Grass Valley Maestro Master Control v.1.7 - Manual (Page 29)

Maestro — Channel Branding User Guide 25
System Workflow
The Branding DSP engine module is capable of supporting up to four (4)
still images, or CG text, and one (1) text crawl or one (1) animation
sequence. The Branding DSP engine module occupies one Channel
Branding mezzanine position. Modules are combined to provide up to four
(4) still images, or CG text, and two (2) text crawls or animations.
Channel Branding Hard Disk Storage
Branding elements are stored and accessed on the frame processor board-
mounted hard disk drives, which are stored in a frame. The hard disk frame
supports a total of four (4) 2.5 inch SATA disk drives. Branding Elements
are divided between pairs of storage arrays with the first pair of drives sup-
porting still images, CG text, text crawls and voice-over audio. The second
pair of drives supports animations.
System Workflow
A Channel Branding workflow is comprised of the following components
and activities:
• Content Creation
• Content Gateway
• Ingest of Branding Elements
• Content Management
• Playout Management
• Element Playout
Content Creation
Content Creation describes external system user activities associated with
definition, creation and the production formatting of Branding Elements.
With the exception of text crawls, the Channel Branding requires a
branding element to be completely ready for playout. Still Images must be
in the correct image size and aspect ratio. Audio elements will be played in
the produced length with a default audio mix ratio.
Content Creation is an external user activity and is outside the scope of
Maestro Channel Branding configuration and playout. The user must
ensure that branding elements meet the size, aspect ratio and length
requirements for each branding application.
Supported content data formats are described in later sections.