Considerations for using the HotBin capture service
When you are configuring and using the K2 HotBin capture
service, bear in mind the following considerations:
- You must be logged in with administrator privileges on the K2 system as well as having the appropriate security permissions to access the watched folder or bin.
- If you have multiple source folders (for import) or destination folders (for export) on external systems, use the same user account for all capture service access to all systems.
- If using the capture service on a K2 SAN, the K2 Capture Services utility and the import watched folder must be on a K2 Media Server that is also an FTP server.
- It is recommended that you keep the source directory and destination bin located on the local V: drive, which is their default location.
- Do not configure any other location with files that must be retained. When the HotBin service first starts up it removes files in the source directory.
- If you require that the source directory and destination bin be on different systems, system clocks must be synchronized. The Cleanup Frequency function depends on accurate system clocks.
- If you specify a destination bin name that does not yet exist, the K2 system creates it when files are transferred to it.
- Imports are serialized. For example, if you drop two clips into the watched folder for import, the capture service does not queue the second clip for import until the first clip is imported. This is different than the ordinary K2 transfer process.
- Capture service imports are serialized with other K2 transfers. For example, if fourteen items are already queued up from ordinary K2 transfers, and you drop content into the watched folder for import, the import triggered by the capture service becomes the fifteenth clip in the transfer queue.
- After the capture service imports media into K2 media storage successfully, the capture service immediately deletes the original media files from the watched folder. If the import fails, the original media files are retained in the watched folder for the number of days specified as the Cleanup Frequency.
- The “Cleanup Frequency” (purge) feature deletes files in the Success sub-directory and in the Fail sub-directory. It does not delete files in the Archive sub-directory.
- Files in the Success, Fail, and Archive sub-directories are “hidden” files in Windows Explorer. To see these files you must select Show Hidden Files in the Windows Explorer Folder Options dialog box.
Grass Valley recommends that you use the HotBin service as demonstrated in the following diagram.
While not preferred, you can also use the HotBin service if the source directory is on another system. The following table lists the requirements for accessing a source directory located on various operating systems.