Aurora Playout

Playback Control for Live Studio Production Running Windows 7/XP

Our Aurora™ Playout system offers highly coordinated news playback from the K2 media server/media client, K2 Summit™ Profile® XP Media Platform, and the M-Series™ intelligent video digital recorder (iVDR). Designed for workflow efficiency and flexibility, it can automatically create and adjust playlists from a MOS-compatible newsroom computer system (NRCS). It also features an intuitive playback user interface and GPI inputs and outputs for remote control of playback.

Key Features

Up to six-channel system playlist management for K2, Profile XP, or M-Series systems
Ability to trigger the Orad Maestro graphics server directly from the control room
Manual or automatic channel assignment
Mirrored playback of backup channels
GPI triggers for and from external devices
XKeys template support for channel and application control
Jog/shuttle and slow/fast control
MOS NRCS connectivity for instant rundown management
Insert, move, or delete an item in a playlist without interrupting playback
Quickly cue/recue next/previous stories
Automatically skip items that are not ready
Out cue preview – see seconds to end of story with auto re-cue
Trim clip – can trim top/tail of clip to adjust rundown story length
Head frames displayed in playlist
Viewable duration countdown for each story playing
Editorial duration field for accurate timing in iNEWS, AP ENPS systems
Housekeeper management tool for manual playlist and clip selection
Integrates with Grass Valley Aurora Edit and EDIUS nonlinear editors
Archive play with RS-422 VTR control
MediaFrame support for lo-res playback of stories in Playout and at NRCS