control tray buttons.................................................................................................................	14
Viewing the application window in full screen.........................................................................................	15
The Navigator panel...............................................................................................................................	15
The Asset List panel...............................................................................................................................	17
Asset List panel buttons......................................................................................................................	18
The Inspector panel................................................................................................................................	18
About GV STRATUS tools......................................................................................................................	20
The Send Message tool..........................................................................................................................	21
The Web Monitor....................................................................................................................................	22
The Dashboard tool................................................................................................................................	23
Previewing a live streaming video...........................................................................................................	25
Quick Start Screencasts.............................................................................................................................	27
Creating a Channel Panel workspace.....................................................................................................	27
Ingesting assets using the Channel Panel tool.......................................................................................	32
Editing for production using the Storyboard Editor tool..........................................................................	36
Editing for production using EDIUS and STRATUS................................................................................	41
Managing assets........................................................................................................................................	49
Using the Explore section.......................................................................................................................	49
About the GV STRATUS Assets view.....................................................................................................	49
Browsing assets......................................................................................................................................	50
Asset indicators......................................................................................................................................	50
Adding a favorite ....................................................................................................................................	51
Removing or deleting a favorite..............................................................................................................	52
Managing Asset Lists..............................................................................................................................	52
About view modes...............................................................................................................................	52
Customizing the display of list items...................................................................................................	53
Sorting a list view................................................................................................................................	54
Adding and removing columns in a list................................................................................................	55
Opening multiple Asset List panels.....................................................................................................	56
To compare multiple Asset List panels ...............................................................................................	56
Managing multiple tabs in a panel.......................................................................................................	56
Locking an asset using Inspector........................................................................................................	56
Locking multiple assets in Asset List...................................................................................................	57
Filtering assets....................................................................................................................................	57
Deleting assets....................................................................................................................................	57
Searching assets....................................................................................................................................	59
About searches...................................................................................................................................	59
Searching assets with the Simple Search tool....................................................................................	59
About advanced query syntax, advanced searches and custom expressions....................................	60
Searching assets with the advanced search tool................................................................................	62
Determining the location of a search result asset...............................................................................	63
Search constraints and considerations...............................................................................................	64
Stopping a search or stopping refreshing a bin...................................................................................	65
Saving searches .................................................................................................................................	65
Using a saved search..........................................................................................................................	65
Creating bins and groups........................................................................................................................	66

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Asset copies and deletions.....................................................................................................................	66
Viewing a video asset.............................................................................................................................	68
Viewing a video asset in full screen....................................................................................................	68
Restoring viewer to normal size..........................................................................................................	68
Sending video asset to the next display monitor.....................................................................................	69
Access to multiple GV STRATUS sites...................................................................................................	69
Configuring Source User Preference..................................................................................................	70
Adding or modifying metadata................................................................................................................	72
Printing asset metadata..........................................................................................................................	73
Using custom metadata in Inspector......................................................................................................	73
Reordering properties in Inspector.........................................................................................................	74
Viewing relationships..............................................................................................................................	75
Viewing the properties of an item...........................................................................................................	75
Verifying proxy association.....................................................................................................................	76
Regenerating proxy.................................................................................................................................	77
Ingesting assets.........................................................................................................................................	79
The Scheduler tool..................................................................................................................................	79
Scheduler buttons...............................................................................................................................	80
About view modes...............................................................................................................................	81
Event status colors..............................................................................................................................	83
Adding an event..................................................................................................................................	84
Adding an event using Quick Schedule...............................................................................................	86
Adding a recurring event.....................................................................................................................	87
Adding a backup event .......................................................................................................................	89
Adding a channel reservation..............................................................................................................	90
Starting a crash record event..............................................................................................................	91
Locating an event................................................................................................................................	91
Modifying an event..............................................................................................................................	92
Viewing and modifying metadata of events.........................................................................................	94
Extending an event..............................................................................................................................	95
Moving an event..................................................................................................................................	96
Deleting an event................................................................................................................................	96
Deleting a recurring event...................................................................................................................	97
Previewing an event............................................................................................................................	97
Creating a template.............................................................................................................................	98
The RMI tool.........................................................................................................................................	101
RMI format specifications..................................................................................................................	102
RMI buttons.......................................................................................................................................	103
Configuring RMI User Preferences...................................................................................................	103
Accessing media...............................................................................................................................	104
Adding media....................................................................................................................................	105
Adding a media ID.............................................................................................................................	106
Previewing a clip...............................................................................................................................	106
Editing clip properties........................................................................................................................	107
Linking clip to a placeholder .............................................................................................................	109
Merging clips into group....................................................................................................................	111
Trimming a clip..................................................................................................................................	112
Importing clips...................................................................................................................................	112
Working with K2 channels........................................................................................................................	115
The Channel Panel tool........................................................................................................................	115
Channel Panel buttons......................................................................................................................	116
Configuring Channel Panel User Preferences......................................................................................	117
Creating a Channel Panel.....................................................................................................................	119
Launching and closing a Channel Panel...............................................................................................	121
Modifying a Channel Panel while in use...............................................................................................	123
Resizing channels and gangs...............................................................................................................	124

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Modifying a Channel Panel configuration.............................................................................................	124
Copying a Channel Panel configuration................................................................................................	125
About recording clips in a Channel Panel.............................................................................................	125
Recording on a single channel using crash record...........................................................................	125
Recording on a single channel using new clip..................................................................................	126
Recording on ganged channels using crash record..........................................................................	126
Recording on ganged channels using new clip.................................................................................	127
Recording on an individual channel in a gang using crash record....................................................	129
Recording on an individual channel in a gang using new clip...........................................................	130
Recording on ChannelFlex channels................................................................................................	131
About playing clips in a Channel Panel.................................................................................................	131
Loading an asset for playback in a Channel Panel...........................................................................	132
Playing a clip on a single channel.....................................................................................................	133
Playing clips on ganged channels.....................................................................................................	134
Playing ganged clips on a single channel.........................................................................................	134
Playing a clip on a single channel in loop play..................................................................................	135
Playing ganged channels in loop play...............................................................................................	135
Controlling an individual channel in a gang..........................................................................................	136
Locating a loaded clip or playlist...........................................................................................................	137
About salvos.........................................................................................................................................	137
Creating a salvo................................................................................................................................	138
Loading a salvo.................................................................................................................................	138
Deleting a salvo.................................................................................................................................	138
Modifying a salvo..............................................................................................................................	139
Configure router settings in Channel Panel..........................................................................................	139
The Playlist Editor tool..........................................................................................................................	140
Editor Panel buttons..........................................................................................................................	140
About playlists and sequences..........................................................................................................	141
Creating a playlist .............................................................................................................................	142
Opening a Playlist ............................................................................................................................	144
Loading a playlist into the Playlist Editor ..........................................................................................	144
Rearranging or deleting events in a playlist.......................................................................................	144
Splitting an event...............................................................................................................................	144
About keyboard shortcuts and input focus in a Channel Panel............................................................	145
Modifying the clip name in a Channel Panel.........................................................................................	145
Loading an asset into the Inspector from a Channel Panel..................................................................	145
Using the scrub bar to navigate through a clip.....................................................................................	145
Identifying and selecting the timecode type..........................................................................................	146
Selecting timecode type to navigate and mark clips.............................................................................	147
Channel panel markers.........................................................................................................................	147
Hiding transport controls.......................................................................................................................	148
Managing Channel Panel configurations..............................................................................................	148
Channel status indicators.....................................................................................................................	148
Reconnecting to a K2 system...............................................................................................................	149
Importing, Exporting, and Transferring.....................................................................................................	151
About importing, exporting, and transferring.........................................................................................	151
Creating an export share......................................................................................................................	151
Importing files to a Grass Valley system ..............................................................................................	151
Exporting assets from a K2 Summit system ........................................................................................	152
Transferring assets from one bin to another.........................................................................................	152
Transferring using Send Destination.....................................................................................................	153
Sending assets for playout....................................................................................................................	154
Monitoring imports, exports, or transfers..............................................................................................	156
Conforming a complex asset to a simple clip........................................................................................	156
About archiving assets..........................................................................................................................	158
Archiving an asset.............................................................................................................................	158
Searching archived assets................................................................................................................	159

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About restoring assets..........................................................................................................................	160
Restoring archived assets.................................................................................................................	161
Partially restoring an asset................................................................................................................	162
Editing......................................................................................................................................................	165
The Storyboard Editor tool....................................................................................................................	165
Opening a Storyboard ......................................................................................................................	165
Using the Audio Overlay....................................................................................................................	166
The Source Viewer...............................................................................................................................	166
Viewer buttons...................................................................................................................................	167
Using Source Viewer.........................................................................................................................	168
J, K, L keyboard shortcuts for transport control.................................................................................	169
Using mouse wheel for transport control...........................................................................................	169
Using mark-in and mark-out points.......................................................................................................	169
Create a subclip....................................................................................................................................	170
Trimming a clip in Inspector..................................................................................................................	171
Adding keywords...................................................................................................................................	171
Adding markers.....................................................................................................................................	172
Navigating to keywords or markers in an asset....................................................................................	173
The Storyboard.....................................................................................................................................	173
Storyboard buttons............................................................................................................................	174
Adding markers to a playlist..............................................................................................................	174
The Sequence Viewer...........................................................................................................................	175
Sequence Viewer buttons..................................................................................................................	176
Creating a sequence ............................................................................................................................	177
Editing an event....................................................................................................................................	177
Splitting an event..................................................................................................................................	177
Using a keyword to add an event to a sequence..................................................................................	178
Adding and removing transitions..........................................................................................................	178
Rearranging or deleting events in a sequence.....................................................................................	178
Playing a sequence..............................................................................................................................	179
Launching a sequence in the EDIUS XS application............................................................................	179
Viewing the properties of an item.........................................................................................................	181
Using the GV STRATUS application in EDIUS XS...............................................................................	181
Logging on to the GV STRATUS application in EDIUS XS...............................................................	182
Opening the GV STRATUS panel in EDIUS XS................................................................................	184
Opening GV STRATUS assets in EDIUS XS application..................................................................	184
Viewing GV STRATUS assets in EDIUS XS.....................................................................................	185
Adding GV STRATUS assets to EDIUS XS timeline.........................................................................	187
Sending EDIUS XS sequences to the K2 system.............................................................................	187
Using EDIUS XRE Monitor................................................................................................................	189
Using the GV STRATUS application in Adobe® Premiere® Pro...........................................................	190
Setting up K2 storage for Adobe Premiere Pro.................................................................................	191
Setting up GV STRATUS in Adobe Premiere Pro.............................................................................	191
Launching the GV STRATUS plug-in................................................................................................	192
Navigating assets..............................................................................................................................	194
Searching assets...............................................................................................................................	195
Modifying asset metadata.................................................................................................................	196
Importing GV STRATUS assets........................................................................................................	196
Logging assets.........................................................................................................................................	199
The Advanced Logging tool..................................................................................................................	199
Logging Tool button...........................................................................................................................	201
The Button Panel..................................................................................................................................	201
Button Panel buttons.........................................................................................................................	201
The Log Panel.......................................................................................................................................	201
Adding a Logging Tool..........................................................................................................................	203
Adding Button Panels...........................................................................................................................	206

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Adding logging buttons to a Button Panel.............................................................................................	208
Adding blank logging buttons to a Button Panel...................................................................................	211
Adding markers using logging buttons..................................................................................................	212
Using a keyword or marker to add an event to a sequence..................................................................	214
Modifying Logging Tools and Button Panels.........................................................................................	214
Modifying logging buttons of the Button Panel......................................................................................	215
Deleting logging buttons from a Button Panel.......................................................................................	215
Pinning logging buttons .......................................................................................................................	215
Changing Advanced Logging user preferences....................................................................................	217
Viewing keywords and markers ...........................................................................................................	218
Viewing logging history of markers ......................................................................................................	222
Importing keywords configuration.........................................................................................................	223
Using the Assignment List........................................................................................................................	225
The Assignment List tool......................................................................................................................	225
Assignment List buttons....................................................................................................................	226
Story status colors................................................................................................................................	226
Changing ALP User Preferences..........................................................................................................	227
Adding placeholders.............................................................................................................................	232
Modifying a placeholder........................................................................................................................	234
Deleting a placeholder..........................................................................................................................	234
Adding a new sequence.......................................................................................................................	235
Checking missing clips.........................................................................................................................	236
Viewing placeholder properties ............................................................................................................	237
Viewing and modifying metadata of placeholders................................................................................	237
Creating a new sequence in the EDIUS XS application.......................................................................	239
Using the GV STRATUS application in a Newsroom Computer System .............................................	241
About Newsroom Basic.....................................................................................................................	241
Using GV STRATUS with ENPS ......................................................................................................	241
Using GV STRATUS with iNEWS.....................................................................................................	246
Using GV STRATUS with Octopus ...................................................................................................	248
Using GV STRATUS with OpenMedia..............................................................................................	252
Using the GV STRATUS application in Aurora Playout.........................................................................	255
Inserting placeholders from GV STRATUS.......................................................................................	256
Linking clips automatically from GV STRATUS.................................................................................	256
Integrating assets with traffic system and K2 Edge..................................................................................	257
Integration with traffic system and playout automation.........................................................................	257
The Segmentation tool..........................................................................................................................	257
Segmentation Tool button..................................................................................................................	258
Adding a Segmentation panel...........................................................................................................	259
Assigning segments to assets...........................................................................................................	260
Renaming a segment........................................................................................................................	261
Deleting a segment...........................................................................................................................	261
Deleting a Segmentation Panel.........................................................................................................	261
The House Number List panel..............................................................................................................	261
Linking asset to a house number......................................................................................................	262
Configuring the GV STRATUS application...............................................................................................	265
Configuring User Preference................................................................................................................	265
Installing a GV STRATUS language pack.............................................................................................	266
Customizing the application workspace................................................................................................	267
About customizing the application workspace..................................................................................	267
Showing a panel................................................................................................................................	267
Hiding a panel...................................................................................................................................	269
Undocking a panel............................................................................................................................	270
Docking a panel................................................................................................................................	270
Saving an application workspace......................................................................................................	271
Copying an application workspace....................................................................................................	272

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Opening a closed panel....................................................................................................................	272
Loading an application window workspace.......................................................................................	273
Reordering an application workspace...............................................................................................	273
Deleting an application workspace....................................................................................................	273
Troubleshooting the GV STRATUS application........................................................................................	275
About application status........................................................................................................................	275
Viewing and copying version and status information............................................................................	276
If you have trouble launching EDIUS XS..............................................................................................	277
Troubleshooting tips..............................................................................................................................	278
Keyboard shortcuts..................................................................................................................................	279
Inspector keyboard shortcuts................................................................................................................	279
Channel Panel keyboard shortcuts.......................................................................................................	280
Playlist Editor keyboard shortcuts.........................................................................................................	281
Scheduler keyboard shortcuts..............................................................................................................	282
Segmentation keyboard shortcuts........................................................................................................	282
Sequence Viewer keyboard shortcuts..................................................................................................	282
Source Viewer keyboard shortcuts.......................................................................................................	283
Storyboard keyboard shortcuts.............................................................................................................	285
All keyboard shortcuts..........................................................................................................................	286
Specifications...........................................................................................................................................	291
System requirements for GV STRATUS client PC ...............................................................................	291
K2 system specifications......................................................................................................................	292
Video codec description K2 Summit/Solo ........................................................................................	292
Playout of multiple formats................................................................................................................	296
Internationalization............................................................................................................................	297
Limitations for creating and naming assets and bins........................................................................	298
Formats supported for import and export..........................................................................................	300
Trademarks and Agreements...................................................................................................................	307
Trademarks...........................................................................................................................................	307
JPEG acknowledgment.........................................................................................................................	307
Glossary...................................................................................................................................................	309

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About the GV STRATUS product

The GV STRATUS™ Media Workflow Application Framework is the next generation of Grass Valley application software, designed for the entertainment, on-air operations, and news markets. GV STRATUS includes a powerful asset management solution and all the tools to help you produce your content from all ingests needs, preparation, editing, review and approval, playout and of course, archiving. GV STRATUS uses a common Service Oriented Architecture, to provide a modular, high performance,andhighlyconfigurable userexperienceanddoesawaywiththeoldconceptofseparate, individual tools which can be hard to configure, and even harder to use. GV STRATUS is built with modules that are added as services to assemble your workspace into an environment tailored specifically to your needs, in an almost infinite number of combinations. This means you have a virtually unlimited and fully integrated tool-set at your command. GV STRATUS is format and resolution independent. Proxies are generated on the fly for any video coming into the system and are fully available to all the users within seconds.

The GV STRATUS product includes the GV STRATUS Application Framework and the GV STRATUS Core Services. These layers provide you with access to the K2 Infrastructure to support your workflow requirements.

The GV STRATUS Application Framework includes the following:

•The GV STRATUS application — This is the primary application for using GV STRATUS tools for your media workflow. It is documented in this document.

•The GV STRATUS Control Panel application — The GV STRATUS application that provides centralconfigurationofthesoftwarecomponentsoftheGVSTRATUSsystem. Itisdocumented in "GV STRATUS Installation and Service Manual".

•The GV Event Viewer — This is the application that displays detailed information about significant events on your GV STRATUS server, which is very useful when troubleshooting problems and errors. It is documented in "GV STRATUS Installation and Service Manual".

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These applications run on standard networked PCs.

The GV STRATUS Core Services include software components that run as services on one or more GV STRATUS Core servers. They are documented in "GV STRATUS Installation and Service Manual".

The K2 Infrastructure includes the devices and software that make up a K2 Summit system at version 8.0 and higher. Depending on the system necessary to support your workflow requirements, this can include K2 clients, servers, RAID storage devices, and network switches. They are documented in "GV STRATUS Installation and Service Manual" and "K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual".

Logging on

When you log on, the GV STRATUS application assigns GV STRATUS licenses and roles based on your user account credentials, as set by the system administrator in the GV STRATUS Control Panel application. Your credentials must also give you access to all your K2 systems.

1.From the Windows desktop, do one of the following:

•Open the GV STRATUS icon shortcut.

•Click Start | Programs | Grass Valley and click the STRATUS icon.

A Log On dialog box opens.

2.Enter your username.

If you use domain credentials, enter in format <domain>\<username>. For example, if your domain is "gv" and your username is "GVuser", enter gv\GVuser.

3.Enter your password.

4.Verify that the application is correctly referencing the Control Panel Services Host as follows:

a)If not already showing, click the Options button to show settings.

b)Verify or enter the hostname, not IP address of the GV STRATUS server with the SiteConfig role of GV STRATUS Control Panel Service. This is the Control Panel Services Host. In most systems this is the main GV STRATUS Core server.

5.Click Log On.

The GV STRATUS application opens.

Features are enabled according to the roles associated with your log on credentials.

When you log on to the application, the settings you make on one PC are available on other PCs when using the same user credentials, including the following:

•Settings from the User Preferences dialog box

•Workspaces

•Channel Panel configurations and Salvos

•Searches

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About the GV STRATUS application

The GV STRATUS application allows you to manage assets and K2 channels for digital video production workflows. The GV STRATUS application runs on a networked Windows operating system computer.

The GV STRATUS application provides the following panels for use in most workflows:

Navigator: The panel that contains the tree-view.

Asset List: The panel that displays the list for the item currently selected in the Navigator panel or the search results.

Inspector: The panel that displays details of the asset currently loaded.

The Status bar reports application status and displays status indicators.

In addition, the GV STRATUS application provides tools designed for specific workflows. You canarrangethepanelsandtoolsoftheGVSTRATUSapplicationtocreateacustomizedworkspace.

Available tools and devices within the GV STRATUS application are according to assigned role andlicensing. Forexample,theNewsroomBasiclicenselimitsthepanelsandtoolsintheapplication.

Related Topics

About application status on page 275

Customizing the application workspace on page 267

Arranging control tray buttons on page 14

About Newsroom Basic on page 241

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About customizing the application workspace

You can rearrange the panels of the application to best suit your workflow needs.

Features for customizing the workspace are as follows:

•Undockpanelsandmovethemtoanotherlocationwithintheapplicationwindow,withinanother panel, or to their own location on the Windows desktop.

•Hide panels so that they show only as a tab.

•Close panels.

•Resize panels.

•Save an arrangement of docked and undocked panels as a uniquely named workspace.

•Load a workspace to automatically arrange panels.

Related Topics

Customizing the application workspace on page 267

Arranging control tray buttons

Viewers and players have a control tray that provides access to buttons. As you resize a panel smaller and the buttons do not all fit in the control tray, the buttons overflow onto a drop-down menu. You can configure buttons to show and to overflow as the panel is resized.

1. To show/hide the control tray, click the Show/Hide Control Tray button.

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2. Click the drop-down arrow on the far right of the control tray.

The overflow menu displays hidden buttons.

3.Click Add/Remove.

A menu of buttons opens.

4.Select the buttons to display.

5.If desired, select Reset Toolbar to return the buttons to their default display.

Your button configuration is saved with your GV STRATUS user preferences and propagated as follows:

•When you select buttons to display in a Channel Panel, all channels of the same type (player/recorderorrecorder-only)andviewmodesizeinthatChannelPaneldisplayyourselection of buttons. Similarly, all gangs of the same type (containing at least one player/recorder or all recorder-only) display your selection of buttons.

•WhenyouselectbuttonstodisplayinaPlaylistEditor,anychannelinthePlaylistEditordisplays your selection of buttons.

Viewing the application window in full screen

The following applies to the GV STRATUS application and the GV STRATUS Control Panel application.

Click Window | Full Screen. ( CTL + ALT + 0)

The application window expands and displays without the Windows titlebar.

The Navigator panel

The Navigator panel functions as the starting point for workflows using the GV STRATUS application. For most of the items in the Navigator, if you select the item it is displayed in the active Asset List panel.

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The Navigator panel contains the following sections:

•Favorites — A list of shortcuts to bins, searches, and mapped drives.

•Explore — A tree-based hierarchy with which you can browse your system.

From the Explore section, you can access the following:

Tools: Expands to display the tools that support the various workflows available in the STRATUS application.

Workspaces: Expands to display default and saved workspaces.

Searches: Expands to display searches that can be reused and shared.

Favorites: Expands to display a list of favorites.

Assets: Expands to display a view of groups and assets based on the information available in the STRATUS database. Any assets can be grouped together, regardless of their actual location in K2 system storage.

Devices: Expands to display the devices that the STRATUS application accesses or controls.

Monitors: Expands to display tools for monitoring transfers and web pages. The Jobs icon and the Dashboard icon appear here.

The Navigator panel displays all items under the node for your local site.

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If you have remote sites configured in your system, the Navigator panel displays nodes for those sites. Only the Assets node is displayed under remote sites. Asset indicators identify assets on remote sites.

Related Topics

About the GV STRATUS Assets view on page 49

Asset indicators on page 50

The Asset List panel

The Asset List panel displays the contents of the item selected in the Navigator panel, such as a tool, bin, or search. Each time you select an item in the Navigator panel, an updated view of its contents is displayed. The Asset List panel typically appears on the middle of the GV STRATUS application window.

The Asset List panel features are as follows:

•Asset name — The name of the item that has its contents displayed in the Asset List panel. The asset name is displayed in the title bar and in the toolbar.

•Simple Search tool — Searches on asset names, asset Descriptions, asset Tags, asset Comments, and custom Text fields.

•Advanced Search tool — Searches on asset metadata and other properties. The Advanced Search tool opens when you click the Advanced Search Toggle button.

•Sortable columns — Sorts the list when you click the column head.

•Asset location — Displays the location of the asset, relative to the Navigator hierarchy, when you hover over the asset name in the toolbar.

•Toolbar — Provides buttons for navigating and displaying asset lists.

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• Filter tool — Filters the list based on criteria you enter. The Filter tool opens when you click the

Enable Filter button.

You can open multiple Asset List panels and compare them side by side. Only one Asset List panel is active at a time. The active panel dynamically updates when you select an item in the Navigator panel. You can click on a panel to make it the active Asset List panel.

Related Topics

About searches on page 59

Customizing the display of list items on page 53

Asset List panel buttons

These buttons located on the Asset List panel toolbar let you perform various functions:

Start Search: Initiates a search for the specified items.

Save Search: Saves this search for future use.

Delete: Deletes the selected item or items. Disabled if delete rights denied in GV STRATUS Control Panel.

Advanced Search Toggle: Toggles display of the advanced search parameters for the current provider

Navigate Asset Lists: Goes to previous, to next, and up.

Open New Panel: Opens a new panel.

View Mode: Controls the display and size of the items in a list or panel.

Enable Filter: Enables the list to be filtered by the values in the column.

The Inspector panel

The Inspector panel allows you to mark up, manage, and view detailed information for an asset. The Inspector panel typically appears on the right side of the GV STRATUS application window.

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The Inspector panel features are as follows:

•Viewer — Allows you to view and mark up an asset. You can show and hide viewer controls to accommodate resizing the Inspector panel.

•Buttons — Provides a menu of actions for managing the asset and navigation buttons to view previous/next objects.

•Viewer controls — Allows you to mark up the asset.

•Timecode Controls — Allows you to select the mark in/out and other timecode types to display. Also lets you navigate through the clip to a specific timecode.

•Details — Providestabsforviewingproperties,metadata,placeholders,markers,andrelationships. Onsometabsyoucanmakechanges,suchasmodifyingmetadata,linkingassetstoplaceholders, andsettingrecurringevents. StandardAssetListfeatures,suchassortablecolumns,areavailable on tabs with a list display.

The features in the Inspector panel can change dynamically, depending on the tool that launches the Inspector panel, the roles assigned, and the type of asset that is displayed. The Viewer controls are the same as those in the Source Viewer.

Related Topics

Viewer buttons on page 167

Using the Audio Overlay on page 166

Identifying and selecting the timecode type on page 146

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About GV STRATUS tools

The GV STRATUS application contains the following tools. You can find the tools in the Navigator panel under the Tools node.

Advanced Logging: The tool that creates and customizes logging of assets.

Assignment List: The tool that creates placeholders for clips and coordinates with rundown stories on the Newsroom Computer System and with Aurora Playout.

Channel Panel : The tool that includes channels and channel gangs for controlling one or more K2 channels.

House Number: The panel that populates the house number list and links assets to house numbers from the traffic system.

Playlist Editor: The tool that creates and modifies playlists. This tool uses a K2 channel.

RMI: RMI is the acronym for Removable Media Interface. It is the tool that populates and ingests files from multiple removable media devices such as P2 and XDCAM. RMI tool is for iSCSI GV STRATUS app clients only.

Scheduler: The tool that schedules events to be recorded.

Segmentation: The tool that creates segments from assets.

Send Message: The tool that sends and receives messages and attachments between users logged on to GV STRATUS applications.

Source Viewer: The tool that plays assets and provides controls for adding markers, keywords, and other features.

Storyboard Editor: The tool that creates and modifies sequences. This tool does not use a K2 channel.

Related Topics

The Advanced Logging tool on page 199

The Assignment List tool on page 225

The Channel Panel tool on page 115

The House Number List panel on page 261

The RMI tool on page 101

The Playlist Editor tool on page 140

The Scheduler tool on page 79

The Segmentation tool on page 257

The Source Viewer on page 166

The Storyboard Editor tool on page 165

The Send Message tool on page 21

The Director tool

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The Send Message tool

TheSendMessagetoolallowsyoutosendandreceivemessageswithattachments. Ifyouarelogged on to a GV STRATUS application you can send a message to another person that is currently logged on to a GV STRATUS application and on the same network subnet. The Send Message tool appears in the GV STRATUS application and in the GV STRATUS Control Panel application when you launch it from the Navigator panel.

Send Message tool features are as follows:

•To field — Specifies the GV STRATUS user to whom the message is sent. Select a user from the drop-down list.

•Subject field — Contains the title of the message.

•Message field — Contains the message.

•Attachments field — Provides a field to which you drag attachments.

•Send button — Sends the message.

•Clear button — Clears all fields in the Send Message panel.

You can attach the following:

•Clips

•Playlists

•Saved searches

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•Workspaces

•Bins

•Logging buttons

•Button Panels

•Tools

•Devices

•Locations

•Monitors

•Channel Panels

•Drives

When you send an attachment, you are actually sending a link to the attachment, rather than the attachment itself.

When you receive a message, a Message dialog box opens and displays the message. If the message has an attachment, you can do the following:

•Open the attachment by double-clicking it.

•Create a copy of the attachment in the Navigator panel or drag it to other panels in the GV STRATUS application. Consider the size of the attachment before creating a copy.

The Send Message tool is more similar to Instant Messaging than it is to E-mail, as there is no Outbox or Inbox functionality to store messages. If a person is not logged on to a GV STRATUS application you can not send them a message. Likewise, if you are not logged on to a GV STRATUS application you can not receive a message.

The Web Monitor

The Web Monitor allows you to view a web page in a GV STRATUS application panel. You configure the web page address in GV STRATUS Control Panel. You can configure multiple web pages. The Web Monitor displays the name of each configured web page in the GV STRATUS application Navigator panel, from which you can launch each web page as a separate Web Monitor panel. When you hover your cursor near the side borders of the Web Monitor panel, forward and back browse buttons appear.

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The Dashboard tool

The Dashboard tool allows you to view information about the current activity on the GV STRATUS system.

The Storage tab reports storage capacity available on K2 devices and on the local GV STRATUS PC. You can right-click on the Used report to explore storage levels further.

The Channel Status tab displays channel state and usage information. You can customize the display of list items, similar to Asset List items, with features such as sort, filter, and add/remove columns.

You can launch the Dashboard tool in the GV STRATUS application and in the GV STRATUS Control Panel from the Navigator panel under the Monitors node.

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Previewing a live streaming video

You can preview live video input of K2 Summit channels.

1.Click the Live Streaming Video button on a Channel Panel, Playlist Editor, Source Viewer, or Scheduler tool.

The live streaming video is displayed as follows:

•If a Playlist Editor or Channel Panel, the video is displayed in the K2 channel.

•If a Source Viewer or Scheduler tool, the video is displayed in Source Viewer.

2.Click the Live Streaming Audio button to isolate the selected audio for a live video stream. When enabled, audio from all other live video streams is automatically muted.