GRASS VALLEY K2 BASECAMP EXPRESS Datasheet

K2 BaseCamp
Express

M EDI A AS S E T AND C O N T E N T
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The K2 BaseCamp Express system
is an entry-level turnkey solution that
adds media asset management, archive
management, proxy generation and
content management capabilities to a
K2 platform or Aurora-based system.

PRODUCT DATA SHEET

The Grass Valley™ Aurora™ production
solution has a wealth of powerful
tools that can be used in a full-blown
production environment such as news.
Included in the Aurora system is a
powerful media asset management tool
called MediaFrame, a file explorer media
manager, archive support, and a low­resolution proxy encoder.

The K2 BaseCamp Express system
provides all of these features but for
smaller teams. All of the applications run
on one physical server and it supports
up to 18 browse seats, one archive save
seat, and one archive restore seat. It’s
cost-effective, simple, and easy to set up
and manage.

KEY FEATURES

Complete turnkey solution including •
Aurora MediaFrame server, MDI
services, low-resolution encoder
(proxy), and low-resolution storage
all running on one K2 BaseCamp
Express server

Add general and custom metadata •
with extensive search capability to
your content

The K2 BaseCamp Express
System Can Run in Two
Environments:

Basic K2 system – In a K2 SAN or
distributed environment with standalone
K2 servers, the K2 BaseCamp Express
system provides a simple and low-cost
option to add these media management
features to a system with only K2
servers (see Figure 1). It can easily be
upgraded to a full high-resolution Aurora
editing environment.

With K2 BaseCamp Express, all or
selected assets can have a proxy,
which can be viewed from the desktop
anywhere on the network. This feature
provides a quick and easy way to
preview spots, bumpers, or programs
without going to the control room and
tying up a server channel and video
monitor.

Drag-and drop-media management •
between K2 servers, Profile® servers,
M-Series™ iVDR servers, and other
legacy devices

On-demand proxy generation of all •
SD and HD K2 server assets

One real-time or two non-real-time •
proxy encoders for up to 100 Mb/s
MPEG-1

High-resolution Aurora system – In
a high-resolution editing environment,
media asset management and low­resolution editing can be easily added for
up to 18 browse seats, one archive save
seat, and one archive restore seat at a
very low cost (see Figure 2). As needs
grow, it can be upgraded to add more
storage, editing seats, or features.

The main difference between the two
environments is the inclusion of an
Aurora DSM, which enables the K2 file
system and the editing environment
to work seamlessly together. This
configuration adds both high-resolution
and low-resolution editing capability.
Low-resolution editing can be done
with Aurora Edit LD, maintaining total
compatibility with Aurora Edit or EDIUS®

5.1 high-resolution editors.

Over 1,000 hours of RAID protected •
proxy storage

Export list of keyframes as text •
and import as a K2 playlist via
AppCenterPro

Supports 18 browse seats and one •
archive save/archive restore seat

Easy upgrade to full Aurora editing •
capabilities

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PRODUCT DATA SHEET

K2 SAN

K2 Clients

K2 BaseCamp

Express Server

High-res

Low-res

Metadata

Media
Frame

Media

Mgmt

Proxy

Archive

Browser

BaseCamp

Express

K2

K2

K2

K2

K2

K2

K2

K2

K2

BASECAMP EXPRESS

Aurora Playout

(Optional)

Aurora Ingest

(Optional)

K2 BASECAMP EXPRESS SYSTEM

Figure 1. The K2 BaseCamp Express system offers a turnkey system to add media asset management, media
management, proxy generation, and archive management to a basic K2 system in one concise package.

K2 BaseCamp Express System
Components

K2 BaseCamp Express system is made
up of the components below. This
package is pre-built at the factory with
all of the applications installed on the
BaseCamp Express server, and has been
qualified for excellent performance with
all 20 seats in operation. Browse and
archive licenses are floating licenses,
which means you can have more than 20
seats installed but only 20 operating at
any one time.

K2 BaseCamp Express Server – a dual
quad core server with 1 TB of RAID­protected storage. All of the applications
below run on this server.

MediaFrame – A middleware application
that provides asset management tools
with a user-friendly interface for both
technical and non-technical personnel.

Metadata Management – Adds the
ability to add general and custom
metadata, along with a powerful
search engine to provide an easy and
flexible metadata management system.
Customization options let you tailor it for
your specific requirements and options
are available to interface to other MAM
systems.

Media Management – Provides a file
explorer-type file manager between
K2 servers or any device with a
Managed Device Interface (MDI) (see
specifications). Provides support for
many legacy devices such as Profile and
M-Series ser vers. (Note this replaces the
K2 Transfer Tool application.)

MDIs – Managed Device Interfaces
enable MediaFrame to control devices
for FTP, directory, and metadata
management. See specifications for
included MDIs.

Browse Encoder– Provides a low­resolution software encoder supporting
one real-time or two non-real-time K2
streams up to 100 Mb/s MPEG-1 without
impact on other system functionality. A
second browse encoder can be added as
an option.

Browse Viewer – Provides a low­resolution media viewer for network
browsing of K2 server content from your
desktop. The K2 BaseCamp Express
system provides 18 floating licenses for
browsing from the desktop.

Archive Management – By monitoring
proxies, content can be sent to or
retrieved from supported archive devices
(see list under Specifications). One send
and one restore seat is included – more
can be added.

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