Grass Valley GV STRATUS v.3.1 - Manual (Page 257)

Integrating assets with traffic system and K2
Edge
Integration with traffic system and playout automation
Integration of assets with the traffic system and playout automation provides a seamless operation
from program scheduling, segmentation of assets, insertion of commercials into the daily playlist,
right up to automated broadcast. The integration workflow includes a traffic sytem, the GV STRATUS
application, and K2 Edge for playout automation. The traffic system is responsible for scheduling
daily broadcasts, while K2 Edge automates the play-to-air operation according to the traffic system's
playlist.
In the GV STRATUS application, the Segmentation tool allows users to create multiple segments
of an asset so that commercials can be inserted in between those segments. In the House Number
list, assets are linked to house numbers and thus associated with programs on the traffic system's
playlist.
The communication between the GV STRATUS application and the traffic system is via the Broadcast
Exchange Format (BXF) files. The traffic system sends the list of programs and house numbers in
BXF files that are dropped into the traffic watch folder. The location of the traffic watch folder
needs to be configured in the GV STRATUS Control Panel application.
The GV STRATUS application processes those BXF files and populates house numbers automatically
into the House Number List. After assets are linked to house numbers in the House Number List,
the GV STRATUS application creates another set of BXF files and sends them to the traffic system
to reconcile information with the previous playlist. The traffic system's completed playlist now
includes segmentation information, house numbers, duration, and asset IDs.
For playback, the traffic system sends the completed playlist to K2 Edge for automated playout.
The K2 Edge identifies assets from the playlist and initiates FTP transfer of assets in preparation
for the broadcast. In the K2 Edge system, the Cobalt Playout Control (POC) application automates
the play-to-air operation.
Refer to the traffic system customer documentation and "Cobalt User Manual" for more information
regarding their workflows.
The Segmentation tool
The Segmentation tool allows you to assign an asset into multiple segments for insertion of
commercials in between segments, and creation of diverse segments of an asset for different broadcast
times. You can easily create several Segmentation panels in the tool to create multiple types of
segments to suit your broadcast schedule.
The Segmentation tool displays as a composite panel in the GV STRATUS application. It includes
the Source Viewer, and Segmentation panel(s).
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