Specifications

Using the AAF Encoder
Example Workflows
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Figure 18. News Feed with XML Metadata Workflow
Note: For help configuring each action, open the Inspector and click on the M icon in the
upper right corner to display context help.
Watch—Monitors a target file folder for an incoming media file, nicknamed Original.
Associate—Monitors a file folder for an attachment file—the media file’s associated
metadata XML file—and submits the job for processing. At a minimum, you supply a
nickname (Metadata, for example) and an accept pattern (*[Name]*.xml, for example).
Transform—The Transform and Populate actions are used to extract metadata. The
Transform action is configured with the Attachment to Label function, and uses a
suitable XSLT style sheet which you supply to transform the metadata in the XML file
(Metadata) acquired from the preceding Associate action into a predefined label
(news_summary_label, for example). The label is passed to the Populate action for
conversion to variables.
Populate—Configured with the Variable from Label Parameters function, populates a
metadata story variable with text obtained from the label in the Transform action.
Notify—Creates a master clip (the Master Asset) and obtains the MOB IDs from Interplay
via Web Services for binding as a variable for use in subsequent Flip actions.
Flip—The first Flip action, configured with the AAF encoder and Interplay container
appropriately configured (for the Web Services host, and under Asset Attributes, the
workgroup, Interplay folder, and variables for MOB IDs), creates an XDCAM HD 4:2:2
high-resolution file.
Flip—The second Flip action, also configured with the AAF encoder and Interplay
container appropriately configured (for the Web Services host, and under Asset
Attributes, the workgroup, Interplay folder, and variables for MOB IDs), creates an H.26 4
proxy file.