Xedio Ingest Organizer User`s Manual
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1. Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 A EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS sinsnioninennendxrn iren ti aco ED e rd cnc c Iil WHATS NEW ononon don dud d nin cad REOR IV bL INTRODUCTIO Nana n er enn cuu Poco n Garni ncc ona 1 2 AEDIO INGEST SERVER canned aai ed rn d ern n HER FREE 2 3 XEDIO INGEST ORGANIZER CLIENT nnns 3 Su AJSERJNDEREAGE casubuseuttonfatibtniuduviteie ease boating pou Opt de EDEPOL dic ie bor 3 Sod OPENING ING CSU OLANIZED ssssstedtetiaetae tatem cactus a 3 3 12 Overview of the Xedio Ingest Organizer WindOW enn 3 32 ENCODER DEVIG S iGpvnsibpUdR ITE de RTI HadUM AQ Udes M TO 5 E ENCON MET 5 CA MEM ENEO Td 8 J3 WVIBRJDEVIS E conici a i chat Gah eta ti bata tule GEO E id Fais cana ata tac d RA 9 BA SCEE DUUR ex c MM 11 Sle MEME VIEW S ERINO iunnarontenni inanan eE TO N l1 3412 UMANE C ONEN oios T A etocin d cda 13 3 5 RECORDING 1E VERSUS MEDIA TC matita id cu E vigunanntssidedtanvtnndiaustaneianntasdentaen 15 Issue 4 1 A Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 What s New In the current Ingest Organizer user manual related to Xedio Suite 3 02 and 4 01 changes have only been brought to the document layout not to the manual content Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 A EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 1 Int2. User s Manual Version 4 1 December 2011 Xedio Ingest Organizer Medion From edio Suite Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 4 EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment Copyright 2010 2011 All rights reserved DISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to docQ evs tv REGIONAL CONTACTS You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of the EVS headquarters and local offices either at the end of this user manual or on the EVS website on the following page htto www evs tv contacts UsER MANUALS ON EVS WEBSITE The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs tv downloadcenter Issue 4 1 A Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011
3. Rec is displayed The Connect button allows the user to make the connection manually if the status currently shows a disconnection Issue 4 1 A 3 2 2 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 The Start Record button becomes active to start the encoding process as soon as the status shows a connected state ENCODER Depending on the encoder type a Low BitRate Encoder button and or a High BitRate Encoder button are available When you click one of the Encoder buttons for an encoder device the following Encoder window is displayed in the Work area showing information about the encoder and a monitoring output of the current encoding file Encoder Model CDMz High Encoder Description Ev5 COM 2 multiformat encoder Company IP Address Label EYS Broadcast Equipment 1 1 70 14 CDMHIRES Note The video shown will only be ata rate e defined by the GOP structure with the CDM 1 encoders MPEG2 frames only will be displayed about 2 per second and e defined by the setup of the system with the CDM 2 encoders With the CDM 2 only one monitoring at a time can be performed by a user Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 4 EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 33 VTR DEVICE YTR p L antral V TH When you click the Control VTR button from the VTR category tab the following VTR window is dis
4. and ask the user to start the application At this point a password can be set up and ticking the check box can set the auto start option When the application is started the message window shows the progress of the connection to the Client application and displays any problems it may have in the set up Auto Start P Force Unlock Logical Channel COM 1 Network Connected DB SSTORE 0110 03 00 36 Status Connected Encoder Low COMLORES Lt Po ra T s Status READY Encoder High COMHIRES IP 1 1 7014 Statue READY Output e 01 12 2008 15 50 42 INFO e 01 12 2009 w42 INFO Li qur 2 INFO Q 12 2 2 INFO Li o 12 2 2 INFO E Jupe 42 INFO oi i22 S044 INFO 3 IMFO CGServerConnection OnConnect Client 1 1 70 11 Li Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 A EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 31 USER INTERFACE 3 1 1 OPENING INGEST ORGANIZER To start the Xedio Ingest Organizer application click on the Xedio Ingest Organizer icon on the desktop Organiser This will display a login screen where you need to enter your username and password 3 1 2 OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO INGEST ORGANIZER WINDOW The Xedio Ingest Organizer graphical interface contains three main areas highglighted in the screenshot below Outlook Area 1 Work Area 2 Logbook Area 3 Issue 4 1 A Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organize
5. BLOCK TOOLTIP Some of the metadata associated to an ingest can be easily viewed by placing the pointer over the corresponding block A tooltip is displayed oz De 17 29 LE HL eee nc es clip Scart Date T im Duration Label Class Sport 14 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 4 EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 5 RECORDING TC VERSUS MEDIA TC The Xedio Ingest server usually pilots two encoders one in hi res EncHi and one in lo res EncLow Each encoder creates one Media file hi res media file and lo res media file Xedio Ingest sends the recording command to both encoders at the same time However according to several parameters such as the codec the recording does not start at the same time on both encoders So the TC IN and TC OUT of the two Media files will differ This is absolutely normal and there can be up to 10 seconds between both TC IN or between both TC OUT in some cases Once the recording is finished the Xedio Ingest analyses the TC IN and the TC OUT of each Media file and creates a single Media file corresponding to the material common to both lo res and hi res files e The Media TC IN will be the highest value between both TC IN e The Media TC OUT will be the lowest value between both TC OUT This difference can be viewed in a player when TC Intra is displayed The recording existed from when the first encoder started until the last encoder st
6. ack List Dialog Clip Display Settings F8 Show Thumbnails Ctrl T Refresh F5 About Pressing the Parameters button displays a contextual menu with the following options Menu Items Meaning Setup Gives options for the amount of encoders displayed on screen and the adjustment of the display refresh rates Minimum number af visible encoders M Fit To Page Minimum load interval gt 0 2 days Now line update time gt 1 10 seconds Check counter time gt 8 0 seconds Shaw Encoders Alive Zone Show Thread Activity Database Thread Priority BELOW NORMAL Cancel Goto Now Returns to the current date and time Nowline Focus If this option is selected the timeline for all encoders is displayed in such a way that the nowline is always centered and only the range of the displayed period can be adjusted If the option is not selected the display can be set to show any time period at any date Block List Dialog Displays the list of blocks present in the timeline for a Specific period of time Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 A EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Menu Items Meaning Clip Display Settings Allows to select the information to be displayed in the encoded block Media Class Repeat Indicator Tedia Class Shooting Dake Show Thumbnails Shows a thumbnail for the encoding block Refresh Refreshes the graphical interface About Gives informat
7. ded file to select the method of recording that will be used and to start the recording process General Metadata Label blac 20091202103458046 Id Feed External Ref Media Class Undefined Shooting Date Video Ratio Unknow SOUrCE Routing Description Publish Recording Mode Manual On Trigger Stat TL Flom Ve On Time From To Start Record Issue 4 1 A GENERAL TAB Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 To create an output file enter the relevant data into the fields displayed in the General tab Field Label Id Feed External Ref Media Class Shooting Date Video Ratio Source Routing Description Publish METADATA TAB Description Name you give to the file that will be encoded Identification given to a feed that could be provided by a press agency Reference which can help to identify the encoded media such as a barcode from a VTR tape Class categorizing the media The classes are defined in the Class Manager of the Xedio Manager application Date on which the media has been filmed To update the date press the Shooting Date button and select a date in the calendar displayed from the drop down arrow Recording video ratio of the media Possible values are 16 9 4 3 or unknown Original source of the feed Free text to describe how the feed was routed to the system Optional text t
8. ion the StartTC displayed in a software player will be the Delta with the HiRes Jj lt Viacts Stert TC in LewRan Playa MediaFile TCin Mg On a LowRes station the StartTC displayed in a software player will be the Delta with the LowRes MediaFile TCin Note We assume that the same Reference TC is used to encode the Hikes MediaFile and the LowRes MediaFile 16 wn Instant Tapeless Technology MAR ANN EVS Broadcast Equipment Li ge Science Park 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Ougr e Belgium Corporate North amp Latin America Headquarters Headquarters 32 4 361 7000 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters available on 852 2914 2501 www evs tv contact 2 To learn more about EVS go to www evs tv
9. ion about the version of Ingest Scheduler CURRENT DATE The Current Date field allows to select the date for the timeline display This is only available if the Nowline Focus parameter is disabled from the Parameters menu 3 4 2 TIMELINE CONTENT Ingest media is displayed in the form of blocks in the timeline BLOCK STATUS COLORS The block status is shown by means of different colors as follows Block Color Status A blue block to the right of the nowline is a Scheduled t A currently Recording ingest is orange 13 Issue 4 1 A Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Block Color Status A green block to the left of the nowline is a successfully Recorded ingest BLOCK CONTEXTUAL MENU A contextual menu is available when you right click in the timeline New Recordi Modify Hecord s View Recordi Lowbitrate Highbitrate Menu Item Description New Records Opens an Edit Mode window allowing you to enter parameters for a new file to encode Modify Records Available when right clicking on a block Opens an Edit Mode window allowing you to update the parameters of the encoding file View records Opens a View Mode window showing you the parameters of the encoding file Play Provides a sub menu with the Lowbitrate and the Highbitrate options Selecting one option opens the CleanEdit Player window from which you can view the encoded encoding block
10. o describe the encoded media Allows to see the encoded media in the client workstations database lists In the Metadata tab the users can select one of the available metadata profiles by clicking in the Metadata Profile field Then they can enter metadata values for the encoded media Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 4 EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 RECORDING MODE AREA Recording Mode Manual On Trigger Start TC oho p TE From To The recording on an encoder from Xedio Ingest Organizer can be started in one of the three following modes e Manual when you press the Start Record button a dialog box allows you to enter a record duration The encoding process starts as soon as you press the Start with Limits button e On Trigger you can enter a start timecode and a stop timecode The encoding process will start and stop at the specified timecodes e On Time you can enter start and stop times and dates for the encoding process This option is dimmed when the scheduler interface is available STATUS AREA The Server status shows if the Xedio Ingest Organizer application is connected by IP to the corresponding Xedio Ingest Server The High and Low Bit rate status show if Xedio Ingest Organizer is communicating with the encoder software for the specified encoder Ready is displayed when the encoder is ready for the recording During the recording process
11. ode connected to the encoder when the encoding is performed Each area of tape can be determined and added to a list using the Add In List button When the selection from the tape is complete the ingest is started by pressing the Start Batch button Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 4 EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 4 SCHEDULER The Scheduler tab displays a timeline with all the records already encoded being encoded or scheduled to take place within the displayed time window Each logical encoder has its own timeline Current Date 1 132 15 15 15 30 01 12 2003 15 50 41 02 12 2003 15 35 17 The green line is the nowline and reflects the current time The thin red line corresponds to the time before which no action can be performed through the scheduler 3 4 1 TIMELINE VIEW SETTINGS TIME SPAN Pressing the Time button displays a contextual menu oon In oor Out 15 minutes 30 minutes 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours b hours 10 hours 16 hours 24 hours 46 hours Previous zoom F3 This setting sets the range of time displayed on the timeline The mouse scroll button may also be used to change this range and zoom in or out the displayed range 11 Issue 4 1 A 12 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 PARAMETERS Parameters Setup FIU matatia p w Maowline Focus F1 Bl
12. opped So in the scheduler e The Recording TC IN value will be the lowest between both TC IN e The Media TC OUT value will be the highest between both TC OUT In summary the duration of one recording is always greater than the duration of the corresponding Media and its Media files The duration of one Media is always smaller that the duration of its Media files and the corresponding recording Additionally a clip can be created from a media It will therefore always have its TC IN and TC OUT within the Media TC IN and TC OUT limits This is explained in the following diagram 15 Issue 4 1 4 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 Mecdio Ingest Timecodes Overview scncucnescscceeuersccerssqcsssenrsencrsenenssecrsensesaacsanenbersssnsersacessescsscccssecsrsssccsecersesecsaae Reference C A Player SowLine Recording Tout at LU Recording TCin ecio Ingest Organizer Scheduler Recording Block HiRes MedaFile TCin HiRes MiediaFile TCout NI xedio HighRes Encoder HiRes MeciarFile Tm Low Res MeciaFie TCin Lowes MediaFie TCout ecio LowRes Encoder LowH es MeciaFile Lm PVecdia TC Meda TOCout NI CleanEcdit Medis 2 Clip TCin Clip TCou ip I Cn Cip Cout f 4 BEEN Cleaneart Clip Virtual Clip or Edit Clip MM l Player ovvLina 4 ee On a HiRes stat
13. played in the Work area allowing you to define data for the recorded file to control the VTR and mark areas of the tape to be ingested General Metadata Label Id Feed External Ref Media Class Video Ratio Source Routing Description Logical Ch cdm 2 paire 1 PM Record Timecode OTA 00 00 00 00 EXTERNAL 00 00 00 00 4 OO00 00 00 Ready mpari Batch stopped Te Out Media Class Publish GENERAL TAB AND METADATA TAB These areas have the same fields as the encoder control window Please refer to sections General Tab on page 6 and Metadata Tab on page 6 for a description of those areas Issue 4 1 A 10 Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 CHANNEL AREA T E l iaa mimi L os ici Logical Ch cdm 2 paire 1 PM This parameter allows the user to connect to the logical channel that has been assigned to ingest the media from the tape in the VTR Choose the channel and press the Connect button to establish the communication VTR AREA y ese e mmc LL LE ue ure Record Timecode OSTR out 00000000 B EXTERNAL In LEE 00 00 00 e Jog k Shuttle Start Batch The VTR area provides transport buttons to control the VTR as well as In and Out buttons to mark sections of the tape to ingest The Record Timecode area allows the user to choose between the existing timecode on the tape or the external source of timec
14. r EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 THE OUTLOOK AREA 1 This displays the list of the devices which can be controlled by the Ingest Organizer Scheduler CDM 1 J Encoding rr Low BitRate Encoder E High BitHate Encoder The Outlook bar presents atleast as many tabs as there are devices to control Each tab provides access to a series of items Once a category tab is selected its specific items are shown as icons Select any of these icons to display its relevant interface in the Work area The set up of encoders and VTR devices is made in the Xedio Manager application THE WoRK AREA 2 The Work area displays a timeline with the ingests that are scheduled or took place over a period of time for each of the controlled devices It interactively changes when an item is selected in one category from the Outlook area THE LOGBOOK 3 This lists the processes undertaken by the software and reports any error encountered during the processes Xedio Suite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer Issue 4 1 4 EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 3 2 ENCODER DEVICES Several items are available in the Encoders category They are detailed below Encoding FL Low BitA ate Encoder Z2 Pr High BitRate Encoder 3 2 1 ENCODING When you click the Encoding button for an encoder device the following Encoder window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to enter data for the enco
15. roduction The Xedio Ingest application allows a user to control encoder channels to digitize any incoming video into high resolution low resolution or both simultaneously a panel of different codecs is available The Xedio Ingest application can control multiple incoming feeds simultaneously and offers a VGA monitoring feed of the incoming video as it is being encoded As a fully integrated part of the Xedio Suite of applications the files are entered into the database as they are being ingested and can be used by other applications in the Suite even before the encoding process has been completed The Xedio Ingest is a server client based system and therefore consists of two elements Xedio Ingest server Software which runs on the hardware encoder to enable the control of the ingest process Xedio Ingest Organizer client Software which runs on any workstation within the Xedio environment and controls the ingest process of all encoders that are part of the system Issue 4 1 A Xedio S uite Version 4 1 User s Manual Ingest Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment December 2011 2 Xedio Ingest Server The Xedio Ingest server application running on a hardware encoder is usually set up to auto start when the computer is switched on If however it is not set up in this way the program can be started manually Click on the Xedio Ingest icon on the desktop to start the application Medio Ingest A dialogue box will then appear
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