User Manual - MAD V1.5 MAD Filing V3.3
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1. 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 The number of requests is displayed between brackets next to the tab title Ingest Request Metadata The information about an ingest request can be divided into three categories e information about the request itself e Information about the segment to be ingested e Information about the asset item Information About the Ingest Request The table below describes the information that is displayed about each ingest request Column Description Requested Indicates the date and time the ingest of the segment was requested in Media Manager or in the external application through the MAD API Status Indicates the status of the ingest request In the Requested tab all segments have the status Filing Requested yellow It means that the ingest has been requested but has not yet been dispatched by MAD Filing to IPDirector or has not yet been picked up by the MAD system to be further processed 14 4 Managing Ingest Requests USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing V gt Information About the Segment The table below describes the information that is displayed about each segment Column Audio Subcategory Asset External ID Asset External Title Asset No Asset Title External ID External Title Asset ID Media ID Prev Ingested Grouping Category Title Requested File Format Source Type Subcategory Subtitle TC In TC Out Title Video Standard2. For example if you want to filter the values of a column by text that includes a certain word character or sign you have to select the comparison operator like 4 Enter text in the field next to the first drop down list For example if you want to filter by text that includes the letter S type S 7 Managing Grids i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a 7 Managing Grids The wildcard can substitute for zero or more characters The character can substitute for exactly one character If you want to add a second filter criterion select the desired Boolean operator Select o AND if both criteria have to be true OR if at least one of the criteria or both have to be true Select the desired comparison operator from the second drop down list and then enter text in the field at the right Click OK to apply the filter Only the values matching the entered criterion or criteria will be displayed How to Create a Complex Filter To create a complex filter proceed as follows P Apply a simple filter to a grid or filter a grid by selecting one or more values from a list of values See above At the bottom of the grid a filter bar appears In the filter bar click the Customize button A dialog box appears that allows you to create complex filters The criteria of the active filter are displayed in a tree structure Here you can add extra criteria and change the existing criteria D
3. Video Format 4 Managing Ingest Requests Description Indicates if the segment is audio material or not Indicates the subcategory the segment belongs to Indicates the external ID assigned to the asset the segment belongs to Indicates the external title assigned to the asset the segment belongs to Indicates the asset sequence number Indicates the title of the asset the segment belongs to Indicates the external ID assigned to the segment Indicates the external title assigned to the segment Indicates the ID that was automatically assigned to the asset by the MAD system Indicates the ID assigned to the segment by the MAD system This ID will be used to keep track of the segment throughout the entire archive workflow Indicates if the segment has already been ingested into the archive or not Indicates the title of the grouping category the segment belongs to Indicates the file format the segment should be converted to when ingesting Indicates the source type of the segment e g Audio File Audio CD etc Indicates the subcategory the segment belongs to Indicates the subtitle of the segment Indicates the start timecode of the segment as entered in the MAD database Indicates the end timecode of the segment as entered in the MAD database Indicates the title of the segment It consists of the following information program title episode title and segment name Indicates the video standard of the se
4. Contact your system administrator or check the License Controller manual 3 Starting the Application 7 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 3 4 Main Window Overview General Description The main window enables you to handle and or monitor the requests to ingest particular video and or audio segments into the digital archive as well as the requests to purge specific segments It also allows you to accept or reject segments that have been ingested but for which a difference in timecode and or duration has been detected between the ingested file and the MAD database Finally it allows you to accept or refuse the deletion of segments that did not pass the quality check because of poor quality or that have been requested to be purged Illustration The main window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below v Ingest 3 Starting the Application i V5 USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the main window Part Name Description le Menu bar The menu bar contains three settings File Settings and Help 2 Active view This pane displays the active view Depending on the ingest workflows in your MAD setup more or less views will be available See section General Tab on page 52 3 Navigation bar The Navigation bar contains buttons that allow you to quickly navigate between the various views in MAD Filing Depen
5. Filed Tab NEW The Filed tab displays the segments that have been ingested into the MAD archive Depending on the configuration of MAD Filing the segments will be removed after a predefined period of time See section General Tab on page 52 4 Managing Ingest Requests 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 4 2 Dispatching Monitoring Undoing and Retrying Ingest Requests 4 2 1 Dispatching Ingest Requests to IPDirector To dispatch an ingest request to IPDirector proceed as follows 1 Open the Ingest view 2 Inthe Ingest Requests grid of the Requested tab double click one of the segments that belongs to the tape whose content you want to ingest through PDirector If by accident you click a segment of which the source type is not Tape a warning message will appear Click OK to continue and double click a segment with the appropriate source type Information All the segment of that tape that have been requested to be ingested appear in the Selected Tape grid of the Tape Based tab Above the grid the following information is displayed the MAD or external asset item ID the video standard the video format the carrier type and the requested archive file format 3 Inthe Selected Target grid select the appropriate target from the list and then click the Request button Note that if an ingest request has already been assigned to the target you selected the Request button will be unavailab
6. a tab is provided for each setup category The table below briefly describes each setup category Setup Category Description User Settings These settings can be configured by each individual user System Settings These settings configure the general functioning of the application They can only be configured by the system administrator 50 8 Configuring the Application i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH Edit Mode To be able to edit the System settings you first have to enter a password To put the Settings window into Edit Mode proceed as follows 1 Click the Enter Into Edit Mode button A dialog box appears Password Dialog 2 Enter the administrator password and then click OK The Settings window enters into Edit Mode Saving Settings A Save button is provided which allows you to immediately save the changes you have made to the settings With the Cancel button you can discard the changes you have made 8 Configuring the Application 51 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 8 2 8 2 1 8 2 2 52 User Settings Overview User Settings Subcategories The User settings are divided into the following subcategories e General e Tape Based For each subcategory a tab is provided General Tab The General tab allows you to enable or disable the various tabs and views depending on your MAD setup and ingest workflows and also to configure the display of records in
7. ingested segments Accepted segments will remain filed rejected segments will be offered to be purged See section Acceptance View on page 27 3 Starting the Application USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing View Purge 3 Starting the Application V gt Description This view displays the ingested segments that have been requested in Media Manager MAD Filing or in an external application to be purged from the archive In this view the users can manually accept and start the purge process or reject a segment from being purged See section Purge View on page 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 4 Managing Ingest Requests 4 1 Ingest View 4 1 1 Overview General Description This view displays the requests to ingest particular video and or audio segments into the digital archive Illustration The Ingest view contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below 12 4 Managing Ingest Requests USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing 4 1 2 Area Description V gt The table below describes the various parts of the Ingest view Part Name 1 Requested tab 2 Request Executed tab 3 Filed tab 4 Tape Based tab Requested Tab Introduction Description This tab displays the video and or audio segments that have been requested to be ingested into the digital archive The ingest requests have not yet been dispatched to IP Director or have not yet been picked up by
8. 1 5 MAD Filing EH sA 9 1 5 2 Accepting and Rejecting Ingested Segments Introduction Once segments have been ingested into the archive a check is performed in the MAD database to see if the timecodes TC In and TC Out duration and video format entered for each segment in Media Manager or in an external application through the MAD API correspond with the timecodes duration and video format of the high resolution files in the archive When a difference is detected for a segment the segment will appear in the Acceptance view In this view you will have to manually accept or reject the segment Acceptance View General Description The Acceptance view displays the segments video or audio that have been ingested in the archive and for which a difference in timecodes duration and or video format was detected The segments are grouped into tabs according to the type of ingested content audio or video and according to the ingest method file or tape based and manual or automatic Audio segments are also grouped according to carrier file or CD To open the Acceptance view click the corresponding button in the navigation bar Acceptance External it CXTe e Asset External IC MAD0000144 00000125 10 00 05 20 10 00 59 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 53 13 00 00 53 13 v Men s Football 38th European C Rangers FC vs PFC CSKA Mosk 2nd Half wn SD 4 3 SD 6890 Rangers FC vs PFC CSKA Moskva 210308 VO B1 2 D1 Rangers FC vs PFC CSK
9. APA AAP 21 4 2 Dispatching Monitoring Undoing and Retrying Ingest Requests 22 4 2 1 Dispatching Ingest Requests to IPDirector 2222 eee eee 22 4 2 2 Undoing Ingest Requests Dispatched to IPDirector 24 4 2 3 Retrying Ingest Requests Dispatched to IPDirector 25 4 2 4 Monitoring File Based Ingest Requests 2 26 4 2 5 Retrying File Based Ingest Requests 26 4 2 6 Undoing File Based Ingest Requests 2 26 5 ACCEPTING AND REJECTING INGESTED SEGMENTS 27 5 1 Introduction 2 2222 GDAD ND ED LGL KAL TENEKDAND aoar oorno nn 27 5 2 Acceptance View iii 27 5 3 Displaying the Differences in Timecodes and Duration 28 5 4 Accepting Segments with a Timecode Difference 29 5 5 Rejecting Segments with a Timecode Difference 30 6 ACCEPTING AND REJECTING PURGE REQUESTS 31 6 1 Introduction 222222222222 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 6 2 6 3 6 4 1 1 1 2 Ts 7 4 1 9 7 6 T T 8 1 8 2 8 3 BCE VI ABLULL ANS NN DALE LEDD ONSA LAYANG GAnLGNNAd 31 Accepting Purge Requests 2 22 c cece cee cee cece eee e cece eee eeees 32 Rejecting Purge Requests 2 2 2 33 MANAGING GRIDS u Lu anaan
10. E Mail Options Tab 2 l cece eee cee eee eee eceeeeeeee 60 Table of Contents i V5 USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a What s New What s New In the User Manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The changes linked to new features in version 3 3 are listed below MAD Filing now writes files to the AppData folder instead of it s own executable folder MAD Filing has been adapted to support the move of assets in Media Manager MAD Filing now uses the correct hierarchical level names in its interface A Filed tab has been added containing all files that have been ingested See section Filed Tab on page 21 1 i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH About the Application General Description MAD Filing forms part of the ingest module of the central archiving system MediArchive Director MAD It displays all the requests to ingest specific video and or audio segments into the digital archive as well as the requests to purge particular segments The ingest and purge requests were performed in MAD Media Manager or in an external application through the MAD API Application Programming Interface It enables users to manually dispatch tape based ingest requests to IPDirector and to monitor the status and progress of file based ingest requests that are automatically processed Once the video and or audio material has been ingested a check is per
11. Media Manager from the Acceptance view of MAD Filing or from an external application through the MAD API One reason to purge a particular ingested video or audio file could be because a great difference was detected between its duration and that of the ingest request Another reason could be because the ingested file did not pass a visual or auditive quality check 6 2 Purge View General Description The Purge view contains a single grid displaying a lot of information about the video and audio material that has been requested to be purged from the archive You can sort filter and group the data in the grid You can add and remove columns and also change their width and position See section Managing Grids on page 34 To open the Purge view click the corresponding button in the navigation bar Asset Item External Mame 6 Accepting and Rejecting Purge Requests 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 6 3 32 Simple and Detailed View Buttons are provided that allow you to display more or less information about a single segment or about all segments e With the Full Expand button in the top right corner of the grid you can display the following additional information for all segments 0 0 0 Archive Type The primary high resolution file and secondary low resolution file archive file format Video File Format The video or audio file format Filing TC In The TC In
12. of the ingested file Filing TC Out The TC Out of the ingested file Filing TC Dur The duration of the ingested file Tape Name The name of the asset item as entered in the MAD database e With the Expand button I next to a segment you can display additional information for that particular segment e With the Full Collapse button you can hide all the additional information again e With the Collapse button M you can hide the additional information for a particular segment Accepting Purge Requests To accept a purge request proceed as follows 1 Inthe Purge view click the Accept button a of the appropriate segment A dialog box will appear asking you to confirm your action 2 Click Yes to continue c The Req Delete button is highlighted in pink and the button caption changes to REQ EXEC 6 Accepting and Rejecting Purge Requests i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a po oe F bal PW bili m en ai Asset Item External Title As soon as the high and low resolution video files and their metadata XML are removed from the online and deep archive the segment disappears from the view 6 4 Rejecting Purge Requests To reject a purge request proceed as follows 1 Inthe Purge view click the Reject button OO O XO O of the appropriate segment A dialog box will appear asking you to confirm your action 2 Click Yes to continue The segment will disappear from the view If the purge was reque
13. password Login Username BB Password t 4 3 Starting the Application CE VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH e you have omitted your username es Login Username Password Login e you have insufficient user rights Login e your login has expired el Login Username BBO Password 4 Warning If you have lost your password a new password will have to be set in MAD Config Contact your system administrator 3 Starting the Application 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 3 3 Version and License Check Introduction The version of the application and the validity of the application license will be checked when the application logs into the MAD database at startup The status of the version or the license that is returned is displayed on the application splash screen Version and License Statuses The following version and license statuses can be returned Status Description Color Action Required Current The actual version of the application no No action required color The application starts automatically Outdated A newer version of the application red Click OK to start the exists but this version can still be application at once used By default the The application version that should be application starts installed is displayed automatically after 10 seconds Obsolete A newer version of the application red Click OK to cont
14. position 7 Managing Grids 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 7 2 3 36 Adding and Removing Columns If you want more or less information to be displayed in a particular grid you can simply add or remove one or more columns How to Add a Column To add a column to a grid proceed as follows 1 Right click the header of a column and then select the option Field Chooser from the context menu Field Chooser A dialog box appears with a list of predefined columns you can add to the grid Note that the column headers shown in the screenshot below can differ from the ones displayed in your application Customization Columns 2 From the list select the header of the column you want to add to the grid 3 Drag the column header to the desired position in the grid Two green arrows will appear indicating where you can insert the column A black prohibition sign or cross will appear if you try to insert the column in a location where it cannot be inserted 4 Release the left mouse button to insert the column How to Remove a Column To remove a column from a grid right click its header and then select the option Remove This Column from the context menu 7 Managing Grids D VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH 7 2 4 7 3 7 Managing Grids Field Loose The column will disappear from the grid and its header will be added to the dialog box containing the columns
15. the following additional information for all segments e Archive Type The primary high resolution file and secondary low resolution file archive file format e Video File Type The type of video or audio file e Filing TC In The TC In of the ingested file e Filing TC Out The TC Out of the ingested file 5 Accepting and Rejecting Ingested Segments i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH 5 4 e Filing TC Dur The duration of the ingested file e TC In Diff The difference in frames between the TC In of the ingested media file and the TC In of the ingest request The difference is highlighted in orange e TC Out Diff The difference in frames between the TC Out of the ingested media file and the TC Out of the ingest request The difference is highlighted in orange e Tape Name The name of the asset item as entered in the MAD database With the Full Collapse button you can hide all the additional information again Displaying and Hiding Additional Information of a Single Segment With the Expand button EJ next to a segment you can display the additional information for that particular segment With the Collapse button M you can hide the additional information for a particular segment Accepting Segments with a Timecode Difference To accept a segment for which a difference in timecode and or duration was discovered proceed as follows 1 Click the Accept button Co next to the segment A dialog box wil
16. the various views View Options Show done records time min 10 Identifiers Show the following identifiers Mediald Media ld Active babs Tape based File based ail File based Audio file Audio CD Purge Purging In the View Options group box you can specify a time interval in minutes after which done records e g with status Filed Purge Executed are removed from a grid By default this is set to 10 minutes The Identifiers group box contains a setting that only applies to the Tape Based tab in the Ingest view It allows you to specify what type of tape ID will be displayed above the Selected Tape grid when a user has selected a segment the Media ID or the Asset Item External ID The Active Tabs group box displays the tabs that can be enabled or disabled in the MAD Filing interface The tabs are divided into three groups according to the view in which they can appear Ingest Acceptance and Purge If a tab is enabled it will appear in the corresponding view If no tab is enabled for a particular view the view will not be displayed in the MAD Filing interface 8 Configuring the Application EP VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing ai To de activate a particular tab de select the corresponding check box Depending on your MAD setup and ingest workflows more or less tabs should be activated 8 Configuring the Application 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D Febr
17. the MAD system to be further processed Between brackets the number of records is displayed See section Requested Tab on page 13 This tab displays the segments whose ingest request has been dispatched to IPDirector or has been picked up by the MAD system to be further processed See section Request Executed Tab on page 18 This tab displays the segments that have been ingested into the MAD archive See section Filed Tab on page 21 This tab displays the segments belonging to a particular video tape that need to be digitized and ingested into the archive using IPDirector The user has selected the tape from the Requested tab It allows the user to manually dispatch the ingest request to IPDirector See section Tape Based Tab on page 17 Depending on your MAD setup and on the configuration of MAD Filing this tab may or may not be available The Requested tab groups the requests originating from Media Manager or an external application through the MAD API to ingest video and or audio segments into the digital archive The segments can be contained on a video tape or audio CD or can be video or audio files Detailed information about the requests and segments is displayed in a grid which can be customized to your needs The information can be filtered sorted and grouped Columns can be resized rearranged removed hidden and added or made visible again See section Managing Grids on page 34 4 Managing Ingest Requests
18. A Moskva Tc Out Diff Asset Item Name 2500145 00 EEE 5 Accepting and Rejecting Ingested Segments 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 5 3 28 Tabs Depending on your MAD setup and the configuration of MAD Filing one or more of the following tabs will be visible e Tape Based This tab displays segments of video tapes that have been ingested in the archive using IPDirector e File Based This tab displays video files that have been automatically ingested in the archive e Audio File This tab displays audio files that have been ingested in the archive e Audio CD This tab displays segments representing audio tracks that have been ripped from an audio CD and ingested in the archive See section General Tab on page 52 Displaying the Differences in Timecodes and Duration Introduction Each tab in the Acceptance view contains buttons that allow you to display more or less Information about a specific segment or about all segments The number of segments each tab contains is displayed between brackets next to the tab title Acceptance Tape based 2 File 4D0000144 00000125 10 00 05 20 10 00 59 08 00 00 00 00 v Me s Football 38th European C Rangers FC vs PFC CSKA Mosk 2nd Half SD 4 3 SD Fy 45 Archive Type Video File Type Displaying and Hiding Additional Information of All Segments With the Full Expand button in the top right corner of each grid you can display
19. FC Internazionale Milano vs CSKA Debreceni V USER MANUAL MAD Filing Debre Olympiat 0 Debreceni Jebreceni Olympique Lyonnais 0 4 Debreceni VS Version 1 5 February 2015 Debreceni 1 Olympique Lyonnz 0 4 Debreceni VS Olympique Lyonnais a gt 4 Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais Olyn que Lyonnais 0 4 gt 0 4 0 4 0 4 Debreceni VSC v Debreceni VSC vs Debreceni VSC v Debreceni VS RE Olympique Lyonnais mpique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais mpique Lyo 0 4 y 0 4 0 4 Debreceni V Cv Debreceni Debreceni VS Olympique L Olympique 0 4 ar 0 4 Debr f gt G Olym 1p a p Olympique Lyonnais MediArchives Directon Vs CE VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Copyright 2003 2015 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 doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and ph
20. a c ccc cccceccecceeseees 34 OO PA 34 Manipulating Columns 222222222222 34 7 2 1 Adjusting the Width of Columns 34 7 2 2 Reordering Columns 2 aa 34 7 2 3 Adding and Removing Columns 36 7 2 4 Hiding and Unhiding Columns 2 37 Copying Data 222222222222 37 ONO Cel EE E E E PRN MA 38 Filtering Data cece cee eee eee eee eee eee eee eens 39 7 5 1 Filtering by Values From a Column 39 7 5 2 Filtering by Criteria 222222222222 40 COS 0000000000000000 AA 43 Performing Basic Calculations on Data 2 22 22 e cece eee eee eee eee 45 7 7 1 Footers and Basic Calculations 45 7 7 2 Performing Basic Calculations on Non Grouped Data 46 7 7 3 Performing Basic Calculations on Grouped Data 48 7 7 4 Removing Footers 1 49 CONFIGURING THE APPLICATION ____ 0 0 000 e 50 Settings Window 2 iii 50 User Settings 2222222 52 8 2 1 Overview User Settings Subcategories eee eee ee eee eee 52 8 2 2 General Tab 2 52 8 2 3 Tape Based Filing Tab cece cece ccc ee cee ceeeeees 54 System Settings 2 ne se ea dome amntac 56 8 3 1 Overview System Settings Subcategories 56 8 3 2 Oracle Connection Tab 2 2 22 2 occ cece c cece eee ec ee ceeceeeeees D 8 3 3
21. ancel to abort the action MAD Filing will remove the batch file from the folder C IPD Batchlist onthe PDirector server The segments will disappear from the Request Executed tab and appear again in the Requested tab with the status Filing Requested Note that this will not remove the file from the IPDirector VTR Control Panel and will not abort the ingest process if already running This has to be checked and aborted in IPDirector G Note N As long as none of the segments have been successfully ingested you can undo the ingest request As soon as one segment has been successfully ingested the Undo Request button will be unavailable 4 Managing Ingest Requests i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH Undoing an Ingest Request in the Request Executed Tab To undo an ingest request in the Tape Based tab of the Request Executed tab proceed as follows 1 2 3 In the Tape Based tab select the desired ingest request Click the Undo button El A warning message appears asking you to make sure that all residual files i e the PDirector batch list file the XTAccess metadata file if any and part of the ingested video file if any have been removed first Warning Click Yes to continue The segments will disappear from the Request Executed tab and appear again in the Requested tab with the status Filing Requested 4 2 3 Retrying Ingest Requests Dispatched to IPDirector To retry an ingest request t
22. ayed the external customer or MAD tape ID this can be configured in the settings the video standard e g SD HD the video format e g SD 4 3 the carrier type e g Betacam SP and the requested archive file format e g IMX 40 MXF OP1A SMPTE Selected Target Grid The Selected Target grid displays the targets the user can select to ingest the segments of the video tape The targets have been configured in the settings 4 Managing Ingest Requests 14 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 4 1 4 Each target consists of the following elements Element Description Source The name of the video tape recorder used during the digitization of the segments to play out the video tape This name can refer for example to the video format of the video tape and the requested file format This name can be configured in the settings See section Tape Based Filing Tab on page 54 Asset Item ID The ID assigned to the video tape by the MAD system This ID appears once the user has clicked the Request button Asset Item The name of the tape This name appears once the user has clicked Name the Request button Batchfile The name of the IPDirector batch file csv This name appears once the user has clicked the Request button The form of the csv file can be defined in the settings See section Tape Based Filing Tab on page 54 Batch Folder The folder on the IPDirector server were MAD Filing will drop
23. column e Group footer Footer added at the bottom of a group allowing you to perform calculations on the values of a particular column in that group The result of a calculation performed on the data of a particular column is displayed ina footer cell below the column in the grid or group footer Basic Calculations Right clicking a footer cell in a grid or group footer will open the footer context menu This menu will allow you to select or change the type of calculation that should be performed on the data of a particular column sa SUN Min A Max N Count ping average None Depending on the type of data contained in each column you will be able to perform one or more of the following calculations e Sum Adds up all numbers in a column e Min Defines the lowest value in a column e Max Defines the highest value in a column e Count Counts the elements in a column e Average Calculates the average value of all numbers in a column 7 Managing Grids 45 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 7 7 2 Performing Basic Calculations on Non Grouped Data To perform basic calculations on all the data of one or more column proceed as follows 1 Right click the desired column header 2 From the context menu select the Footer option L Footer Group Kooters The grid footer automatically appears at the bottom of the grid 3 Inthe grid footer right click the footer cell below the
24. column whose data you want to perform calculations on context menu with basic calculations appears 2 Sum Min H Max N Count Le Average Mone G Note N Depending of the type of data in a column dates alphanumeric data all or only some of the calculations will be available 4 Select the desired calculation 46 7 Managing Grids i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a In the footer cell the result of the calculation appears Asset Item ID Carrie PAL a j kam Bp 7 Managing Grids EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 7 7 3 Performing Basic Calculations on Grouped Data To perform basic calculations on data in a group proceed as follows 1 Right click the header of any column in the grid From the context menu select the Group Footers option This option only becomes 2 available when the data in the grid has been grouped _ Footer Group Footers group footer is added to each group in the grid Group Footer t b Carrier Digital Betacam B 3 Inthe group footer right click the footer cell below the column whose data you want to perform calculations on A context menu with basic calculations appears 2 Sum Min Max N Count ae average None q Note q Depending of the type of data in a column dates alphanumeric data all or only some of the calculations will be available 4 Select the desired calcula
25. der fields make sure you separate them by a comma To test the settings and manually send an e mail message click the Send Mail button For the new settings to take effect close and restart the application Check the TOM ini file inthe AppData Roaming EVS Broadcast Equipment MAD Application folder for the e mail addresses and subject entered here 8 Configuring the Application 61 a i a V To learn more about EVS go to Www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Li ge Science Park 852 2914 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
26. ding on the number of active views more or less navigation buttons will be available See section General Tab on page 52 There are three groups of navigation buttons Ingest Acceptance and Purge Each group represents a phase in the ingest process To hide the navigation buttons of a group click M To show them again click ali Next to the header of the group the total number of active records is displayed between brackets Menu Bar The menu bar contains three menus File Settings and Help File Menu The File menu contains two commands Logout and Exit Click the File menu or use the keyboard shortcut keys ALT F or F10 F to open it Click Exit or use the keyboard shortcut key X to exit the application Click Logout or use the keyboard shortcut key O to log out of the application Settings Menu The Settings menu does not contain any commands It immediately gives access to the application settings Click the Settings menu or use the keyboard shortcut keys ALT S or F10 S to access the settings Help Menu The Help menu contains the following commands Help Context Sensitive Help and About With the Help command you can open the application help file 3 Starting the Application 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 With the Context Sensitive Help command you can turn on or off the context sensitive help mode In context sensitive help mode when you click a user interface item help
27. ear the check box next to the filter E to undo it Select the check box to apply the filter again o Click po to undo the filter and close the filter bar o Click ga to open a drop down list containing previously applied filters o Click Customize to create a complex filter 7 Managing Grids 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 7 9 2 40 Filtering by Criteria Filters by criteria can be simple or complex e Simple filters consist of one or two criteria and one Boolean operator AND or OR e Complex filters consist of more than two criteria and more than one Boolean operator AND OR NOT AND and NOT OR How to Create a Simple Filter To create a simple filter proceed as follows 1 Hold your cursor over the header of the desired column and then click the filter button appearing in the right corner 2 From the drop down list select the option Custom The Custom Filter dialog box appears Here you can enter the criterion or the two criteria you want to filter the values of the selected column by Custom Filter 3 Select the desired comparison operator from the first drop down list A comparison operator is used in comparison criteria to compare two values Operators include equals does not equal is less than is less than or equal to is greater than is greater than or equal to like not like is blank and is not blank
28. ears Current The Current Version If the software version is outdated then the following message appears Unknown Version Application Please contact the EDP department If you close the Settings window without testing the validity of the database name login and username you just entered then a message box appears Information If you click Yes then the Settings window is closed and the original values are restored If you click Cancel then the Settings window does not close and you can test the values by clicking the Test Oracle button If you change the current database settings test the connection and then close the Settings window a message box will appear Information ha on m a mg cu pen f mla CE ME SI 23m i N ot Balan L LO a N L F WE TAN orn AT r F F F y Ti L ia f dm li m Li a oui Dons LI m T Wi n MG SG ws ome pm m pm i mm m pum pan p pat im im If you click Yes the application is stopped and closed A manual restart will be required Click Cancel to continue 8 Configuring the Application 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 8 3 3 60 E Mail Options Tab In case the application is capable of sending e mail messages the E Mail Options tab will allow you to configure an e mail account enter the e mail address of the default sender and recipients and enter a default e mail subject If the applicat
29. f segments is displayed between brackets next to the tab title It allows you to monitor the status and progress of the ingest process In case of an error the ingest process can be retried or undone It also briefly displays the segments that were successfully ingested gt Ingest uest Executed File Ingest Request Metadata In the Tape BasedTab The information that is displayed about the ingest requests is almost identical to the information displayed in the Requested tab The table below describes the additional information Column Description Ingested Indicates if the segment has been successfully ingested Ingested Date Indicates the date and time the segment was ingested Req Indicates if the ingest request was manually or automatically dispatched or not Status The ingest requests can have one of the following statuses e Filing Request Executed orange The ingest request has been dispatched by MAD Filing e Filed green The ingest has been completed e Failed red The ingest process failed 4 Managing Ingest Requests 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 In the Automatic File Based Ingest Tab The table below describes the additional information that is displayed in the Automatic File Based Ingest tab Column Ext Conversion Status Current TC Dest Folder File TC In File TC Out Ingest TC In Ingest TC Out Progress Source File Source Folder Status Target V
30. for that item is displayed You can also turn on or off context sensitive help mode by pressing F1 With the About command the application about box can be opened The about box displays the application software version the date until which the application license is valid the name and version of the database the application is logged on to and the login name used Click About or use the keyboard shortcut key A to open the application about box MediArchive Director Version 01 05 MAD Filing Application 3 3 0 1 Database R00137 a a kang License unlimited Logged on to DatabaseName Views The main window of MAD Filing contains the following views View Description Ingest This view displays the requests originating from Media Manager or from an external application through the MAD API to ingest specific video and or audio segments into the digital archive In this view the users can manually dispatch the tape based ingest requests to IPDirector They can also monitor the progress and status of the automatic file based ingest requests See section Ingest View on page 12 In case of a problem or error ingest requests can be undone and retried See section Dispatching Monitoring Undoing and Retrying Ingest Requests on page 22 Acceptance This view displays the ingested segments for which a difference in timecode and or duration was detected In this view the users have to manually accept or reject the
31. formed on it The start and end timecode TC In and TC Out and duration of the ingested material is compared with the timecodes and duration entered in the MAD database In case of a difference MAD Filing will display the video and or audio files in question and let the users decide to accept or reject the files Accepted files will become part of the digital archive and the different timecodes are updated in the MAD database Rejected files will be purged automatically from the archive MAD Filing also allows users to manually initiate the purge process for video and or audio material that has been requested to be purged and to monitor the status and progress of the purge process Workflow The diagram below illustrates the position and function of MAD Filing in the ingest and purge workflows PD third party E application ae CY Media Manager So Ingest purge requests MAD Database Accept reject ingested Start purge process MAD Filing Dispatch ingest requests tape based 1 About the Application 1 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 Multiple Timecode Support The application supports the following SMPTE timecodes e PAL e NTSC non drop frame e NTSC drop frame 2 1 About the Application i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing 2 3 3 1 2 Installing the Application Installing the Application See the MAD Installation manual for more information on how to install
32. gin Name check box is selected the login name will automatically appear in the Oracle login dialog box at start up Note that the login name will be automatically entered and the Use This Login Name check box will be automatically selected when you log into the application for the very first time 8 Configuring the Application 57 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 58 Entering a Password In this field you have to enter a password If the Use Auto Login check box is selected the application automatically logs into the selected database at start up The Oracle login dialog box does not appear Note that the password will be automatically entered and the Use Login check box will be automatically selected when you log into the application for the very first time Checking Application History By clicking the Application History button you can open a chronological list of all software versions of the application To get more details about each version creation date name of programmer status additional remarks you have to click next to the version number Activating Keep Alive If the option Keep Connection Alive is selected a message is sent to the database at regular time intervals to avoid idle connections from being closed by the firewall These intervals can be set by you Note that this option will be automatically selected when you log into the application for the very first time If
33. gment e g SD HD In case of an audio file the standard is set to unknown Indicates the video or audio format e g SD 4 3 Audio 96 KHz 24 bit 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 Information About the Asset Item The table below describes the information that is displayed about the asset item storage medium that contains the segment Column Asset Item ID Asset Item Name Asset Item External ID Asset Item External Title Carrier Type Carrier Description Indicates the ID assigned to the asset item by the MAD system Indicates the name of the asset item as entered in the MAD database Indicates the external ID assigned to the asset item Indicates the external title assigned to the asset item Indicates the type of asset item e g video tape audio file Indicates the format of the asset item e g Betacam SP WAV BWF 96 4 Managing Ingest Requests i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH 4 1 3 Tape Based Tab Introduction The Tape Based tab displays the segments of one or more video tapes the user wants to ingest into the archive using IPDirector It consists of two main areas the Selected Tape grid and the Selected Target grid Selected Tape Grid The Selected Tape grid displays the segments of the video tape the user has selected in the Ingest Requests grid Above the grid the following information about the selected video tape is displ
34. hat was dispatched to IP Director and that failed proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 Open the Ingest view Open the Request Executed tab Open the Tape Based tab Select the ingest request with the status Failed Click the Retry button EI This button only appears if the ingest process failed The ingest request will disappear from the Request Executed tab and appear again in the Requested tab with the status Filing Requested As soon as the conversion process has been requested again the segment will appear again in the Tape Based tab of the Request Executed tab with the status Request Executed and the ingest process will start again 4 Managing Ingest Requests 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 4 2 4 4 2 5 4 2 6 26 Monitoring File Based Ingest Requests In the file based ingest workflow a person drops one or more video files that have to be ingested in the archive in a predefined watch folder In Media Manager this user creates a segment for each of these video files Then each video file is loaded in the Media Browser of Media Manager There the user marks a start TC In and end point TC Out and links the video file to the corresponding segment Then the user requests the ingest of each segment See the Media Manager user manual for more information As soon as the ingest is requested in Media Manager the segments appear in the Requested tab of MAD Filing As soon as t
35. he conversion of the video files is requested the segments appear in the Request Executed tab There the user can monitor the status and progress of the ingest process In case of an error the ingest workflow can be retried or undone Retrying File Based Ingest Requests To retry a file based ingest request that failed proceed as follows 1 Open the Ingest view 2 Open the Request Executed tab 3 Open the File Based tab 4 Select the ingest request with the status Failed 5 Click the Retry button EI This button only appears if the ingest process failed The ingest request will disappear from the Request Executed tab and appear again in the Requested tab with the status Filing Requested As soon as the conversion process has been requested again the segment will appear again in the Automatic File Ingest tab of the Request Executed tab with the status Request Executed and the ingest process will start again Undoing File Based Ingest Requests To undo a file based ingest request proceed as follows 1 Open the Ingest view 2 Open the Request Executed tab 3 Open the File Based tab 4 Select the ingest request with the status Failed 5 Click the Undo button La The ingest request will disappear from MAD Filing In Media Manager the Filing action will have to be manually requested again See the Media Manager user manual for more information 4 Managing Ingest Requests i VS USER MANUAL MAD
36. ideo ID Description The file extension of the video or audio file that has to be ingested Conversion status of the file e Requested The video conversion process has been requested e Assigned A transcoding tool e g XTAccess Rhozet etc has been searched for and has been assigned e Req Exec The conversion request has been passed on to the conversion tool e Processing The conversion process is busy e Done The conversion process has been completed successfully e Failed The conversion process has failed Current timecode of the segment that is being ingested Folder on the online storage where the ingested high resolution files will be or are stored Start timecode of the video file End timecode of the video file Start timecode of the ingested file End timecode of the ingested file Progress of the conversion process expressed in percentage The video or audio file that has to be or has been ingested Watch folder where the file to be ingested is dropped The ingest requests can have one of the following statuses e Filing Request Executed orange The ingest request has been picked up by the MAD system The ingest process is busy e Filed green The ingest has been completed successfully e Failed red The ingest process has failed ID of the ingested file Target Video Name Name of the ingested file 20 4 Managing Ingest Requests V gt USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing 4 1 5
37. inue exists and must be used This version may not be used anymore The application shuts down The application version that should be installed is displayed Undefined The version of the application is not black Click OK to continue defined in the MADdatabase The application shuts down Beta A test version blue Click OK to start the application By default the application starts automatically after 10 seconds 3 Starting the Application CE V5 USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing zi Status Description Color Action Required License The license period is about to expire It orange Click OK to start the About to is shown in how many days the license application at once Expire will expire By default the Contact your system administrator or application starts check the License Controller manual automatically after 10 seconds License The license period has expired The red Click OK to continue Expired date when the license expired is displayed The application shuts down Contact your system administrator or check the License Controller manual No Valid There was no valid license foundinthe red Click OK to continue License database The application shuts Contact your system administrator or down check the License Controller manual Maximum The maximum number of instances red Click OK to continue Licenses NUMBER OF LICENSES for the Reached license has been reached The application shuts down
38. ion is not capable of sending e mail messages the settings in this tab cannot be used Send e mail Send email Mail system settings Host identifier SMTP login Part User Time out Password Mail message seltings Internal mall settings E temal mail settings From Subject To be able to configure the e mail account you have to select the Send E Mail check box The fields in the Mail System Settings and Mail Message Settings group box become available Configuring an E Mail Account In the Mail System Settings group box you have to enter the IP address and port number of the SMTP server and specify a timeout In the SMTP Login group box you can enter a user name and password Configuring a Default E Mail Message The Mail Message Settings group box contains two tabs Internal Mail Settings and External Mail Settings The Internal Mail Settings tab can be used to configure a default e mail message that will be sent to the EVS developers and the customer when an error occurs 8 Configuring the Application i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a The External Mail Settings tab can be used to configure a default e mail message that will be sent to the customer to notify him about an error In each tab you have to enterthe sender s email address the email address of the various recipients and a subject It should be noted that this tab is not always used When you insert multiple e mail addresses in any of the hea
39. l appear asking you to confirm your action Confirm 2 Click Yes to continue The segment will disappear from the Acceptance view and the high resolution and low resolution if any video or audio file will become part of the digital archive Warning Segments with a difference in timecode or duration no bigger than 2 frames or 2 seconds can still be accepted and will cause no great problems However MAD Filing does not prevent you to also accept segments with bigger timecode differences Accepting these segments is at your own risk 5 Accepting and Rejecting Ingested Segments 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 5 5 Rejecting Segments with a Timecode Difference To reject a segment for which a difference in timecode and or duration was discovered proceed as follows 1 Click the Reject button O XO next to the segment A dialog box will appear asking you to confirm the action Confirm 2 Click Yes to continue The segment will disappear from the Acceptance view and appear in the Purge view with the status Request Delete Executed See section Accepting and Rejecting Purge Requests on page 31 30 5 Accepting and Rejecting Ingested Segments USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing 6 Accepting and Rejecting Purge Requests 6 1 Introduction MAD Filing allows you to manually accept or decline requests to purge ingested video or audio content from the archive The requests originate from
40. le Selected Target Source AssetllemID Asset Item Name Batchfile Batch Folder Target Request SD 16 9 SD 16_9 HIGHLIGHT SD 16_9 0000156 csv CHIPD_Batchilist SO 16 9 TC KNOW HI CAPD Batchlisti HO TC RENOWN A message box appears asking you to confirm the action Confirm x Are vou certain you want to request the ingest For i tape 0000154 to SD 4 3 4 Click Yes to proceed 22 4 Managing Ingest Requests i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a The segments disappear from the Requested tab and appear in the Tape Based tab of the Request Executed tab The status of the segments has changed into Filing Req Exec MAD Filing will drop a batch file csv containing information about the segments and the selected target in a folder C IPD Batchlist onthe IPDirector server The IPDirector operator will have to import this file into the IPDirector VTR Control panel The name of the batch file can be configured in the MAD Filing settings It can contain one or more of the following tags Source ID o Asset ID o Asset Title o Asset External ID o Asset External Title o Asset Item ID o Asset Item Name o Asset Item External ID o Asset Item External Title The batch file contains the following information o Clipname o Asset Item ID o VarlD o TCIn o TC Out o Keywords which can be configured in the MAD Filing settings The IPDirector operator has to start the ingest process Once
41. lumn click the column header once to sort the data in ascending order Click again to sort the data in descending order An arrow next to the column header indicates the sorting method sorted in ascending order EPCRA sorted in descending order How to Sort Data by Using the Context Menu You can also sort the data in a particular column by right clicking the column header and selecting the desired sorting method from the context menu Sort Ascending Sort Descending Clear Sorting To clear the sorting in a particular column right click the column header and select the option Clear Sorting from the context menu 7 Managing Grids i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a 7 5 Filtering Data You can filter the data in a grid by using two types of filters by one or more values from a particular column or by simple or complex criteria 7 5 1 Filtering by Values From a Column To filter the data in a particular grid by one or more values from a particular column proceed as follows 1 Hold your cursor over the header of the column by whose values you want to filter the grid and then click the filter button A drop down list opens containing all the column values 2 Select the desired values Only the records that contain one of the selected values are displayed in the grid At the bottom of the grid a filter bar appears displaying the applied filter 3 Inthe filter bar do one of the following o Cl
42. ndo the changes click Cancel o Toapply the changes click Apply At the bottom of the grid a bar appears which displays the components of the complex filter Note that if you have already created a custom filter in the past you can reapply it by clicking the current filter or the downward pointing arrow A drop down list containing previous filters appears 7 Managing Grids i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a 7 6 7 Managing Grids Grouping Data The data in each grid can be grouped by one or more columns How to Group Data To group the data in a grid by one or more columns proceed as follows Right click any column header 2 From the context menu select the option Group By This Field if you want to quickly group the data in the grid by this column Group By This Field Group By Box The Group By box automatically appears above the grid displaying the header of the column s the data is grouped by By default the groups are sorted in ascending order To change the sorting of the groups click the column header in the Group By box Proceed to step 4 be b b Carrier Digital Betacam Le o Group By Box if you want to group the data by dragging one or more column headers to the Group By box Group By This Field Group By Box The Group By box appears above the grid Proceed to step 3 3 Drag the header of the column by which you want to group the data in the grid to the Grou
43. o one of the following To add a new criterion do one of the following o click the Press the Button to Add a New Condition button o click the Filter button and select Add Condition o click pa next to a criterion and select Add Condition To change a criterion do one of the following o click a column header green and underlined text and select another value from the list 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 42 click a comparison operator dark red and underlined text and select another value from the list equals does not equal is less than is less than or equal to is greater than is greater than or equal to like not like is blank is not blank between not between in not in o click the dark blue text on the right of the comparison operator and enter another value To delete a criterion click the iia button to the left of the criterion and select the option Remove Row To add a group of criteria do one of the following o Click D next to a random criterion and select Add Group o click the Filter button and select Add Group To delete all criteria click the Filter button and select the option Clear All Do one of the following o gt Toopen an existing complex filter click Open o Tosave the current filter click Save As To confirm the changes and close the dialog box click OK o To u
44. one number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface Youwill find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com 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 com downloadcenter i V5 USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS cccc ccc cecceceeceeees Il WHAT S NEW La V 1 ABOUT THE APPLICATION u 0 00 00120000000000000 00a lalaan 1 2 INSTALLING THE APPLICATION 3 3 STARTING THE APPLICATION 3 3 1 After Installation 222222222222 3 3 2 After Configuration 222 ie 4 3 3 Version and License Check 6 3 4 Main Window Overview 02 cece cece 8 4 MANAGING INGEST REQUESTS ua 12 4 1 Ingest View osc ee ee ee sea eee ene eee easeee eee eee ck 12 4 1 1 Overview lille 12 4 1 2 Requested Tab gee 2 on dame cce dome e 13 4 1 3 Tape Based Tab 0000000000000000 000020222 17 4 1 4 Request Executed Tab 22 eee 18 4 1 5 el
45. order you can change the position of the columns There are two ways to reorder columns 7 Managing Grids CE VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH How to Reorder a Column Using a Drag And Drop Action To reorder a column by directly dragging its header proceed as follows 1 Click the header of the column you want to move and hold down your left mouse button 2 Drag the column header to the desired position in the grid Two arrows will indicate where it is possible to insert the column 3 Release the left mouse button to insert the column How to Reorder a Column Using the Show Hide Move Button You can also reorder the columns of a grid by using the Show Hide Move button 1 Click EJ on the left side of the first column header A drop down list containing the headers of the grid columns appears The column headers are listed in the order in which the columns are displayed in the grid The first header in the list is the leftmost field in the grid The columns that are visible in the grid are selected The headers in the screenshot below can differ from the headers available in your application Ord Mame Ord 7 Marne Description Status 2 Select a header and drag it to the desired position in the list Green arrows will appear indicating where you can insert the grid EI Ord Name Ord Marne Description W Status Last update In the grid the column will be moved to the new
46. p By box Two green arrows will indicate where you can drop the column header x Carrier VY Digital Betacan Optional To create subgroups drag one or more of the other column headers to the Group By box Two green arrows will indicate where you can insert the header You can add each new header before or after the headers that are already there If necessary you can still reorder the headers to change the grouping hierarchy 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 How to Ungroup Data To undo a grouping do one of the following e Drag the desired column header from the Group By box back to the grid e Right click the header of the column in the Group By box you want to remove from the grouping and select the option Remove From Grouping from the context menu This option only appears if a grouping has been applied Remove from grouping E Group By Box To remove the Group By box again right click any column header in the grid and select the option Group By Box from the context menu A4 7 Managing Grids CE VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH 1 7 7 7 1 Performing Basic Calculations on Data Footers and Basic Calculations You can perform basic calculations on the data in a grid by adding footers Types of Footers Two types of footers can be distinguished e Grid footer Footer added at the bottom of a grid allowing you to perform calculations on all values in a particular
47. rea by dragging them to the right position A maximum of 5 keywords can be added If you try to add more a warning message will appear Information 8 Configuring the Application bb EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 8 3 System Settings 8 3 1 Overview System Settings Subcategories The System settings are divided into the following subcategories Oracle Connection E Mail Options For each subcategory a tab is provided 56 8 Configuring the Application USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing 8 3 2 Oracle Connection Tab in The Oracle Connection tab allows you to configure the connection with the Oracle database Oracle login Database name Use this database name Login name Use this login name Password Use autologin Keep alive keep connection alive interval BU try Test Oracle Entering the Database Name Application history second timels In this field you have to enter the name of the database the application has to connect to If the Use This Database Name check box is selected the name of the database will automatically appear in the Oracle login dialog box at start up Note that the database name will be automatically entered and the Use This Database Name check box will be automatically selected when you log into the application for the very first time Entering the Login Name In this field you have to enter a login name If the Use This Lo
48. sted in Media Manager the Purge action will go into error 6 Accepting and Rejecting Purge Requests 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 l 7 1 7 2 7 2 1 7 2 2 34 Managing Grids Introduction In MAD Filing most of the data is displayed in grids Each grid consists of a number of columns containing specific information MAD Filing provides you a number of features to customize each grid Manipulating Columns Adjusting the Width of Columns The width of each grid column can be manually or automatically adjusted How to Manually Adjust the Column Width To manually adjust the width of a particular column drag the right or left border of the column header until the column has the desired width To manually change the width of a column to fit its contents double click the boundary on the right side of the column header If you hold your cursor over a column header border it will change into a double headed arrow How to Automatically Adjust the Column Width To automatically adjust the width of a column to fit its contents right click the column header and then select the Best Fit option from the context menu To automatically adjust the width of all columns to fit their contents right click the column header and then select the Best Fit all columns option from the context menu Reordering Columns If you want the information in a grid to be displayed in a different
49. that can be added to the grid The removed column can be added again to the grid Hiding and Unhiding Columns You can temporarily hide columns from a grid without having to remove them Afterwards you can easily make them visible again How to Hide a Column To hide a particular column from a grid proceed as follows 1 Click the Show Hide Move button Ex in the top left corner of the grid A drop down list will appear with the available columns Ord Name Ord Name Description Status 2 Deselect the check box next to the header of the column you want to hide from the grid How to Unhide a Column To make a hidden column visible again proceed as follows 1 Click the Show Hide Move button Ex in the top left corner of the grid drop down list will appear with the available columns Ord Name Ord Name Description 2 Select the check box next to the header of the column you want to make visible again Copying Data To copy the data of a particular grid row to the Clipboard proceed as follows 37 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 7 4 38 1 Select the appropriate row in the grid 2 Press CTRL C Sorting Data Each grid can be sorted according to the values in one of the columns You can sort text from A Z or from Z A numbers from low to high or from high to low How to Sort Data by Clicking a Column Header To sort the data in a particular co
50. the application Starting the Application After Installation To start the application after installation proceed as follows 1 Double click the MAD Filing icon SZ on the server desktop to start the application You can also launch the application by double clicking the executable file exe in the installation folder The application splash screen appears while the application logs into the MAD database MediArchive Director version 01 05 NY MAD Filing Logging on to Then the Settings window appears allowing you to configure the application See section Settings Window on page 50 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 3 2 After Configuration To start the application after it has been configured proceed as follows 1 Double click the MAD Filing icon on the server desktop to start the application You can also launch the application by double clicking the executable file exe in the installation folder The application splash screen appears while the application logs into the MAD database MediArchive Director version 01 05 MAD Filing Logging on to To be able to log into the application you need to belong to a user group that has a role which allows to use the application 2 Enter your username and password and click Login The main window of the application opens You get an error notification if e you have entered a wrong username or
51. the batch file The path of this folder can be configured in the settings See section Tape Based Filing Tab on page 54 Target The name of the target as configured in IPDirector This target can be configured in the settings See section Tape Based Filing Tab on page 54 Request Executed Tab Introduction The Request Executed tab displays the segments of which the ingest request was dispatched to IP Director by the user or was picked up by the MAD system to be further processed It also briefly displays the segments that have been successfully ingested The segments are grouped in tabs according to the method used to ingest the segments Tape Based Tab The Tape Based tab displays the segments of which the ingest request was dispatched to IPDirector by the user The number of segments is displayed between brackets next to the tab title It also briefly displays the segments that were successfully ingested The ingest request can be undone or in case of an error or a mistake retried See section Retrying Ingest Requests Dispatched to IPDirector on page 25 and Undoing Ingest Requests Dispatched to IPDirector on page 24 4 Managing Ingest Requests i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH gt Ingest 3 Request Executed File Based Tab The File Based tab displays the segments whose ingest was automatically requested and of which the request has been picked up by the MAD system to be further processed The number o
52. the option Try to Reconnect if Keep Alive Fails is selected the application will try a number of times to reconnect with the database If the option Report Status in Database Everytime Keep Alive Timer Triggers is selected the status of the connection is reported in the database each time the Keep Alive Timer sends a trigger to send a Keep Connection Alive message Testing the Oracle Connection The Test Oracle button allows you to check the validity of the database name login and username you entered If these data are valid then the following message appears next to the Test Oracle button OK If the login name or password is invalid then a message box appears with the following message ORA 01017 invalid username password logon denied If the database name is invalid then a message box appears with the following message ORA 12154 TNS could not resolve the connect identifier specified If you omit the password then a message box appears with the following message ORA 01005 null password given logon denied If you do not enter a database name login and username then a message box appears with the following message ORA 12560 TNS protocol adapter error 8 Configuring the Application i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing EH You can also check the software version of the application by clicking the Test Oracle button If the software version is up to date then the following message app
53. the segments have been ingested and the video files are available on the PDirector nearline storage and no timecode difference was detected MAD Filing will automatically remove the csv file from the folder C IPD Batchlist on the IPDirector server The status of the segments will change to Filed The Nearline check box will be selected The target will become available again 4 Managing Ingest Requests 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 4 2 2 24 Undoing Ingest Requests Dispatched to IPDirector Introduction Ingest requests that have been dispatched to IPDirector can be undone in two areas of the Ingest view e inthe Selected Target grid of the Requested tab This is possible as long as the ingest request has not been picked up by the conversion tool XTAccess Once XTAccess picks up and starts processing the ingest request the selected target is no longer assigned to a tape and the Undo Request button is no longer available The ingest request can then only be undone in the Tape Based tab of the Request Executed tab e inthe Tape Based tab of the Request Executed tab Undoing an Ingest Request in the Requested Tab To undo an ingest request that has been dispatched to IPDirector proceed as follows 1 Inthe Selected Target grid select the appropriate target 2 Click the Undo Request button A message box appears asking you to confirm the action Warning 3 Click OK to continue or C
54. tion 48 7 Managing Grids i VS USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing a In the footer cell the result of the calculation appears t b Carrier Digital Betacam je 7 7 4 Removing Footers You can remove the grid and group footers and also clear the content of a cell footer Do one of the following e Toremove the grid footer or all group footers right click any column header and in the context menu deselect the option Footers or Group Footers Footer e Toclear the contents of a cell footer right click it and from the footer context menu select the option None Sum Min 7 Managing Grids 49 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 1 5 D February 2015 8 Configuring the Application 8 1 Settings Window Opening the Settings Window The Settings window allows you to configure your application The first time the application is launched after it has been installed the Settings window opens automatically Settings z mi AVE User settings System settings General Tape based View Options Show done records time min 10 Identifiers Show the following identifiers Tape ld MAD Tape ld Active kabs Ingest Tape based File based Acceptance Tape based File based Audio file Audio CO Purge Purging The Settings window can also be accessed through the Settings menu Overview Setup Categories The settings can be divided into three setup categories In the Settings window
55. uary 2015 8 2 3 54 Tape Based Filing Tab The Tape Based Filing tab contains settings that only apply to the Tape Based tab in the Requested tab of the Ingest view Source Target Contig Source Batch Folder Target Location SD 4 3 CO 16 9 HO Batch File Name Add Tag IPD irector 5 or lower Batch File Keywords available fields selected fields max 5 Asset Id Asset Title Asset External Id Asset External Title Asset Item Id Asset Item Name Asset Item External Id Asset Item External Title Media Id M ame External Id External Title Configuring IPDirector Targets In the Source Target Config group box you have to e indicate the VTRs that are used for tape ingest and are controlled by IPDirector by selecting the corresponding check box in the Used column The names of the available VTRs are configured in the MAD database and cannot be changed e enterin the Batch Folder field the folder on the IPDirector machine where MADFiling has to drop the batch list files csv The default IPDirector folder is C IPD Balehliel e enterin the Target Location field the name of the location where the high resolution video files generated by XTAccess will be stored The data that you have entered and selected here will be displayed in the Tape Based tab of the Requested tab in the Ingest view as a target See section Tape Based Tab on page 17 Configuring the IPDirector Batch List Filename In the Batch File Name gro
56. up box you can specify the form of the name of the IP Director Batch List file csv You can select the elements from a drop down list The form of the filename is displayed in the Batch File Name field To add an element to the filename click the Add Tag button Select the check box IPDirector 5 or lower in case PDirector 5 is used in your setup MAD Filing will truncate the Bath List filename to 24 characters 8 Configuring the Application USER MANUAL MAD 1 5 MAD Filing You can select from the following elements e Source ld e Asset Id e Asset Title e Asset External Id e Asset External Title e Asset Item ld e Asset Item Name e Asset Item External Id e Asset Item External Title Configuring the IPDirector Batch List Keywords V gt In the Batch File Keywords group box you can select keywords that will be added to the IPDirector Batch List file and imported into PDirector You can choose from the following keywords e Media ld e Name e External ld External Title e Asset ld e Asset Title e Asset External ID e Asset External Title e Asset Item ld e Asset Item Name e Asset Item External Id e Asset Item External Title You can drag and drop the keywords from the Available Fields area to the Selected Fields area or you can use the Add arrow gt You can change the order of the keywords in the Selected Fields a
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