STRATUS for News application note is out!

A new Application note on STRATUS and News workflow is now available, go HERE to download it.

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

STRATUS 1.0 application note for studios!

More information about STRATUS and where you can use it.
STRATUS application note on STUDIO applications

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FCP X not suported on K2 Systems

Apple's FCP X is not compatible with FCP7 XMLs nor does it offer (yet) any API for us to integrate with it.

So at this point in time Grass Valley does not support the use of FCP X with our solutions


The K2-FCP-CONNECT plug-in is supported only with FCP 7.x on Snow leopard 10.6.7

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

Introducing STRATUS

Go to the Grass Valley.com web page to see all the information you need on STRATUS, including video explanation of the product and online demonstration on some capabilities of STRATUS:STRATUS web page
and the flash animation: STRATUS Interactive


For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

Road to NAB 2011, come visit us

it is that time of the year again, we are all getting ready to go Las Vegas Next week to prepare for what is going to be a fantastic show for GV. If you you have been following this blog, you must visit us in Vegas, the GV booth will be located as usual on the South Hall lower level: SL106, when you walk in you can't miss us.

Iif you are not attending the NAB show, the Grass Valley web site is a good source of information for what will be shown in vegas, but I will aslo post here summary and links for you to browse.

I will be there, with great things to show you around our EDIUS , FCP and Media Composer integration story on our shared storage workflows.  and more....

This is going to be a great show!
--Régis

FCP on K2 SAN tips and tricks

FCP export as contained quicktime file is not the fastest export way out of your Mac to get your content on air on our servers.

Here is a trick that is less user friendly to quickly export longer sequence out of FCP to our Server:

IN FCP export to your desktop your sequence as QT reference, then open that sequence in QTPro. use QT pro to export the file as contained quicktime file to our SAN or Server.
QT pro does a much better job at using Processor and memory than FCP does for now.
render time will be cut between 25% to 50% depending complexity and lenght of material.

This applies to DV25-50 and DVCPROHD, XDCAMHD, D10/IMX.

Thank you to Dan Dome for the trick!

For AVC Intra you will still need to export QT reference from FCP, and then open it up in COMPRESSOR where you can export in AVC intra. In order to do so you will need to download and isntall the AVCI encoder from Panasonic. you can find it HERE.


For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

Updated January 2011, FCP XSAN, K2 SAN support matrix.

as of JANUARY 2011 here is the latest supported matrix for FCP and MAC OS support in our K2 SAN environment.

For the latest releases notes and supported verion please refer to the Grassvalley.com web site HERE and look for the latest document: K2 FCP Connect Release Notes
 
For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

NEW! K2-FCP-CONNECT version 2.0

NEW!
K2-FCP-CONNECT keeps getting bigger and better!!
Version 2.0 of our K2-FCP-CONNECT product is out! Free upgrade for existing customer*!

What's new:

• NEW script viewer window, allowing you to read inews and ENPS script when you are connected to an Aurora Playout X-MOS Server
• NEW GV BROWSE application, launches from FCP, this new separate application comes bundled in K2-FCP-CONNECT for no additional cost and let you:
• Connect to an Aurora 7.x or a Basecamp 7.x system.
• Search the database
• See Proxies, metadata, storyboard
• Sort,  filter results
• send pointers and metadata to your FCP project to edit the high resolution content.

• Download a free 30 day trial and the documentation here

* GV Browse application requires Aurora/Mediaframe or Basecamp integration license purchased separately.

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

NEW: Dyno PA 1.5 now Available

Dyno PA 1.5 now supports K2 SAN and K2 Production Storage as a generic ISCSI client.

find the trial version here: Dyno PA 1.5 Trial

Dyno PA 1.5 also include a tool called the DLC tool that will help enable and disable DLC on K2 Summits and Solo.

PA 1.5 runs ONLY on windows XP SP3, find the software and hardware requirements on the product page here: Dyno PA product page

Find the documentation here:  Dyno PA documentations


For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

Dyno, Dyno PA, Summit and GV connect use case

Find the Dorna Moto GP use case video here: http://video.grassvalley.com/video/gv360/Dorna/


For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

GV AT IBC 2010

D-7 before IBC, the GV teams are ready to go to Amsterdam to show you new product version and some new gems as well.
Make sure to stop by our Booth # 1D.11 Hall 1

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

NEW!!! K2 DYNO PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Release

here it is, the product that you were waiting to manage your live content production!
K2 Dyno Production Assistant, PA for the friends is released.

Jump to the product web page to have more information about it while we are producing a demonstration video.

Find the data sheet, documentation and a 30 trial download on the www.grassvalley.com web site in the product section right HERE
Stay tuned for more information on K2 Dyno PA

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

NEW at NAB 2010: K2-FCP-CONNECT version 1.1

New today, just in time for NAB the new version of our K2-FCP-CONNECT including our GV-CONNECT Plug-in for Final Cut pro.

Included in this version:

• Aurora Playout link to placeholder, and send to placeholder! the tighest yet integration of FCP in our productions and News Workflow
• Centalizsed admistration in the system preference pane, making it even easier to configure, maintain.
• Enhanced usablity

Download it here: CLICK ME this version replace all the previous versions at no cost. it requires a Licence to run, see you Grass Valley representative to get noe.
Download the documentation here: CLICK ME

Come and see it at NAB on the GV booth in the south hall.

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

Coming Soon at NAB

Coming Soon at NAB, the new Grass Valley Content Management Application for Live Production!
Enhance your GrassValley Live production system and its integration with your Post Production island.
Stay tuned

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UPDATE MARCH 2011: Editor format matrix support on K2 shared storage

Format available on the K2 are depend of what K2 video server is used and what version. for more information on format availability on k2 video servers, please refer to the servers section of the grassvalley.com web site or click ME

-EIP stands for Edit in Place, media do not need to be transferred to the editor storage for editing.
-DSM is an Aurora DSM Server
-Partial support means that the editor can edit AVCI generated by our K2 system, but that the editor does not yet write back AVCI. so final sequence has to be render in another "green" supported format such as DV100.
-XDCAM HD, we do support XDCAM EX, HD and HD 422.

For dedicated information on each editor, use the Label filter list on this blog in the right hand side columns as shown in this picture:

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

Did you know? EDIUS import of FCP XML?

Did you know that you can import FCP projects in EDIUS 5.1.x and above? this is really an interesting workflow especially if you want to import your FCP work in EDIUS and then use the LAN remote render engine of EDIUS the XRE.

here is what is supported at the import time:

Currently supported:

Clip (video, audio, still)

Clip Transition (dissolve)

Sequence clip
Freeze Frame

MultiClip (Currently selected clip)

Color bar and tone

Color matte

Currently not supported:

Title (text) clip

Transition at the end of clip

Transitions other than dissolve

Keyframe

Video filters 

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

NEW VERSION of K2-FCP-GV-CONNECT v1.0.1.15

A new version of the GV connect bundle is available and REQUIRED to work on 7.1 version of Summits and K2 SAN.
it is backward compatible with earlier versino of K2 Summits, K2 SANS and K2 3.3

Find the documentation HERE and the software HERE

And remember to check the compatibility matrix Here

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

New K2 and Avid Application note available for download

GrassValley just released a new application note on using K2 and Avid together. follow this link to download the pdf:
http://grassvalley.com/docs/Application_Notes/servers/k2/SER-4035M_K2_Avid_AppNote.pdf
For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

New K2-FCP-GV-CONNECT application note

Grass Valley just released a new Application note on using FCP with our K2 systems.
follow this link to open the PDF file:
http://grassvalley.com/docs/Application_Notes/servers/k2_fcp_connect/SER-4034M_K2_FinalCutPro_AppNote.pdf


For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com

!UPDATED Jan 2011 FCP support Matrix, update October 2009

as of JANUARY 2011 here is the latest supported matrix for FCP and MAC OS support in our K2 SAN environment.

For any question concerning this subject contact Régis André: regis.andre@grassvalley.com