98 = Network File Transfers
FTP File Transfers For standard FTP transfers, the Image Server will recognize the following file formats:
TARGA (.tga)
During transfer, the Image Server will split the TARGA file into a Fill frame and a Key (Alpha)
frame. These two frames will each be converted to MXF MPEG-2 files, one frame in length.
DV Stream (.dv)
These are ‘elementary’ DV files containing a single stream of multiplexed audio and video.
The Image Server will recognize and maintain .dv extensions on DV stream files, allowing
transfer of .dv files between Image Servers and graphics workstations without modification.
MPEG-2 (.mp2, mpg, mpeg, m2v)
The Image Server will ingest valid MPEG-2 program or elementary streams. The server’s ingest
application will recognize a program stream that encapsulates a single MPEG-2 video stream,
and up to 2 stereo pairs of 16- or 24-bit, 48kHz, uncompressed audio.
MXF - Material Exchange Format (.mxf)
Transfer of MXF files between compatible products is the preferred method of file interchange
to-and-from an Image Server. The server supports ingest and playout of MPEG-2 files based on
SMPTE 377M, 378M and SMPTE 381M, Operational Patterns 1a and 1b.
AVI Files (.avi)
An AVI file is a container that encapsulates and describes a type of interleaved audio and
video. The Image Server will import Type 1 .avi files (a single stream of multiplexed audio and
video) containing DV format video and 48K uncompressed audio. During ingest of .avi files,
the server will convert the file into a DV stream (.dv) for storage and future transfer.