Version 2.8

Traffic system and K2 Edge integration — The following features provide better integration of content ingest, preparation, and playout between GV STRATUS and K2 Edge:
- Segmentation Tool tool — The tool that creates segments from assets.
- House Number List — The panel that populates the house number list and links assets to house numbers from the traffic system.
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.
Workflow/Rules Engine — The following functionality is added:
- An export rule can transcode assets. This requires an Xcode license to control a third party transcode application.
- An export rule can export metadata files and closed captioning files.
- Transcode jobs can be monitored.
- Transfer rules are available, separate from export rules.
Also, with this release of GV STRATUS software, the trial period ends for the Workflow/Rules Engine. A license must be purchased from Grass Valley to continue to use this feature. For a description of the Workflow/Rules Engine, refer to changes and features in the previous 2.7 release.
Web publishing workflow — A set of tools is available to process and publish content to web platforms. The tools include the following:
- The Segmentation Tool tool for segmenting assets.
- The Inspector panel for adding metadata.
- The Workflow/Rules Engine for transcoding to a FTP location, with closed captioning and metadata files.
The web publishing workflow is available for a trial period of four months after installation of GV STRATUS 2.8.
Channel Panel — Markers can be added and router settings configured in a Channel Panel.
Control Panel — The user interface is simplified to make it easier to find and configure settings. Also, a site name can be configured for your GV STRATUS system.
Archive — MXF is available.
Video Player — Performance is improved.
SQL update — The GV STRATUS Database has additional settings, which requires an updated SQL version. You must update SQL along with the upgrade to this version of GV STRATUS software..
Aurora to GV STRATUS migration — The Grass Valley Professional Services group provides planning, management, and utilities to migrate a MediaFrame database on an Aurora 7.1.x system to the GV STRATUS database. Contact your Grass Valley representative to plan your migration.
GV STRATUS Server nomenclature — The following nomenclature replaces the STRATUS-CS-CE-ENG nomenclature:
- STRATUS-CS-PE: Proxy Encoder
- STRATUS-CS-CE: Conform Server
- STRATUS-CS-XRE: EDIUS XRE Server
- STRATUS-CS-WFE: Workflow Server
Documentation – Use K2/STRATUS Documentation Set 063-8289-14 April 2013. The following manuals have been revised:
- "GV STRATUS User Manual" 071-8813-05
- "GV STRATUS Installation and Service Manual" 071-8814-05
In addition to the manuals on the Documentation Set, use these release notes and "GV STRATUS Upgrade Instructions" 071-8853-04.