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2. V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 25 Setup XFile3 e Completing the XFile3 Setup Wizard To complete the installation of File3 Setup must restart your computer Would you like to restart now E No I will restart the computer later All applications are installed successfully 2 2 Licensing The XFile3 software is managed by way of license codes managed with the XSecure application The required license codes for XFile3 are presented below Application Module Summary 10 XFile 10 Base Module XFile3 User Application 60 XTAccess 10 Base Package Background XTAccess transfer agent 60 XTAccess 20 Transcoding Background XTAccess transcoding engine 170 Xviewer 10 Base Package File Viewer Application Module 170 Xviewer 20 Edit File Editor Application Module When you need to add a new license code or extend the validity of a temporary license code you must use the XSecure Manager application To add a new license code proceed as follows 1 Run the XSecure Manager application by double clicking the XSecure Manager shortcut on your desktop 2 Request license codes a b Fill in the Customer information Click on the Request button in the lower left corner of the window This will generate an XML file that you must send to your EVS support representative Select the location where you would like to save that file and click on the Save button Send this file to your Support representative at EVS suppo
3. gt Legacy Session Metadata xe Date Ff21 2014 Time 14 25 29 Name Sport Competition Competition Level Location Team Team 6 Cancel 3 Click after modification The user can edit this profile at any time to update the metadata The metadata profile is added in the XML of the destination files Options Pane Introduction XFile3 allows users to define streaming options These filters are additional rule criteria to facilitate complex jobs if desired The Filters pane includes three kinds of options e Date amp Time e Chunk amp Overlap 3 XFile3 Application 7 F V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL e Add a Streaming Job Name Date amp Time The filter makes it possible to include the clips that are created from the record trains between the required date and time in the streaming rule By default no date or time is selected Filter Description a aa ge tate The required date is selected with the format month date year The required time is selected with the format Mour minte Seo col To set the date select to activate the calendar then select the month and the day of the month To set the time select the time area and type the desired time You can click to clear the defined date and time You can click Gl to load the current server time Several possibilities about date and time e Define From and To and XFile3 will record contents between From and To e
4. 10 seconds The thumbnails will be displayed on Thumbnail column of Job Zone every 10 seconds 60 seconds The thumbnails will be displayed on Thumbnail column of Job Zone every 60 seconds 3 6 6 How to Create Streaming Jobs To create streaming jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the source EVS server and or recorder The check boxes of the recorders in the Sources pane will be selected Select a template in the Templates pane to specify the file format Select the destinations in the Destinations pane to specify where clips will be archived 4 Select different options if needed 5 Click Create Job Anew rule will be created and displayed in the Job pane All the trains in the selected cameras within the defined options will automatically be archived into the specified destination All the previously selected sources will be unselected automatically upon the creation of the rule 3 XFile3 Application 81 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 3 6 7 82 March 2015 Job Pane Introduction Overview on Job Pane After creating jobs the jobs will be displayed at the bottom of Streaming window You can click a to expand or collapse the jobs in the rule TemplateName Destination 4 Rule5 1202 110 EVS MXF SAlAutoArchiveFolder Source Format Destination Metadata From To Divideinchunkof With overlapof Actions 2014 07 17 21 37 17 00 00 10 w Pal MPA BB Alattc From To Speed RemainingTime Status if Thumbnai Actions
5. Destination IDs Auto grab Advanced Cancel 2 Click and select the required destinations in the list Add File Destination Add HI Transcoding File Destination Add LOW Transcoding File Destination Add EVS Server Destination ae Add Avid Web Services Destination a Add Avid Standalone Destination FOP Add FCP Destination CH Add Medio CE Destination 3 Modify corresponding values in the pane at right side of the selected destination 3 XFile3 Application 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 2 4 22 Destination Icon Ard Encoder Wrapper profile MXF OPAtom Avid File wid Avid Web Services To NLE Type Avid Destination metadata Referencing mode Auto Destination Save Avid AAF file to disk IDs Interplay Check I Ran oai Interplay Check In Advanced Interplay User Logininterplay Password Secocesessceoesse Web Service Host http ip port services Assets Interplay URI interplay Workgroup Incoming Media Multiple Resolution Single Master Clip Multiple Master Clips 4 Click or taal to save the modifications o Click if the modified template is default template or the user wants to save the modified template as a new custom template gt Click Bik if the modified template is custom template or the user wants to save modifications to the current template Destinations Pane Destinations Introduction You must select the corresponding template f
6. 1202 110 adad DVCPROHD S 1AutoArchiveFolder EVS adad CamA 4 mxf 2014 07 17 21 37 47 2014 07 17 21 37 57 1202 110 REC2 DVCPROHD S lAutoArchiveFolder EVS REC2 CamB 4 mxf 2014 07 17 21 37 47 2014 07 17 21 37 57 1202 110 RECS DVCPROHD S l1AutoArchiveFolder EVS REC3 CamC 3 mxf 2014 07 17 21 37 47 2014 07 17 21 37 57 1202 110 REC4 DVCPROHD S 1AutoArchiveFolder 2014 07 17 21 37 47 2014 07 17 21 37 57 1202 110 adad DVCPROHD S 1AutoArchiveFolder 2014 07 17 21 37 57 2014 07 17 21 38 07 1 32x 1202 110 REC2 DVCPROHD S 1AutoArchiveFolder 2014 07 17 21 37 57 2014 07 17 21 38 07 0 34x All the jobs are processed based on the rules The number of jobs is correlated with both recorders the selected recorders in Sources pane and the divided sub jobs defined in Options pane by Divide in chunk of and with overlap of Rule Introduction Area Rules Source TemplateName Destination Metadata From To Divide in chunk of Description The name of rule is defined by a number automatically incremented Displays the name of the server where the trains to be archived is stored Displays the chosen template Displays the selected destination Displays the selected metadata item Displays the starting date and time Displays the ending data and time Displays the divided value predefined in Options pane If no chunk value is defined the created job will be 5 hour range by default 3 XFile3 Application Sai V5 XF
7. Avid MXF OPAtom EVS MXF MXF OP 1a SMPTE QuickTime Movie 3 XFile3 Application E F V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL With Transcoding 1080i AVC Intra 100 MXF OP1a SMPTE 1080i Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE 1080i DVCPro HD QTMov 1080i MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 1080i MJPEG EVS MXF 1080i ProRes 422 LT100 Mbps QTMov 720p AVC Intra 100 MXF OP 1a SMPTE 720p Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE 720p DVCPro HD QTMov 720p MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 720p MJPEG EVS MXF 720p ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov To EVS Server Others Playlist export EDL only Possible Actions on Template Pane How to Create a Custom Template Custom template can be created from both default template and custom template To create a custom template proceed as follows 1 Select one template and click on its right side and then the TemplateEditor window is displayed Templates 3 XFile3 Application Avid MAF OPAtom EVS MAF MXF CMa SMPTE Change corresponding value if needed and click Save As Change the template name If not the new template name will be added the sequence number in brackets at the end of the source template automatically Click O ok to close the window 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 Avid MXF OPAtom 1 Cancel 4 Thenewly created custom template is displayed on Template pane 720p MJPEG EVS MAF 720p ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps OTM
8. Filters Pane Introduction XFile3 allows users to define different filters in Auto Archive tab These filters are additional rule criteria to facilitate complex jobs if desired The Filters pane includes six filters and one Filters Logical Relation e Pref Cam e Date amp Time e Camera e Rating e Archive e Keywords e Filters Logical Relation 3 XFile3 Application 7 F V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Pref Cam The Pref Cams filter makes it possible to only include the clips in the autobackup rule which are recorded from the camera defined as the first preferential camera or the second preferential camera By default no pref cam is selected and all cameras are included Filter Description All cameras are included in autoarchive rule Only the first and second preferential cameras are included in autoarchive rule Only the first preferential camera is included in autoarchive rule Only the second preferential camera is included in autoarchive rule Date amp Time The filter makes it possible to include the clips that are created between the required date and time in the autoarchive rule By default no date or time is selected Filter Description The required date is selected with the format month date year Select a date The required time is selected with the format MG Une min te Se ond mm 55 o Now To set the date select to activate the calendar and then selec
9. 112B mxf 1102 124 532B 112C Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS 112C 1 mxf 1102 124 532C 112C Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS 112C mxf 1102 124 532D 112D Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS 112D mxf 1102 124 532E 1191 7Am ScanFolder DONAFVS 119D 1 mxf 1102 174 5372F 24 items 0 item selected Process ASAP Process ASAP Process ASAP Process ASAP Process ASAP K X xX amp KH HK HK KR Process ASAP Area Description Sources Displays the LSMID and storing path of the clip Destination Displays the restore positions on the EVS video server ClipName Displays the name of the current restored clip Remaining Displays the remaining time of each job _time Speed Displays the current restoring speed of each job by a multiple of x Status Displays the job status referring to Job Status for more details Transcoded_ This area displays the transcoded status of the restored clip e With icon cE the clip is transcoded e Without the icon the clip is not transcoded Actions Displays the available operations on single job e EJ Cancel the job e Process ASAP Put the job on the top of the scheduled job queue and it will be processed as soon as possible e LH Retry the job if it is cancelled or stopped Comments Displays the information from Xsquare and XFile3 Job Status Six kinds of job statuses are available in Job pane to specify the exact status of the current job The color refers to the color of the column label in front of the job and the
10. See 3 2 3 Templates Pane for detailed templates introduction 3 Select the destinations in the Destinations pane to store the archived playlists in the local destinations It is optional to select adding metadata 4 Click Archive All the jobs will be created and displayed in Job pane How to Archive Sources from One Server to Another To archive sources from one server to another proceed as follows 1 Select the source EVS Server and or Page Bank to autoarchive The check boxes of the pages in the Sources pane will be selected 2 Select the template named To EVS Server in Template pane 3 Select the position in EVS server by clicking the radio button and click Ok o If the user selects a position all the sources will be archived and the selected position will be taken as the starting point o f the user selects Any Location all the sources will be archived and the first available position in the EVS server will be taken as the starting point 3 XFile3 Application j XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL E i F Select destination L t I0 1202 110 731B fxr 1102 124 LSMID Name ET 12027 110 343C UxqA3h Ung A3x i eq A3d i ng A3zZ Hg ASV i eg A3t fg ASF i eq A3R i eq A3N i eg AZ adad Any Location Cancel 4 Click Archive All the selected sources will be archived from one server to another 3 3 6 Job Pane Overview on Job Pane After creating jobs all the
11. XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Destination List i hcdkOAg PixkOBs ckOBU b OB6 The Destination List only displays the positions from the specific banks or pages in the selected servers which includes the following elements e Select the requested server page or bank o Ifthe selection is from one server all the positions in the selected server will be displayed at the right side of Destinations pane And then you can select one of the available positions by ticking the check box as the starting point to restore clips XFile3 restores from the first available position if you don t select a starting point o Ifthe selection is from more than one server all the positions in the selected servers will not be displayed out And then you do not need to select a specific starting point all the clips from the EVS servers will restored from the first available position and restore the others one by one All the selected clips will be restore respectively in all the selected servers e Each position includes two kinds of metadata LSMID and name 3 XFile3 Application 67 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 e A radio button is displayed in front of the empty position e Thecolor of the server destination corresponds to status of the clip to be restored The following table explains three different font colors of the server destination Font Restore Status Color No Color The position is available No clip has been rest
12. Comments column Job Status Walting ia Running Completed Failed Cancelled Color of Head Row White Orange Blue Green Red No Color Description The job has been created and stored in the XFile3Database The job has been sent to Xsquare and is scheduled to be proceeded The job is running The job is completed successfully The job is unsuccessful The job has been cancelled q Note q When a job is completed the job will disappear from Job pane but you can also see all the completed jobs in Monitoring tab The following diagram specifies the conversion between different statuses 3 XFile3 Application 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 Cancelled send failed gt Scheduled send job to job is processing Square Clip Metadata Updating XFile3 updates all clip metadata backed up in Autoarchive pane The prerequisite to update clip metadata is that the rule must be started and running If not the metadata of the clip included in the rule won t be updated Clips metadata are updated automatically If one clip hasn t been archived yet its metadata will be updated automatically as soon as its archiving job is finished Possible Actions on Job Pane How to Start and Stop a Rule To stop a rule click Li in Job pane then all the jobs in waiting scheduled and running statuses in the rule will be cancelled To start a rule click EM in Job pane then all the
13. Define From only and XFile3 will record contents starting from From point to no end and each job is five hour length e Define To only o If To is earlier than the current server time no job will be created o If To is later than the current server time XFile3 will record contents from the current server time to To point and each job is five hour length o Not define From and To then XFile3 will record contents from current server time to no end and each job is five hour length q Note Date amp Time filter is based on Primary TC 3 XFile3 Application 79 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 80 Chunk amp Overlap Jobs can be divided into some smaller jobs By default only one job is created e Divide in chunk of Allows users to have the streaming jobs divided in smaller jobs e With overlap Allows having some overlap between the smaller jobs All the jobs are displayed by the name job n nis incremented automatically Example From 10 00 00 00 to 14 00 00 00 the job is divided in chunk of one hour with overlap of 1 minute Job1 10 00 00 00 to 11 00 00 00 Job2 10 59 00 00 to 12 00 00 00 Job3 11 59 00 00 to 13 00 00 00 Job4 12 59 00 00 to 14 00 00 00 Adding a Streaming Job Name Adding a streaming job name enables the user to add customized name before the default name in local file To add a streaming job name proceed as follows 1 Tick the check box to enable the name field 2 Type the st
14. Ioe ACAV TaD game ae ec MERE er ee RS anno a Oe Se 41 3 3 1 Archive Overview _ 0 2 cece cee cece cece ccc eececcecceceeccececeeceeees 41 3392 SOUICCIP ANG aan nos Gach Gen ue aaar 42 Skon lempas PANG a3 225 1c acts tet aa hie eed ets ee Aa oe es 45 3 3 4 Destinations Pane 2 22 e eee e eee eee cee cee ceceeceececceceeceeees 45 3 3 5 How to Create Archive Jobs _ 22 2 cece cece cece cece cecceceeceeees 45 F WOO FAR e i rt Ne ek se ee ete ge eas one 47 3 4 Auto Restore Tab 222 22 icc ccc ccc cee cece eee eee ec eeeeeeeeeeeeseeeees 50 3 4 1 Auto Restore Overview aoaaa oaoa a oaaao aoaaa 22o a a22 a aaoo a a oaan oaan n 50 3 4 2 Sources Pane _ 22 22 o cece cee cece eee cece cee ceeeesceseeceeees 51 3 4 3 Destinations Pane 2 22 22 oaaao aooaa aoaaa oaaao aaa oaaao 2na 222a 53 3 4 4 Options Pane _ 2 222 cece cece cence eee eee ee ceeeeececeeseeeeees 54 3 4 5 How to Create Auto Restore Folder a0aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa0aaaa000aa222aa 54 3 4 6 Job Pane eco ae nddevendcetouuiecdowueshdoudawidvbederedouuscdecuieteteldebeed 55 Table of Contents a V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Table of Contents 39 Restore TaD eere a EEE AAA R 58 3 5 1 Restore Overview aoaaa 0 eee eee c eee cee cece ececceccecceceececcereeseee 58 3 5 2 MOUICES Pane osc cdcasccecdicandwauauenencokedboecaudesiueeteadensuaniehenncee edad 59 3 5 3 Destinations Pane 2 222 o e
15. Refresh m Open in new window 52 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 3 4 3 Destinations Pane Destinations The Destinations pane includes the following elements 3 XFile3 Application fer 1202 110 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 5 Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank amp Bank 9 Page 5 Page 6 Page Page 6 Page 9 Page 0 Note V5 Every server includes 10 pages from 0 9 every page includes 9 banks from 1 9 and each bank includes 10 columns from 0 9 The server name on XFile3 UI is the SDTI network name of the server But if server name is blank the server ID number will be displayed instead The total number of clip is displayed beside each server name page or bank in brackets More than one position can be selected but those selected positions must be in different EVS video servers 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 4 4 3 4 5 54 Options Pane Camera Filter You can choose to restore the clips with specific camera positions Only the clips with the selected cameras will be restored By default no camera is selected Camera Description Restore camera A clips only Restore camera B clips only Restore camera C clips only Restore camera D clips only Restore camera E clips only T1im o oOoO WO gt Restore camera F clips only Network Drive Credentials If the clips to be restored are on a network dri
16. Retry the job if it is cancelled or stopped e Refresh Refresh the job status Displays the information from Xsquare and XFile3 Six kinds of job statuses are available in Job pane to specify the exact status of the current job The color refers to the color of the column label in front of the job and the font color of Comments column Job Status walting E Running Sonal Failed Cancelled ooro Description Head Row White The job has been created and stored in XFile3 Database Orange The job has been sent to Xsquare and is scheduled to be proceeded Blue The job is running Green The job is completed successfully Red The job is unsuccessful No Color The job has been cancelled The following diagram specifies the conversion between different statuses Cancelled cancel job cancel job send failed l processing failed OE woe fete on a oraa send job to job is processing Square 3 XFile3 Application E V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Possible Actions on Job Pane Introduction The Job pane in Monitoring tab summarizes all the jobs from other tabs All the jobs with all kinds of statuses are synchronized The user can do multiple operations on those jobs How to Select Jobs All the selected jobs are highlighted in blue There are several ways to select jobs e Click on one job then the job will be selected e Click on one job then press CTRL from keyboard and simultaneou
17. To change the job priority proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Process ASAP Cancel Process ASAP OR Click sea taual in Actions column 3 The job will be processed soon with high priority G Note Only the priority of jobs with the Scheduled status can be changed Auto Restore Tab Auto Restore Overview Auto Restore tab is used to automatically restore all source clips from the defined folder path to the EVS video servers based on the predefined rules 3 XFile3 Application V amp E XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL N Click Auto Restore to enter Auto Restore tab The screenshot below shows various areas of Auto Restore main window A Filed XFile3 Auto Archive Sources o Destinations 4 E trl 1102 124 gt Pagel E Desktop gt amp System CA 4 MSK ConfedCup DA 1 ghost HBS Liguel VOLL MDU test files do not delete New folder PC 9 ScanFolder DONE gt Page 3 ScanFolder ERROR Create auto restore folder 4 0 completed jobs 16 matching jobs Source si Speed Status Transcoded Actions 191A DANew folc 0 00x 230B D New folc 230C D New folc 230A DANew folc 230F D New fold 230E D New fold 230D DANew fol 231C DANew folc 231A DANew folc 231B DANew folc 231D DANew fok 231E D New fold 231F D New fold cxx x KK KKK HK KK q Bd bd Bd h O 9 9 9 Oa OE OG OE 232A DANew folc Litems 0 item sel
18. cancelled jobs in the rule will be running or scheduled How to Remove a Rule To remove a rule you only need to click in Job pane then the rule and all the jobs in it will be removed How to Edit an Existing Rule Instead of deleting a rule and creating a new one users can edit an existing rule To edit a rule proceed as follows 1 Click F the rule is loaded into the Rule Editing field the area in Auto Archive tab except Job pane which is available to be edited 2 Edit corresponding items 3 Click OPETE to save the changes or Cancel to discard them ME How to Export a Rule 36 3 XFile3 Application a V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z Exporting a rule is exporting the created rule in Job Zone to the local computer The user can export multiple rules at one time To export the rule proceed as follows 1 Select the rule to be exported 2 Click Export rule to open Auto Archive Rule Export window E Auto Archive Rule Export Export auto archive rule to file Cancel 3 Click Browse to open the Browse For Folder window to select the required destination Click OK to close the window Browse For Folder Desktop Libraries LA NeXT a jE Computer gt B Local Disk C3 a New Volurne Di gt a New Volume Ej gt DVD Drive Fj a s 012 168 173 145 gt ti Network 4 Click Export to export the rule 3 XFile3 Application 37 EVS Broad
19. font color of Comments column 3 XFile3 Application 71 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 72 Job Status Waiting Scheduled Running Completed Failed Q Cancelled Color of Head Row White Orange Blue Green Red No Color March 2015 Description The job has been created and stored in the XFile3 Database The job has been sent to Xsquare and is scheduled to be proceeded The job is running The job is completed successfully The job is unsuccessful The job has been cancelled G Note When a job is completed the job will disappear from Job pane but you can see all the completed jobs in Monitoring tab The following diagram specifies the conversion between different statuses cancel job cancel job Cancelled K cancel job N send failed processing failed send job to job is processing XSquare Possible Actions on Job Pane How to Select Jobs All the selected jobs are highlighted in blue Four possible selection ways are available e Click on one job then the job will be selected e Click on one job then press CTRL from keyboard and simultaneously click other jobs one by one to add to the selection With this method all the clicked jobs will be selected 3 XFile3 Application 7 j V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL e Click on one job then press SHIFT from keyboard and click any other job then all the jobs between those two selected jobs will be
20. hard drives based on rules 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Click Auto Archive to enter Auto Archive tab The screenshot below shows various areas of the Auto Archive main window Fl AFile3 Auto Archive Archive Auto Restore Sources fer TVG1 124 Select All Templates Avid MXF OPAtom EVS MXF MXF OP1a SMPTE QuickTime Movie 1080i AVC Intra 100 MXF OP1a SMPTE mes supermotion speed no au 1080i Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE eal time real time speed with audio 1080i DVCPro HD QTMov 1080i MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 1080i MJPEG EVS MXF 1080i ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov 720p AVC Intra 100 MXF OP1a SMPTE V5 di 720p Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE 720p DVCPro HD QTMov 720p MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 720p MJPEG EVS MXF 720p ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov To EVS Server asdasd Add metadata From EVS metadata profile Cardinals 3 Dest ProRes EVS mxf DVCPro HD mov Edit DVC PRO HD mov EVS MXF 4 Rulel 170xx EVS MXF DaAclip resource Source ClipName Format Destination 170xx 316A satat DVCPRO HD DAclip resource 170xx 313B c5X nVO Daclip resource 170xx 313A sadasdsdada Da clip resource 170xx 312B c5X nVO DVCPRO HD DAclip resource 170xx 312A sadasd DVCPRO HD Da clip resource 170xx 311B EVS PL11 2 Daclip resource 170xx 314A DaAclip resource 170xx 311A EVS 111A DAclip resource Area Name 1 3 XFile3 Application
21. numerical order click on the column label to display the arrow button Click it again to invert the sorting E LSMID QO EVS 111D 1 EVS 111D 1 How to Search Clips To search clips you only need to type the character string in the Quick Search Tool then all the clips include the character string will be displayed on Sources List field Two possibilities to search clips ordinary search and global search Ordinary Search To search clips in an ordinary way you only need to type the character string in the corresponding Quick Search Tool under each item To clear the search filter you can click in the Quick Search Tool 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 Global Search To search clips in a global way you only need to type the character string in Quick Search Tool There are two kinds of character strings available e Input a character string such as 123 abc then the result will be the clip whose metadata includes the character string e Input multiple character strings with space such as 123 456 78 then the result will be the clips whose metadata includes those character strings To clear the search filter you can click in the Quick Search Tool q Note Global Search and Ordinary Search can be used in combination How to Search Playlists To search for a playlist you only need to type its LSMID in the Quick Search Tool The LSMID of every playlist is na
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23. rules or clear them and start without any rule Do you want to carry on using the same auto archive rules e Click Yes to use the same auto archive rules and the old rules are retained e Click No to remove the existing auto archive rules Information Do you want to carry on using the same auto archive rules 3 XFile3 Application 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 If no jobs are running or scheduled in the rules the existing auto archive rules will be removed If some jobs are running or scheduled in the rules a window will pop up and ask The jobs in rule will be cancelled do you want to proceed o gt Select Yes to cancel all the existing jobs and rules and open XFile3 o gt Select No to open XFile3 the old rules and jobs still exist The rule s jobs will be cancelled do you want to proceed Shutdown Click 23 to shut down the XFile3 application There will be a window popping up T Information n OO All scheduled jobs will still be processed even if AFiles is shut down Would you like to cancel all jobs e Yes All the jobs will be cancelled e No Jobs in scheduled and running statuses are still processed in the background after shutdown Auto Archive Tab Auto Archive Overview Auto Archive tab is the default page after startup Auto Archive tab is used to automatically archive the source clips from the requested servers to archive
24. selected e Press CTRL A to select all the jobs How to Sort Jobs To sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order unfold the jobs and click on the column label or click it again to invert the sorting q Note Transcode and Action columns can t be sorted How to Cancel and Retry Jobs To cancel jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Cancel Cancel Process ASAP OR Click Ez in Actions column 3 The status of the job will be cancelled To retry the job click d in Actions column G Note Only the jobs with Waiting Scheduled and Running statuses can be cancelled Only the jobs with Cancelled and Failed statuses can be retried How to Change Job Priority Changing job priority means moving the selected job to the top of the scheduled job queue to be processed in high priority To change job priority proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Process ASAP Cancel Process ASAP OR 3 XFile3 Application 73 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 6 3 6 1 74 Click Mikal in Actions column 3 The job will be processed soon with high priority G Note Only the priority of jobs with the Scheduled status can be changed Streaming Tab Streaming Overview Streaming tab is used to archive the source record trains from the requested EVS video servers in
25. the following elements 3 XFile3 Application 61 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 62 NEW March 2015 Select the check boxes before SDTI Nb label to select all the requested clips in the specific hard drives Each clip includes some metadata SDTI Nb LSMID Name Keywords from1 5 Rating TC IN session metadata path and Destinations Right click on either clip to open the path and the clip will be selected in the path Click a hard drive or a folder to display the clips in Sources list While searching appears at the upper right side of the Sources list 5400 56868 tems o The area before displays the number of searched clips in the drive or folder XFile3 can only display up to 5400 clips If the number of clip is over 5400 XFile3 displays the number by 5400 o gt The area after displays the total number of clips in all the detected hard drives Clip Information SDTI Nb Camera_Label LSM ID Name Keyword Keyword2 Keyword3 Keyword4 Keywords Rating TC IN Clip Duration Session Metadata Path Destinations Description Displays the SDTI number of the previous EVS server assigned to the clips Displays the camera of the clip Displays LSM ID assigned to the clips by using its page bank row and camera letter Displays the name assigned to the clip Displays the first keyword assigned to the clip Displays the second keyword assigned to the clip Displays the third keyw
26. the requested formats based on predefined rules The end result is the same as backing up a clip however this can be performed simultaneously to the LIVE ingest process Click to enter Streaming tab The screenshot below shows various areas of the Streaming window AFile3 Auto Archive Sources elect al Templates gt El fe TVG1 124 Avid MXF OPAtom EVS MXF MXF OP1a SMPTE QuickTime Movie 1080i AVC Intra 100 MXF OP 1a SMPTE 1080i Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE 1080i DVCPro HD QTMov 1080i MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 1080i MJPEG EVS MXF 1080i ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov 720p AVC Intra 100 MXF OP1a SMPTE 720p Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE 720p DVCPro HD QTMov 720p MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 720p MJPEG EVS MXF 720p ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov ant Avid OPAtom AAF 1 _Felix Test 1 sat Avid OPAtom AAF 1 Felix Test 2 __ xr 170xx 4 r TVG2 110 123456789012345678901234 Add metadata From EVS metadata profile asdasd Cardinals 3 Dest ProRes EVS mxf DVCPro HD mov Edit From legacy session metadata DVC PRO HD mov EVS MXF Edit To Divide in chunk of With overlap of Actions 2015 01 31 22 03 13 00 01 00 00 05 Ww Pal Mal EVES To Speed RemainingTime Status IV Thumbnail Actions TVG2 110 REC2 DVCPROHD Dsclipresource 2015 01 31 22 03 13 2015 01 31 22 04 13 1 00x 00 00 37 4 4 SR x E Record W AtTC TVG2 110 REC3 DVCPROHD D clip resource 2015 01 31 22 03 13 2015 01 3
27. 0 00 t E 016E D clip resor 00 00 00 010A D clip reso 00 00 00 0108 D clip reso Process ASAP 014A D clip reso Process ASAP Created XSquare job ok 013F Daclip resort Process ASAP Created XSquare job ok 010C D clip reso Process ASAP Created XSquare job ok 010D D clip reso Process ASAP 0148 D clip reso Process ASAP Created XSquare job ok x x x x x x x x Y x x 010E D clip resor Process ASAP All the jobs are processed based on the rule Rule Area Description Rule Name The name of rule is defined by a number automatically incremented Source Displays the path of the restored clip Destination Displays the restore position on the EVS video server Camera Displays the selected cameras Actions Displays the available operations to the rule e Liso Stop the auto restore folder e CAstar Start the auto restore folder e Bideemove Remove the auto restore folder E cit Edit the autorestore folder 3 XFile3 Application 55 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 56 Area Status Comments Jobs Area Source Destination Remaining Time Speed Status Transcoded Actions Comments Job Status March 2015 Description Displays the number of completed jobs and matching jobs Displays the information from Xsquare and XFile3 Description Displays the path and folder name of the restored clip Displays the restore position on the EVS video server Displays the remaining time of each jo
28. 1 22 04 13 1 00x 00 00 38 4 x Area Name Description 1 Sources Area that displays all the detected servers and their recorders pane 2 Templates Area that displays the templates available from the background pane running Xsquare service manager 3 Destinations Area that displays all the destinations matching the selected pane template and metadata modification 4 Option pane Area that displays all the options to be added in the rule 3 XFile3 Application E V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL E Area Name Description 5 Create Job Button to create the streaming rule button Job pane Area that displays all the created rules and all the job statuses 3 6 2 Sources Pane Sources d fxr 1102 124 er fer 1202 110 adad REC RECS REC4 The Sources pane includes the following elements When selecting or unselecting the parent level all child nodes will be selected or unselected correspondingly Select the check box before servers and recorders or just click aol to select Unselect All all recorders in all the available servers and click Unselect All to cancel the selection The number of recorders varies from different configurations of EVS servers The server name on XFile3 UI is the SDTI network name of the server But if server name is blank the server serial number will be displayed instead The total clip number is displayed besides each server name in brackets 3 6 3 Templates Pane See 3 2 3 Templ
29. 2 111A mxf 34242 1202 110 111D 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP f Refresh D clip resource EVS 34242 111B mxf 34242 1202 110 111E 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP Refresh D clip resource EVS 34242 111C mxf 34242 1202 110 111F 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP Refresh DAclip resource EVS 34242 111D mxf 34242 1202 110 112A 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP Refresh HM HM HM He E E E E He HE He He E E E E E E E E E E e ee ee E CE OE DEE DOE DOE EE 8 8 8 8 amp 8 8 8 8 D Process ASAP Refresh Create Storyboard Tl DAclip resource EVS xq905 111E mxf 111E Jxq905 1202 110 1128 2014 08 12 16 47 32 47 items 0 item selected 3 XFile3 Application x V Comments 87 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 Area Name Description 1 Hard Drive Area that displays all the detected hard drives pane 2 Job pane Area that displays all the jobs in Auto Archive Archive Auto Restore Restore and Streaming tabs 3 2 Hard Drive Pane Overview on Hard Drive Pane Hard Drive Pane Introduction System C 40 03 GB free of 80 GB MSK ConfedCup D 594 11 GB free of 931 51 GB Restore R 108 46 GB free of 141 1 GB LLy Z3 3132 39 GB free of 5864 78 GB Create Storyboard Hard Drive pane displays all the hard drives detected by XFiles The mapped drives are supported by XFile3 Mobile hard drives are supported and can be ejected manually 88 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XF
30. 20 03 50 13 00 Short In LTC 2014 11 13 Short Out LTC 2014 11 20 03 50 33 00 03 50 13 00 00 00 20 00 M aay ing D reetw EVS ssssss 111C mxf 00 00 20 00 000 NTSCDROPFRAME 16 9 37 3 Edit the clip o Define ShortiIn Move i to the required position and click 4 o Define ShortOut Move 7 to the required position and click H Warning 4 Click Mis N to save the modification Note Metadata Clip Clip Name LsmID 111C Session Time 17 10 42 Date 2042014 fa O Name Sport Competition Levet Location Team A Team B XT Data Rating D Keywords ShortIn must be smaller than ShortOut It means should be at the left side of To use the shortened clip during restore the user must tick the check box of Limit to short in short out to only restore the clip duration from shortin to shortout z Limit to short in short out With quardbands of seconds The user can define guardbands with specific value but the value has to be smaller then the duration of the clip Limit to short in short out With quardbands of 1 seconds Shortcut Folder 64 3 XFile3 Application E V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z Introduction Shortcut Folder area enables the user to set the commonly used folders in this area to avoid the difficulty in finding out the one in numerous folders or in the deep folder tree Shortcut Folder W clip resource
31. 7 06 gt niubia CAM7 HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CAM 7 113E mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 gt niubia 1st pitch HD MJPEG Standard D Aclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh gt niubia CAM 10 SPIN HD MJPEG Standard DAclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh ze E gt niubia CAM 7 HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh gt niubia CAM 6 Daclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP C Refresh gt niubia CLEAN Da clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt niubia EVS 224A DAclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt niubia Buck face D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt niubia RUNNING Daclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt niubia CAM 5 MID Daclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt niubia CAM 10 SPIN DAclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt niubia CAM7 Da clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh 28 8 8 8D D gt niubia CAM 6 Da clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt niubia RUNNING Da clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh gt r DAclip resource EVS 34242 111A mxf 111A 34242 1202 110 111D 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP Refresh gt m DAclip resource EVS 34242 111B mxf 1118 34242 1202 110 111E 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP Refresh DAclip resource EVS 34242 111C mxf 111C 34242 1202 110 111F 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Pro
32. H Setup XFile3 fo E Welcome to the XFile3 Setup Wizard This vall instal Filed version on your Computer tis recommended that yoy close al other applications before pantiri Click Hest bo conbinue or Cancel to exit Setup x Setup Files 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 ASREEMENT FOR EYS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This E S Broadcast Equipment End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and EVS Broadcast Equipment For the EYS software product identified above which includes computer software and may include associated media printed materials and online or electronic documentation SOFTWARE PRODUCT S By installing copying or otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA ms I do not accept the agreement 3 Select the destination directory to install the new software application and then click Next The installer proposes a default path for the installation i e C Program Files x86 EVS Broadcast Equipment XFile3 2 Installation and Licensing EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 28 Setup XFile3 Select Destination Location Where should Fil
33. MJPEG Standard DAclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 00 00 19 Refresh niubia 3l Martinez HrX HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS Martinez HrX 113B mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 niubia CAM 10 SPIN HD MJPEG Standard Ds clip resource EVS CAM 10 SPIN 113C mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 niubia CAM 5 MID HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CAM 5 MID 113D mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 niubia CAM 7 HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CAM 7 113Emov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 niubia 3 1st pitch HD MJPEG Standard Ds clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh niubia CAM 10 SPIN HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh ne niubia CAM7 HD MJPEG Standard DAclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh t niubia CAM 6 D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia CLEAN D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia EVS 2244 D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia Buck face D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia RUNNING D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia CAM 5 MID D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP C Refresh niubia CAM 10 SPIN D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia CAM 7 D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia CAM 6 DAclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh niubia RUNNING DAclip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Process ASAP Refresh DAclip resource EVS 3424
34. MediaTool How to Set Shortcut Folder To set shortcut folder proceed as follows 1 Right click on the drive or folder in Hard Drive list to be set as the shortcut folder 2 Select Set shortcut folder Sources Unselect all b E gt Local Disk CA e gt New Volume D Ltest clip resource C 31085_CLP_BGA 6 Refresh amg pen in new window Set shortcut folder AML metadata protiles digdtg en visual studio_ultimate How to Release Shortcut Folder To release shortcut folder proceed as follows 1 Select the folder to be released in Shortcut Folder list 2 Click EJ 3 XFile3 Application 65 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 Shortcut Folder ltest clip resource Everything Medial ool 3 5 3 Destinations Pane Server List Destinations i T r 1202 110 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 6 v d d d k Page 4 d d d d t Page 9 d Page 0 fer 1102 124 The Server List includes the following elements e Every server includes 10 pages from 0 9 every page includes 9 banks from 1 9 and each bank includes 10 columns from 0 9 The server name on XFile3 Ul is the SDTI network name of the server but if server name is blank the server ID number will be displayed instead e The total number of clip is displayed beside each server name page or bank in brackets 66 3 XFile3 Application a V5
35. R MANUAL E z i Import EVS Metadata profile Open WI m Program Files x86 EVS Broadcast Equipment XFile3 XML metadata profiles v 5 Search XML metadata profiles j Organize v New folder Jz v T gt Favorites Name Date modified Type ME Desktop empty profile with one UF of each type x 3 18 2014 3 52 PM XML Document 9 KB sb Downloads Recent Places ea a as ge E a a S T i O wilt Aab ow Public 192 168 File name empty profile with one UF of each type xml v xml file xml on F 3 Select the Current profile to be used in the drop down list F EWS AMIL Metadata Current profile profile with one UF ofeach type Ad Sensitivity provedBy date Day Number Due Time sds mema Cancel 4 Modify corresponding items in EVS XML Metadata window 5 Click after modification Then the metadata from EVS metadata profile is able to be used for all backups The user can edit this profile at any time to update the metadata The metadata profile is added in the XML of the destination files 3 XFile3 Application TT EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 6 5 78 From Legacy Session Metadata To add metadata from Legacy Session Metadata proceed as follows 1 Click below From legacy session metadata From legacy session metadata Edit Supenmotion clins 2 Modify the corresponding items in Legacy Session Metadata window
36. Sources pane Templates pane Destinations pane Filters pane Create Autoarchive Rule button Job pane From legacy session metadata AND Clips matching ALL filters will be archived Edit OR Clips matching ANY of the filters will be archived Create autoarchive rule Camera Rating Archive Keywords Logical relation Actions AB 1 Not archived Marked for archive Alt Z Or Et f 2 completed jobs 10 matching jobs a Process ASAP C Process ASAP C Process ASAP Description Area that displays all the detected servers and their clip structures including pages and banks Area that displays the available templates from the background running Xsquare service manager Area that displays all the destinations related to the selected template supermotion clips and metadata modification Area that displays all the filter options that can be added in the autoarchive rule Button to create the autoarchive rule Area that displays all the created rules and jobs 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 2 2 Sources Pane Sources Select All fer 1102 124 Ea fxr 1202 110 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 5 Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank 8 Bank 9 Page Page 6 Page 9 Page 0 The Sources pane includes the following elements When selecting or unselecting the parent level all child nodes will be selected or unselected Select the ch
37. USER MANUAL XFILE3 Version 4 07 March 2015 MFiles a V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Copyright 2003 2015 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS aaao
38. V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL E Column Description Rules The name of the rule is defined by a number automatically incremented Source Displays the name of the selected server s The tooltip for each source displays the detailed information TemplateName Displays the name of the chosen template Destination Displays the selected destination Metadata Displays the selected metadata item From Displays the starting date and time To Displays the ending date and time Pref Cam Displays the selected pref cam Camera Displays the selected cameras Rating Displays the selected ratings Archive Displays the selected archive flags Keywords Displays the selected keywords in the keywords grid Logical Displays the logical relation of all the selected filters relation Actions Displays the available operations on the rule Stop Stop the rule and cancel all the jobs based on the rule Start Start the rule Bideemove Remove the rule and cancel all the jobs e Ed Edit the rule Status Displays the number of completed jobs and matching jobs with the format n completed jobs n matching jobs Export rule Enables the user to export the selected rules to the requested local destination Import rule Enables the user to import the rule to XFiles 3 XFile3 Application 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 34 Tip March 2015 Note that all the columns in XFile3 can be specified via right clicking on the grid Show al
39. XFile3 XML metadata profiles Organize v New folder A Favorites Name Date modified Type Size ME Desktop empty profile with one UF of eachtype x 3 18 2014 3 52 PM XML Document 9 KB ih Downloads S Recent Places wii i S amp Public 192 168 File name empty profile with one UF of each type xml v xml file xml 3 Select the Current profile to be used in the drop down list 3 XFile3 Application 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 24 p5 EYS AML Metadata Current profile profile with one UF of each type profile with one UF of each type Ad Sensitivity ApprovedBy date Select a date Now Day Number Due Time sds mema Modify corresponding items in EVS XML Metadata window Click after modification Then the metadata from EVS metadata profile is able to be used for all backups The user can edit this profile at any time to update the metadata The metadata profile is added in the XML of the destination files From Legacy Session Metadata To add metadata from Legacy Session Metadata proceed as follows 1 Click below From legacy session metadata From legacy session metadata Edit Supenmotion clins 2 Modify the corresponding items in Legacy Session Metadata window 3 XFile3 Application F V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z Eo Legacy session Metadata Date 7 21 2014 Time l4 25 29 Name Sport Competition Compet
40. ame of the server But if server name is blank the server serial number will be displayed instead The total number of clip and playlist is displayed beside each server name pages banks or PL blanks in brackets 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Sources List ServerName LSMID Name TCIN 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 1202 110 07 17 2014 02 44 40 17 07 17 2014 02 44 41 17 07 17 2014 02 44 42 17 07 17 2014 02 44 43 17 07 17 2014 02 44 44 17 07 17 2014 02 44 45 17 07 17 2014 02 44 46 17 07 17 2014 02 44 47 17 07 17 2014 02 44 48 17 07 17 2014 02 44 49 17 07 17 2014 02 44 50 17 07 17 2014 02 44 51 17 7 17 2074 0 Duration 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 V5 60 items 0 item selected Keyword1 Keyword2 Keyword3 Keyword4 KeywordS Rating Archiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sources list only displays the clips from the specific banks or pages in the selected servers It includes the following elements e Select the check box next to the individual LSMID label to select all the clips in the specific banks or pages of the selected servers e Each clip includes some metadata LSMID Name TC IN Keywords from1 5 and Archive Destinations e Preview a clip via double clicking on the clip through EVS X
41. ane How to Select Jobs All the selected jobs are highlighted in blue There are several ways to select jobs e Click on one job then the job will be selected e Click on one job then press CTRL from keyboard and simultaneously click other jobs one by one to add to the selection With this method all the clicked jobs will be selected e Click on one job then press SHIFT from keyboard and click any other job then all the jobs between those two selected jobs will be selected e Press CTRL A to select all the jobs How to Sort Jobs To sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order click on the column label or click it again to invert the sorting q Note Destination and Action columns can t be sorted How to Cancel and Retry Jobs To cancel jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Cancel 3 XFile3 Application 49 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 4 3 4 1 50 Cancel Process ASAP OR Click Ez in Actions column 3 The status of the job will be cancelled To retry the job click ic in Actions column G Note Only the jobs with Waiting Scheduled and Running statuses can be cancelled Only the jobs with Cancelled and Failed statuses can be retried How to Change Job Priority Changing job priority means moving the selected job to the first position in the scheduled job queue for the job to be processed in priority
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43. at the exact timecode TC See StopAll at TC for more information Displays the information from Xsquare and XFile3 Six kinds of job statuses are available in Job pane to specify the exact status of the current job The color refers to the color of the column label in front of the job and the font color of Comments column 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL V5 Color of ie Job Status Head Row Description Waiting White The job has been created and stored in XFile3Database Scheduled Orange The job has been sent to Xsquare and is scheduled to f be proceeded Running Blue The job is running Completed Green The job is completed successfully Failed Red The job is unsuccessful Cancelled No Color The job has been cancelled The following diagram specifies the conversion between different statuses job is processing StopAtTcTime StopAllAtTC Time button can be applied only once since it is only available when the current job is running When StopAllAtTC Time button is used the newly input value will be updated to the To column and treated as the new To value To stop all jobs at TC time proceed as follows 1 Click E atte and display a window 2 Type the date and timecode and then click OK Select a date hh mm s Now 3 Those input values will be updated in To column and all the jobs will be stopped at that time G Note When a job is completed the job will disappear from Job pa
44. ates Pane for more information about Templates pane Noted that To EVS Server is unavailable in Streaming tab 3 XFile3 Application 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 6 4 76 Destinations Pane Destinations Introduction You must select the corresponding template from the Templates pane prior to choosing the required destination s The number of destination varies from the different templates included in the Template pane Possible Actions on Destinations How to Select the Destination Path To select the destination path proceed as follows 1 Click kal then Browse For Folder window pops up 2 Select the desired destination path to write the archived clips to and click OK Adding Metadata Introduction The user can add metadata information by importing and editing EVS metadata profile or editing legacy session metadata Possible Actions on Adding Metadata From EVS Metadata Profile The default profiles are stored in the following directory C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XFile3 XML metadata profiles To add metadata from EVS metadata profile proceed as follows 1 Click below From EVS Metadata Profile Add metadata From EVS metadata profile Edit From lega seston metadiya 2 Click Miksi to add a profile in the pop up window and then click Ok The last selected profile will be displayed in the current profile path 3 XFile3 Application i XFile3 4 07 USE
45. ation LSM ID 1202 110 731B fxr 1102 124 LSMID Name 1702 110 343C UxgA3h 343D Ung A3x 343E UxqA3d i ng A3zZ Hg ASV i eg A3t fg ASF i eq A3R i eq A3N i eg AZ adad Any Location Cancel 4 Click Create autoarchive rule Anew rule will be created and all the selected sources will be archived from one server to another Job Pane Introduction Overview on Job Pane After creating a new rule the rule and jobs will be displayed at the bottom of Auto Archive tab You can click a to expand or collapse the jobs in the rule Export rule Import rule Rules Source TemplateName Destination Metadata From To Prefcam Camera Rating Archive Keywords Logical relation Actions Status 4 Rule1 170xx EVS MXF D clip resource i Not archived Marked for archive Alt Z Or EH WwW s G completed jobs 10 matching jobs Source ClipName Format Destination ingTi E atus Actions omments A 170xx 316A satat DVCPRO HD Di clip resource 170xx 313B c5X nVO DAclip resource 170xx 313A sadasdsdada D clip resource A 170xx 312B c5X nVO DYCPRO HD Da clip resource 35x k Z oi A 170xx 312A sadasd DYCPRO HD Daclip resource 170xx 311B EVS PL11 2 D clip resource i Process ASAP 170xx 314A D clip resource I Process ASAP 170xx 311A EVS 111A DAclip resource a Process ASAP Rule Every rule includes the information you have defined before creating the rule 3 XFile3 Application ms y
46. b Displays the current restoring speed of each job by a multiple of x Displays the job status referring to Job Status for more details Displays the transcoded status of the restored clip e With icon the clip is transcoded e Without the icon the clip is not transcoded Displays the available operations on single job Cancel the job cea Put the job on the top of the scheduled job queue and it will be processed as soon as possible Displays the information from Xsquare and XFile3 Six kinds of job statuses are available in Job pane to specify the exact status of the current job The color refers to the color of the column label in front of the job and the font color of Comments column Job Status Waiting Scheduled Running Completed Coor oi Description Head Row White The job has been created and stored in the XFile3Database Orange The job has been sent to Xsquare and is scheduled to be proceeded Blue The job is running Green The job is completed successfully 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL E Color of ae Job Status Head Row Description Failed Red The job is unsuccessful Cancelled No Color The job has been cancelled G Note When a job is completed the job will disappear from Job pane but you can see all the completed jobs in Monitoring tab The following diagram specifies the conversion between different statuses Cancelled gt gt l
47. c fel TVG1 124 LSMID Name gt 4 A 1700 one gt Pagel 4118 gt Page2 ESB 2 sadasd 411C Page3 EVS PL11 2 411D 411E EVS 111A 411F lly REC2 REC2 REC2 REC2 lly 9 9 9 9 96 3 96 F QQ ed kd bP 8B KR OR E Description REC2 REC2 REC2 REC2 EVS 111A EVS PL11 2 sadasd c5X nVO sadasdsdada c5X n VO Area that displays all the clips in the detected hard drives including the path folders subfolders and clips metadata in the selected hard drive or folder and the shortcut folder Area that displays all the detected servers and their structures including the pages banks and some metadata of all the clips Area that displays the copy type Limit to short in out Button to create restore jobs camera keep original IDs and Area that displays all the created jobs and statuses 3 5 2 Sources Pane Introduction Hard Drive list displays all the local drives and their folders Hard Drive list displays the clips in the selected folder If it is the first time to open XFile3 the Hard Drive list and Sources list may be disabled since XFile3 is searching all the available hard drives 3 XFile3 Application 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 XAXFile3 Auto Archive Archive Auto Restore M Restore Streaming Monitoring Sources Unselectall Q 0 items 0 item selected Hard Drive List Sources Unse
48. cast Equipment S A March 2015 3E Auto Archive Rule Export One rule exclusively corresponds to one exported file If multiple rules are selected the corresponding number of files will be exported Customize export autoarchiveRule_2014 10 20 16 35 20 2ml _ How to Import a Rule Importing a rule is importing the rule in the local computer to XFile3 The user can import only one rule at one time To import the rule proceed as follows 1 Click Importrule to open Auto Archive Rule Import window Auto Archive Rule Import Import auto archive rule trom file Browse Cancel Import 2 Click Browse to select the rule to be imported 38 3 XFile3 Application x V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z 38 Open xs OW m gt Computer gt New Volume D gt Itest v Search Itest Organize v New folder zz 0 nes Name f Date modified Type Size E Desktop Customize export autoarchiveRule_2014 10 20 2014 4 35PM XML Document 2 KB m Downloads Recent Places ow Libraries E Documents a Music Pictures E Videos JE Computer hi Network File name Customize export autoarchiveRule_2014 10 20 16 35 28 xml hd xml file xml 3 Click Import to import the selected rule Auto Archive Rule Import How to Select Jobs All the selected jobs are highlighted in blue There are several ways to select jobs e Click on one job and the job will b
49. cess ASAP Refresh gt m DAclip resource EVS 34242 111D mxf 111D 34242 1202 110 112A 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP Refresh 28 amp XI HM KX HM HE HS HS KXXX He Me a a x 8 8 8 8 D gt t DAclip resource EVS Jxq905 111Emxf 111E Jxq905 1202 110 1128 2014 08 12 16 47 32 Process ASAP Refresh 47 items 0 item selected Job pane displays different metadata assigned to each job Metadata Description Type SEA Archive jobs Archive amp Auto Archive Eii Restore jobs Restore amp Auto Restore Ei Streaming jobs Source Displays the source information in corresponding tabs LSM_ID Displays LSM ID assigned to the clips Name Displays the name assigned to the clip Format Displays the format assigned to the clip related to the selected template Destination Displays the destination where the clip is archived or restore CreationTime Displays the creation date and time of the current job Speed Displays the current archiving restoring speed of each job by a multiple of x 3 XFile3 Application 91 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 92 Metadata Remaining _ time Status Actions Comments Job Status March 2015 Description Displays the remaining time of each job Displays the job status referring to Job Status for more details Displays the available operations to the rule Ed cancel Cancel this job JS ol Process ASAP Give the job top priority to be processed ei
50. e e Cancelled jobs e Failed jobs e The source clips related to the jobs have been deleted Delete obsolete jobs To delete obsolete jobs click Delete obsolete jobs How to Delete All Jobs What Are All Jobs All jobs include all the jobs created from both archive restore and streaming tabs 96 3 XFile3 Application 7 F V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL E 3 8 To delete all jobs click Miika XFile3 will restart after deleting all jobs XFile3 can t delete all the jobs when some rules in Auto Archive Auto Restore or Streaming tab are used You have to manually stop all the rules in those three tabs before deleting all the jobs D Information Some rules or jobs are active stop them first and make sure all auto restore folders are manually deleted How to Backup Database and Logs To backup database and logs proceed as follows 1 Click Eee ey 2 Select a path in local destination and click Save The Mei GU button is disabled when backing up database and logs Clear Finished Jobs What Are Finished Jobs Finished jobs include the jobs with the following statuses e Completed e Failed e Cancelled To clear all finished jobs click ZZ About Window To view product information of the current XFile3 version you just need to click a and then a message box pops up 3 XFile3 Application 97 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A EVS About Window E om heg m 85 G4 01 75 95 m om mm mbe
51. e Di clip resource DAclip resource D clip resource Auto Restore Restore Streaming TCIN Duration 11 20 2014 22 43 59 28 00 00 10 00 11 20 2014 22 43 59 28 00 00 10 00 11 20 2014 22 43 59 28 00 00 10 00 11 20 2014 22 43 59 28 00 00 10 00 11 12 2014 16 50 24 09 00 00 02 21 08 21 2014 14 57 48 08 00 00 05 00 01 07 2015 23 39 38 00 00 01 08 23 10 20 2014 21 28 39 00 00 00 10 00 10 20 2014 21 28 29 00 00 00 10 00 10 20 2014 21 28 19 00 00 00 10 00 10 20 2014 17 11 39 00 00 00 10 00 10 20 2014 21 27 59 00 00 00 09 28 10 20 2014 21 27 49 00 00 00 10 00 10 20 2014 21 27 39 00 00 00 10 00 Monitoring 19 items 0 item selectec Keyword1 Keyword2 Keyword3 Keyword4 Keyword5 Rating HOES OREI amp amp X X X KH KR KR KR KR RK FB 3 Templates Avid MXF OPAtom EVS MXF MXF OP1a SMPTE QuickTime Movie 1080i AVC Intra 100 MXF OP1a SMPTE 1080i Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE 1080i DVCPro HD QTMov 1080i MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 1080i MJPEG EVS MXF 1080i ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov 720p AVC Intra 100 MXF OP 1a SMPTE 720p Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MXF OP1a SMPTE 720p DVCPro HD QTMov 720p MJPEG 4Band XT1 EVS MXF 720p MJPEG EVS MXF 720p ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov To EVS Server Playlist export EDL only asdasd Cardinals 3 Dest ProRes EVS mxf DVCPro HD mov DVC PRO HD mov EVS MXF ProRES 422 LT L Destinations EVS MXF Daclip resource A SuperMotion Cli
52. e selected e Click on one job then press CTRL from keyboard and simultaneously click other jobs one by one to add to the selection With this method all the clicked jobs will be selected e Click on one job then press SHIFT from keyboard and click any other job then all the jobs between those two selected jobs will be selected e Press CTRL A to select all the jobs How to Sort Jobs To sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order unfold the jobs and click on the column or click it again to invert the sorting q Note Destination and Action columns can t be sorted 3 XFile3 Application 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 40 How to Cancel and Retry Jobs To cancel jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the jobs to be cancelled 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Cancel Cancel Process ASAP OR Click EZ in Actions column to cancel the single job 3 The statuses of the cancelled job will be cancelled _ To retry the job click ict in Actions column G Note Only the jobs with Waiting Scheduled or Running statuses can be cancelled Only the jobs with Cancelled or Failed statuses can be retried How to Change Job Priority Changing job priority means moving the selected job to the top of the scheduled job queue to be processed in top priority To change job priority proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Proces
53. eck box next to the individual servers pages and banks You can select Unselect All Select All to select all servers or to cancel the selection The server name on XFile3 Ul is the SDTI network name of the server But if the server name is blank the server serial number will be displayed instead The total number of clip is displayed beside each server name page or banks in brackets 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL G Note XFile3 monitors the connection with the EVS servers GBE ports A server could indeed be visible through the Management PC Lan port on XFile3 UI but file transfers may be impossible to be visible through the GBE media ports Two degraded modes are possible e The server s GBE ports are not reachable file transfer is impossible in such circumstances If both servers GBE connections can t be pinged at all all controls for that server will be disabled e The server s GBE ports are not reachable in jumbo frames An orange network icon appears beside the EVS server File transfer is possible but not at the fastest speed To solve those problems please check your network settings to ensure that Jumbo Frames is enabled on the local XFile3 NIC or on the switch infrastructure between the XFile3 and the servers ar P E fer XT3 001 3 2 3 Templates Pane Introduction Area Description Two kinds of templates exist in Template pane default templates and custom tem
54. ected Area Name Description 1 Sources pane Area that displays all the detected hard drives including the local path folders and subfolders 2 Destinations pane Area that displays all the detected servers their structures including the pages and banks 3 Option pane Area that displays the cameras or network drive credentials if a network drive is selected 4 Create auto restore Button to create auto restore folder folder button 5 Job pane Area that displays all the created jobs and statuses 3 4 2 Sources Pane Sources pane displays all the detected source folders in the hard drives 3 XFile3 Application 51 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 Sources co Local Disk C db_backups dell drivers R293611 A lab Lang WIN x64 R294467 Drivers EVSLogs Hotfix Intel NVIDIA PerfLogs Program Files Program Files x86 Users Windows Al Access Notif Cache Al Access XML co New Volume D co New Volume EM i i i i i ee cl Source pane includes the following elements Select the check box before the folders to select the clips in the selected hard drive Only one folder can be selected to be used as the restore folder The mapped drives are supported by XFiles Mobile hard drives are supported by XFile3 Right click on either hard drive or folder and do the following operations o Click Refresh button to refresh the detected hard drives o Click Open in new window to open the local path
55. ed content from EVS servers to the transportable hard drives or EVS servers and enable the content to be restored from hard drives to EVS servers The main users for XFile3 are e LSM operators e Producers and LSM Operator assistants e Technical truck engineers e Other production users who manage to archive and restore The overall workflow implies the two roles 1 Archive existing clips from EVS servers to hard drives 2 Restore existing files from hard drives to EVS servers to K K Restore Restore L238 CoE Ba ba Na gt Hard Drive Requirements Software Requirements e Microsoft Net Framework 4 5 1 Hardware Requirements e XF2 HP 2 5 XF23 2D or XF32 2D series e OS Window7 64 bits or 32 bits EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Aso Workflow Requirements March 2015 e Itis advised to verify that the Xsquare services are fully running before launching XFile3 software Compatibility e XSecure V1 02 01 e Xsquare V3 2 19 e Xviewer V3 2 14 e Multicam V11 02 onwards e TruckManager FtpService V1 0 6 e DiscoveryClient V01 00 17 1 Introduction A V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 2 Installation and Licensing 2 1 Software Installation Microsoft NET Framework Installation When starting XFile3 installation package e If the computer has been installed with Microsoft NET Framework 4 5 the procedure directly goes to XFile3 Installation e It the computer has
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57. es be installed J Setup will install File into the Following Folder To continue click Mest IF you would like to select a different Folder click Browse CiProgram Files x8631EV5 Broadcast Equipment Browse Gt least 92 1 MB of Free disk space is required Back JL next gt Cancel 4 Select either mode to install Two modes are available Full install mode and Advanced install mode o gt Select Full install mode then all the components will be installed in Silent mode automatically o Select Advanced install mode then you can customize the components to be installed 28 Setup XFile3 Install Mode Select the install mode Please select the install mode you want Advanced install mode lt Back lL next gt Cancel The following steps are the installation process after selecting Advanced install mode 5 Select the components to install and then click Next If you need to update XFile3 only you can unselect the other three components and click Next 6 2 Installation and Licensing a V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z 35 Setup XFile3 Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components vou want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Mext when you are ready to continue Current selection requires at least 92 1 MB of disk space lt Back JL text gt Cancel 6 Click Browse to select a folder where XFile3
58. es the clips which have been flagged for archive 28 3 XFile3 Application EE o E C N XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL e Introduction The keywords filter makes it possible to include the clips in the autoarchive rule The keywords are affixed with the selected keywords By default no keyword is selected Click to activate Keyword window Keywords T G1 120 SAMPLEKWD Upload keyword grid to a server acton10 acthonl1 actonl actonls actonl14 actonlS acton16 achon1 acton1s actonl9 action 0 playerAl playerA2 playerAs playerAd playerAS playerA6 playerA playerAg playerAG playerAlO playerAl1 playerAl playerAl3 playerAl4 playerAlS playerAl6 playerAl playerAl player 19 player z20 playerB1 playerB2 playerBs playerB4 playerBS playerB6 playerB playerB playerBS playerB10 playerB11 playerB1l playerB13 playerB14 playerB15 playerB16 playerB1 playerB18 playerB19 playerB20 All the keywords listed in this window are from the keywords folders of the detected servers which reflects all keywords currently assigned to the clips Possible Actions on Keywords All keywords are stored in the keyword folders of the discovered servers The user can upload a keywords grid to a server as a keyword folder If the name of the folder to be uploaded is the same as the one in the same server the existing keyword folder in the server will be overlapped by the uploaded keyword folde
59. gt send job to job is processing Square Possible Actions on Job Pane How to Start and Stop a Rule To stop a rule click Li in Job pane then all the jobs in waiting scheduled and running statuses in the rule will be cancelled To start a rule click EM in Job pane then all the cancelled jobs in the rule will be running or scheduled How to Select Jobs All the selected jobs are highlighted in blue There are several ways to select jobs e Click on one job then the job will be selected e Click on one job then press CTRL from keyboard and simultaneously click other jobs one by one to add to the selection With this method all the clicked jobs will be selected e Click on one job then press SHIFT from keyboard and click any other job then all the jobs between those two selected jobs will be selected Press CTRL A to select all the jobs 3 XFile3 Application 57 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 9 3 9 k 58 How to Sort Jobs To sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order unfold the jobs and click on the column label or click it again to invert the sorting q Note Destination and Action columns can t be sorted How to Cancel Jobs To cancel jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Cancel OR Click Ez in Actions column 3 The status of the job will be cancelled q Note Only the jobs with Waiting Scheduled and Ru
60. hanging job priority means moving the selected job to the top of the scheduled job queue to be processed in high priority To change job priority proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Process ASAP Cancel Process ASAP Click MUCA in Actions column 3 The job will be processed soon with high priority Note Only the priority of jobs with Scheduled status can be changed Monitoring Tab Monitoring Overview Click Monitoring to enter monitoring tab In Monitoring tab you can see all the available hard drives and all the jobs 4 Pastotone Capture 0DE 3 XFile3 BEBED AFile3 i Archive Auto Restore Restore Streaming Monitoring a Local Disk C Show A BD XSquare configuration Maintenance Clear Finished Jobs _ GB free of 224 51 GB a Source LSM_ID Format Destination CreationTime Speed Remaining_time Status Actions New Volume D 19 26 GB free of 107 42 GB w niubia 1st pitch HD MJPEG Standard Ds clip resource EVS 1st pitch 114A mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 niubia CAM 6 HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CAM 6 114B mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 New Volume E niubia RUNNING HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS RUNNING 114C mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 GB free of 133 73 GB niubia Ist pitch HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 niubia CLEAN HD MJPEG Standard Ds clip resource EVS CLEAN 114E mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 niubia Goalie HD
61. ile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Area Description With overlap Displays the overlap value predefined in Options pane of Actions Displays the available operations on the rule i Remove Remove the rule and cancel all the jobs p ii StartAll Start all the jobs See StartAll for more information e LEN Stop all the jobs See StopAll for more information e E A at TC StopAll at TC Stop the jobs at the exact timecode TC See StopAll at TC for more information StopAll After clicking LED job status will be changed e The running jobs will be stopped at the current server TC and the status of the running jobs will be completed The jobs in waiting and scheduled statuses are stopped immediately and the status of those jobs will be stopped oo Startall Mai oe gt 7 If the user clicks and then clicks the jobs will be created from the current server TC based on the streaming rule StopAll at TC StopAll at TC button can be applied only once for it is only available when the current rule isn t predefined with To value When StopAll at TC button is used the input value will be treated as the new To value for this rule To stop all jobs at TC proceed as follows 1 Click eM and display a window 2 Type the date and timecode and then click OK Select a date m hh mim 58 Now 3 Those input values will be displayed in To column and all the jobs will be stopped at that time 3 XFile3 Applicati
62. ile3 4 07 USER MANUAL How to Eject a Hard Drive To eject a hard drive click a Storyboard What Is a Storyboard A storyboard is a list of clip s contents which are delivered with the current selected local hard drive or its folders When jobs are created the user can create it as an HTML file and store in the desirable local path How to Create Storyboard To create storyboard proceed as follows 1 Select the source hard drive 2 Click Create Story rd when StoryboardOption window pops up then select the target folder one folder or multiple folders and click Choose for a requested path to store the storyboard Storyboard Option Window Please select the target folder s to create the storyboard from a W EN of Auto Archive 1 Auto Archive 2 P Chip Folder Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Image Jpeg New folder NEXT PC_KEY_ GNGD 2X5 6D8 CNC_03_Jun_2014 06 01_50 File Path E Storyboard_2014 07 25 14 37 52 html Choose OK Cancel 3 Click x the storyboard of the target folders will be stored in the specified path To open this storyboard you only need to open the file named Storyboard date creation time html suchas Storyboard 2014 01 27 15 30 44 htm1 by a web browser 3 XFile3 Application 89 March 2015 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Storyboard Field Description Storyboard EVS XFile3 XFile3 version 03 04 15 File creation time 2014 01 27 15 41 56 a ee ee SCENTS a 10 14 19
63. imum destination value and maximum transcoding value of Xsquare e Maximum destination value is used to define the maximum number of running jobs processed simultaneously by Xsquare e Maximum transcoding value is used to define the maximum number of transcoding jobs processed simultaneously by Xsquare E Aoguare configuration Total Max Dest Total Max Transc 6 Cancel Default Possible Actions on Xsquare Configuration Click after setting the requested values to validate this configuration Click ce to abort this configuration Click ESS to close XSquare configuration window Click to return to the original values e Total Max Dest 6 e Total Max Transc 6 3 XFile3 Application 95 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 Maintenance Introduction Click Miantenanee to enter Maintenance window The window enables you to do the following operations Item Functionality The size of DB file Displays the size of the DB file The number of all jobs Displays the total number of jobs Delete obsolete jobs Button to delete all the obsolete jobs Delete all jobs Button to delete all the jobs Backup database and logs Button to backup the database and logs i Maintenance The size of DB file The number of all jobs Delete obsolete jobs Delete all jobs Backup database and logs Possible Actions on Maintenance How to Delete Obsolete Jobs What Are Obsolete Jobs Obsolete jobs includ
64. ition Level Location Team A Team 6 Cancel 3 Click after modification The user can edit this profile at any time to update the metadata The metadata profile is added in the XML of the destination files Supermotion Clips The Supermotion Clips option makes it possible for the user to archive clips with All frames or Real time All frames and Real time options are chosen respectively while archiving clips By default All frames is selected e All frames The entire frame of the Super Motion Clip is kept asynchronous or without audio e Real time Only 1 frame over 2 3 6 or 10 following the Super Motion Rec mode and audio are kept Audio TC will be consistent Supenmotion clips All frames supermotion speed no audio Real time real time speed with audio _ Users are allowed to define the Supermotion parameters respectively in every destination 3 XFile3 Application 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 2 9 26 ProRes 422 LT Mov A SuperMoton Clips All frames supermotion speed no audio Real tme real ime speed with audio EWS HD MAF A SuperMoton Clips All frames ssupemmotion speed no audio Real time real time speed with audio DYCPro HD mov A SuperMotion Clips All fames ssupenmotion speed no audio Real time real ime speed with audio Warning If archiving the contents from one server to another Supermotion Clips function will be unavailable
65. jobs will be displayed at the bottom of Archive tab Source Name Format Destination Metadata Remaininglime Speed Status Actions Comments m 1202 110 434F DYCPRO HD Z m l 00 00 01 4 67x gt x 1202 110 434D Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 434C Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 4348 Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 433D Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 433C Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 433B Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 433A Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 432F Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 432E Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 432D Z m 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 434A 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 432C 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 432B 0 00x Process ASAP 1202 110 432A Process ASAP 1202 110 431F Process ASAP NEE DE E DEE E 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 DB D Le te ae tie ae Se aie Sie aie Si tie Sie Se le alps 199 11 4231F 24 items 0 item selected Job All the jobs created manually are displayed in Job pane 3 XFile3 Application 47 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 48 March 2015 Area Description Source Displays the LSMID of each job Name Displays the name of the current archived clip Format Displays the format which has been selected in the Template pane Destination Displays the destination where the archived clips will be stored Metadata Displays the selected metadata item Remaining Displays the remaining time of each job _time Speed Displays the current archiving speed of each job by a multiple of x Statu
66. ke 10 seconds as the valid guardbands value G Note q The guardbands value is specified in seconds with the range from 1s to 60s How to Create Restore Jobs To create restore jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the source clips to restore 2 Select one starting point in Destinations pane to store the restored clips in the EVS video server if needed If you have selected more than one server you don t need to select a specific starting point 3 Select the Copy Type if needed By default Continuous is selected Continuous Ee Dipa Same location 4 Select a Camera Filter if needed By default no camera filter is selected 5 Define the short in out and guardbands if needed 6 Click Restore All the jobs will be displayed in Job pane Job Pane Overview on Job Pane After creating jobs the jobs will be displayed at the bottom of Restore tab 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Source V 5 Destination ClipName Remaininglime Speed Status Transcoded Actions Comments 111A ZAm ScanFolder DONE EVS 111A mxf 1102 124 531A 00 00 01 241x gt amp x 111B Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS 111B mxf 1102 124 531B 00 00 02 2 32x 111C Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS 111C mxf 1102 124 531C 00 00 02 2 20x 111D Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS 111D mxf 1102 124 531D 00 00 01 111E Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS 111E mxf 1102 124 531E 00 00 05 112A ZAm ScanFolder DONE EVS 112A mxf 1102 124 532A 112B Z m ScanFolder DONE EVS
67. l columns option is used to select all the columns v v v w a Wf v Ww v w Show all columns Rules TemplateName Destination Metadata From To Pref cam Camera Rating Archive keywords Logical relation Actions Job All the jobs that meet the criteria of the specific rule will be displayed under the rule Column Source ClipName Format Destination Remaining _time Speed Status Description Displays the LSM ID and server name of each job Displays the name of the current archived clip Displays the format which has been defined in the Template pane Displays the destination where the archived clips are stored Displays the remaining time of each job Displays the current archiving speed of each job by a multiple of x Displays the job status referring to Job Status for more details 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Column Actions Comments Job Status V5 Description Displays the available operations on the single job Cancel the job DESSE Put the job on the top of the scheduled job queue and it will be processed as soon as possible e Q Retry the job if it is cancelled or stopped Displays the information from Xsquare and XFile3 Six kinds of job statuses are available in Job pane to specify the exact status of the current job The color refers to the color of the column label in front of the job and the font color of
68. lect all Desktop a W amp Local Disk CN db_backups b dell Drivers e85lba batb4if2ba6 EVSLogs Hattix Intel NVIDIA PertLags Program Files Program Files x86 Users Windows AlAccess Notif Cache Al Access XML New Volume DY ov New Volume EV E netclips 192 168 173 145 2 d d d d d d d d d d Hard Drive list includes the following elements 60 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL m F e Select the check box next to the folders or sub folders to select the clips in the selected hard drive e Click on one folder then press SHIFT from keyboard and click any other folder then all the folders between those two selected folders will be selected e The mapped drives are supported by XFile3 e Mobile hard drives are supported by XFile3 e Right click on either hard drive or folder and do the following operations o click Refresh button to refresh the detected hard drives o gt click Open in new window to open the local path ey Refresh amg Open in new window Unselect All e Click to release all the selections of hard drives Sources List 5400 56851 tems tem selected Camera_Label Keyword Ke RECA RECA RECA Cam 9 Low Rght EZ 111111111 123456 7890123456 78901234 REC1 RECI WU Cam 9 Low Rght EZ Sources list only displays the clips from the specific folders or subfolders in the selected hard drives which includes
69. ll the custom templates are exported to only one xml file at one time and the file is named by the format Customize export template date hour minute second xml For example Customize export template 2013 11 20 15 00 19 xml How to Import a Custom Template To import a custom template proceed as follows 1 Click at the top right of Templates pane to display the editable area 2 Click Ma 3 Click to select the xml file to be imported 5 User Template Import x Import user templates from file Cancel Import 4 Select the custom templates to be imported by ticking the check box x User Template Import Import user templates from file CAUsers WexT Desktop Customize export template _20 Browse Wo Avid MXF OPAtom 1 Cancel Import 5 Click Import and a message box will pop up to remind that the import is successful All the imported custom templates are displayed at the bottom of Templates pane _ How to Create Multi destination Template Creating multi destination template is creating a template which supports archiving clips to multiple destinations To create multi destination template proceed as follows 20 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 1 Click on the right side of the template to be created from A TemplateEditor window pops up X Source configuration Destination Icon DVC PRO HD mov Encoder Wrapper profile DVCPRO HD QTMov To NLE Destination metadata
70. med by a PL sequential number such as PL 11 Templates Pane See 3 2 3 Templates Pane for more information about Templates pane Noted that Playlist export EDL only is exclusively available in Restore tab Destinations Pane See 3 2 4 Destinations Pane for more information about Destinations Add metadata and Supermotion clips in Destinations pane How to Create Archive Jobs How to Archive Clips To archive clips proceed as follows 1 Select the source clips to archive 2 Select the template in the Templates pane to archive the clips with the selected format 3 Select the destinations in the Destinations pane to store the archived clips in local destinations 4 Click Archive All the jobs will be created and displayed in Job pane 3 XFile3 Application 45 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 46 How to Archive Playlists Introduction XFile3 can archive playlists that contain both local clips and network clips Playlist export EDLonly is used to only export the playlist s edit list EDL without the video and audio content Playlist export EDL only Operations on Playlists To archive playlists proceed as follows 1 Select the source playlists to archive 2 Select the template in the Templates pane to archive the playlists with the selected format G Note The four templates without transcoding can t be used for playlist archiving Those templates are disabled while archiving playlists
71. n t been installed with Microsoft NET Framework 4 5 Microsoft NET Framework 4 5 will be installed prior to installing XFile3 application Microsoft NET Framework 4 5 installation process a Click Install to proceed installation or click Cancel to exit installation Setup sFile3 now requires installing Microsoft MET Framework4 5 Click Install to proceed with the Wet Framework installation You Will need to reboot after the Met Framework installation before installing the File3 software Cancel b Wait a couple of seconds until installation is completed Extracting Files 2 Installation and Licensing 3 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 F La Microsoft MET Framework BA Installation Progress TAT Please wait while the MET Framework is being installed Microsol File security verification All Files were verified successfully ate Installation progress Installing WET Framework c Manually restart the computer and proceed to XFile3 installation Setup Se r f 1 You must manually restart your computer to complete the Wet Framework installation After reboot please restart the Files installation to continue the installation XFile3 Installation To install XFile3 proceed as follows Run XFile3 installation package and then follow the steps of the Setup wizard 1 Click Next 4 2 Installation and Licensing j V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z
72. ne but you can see all the completed jobs in Monitoring tab 3 XFile3 Application 85 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 86 Possible Actions on Job Pane How to Select Jobs All the selected jobs are highlighted in blue There are several ways to select jobs e Click on one job then the job will be selected e Click on one job then press CTRL from keyboard and simultaneously click other jobs one by one to add to the selection With this method all the clicked jobs will be selected e Click on one job then press SHIFT from keyboard and click any other job then all the jobs between those two selected jobs will be selected e Press CTRL A to select all the jobs How to Sort Jobs To sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order unfold the jobs and click on the column or click it again to invert the sorting q Note Destination and Action columns can t be sorted How to Cancel and Retry Jobs To cancel jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Cancel Cancel Process ASAP Click Ez in Actions column 3 The status of the job will be cancelled To retry the job click in Actions column 4 Note q Only the jobs with Waiting Scheduled and Running statuses can be cancelled Only the jobs with Cancelled and Failed statuses can be retried 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL How to Change Job Priority V5 C
73. nning statuses can be cancelled How to Change Job Priority Changing job priority means moving the selected job to the top of the scheduled job queue to be processed in high priority To change job priority click kisaa and the job will be processed soon with high priority 4q Note Only the priority of jobs with the Scheduled status can be changed Restore Tab Restore Overview Click to enter Restore tab Clips can be restored from a hard drive to any EVS video server on the network The screenshot below shows various areas of Restore main window 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Sources amp Local Disk C 4 New Volume D ltest T clip resource CS31085_CLP_BGA Debug Everything 2118 d clip resource evs rec2 211b mxf 211C d dip resource evs rec2 211c mxf 211C d dip resource evs rec2 211c 1 mxf 211D di dip resource evs rec2 211d mxf 211D d dip resource evs rec2 211d 1 mxf 212A d clip resource evs lly 212a mxf l 212A di clip resource evs lly 212a 1 mxf vs 111a 31la mxf i urce evs evs pl11 2 311b mxf 170xx 412D EVS PL11 2 Area Name 1 Sources pane 2 Destinations pane 3 Option pane 170xx 411B REC2 170xx 411C REC2 170xx 41D REC2 170x 411E REC2 170xx 411F REC2 170xx 412A Ily 170xx 412B ly 170xx 412C EVS 111A 4 Restore button 5 Job pane 34 34 items O item selected Destinations Keyword1 Keyword2 Keyword3 Keyword4 Keyword5 Ratin
74. o sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order click on the column label to display the arrow button D F and click it again to invert the sorting q Note Actions column can t be sorted How to Cancel and Retry Jobs To cancel jobs proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Cancel Cancel Process ASAP OR Click Ez in Actions column 3 The status of the job will be cancelled a To retry the job click ae in Actions column q Note q Only the jobs with Waiting Scheduled and Running statuses can be cancelled Only the jobs with Cancelled and Failed statuses can be retried How to Change Job Priority Changing job priority means moving the selected job to the top of the scheduled job queue to be processed in high priority To change job priority proceed as follows 1 Select the requested jobs 2 Right click on the selected jobs and select Process ASAP Cancel Process ASAP OR Click setae tau in Actions column 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 3 The job will be processed soon with high priority q Note Only the priority of jobs with Scheduled status can be changed How to Refresh Job Status To refresh job status you only need to click Refresh Only the statuses of Waiting Scheduled and Running jobs can be refreshed Xsquare Configuration Introduction Xsquare Configuration is used to set the max
75. on 83 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 84 Jobs March 2015 Introduction Area Source Format Destination From To Speed Remaining Time Status Thumbnail Actions Comments Job Status Description Displays the server name and recorder of trains to be archived Displays the format of the archived clip based on the chosen template Displays the selected destination Displays the starting date and time Displays the ending data and time Displays the current archiving speed of each job by a multiple of x Displays the number of completed jobs and matching jobs with the format n completed jobs n matching jobs Displays the job status referring to Job Status for more details The check box enables users to decide whether to see the thumbnail of the archived clip or not e When the check box is ticked the column length of all the jobs will be adjusted based on the size of the thumbnails e If Auto Grad in Options of Streaming tab is defined the thumbnail will be refreshed based on the defined time Displays the available operations on the job Ed cancer Cancel this job Process ASAP Process ASAP Give the job top priority to be processed MM Record Aim Record Stop record the trains in the current recorder the current TC time will be displayed in To column as soon as Stop Record button is clicked Retry Retry the job if it is failed or canceled e E At Tc StopAtTcTime Stop the job
76. ord assigned to the clip Displays the fourth keyword assigned to the clip Displays the fifth keyword assigned to the clip Displays the rating level by a digital number 0 s 2 we e Displays the TC IN assigned to the clip Displays the duration assigned to the clip Session metadata includes eight kinds of metadata assigned to the clip SessionName SessionDate SessionSport SessionCompetition SessionCompetitionLevel SessionLocation SessionTeamA and SessionTeamB Displays the file s path Displays the path where the clip will be restored or has been restored previously 3 XFile3 Application a V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Sz Please refer to 3 3 2 Sources Pane to see more information about the operations on Sources list field Right click on the clip to open the path in Explorer Double click on the clip to open it by Xviewer The updated metadata in Xviewer can be displayed on its Metadata column The following table explains three different colors on the row header in front of every SOUICe Color of Head Row Restore Status No Color Not restored Orange Waiting for restore Green Restored How to Trim a Clip with Xviewer Shortening a clip with Xviewer is shortening the duration of the clip by Xviewer The prerequisite of this action is that the computer is installed Xviewer with valid Edit license To shorten a clip with Xviewer proceed as follows 1 Open the clip to be shortened b
77. ored in it Orange The position is occupied A clip is waiting or scheduled to be restored in this position Green The position is occupied A clip has been restored in this position 3 9 4 Options Pane Copy Type You can choose to select the copy types the two copy types are available Copy Type Description Continuous The clips to be restored will be restored to the available positions one by one from the selected starting point taking the filter options into consideration Same The topology position of all the clips to be restored will keep the same Location topology with that in EVS server If the position for restoring is unavailable the clip will not be restored The first clip must correspond to the same location in EVS server if not the clip will not be restored and other clips will keep the same topology as well Camera Filter You can choose to restore clips to the specific camera positions only By default no camera is selected Camera Description Restore only to camera A Restore only to camera B Restore only to camera C Restore only to camera D Restore only to camera E mmo OO WwW gt Restore only to camera F C Keep Original IDs 68 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 7 Keeping original IDs is keeping the IDs of the restored clips in EVS servers The kept original IDs includes UMID VARID and MATERIAL ID The user can only select either Keep Original IDs or Limit
78. ov To EVS Server Avid MXF OPAtom 1 1080 AVC Intra 100 MXF OP La SMPTE 1 How to Edit a Custom Template To edit a custom template proceed as follows 1 Select one custom template and click E onits right side then the TemplateEditor window is displayed 2 Change the corresponding values 3 Click oe to save the edition and close the window How to Delete a Custom Template To delete a custom template proceed as follows 1 Click at the top right corner of Templates pane to display the editable area and select the custom templates to be deleted by ticking the check box 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL E J _ Templates Avid MXF OPAtom 1 LOGO AVCG Intra 100 MXF OP1la SMPTE 1 Delete selected Import 2 Click Delete selected The selected custom template will be deleted How to Export a Custom Template To export a custom template proceed as follows 1 Click at the top right corner of Templates pane to display the editable area and select the custom templates to be exported by ticking the check box 2 Click Manne 3 Select a path where you want to export in Custom Template Export window User Template Export Export user templates to file CAUsers WexT Desktop Customize export template 3 XFile3 Application 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 4 Click Export then a message box will pop up to remind that the export is successful A
79. plates Custom templates are at the bottom of Templates pane which are separated with default templates by a single line Custom templates are editable but default templates can t be edited The user can proceed on the following actions in custom templates e Creating custom templates e Editing custom templates e Deleting custom templates e Importing custom templates e Exporting custom templates 3 XFile3 Application 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Templates Avid MXF OP Atom EVS MAF MAF OP 1a SMPTE QuickTime Movie 10801 AVC Intra 100 MXF OPla SMPTE 10801 Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MAF OP1la SMPTE 10801 DVCPra HD OTMov 10801 MJPEG 4Band AT1 EWS MAF 10801 MJPEG EVS MXF 10801 ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QTMov 720p AVC Intra 100 MXF OPla SMPTE 720p Avid DNxHD VC 3 100Mbps MAF OP 1a SMPTE 720p DVCPro HD QT Mov 720p MJPEG 4Band ATI EWS MAF 720p MJPEG EYS MAF 720p ProRes 422 LT 100 Mbps QT Mov To EVS Server 720p DVCPro HD QTMov 1 720p DVCPro HD QTMov 2 Area nici Description Name March 2015 1 Default Default templates are generated from Xsquare which can t template be edited and deleted 2 Custom Custom templates are created from default templates by template users which can be edited imported exported and deleted Type of Templates The templates pane displays all the templates that can be used while archiving clips Without Transcoding
80. ps All frames supermotion speed no au Real time real time speed with audio Add metadata From EVS metadata profile Edit From legacy session metadata Edit Archive 18 items _Oitem selected Area Name 1 Sources pane 2 Templates pane 3 Destinations pane 4 Archive button 5 Job pane 3 XFile3 Application Description Area that displays all the detected servers and their content structures including the pages banks and PL banks Area that displays the templates available from Xsquare Area that displays all the destinations matching the selected template supermotion clips and metadata modification Button to create archive job Area that displays all the created jobs 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 3 2 42 Source Pane Server List Sources Unselect All E fxr 1402 110 d Page 1 P Page 2 d Page 3 4 E Page4 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 5 Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank amp Bank 9 PL Bank Page 5 Page 6 Page Page amp The Server list includes the following elements When selecting or unselecting the parent level all child nodes will be selected or unselected Select the check box next to the individual servers pages banks and PL banks used to store all the playlists in the corresponding page You can just click select All i Unselect All select all servers or click to cancel the selection The server name on XFile3 UI is the SDTI network n
81. r 3 XFile3 Application 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 30 Keywords T G1 120 SAMPLEKWD Upload keyword grid to a server O Area Description 1 Enables the user to select an exact discovered server 2 Enables the user to select an exact keyword folder in the discovered server 3 Enables the user to upload an keyword grid to a server To upload a keyword grid to a server proceed as follows 1 Click pa SCRE a EPS EANE to open Keywords Import window E Keyword Import Upload keywords from file Browse Cancel Import 2 Click Browse to select the keyword file to be imported 3 Click Import to import the keywords file and close Keywords Import window The imported keywords are stored in an independent folder Filters Logical Relation The Filters Logical Relation option makes it possible to specify the logical relations among all selected filters e AND The clips matching ALL of the selected filters will be archived Example When selecting Camera A and Rating eee XFile3 only archives the clips containing both Camera A and Rating e e OR The clips matching ANY of all the selected filters will be archived Example When selecting Camera A and Rating XFile3 archives the clips containing Camera A or Rating e or both 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 3 2 6 How to Create an AutoArchive Rule How to Create an AutoArchive Rule To create an autoarchive r
82. reaming job name the valid length is less than 100 characters The streaming job name is added in the front of the local file as soon as the job is completed gt Auto Grab Auto Grab function is automatically updating the thumbnail from the archived recorder and displaying it in Thumbnail column in the particular period of time The default Auto Grab parameter is 5 seconds To display thumbnails during streaming XFile3 grabs recorder frames at regular intervals This requires CPU To lower the CPU load and dramatically increase the performance in case of transcoding XDCam HD archive or 4K archive the user can increase the auto grab interval to 60 seconds The user can also disable the function but no thumbnail can be displayed in Job Zone Auto Grab 5 seconds Four kinds of Auto Grab can be selected 3 XFile3 Application sz V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Auto Grab 5 seconds Disable Auto Grab 5 Seconds 10 seconds 60 seconds When 5 10 60 seconds is selected in Auto Grab option and the check box of Thumbnail column in Job Zone is ticked the thumbnail from the streaming recorder will be updated and displayed on the Thumbnail column in every 5 10 60 seconds Thumbnail Option Description Disable Auto Grab The Auto Grab function is disabled and the thumbnails won t be updated 5 seconds The thumbnails will be displayed on Thumbnail column of Job Zone every 5 seconds It is selected by default
83. rom Templates pane prior to choosing the required destination s The number of destination fields varies from the different formats included in the Template pane If a template has been selected since last archive the template can still be applied in the next archive as long as it has not been changed yet Possible Actions on Destinations How to Select the Destination Path To select the destination path proceed as follows 3 XFile3 Application 7 i V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 1 Click kn then the window named Browse For Folder will pop up 2 Select the desired destination path to write the archived clips to and click OK Adding Metadata Introduction The user can add metadata information by importing and editing EVS metadata profile or editing legacy session metadata Possible Actions on Adding Metadata From EVS Metadata Profile The default profiles are stored in the following directory C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XFile3 XML metadata profiles To add metadata from EVS metadata profile proceed as follows 1 Click below From EVS Metadata Profile Add metadata From EVS metadata profile Edit From legac seston metarlata 2 Click to add a profile in the pop up window and then click OoOo The last selected profile will be displayed in the current profile path E Import EVS Metadata profile Cancel 35 Open V afd Program Files x86 EVS Broadcast Equipment
84. rt contact specifying which new license codes or license code extensions you require 3 Add License codes 2 Installation and Licensing EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 10 a After received another XML file containing the license codes or code extensions that you have requested Copy that XML file in a directory that is visible to the computer where XSecure was installed using a USB key for instance or your LAN network b Click onthe Import Key File button in XSecure window The license codes will be automatically imported and a dialog box is for you to confirm how many license codes have been successfully imported LL lt o 05 Identification System ID _ GNGD ZX5 6D8 CNC SerialNumber 25570 Customer Information Warning License List 2 Installation and Licensing E F V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z 3 3 1 3 1 1 XFile3 Application Startup and Shutdown Startup r Double click the XFile3 icon g to open the application This opens the initialization window AFile3 Version The startup sequence will check the status of the background Xsquare services and discover the available EVS XT and EVS XS Servers on the same network as the XFile3 host computer as well The Auto Archive tab is selected by default at startup If you re launch XFile3 after auto archive rules have been created you will be asked to make a choice to continue using the previous
85. s ASAP Cancel Process ASAP OR Click Mikal in Actions column 3 The job will be processed soon with high priority G Note Only the priority of jobs with the Scheduled status can be changed 3 XFile3 Application XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL Duos 3 3 1 Archive Tab Archive Overview V5 Archive tab is used to manually archive the source clips and playlists from the requested EVS video servers to the predefined destinations with the requested formats Click to enter Archive tab The screenshot below shows various areas of Archive main window AFile3 Auto Archive Archive Sources Unselect All Q fer TVG1 124 e z 4 m fxr 170xx Page 1 gt Page2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 4 V Page6 Bank1 V Bank2 V Bank3 V Bank4 Bank5 Bank6 Bank7 Banks Bank9 PL Bank gt Page 7 gt Page 8 Page 9 Page 0 gt fer TVG2 110 fr TYNM 125 Source Name 170xx 211D REC2 170xx 211C REC2 170xx 211A REC2 170xx 211B REC2 170xx 611D 111111111 170xx 611B c5XpsEV 170xx 645E DouDiZhu 170xx 645D DouDiZhu 170xx 645C DouDiZhu ServerName LSMID Name Q 170xx 211A REC2 170xx REC2 211C REC2 REC2 y c5XpsEV 111111111 DouDiZhu DouDiZhu DouDiZhu DouDiZhu DouDiZhu DouDiZhu DouDiZhu Destination Metadata DVCPRO HD Di clip resource DVCPRO HD Di clip resource DVCPRO HD Di clip resource DVCPRO HD Di clip resource Dclip resource Daclip resourc
86. s Displays the job status referring to Job Status for more details Actions Displays the available operations on a single job e Cancel the job GESIS Put the job on the top of the scheduled job queue and it will be processed as soon as possible e Cc Retry the job if it is cancelled or stopped Comments Displays the information from Xsquare and XFile3 Job Status Six kinds of job status are available in Job pane to specify the exact status of the current job The color refers to the color of the column label in front of the job and the font color of Comments column Job Status elie E Running Completed Failed Cancelled Color of Head Row Description White The job has been created and stored in the XFile3 Database Orange The job has been sent to Xsquare and is scheduled to be proceeded Blue The job is running Green The job is completed successfully Red The job is unsuccessful No Color The job has been cancelled 3 XFile3 Application E V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL z G Note When a job is completed the job will disappear from Job pane but you can see all the completed jobs in Monitoring tab The following diagram specifies the conversion between different statuses Cancelled cancel job x cancel job cancel job send failed Faea failed gt Waiting Scheduled gt Running e Completed send job to job is processing Square Possible Actions on Job P
87. s created Displays the Date when the clip was archived Displays the EVS XML file assigned to the clip Displays the file size assigned to the clip 3 XFile3 Application 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 3 7 3 Job Pane Introduction Overview on Job Pane All the jobs in Monitoring tab synchronize those in all tabs Auto Archive Archive Auto Restore Restore and Streaming tabs Any changes made in other tabs affect those in Monitoring tab as well XSquare configuration Maintenance Clear Finished Jobs Type Source Format Destination CreationTime Speed Remaining time Status Actions Comments Q gt niubia 1st pitch HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS 1st pitch 114A mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 3 gt niubia CAM 6 HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CAM 6 114B mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 gt niubia RUNNING HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS RUNNING 114C mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 gt niubia 1st pitch HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh gt niubia CLEAN HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CLEAN 114E mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 gt niubia Goalie HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource 2014 08 12 16 47 06 Refresh gt niubia Martinez HrX HD MJPEG Standard D Aclip resource EVS Martinez HrX 113B mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 gt niubia CAM 10 SPIN HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CAM 10 SPIN 113C mov 2014 08 12 16 47 06 gt niubia CAM5 MID HD MJPEG Standard D clip resource EVS CAM 5 MID 113D mov 2014 08 12 16 4
88. shortcuts to be saved and then click Next BE Setup XFile3 gt mec Select Start Menu Folder LA Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts RAG i Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the Following Start Menu Folder To continue click Next IF you would like to select a different Folder click Browse V5 Broadcast Equipment Browse lt Back next gt Cancel 7 Select Create a desktop icon to create a shortcut on the desktop If unselect the shortcut won t display on the desktop Click Next 2 Installation and Licensing 7 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 BE Setup XFile3 Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing File3 then click Next Additional icons lt Back met Cancel 8 Click Install and wait until the installation is completed This can last a couple of seconds After that install Xsquare Suite BE Setup XFile3 Installing Please wait while Setup installs XFile3 on your computer Extracting files Ci oquarelinstallers EV S Installers 27 Access TAccess Only setup 2 1 28 exe Cancel 9 Select the first option to restart your computer now or select the second option to restart your computer later The first option is highly recommended And then click Finish to finish the installation 8 2 Installation and Licensing
89. sly click other jobs one by one to add to the selection With this method all the clicked jobs will be selected e Click on one job then press SHIFT from keyboard and click any other job then all the jobs between those two selected jobs will be selected e Press CTRL A to select all the jobs How to Search Jobs To search jobs you only need to type the character string whose name includes the character string in the Quick Search Tool all the clips include the character string will display on Job pane Two possibilities to search clips ordinary search and global search Ordinary Search To search jobs in an ordinary way you only need to type the character string in the corresponding Quick Search Tool under each item To clear the search filter you can click in the Quick Search Tool Global Search To search jobs in a global way you only need to type the character string in Quick Search Tool and two kinds of characters are possible e Input a character string such as 123 abc the result will be the job whose metadata includes the character e Input multiple character strings with space such as 123 456 78 the result will be the jobs whose metadata includes those character strings To clear the search filter you can click in the Quick Search Tool q Note Global Search and Ordinary Search can be used in combination 3 XFile3 Application 93 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 94 How to Sort Jobs T
90. t the month and the day of the month To set the time select the time area and type the desired time You can click to clear the defined date and time You can click BGS to load the current server time q Note Date amp Time filter is based on Primary TC 3 XFile3 Application 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Camera March 2015 The camera filter makes it possible to select the clips to be included in the autoarchive rule By default no camera is selected and all cameras are included The different cameras are shown as following Camera nimi ollo gt Rating Description Archive only clips stored as A clips Archive only clips stored as B clips Archive only clips stored as C clips Archive only clips stored as D clips Archive only clips stored as E clips Archive only clips stored as F clips The Rating filter makes it possible to include the clips in the autoarchive rule which are in the required rating level By default no rating is selected and all ratings are included Rating Archive Description Clips with no rating Clips with rating one Clips with rating two Clips with rating three The Archive Flag filter makes it possible to include the clips in the autoarchive which are flagged for archive or not flagged for archive by the LSM or Multicam user By default no archive flag is selected Not Archived Includes the clips which are not flagged for archive Marked for archive Alt Z Includ
91. to short in short out Operation Description Keep Original IDs All the original IDs of the clips stored are kept and saved in EVS video server Keep Original IDs All the original IDs of the clips stored are discarded New IDs will be assigned to the stored clips based on EVS video server Limit to short in short out ProtectIn Short In ShertQut ProtectOut Guardbands Clip Guardbands XFile3 allows restoring only a portion of a clip You can choose to restore the clip limited to its short in and short out z Limit to short in short out With quardbands of seconds In addition you can add guardbands Limit to short in short out With quardbands of 1 seconds For Example Clip Source Short In 11 00 00 00 Short Out 12 00 00 00 Guardbands value 1 second Restore clip Short In 11 00 00 00 Short Out 12 00 00 00 ProtectIn 10 59 59 00 ProtectOut 12 00 01 00 Guardbands 1 second 3 XFile3 Application 69 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 3 9 9 3 9 6 70 XFile3 will add the guardbands defined by the user provided there is enough footage For example if the original guardbands of the clip to be restored are 5 seconds the specified guardbands by the user will be 10 seconds XFile3 will take 5 seconds as the valid guardbands value If the initial guardbands of the clip to be restored are 15 seconds the specified guardbands by the user will be 10 seconds XFile3 will ta
92. ule proceed as follows 1 2 3 Select the source EVS Server and or Page Bank to autoarchive Select a template in the Templates pane to specify the file format Select a destinations in the Destinations pane to specify where clips will be archived It is optional to select adding metadata Select different filters if requested You can define the filters logical relation in Filters pane Click Create autoarchive rule A new rule will be created and displayed in the Job pane q Note All the clips in the original destination within the defined filters will automatically be archived into the object destination All the previously selected sources will be unselected automatically after the rule is created How to Archive Sources from One Server to Another To archive sources from one server to another proceed as follows 1 Select the source EVS Server and or Page Bank to autoarchive 2 Select the template named To EVS Server in Template pane 3 Select the position in EVS server by clicking the radio button and click ok 3 XFile3 Application o If adefined position is selected all the sources will be archived and the selected position will be taken as the starting point o f the user selects Any Location all the sources will be archived and the first available position in the EVS server will be taken as the starting point 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 ee f 32 E Select destin
93. useoee 97 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 What s New In the user manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The changes linked to new features in version 4 are listed below New Updated functionality e Keywords can be uploaded to the EVS server See section Keywords on page 28 e Multi destination template can be created in AutoArchive Archive and Streaming See section How to Create Multi destination Template on page 20 e SuperMotion parameters can be defined in each destination See section Destinations Pane on page 22 e The rule can be exported in AutoArchive See section How to Export a Rule on page 36 e The rule can be imported into XFile3 See section How to Import a Rule on page 38 e Index function is updated See section Introduction on page 59 e The user can trim a clip with Xviewer See section How to Trim a Clip with Xviewer on page 63 e The user can set the shortcut folder of drives and folders See section Shortcut Folder on page 64 e Keeping Original IDs function is added See section Keep Original IDs on page 68 e Auto Grab is added See section Auto Grab on page 80 e StartAll function is updated See section StartAll on page 83 What s New 7 V5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 Introduction Introduction About XFile3 The purpose of this product is to automatically archive select
94. ve a Network Drive Credential pane will be displayed for validation To validate network drive credentials proceed as follows 1 Map network drive to the local computer 2 Select the network drive to display the Network Drive Credential pane 3 Type the correct user name and password Network dove credentials User Name Admin Password eoceeee G Note If user name or password is incorrect the auto restore folder cannot be started How to Create Auto Restore Folder To create auto restore folder proceed as follows 1 Select the source clips to restore The check boxes before the required folders in Sources pane will be selected 2 Select one position in Destinations pane to store the restored clips in the EVS video server 3 XFile3 Application E V 5 XFile3 4 07 USER MANUAL 3 4 6 3 Select Camera Filter if needed 4 Cilek Create auto restore folder All the jobs will be displayed in Job pane Job Pane Introduction Overview on Job Pane After creating jobs the jobs will be displayed at the bottom of Auto Restore window You can click a to expand or collapse the jobs in the rule Rules Source Destination Camera Actions Status Comments 4 Rule3 DAclip resource 1202 110 111 Hw 14 completed jobs 42 matching jobs Source Destination RemainingTime Speed Status Transcoded Actions Comments 016D D clip reso 00 00 00 0 00x x 016B D clip reso 00 00 00 i 3 015F D clip reso 00 0
95. viewer Metadata ServerName LSM ID Name TC IN Duration Keyword Keyword2 Keyword3 Keyword4 Keyword Archive Status 3 XFile3 Application Description Displays the name of the server Displays ID assigned to the clips using its page bank row and Camera number and assigned to the playlists by using playlist ID Displays the name assigned to the clip Displays the TC IN assigned to the clip Displays the clip or playlist duration Displays the first keyword assigned to the clip Displays the second keyword assigned to the clip Displays the third keyword assigned to the clip Displays the fourth keyword assigned to the clip Displays the fifth keyword assigned to the clip Displays the archive status assigned to the clip by the three statuses Archived Waiting for archive Not archived 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 44 Metadata Description Destinations Displays the path where the archived file is located on local disks if has been archived previously PL Clip Count Displays the number of clips in the playlist q Note XFile3 doesn t support clip or trains in Twin Rec mode on the server The following table explains three different colors on the row header in front of every source Color of Head Row Archive Status No Color Not archived Orange Waiting for archive Green Archived Operations on Sources List How to Sort Clips To sort a column in alphabetical or
96. y Xviewer Two ways are available to open the clip o Double click the clip to be shortened o Right click on the clip to be shortened click pe ete NA Es he and then double click the clip to be shortened File Audio Video Help Clip Info Metadata File Clip File Name S ssssss 111C mx Clip Name ss Path reetw 1 LsmID File Format 2N UmID 144 A7_K LEDUS 144 A7_K Session Time Date Video Name Codec Avid DNxHD 8b Low Sport Definition HD 1080 Competition Video Std NTSC 59 94Hz Levet Frame Rate 29 97 fps Location Scan Type Interlaced Team A Aspect Ratio 16 9 Team B Bitrate 145 Mbps Depth 8 bits XT Data Rating Type Keywords Audio Codec Tracks Timecode 03 50 13 00 00 00 20 00 Primary LTC In LTC 2014 11 20 03 50 13 00 M aly pph Short InLTC 2014 11 2 13 Short Out LTC 2014 11 20 03 50 33 00 D reetw EVS ssssss 111C mxf 00 00 20 00 000 NTSCDROPFRAME 16 9 37 2 cick Ala 3 XFile3 Application 63 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A March 2015 File Audio Video Help Clip Info File File Name EVS ssssss 111C mxf Path D reetw EVS ssssss L File Format EVS MXF 2MB Multic UmID 14 A7_K LEDUS 4 A7 K Video Codec Avid DNxHD 8b Low HD 1080 NTSC 59 94Hz 29 97 fps Definition Video Std Frame Rate Scan Type Interlaced Aspect Ratio 16 9 Bitrate 145 Mbps Depth 8 bits Type Audio Codec Tracks Timecode Primary In LTC 2014 11

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