GV Director Server

The GV Director System is centered on a compact server that incorporates video and audio I/O, multiple processors and GPU for graphics processing and local hard drives to store media clips and stills.

The server is the control center for GV Director. All input and output signals are connected to the system through the server’s connector plate. All clip material used in a live production is stored in a library on internal hard drives and are easily accessible for use during live production. The server also houses the CPU and GPU with all the necessary computing power to process transition and effect elements stored in the server’s production packs.

The server is in a 4 rack unit frame and is rack mountable. It runs on Linux operating system and has 2 12 core processors. 64GB of RAM and Solid State Enterprise class drives, 128 Gig system drive and a 480 Gig drive for media storage.

It is highly recommended that any files stored on the media drive be backed up elsewhere. The internal media drives do not use RAID technology and files would not be recoverable if the drives were to fail.

On top of the Linux OS is a Grass Valley Operating System called Nexos which is designed to handle the processing of audio and video including all the compositing, effects and any video re-formatting.