K2 Final Cut Pro Connect

Discover Ingenious Integration

The Grass Valley® K2 Final Cut Pro (FCP) Connect application allows for reliable integration with your K2 system and Grass Valley STRATUS™ nonlinear production tools. It also gives you access to a terrific set of tools for working with Apple FCP 7 NLEs.

A powerful plug-in: The K2 FCP Connect plug-in is brimming with powerful functionality. You can edit-in-place and make easy file transfers between K2 storage and FCP 7. What's more, you can browse your K2 content without having to leave FCP 7, saving you valuable time. Perhaps best of all, this K2 product provides FCP 7 with Quality of Service on a K2 SAN, which allocates bandwidth across all editors, eliminating the problem of one person slowing down the team.

Support when you need it: The K2 FCP Connect application supports a variety of formats to make your life easier: DV25/DV50/DVHD, IMX 35/50, XDCAM HD 25/35/50, and AVC-Intra 50/100.

Imagine better browsing: GV Browse opens up a whole new world of browsing. You can connect to your GV STRATUS system and search the database, see low-resolution proxies, search metadata, and send pointers of the high-res clips to the FCP 7 project for editing.

Where to Buy

Edit-in-Place directly on the K2 file system without transferring files
Edit growing files enables editing to start shortly after a file starts recording
High-performance with iSCSI or Fibre Channel connections for HD multi-level editing
Easy file transfers by providing a view of the K2 file system with browse capability from within FCP 7
Quality of Service to evenly allocate bandwidth between all users
Script viewer window lets you see your NRCS script from within FCP 7 (Aurora Playout and X-MOS Server required)
GV BROWSE application lets you connect to Aurora and K2 BaseCamp and search, view proxies and metadata off the database, and edit high resolution material within FCP 7
Ability to use K2 FCP Connect features via CIFS mount to a standalone K2 client

System Specifications:

K2 system software v3.3 or later
K2 Summit®/K2 Solo® software v7.1 or later (including K2 Summit software v8.0)
Aurora v7.0 or later
K2 BaseCamp v7.0 or later
FCP v6.5 or later
Intel-based MacPro system

Macintosh System Requirements:
To support K2 FCP Connect for iSCSI connection to a K2 SAN, your Final Cut Pro Macintosh systems must meet the following requirements:

Mac Pro
Intel processor
Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
Mac OS X 10.6
Final Cut Pro version 7.x (does not support FCP X)
Apple Xsan 2.1

If using CIFS mount only for access to K2 SAN, MacBook Pro with one Gigabit Ethernet port is supported.

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Grass Valley Tightens Final Cut Pro Integration For Streamlined Newsroom Workflows and Better Production Efficiency

March 2, 2010

Paris, France/Nevada City, Calif., March 2, 2010 — Grass Valley™ has added new features and functionality to its GV Connect plug-in for Final Cut Pro users which increases productivity and provides new performance benefits when working with Grass Valley K2 media servers and storage area networks. The latest version, 2.0, adds tighter newsroom computer integration with K2/Aurora news systems, via the MOS protocol, to tightly link scripts with audio and video clips making digital news production easy and getting news content to air much faster and more efficiently.

New Features for Grass Valley K2 Family Expands Performance For File-based Workgroups

April 18, 2009

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention — Booth# SL106) April 18, 2009 — Grass Valley™ continues to increase the wide-ranging functionality of its K2 family of media servers, shared storage environment, and file-based control devices to better support file-based workgroups. At NAB 2009, the company will empower broadcasters and video production companies with new features and tighter integration with third-party applications that streamline high-definition (HD) content production and distribution while making professionals more productive.

Grass Valley Offers Industry-Leading Integration with Final Cut Studio

April 18, 2009

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention — Booth# SL106) April 18, 2009 — At NAB 2009, Grass Valley™ demonstrates industry-leading news and production workflows based on the company's K2 workgroups and Apple Final Cut Studio. The full integration of Final Cut Studio across Grass Valley's K2 product line enables a K2 storage area network (SAN) to act as a broadcast-quality storage system for the software.

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