The tool that creates and customizes
logging of assets.
Advanced Search
The functionality provided by the
Advanced Search tool, which includes the ability to search by multiple
criteria.
Application Window
An application's main surrounding window, in which the
application's panels are docked.
Asset
A physical or logical entity defined and managed by the Grass
Valley system.
Asset List
The panel that displays the list for the item
currently selected in the Navigator panel or the search results.
Asset type icon
An icon that indicates the type of
asset.
Assignment List
The tool that creates placeholders for clips and coordinates
with rundown stories on the Newsroom Computer System and with GV STRATUS Rundown.
Authorization Manager
Settings in the GV STRATUS Control
Panel that assign licenses and permissions to users and groups.
Bin
On a K2 system, a folder that contains media.
Button Panel
The panel that creates and assigns
logging buttons.
Channel Panel
The tool that includes channels and
channel gangs for controlling one or more K2 channels.
Channel Panel configuration
The settings that you configure to create a Channel Panel. When
the Channel Panels node is selected under the Tools item in the Navigator, the settings appear
as an item in the Asset List.
Clip
A single media asset with video and/or audio, timecode, and
associated metadata.
Composite panel
A panel that contains one or more
panels.
Control Point PC
A network connected PC that is an optional component of the
Grass Valley system. It serves as the central configuration location for the Grass Valley
system. It runs applications such as the GV STRATUS Control Panel application, the SiteConfig
application, the K2Config application, and an SNMP manager application.
Control Tray
The toolbar that opens on the bottom
of a GV STRATUS component that displays video. The Control Tray contains
buttons for transport control, markup, and other functions.
Copy
A complete copy of an asset.
Crash Record
Start a recording without specifying a
clip name.
Dashboard
The tool that displays a dynamic system overview of the
activity on the GV STRATUS system, such as channel usage and storage capacity.
Details view
The list view format that displays each asset as a multi-column
row.
Director
The tool that controls the interface with GV Director.
Drop target
The graphic that appears when hovering an undocked panel over
another panel or over the application window. The graphic indicates the area in
which the panel is docked if the panel is dropped on the graphic.
Effects
Groups effects for use in the GV Director stage or
program.
Event (Playlist)
A clip, trigger, or other entity that is one of the items in a
playlist.
Event (Scheduler)
An item that marks the time that a recording or other action is
scheduled to occur.
Feed Ingest
Operations performed by the Scheduler tool
where K2 system channels are configured to record clips.
Focus
The state of a user interface component in which the component is
currently receiving the input from the keyboard or mouse.
Folder
A physical or logical container. It can be a physical directory on
a computer's file system or a database record managed by a Grass Valley system
database.
FT server
The fault tolerant server that
provides a platform for Grass Valley system devices, such as the GV STRATUS
Core server.
Gang
Two or more channels that can be controlled as a single unit. A
channel in a gang is referred to as a ganged channel. A channel that is not in
a gang is referred to as a single channel.
Grass Valley system
The applications with their database(s) and supporting
infrastructure that manage assets for one or more Grass Valley products.
GV Director
Grass Valley's nonlinear live production center
.
GV Director Server
The server that supports GV Director.
House Number
The panel that populates the house number list and links assets
to house numbers from the traffic system.
Ingest Database
The database for the Scheduler tool.
Inspector
The panel that displays details of the asset currently loaded.
K2Config
Grass Valley's application for configuring the
K2 Storage Area Network (SAN).
K2 Media Server
The K2 Media Server product, which is
a K2 SAN device. It can have the role of file system manager and other
roles.
K2 Nearline SAN
A large pool of offline K2 storage to
which files can be saved. Suitable for media file transfer. Does not support
record or play.
K2 SAN
The K2 Storage Area Network, including
K2 Media Server, K2 RAID, and K2 SAN-attached systems. This term applies to an
online or production SAN except if it is specified as a nearline SAN.
K2 Solo system
The K2 Solo Media Server product.
K2 Summit SAN-attached system
A K2 Summit system with media storage
on a K2 SAN. Applies to K2 Summit (3G) Production Client and K2 Summit
Transmission Client products.
K2 Summit standalone system
A K2 Summit system with internal or
direct-connect media storage. Applies to K2 Summit (3G) Production Client and
K2 Summit Transmission Server products.
K2 Summit system
A K2 Summit system of any storage
type, including standalone internal/direct-connect or SAN-attached shared media
storage. Applies to K2 Summit (3G) Production Client and K2 Summit Transmission
Server/Client products.
K2 system
K2 product family servers, clients,
and SANs, either individually or combined as a system. This includes K2 Media
Clients, K2 Summit (3G) Production Clients, K2 Summit Transmission
Servers/Clients and K2 Solo Media Servers with standalone, direct-connect, or
SAN storage, as appropriate for the product.
Keyword
A section of a clip that has duration, as defined by an in point
and an out point, with its associated metadata.
Launch
Opening a tool or other component to expose the controls and
functionality that you can use to accomplish a task.
Lease
A license that is checked out to a particular user. For the period
of time that the license is checked out to that user, the user has a lease on
that license.
License Management Database
The database for the assignment of GV STRATUS licenses and
roles to groups and users
Marker Panel
The panel that displays keywords and
markers of assets.
Marker
A specific point in a clip, as
defined by timecode, with its associated metadata.
MDI
MDI is the acronym for Managed Device
Interface. An MDI is a software component that provides an interface for the GV
STRATUS database to access a device. Typically these are devices on which media
resides, such as K2 systems, NAS devices, and archive devices. Each type of
device has its own MDI. For most MDIs, the MDI software component is hosted on
the GV STRATUS Core server, rather than being hosted on the same machine that
it accesses.
Media ID
Metadata assigned to a disk or directory that
contains a group of clips that can be imported via RMI.
MEWS Server
A customer-supplied server dedicated to MEWS functionality. It
hosts MewsService, which is a Grass Valley service.
Navigator
The panel that contains the tree-view.
Panel
A UI component that can be undocked and docked in an application
window.
Permissions
Access to files or directories that can be
assigned to user groups.
Playback
Playing an asset, such as a clip or playlist.
Playlist
An asset type consisting of a series
of events. A playlist contains only events, transitions, and other features
supported on the K2 system channel.
Playlist Editor
The tool that creates and modifies playlists. This tool uses a
K2 channel.
Program
Controls and monitors the GV Director program output.
Proxy server
The GV STRATUS server on an online or
production K2 SAN that provides access to the low-resolution proxy media stored
on the SAN. The server has the role of Proxy K2 SAN Server and SNFS file system
client.
Proxy Storage
A K2 Nearline SAN that stores
low-resolution proxy media for a GV STRATUS system. A GV STRATUS Core Services
server takes the role of file system server for the Proxy Storage.
Proxy Storage file system server
The GV STRATUS server on a dedicated
Proxy Storage system that provides access to the low-resolution proxy media
stored on the system. The server has the roles of Proxy Storage Server and SNFS
file system server for the Proxy Storage system.
Render Engine
A GV
STRATUS server that functions as a conform server and that can function as an EDIUS XRE
Server. The server hosts the GV Render Engine Service and XRE Controller software. As a
conform server the GV Render Engine Service renders a complex asset, such as a GV STRATUS
sequence, into a simple clip. As an EDIUS XRE Server the GV Render Engine Service and XRE
Controller software render a project created in EDIUS into a simple clip. A GV STRATUS server that functions as a proxy
encoder and as a conform server. As a proxy encoder, the server creates low-resolution proxy
assets. If a high-resolution asset does not yet have associated proxy, the server creates
it. The software that provides the proxy encoder functionality can run on a dedicated Render
Engine server or on a GV STRATUS server that has other roles as well, such as a GV STRATUS
Express server. As a conform server, the server hosts the Render Engine Service. The service
renders a complex asset, such as a GV STRATUS sequence or a project created in EDIUS, into a
simple clip.
RMI
RMI is the acronym for Removable Media Interface.
It is the tool that populates and ingests files from multiple removable media devices such as P2
and XDCAM. The RMI tool requires a GV STRATUS client with access to high-resolution
assets.
Role
Functionality that can be assigned. In the SiteConfig
application, it is software functionality assigned to a device. In the GV STRATUS application,
it is licensed functionality assigned to a user or group.
Rules Engine Database
The database for the Rules Engine. Stores the rules and the
current state of the active rules. This is a SQL database. The database name is RulesEngine.
Salvo
A pre-defined and re-usable set of clips to
load into a specific channel.
Scheduler
The tool that schedules events to be
recorded.
Scrub bar
The control that allows you to navigate through a clip using your
mouse. The scrub bar slider provides click and drag mouse operations.
Stage
Composites and previews production elements for use in the GV
Director program.
SDB
SDB is the acronym for Simple Database, which is the database
server component for GV STRATUS Rundown. It provides status on clips and on playlists associated
with NCS rundowns.
Section
A panel's subdivision, such as the Explore section of the
Navigator panel.
Segmentation Tool
The tool that creates segments from assets.
Segment Template
A collection of metadata properties, as configured in the GV
STRATUS Inspector panel, that can be associated with a segment as part of the Digital Media
Platform workflow.
Send Message
The tool that sends and receives messages and attachments
between users logged on to GV STRATUS applications.
Sequence
An asset consisting of a series of
events for EDL exchange with an editor or creating finished stories for
playout.
Sequence Viewer
The tool that plays sequences and
playlists.
Shortcut
The representation of an asset that operates as a copy of the asset
but is actually a reference that points to the original asset.
Show/Hide button
The button that shows or hides an interface
component. For example, the Show/Hide button that shows or hides transport
controls in a Channel Panel.
Show/Hide tab
The tab that indicates the position of a hidden panel. When the tab
is clicked, the panel slides open (shows).
Live Shotbox
Allows selection of camera inputs for use in the GV Director
stage and program.
Media Shotbox
Readies clip, still, and animation production elements to use
in the GV Director stage and program.
Simple Search
The functionality provided by the Simple Search tool, which is the
ability to search by a single search term.
SiteConfig
Grass Valley's application for network
configuration and software deployment.
Source Viewer
The tool that plays assets and
provides controls for adding markers, keywords, and other features.
Storyboard Editor
The tool that creates and modifies sequences. This tool does
not use a K2 channel.
GV STRATUS
Grass Valley's media workflow
application framework. Applications include the GV STRATUS application and the
GV STRATUS Control Panel.
GV STRATUS Common server
A GV STRATUS server with common roles,
excluding the role of Core Server and Proxy Server. This server provides
licensing and user preference functionality on typical GV STRATUS systems where
there are multiple GV STRATUS servers.
GV STRATUS Control Panel
The GV STRATUS application that
provides central configuration of the software components of the GV STRATUS
system.
GV STRATUS Core server
A GV STRATUS server that has the role
of Core Services on a system with multiple GV STRATUS servers. The server
provides media management functionality, including the GV STRATUS database and
associated software components.
GV STRATUS Core Services
The software components that provide
the underlying functionality to GV STRATUS applications. The components run as
services on one or more GV STRATUS Core Services servers.
GV STRATUS Database
The database that provides the core
asset management functionality to the GV STRATUS system.
GV STRATUS Express server
A GV STRATUS server with all the roles necessary for a
basic GV STRATUS system, including the role of Proxy Express Server. The server
has larger drives than other GV STRATUS servers to accommodate the low-resolution proxy media that is stored on the local server. This server is
designed for use on smaller GV STRATUS systems where no other GV STRATUS
servers or proxy systems are present.
Subclip
A clip created by referencing a portion of media from a parent
clip. The subclip does not contain any actual media. Rather, it points to the media in the
parent clip.
Tag
A metadata entry that has no timecode
information. In the GV STRATUS application this applies to an entire asset
rather than to a particular point or section in an asset.
Take control
To take control of a K2 system channel
that is currently being controlled by another. This can occur when two people
are using the application on different PCs and one person opens or adds a
channel that is in use by the other person.
Tally indicator
The colored bar or rectangle that indicates the current status
(recording, playing, etc) of a channel gang or an individual channel.
Thumbnails view
The list view format that displays each asset as a small
rectangular image.
Tiles view
The list view format that displays each asset as a small
rectangular image with asset property information to the right.
Transition
The place between two events in a
playlist or sequence. A cut and an effect are examples of a transition.
View Mode
The visual representation of a list of items. Modes include detail,
tile, and thumbnail views.
Web Monitor
The tool that displays a web
page.
WfPersistence Database
The database for the runtime data of the workflow engine. Stores the current state of running workpackages. This is a SQL database. The database name is WfPersistence.
Workflow Database
The database for the workflow engine. Stores the
workflow templates. This is a SQL database. The database name is MediaFlow.
Workflow Server
A GV STRATUS server dedicated to hosting the Workflow Engine
Service, the Rules Engine Service, and the Xcode Control Engine Service. These services
support rules-based operations.
Working Bin
The bin on a K2 system into which one or more channels record.
Workspace
The layout of docked and undocked panels that are part of an
application.
Xcode Control Engine
The service that controls a third-party transcode application
to support rules-based transcode operations.
