360 Systems MAXX2400HD - Manual (Page 80)

MAXX-2400HD Owner’s Manual Page 79
The performance advantages are only significant when the system is being used near its
maximum capacity (of both channel use and clip bitrate) and FTP transfers are required. While
.mxf is interleaved, .vfc carries the video, then the audio, then the ancillary data. This means
that only one file is read or written at a time, and the processor does not need to deal with the
interleaving of the data.
TARGA (.tga)
24 or 32 bit format (16 bit format is not supported.) During transfer, the TARGA file will be
split into a Fill frame and a Key (Alpha) frame. These are saved as .tga files, each one frame in
length. The clip name for the fill frame is the base name of the .tga file, while the key frame
has this name with an appended underscore character. The resulting files will be available as
MXF files for subsequent FTP transfer.
Playlists (.lst, .txt)
A server playlist is a text-based file residing in the ‘lists’ directory. Playlists can be created off-
line and transferred to the server using FTP. See page 138 for further information on playlist
file editing and management.
As-Run Logs (.arl)
As-Run logs are available as a document of content actually played. They may be extracted
through FTP transfer. See page 65 for further information on using As-Run logs.
Using MAXX-HD with the Edius NLE
Edius is a non-linear video editing program for PC computers available from Grass Valley
Group. It is a full featured editor including titling, video effects, audio processing and
compatibility with a wide variety of video formats. MAXX-HD files can be placed directly on the
timeline without any transcoding, and rendering time for unmodified video sections is extremely
fast as no transcoding is required. Files in other HD and SD formats such as DVCPro can be
placed on the time line and output as MAXX-HD compatible .mxf files ready for transfer to the
MAXX-HD.
Exporting and Creating a Preset
The Export process is applicable regardless of how Edius is configured. (Later we will discuss
how to configure the Edius timeline to operate directly in JPEG2000.)
The Export button is at the lower right of the preview window.
Clicking on it produces a drop-down menu: