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2. Manual Version 1 16 November 2011 MT2ACcCess 118 T 1 E ril L1 11 t TTA T2 11 NOMA T n WW IU TU 1 DU ELLE 4 7 1 MMs 11 24 M I i Iti tit EVS Server Gigabit Ethernet Gateway XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment Copyright 2008 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 in this user manual by e mail to evs tv REGIONAL CONTACTS You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices on the EVS website on the following page http 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
3. S Coo SN RI LOU 60 EU TL 61 12 3 SMASTRENDERIIGB datum de 61 A EERE 77 62 13 BACKUP OFEDC FILES neni vir rc CHF 63 1313 LOCALATAGCESS SETTINGS NON KMS 63 eit bc e a ent an p ieu 63 13 2 SMART BACKUP MODE esencia eut cdd a 64 ibus TTTM 64 18 FILE REWRAP ci ci a a r C n OE 65 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 WORKFLOW ca UC T 65 15 2 EXAMPLE FILE 66 15 ADDITIONAL CODEC FILE ON THE FLY 67 15 1 WORKFLOW avvia ioca vita Fife 67 152 CODEC So WIPE hc FeO mtu dme Mu dem MUT 68 15 3 LOCALXTACCESS SETTINGS NON vr eh b 68 15 345 S 70 SORTIS cos ibit AR tena ba 70 16 TRANSCODING FILES c E nn 71 LOE 11 162 EXAMPLE OFXAMEFLEREWRAP Font iMd UNTERE rt 72 MGS CODEC WIP OREO ep 12 16 4 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON AME pnma FROM n RR 72
4. ea itum ca aes ane T3 WIG att tae 13 17 EXAMPLE OF ENCODER PROFILES ssis 74 LE MPEG 14 HEV P du IIO 15 18 EXAMPLES OF CONFIGURATION rne 76 18 1 BACKUP EVS SERVER NATIVE CODEC CREATION OF LOW RES 76 19 2 TRANSGODE NATIVE SERVER CLIP 78 10 3 TRANSOGODE ONEFILE cns 19 I9 Hem be dco GE obl 80 18 5 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO EVS SERVER USING 81 19 BACKUP OF EVS SERVER TRAINS FILES sssrin 02 I9 T WOR usitate ciunt leue hand a da te Er rab crudo board dA 92 19 2 EXAMPLE OF AME BACKUP TRAINCEO 03 193 EXAMPEESQECKMEUPDATE TRAIN 04 194 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS ANON siti Ori nl ca ua d 94 REGIS TIGE SETTINGS citada rcnt Su mederi see Ere PU rt cv 94 19 0 MIS CELEANEOU 05 19 6 1 Backup Update or Trains and Load 85 190 2 MaX AM ETODS S PF dh n nn ot cd i nd 95 20 TRANSFER TO AVID TRANSFER MANAGER ss
5. gt 4100 Src Id kuLs9ev3 ob Src Id 4100 Src XT IP Address1 gt 1 1 240 240 lt ob Src XT Address1 400 Src XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Src Porti 4100 Src XT Login evs ob Src XT Login 4100 Src XT Password evs ob Src XT Password 4100 Src XT Address221 2 241 241 ob Src XT Address2 4100 Src XT 2 gt 21 lt ob Src XT Por 4100 Src App Data lt P ClipID gt 240063 lt IP ClipID gt lt ClipLouthID gt kuLs9ev3 lt ClipLouthID gt lt ClipM ateriallD gt 5ZLsDbd0 lt ClipM ateriallD gt lt NumUser gt 6 lt NumUser gt lt BackupUnitID gt 105 lt BackupUnitID gt 4 obldHistory21136 J obldHistory gt lt 00 Src App Data 4100 Dest File Format gt 1 lt j ob Dest File Format 4100 CleanEditDB DSN Name CleanEditDB ob CleanEditDB DSN Name 4100 CleanEditDB DSN User gt EVSoli lt ob CleanEditDB DSN User 4100 CleanEditDB DSN Password cleanedit ob CleanEditDB DSN Password lt 5 XFile ob lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML 005 document 97 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 23 3 XTACCESS CONFIGURATION The Xedio referencing can be configured in the XML job or directly in the XML scan settings XT ccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf File Backup Rewrap t Keep the wrapper codec from the X
6. 73 Benja pP Cling E Sentio Payback Umcherkaed in Avid Angat ee Hame Comments oue UU 7 0070000000000 O b dq Dated Rene Monday X Search mena T Been DhxiHD 1000 11 iasi 1 F itera E e MTEL Mixed Codecs Table for EDL Export All items with this source codec will be transcoded EVE Duration amp vg TON VS Ehon JM JUS 3 15 RECS NT 1H 323715 18 33 31r 15 Useful for several cases With this table you will have the possibility to map a specific source codec for transcoding purpose e Transcoding if source codec not supported by XTAccess e Transcoding if source codec not supported by NLE The table is only used by XTAccess for the EDL export jobs 33 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Field Button Description Source Codec Transcoding Profile D CPRO xTATranscode prafile xrnl XOTAM HD 3xT4 amp Transcade prafile xrml Ex FINALCUTPRO For FinalCutPro applications these settings allow you to save the FCP XML Metadata file with the file generated w
7. Eden Fas Fes m snes sugg r s Broadcset lt xml version s 1 0 encoding standalone no 5 Metadatas General Infos C o o X X o o Xo lt AG amp 5G 6ee8 S50 680648451 606559005 gt amp amp oo Quick Time Local path where your backed up clip is saved on your FCP Movies Local computer referenced into the XML FCP to point to the Quick Path Time Movies File Final Cut Pro only supports local paths 2E EVS XTAccess 2008 1 170 5 MB LY w Modified 10 Oct 2008 19 55 gt E EVSXTAcc 0 114A 5014B ORIGINAL mov EVS XTAcc 14 A mov 123456 mov oli Burn Folder gt Sequence 2 mov EditProxies bundle Untitled Project 1 General EditProxies bundle mov Version4 Kind QuickTime Movie 8 EVS MEDIA IMPORTER gt arer T70 5 MB on disk 178794526 bytes 8 exports Where Users EVS Movies ofe iMovie Projects remed Friday 6 June 2008 08 04 IMX PAL Modified Friday 10 October 2008 19 55 3 JT mxf Label high Library Stationery Pad ow MDU Locked righ Media More Info i New Folder Dimensions 1920 x 1080 G3 New Folder 2 Codecs Apple ProRes 422 Integer Little New Text Document txt Endian Timec
8. The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 25 1 25 Grab Field from File XTAccess is able to grab a field of any clip through an XML trigger This process is mainly used by IPDirector to create thumbnails in the IPD Database Explorer This section covers XML Jobs IDs EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TO A FILE lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS XFile Job List lt EVS XFile Job Job 19 gt 0 lt ob Id Job Creation Time 1215587215 Job Creation Time Job Type 16 Job Type Job Src File F X Backups EVS XTAccess 2008 10 16 010 A mxf lt J ob Src File Job Src Field TC 4629050 Job Src Field TC Job Src TC System 4 Job Src TC System Job Dest File gt F BackupsM jpg J ob Dest File EVS XFile Job lt EVS XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML J obs document 101 Issue 1 16 A 26 1 102 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 26 Delete File from Disk XTAccess is able to delete a file from a disk This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 5 Delete File from disk IPDirector v5 2 onwards EXAMPLE OF DELETE FILE XML J OB lt xml version 1 0 EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile ob 4100 19 gt 2267204237937067 l
9. 05010 Failed to connect XT ftp evs evs 172 22 _000110B CLP _Backuns 0580 1 Failed to open XT met 11 07 25 11 07 25 Abort job Status 05801 Failed to open XT metadatas Open Destination folder Status Details For a from job Backups XT to XT transfers transfers to etc the source Clear list dip s metadatas were not available on the XT server open in reading failed New XML Scan Folder Tips Use Scan Folders Check the clip is available and usable on XT server using FTP FileZilla for example Command Name Description Abort job The selected job is immediately aborted Status Details Give you more information about the job status Status 4020 Failed to open target file Status Details For backup rewrap and transcoding jobs the block writer block transcoder initialized propery but failed to open the target file p Check the destination folder exists and is available from the network Check the application has writing rights on the destination folder try to create a new file using Windows Explorer Check the destination disk is not full Open Destination Open the destination folder folder Open XML J ob file For test and debug only Clear List Clear the whole list of the jobs done by XTAccess New XML Scan Folder Select it to create new XML Scan folder Use Scan Folder Select it to open the Scan Folder window Drag And Drop Settings For test
10. Interplay URI interplay workgroup Incoming Media Transcoding Profile 2 Intra Progressive Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings Test connection Save EDL to disk Allows you to back up the AAF file on disk before checking it into Avid Interplay The AFF file can then be used to directly drag your transferred clip or playlist into MediaComposer without using Avid Interplay Access EDL path Path where you want to store your AAF file Interplay Check In Allows you to activate or not the Interplay check in Interplay User Interplay user who must have enough rights to check files into Interplay Interplay Password of the previous user Password Web Services Link to the Web Service on the Avid Interplay System Host You have to replace e IP by the IP address of the computer where the Avid web XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Field Button Description Services are running Issue 1 16 A e PORT by the port that you have configured for your Avid Web Services example 8080 You can also test the connection by clicking on the Test Connection button Avid Corfig Save ECL to dsk http 172 22 53 3 9000 services Assets wsdi rs 122 22 53 3 wv 3 4 x M view Pavertes Took Path c4 Irkerplsy Check In lt xml v
11. Color legend XT gt XT copy File rewraps Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 7 3 CREATION OF A XML OBS SCAN 7 31 CREATING A NEW XML SCAN On the XTAccess GUI select the New XML Scan button to create a new scan session for XML jobs 2 XTAccess v 1 15 23 SN 635100 Reporting Not Job Type Source Clip File Destination New xmi Scan Scan Folders The following window is displayed XML Root C XTAccess_XML XML Scan settings Open Point to the folder where XTAccess will check for XML jobs and click Start after you have checked the XML Scan settings 26 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 7 3 2 7 3 3 Issue 1 16 A XML SCAN DIALOG Box Field Button Title Bar XML Scan 1 0 6 XML Root XML Scan Settings OPEN START STOP CLOSE Description The Title Bar specifies the ID of Scan XML J obs folder It also displays the number of running jobs vs the max running jobs allowed for this scan folder Folder to be scanned by XTAccess This folder can be entered manually or selected using Windows Explorer with the associated button By default the scan folder is C NXTAccess XMLw XTAccess automatically creates this folder during the XTAccess installation process This button is used
12. START OF XML OBS SCAN When the XML Jobs Scan folder is displayed the scan process begins when clicking the START button e Note 1 The first time the START button is clicked XTAccess will automatically generate the XML scan subfolders o Jobs Done o WMobs In Progress o Jobs_Incoming o Jobs Scheduled e Note 2 In case the XML Jobs Scan was already used before each time you launch this XML Jobs Scan it will start automatically after a countdown of 10 seconds e Note 3 XTAccess has stopped during transfer at next start of XTAccess o The XML job files that were in obs In ProgressY or Jobs Scheduled folder will move into obs Done folder with ob status 7 PROCESSING OF A XML J OB During the whole XML jobs processing XTAccess updates the status of the XML file especially to provide third party applications with information about the transfer process IPDirector can use the information included in the XML file to get the status of the transfer in progress only available for non proxy FTP modes Backup of clips and trains Restore Copy XT Copy File Rewrap At the end the XML file with the final job status is moved to Jobs to be checked and removed by IPDirector The mechanism of the XML processing is described in details in the XML Jobs document 39 Issue 1 16 A 7 5 7 5 1 40 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 LOAD B
13. When you first launch XTAccess the application modifies or adds the TcpAckFrequency in the registry This key allows having better performances for Backup You need to restart your computer afterwards XTAccess 2 XTAccess created 2 new key s in Windows Registry HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Tcpip Parameters Interfaces interface id TcpAckFrequency You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect Do you want to reboot now 13 Issue 1 16 A 4 1 14 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 4 XSecure Management From XTAccess v 1 07 22 XSecure is used XSecure can be installed with XTAccess installshield see the chapter Software Installation XSecure uses hardware information from the device where XTAccess is running This means it is impossible to exchange licenses or codes between devices Please refer to the XSecure User s Manual to e Start XSecure Manager e Collect information about your device Request a license key from the EVS support e Import new license keys LIST OF CODES 60 XTAccess 10 Base Package Not use for the moment 20 Transcoding Needed to use the transcoding on the fly Identification System ID ZRJT VYS W7F 228 Serial Number 655000 Customer Information Warning License List Application Operations Import Key File XTAccess Version 1 16 User
14. XT Access Gigabit Ethernet 92 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 1 external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the transfer of a given clip created on an EVS server to another EVS server XTAccess processes the XML file 2 XTAccess gets the clip content from EVS that has to be transferred and sets up an FTP proxy connection between both EVS servers 3 The clip is copied to the destination EVS server through XTAccess The metadata of the source clip is updated on the destination server CCLIP amp IPDirector metatada 22 2 EXAMPLE OF XML EVS SERVER COPY FILE To identify the clip you want to copy you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml versionz 1 0 gt lt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile Job 4100 1d22261335 ob Id 4100 Creation gt 1206001763 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 13 lt ob Type 4100 Src User 0 gt 6 lt ob Src User Nb 4100 Src Clip 0 gt 236 lt ob Src Clip Nb 4100 Src gt 0 lt ob Src Cam 4100 Src Id Material gt 5ZLsDZOW lt ob Src Id Material 4100 Src Id kuLs9clY lt J ob Src Id 4100 Src XT Address121 1 240 240 ob Src XT Address1 4100 Src XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Src XT 1 gt 4100 Src XT Login evs ob Src XT Login 4100 Src XT Password gt evs lt ob Src XT Password
15. Grab Field FTP address and path of the EVS server e Restore Copy File Rewrap the source directory where the file to be processed is located Clip File Source Clip or File e CliplD of the clip processed on the EVS server e Filename stored in the Source path defined above Destination This is the target destination of the job e Backup folder to store the file e Avid Ingest Name 17 Issue 1 16 A Column heading Status MB s Frm s Start Time End Time XML job file XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Description e Restore XT Copy FTP address of the EVS server Status of the job e n Progress The job is running e Done the job is done and successful e Error Message the transfer has failed Please check the list of error messages and the reason in Section 20 1 Backup Restore Instantaneous bit rate during job progress Between brackets the value displayed is the mean transfer rate since the beginning of the job At the end of the job the mean transfer rate is displayed Not available for Avid Ingest Transcoding Number of frames decoded by second Start Time of the job End Time of the job Path of the xml job file used 6 3 ADDITIONAL BUTTONS MENUS Several buttons and menus are available at the bottom of XTAccess window Button Name New XML Scan Scan Folders Abort job 18 Description Launch of XML scan windo
16. IPDirector v5 onwards e 00 9 Backup Playlist from XT to files cut 21 1 WORKFLOW The workflow is the same as a backup file in OPAtom but XTAccess will check in the clip into Avid Video Feeds T occess Gigabit Ethernet 90 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 1 external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an EVS server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from EVS b It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the external system no transcoding feature only native codec In OPATOM c It connects to the Interplay Database to check the clip into Interplay Remark Only available in IMX DVCPRO 50 DVCPRO HD and DNxHD See Avid Webservice integration document for more information 91 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 22 EVS Server Copy This section covers XML Jobs IDs e 00 13 EVS Server Copy IPDirector v4 onwards e 00 444 Short EVS Server Copy IPDirector v5 onwards 22 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the transfer of clips between XT servers is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Transfer 19 Director Lg XStore XML
17. application by selecting Install VCRedist For future installations or upgrade you may deselect this option to reduce installation time e Install XSecure Manager This option will install the EVS License software EVS Licenses XSecure codes are necessary for the transcoding jobs and rendering of playlists e Install XTAccess Encoders This option will install all the codec dll necessary for the transcoding jobs and for the rendering of playlists e Install XTGateway This option will install XTGateway XTGateway is a Windows service required for rendering playlists with XTAccess e Install AppGuard This option will install AppGuard AppGuard will restart automatically XTAccess in case of crash e XTAccess Inscription to the EVS SNMP This option will inscribe XTAccess to the EVS SNMP Agent the EVS SNMP Agent must be installed on the computer Install EVS SNMP Agent If you install XTAccess for the first time on this workstation you should select this option to install the EVS SNMP Agent Then press NEXT 11 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Setup Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts F oW Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the following Start Menu folder To continue click Nest IF vau would like to select a different folder click Browse 7 Specify
18. in MPEGI in target folder defined in 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files one backed up file in the folder defined in the IPD Remote Installer Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 18 2 TRANSCODE NATIVE EVS SERVER CLIP IMX XTAccess XT 2 DNXHD 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Transcode the source EquipmentXXTAccessMEncoder Profiles Default EVS e b Select the IMX profile in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Profiles 2 0 folder XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks 5 Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to NLE Config Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs i6bits 24bits for OP1A QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile IMX50 XTATranscode prafile xml Te WT mamane d Ree Meese Tee Result Each new Back
19. 4100 Src XT Address221 2 241 241 ob Src XT Address2 4100 Src XT 2 gt 21 lt ob Src XT Por 4100 Dest XT IP Address1 gt 1 1 240 240 lt j ob Dest XT IP Address1 gt 4100 Dest XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Dest XT Portl 4100 Dest XT IP Address2 gt 1 1 241 241 lt j ob Dest XT Address2 4100 Dest XT 2 gt 21 lt ob Dest XT Por 4100 Dest XT Login evs ob Dest XT Login 4100 Dest XT Password evs ob Dest XT Password 4100 Dest Page 3 J ob Dest Page gt 4100 Src App Data lt P ClipID gt 261335 lt IPClipID gt lt ClipLouthID gt kuLs9clY ClipLouthID ClipMateriallD25ZLsDZ0W lt ClipMateriallD gt lt NumUser gt 6 lt NumUser gt lt BackupUnitID gt 87 lt BackupUnitID gt 4 obldHistory gt 2031 lt obldHistory gt lt ob Src App Data 4100 Dest XML Metadata Path Xstore58060 data 9 005 lt ob Dest XML Metadata Path 4100 Dest Generate XML gt 1 lt Dest Generate XML Metadata EVS Metadatas gt 93 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Clips Infos Clip lt Clip Infos lt LsmSerialNumber gt 14210 lt LsmS erialNumber gt lt Owner gt XT Generic User lt Owner gt TCInDate220 Mar 2008 TCInDate T COutDate gt 20 Mar 2008 lt T COutDate gt lt Keywords gt Keyword Type Keyword gt KEY 1_222 lt Keyword gt K
20. Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 SHOW BUTTONS Select this option if you want to see the buttons in the XTAccess Interface If the option is not selected you can right click on XTAccess to create XML scan unit or open the Scan folder ENABLE TESTMODE Select this option if you want to use the test mode of XTAccess Please contact EVS support if you want to use it as it is not supported This feature is only present for test purposes XTAccess Test Mode should only be used for test purposes Please contact the EVS Support if you want to use it Are you sure you want to continue XTACCESS It shows the version of XTAccess Additional information e FileWriter No Buffering Activated or Not Activated see Section 9 3 1 Registry Settings on page 54 e Transcoder Allowed Specifies if you have the XSecure code for transcoding XI Access Version 1 16 34 Copyright C EYS Broadcast Equipment 2007 FileWriter NoBuffering DISABLED Transcoding ALLOWED by X Secure XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 65 CONTEXTUAL MENU Wil XTAccess v 1 10 5 SN 120010 0 6 Source Clip File Destination Status Rate ftp evs evs 172 22 000914A CLP 172 22 53 38 Ingest Avid MediaFiles MXF T 05010 Failed to connect XT ftp evs evs 172 22 000186 172 22 53 1 Avid MediaFiles
21. Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF STREAM RECORD TRAIN lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob 4100 10 gt 15 lt ob Id lt Creation gt 1212733995 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 20 lt ob Type 4100 Src User Nb 6 ob Src User Nb 4100 Src gt lt ob Src Cam 4100 Train In TC22700000 ob Train In TC 4100 Train Out gt 2730000 lt ob Train Out TC 4100 Src TC System 3 ob Src TC System 4100 Dest File Format 1 ob Dest File Format 4100 Dest File gt G lt j ob Dest File lt Dest gt lt ob Dest gt 4100 Train Priority 1 ob Train Priority lt AvidTM HostName EVSDEMO lt ob AvidTM HostName gt lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF FILE lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob 4100 10 gt 60 lt ob Id lt gt 42 lt ob Type 4100 Src_File gt X public USA backups XTA gloup mxf lt ob Src File 4100 AvidTM HostName EVSDemo ob AvidTM HostName 4100 Dest Short In gt 3006888 lt ob Dest Short In TC lt Dest Short Out 1 gt 3007188 lt ob Dest Short Out TC 4100 Dest Guardband TC 50 ob Dest Guardband TC 4100 Status 6 J
22. Equipment xTAccess Encoder Profiles Custom Profiles v OK Nom Gestion des fichiers copy here your own XML profiles they won t be modified nor deleted at next XTAccess install OKo Fichier CJ Cr er un nouveau dossier Publier ce dossier sur le Web Partager ce dossier See chapter 17 Example of Encoder profiles on page 74 for more details If you want to transcode only your clip or file to another format without the backed up file you have to select Transcode the source XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EYS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to Eys for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs 16bits 24bits for OP1A QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile 5KY HIGH XTATranscode profile xml m 69 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 15 3 1 SMART RENDERING XTAccess automatically analyze the source and destination codec and bitrates and will only perform a rewrapping if they are identical Special cases DNxHD 100 vs DNxHD 120 145 as XTAccess must be compliant to Avid standards those codecs ar
23. November 2011 Webservice Log CEDBUpdater log XTACCESS LOG XTAccess log lists all the transactions and actions performed by XTAccess provides detailed information for debugging Useful error messages are Error 426 XT Transfer Cancelled due to a disconnection with XT server Read Slow The data block to read has not been reached within a few seconds typically 15 seconds Write Slow The data block to write has not been reached within a few seconds typically 15 seconds XTACCESS J 085 106 This log can be used as an as run log Each job is listed with useful information Type of job Source path or IP address Destination path or IP address Start and end time Status of job Error message displayed on XTAccess Monitoring GUI if any XTTRANSFER LOG Specific log for XTTransfer based on FTP Proxy XT Copy Avid Transfer commands are listed XML SCAN LOG Specific log for the Scan XML You can see log from the XML engine XTAccESS Ul cvs Specific log where you can find the entire job done by XTAccess 2 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 32 4 361 7000 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters available 852 2914 2501 www evs tv contact 2 To learn more about EVS
24. QT and QT Ref format the audio is saved in 16 bits o EVS MXF format the audio is saved in 24 bits 54 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 10 1 lt lt Video Feeds 10 Restore Copy of Files to EVS Server This section covers XML Jobs IDs e job 1 Restore Clip from file to EVS Server IPDirector v5 onwards Job 2 Copy Clip from file to EVS Server IPDirector v5 onwards 00 12 Short Copy Clip IPDirector v5 onwards WORKFLOW The restore process can be set up in two different ways e via XML jobs sent by an external application e via folder scan The following schema shows how the restore of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive Xj GigE Final Cut Pro Un wrapping Gigabit Ethernet Issue 1 16 A 10 1 1 10 1 2 10 2 56 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 WORKFLOW RESTORE VIA XML J OBS EXPLANATION 1 Anexternal system which can generate XML files to restore clips for example IPDirector sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the restore copy of clips from an archiving or backup system to a given EVS server 2 XTAccess processes the XML job a It gets the file to restore from the external system b Itrestores copy the clip on the EVS server spe
25. VarlD and generate new MateriallD and UmID e VarlD opation2 Uses the filename as VarlD but keeps the MateriallD as UmID If you have selected Target File Job Target you can specify here the destination path Target File Target Folder E MNearLineiLowl er Update DB Configure Xedio Settings with Ehe config button at Ehe bottom af Ehe window Update CleanEditDB Select this option if you want to update the CleanEdit DB with the destination file The CE settings are available in the main menu of XTAccess 4 Issue 1 16 A 48 Column Heading Transcoding Profile Generate XML Metadata file or Generate XML Referencing file XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Description This is the XML profile used by XTAccess which defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to Transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the C Program 5 Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles folder Only used if you have selected Transcode as job Type Select this option to send XML Referencing file to IPDirector in case of restore or to create XML Metadata file next to the destination files in case of transcoding to file These XML files allows XTAccess to add metadata IPD Owner referencing High Low Target Path Destination path where the XML referencing file metadata fil
26. XT if you have selected 37 option Transcode the source media using or for the Rendering of playlist In this field you have to define an XML profile file that defines the codec and parameter of the codec used to transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles folder ENABLE MULTI DESTS If the multi destination is activated in the XML Scan Folder XTAccess will use the multi dest template and not anymore the XML job or the XTAccess interface to define the different destination paths There is one example of template in the XTAccess folder C Program Files EVS Broadcast EquipmentiXTAccessimulti dests sample dst xm There is some information about the structure of the template directly in this example This example template will be replaced at each update of XTAccess so it is necessary to create a copy with a different name before modifying it Status of the sub jobs related to each destination defined in the template is only available through the Notification Center and Vedio The XML job will only contain the first destination status XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 7 3 4 Please contact EVS before using this option CREATE ADDITIONAL CODEC Create Additional Codec File Select this option if you want to create an additional file for example
27. a proxy file at the same time as your hires backup The additional codec file will be generated on the fly with the principal job e Target Path This is the destination target path used for the additional file This path can be entered manually or by browsing Windows Explorer with the associated button e Transcoding profile This is the XML profile used by XTAccess defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles folder e Create Metadata XML Select this option if you want to create EVS XML metadata file with you additional codec file e Path This is the destination target path used for the metadata XML file NLE CONFIGURATION The NLE settings are used to set up the integration with AVID FCP Xedio or EVS The NLE settings can also be used directly in the XML job but some of them are not yet implemented in IP Director AVID For Avid applications the settings allow you to save the Avid AAF file with the file generated by XTAccess or to use the Avid WebService 3l Issue 1 16 A 32 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 NLE Confiq Save EDL to disk EDL Path Cf Interplay Check In Interplay User administrator 0000 Interplay Password Web Services Host http ip port services Assets
28. and debug only 23 Issue 1 16 A 71 7 2 24 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 7 XML Jobs Scan INTRODUCTION XTAccess is triggered by external applications like IPDirector mainly via XML files XTAccess scans pre defined folders to check for new XML jobs to process The details of the XML format will be described in the following sections especially for each job type The scan process of XML jobs is anyway identical for any type of job JOB TYPES The table below shows the list of all jobs available according to the version number of IP Director Abbreviations used e XFI XFile e XTAccess e XST XStream XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 c 5 0 7 5 gt gt u O O lt gt E x E E pum pum D D D D 4A A Wl Wl 5 5 7 Uu ao tromfile 1 04 44 Transfer tromfile 44 Shot TrnserCip tromxt toavid 44 22 Stream record train tromxt toAvd 1 5 8 romme wava 105 5 42 Shot toavid 104 44 13 tromxt ox 100 44 44 Sot xt Copy tromxt toxt 19 a cde s
29. be included in an audio file e Use lt 1 gt mute a channel not for the Wav backup e Audio channel are between 0 and 7 Example 0 13 4 7 2 45 3 6 will create 4 BWAV files 29 Issue 1 16 A 30 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Destination file s native TimeCode This setting allows you to define which timecode will be saved in the video file e Primary TC Saves the XT Primary TC in the video file e LTC Saves the LTC in the video file e User TC Saves the User TC in the video file Default File Transcoding Profile Default Transcoding profile is used for the job to file if you have selected the 37 option Transcode the source media using or for the Rendering of playlist In this field you have to define an XML profile file that defines the codec and parameter of the codec used to transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles 2 0 folder To XT SERVER Transcode Restored File S elect this option if you want to transcode the file during the restore operation Remove Source file if restore successful In case of Restore and Copy it could be useful to automatically delete the source file to clean the source storage The file will be removed only if the job is successful Default File Transcoding Profile Default Transcoding profile used for the job to
30. file if Restore Copy is successful Default XT Transcoding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT DVCPROHD EVS XTATranscode profile xml You have to define in the XTAccess XML configuration one XML profile that will define the codec of the destination clip REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of transcoding 005 simultaneously processed by XTAccess rendering of playlist included 60 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 12 2 XTGATEWAY XTGateway will handle the rendering process You can find XTGateway in the Windows systray Log Physical memory 1 5 GB Cache Size None Best performances High performances _ Debug Low performances Trace Lowest performances Seral Usern Login Passw Apply amp reboot service Nothing has to be configured in this window except the cache size The cache size depends on the number of rendering jobs that you want to execute at the same time see the HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs registry key We recommend that you set up at least 200 MB of memory by rendering job 12 3 SMART RENDERING XTAccess will only transcode the effects if the source clip or file and the destination file h
31. folder configured into IPD 19 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 18 4 DOUBLE TRANSCODING 90 DNxHD OP1A IMX EVS MXF XTAccess MPEG1 Low Res 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 Open START Close 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Transcode the XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap SOUTCE Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job b Select the DNxHD Force the wrapper format to NE Config profile in the BENE Que 22 rogram Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio Files EVS for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio Broadcast i6bits 24bits UE Equipment XTAc SERS cess Encoder Pro f i 1 es De fau Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT 1 pe Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file i 2 0 Profile DNxHD OP1A XTATranscode profile xml 1 E roriles folder To XT server Restore Copy Transfer C Select C reate Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile TE T Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Additional codec Default XT Transco
32. of the given folder HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess XML Scan Timeout default value 250 Time delay in milliseconds between two successive scan processes provided that the Max XML Jobs parameter is not already reached HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess XML Scan Jobs Timeout default value 5000 Time delay in milliseconds between the treatment of two successive XML jobs HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess IP Retry default value 12 Maximum amount of attempts to connect to an IP address of a XT server which does not reply HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess IP Retry Timeout default value 5000 Time delay in milliseconds between two successive attempts to connect to an IP address which does not reply HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess IP Retry Timeout default value 5000 Time delay in milliseconds between two successive attempts to connect to an IP address which does not reply HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of transcoding 005 41 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 simultaneously processed by XTAccess rendering of playlists included HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Ma
33. performances Cache Size MB Emors High performances Debug Low performances Trace Lowest performances Serial Usern Port Login Passw Apply amp reboot service Nothing has to be configured in this window except the cache size The cache size depends on the number of rendering jobs that you want to execute at the same time see the CURRENT USERNSoftwareNEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs registry key We recommend that you set up at least 200 MB of memory by rendering job 58 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 11 3 SMART RENDERING XTAccess will only transcode the effects if the source clip or file and the destination file have the same codec XTAccess will only render needed content 11 4 EFFECTS See the effect document for all the effects supported by XTAccess 59 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 12 Rendering of EDL to one 5 Server clip This section covers XML Jobs IDs Job 24 Render a Playlist TimeLine from An EVS Server XT clips only from EVS EDL XT clips and or media files to a solid clip on an XT 12 1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML To XT server Restore Copy Transfer Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile Remove source
34. schema shows how the backup of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro wrapping Gigabit Ethernet 52 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 9 2 1 external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an EVS server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from EVS b It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the external system It stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system The metadata of the clip are either included in the file in EVS MXF or sent via an XML file Remark If the backup is not successful the partial clip will be deleted from the disk EXAMPLE OF XML BACKUP FILE To identify the clip you want to back up you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml version 1 0 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile job 4100 19 gt 2246373 lt ob Id 4100 Creation gt 1206001502 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 0 lt ob Type 4100 Src User gt 4 lt ob Src User Nb 4100 Src Clip Nb 234 ob Src Clip Nb 4100 Src gt 0 lt ob Src Cam 4100 Dest File gt Xstore60170 testG lt ob Dest File job Src Id Material 7tbq1KO0 ob Src Id Ma
35. the following webpage http www evs tv downloadcenter Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS inibi Cr PC aa 2 Le JINTRODUCTIO Nuus inicie err hr CF 6 2 HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS sssini 8 3 SOPTWAREINSTALLATION siicnpdimuiennidituni neri ad rri nono 9 4 ASECURE MANAGEMENT aisi niic ndr noon v a aw n 14 Bp CBS tutte tue bet Pon 14 5 UNICODE AND ATACCESS ei repr Dav ana a 15 2 CONFIGURATION aacasesumtstiucubt uni 15 A ATIS MD D IR 16 x m m 16 USER INTER PAGE niens iudei nna Cone ennt cn en C eni 17 DL 17 Du OBSS MONITORING dtu N eon 17 6 3 ADDITIONAL BUTTONS ME NUS nut rct nnt 18 Do SAPREICATIONENITEE BAR Etui 19 D ATOU UO not n PEN n dus 19 D 5 2 19 DISD AutoUpdate Mp Monroe 19 09 0802550420555 599 06 408008600 gen
36. to Avid lransfer Manager This section covers XML Jobs IDs e 00 27 Transfer Clip to Avid TM 6 IPDirector v4 onwards e 00 8 Transfer File to Avid TM amp IPDirector v5 onwards e 00 222 Stream Record train to Avid TM 6 IPDirector v5 onwards e 00 242 Partial transfer file to Avid TM 6 IPDirector v5 onwards e 00 243 Partial transfer clip to Avid TM 6 IPDirector v5 onwards 20 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the transfer of clips to Avid Transfer Manager is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Stockage Avid XTE Avid TransferManager Transfer 09 Director Edit Avid Media 1 2 Composer Adrenaline XML ene Br Avid Gigabit Ethernet XT Access 86 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 l An external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the transfer of a given clip created on an EVS server to Avid Transfer Manager XTAccess processes the XML file XTAccess sets up a connection with Avid Transfer Manager server XTAccess gets the clip content which has to be transferred from EVS and sets up a FTP proxy connection between the EVS and the Avid Transfer Manager server The Avid Transfer Manager server stores the transferred file in the specified Avid storage 20 2 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF CLIP To identi
37. xml AVC Intra 100 QTRef xml DNxHD 120 145 EVS MXF xml DNxHD 120 145 EVS 16 9 Cro DNxHD 120 145 EVS 16 9 PBx DNxHD 120 145 SMPTE DNxHD 120 145 OPAtom Avid DNxHD 120 145 QTMov xml DNxHD 185 220 EVS MXF xml 2 DNxHD 185 220 SMPTE DNxHD 185 220 OPAtom Avid DV25 MXF OPAtom Avid xml DV25 QTMov xml 2 DVCPRO HD EVS MXF xml DVCPRO HD SMPTE xml DVCPRO HD OPAtom Avid xml DVCPRO HD MXF OPAtom P2 xml DVCPRO HD QTMov xml DVCPRO HD QTRef xml 2 DVCPRO25 OPAtom Avid xml DVCPRO25 QTRef xml DVCPROS0 EVS MXF xml DVCPRO50 SMPTE xml DVCPRO50 OPAtom Avid xml DVCPROS50 QTRef xml AND KEY xml H 264 90 8Mbps TS EVS Proxy xml H 26491 5Mbps 360x288 MP4 xml 7 cn do not modify these XML profiles t Modifi le 22 12 2010 13 30 Fichier Taille 0 octets Date de cr ation 19 10 2011 13 12 Be careful this folder is updated at each new installation of XTAccess If you want to create your own profile please use the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Custom Profiles folder that is not removed or updated Custom Profiles OX Fichier Edition Affichage Favoris Outis ay Pr c dente 2 2 Rechercher j Dossiers Adresse C Program Files EVS Broadcast
38. 04 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 28 Cancel Job XTAccess is able to cancel a job in progress This section covers XML Jobs IDs e job 24 Cancel job IPDirector v5 2 onwards EXAMPLE OF CANCEL XML J OB To identify the job you want to cancel you have to use the Job 10 of the XML 00 you want to cancel lt xml version 1 0 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob 4100 19 gt 1238419214432263 lt Id lt Creation gt 1129799940 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 4 lt ob Type 4100 Id To gt 1238789214432654 lt ob Id To Cancel lt Type To Cancel 34 ob To Cancel lt EVS_XFile Job lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 29 XTAccess Troubleshooting 29 1 XTACCESS ERROR MESSAGES Wil XTAccess 1 10 5 SN 120010 Clip File Destination Status Rate Start Time ftp evs evs 172 22 000914A CLP 172 22 53 38 Ingest Avid 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 08 29 ftp evs evs 6172 22 000186 172 22 53 1 Avid MediaFiles 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 07 26 ftp evs evs 172 22 000110B CLP ckun 05801 Failed to open XT met 11 07 25 11 0
39. 7 25 Abort job Status 05801 Failed to open XT metadatas Open Destination folder Status Details For a from XT job Backups XT to XT transfers transfers to Avid etc the source Clear list dip s metadatas were not available on the XT server open in reading failed New XML Scan Folder Tips Use Scan Folders Check the clip is available and usable on XT server using FTP FileZilla for example 29 2 After each Job XTAccess show a Status of the job If you right click on it and then select Status Details you can have more information on status and if needed some tips to help you to resolve the trouble Those diagnostics are based on the possible cases defined in XTAccess code but mainly during testing and experience on the field Anyway it is always advised to check the logs see next section and send them to EVS support for deeper analysis It s easier if you compress the whole XTAccess folder You can find in Error Code pdf document a list of all the error codes with details XTACCESS LOGS XTAccess logs are located in C EVSLogs XTAccess e XTAccess log Jobs log e 00 e XML Scan log e 55 Ul csv e All the codec Log EVSDNxHDEncoder log EVSH264Encoder log 105 Issue 1 16 A 29 2 1 29 2 2 29 2 3 29 2 4 29 2 5 106 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment
40. 9 NE uc C 49 8 4 SCANFOLDER POST PROCESSING cl ert mu uia out 50 50 05 REMARKS ON THE SCAN PROG ES 51 9 BACKUP OF EVS SERVER CLIPS TO FILES nn 52 r 52 92 EXAMPLE DEXME BACRUPSE scita iv m e neni 53 93 POCAEXTAGCESS SETTINGS 54 t 54 N 54 10 RESTORE COPY OF FILES TO EVS SERVER ssis 55 10 17 WOR fiv ER tene Dd ve C i Fon tton 95 10 1 1 Workflow Restore XML J ODS Explanation enn 56 10 1 2 Workflow Folder File Scan dn etn Uta tne 56 cCEXAMPEEOPAMECOPECEIUE atiis ond 56 Ll RENDERING non n nonc rc n v re once 57 11 1 LOCAL 55 SETTINGS NON abut qud Bre e C b 57 xam daas sca s vac um taa Peta 50 58 SMART RENDEIRSI 59 59 12 RENDERING OF EDL TO ONE EVS SERVER CLIP nnne 60 12 1 LOCAL ATACCES SOE TINGS NON metro dona tia devi bam Ec rt 60
41. ALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEVICES Multiple XTAccess devices can scan the same XML scan folder In order to efficiently distribute the XML jobs over all the XTAccess devices load balancing rules must be defined MANAGEMENT OF XML J OBS Once a new XML job is sent to XTAccess several criteria are taken into account in order to decide whether the job must be processed e Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed e Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed per IP address e Presence of a job waiting for a connection to EVS server with the same IP address Besides the maximum amount of XML jobs that can be simultaneously processed per XML scan module is also limited The XML scan per folder is processed every 5 Seconds Once a job is processed by XTAccess the first action is an attempt to connect the XT FTP server In case the connection failed 2 cases are considered e connection is refused by the EVS server because the maximum amount of connections is reached max 6 connections for HiRes EVS servers The status will be Server busy Unlimited connection attempts are done every 2 4 seconds until getting an available connection e connection cannot be established because the address is not reachable The status is Server IP failed Several connection attempts are done within fixed time intervals see IP Retry parameter in section 7 5 2 Control Parameters on page 41 Af
42. Chinese Big5 10003 MAL Korean 10004 Arabic 10005 MAC Hebrew Default user account settings Apply all settings to the current user account and to the default user profile LO METADATA These Metadata Tags can be used in Unicode ClipName Keyword e VarlD The UmID cannot be Unicode FILENAME XTAccess never generates files with Unicode filenames Files are named UnicodeFilename mxf instead of the real Unicode clipname XTAccess is capable to use files with Unicode filenames These files can be located in a folder having a Unicode filename And these Unicode files can be used into scan folder without any trouble XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 6 User Interface 6 1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess has been designed to be used as a black box It is mainly controlled by external systems via XML files or other processes When the XTAccess application is launched the following GUI is displayed on the workstation Job Type Source Clip File Destination 4 New Xml Scan Scan Folders Abort job 6 2 JOBS MONITORING The main window displays the status of each job handled by XTAccess Description of the columns Column heading Description Job Type Type of Job Backup Avid Ingest Restore XT Transfer etc Source Source server e Backup Avid Ingest XT Copy
43. ML job f Force the wrapper format to NLE Config Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo t Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi OT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map 16bits 24bits For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs for OP 14 Ref OPAtom Wav NLE Config Config MEDIO DB DSN XEDIO DB User XEDIO DB Password Cancel eld Button ascription ctive lows you to activate or not the settings DIO DB DNS 5 of Xedio database target DIO DB User S User of Xedio database target DIO DB Pass NS Password of Xedio database target 98 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 23 4 23 5 CleanEdit Manager REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast Equipment Common MinFieldsToWriteBeforeReflnCEDB Specific setting to wait a specific number of fields before referencing clips into Xedio HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast Equipment Common FileWriter NoBuffering Specific setting to transfer a file without any buffering Recommended for writing on a MacOS workstation via network SMB default value 0 HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Byte
44. Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job C Force the wrapper format to evs Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile rSuperMotion Mode Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio 16bits 24bits Audio Channels Map for 1 QT QT Ref OPAtom and Wav E Destination file s native TimeCode Primary displayed by XT Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile SKY HIGH_XTATranscode profile xml 22 To XT server Restore Transfer Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT Profile DVCPROHD EVS XTATranscode profile xml due 1 v Create Additional Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs Target Path 172 24 1 50 Files En Transcoding Profile MPEG 1_TS__XTATranscode profile xml es Create Metadata XML Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files Result Each new Backup job from IPD will create one transcoded
45. RENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Bytes second for the total amount of backup jobs all together HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Safe Train Backup protection to avoid reaching the head of a train during backup of train o 0 Active o 1 Not Active 84 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 19 6 MISCELLANEOUS 19 6 1 BACKUP UPDATE OF TRAINS AND LOAD BALANCING e t is not recommended to perform load balancing between several XML Scan folders when requesting backup of trains e We recommend dedicating specific XTAccess for your Backup of train For example one XTAccess for two backups of train Like this you are sure that your backups of train are done directly and quickly 19 6 2 MAX XML OBS SETTING e t 15 recommended to set the Max XML Job registry setting with a very high value e g 100 when performing backup of trains jobs e n that way all incoming jobs will be loaded by XTAccess in the Scheduled folder In case of an update XML job this request will be automatically loaded by XTAccess and parsed to check which job is concerned The backup of trains will be loaded even if it is still in a scheduled or processing mode 85 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 20 Transfer
46. VS content clips or trains with Avid systems via Avid Transfer Manager or using Avid WebService e Exchange of EVS content clips or trains with Apple Final Cut Pro e Exchange of EVS content clips only with another EVS server e Partial rewrap of file from an Archive e Rendering of EDL from files or clips e Backup of EDL from files or clips e Grab frames of a clip on a EVS server in order to create thumbnails e g for IP Director Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 2 Hardware Recommendations The XTAccess software is installed on a workstation operating under Windows XP Windows 2003 Server windows Seven 32 bit windows Seven 64 bit or Windows Server 2008 SP2 64 bit With the 64 bit OS XTAccess runs as a 32 bit application The minimum system requirements are e Workstation or Laptop CPU Pentium P4 2 0 GHz e 512 MB RAM 2GB for the rendering of playlist and transcoding jobs e GigE board with Jumbo Frame capabilities VGA 1024x768 XTAccess software runs either on EVS workstations like IPDirector XFile XStore or on any standalone third party workstation MN Important Jobs like transcoding backup of clips or trains restore copy of files to EVS Server use CPU resources on the device where XTAccess runs It is then advised not to run any other critical application simultaneously on the XTAccess device especially when the X
47. a specific folder Delete source files Target Folder Move source files to a specific falder Move source files to XTAScan Done subfolder default After the scan job XTAccess can e Delete the source files e Move the source files to a specific folder useful to do Xedio referencing e Move the source files to a folder XTAScan done in the same folder than the scanned folder default option If you have selected Move the source files to a specific folder useful to do Xedio referencing it is where you can specify the folder Update Xedio DB with the source file after it s moved Select this option if you want to update the Xedio DB with the source file The Xedio settings are available in the main menu of XTAccess Target EVS 2 Server Server IP 1 1 1 1 User evs Location 1112 Password evs Mode Restore Keep original VarID MaterialID and UmID If you have selected Target EVS Server Job Target you can specify here the destination EVS server and location Server IP IP address of the target EVS server User login of the target EVS server Password password of the target EVS server Location ClipID of the first location to check when restoring 4 modes are considered e 123X X could beA B C D Eor F In that case XTAccess will check the availability of the clip e g 123A clip o If not available XTAccess will show an error message on the main window You will ne
48. ails in the IPD Database Explorer This section covers XML Jobs IDs Job 6 Grab Field from EVS Server IPDirector v4 onwards EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TO A FILE To identify the clip from which you want to grab a field you can use the VarlD or LSM ID lt xml versionz 1 0 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile Job 4100 19 gt 1260933 lt ob Id 4100 Creation gt 1205787586 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 6 lt ob Type 4100 Src Id Material 5ZLrMgkW ob Src Id Material 4100 Src Id kuLrDR2W lt j ob Src Id 4100 Src User gt 6 lt ob Src User Nb 4100 Src gt 199 lt ob Src Clip Nb 4100 Src gt lt ob Src Cam 4100 Src XT Address1 1 1 240 240 ob Src XT Address1 4100 Src XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Src XT gt 4100 Src XT Login evs ob Src XT Login 4100 Src XT Password evs ob Src XT Password 4100 Src XT Address221 2 241 241 ob Src XT Address2 4100 Src XT 2 gt 21 lt ob Src XT Por2 4100 Src XT User Nb 06 ob Src XT User Nb 4100 Src Field gt 2901360 lt ob Src Field TC 4100 Dest File gt Xstore58060 obs Done Grab IPDP 260933 jpg ob Dest File 4100 Src TC System 4 ob Src TC System 4100 Src App Data lt ClipID gt 260933 lt IP ClipID gt lt obType 0 obType lt ob Src App Data lt EVS_ XFile ob lt 5 XFile Job List
49. assword 4100 Src XT Address22128 1 2 22 ob Src XT Address2 4100 Src XT 2 gt 21 lt ob Src XT Por 4100 Src App Data AssetG uid af97b972 d7bb 4ea4 aa9a 9127274dac19 AssetG uid lt AssetitemG uid238688165 8594 4380d a7d8 bd49a0dfe9da AssetltemG uid lt ob Src App Data lt EVS_ XFile ob lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 03 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 19 3 EXAMPLE OF XML UPDATE TRAIN lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob lt 00 10 gt 633 lt ob Id 4100 Id To Update 15 ob Id To Update lt gt 21 lt ob Type 4100 Train Out gt 3362636 lt ob Train Out TC lt EVS_XFile Job lt 5 XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML J obs document 19 4 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 19 5 REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast Equipment Common FileWriter NoBuffering Specific setting to transfer a file without any buffering Recommended for writing on a MacOS workstation via network SMB default value 0 HKEY CUR
50. ave the same codec XTAccess will only render needed content 61 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 12 4 EFFECTS See the EVS EDL Structure and Effects Description v1 0 pdf document for all the effects supported by XTAccess 62 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 13 Backup of EDL to files This section covers XML Jobs IDs e job 9 Backup Playlist from EVS Server to files with EDL creation for EVS AVID and FCP Backup EDL Remark Since the Backup Playlist job generates several files it is forbidden to have a Job Dest File with a full path folder filename In that case an error will be returned Only folders are accepted This J ob is used to create sequence on Avid or FCP NLE 13 1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 See also the NLE configuration If you do not define a transcoding profile all the EDLs must be in the same codec 13 1 1 REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast Equipment Common EDL Backup Default Guardbands Specific the guardbands of the clip backup in EDL backup default value 50 frames 63 Issue 1 16 A 13 2 XTAccess Versi
51. ber 2011 1 external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup and reference of a given clip created on an EVS server to Xedio database XTAccess processes the XML file 2 It gets the clip content which has to be backed up from EVS 3 It generates a backup file 4 t stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system The clip and its metadata are referred to the Xedio database Remark If the backup is not successful the clip will be deleted from the disk and Xedio database except if the file is already used The referencing in the Xedio DB is done at the beginning of the backup and an update is done at the end If the referencing fails the job will fail XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 23 2 EXAMPLE OF XML TRANSFER TO XEDIO FILE To identify the clip you want to transfer to CleanEdit you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile Job 400 Id gt 2240063 lt j ob Id 4100 Creation Time21206541502 ob Creation Time lt gt 0 lt ob Type 4100 Src User Nb 6 ob Src User Nb 4100 Src Clip Nb 265 ob Src Clip Nb 4100 Src gt lt ob Src Cam 400 Dest File gt Xstore amd G CE_MEDIAS HiResFiles lt ob Dest File lt ob Src 19 _Material gt 5ZLsDbd0 lt j ob 19
52. c Name Delete Button Field Add Folder Remove Edit START STOP CLOSE Description e Path path of the folder to scan e Check Box if selected this scan folder is considered when XTAccess starts scanning Type of Job Copy Restore Graph Sequ Transcode Target Path XT FTP or Windows path List of file extensions to filter Source Name to be added with the restored clip Option to delete source file Description Adds a new folder to scan see below for details Removes a selected scan folder item Edits a selected scan folder item see below for details Starts Stops the scanning process Only the selected folders checkbox will be scanned by XTAccess Closes the Scan Folder window XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 8 2 Job Type New Scan Folder Job Type Restore Transcode f Graph Sequ Source Scan Folder ps Scan Filter rs Source Mame TOTO Delayed made IF the job succeeds Move source Files to a specific Folder Target Folder High P Update Medio DB with source file after it s moved Configure Medio Settings with Ehe config button at Ehe bottom of Ehe window Target EVS Server Target File Target Folder E MNearLineiLowl T Update DB Configure Xedio Settings with Ehe config button at Ehe bottom of Ehe window Trans
53. cading Profile MPEG 1 T5 87ATranscode profile xml v Generate XML Metadatas Target Path Owner TITI Config Cancel Column Description Heading files Transcode Select this option if you want to transcode the Scanned files Graph Sequ Select this option if you want to create sequence with the graphic files which are in the folder that you are scanning Issue 1 16 A ADD AND EDIT A SCAN FOLDER ITEM When adding a new scan folder item or editing a selected and existing scan folder item the following settings window Is displayed Restore Select this option if you want to restore the scanned Scan Folder Path of the folder to scan Scan Filter List of file extensions to scan 45 Issue 1 16 A 46 Column Heading Source Name Delayed mode If the job Succeeds Source Target Folder Target Server XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Description CLIP Source Name to be added with the restored clip In case this field is left blank with EVS MXF files to restore the Source Name included in the EVS MXF metadata will be restored If this option is selected XTAccess will check the modification time of the file and will wait until this modification time is older than the local time 30 seconds on the XTAccess computer If the job succeeds Move source files to
54. cast Equipment November 2011 EXAMPLE OF XML FILE REWRAP lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob 4100 19 gt 4942648367704751 lt ob Id lt Creation gt 1132235747 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 41 lt ob Type 4100 Src File gt G 770A SDPAL IMXD10 MXFEVS 30Mb evs mxf lt J ob Src File lt Dest File FA J ob Dest File 4100 Dest File Format 2 ob Dest File Format lt EVS_ XFile ob lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML J obs document CODECS SUPPORTED See XTAccess codecs document LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Transcoding XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EYS To File Backup Rewrap f Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to NLE Config zi E E M T Audio Format SuperMotion Made Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi OT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs i6 bits 24bits for OP1A QT QT Ref OPAtom Wav Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT Default File Transcoding P
55. cified in the XML file WORKFLOW FOLDER FILE SCAN EXPLANATION 1 Anexternal system places a file in a folder to be scanned by XTAccess 2 XTAccess gets this file to be restored to EVS server 3 t restores copy the clip on the EVS server specified in the Scan Folder settings EXAMPLE OF XML COPY FILE lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile Job 4100 19 gt 12384 lt ob Id 4100 Creation Time gt 0 lt j ob Creation Time 4100 Src gt 0 1000610 imx 4a evs mxf lt ob Src File 4100 gt 2 lt ob Type 4100 Dest XT Address121 1 243 243 ob Dest XT IP Address1 4100 Dest XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Dest XT Portl gt lt Dest XT IP Address221 1 241 241 ob Dest XT IP Address2 4100 Dest XT Port2221 ob Dest XT Por 4100 Dest XT Login evs ob Dest XT Login 4100 Dest Password evs ob Dest XT Password 4100 Dest Page 3 J ob Dest Page 4100 Dest ClipName toto ob Dest gt lt 5 XFile ob lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 11 Rendering of EDL to one file This section covers XML Jobs IDs e 00 10 Renders a Playlist TimeLine from an EVS Server XT clips only or from EVS EDL XT clips and or Media files to a solid fi
56. d 99 23 5 WORKFLOW WITH THE CREATE ADDITIONAL CODEC 99 24 GRAB FIELD FROM EVS SERVER 100 EXAMPEEEAXMEGRAB TIEBDOOAPILE pro hne 100 29 GRAB FIELD FROM FIRE cn oido Eno nan EHE 101 29 E EXAMPEEADE AMLIG RAB FIELD TO tacitis itia cim eain 101 26 DELETE FILE FROM DISK 102 20 1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE FILE terat Vp deri bui 102 27 DELETE CLIP FROM EVS SERVER inicios n icona en dicc cada 103 2I EXAMPLE OF DELETE CLIP 103 265 CANCEL T OB aO v TD Re c 104 ME ttum doc hind aant Ed 104 29 ATAGCESS TROUBLESHOOTING iiie va vaca ai nin 105 20 D FIRE CES gt ERRORMESS AGES neo Eat seti tna abt tu t da bete 105 29 2 ATACCES SLOG S diede im td tee etes 105 ATACCESSHMOU e umet CU RAND CUM P RR 0 106 PN ACCCGS Ote o 106 SESS 106 N 106 2923 ATA CCE SS 106 Issue 1 16 A Video Feeds XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipme
57. ding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT d Select the target Path Profle EVS XTATranscode profie xmi for the 01 TS Low Res transcoded file Create Additional Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs e Select the M pegl TS Target Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files profile in the CRI Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAc cess Encoder Profiles Defau LG EVS Profiles 2 0 folder Transcoding Profile MPEG 1 TS XTATanscodeproflexm Ex Create Metadata XML Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files tbe XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 18 5 Result Each new rewrap job from IPD will create e one MPEG 1 transcoded file in the Target Path folder configured into XTAccess 172 24 1 50 Files e one DNxHD file as asked by IPD in the folder defined into IPD TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO EVS SERVER USING XML JOB IMX XTAccess XT 2 DNxHD 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Transcode the Profie 0 XTATranscode proflexml Source To XT server Restore Copy Transfer b Select the DNXHD profile Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transc
58. e codec will be transcoded Useful for several cases e Transcoding if source codec not supported by XTAccess e Transcoding if Source codec not supported by NLE The table is only used by XTAccess for the EDL export jobs XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Field Button Description Source Codec Transcoding Profile D CPRO xTATranscode prafile xrl XOTAM HD 3xT4 amp Transcode prafile xrml ER XDCAM EX seil MPEG MPEG 2 zl lt gt 37 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 XEDIO For Xedio applications the settings allow you to reference media to the Xedio database in case of backup file NLE Config NLE Config XEDIO DB DSN XEDIO DB User XEDIO DB Password Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings XEDIO DB DNS Name of Xedio database target DNS XEDIO DB DNS User of Xedio database target User XEDIO DB DNS Password of Xedio database target Pass 38 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 7 4 7 4 1 7 42 7 4 3 XML J OBS PROCESSING LAUNCH OF MULTIPLE XML OBS SCAN One can launch as many XML Jobs Scan folders as wished Each XML Jobs Scan window can be positioned anywhere on the desktop
59. e considered as identical with regards to the smart transcoding criteria This feature is supported for all XML jobs 15 3 2 REGISTRY SETTINGS 10 HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of jobs Simultaneously transcoded by XTAccess Once the limit is reached any additional job will be scheduled in Jobs Scheduled folder until an in progress job is over XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 16 Transcoding files 16 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the transcoding process is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive GigE Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro E X T ccess Gigabit Ethernet 1 As transcoding is not yet available with XML job file you have to configure XTAccess in transcoding mode 2 An external system which can generate XML files for restoring clips for example IPDirector v5 sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the rewrap of a file from an archiving or backup system to a new file format and archive storage 3 XTAccess processes the XML job a It gets the file to transcode from the external system b It generates a new file on the destination storage 71 Issue 1 16 A 16 2 16 3 16 4 72 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broad
60. e will be sent to IPD Example of XML referencing Path TPDirector180 JOBREF EVS_TO_TODO Example of XML Metadata Path Xstore60170 Media IPD Owner IPDirector owner user to be referenced to IP Director Database If left blank the XT Generic User is pushed into IPDirector Database XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 9 3 6 3 1 9 3 2 6 3 3 XEDIO INTEGRATION WITH THE SCAN FOLDER OVERVIEW If the job succeeds Move source files to a specific folder Target Folder D CleanEdit High Es Update Xedio DB with source file after it s moved configure Settings with the LE Config bottom right button Target EVS XT 2 Server TargetFile Target Folder Update DB configure Xedio Settings with the NLE Config bottom right button Transcoding Profile DVCPROHD 5 XTATranscode profile xml S Generate XML Metadatas file Target Path D CleanEdit Low Ed Owner Olivier OK NLE Config Cancel WORKFLOW A file is dropped in the ScanFolder D myScanF older myF ile evs mxf XTAccess is able with the scan folder to transcode one High Res file to Low Res and reference it into Xedio DB The transcoded file and its companion EVS Metadata file is generated in D CleanEdit Low If the job succeeds the source C myScanFolder myFile evs m
61. ed to try again with a different XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Column Heading Destination Target Folder Description location o lf available the transfer will be done e 1237 In this case the Question Mark allows XTAccess to check all the camera labels First check the availability of 123A then 123B 123C 123D 123E 123F 1244 124B etc e 123 X could be A B C D E or F In that case XTAccess will check the availability of the clip in this range of camera Example 123 XTAccess will try 123A 123C 1230 124A 124C 124D 211A 211C e XXX X could be 123456789 and XXX is are the page where you want to restore the files In this case the Question Mark allows XTAccess to check all the camera labels but after the XXX page Example 157 XTAccess will try 110A 111A 112A 199A 510A iuc 799A 110B 111B 199B 510B 199B 110C These last two modes are only available with Multicam 10 01 07 or upper Restore Mode e Copy Generates new IDs for VarlD MateriallD and LouthID like Copy ob e Lax Rest Typically used for automation which needs to keep the VarlD from the source file but can regenerate the MateriallD and UmID LouthlD e Restore Keeps original IDs available in the source file like a Restore J ob e VarlD optionl Uses the filename as
62. edio Suite or IPDirector are installed as standalone systems with a local database XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 3 Software Installation The installation package is based on one installshield XTAccess 1 16 Setup exe For the Xedio Integration Option contact the Xedio support to install the compliant software To install XTAccess proceed as follows 1 Copy the installshield XTAccess 1 16 xx Setup exe in a temp directory e g C Install Software XTAccess 2 Run XTAccess installshield XTAccess 1 16 xx Setup exe and then follow the steps of the Setup wizard iz Setup XTAccess Welcome to the XTAccess Setup Wizard This will install ATAccess on your computer Itis recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel 3 Press NEXT Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Setup XTAccess license Agreement Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This EVS Broadcast Equipment End User License Agreement
63. en train available on an EVS server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file a It gets the data stream train from EVS that has to be backed up b It generates a backup file of the train C It stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system The metadata of the train are either included in the file in EVS MXF or sent via an XML file Remarks If the backup of the train is not successful the partial backup file will be saved EXAMPLE OF XML BACKUP TRAIN TO FILE lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob 4100 19 gt 15 lt ob Id lt Creation gt 1212733995 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 20 lt ob Type 4100 Src User 0 gt 6 lt ob Src User Nb 4100 Src gt lt ob Src Cam 4100 Train In gt 2700000 lt ob Train In TC 4100 Train Out gt 2730000 lt ob Train Out TC 4100 Src TC System 3 ob Src TC System 4100 Dest File Format 1 ob Dest File Format lt Dest File gt G lt ob Dest File lt Dest ClipName gt benja lt ob Dest ClipName gt 4100 Train Priority 1 ob Train Priority 4100 Dest Generate XML Metadata 1 ob Dest Generate XML Metadata 4100 Src XT Address121 1 230 230 ob Src XT Address1 4100 Src XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Src XT Portl gt 4100 Src XT Login evsq ob Src XT Login 4100 Src XT Password evs x ob Src XT P
64. ent XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder after the installation of XTAccess MPEG 1 TS XTATranscode profile xml lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVSEncoder version 1 0 gt lt DIIName gt EVSMPEG2Encoder dll lt DIIName gt lt DisplayName gt MPEG 1 5 lt DisplayName gt lt E xtension gt mpg lt E xtension gt lt R esolutionMode gt 1 lt R esolutionMode gt EVSEncoderCfg FType TS XF Type lt l TS 5 JES gt lt VType gt MPEG 1 lt VType gt lt MPEG 2 1 gt VRate 1500000 VRate GopN 18 GopN lt GopM gt 3 lt GopM gt AspectR atio gt Auto lt AspectR atio lt AR ate gt 64000 lt AR ate lt Stereo gt 1 lt Stereo gt lt Half gt l lt Half gt JEVSEncoderCfg lt EVSEncoder gt All the Tags are explained into the XML Encoders Schema document into the EVSMPEG2Encoder dll chapter EVSIMXEncoder dll chapter XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 17 2 AVID DNXHD 6 DNxHD codec uses the EVSDNxHDEncoder dll encoder C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess EVSEncoders EVSDNxHDEncoder dll which 15 installed with XTAccess You can find here an example of DNxHD encoder profile This profile can be found into C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder after the installation of XTAccess DNxHD XTATranscode profi
65. ersionz 1 0 encoding UTF 8 wsdl definitions name Assets Interplay User administrator Interplay Password xmlns soapz http chemas xmlsoap org wsdl soap Web Services Host Ftto 172 22 53 3 9000 services assets wsdl Irkerpley URI eter play i Lworky oup Incoming Media xmlns wsdi http schemas xmlsoap org wsdl 7 xmins wsp http www w3 org ns ws policy xmins xsd http www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema lt wsdl types gt xd http schemas xmisoap org ws 2004 09 policy optimizedm lt mins wsdl soan Dorm 10 Interplay URI Path where the clip playlist will be seen in the Interplay DB xmins tns z http avid com Interplay ws assets Test commecton Windows Internet Explorer Pavorkes 0 172 22 53 319000 5 E 1 targetNamespace http ws assets xmins mtom http schemas xmlsoap org ws 2004 09 policy optimizedmime xmins types http avid com interplay ws assets types You can add sub folder after the Incoming Media folder You have to replace Workgroup by your Avid workgroup Example interplay AvidWG Incoming Media EVS Media Monday Databases fle Qneralions Tools Help F Assels if tu titor Adiminicir Mor incer ni
66. eyword Type Keyword gt KEY 2_22 lt Keyword gt Keyword Type Keyword gt KEY 3_ 222 lt Keyword gt lt Keywords gt lt IP Director Clip Infos Clip lt Clips_Infos gt lt EVS Metadatas gt lt EVS XFile ob lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 22 3 FORCE TRANSCODING EVS SERVER TO EVS SERVER If you want to transcode the clip during the transfer you need to configure XTAccess as shown below DVCPROHD EVS_XTATranscode profile xml 94 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 23 1 23 Integration with XEDIO This section covers XML Jobs IDs 00 0 Backup Clip from EVS Server to file IPDirector v4 onwards e Job 11 Short Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v5 onwards e 00 220 Backup Train IPDirector v5 onwards e job 221 Update Backup Train J ob IPDirector v5 onwards You need to install the XedioXTAccessIntegration x xx xx exe on XTAccess computer to be able to use the integration with Xedio WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the backup of clips or trains is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Video Feeds Clean Edit Storage amp Database wrapping Director Gigabit Ethernet 95 Issue 1 16 A 96 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment Novem
67. fied in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 Create Additional Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs TargetPath 172 24 1 50 v nl SkyNewsHD Proxy Files Transcoding Profile 5 XTATranscode profile xml Create Metadata XML Path 172 24 1 50 5 Files 2 e Create Additional Codec File Select this option if you want to transcode on the fly Target Path This is the destination target path used for the transcoding file This path can be entered manually or by browsing Windows Explorer with the associated button Transcoding profile This is the XML profile used by XTAccess which defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to Transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles 2 0 folder XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 p XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles 2 0 Organiser Ouvrir Graver Nouveau dossier Peel _ do not modify these XML profiles AVC Intra 100 EVS MXF xml AVC Intra 100 SMPTE xml AVC Intra 100 MXF Avid x AVC Intra 100 MXF OPAtom P2 xml gt AVC Intra 100 QTMov
68. fy the clip you want to send to Avid you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml version 1 0 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile Job Job 14 gt 2246373 lt ob Id Job Creation Time 1206001497 Job Creation Time Job gt 7 lt ob Type Job Src User Nb 4 Job Src User Nb Job Src Clip Nb 23 ob Src Clip Nb Job Src Cam D Job Src Cam Job Dest File lt Dest File Job Src Id Material 7tbq1KO00 Job Src Id Material Job Src Id 7tbg1KVW jJob Src Id Job Src XT IP Address151 1 250 250 Job Src XT IP Address1 Job Src XT 1 gt 21 lt 06 Src XT Portl1 Job Src XT FTP gt lt Src XT Login Job Src XT FTP Password evs lJ ob_ Src XT FTP Password Job Src XT_IP Address2 gt 1 1 251 251 JJob Src XT IP Address2 Job Src XT Port2 gt 21 lt Job Src XT Port2 Job Src App Data IP ClipID 246373 IP CliplD ClipLouthID 7tbq1KVW lt ClipLouthID gt ClipMateriallD 7tbq1KO00 ClipMateriallD NumUser 4 NumUser BackupUnitID 100 BackupUnitlD lt obldHistory 2029 obldHistory gt J ob Src App Data Job AvidTM HostName EVSDEMO Job AvidTM HostName EVS XFile Job EVS XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML J obs document 87 Issue 1 16 A 20 3 20 4 08 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge
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70. is 06 WORKFLOW batir testi vndc 86 20 2 EXAMPLE OF XMEAVID TRANSEEROE CLIP aite acrior ad rb d 87 20 3 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF STREAM RECORD 98 20 4 iie didnt bua abad a pa vi bm te 98 202 LOCALATACCESS SETTINGS NONA Dra nena 89 REGIS CRY on 89 21 TRANSFER TO AVID WEBSERVICE 90 T E 90 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 26 EVS SERVER COPY ausiiisiciair ascen ara err UE HD VEL DRE REESE D RR GC 92 221 WHORE OU 92 22 2 EXAMPLE OF AME EVSASERVER COPY PILE nenas pd 93 22 3 FORCE TRANSCODING EVS SERVER TO EVS SERVER 94 23 INTEGRATION WITH AE DIO iiisssiiiisi viiviinism a n vd id 95 23 1 WORKFLOW spe EM San MM 95 29 2 EXAMPLE OF AML TRANSFER TO XEDIO FILE epacevicl bete odes 97 23 9 IRC CE So CONFIGURATION 6 QUIDQUE 98 29 4 REGISTRE SETTINGS unisce a dbi uet
71. ith XTAccess and configure which EVS metadata you want to keep to FCP NLE Config FinalCutPro Active r NLE Config Save EDL to disk EDL Path cq QT Movie Local Path NLE Metadata EVS Metadata right click to edit mastercomment1 EVS Metadatas Clips Infos Clip XFile Clip Infas XT Keyword 1 mastercomment2 EVS Metadatas Clips Infos Clip XFile Clip Infas XT Keyword 2 mastercomment3 EVS Metadatas Clips Infos Clip XFile Clip Infos XT Keyword 3 mastercomment4 EVS_Metadatas Clips_Infos Clip File_Clip_Infos XT_Rating EYS Metadatas Clips Infos Clip XFile Clip Infas XT Source Codec Transcoding Profile HD MJPEG EVS MPEG Intra Progressive Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings Save EDL to Allows you to back up the FCP XML file on disk disk EDL path Path where you want to store the FCP XML file Generate Only 6 EVS custom metadata can be imported in Final Cut Pro 34 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Field Button Description FinalCutPro Project fields In this field box you can create a matrix with the XML EVS metadata and FCP metadata The Matrix is based on an EVS metadata template that you can find using the following path C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess EVS_Metadatas_template evs xml T8 OC Program flee 5 Mroadcast Aco y
72. le Render EDL d Initial EYS t EDL 11 1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Settings 2MB Blocks 5 Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to NLE Config Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs i6bits 24bits for OP1A QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile DNxHD OP1A XTATranscode prafile xml In the XTAccess XML configuration you have to define an XML profile that will specify the codec and the wrapper for the destination file 57 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 11 1 1 REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of transcoding 005 simultaneously processed by XTAccess rendering of playlist included 11 2 XTGATEWAY The rendering process will be in fact done by XTGateway You can find XTGateway in the Windows systray Cache Log Physical memory 1 5 GB None Best
73. le Endian Big Endian For and QT Ref Destination file s native Timecode Primary TC as displayed by XT Default File Transcoding Profile For ta File jobs and render of playlist to File XT server Restore Copy Transfer Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile Remove source File if Restore Copy is successful Default XT Transcoding Profile For Ea jobs and render of playlist to Profile Enable Multi Dests Backup Rewrap Desks Template m Create Additional Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs Target Path Transcoding Profile EJ Create Metadata XML Path oU ca TITLE BAR The Title Bar displays one of the following information 2MB Blocks EVS MXF A backup of clip or train will be wrapped in EVS MXF in native 2 MB Blocks This is the default setting for backup BMB Blocks EVS MXF A backup of clip or train will be wrapped in EVS MXF in native 8 MB Blocks This setting only exists if the user has modified the default settings which is 2 MB Blocks XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 FILE Possible Options Three options are submitted Keep the Wrapper codec from the XML job Use this option if you do not want to change the file wrapper which will be created by XTAccess Force Wrap
74. le xml lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVSEncoder version 1 0 gt lt DIIName gt EVSDNxHDEncoder dll lt DIIName gt lt DisplayName gt Avid DNxHD lt DisplayName gt E xtension gt mxf lt E xtension gt EVSEncoderCfg VRATE 120 NRATE FType EVS lt gt lt EVS QTRef MOV OPAtom gt lt VType gt 8bitLow lt VT ype gt lt S tereo gt 1 lt S tereo gt lt R esolutionMode gt 0 lt R esolutionMode gt lt EVSEncoderCfg gt lt EVSEncoder gt All the tags are explained into the XML Encoders Schema document into the EVSDNxHDEncoder dll chapter 15 Issue 1 16 A 18 1 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 18 Examples of Configuration You can find here some examples of workflows which use the transcoding feature of XTAccess BACKUP EVS SERVER NATIVE CODEC CREATION OF LOW RES XT a XT 2 DNXHD 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 XML Root C XXTAccess XML m 3 Click on XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Create Additional Codec b Select the target Path for the Mpegl TS Low Res transcoded file C Select the Mpegl TS profile in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles 2 0 folder XTAccess Version 1 16 User s
75. ly analyze the source and destination codec and bitrates and will only perform a rewrapping if they are identical Special cases DNxHD 100 vs DNXHD 120 145 As XTAccess must be compliant to Avid standards those codecs are considered as identical with regards to the smart transcoding criteria This feature is supported for all XML jobs 16 4 2 REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of jobs Simultaneously transcoded by XTAccess Once the limit is reached any additional job will be scheduled in Jobs Scheduled folder until an in progress job is over 13 Issue 1 16 A 17 1 14 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 17 Example of Encoder profiles Encoding profiles are XML files that define the codec and codec parameters used by XTAccess to transcode the file You can find bellow some examples For more information about the transcoding profile you can use the Encoder Profiles pdf document which explains all the tags present in the encoder profile MPEG 1 MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 codec use the EVSMPEG2Encoder dll encoder C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess EVSEncoders EVSMPEG 2Encoder dll which is installed with XTAccess You can find here an example of MPEG 2 encoder profile This profile can be found into C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipm
76. me there is a new transfer 19 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 REPORTING SYSTEM Reporting System Settings Processing Device information 4 Group Ingest Reporting configuration reporting Reporting via SOAP protocol f Manual configuration of the reporting server Reporting server name 172 24 1 105 Reporting server port 49888 Notifications frequency 7 Seconds http 172 24 1 105 48888 Services Notification omen This window allows you to activate the reporting system of XTAccess to Vedio Command name Description Nickname Allows you to define a nickname for XTAccess Group Allows you to define a group to which XTAccess will belong in the Vedio user interface Reporting Server Host name or IP Address of the Vedio Notification Server Name Reporting Server Port of the Vedio Notification Server Port Notification Duration between two notifications to Vedio Frequency 20 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Issue 1 16 A GRAPHICAL SETTINGS These settings relate to the generation of files clips from a picture BMP TIFF amp TGA formats or audio Wav BWav Graphical Audio Sequence Settings General Settings of the restored sequence Video System PAL 50i Sequence TimeCode o o o Resto
77. ne template file in the scan folder MyTemplate tpl One Video file comes in the watch folder XTAccess processes the file A gt W N Hm XTAccess fills in the template with the correct file name Input and or output filename 50 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 8 5 5 XTAccess sends this XML file to the folder which is specified in the template file REMARKS ON THE SCAN PROCESS XTAccess processes only the files with a size bigger than OKB XTAccess can scan an EVS XML file In this case you need to define evs xml as filter and XTAccess will check the File Path HiRes gt tag in the evs xml file to find the video file XTAccess waits to have write access to the files before processing them The modification date of the file must be also 30 sec older than the current time on the XTAccess computer For the Graphic files e itis the folder containing all the graphic files that you have to scan e 5 waits 10 seconds after new files in the graphic folder before starting the processing 5l Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 9 Backup of EVS Server Clips to Files This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 0 Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v4 onwards e Job 11 Short Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v5 onwards 9 1 WORKFLOW The following
78. not accept the agreement 4 Select accept the agreement and press NEXT is Setup XTAccess Select Destination Location Where should sT Access be installed Setup will install ST Access into the following folder To continue click Nest IF vou would like ta select a different folder click Browse C Program 5 Broadcast EquipmentXT Access least 1 4 MB of free disk space is required 5 Select the destination directory to install the new software and then press NEXT 10 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Setup XTAccess Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click when you are ready to continue Access executable Install VCRedist Instal XSecure Manager Install XT Access Encoders required for transcoding jobs Install X TGatewary required for playlist rendering jobs only Install AppGuard autorestart XT Access XTAccess Inscription to the EVS SNMP Agent Install EVS SNMP Agent Current selection requires at least 96 7 MB of disk space lt Back Med Cancel 6 You can select here the different XTAccess components e Install VCRedist If you install XTAccess for the first time on this workstation you need to install Microsoft Visual C Redistributable
79. nt November 2011 1 Introduction The Gigabit connection on EVS server makes it possible to transfer video and audio material from the EVS servers to external systems via the TCP IP network The external systems can be the following ones e storage system or an archiving system such as XStore XFile or a 374 party storage e non linear Editing system such as EVS CleanEdit Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid e Another EVS server However the external systems cannot read the raw files coming from the EVS servers For this reason XTAccess is used as a gateway between the EVS Server and the IT world It takes up the role of gateway used so far by XFile XStream as it creates file formats compliant with external systems XTAccess is directly connected to the EVS servers through the Gigabit network It runs on an XP workstation and is mainly controlled by the external systems no user interface via XML files or other processes Archive Apple Final Cut Pro m Xx T ccess XML Gigabit Ethernet XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 The Gigabit connection fulfills the following functions in relation with the EVS servers e Backup of clips or trains from an EVS server to an Archive e Partial restore and copy of clips from an Archive to an EVS server e Backup of clips or trains from an EVS server to EVS CleanEdit Suite e Exchange of E
80. ob Status lt EVS XFile ob lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML 005 document XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 20 5 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 20 6 REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Bytes second for the total amount of backup jobs all together HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Safe Train Backup protection to avoid reaching the head of a train during backup of train o 0 Active o 1 Not Active HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess ScanXX Super Motion Super Motion mode for XML scan default Value 0 o 0 1 frame over 2 or 3 following the Super Motion mode is backed up Audio amp TC are consistent o 1 Each frame is backed up Audio is cancelled and TC is not consistent 89 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Al Transfer to Avid WebService This section covers XML J obs IDs e 00 0 Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v4 onwards e Job 11 Short Backup Clip from XT to file
81. ode ofe Duration 00 11 Ll c Channel count 1 Mixed Codecs with this table you will have the possibility to map a specific Table for EDL source codec for transcoding purpose All items with this source codec will be transcoded Useful for several cases e Transcoding if source codec not supported by XTAccess e Transcoding if Source codec not supported by NLE The table is only used by XTAccess for the EDL export jobs 35 Issue 1 16 A 36 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Field Button Description Source Codec Transcoding Profile XDCAM m gt EVSEDL For EVS applications these settings allow you to save the EDL with the concatenated playlist file or the backup of playlist NLE EVS EDL v Active NLE Config Save EDL to disk EDL Path Source Codec Transcoding Profile MPEG2 Intra Progressive 4 Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings Save EDL to Allows you to back up the EVS EDL file disk EDL path Path where you want to store your EVS EDL file Mixed Codecs with this table you will have the possibility to map a specific EN EDL source codec for transcoding purpose All items with this sourc
82. oding Profile in th e C AP ro 0 Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Default XT Transcoding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT Files EVS Broadcast Profle DVCPROHD_EVS ATATranscode profile Equipment XTAccess Enc oder Profiles Default EVS Profiles 2 0 folder Target Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files E Transcoding Profile MPEG 1 75 XTATranscode profile xml Create Metadata XML Path 1472 24 1 50 Proxy FilesV ES Result Each new job of restore or Copy from IPD will create one DNxHD transcoded file on the EVS If needed you can also create additional codec at the same time 81 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 19 Backup of EVS Server Trains to Files This section covers XML Jobs IDs e 00 220 Backup Train IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 21 Update Backup Train ob IPDirector v5 onwards 19 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the backup of trains is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive GigE F Apple Final Cut Pro Avid XML Gigabit Ethernet Video Feeds mE X T ccess 82 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 19 2 1 An external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a giv
83. om IPDirector yet The following schema shows how the clip backup file rewrap and file transcoding are performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive XJ GigE Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro Gigabit Ethernet Issue 1 16 A 15 2 15 3 68 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 1 As transcoding is not yet available with XML job file you have to configure XTAccess in transcoding mode 2 external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip or rewrap of a given file in native EVS codec format 3 XTAccess processes the XML file a It gets the clip content from EVS or the file that has to be backed or rewrapped up b It generates a backup file of the clip or a rewrap file At the same time XTAccess transcodes the clip in the selected codec format See configuration below It stores the backup file rewrap file in the target folder specified by the external system The metadata of the clip are either included in the file in EVS MXF or sent via an XML file Remark There is only one status for the transcoding on the fly So if the backup or the transcoding fails The whole job will fail CODECS SUPPORTED See XTAccess codecs document LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Transcoding XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be speci
84. on 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 SMART BACKUP MODE If the target file is already present in the EDL asset XTAccess will not back up again the elements Short Backup Tcin out MediafllN OU Tcin out clips TCin out Backup Tcin out In this case represented in the schema above XTAccess will back up the two elements Tcin out clip Suo gt TCin out Backup 13 3 64 In this case represented in the schema above XTAccess will back up the and the Clip3 but not the clip2 EFFECTS See the EVS EDL Structure and Effects Description v1 0 pdf document for all the effects supported by XTAccess XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 14 File Rewrap This section covers XML Jobs IDs e 00 240 Transfer file to file IPDirector v5 onwards e 00 41 Partial transfer file to file IPDirector v5 onwards 14 11 WORKFLOW Only clips having one of the following formats can be rewrapped EVS MXF MXF OP 1A or Quick Time depending on the video codec The following schema shows how the restore of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive GigE Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro mE x T ccess Gigabit Ethernet 65 Issue 1 16 A 14 2 66 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Au
85. os lt EVS Metadatas lt EVS_XFile_ Job lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML J obs document 9 3 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 9 3 1 REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast Equipment Common FileWriter NoBuffering Specific setting to transfer a file without any buffering Recommended for writing on a MacOS workstation via network SMB default value 0 HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Bytes second for the total amount of backup jobs all together e HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess UpdateStatus XFilelfBackupSuccessful Update STATUSXFILE in MCCLIPTABLE when backup is successful o 0 o 1 Not Active 9 4 MISCELLANEOUS e Remark 1 EVS GigE and XTAccess activate time outs when no data are transferred within a specific time interval typically 8 seconds Typically backing up a file on a remote drive via UNC path with throughput lower than 5 Mbits s per transfer job could trigger a time out and then cancel the job Network and storage must be designed accordingly e Remark 2 Audio Resolution o In and Avid MXF format you can select 16 or 24 bits o In
86. per format to EVS MXF Use this option if you want to change the file wrapper which will be created by XTAccess Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Use this option if you want to transcode the source clip and so define the codec and the wrapper of the destination NLE See below the NLE configuration Audio Format e Stereo if selected audio essences are considered as a stereo tracks otherwise mono tracks Only used for Quick Time Movies and Quick Time Reference wav backup jobs e 16 Bit 24 Bit stereo button to select the audio resolution Only used for transfer to Avid and OP 1a QT QT Ref OPATOM and Wav format e Little Endian or Big Endian Stereo button to select the audio format Only used for QuickTime Movies or QuickTime Reference formats SuperMotion Mode This setting allows you to select the SuperMotion backup mode e Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio XTAccess will keep only one frame over 2 or 3 following the Super Motion Rec mode and keep the audio Audio amp TC will be consistent with the XT clip All Frames with unsynchronized without audio XTAccess will keep the entire frame of the SSLM Clip Audio Channels Map This setting is used to define how the output audio channels will be distributed to the generated audio files e Use lt gt to separate the content of the various audio files to generate e Usea space between each audio channel to
87. r e HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max IP Jobs default value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess to or from a given IP address as destination or source XT server Once the limit is reached any new job involving the same IP address will be scheduled in Jobs Scheduled folder until a in progress job related to this IP address is over Besides in case a job related to the IP address is in status Server Busy any next job using the same IP address will stay in Scheduled status until all jobs under Server Busy will be passed to in progress status that time XTAccess scans the job list scheduled in order to move them to in progress status In case of XT Copy job IP addresses of source and destination XT server are taken into account HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max XML Jobs default value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess per XML scan folder This amount defined the maximum amount of XML files that will be processed by an XML scan folder possibly after several scan processes depending on Max Scan Running obs parameter see below HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max XML Jobs Per Scan default value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously loaded by XTAccess per scan processes This amount defined the maximum amount of files that will be loaded by a scan process
88. re of Picture Files BMP JPEG TGA Tif v Fill And Key encoding Sequence Duration 30 Add Audio when encoding Graphical Sequence Restore of audio Files Wav Bwav Default associated picture to the Audio File C Program Files EVS Broadcast EquipmentYXTAccess Default Picture FileslHE Command name Video System Sequence TimeCode Fill amp Key encoding Add Audio when encoding Graphical Sequence Sequence Duration Default Audio Bitmap Cancel Description Select either Pal or NTSC in progressive or not Enter the value of the first TC included in the destination file clip Check this option if you want to generate two synchronous files clips based on Alpha Channel one file clip with the Fill sequence and one file clip with the Key sequence Check this option if you want to add audio to the sequence created with your graphic files The audio files must be 16 bit audio files of 48 kHz 1 to 8 channels The file format must be Broadcast Wave Uncompressed BWAVE wav Type the duration only valid for pictures not for animated sequences Select the default picture you want to add to your audio encoding The EVS server does not support audio only so you have to add a graphic picture Some default pictures are available the XTAccess folder C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Default Picture Files 21 Issue 1 16 A 22 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual
89. rofile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile SKY HIGH_XTATranscode profile xml pes e Default File Transcoding profile this is the XML profile used by XTAccess which defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to Transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles 2 0 folder XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Be careful this folder is updated at each new installation of XTAccess If you want to create your own profile please use C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Custom Profiles folder that is not removed or updated Custom Profiles ox Fichier Edition Affichage Favoris Outils Pr c dente 27 Rechercher Dossiers 2 Adresse O C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Custom Profiles v OK Nom Taile Gestion des fichiers copy here your own XML profiles they won t be modified nor deleted at next XTAccess install OKo Fichier QJ Cr er un nouveau dossier Publier ce dossier sur le Web Partager ce dossier 0 octets 2 Poste de travail See chapter 17 Example of Encoder profiles on page 74 for more details 16 4 1 SMART RENDERING XTAccess automatical
90. s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 5 Unicode and X T Access 5 1 CONFIGURATION To use different languages and Unicode instead of ASCII characters you have first to configure Windows 1 Select your keyboard in your Unicode language Control Panel Sed File Edit Favorites Tools Help Regional and Languace Options J Search Folders gt i anced Address J Control Panel view Or change the languages and methods you can use to enter Referencir Vg Contr A Date text click Details ixstore601 EA Display Mxstore58t Je Switch to Category View fj Folder Options gt Fonts Corolar Supplemental language support See Also Most languages are installed by default ing gereret select the appropriate check box below Text Services and Input Languages Keyboar Windows Update Mouse J Install files for complex script and right to Settings Advanced 9 Help and Support Network Connections Thai Network Setup Wizard Install files for East Asian languages Default input language 2 NVIDIA Control Panel Select of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer Append NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager Language used in menus and dialogs 2 Card Manager English French Belgium Belgian French b e Phone and Modem Op
91. s second for the total amount of backup jobs all together HKEY CURRENT _USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Safe Train Backup protection to avoid reaching the head of a train during backup of train o 0 Active o 1 Not Active WORKFLOW WITH THE CREATE ADDITIONAL CODEC You can use XTAccess to generate the low res for Xedio XTAccess will receive a request for backup file from IPD XTAccess will create the backup for example DNxHD and will transcode it on the fly for example in MPEG XTAccess will reference these two files as High Low clip in Xedio ols View Window Help Encoders Machines Apply Filter F5 Media z Check Locked Publishec Clip LIS amp EYS 20 04 2009 09 06 20 04 2008 09 06 MediaFile Types Creation Date Last Modif Date 1 day 20 April Clip_USA mpg 20 04 2009 09 06 20 04 2009 03 06 d IMX30 NTSC 20 04 2009 10 57 20 04 2009 10 57 Check Presence Search Use LastModif Date A Show thumbnails Media Cateaorv B25PAL 4 30 kuMosxG1 20 04 2003 10 58 20 04 2003 10 58 99 Issue 1 16 A 24 1 100 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 24 Grab Field from EVS Server XTAccess is able to grab a field of any clip on an EVS server through an XML trigger This process is mainly used by IPDirector to create thumbn
92. t ob 1d 4100 Creation gt 1131111037 lt Creation Time lt gt 5 lt ob Type 4100 Src File F XFile Path A backup 2004 06 14 02 122 A mxf lt ob Src File 4100 Src 10 gt 671 cULO ob Src Id 4100 Src Id Material 671 cULO ob Src Id Material lt EVS_XFile Job lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML J obs document XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 27 Delete Clip from EVS Server XTAccess is able to delete a clip from an EVS Server This section covers XML Jobs IDs e 00 23 Delete Clip from EVS Server IPDirector v5 2 onwards 27 1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE CLIP XML J OB To identify the clip you want to delete you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob 4100 10 gt 4942648367704751 lt ob ID lt gt 3 lt ob Type 4100 Src XT Address12172 22 51 1 ob Src XT Address1 4100 Src XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Src XT Portl gt 4100 Src XT Login evsq ob Src XT Login 4100 Src XT Password evs x ob Src XT Password 4100 Src gt 6 lt ob Src Varld lt EVS_XFile Job lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML 005 document 103 Issue 1 16 A 28 1 1
93. ter some attempts see Retry Timeout parameter in section 7 5 2 Control Parameters on page 41 the job will be cancelled and an error status will be generated Any other failure during the connection to an EVS server will cancel the job and generate an error GENERAL FAILURE In case a job that is processed is not able to connect no other job with the same IP address will be taken into account Once the connection will be resumed by this blocked job the other waiting jobs will be processed again In case of XT Copy job connection is first established to the destination EVS server prior to the source server In case the connection failed the connection to the source server is not used in order to avoid unexpected XT FTP connections Every jobs are taken into account following a FIFO stack oldest job first XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 7 5 2 CONTROL PARAMETERS Some parameters have been added to better control the load balancing job management Those parameters can be changed in the registry XTAccess must be re started in order to take them into account HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Running Jobs default value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess Once the limit is reached any additional job will be scheduled in Jobs Scheduled folder until an in progress job is ove
94. terial 400 Src Id gt 7tbq1KVW lt ob Src Id 410 Src XT Address151 1 250 250 ob Src Address 4100 Src XT 1 gt 21 lt ob Src XT Portl gt 4100 Src XT Login evsq ob Src XT Login job Src XT FTP Password evs ob Src XT FTP Password job Src XT 00 552 gt 1 1 251 251 lt ob Src Address2 4100 Src XT Port2221 J ob Src XT Port2 gt 4100 Src App Data lt P CliplD2246373 lP ClipID gt ClipLouthID 7tbq1KVW lt ClipLouthID gt lt ClipM ateriallD gt 7toq1KO0 lt ClipMateriallD gt lt NumUser gt 4 lt NumUser gt lt BackupUnitID gt 92 lt BackupUnitID gt lt obldHistory gt 2030 lt obldHistory gt lt 00 Src App Data 4100 Dest File Format 1 ob Dest File Format 4100 Dest XML Metadata Path gt Xstore60170 Data XML metadata lt ob Dest XML Metadata Path 4100 Dest Generate XML Metadata 1 ob Dest Generate XML Metadata EVS Metadatas gt Clips Infos Clip lt Director Clip Infos lt LsmS erialNumber gt 20140 lt LsmS erialNumber gt ThumbnailTCR efP ath gt 1 1 59 66 T humbnails 246373 jog lt T humbnailT CR efP ath lt Owner gt XT Generic User lt Owner gt 53 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 TCInDate207 Mar 2008 TCInDate lt TCOutDate gt 07 Mar 2008 lt T COutDate gt JIP Director Clip Infos Clip Clips Inf
95. the start folder directory and then press NEXT io Setup Heady to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing HT Access en your computer Click Install to continue with the installation ar chick Back if you want to review change any settings C Program Files E S Broadcast Equipment T Access Setup type Full installation Selected components Access executable Install Menu folder EWS Broadcast Equipment Install Cancel 8 Press INSTALL to begin the installation of XTAccess 9 If you have selected Install XTGateway the XTGateway Setup will appear once XTAccess has been installed 10 If you have selected Install XSecure Manager the XSecure Setup will appear once XTAccess has been installed 12 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 15 Setup XTAccess Completing the XTAccess Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing x Access on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup Finish The XTAccess software installation is successfully completed Note The installer includes a registry key that disables the autorun function on USB keys to avoid virus intrusion Note that a Shortcut of XTAccess has been automatically created on the desktop XTAccess icon is the following
96. thor Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 1 An external system which can generate XML files for restoring clips for example IPDirector v5 sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the rewrap of a file from an archiving or backup system to a new file format and archive storage 2 XTAccess processes the XML job a It gets the file to rewrap from the external system b It generates a new file on the destination storage EXAMPLE OF XML FILE REWRAP lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt EVS XFile Job List EVS XFile J ob 4100 19 gt 4942648367704751 lt ob Id lt Creation gt 1132235747 lt ob Creation Time lt gt 41 lt ob Type 4100 Src File gt G 770A_ SDPAL IMXD10 MXFEVS 30Mb evs mxf lt J ob Src File lt Dest File FA J ob Dest File 4100 Dest File Format 2 ob Dest File Format lt 5 XFile ob lt EVS_XFile Job List The description of each XML tag is described in the XML J obs document XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 15 Additional Codec file on the fly XTAccess can transcode on the fly a clip from EVS Server or a file to another format codec amp wrapper To use the transcoding you need to have the XTAccess Transcoding XSecure Code see chapter 4 XSecure Management on page 14 15 1 WORKFLOW This section does not cover XML Jobs fr
97. tions Power Options Installed services pr M and Faxes Select the services that you want for each input language shown in the TOuickTime list Use the Add and Remove buttons to modify this list Regional and Language Options Gay Keyboard US French Belgium Gay Keyboard Security Center 9 Sounds and Audio Devices a Speech gt i Remove XS system See information about your computer system and cha G3 Keyboard ull Taskbar and Start Menu Customize the Start Menu and the taskbar such as the 48 g aN 2 Properties Preferences Language Bar Key Settings File backup XT a 2 And then you have to set up the default Language for non Unicode programs Start Settings Control Panel Regional and Language Settings Advanced 15 Issue 1 16 A 9 2 5 3 16 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 and Language Options Regional Options Languages Advanced Language For nan LInicade programs This system setting enables non Unicode programs to display menus and dialogs in their native language It does not affect Unicode programs but it does apply to all users of this computer Select a language to match the language version of the non Unicode 10001 MAC Japanese 10002 MAL Traditional
98. to display the scan XML Job settings Those settings are the default settings of this XML Jobs scan The XML file generated to trigger an XTAccess job replaces the General Settings see section 9 3 Local XTAccess Settings non XML on page 54 and XML Jobs default settings by its own values This means the default settings are only used in case the XML file triggering the job does not contain the specific tag This button is used to open the XML Root folder This button is used to start and stop scanning the specified folder This button is used to close the specified scan folder XML ScAN SETTINGS OVERVIEW When you click the XML Scan settings button you access the following window The settings are split in 3 categories e Job e 00 XT Server e Create Additional codec File 2 28 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mx E File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapperfcodec From Ehe XML job t Force the wrapper Format to Config f Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile amp udia Format SuperMotion Mode Iv Stereo t Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 Frames with audio For Avi QT QT Ref and Wav f Frame with unsynchronized without audio e c T m dw el N rar SEO For Way Backup and Rendering EDL jobs Litt
99. up job from IPD will create e one file transcoded in IMX in the target path folder defined in the XML job 78 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 18 3 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO FILE IMX DNxHD XTAccess 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Transcode the source b Select the DNXHD profile the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles 2 0 folder XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EYS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to NLE Config Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo Real Time 1 2 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs Destination file s native TimeCode Primary as displayed by i6bits 24bits for OP1A QT QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile OP1A XTATranscode profile xml To XT server Restore Copy Transfer Result Each new rewrap job from IPD will create e DNxHD transcoded file in the target
100. w described in section 7 XML Jobs Scan on page 24 Launch of scan folder for restore copy transcode processes described in section 10 Restore Copy of Files to EVS Server on page55 When pushed the selected job is immediately aborted You can also press on CTRL Abort to abort all the jobs needs reboot of XTAccess afterwards XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 6 4 APPLICATION TITLE BAR 6 4 1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess Title bar displays some useful information XTAccess 1 16 xx Version of the running application e SN 655000 EVS Serial Number of the computer e Reporting Status host name NickNamezxxx Group xx The reporting status host name Vedio NickName and group e Win Version of Windows e xxxxxx Windows user right e X Y Ratio of Running Jobs X versus the Max Running Jobs available Y Example 2 6 This means 2 jobs are currently running 4 additional jobs can be launched for a maximum of 6 simultaneous running jobs 6 4 2 CONFIGURATION MENU Right clicking on the link on the Application Title bar displays the configuration menu with specific commands for XTAccess Restaurer D placer Taille R duire Agrandir Fermer Disp AutoUpdate Reporting System Graphical Settings Show Buttons Enable Test Mode DISP AUTOUPDATE Select it to update the interface each ti
101. wee dedu 31 EMEN RICONOSCERE 34 accep Tc 36 Soo 38 L4 XMLIOBSPROCESSINOse aueh uita etu tir i a m aano datos 39 LAL S Senn 39 MC 39 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 TAS PROCESSING ota AME suasit labialis 39 7 5 LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEVICES serere 40 ManagemeltobAMLEJ ODS udnseticbuir tanti 40 Rd PER dcn c PP 41 SCAN EQEDER ERR 43 G SCAN FOLDERWINDOW a ii 43 8 2 Prset nan 45 06 3 INTEGRATION WITH THE SCAN FOLDER Ta 49 POM SIT PI 49 fuf 4
102. x Meta Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of Meta jobs Backup of playlist simultaneously processed by XTAccess HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Child Jobs default value 4 Maximum amount of child jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess in backup of playlist Those parameters can be optimized for a specific workflow 42 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Issue 1 16 A Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 56 scan Folder The scan folder allows you to restore copy transcode files from a folder XTAccess waits to have write access on the scanned files before processing them 8 1 SCAN FOLDER WINDOW On XTAccess GUI select the Scan Folders button Source Clip File Destination Status Start Time ftp evs evs amp 172 22 000914 172 22 53 38 Ingest Avid 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 08 29 ftp evs evs 172 22 000186 1172 22 53 1M vid MediaFiles 0 OOO 110B CLP E VT 11 07 25 BWAVE Strict Restore evsiews 192 168 1 1 gt 111 test inBWAVE Copy evsievs 192 168 1 1 gt 111 Add Folder Remove Edit 43 Issue 1 16 A 44 XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 The main window lists all the scan folders defined by XTAccess Column Heading Folder Job Type Target Filter Sr
103. xf is moved to D CleanE dit High The two files are referenced into Xedio REMARKS To use the Xedio referencing you the CEXTAccessIntegration vxx xx xx exe and configure the CleanEdit ODBC Through the NLE config button 49 Issue 1 16 A XTAccess Version 1 16 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment November 2011 Owner Olivier OK NLE Config Cancel NLE Config Reo NLE Config XEDIO DB DSN CleanEditDB XEDIO DB User evs XEDIO DB Password cleanEdit source file has no EVS Metadata file XTAccess will create during the source file move a light EVS Metadata file for the referencing into the Xedio DB 8 4 SCANFOLDER POST PROCESSING XTAccess can send a XML file post processing job after the processing of one file in the scan folder To activate this option you have to add one valid template file in the scan folder source You can find some examples of post processing templates in this folder C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess PostProcess The template must contain the path where XTAccess will write the post processing file TPL OUTPUT PATH C XTA_out tpl To AFi PostProcessForXedioAutoFilelmporter tlp to reference source and destination file to the XedioAutoF ilelmporter PostProcessForXTAccess tpl XTAccess will restore the source or the destination file after the processing 8 4 1 WORKFLOW The user adds o

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