Grass Valley Aurora Edit LD v.6.3 Installation - Manual (Page 71)

September 20, 2007 Aurora Edit Installation and Configuration Guide 71
Shared SmartBins
Shared SmartBins
Shared SmartBins allow the Aurora Edit bin to monitor a folder on a media server.
Media is not moved between the server and bin; instead, media is mapped into the two
directory structures — a process known as "winking". Shared SmartBins handle
media from Profile Open SAN and K2 SAN media servers.
Shared SmartBins on an Open SAN or K2 SAN System
On an Open SAN or K2 SAN system, SmartBins map folders from a bin in the Aurora
Edit tree view to a bin in the K2 view. As with drag and drop via Media Manager, this
automatic synchronization never moves actual media files—the bin structure
represents two different views into the shared media file system.
When you first create a bin in Aurora Edit, you can map that bin to a K2 bin; after an
Aurora Edit bin is created, it cannot be mapped. Once an association is created, the
Aurora Edit and K2 bins are kept synchronized.
SmartBins support simple (flattened) movies, but not sequences, sub-folders, or
sub-clips that the K2 cannot use directly. Also, SmartBins cannot have sub-bins.
The workstation running the SmartBins SAN service must have a Fibre
Channel-SCSI connection to the Open SAN and a CVFS or SNFS license.
Shared SmartBin Folder Synchronization
When the SmartBins Service starts, it determines which Aurora Edit bins are
associated with media server bins and then queries the media server database for the
movies in each associated bin. Any movies in media server bins that are not in the
associated Aurora Edit bin are registered to the Aurora Edit database. The SmartBins
service does not verify that Aurora Edit clips are in the media server database, so the
synchronization is one way only—media server to Aurora Edit.
No files are moved—a mapping of the folders between the flat and tree views takes
place.
Media Import SmartBins
Media Import SmartBins facilitate the automatic import of QuickTime DV25 and
DV50 .mov files into Aurora Edit. This allows you to use Apple’s Final Cut Pro video
editing application, within a NAS environment, to create news or sports footage and
then import it into Aurora Edit. Media Import SmartBins work with MOV import for
Final Cut Pro (FCP).
You can only have one Media Import SmartBin server active at any given time.