About the Export capture service

The Export capture service provides a way to have media automatically exported from a K2 system. The capture service has a watched bin. The watched bin is a K2 storage system bin. You place the media in the bin and it is exported from the K2 system.

By default, the service does not start automatically. If you have never configured or used the service, it is set to startup type Manual. When you configure the service for the first time, the service is set to startup type Automatic. However, if you upgrade or otherwise re-install your K2 System Software, the service is re-set to startup type Manual. Therefore, you must re-configure the service after K2 System Software upgrade/reinstall in order to set the startup type back to Automatic.

You configure the watched bin to export the K2 media as your desired clip format. After you place the K2 clip in the watched bin, the capture service goes into action and validates the media to make sure it has the proper structure for the desired file format. If it is valid, the capture service then does the necessary processing to export the clip to the destination folder.

The Export capture service and its watched bin must be on a K2 system that hosts the K2 FTP interface, as follows:

Stand-alone K2 system — When you place a K2 clip in the watched bin, the capture service exports the clip from the internal storage or direct-connect media storage of the K2 system. The watched bin must be on the K2 system’s V: drive.
K2 Media Server with role of FTP server — When you place a K2 clip in the watched bin, the capture service exports the clip from the shared media storage of the K2 SAN. The watched bin must be on the K2 Media Server’s V: drive.