Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.5 - Manual (Page 4)

Installing Aurora Playout Software..........................................................................33
Installing the Assignment List Plug-in..........................................................35
Connecting the RDU 1510 Under Monitor Display .................................................39
Connecting the X-keys Jog/Shuttle Controller .......................................................40
Chapter 4: Configuring Aurora Playout................................41
Configuring Aurora Playout.....................................................................................42
Configuring the Aurora Playout application.............................................................42
Setting General options................................................................................43
Setting Playback options..............................................................................44
Setting channel configuration.......................................................................45
Configuring GPI Input and Output................................................................47
Defining Function Keys................................................................................49
Defining status colors...................................................................................54
Configuring the Remote Display Unit (RDU)................................................55
Setting Cue and Chain options....................................................................57
Configuring Archive Play..............................................................................59
Configuring the Simple Database (SDB) Server.....................................................60
Setting General Options of SDB Server.......................................................60
Setting Media options of SDB Server...........................................................62
Reinitializing media monitor of SDB Server.................................................64
Repopulating rundown items from SDB Server...........................................64
Restoring backup database of SDB Server.................................................65
Configuring the Thumbnail Server..........................................................................65
Creating a Thumbnail folder.........................................................................65
Setting up the Thumbnail Server..................................................................65
Configuring the XMOS Server................................................................................66
Refreshing rundowns in XMOS Server........................................................67
Configuring Housekeeper ......................................................................................68
Setting General options of Housekeeper.....................................................68
Setting Media options of Housekeeper........................................................69
Configuring the standalone Assignment List Manager...........................................70
Chapter 5: Using NCS rundowns and Aurora Playout.........73
Using NCS rundowns and Aurora Playout..............................................................74
About the Assignment List Plug-in..........................................................................74
Using the Assignment List Plug-in .........................................................................75
Creating placeholders in Assignment List Plug-in........................................75
Sorting placeholders by category.................................................................78
Viewing placeholder categories...................................................................79
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