User`s guide

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Glossary
GRIO
Guaranteed rate I/O. GRIO is included in IRIX and is used by the SGI Media Server to
guarantee disk bandwidth for recording and playback while allowing non-priority
access to the clip cache for other operations.
Horita
A company that makes, among other components, timecode readers. Its identifier in
configuration files is hsip. See www.horita.com.
hsip
See Horita.
Little Red
A timecode reader made by Miranda. Its identifier in configuration files is little-red.
See http://www.miranda.com.
Material Exchange Format (MXF)
The Material Exchange Format standardizes file structure for playable content. MXF
defines operating restrictions, structural metadata, and attributes that characterize the
playable content. The standard enables interoperability of playable content among
disparate VTR products that can process MXF structures.
mcpanel
VTR emulation application for the SGI Media Server.
media port
Refers to any port through which digital media or control data is passed. That is, the term
refers to either a video or a deck control port. See also port.
MFCODEC
Multiformat codec. The compression encoding/decoder (PCI-VIDAUD-MSB-B)
provided with the SGI Media Server supports the following compression formats:
DVCPRO 25, DVCPRO 50, DVCAM, DV (16-bit/48 Khz audio only), and MPEG-2.
MVCP
Multiport Video Computer Protocol. A protocol defined by SGI that provides
full-featured control of Video Server Technology through TCP/IP.