Adding a vantage transcode profile – Grass Valley GV STRATUS Installation v.3.1 User Manual

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These formats are supported in PAL and NTSC. This list can change with ongoing product
development. Refer to the manufacturer's product information for updates.

1. Create the transcode profile as required by your workflow, with requirements as follows:

Only one output format per transcode profile is supported by GV STRATUS rules.

2. Identify the transcode profile file.

For the ProMedia application, it is the project file, with a

pcp

file extension.

3. Identify the GV STRATUS server that hosts the GV STRATUS Xcode Control Engine. Typically

this is the GV STRATUS Core server.

4. Copy the transcode profile to the following directory on the Xcode Control Engine host:

C:\Program Files\Grass Valley\STRATUS Transcode Engine\Profiles\RhozetCC

5. Wait approximately one minute for the GV STRATUS system to detect the transcode profile.

The transcode profile is added in GV STRATUS Control Panel at

General | Rules

in

Export Options

settings as a

Transcode Format

.

Adding a Vantage transcode profile

GV STRATUS rules support transcode profiles you create using third party applications. This topic
provide steps for the Telestream Vantage

application.

The following formats are supported as source formats for transcoding by the Telestream Vantage

application:

DV25/50

DVCAM

MPEG I-frame

MPEG long GoP

DVCPRO HD

MPEG XDCAM

AVC-Intra

DNxHD

These formats are supported in PAL and NTSC.

On the GV STRATUS server that hosts the GV STRATUS Xcode Control Engine (typically this is
the GV STRATUS Core server), you can find Vantage workflow files at

C:\Program Files\Grass

Valley\STRATUS Transcode Engine\Profiles\Vantage

. The files at this location are templates.

They are not active Vantage workflows and GV STRATUS rules do not detect these files as transcode
profiles. To use one of these template files, you must import it into Vantage Workflow Designer in
the "STRATUS" category and activate it as a Vantage workflow. After it is activated in the

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