per RANK, expansion by bandwidth is supported. Expansion by capacity is not
supported.
• K2 Dyno Replay Controller — The 1.5 Dyno software version is compatible with
this release of K2 software. Refer to compatibility information later in these release
notes.
• Event Scheduler — When licensed for Event Scheduler, the Event Monitor
application is available. This application is a monitor-only application that displays
the list of events scheduled in Event Server for a channel. The events must be
scheduled by an application developed by a third party application developer. There
is Start menu item and desktop icon for licensing Event Scheduler. Do not attempt
to license Event Scheduler unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley or your
application developer.
• Documentation – In addition to these release notes, use either of following with
this release of K2 software:
• K2 Documentation CD – 063-8289-02 – November 2009
• K2 Documentation CD – 063-8289-03 – February 2010
Both CDs contain the same set of K2 Summit/SAN manuals that document this
release of K2 software. K2 Documentation CD 063-8289-03 additionally provides
a manual set for the 1.5 release of K2 Dyno software.
Version 7.1.9
• MPEG-2 play — MPEG-2 Playback is a standard feature on all models, relative
to current licensing. MPEG-2 SD Playback is standard with or without the HD
license. MPEG-2 HD Playback is available only on systems that are licensed for
HD.
• MPEG-2 record — MPEG-2 recording is a standard feature on MPEG models or
as a field-kit upgrade, relative to current licensing. MPEG-2 SD recording is
standard with or without the HD license. MPEG-2 HD recording is available only
on systems that are licensed for HD.
• Solid State Disks — Solid State Disks (SSD) available.
• Super out — Timecode burn-in on monitor output. This is an AppCenter Pro
feature.
• AFD support — Active Format Description (AFD) is supported for control of
aspect ratio.
• Ancillary data — Support for SD ancillary data, including SD/HD data bridging.
• Capture services — The K2 Pathfire capture service and the K2 DG capture
service are supported.
• Security — Based on Windows user accounts and groups, you can set permissions
on bins and on channels.
• SNFS — Upgrade to SNFS version 3.5.1 is required. With this version there is a
change to SNFS services, as displayed in the Service control panel. Also, on new
systems and if you make a new file system on existing systems, the name that
Storage Utility creates for the SNFS volume (the V: drive) is gvfs_hostname,
where hostname is the name of the primary SNFS file system server.
• QuickTime update — Upgrade to QuickTime version 7.6 or higher is required.
8 K2 Version 7.2.7 Release Notes & Upgrade Instructions 12 May 2010
Release Summary