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GX server – Version 1.0 – User’s Manual
EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2011
Issue 1.0.C
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5.3 SELECTING AND IMPORTING SOURCE
FILES
Once the drives containing the source files are available in the drive tree
structure, you can easily select the requested sources files and import them.
Once imported the source files are stored onto the archive disk, so that they will
still remain available for future use.
5.3.1 SOURCE FILE LIST
The source files available in the folder selected in the drive tree structure are
displayed in the source file list, on the right hand of the Import area:
This list allows you to select the files that you will import using the Direct Online
or the Import button. For more information on importing files, refer to the section
5.3.3 ‘How to Import Files on the GX Server’, on page 30.
When a source file has already been imported onto the GX server, the
corresponding row is dimmed in the Source File list.
5.3.2 FIELDS IN THE SOURCE FILE LIST
The list of source files provides the following information. The field values are not
editable, unless otherwise is stated in the table.
Field Name Description Values
Name
Name of the audio file or
the graphic file sequence.
A graphic file sequence follows the
pattern: [name][first file
number]…[last file
number].[extension]
An audio file follows the usual
pattern: [name].[extension]
File Count
Number of files in the file
sequence.
The value will be ‘1’ for audio files.
Size
Size the file or file
sequence takes up on the
drive.
The value is expressed in Mb or GB.
Type Type of the file.
The values can currently be ‘Audio’
, or ‘Fill & Key’ .