Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.9.0 - Manual (Page 117)

In this way PitchBlue avoids the errors that would otherwise occur if the material were used for
general purpose playout without PitchBlue control.
Therefore, you must adhere to the complete PitchBlue workflow from ingest through playout for
all PitchBlue material. Do not attempt to play out PitchBlue material except as part of the prescribed
PitchBlue workflow. Playing out PitchBlue material in any other way can cause errors.
Pinnacle support
The K2 system can automatically convert Pinnacle material into K2 clips as part of a FTP transfer
or a HotBin import, as described in the topics in this section.
Pinnacle material that can be converted
A Pinnacle clip is stored as a folder on a Pinnacle MediaStream server. The folder structure for its
MPEG program/system stream based content is as follows:
<folder> clipname
<file> header (contains Pinnacle clip metadata)
<file> ft (Pinnacle version of “Frame Index Table”)
<file> info (File used to hold automation specific data. Not
used by Pinnacle.)
<file> std (The MPEG program or system stream -
essence/media)
You have the following options for the Pinnacle material to convert:
• Convert only the media essence (the std file).
• Convert the metadata along with the media essence.
Pinnacle import mechanisms
You have the following options for import/transfer mechanisms:
• K2 HotBin import — This method converts only the media essence. It does not convert the
Pinnacle clip metadata. You drop the Pinnacle clip’s std file into a K2 HotBin. Then the K2
HotBin process imports, converts, and creates a K2 clip. The K2 clip is available for playout
when the process is complete.
• K2 FTP import — This method converts only the media essence. It does not convert the Pinnacle
clip metadata. Your third-party FTP client connects to the K2 FTP server as a normal K2 FTP
session and puts the Pinnacle clip’s std file.
• Pinnacle emulation K2 FTP import — This method converts the Pinnacle clip metadata along
with the media essence. Your third-party automation vendor or FTP client connects to the K2
FTP server with the Pinnacle specific login, creates a new directory, and puts the Pinnacle clip
files in the new directory. The K2 FTP server creates a corresponding K2 clip. The K2 clip is
available for playout while the content is being transferred. The K2 clip contains timecode, mark
in/out points, and other metadata as defined by the Pinnacle clip metadata.
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Import/export services