In television technology, Active Format Description (AFD) is a standard set of codes that can be sent in the MPEG video stream or in the baseband SDI video signal that carries information about their aspect ratio and active picture characteristics. It has been used by television broadcasters to enable both 4:3 and 16:9 television sets … Read more
After media has been recorded by Polaris: Play Ingest the media needs to be trimmed and the record in ProTrack needs to be updated. This document will explain the four steps involved in doing this. 1. Reviewing the record list in Polaris: Play Ingest List., 2. Setting up a media port 3. trimming the media. And, … Read more
Here is a link to the 360NorthWorkflow diagram. It describes in general who is responsible for what work pieces in the TV workflow process.
Source Patch Name (Temp) Name Type Signal Actual IP Device Location Source (Prior) Name (Prior) Name in Old Sys (ALL Sources SD) Signal Actual 0 A1 Black SD Black SD Util Black Reference 1 Black Black Black Reference 1 A2 Bars SD Bars SD Util Color Bars 2 Bars Bars Color Bars 2 A3 ECR … Read more
Destination Patch Name (Temp) Name Type Signal Actual IP Device Location Destination (Prior) Name (Prio) Name in Old Sys (ALL Destinations SD) Signal Actual 0 F1 ECR QC1 SD ECR QC1 SD Monitor ECR QC Station 1 ECR QC1 SD ECRQC1 ECR QC Station 1 F2 PCR QC2 PCR QC2 Monitor PCR Shader QC Station … Read more
This post describes a portion of the television network system. The router numbers are 0-based. The IP addresses were correct as of 5/31/16. IMPORTANT NOTE: Rx C / Rx D have been reversed. Rx C is 192.168.1.88 and Rx D is 192.168.1.89
To export Ingest (Record) lists from ProTrack to the Harmonic Polaris:Play Ingest program, there are three main steps. 1. Running a Feed Date Search report to verify that what is sent to Harmonic is what should have been. 2. Exporting the Harmonic BXF Record-List. 3. Verifying the Exported list in Polaris: Play Ingest. 1. Running … Read more