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1. Save EDL to Allows you to back up the EVS EDL file disk EDL path Path where you want to store your EVS EDL file Mixed Codecs with this table you will have the possibility to map a specific Table for EDL source codec for transcoding purpose gesi All items with this source codec will be transcoded Useful for several cases e Transcoding if source codec not supported by XTAccess e Transcoding if Source codec not supported by NLE The table is only used by XTAccess for the EDL export jobs 35 Issue 1 15 B 36 Field Button Source Codec XEDIO XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Description Transcoding Profile 1M1x_XT4Transcode protfile xrml aal B DNxHD_ T ATranscode profile xml w 1111 gt For Xedio applications the settings allow you to reference media to the Xedio database in case of backup file NLE Config XEDIO DB DSN XEDIO DB User XEDIO DB Password Field Button Active XEDIO DB DNS XEDIO DB User XEDIO DB Pass Description Allows you to activate or not the settings DNS Name of Xedio database target DNS User of Xedio database target DNS Password of Xedio database target XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 7 4 7 4 1 7 4 2 7 4 3 XML JOBS PROCESSING LAUNCH OF MULTIPLE XML JOBS SCAN One c
2. H IP Director Gigabit Ethernet XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 1 An external system for example PDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup and reference of a given clip created on an EVS server to Xedio database XTAccess processes the XML file 2 It gets the clip content which has to be backed up from EVS 3 It generates a backup file 4 It stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system The clip and its metadata are referred to the Xedio database Remark If the backup is not successful the clip will be deleted from the disk and Xedio database except if the file is already used The referencing in the Xedio DB is done at the beginning of the backup and an update is done at the end If the referencing fails the job will fail 93 Issue 1 15 B 23 2 94 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 EXAMPLE OF XML TRANSFER TO XEDIO FILE To identify the clip you want to transfer to CleanEdit you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 2240063 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1206541502 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 0 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt 6 lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt 265
3. User s Manual Version 1 15 January 2011 yeni ACcCEss Lf VE oe rian tet Thi ITA vane Tare ry AN ry KI UN 21207 Eu OR ORE a Wie 19 189 CN VG IT ro fe LAN 1 d rie x CEN 4 E d EVS Server Gigabit Ethernet Gateway XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment Copyright 2008 2011 All rights reserved DISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy in this user manual by e mail to doc evs tv REGIONAL CONTACTS You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices on the EVS website on the following page http www evs tv contacts USER MANUALS ON EVS WEBSITE The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs tv downloadcenter Issue 1 15 B XTAccess
4. mastercomment3 EVS_Metadatas Clips_Infos Clip XFile_Clip_Infos XT_Keyword_3 mastercomment4 EWS e s Infos Clip XFile_Clip_Infos XT_Rating clipcommenta 1 Source Codec Transcoding Profile HD MIPEG EWS MJPEG Avid DNxHD MPEG2 Intra Progressive k Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings Save EDL to Allows you to back up the FCP XML file on disk disk EDL path Path where you want to store the FCP XML file 33 Issue 1 15 B 34 Field Button Generate FinalCutPro XML Quick Time Movies Local Path ai 9 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Description Only 6 EVS custom metadata can be imported in Final Cut Pro Project fields In this field box you can create a matrix with the EVS metadata and FCP metadata The Matrix is based on an EVS metadata template that you can find using the following path C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess EVS_Metadatas_template evs xml fo C Program HESE Broadcast Equepien A Access Nk Medadaia template er xml Microsell Internet Explorer provided by EVS z Ei Program Files Ev irosdcaci Eosaerentor Acoceete Mecacwrag _bemplaie ewe rg Die Green Aca Fayed Cyt E de Pavers E W et page tiers Flos iS boede Equipiera W Accese J ee e Gan Gast Ge E PRS E ham versione 10 encodings UTF 6 standalones no To E
5. EYS Broadcast Equipment Install Cancel 8 Press INSTALL to begin the installation of XTAccess 9 If you have selected Install XTGateway the XTGateway Setup will appear once XTAccess has been installed 10 If you have selected Install XSecure Manager the Xsecure Setup will appear once XTAccess has been installed 12 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 15 Setup XTAccess Completing the XTAccess Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Access on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup Finish The XTAccess software installation is successfully completed Y Note The installer includes a registry key that disables the autorun function on USB keys to avoid virus intrusion Note that a Shortcut of XTAccess has been automatically created on the desktop XTAccess icon is the following When you first launch XTAccess the application modifies or adds the TcpAckFrequency in the registry This key allows having better performances for Backup You need to restart your computer afterwards XTAccess Di XTAccess created 2 new key s in Windows Registry es HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Tcpip Parameters Interfaces interface idTcpAckFrequency You must restart your computer for the changes to tak
6. Job_Src_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt 23 lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Cam gt D lt Job_Src_Cam gt lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt 7tbq1K0O0 lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt lt Job_Src_ld gt 7tbqi1KVW lt Job_Src_ld gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 250 250 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Porti gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt 1 1 251 251 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt IPClip D gt 246373 lt IPClipID gt lt ClipLouthID gt 7tbqi1KVW lt ClipLouthID gt lt ClipMateriallD gt 7tbq1KO0 lt ClipMateriallD gt lt NumUser gt 4 lt NumUser gt lt BackupUnitID gt 100 lt BackupUnitID gt lt JobldHistory gt 2029 lt JobldHistory gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt Job_AvidTM_HostName gt EVSDEMO lt Job_AvidTM_HostName gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 20 3 20 4 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF STREAM RECORD TRAIN lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_Id gt 15 lt Job_I
7. TimeCode Fill amp Key encoding Add Audio when encoding Graphical Sequence Sequence Duration Default Audio Bitmap Cancel Description Select either Pal or NTSC in progressive or not Enter the value of the first TC included in the destination file clip Check this option if you want to generate two synchronous files clips based on Alpha Channel one file clip with the Fill sequence and one file clip with the Key sequence Check this option if you want to add audio to the sequence created with your graphic files The audio files must be 16 bit audio files of 48 kHz 1 to 8 channels The file format must be Broadcast Wave Uncompressed BWAVE wav Type the duration only valid for pictures not for animated sequences Select the default picture you want to add to your audio encoding The EVS server does not support audio only so you have to add a graphic picture Some default pictures are available in the XTAccess folder C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Default Picture Files 21 Issue 1 15 B 22 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 SHOW BUTTONS Select this option if you want to see the buttons in the XTAccess Interface If the option is not selected you can right click on XTaccess to create XML scan unit or open the Scan folder ENABLE TESTMODE Select this option if you want to use the test mode of X
8. XT to XT transfers transfers to Avid etc the source Clear list dip s metadatas were not available on the XT server open in reading failed New XML Scan Folder v Use Scan Folders Check the dip is available and usable on XT server using FTP FileZilla for example New Xml Scan Scan Folders Xml Scan 1 2 6 Command Name Description Abort job The selected job is immediately aborted Status Details Give you more information about the job status Status 4020 Failed to open target file Status Details For backup rewrap and transcoding jobs the block writer block transcoder initialized propery but failed to open the target file Check the destination folder exists and is available from the network Check the application has writing rights on the destination folder try to create a new file using Windows Explorer Check the destination disk is not full Open Destination Open the destination folder folder Open XML Job file For test and debug only Clear List Clear the whole list of the jobs done by XTAccess New XML Scan Folder Select it to create new XML Scan folder Use Scan Folder Select it to open the Scan Folder window Drag And Drop Settings For test and debug only 23 Issue 1 15 B 7 1 1 2 24 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 7 XML Jobs Scan INTRODUCTION XTAccess is triggered by external applica
9. lt GopM gt 3 lt GopM gt lt AspectRatio gt Auto lt AspectRatio gt lt ARate gt 64000 lt ARate gt lt Stereo gt 1 lt Stereo gt lt Half gt 1 lt Half gt lt EVSEncoderCtg gt lt EVSEncoder gt All the Tags are explained into the XML Encoders Schema document into the EVSMPEG2Encoder dll chapter EVSIMXEncoder dll chapter 71 Issue 1 15 B 17 2 72 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 AVID DNXHD DNxHD codec uses the EVSDNxHDEncoder dll encoder C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess EVSEncoders EVSDNxHDEncoder dll which is installed with XTAccess You can find here an example of DNxHD encoder profile This profile can be found into C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder after the installation of XTAccess DNxHD_XTATranscode profile xml lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVSEncoder version 1 0 gt lt DIIName gt EVSDNxHDEncoder dll lt DIIName gt lt DisplayName gt Avid DNxHD lt DisplayName gt lt Extension gt mxf lt Extension gt lt EVSEncoderCfg gt lt VRATE gt 120 lt VRATE gt lt FType gt EVS lt FType gt lt EVS QTRef MOV OPAtom gt lt VType gt 8bitLow lt VType gt lt Stereo gt 1 lt Stereo gt lt ResolutionMode gt 0 lt ResolutionMode gt lt EVSEncoderCfg gt lt EVSEncoder gt All the tags are explained into the XML Encoders
10. 1 1 gt 1117 mxf SOURCEOQFE Do test lin BYWAVE Copy evsievs 192 168 1 1 gt 1117 titi Add Folder Remove Edit 4 Issue 1 15 B 42 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 The main window lists all the scan folders defined by XTAccess Column Heading Folder Job Type Target Filter Src Name Delete Button Field Add Folder Remove Edit START STOP CLOSE Description e Path path of the folder to scan e Check Box if selected this scan folder is considered when XTAccess starts scanning Type of Job Copy Restore Graph Sequ Transcode Target Path XT FTP or Windows path List of file extensions to filter source Name to be added with the restored clip Option to delete source file Description Adds a new folder to scan see below for details Removes a selected scan folder item Edits a selected scan folder item see below for details Starts Stops the scanning process Only the selected folders checkbox will be scanned by XTAccess Closes the Scan Folder window XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 8 2 ADD AND EDIT A SCAN FOLDER ITEM When adding a new scan folder item or editing a selected and existing scan folder item the following settings window is displayed New Scan Folder Job Type Restore e Transcode Graph
11. 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 19 6 MISCELLANEOUS 19 6 1 BACKUP UPDATE OF TRAINS AND LOAD BALANCING e It is not recommended to perform load balancing between several XML Scan folders when requesting backup of trains e We recommend dedicating specific XTAccess for your Backup of train For example one XTAccess for two backups of train Like this you are sure that your backups of train are done directly and quickly 19 6 2 MAX XML JOBS PER SCAN SETTING e It is recommended to set the Max XML Job per Scan registry setting with a very high value e g 100 when performing backup of trains jobs e In that way all incoming jobs will be loaded by XTAccess in the Scheduled folder In case of an update XML job this request will be automatically loaded by XTAccess and parsed to check which job is concerned The backup of trains will be loaded even if it is still in a scheduled or processing mode 82 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 20 Transfer to Avid Transfer Manager This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 7 Transfer Clip to Avid TM IPDirector v4 onwards e Job 8 Transfer File to Avid TM IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 22 Stream Record train to Avid TM IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 42 Partial transfer file to Avid TM IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 43
12. 24 1 50 Proxy Files Si _o Comcel Result Each new job of restore or Copy from IPD will create one DNxHD transcoded file on the EVS If needed you can also create additional codec at the same time XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B 19 Backup of EVS Server Trains to Files This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 20 Backup Train IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 21 Update Backup Train Job IPDirector v5 onwards 19 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the backup of trains is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive ES is GigE 3 KA EH aren Video Feeds k E 2 Apple Final Cut Pro x i de Gigabit Ethernet Issue 1 15 B 19 2 80 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 1 An external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given train available on an EVS server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file Remarks a It gets the data stream train from EVS that has to be backed up b It generates a backup file of the train c It stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system The metadata of the train are either included in the file in EVS MXF or sent via an XML file If the backup of the train is not successful the partial backup file will be saved EXAMPLE OF XML BACKU
13. Broadcast Equipment January 2011 simultaneously processed by XTAccess rendering of playlists included e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Meta Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of Meta jobs Backup of playlist simultaneously processed by XTAccess e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Child Jobs default value 4 Maximum amount of child jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess in backup of playlist Those parameters can be optimized for a specific workflow 40 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 S Scan Folder The scan folder allows you to restore copy transcode files from a folder XTAccess waits to have write access on the scanned files before processing them 8 1 SCAN FOLDER WINDOW On XTAccess GUI select the Scan Folders button Job Type Source Clip File Destination Status Backup ftp evs evs 172 22 000914A CLP 172 22 53 38 Ingest Avid MediaFiles MXF T 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 09 33 BRO a e ii OOOIBEA CEA Dud MediaFiles f n 05010 Failed to COMME Ct XT AE 11 08 29 mum Backup ene ftp evs evs 172 22 EAT 22302 Failed Io open XT met OTe AE XML Scan settings Open START Close The following window is displayed XATGb Scan Folder D Westin BWAVE Strict Restore 9 evsievs 192 168
14. Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs TargetPath 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files Transcoding Profile MPEG 1_TS__XTATranscode profile xml I Create Metadata XML Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files TITLE BAR The Title Bar displays one of the following information e 2MB Blocks EVS MXF A backup of clip or train will be wrapped in EVS MXF in native 2 MB Blocks This is the default setting for backup e 8MB Blocks EVS MXF A backup of clip or train will be wrapped in EVS MXF in native 8 MB Blocks This setting only exists if the user has modified the default settings which is 2 MB Blocks 28 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 TO FILE Possible Options Three options are submitted e Keep the Wrapper codec from the XML job Use this option if you do not want to change the file wrapper which will be created by XTAccess e Force the Wrapper format to EVS MXF Use this option if you want to change the file wrapper which will be created by XTAccess e Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Use this option if you want to transcode the source clip and so define the codec and the wrapper of the destination NLE see below the NLE configuration Audio Format e Stereo if selected audio essences are considered as a stereo tracks otherwise mono tracks Only used for Quick T
15. January 2011 23 3 XTACCESS CONFIGURATION The Xedio referencing can be configured in the XML job or directly in the XML scan settings XTAccess Settings MB Blocks EYS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to e Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo C Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT OT Ref and Wav e All Frame with unsynchronized without audio 7 Sbt 24bit Audio Channels Map for Ge 1A OT QT Ref OPAom EE NLE Config NLE y NLE Config XEDIO DB DSN XEDIO DB User XEDIO DB Password Cancel Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings XEDIO DB DNS Name of Xedio database target DNS XEDIO DB DNS User of Xedio database target User XEDIO DB DNS Password of Xedio database target Pass 95 Issue 1 15 B 23 4 23 9 CleanEdit Manager XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 REGISTRY SETTINGS HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast EquipmentiCommon MinFieldsToWriteBeforeRefInCEDB Specific setting to wait a specific number of fields before referencing clips into Xedio HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast Equipment Common FileWriter NoBuffering Specific setting to transfer a file without any buffering Recommend
16. Library gt Stationery Pad ow P MDU gt Locked nigh LG Media gt More Info bi New Folder e Dimensions 1920 x 1080 Lil New Folder 2 e Codecs Apple ProRes 422 Integer Little New Text Document txt Endian Timecode ta ofe Duration 00 11 ec a en Channel count 1 Mixed Codecs Table for EDL Export With this table you will have the possibility to map a specific source codec for transcoding purpose All items with this source codec will be transcoded Useful for several cases e Transcoding if source codec not supported by XTAccess e Transcoding if Source codec not supported by NLE The table is only used by XTAccess for the EDL export jobs XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Field Button Issue 1 15 B Description Source Codec OMEPRO ADA HO Transcoding Profile ee IMX_xXTATran scode protfile xml DMxHD_xT 4 Transcode profile xrml MPEG 1 MIPEG 2 Si XDCAM Ex Je Si 1111 gt EVSEDL For EVS applications these settings allow you to save the EDL with the concatenated playlist file or the backup of playlist Va e NLE Config NLE v Active NLE Config Save EDL to disk EDL Path al Source Codec Transcoding Profile HD MJPEG EVS MJPEG Si Avid DNxHD Ei Apple ProRes zj MPEG2 Intra Progressive 4 cna Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings
17. Partial transfer clip to Avid TM IPDirector v5 onwards 20 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the transfer of clips to Avid Transfer Manager is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess ar Stockage Avid XIE Avid TransferManager Transfer DPI Director oe Edit Avid Media O 2 Composer Adrenaline XML Setup W Avid XStore e Gigabit Ethernet XT Access 83 Issue 1 15 B 20 2 84 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 An external system for example PDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the transfer of a given clip created on an EVS server to Avid Transfer Manager XTAccess processes the XML file XTAccess sets up a connection with Avid Transfer Manager server XTAccess gets the clip content which has to be transferred from EVS and sets up a FIP proxy connection between the EVS and the Avid Transfer Manager server The Avid Transfer Manager server stores the transferred file in the specified Avid storage EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF CLIP To identify the clip you want to send to Avid you can use the UmID VarlD or LsmID lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 2246373 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1206001497 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 7 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt 4 lt
18. Schema document into the EVSDNxHDEncoder dll chapter XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 18 1 18 Examples of Configuration You can find here some examples of workflows which use the transcoding feature of XTAccess BACKUP EVS SERVER NATIVE CODEC CREATION OF LOW RES MPEG1 Lowres Sep o gt XTAccess XT 2 DNxHD A 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Create Additional Codec b Select the target Path for the Mpeg1 TS Low Res transcoded file c Select the Mpegi TS profile in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder 73 Issue 1 15 B 74 XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job C Force the wrapper format to Eys my Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Audio Format gt SuperMotion Mode Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav All Frame with unsynchronized without audio e 16bits 24bits m Audio Channels Map A _ Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT D ben Tran
19. Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENG S cian 2 Te INTRODUC TION BEE 6 2 HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS s ssssunsunnunnunnunnnnnnunnunnunnunnunnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 8 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ccsccssscssscssssesssesscesssnessesssesssnescessessonssenssenesenene 9 d XSECURE MANAGEMENT cccccsscscssssssssesssesssesssnesscesssnsssnessessseessoesseseanesennees 14 A MESO DEE 14 as UNICODE AND XTACGESO munici daa 15 51 CONFIGURATION ce es CE o Sa 15 de METADATA daa 16 e FILENAME tico 16 6 JEANNE Eeer 17 61 INTRODUCTION WEE 17 6 OB MONITOR Nr rai 17 63 ADDINONAE BUTTONS ee 18 64 APPLICATION TWEE DA sendos dida 19 OAF O O UE II Ee 19 042 Cniguration MA ed A tet 19 IB sj ety 215 Ult a ia 19 REDONO VSL EE 20 Sraphicalo Stun ee 21 SNOW BULOAS EE ER Enable ere EE ER ADOUCATACCOO Sita A AAA A A AE 22 059 CONTEXTUAL MEN carnal 23 fi AMEJOBS CAN a 24 E INTRODUCTION nao 24 A MU e e e EO 24 Lo EE HENNEN eene 26 al Creating a NeW XML SM ion 26 EZ AME SCAM Dialog BOX EE 27 LSS AMESCan E dl e 27 DEIR EA seats ee 27 SUS TEE 28 RR RA 29 A EE 30 Greater Ada ional COJO nn nad 30 EE A EE 31 A E 31 el EI E e Sunat ld dos 33 Sa S cel JO ee SOR a EE REET TIO Re 35 KE e EE Te Eee a Pe an ee 36 TA AMCEJOBS PROCESSING EE 37 7 4 1 Launch of Multiple XML Jobs Scan c cc ccsccescsstscseesssesesededescease
20. can be entered manually or by browsing Windows Explorer with the associated button Transcoding profile This is the XML profile used by XTAccess which defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to Transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder 65 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 BY Default EVS Profiles OX id Fichier Edition Affichage Favoris Outils Q Pr c dente 7 JO Rechercher gt Dossiers Ze Adresse C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment xTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles v OK A Nom Taile Type Gestion des fichiers do not modify these XML profiles they will be overridden at next XTAccess install 0 Ko Fichier S Renommer ce fichier E DNxHD_XTATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen 5 1 Ko Documen y D placer ce fichier E DVCPro50_XTATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen IN Copier ce fichier E DVCPro_XTATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen Y Publier ce fichier sur le Web E DVCPROHD_XTATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen Envoyer ce fichier par E IMX_AVID_XTATranscode profile xml 1 Ko Documen courrier lectronique EI IMX_FCP XML_XTATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen E IMX_XTATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen E MIPEG_LowRes_XTATranscode profile xml 1 Ko Documen E MIPEG_X
21. default value 0 e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Bytes second for the total amount of backup jobs all together e HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess UpdateStatusXFilelfBackupSuccessful Update STATUSXFILE in MCCLIPTABLE when backup is successful o 0 Active o 1 Not Active MISCELLANEOUS e Remark 1 EVS GigE and XTAccess activate time outs when no data are transferred within a specific time interval typically 8 seconds Typically backing up a file on a remote drive via UNC path with throughput lower than 5 Mbits s per transfer job could trigger a time out and then cancel the job Network and storage must be designed accordingly e Remark 2 Audio Resolution o In OP1A and Avid MXF format you can select 16 or 24 bits o In QT and QT Ref format the audio is saved in 16 bits o In EVS MXF format the audio is saved in 24 bits 51 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 10 Restore Copy of Files to EVS Server This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 1 Restore Clip from file to EVS Server IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 2 Copy Clip from file to EVS Server IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 12 Short Copy Clip IPDirector v5 onwards 10 1 WORKFLOW The restore process can be set up in two different ways e via XML jobs sent by an external application e vi
22. gt KEY1_222 lt Keyword gt lt Keyword Type Keyword gt KEY2_22 lt Keyword gt lt Keyword Type Keyword gt KEY3_222 lt Keyword gt lt Keywords gt lt IPDirector_Clip_Infos gt lt Clip gt lt Clips_Infos gt lt EVS_Metadatas gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 22 3 FORCE TRANSCODING EVS SERVER TO EVS SERVER lf you want to transcode the clip during the transfer you need to configure XTAccess as shown below Default XT Transcoding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT DVCPROHD_EVS_XTATranscode profile xml ae 91 Issue 1 15 B 23 1 92 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 23 Integration with XEDIO This section covers XML Jobs IDs Job 0 Backup Clip from EVS Server to file IPDirector v4 onwards Job 11 Short Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v5 onwards Job 20 Backup Train IPDirector v5 onwards Job 21 Update Backup Train Job IPDirector v5 onwards You need to install the XedioXTAccessintegration_x xx xx exe on the XTAccess computer to be able to use the integration with Xedio WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the backup of clips or trains is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess XTE ch GigE Video Feeds Clean Edit Storage amp Database wrapping XTAccess
23. in progress job is over 67 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 16 Transcoding files XTAccess can also transcode files to another file format 16 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the transcoding process is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive _ _ _ GigE gt gt kh Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro po x T ccess Gigabit Ethernet 1 As transcoding is not yet available with XML job file you have to configure XTAccess in transcoding mode 2 An external system which can generate XML files for restoring clips for example IPDirector v5 sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the rewrap of a file from an archiving or backup system to a new file format and archive storage 3 XTAccess processes the XML job a It gets the file to transcode from the external system b It generates a new file on the destination storage 68 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 16 2 16 3 16 4 EXAMPLE OF XML FILE REWRAP lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_Id gt 4942648367704751 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1132235747 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 41 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_File gt G 770A_SDP
24. is described in the XML Jobs document XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 19 3 19 4 19 5 EXAMPLE OF XML UPDATE TRAIN lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_Id gt 633 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_ld_To_Update gt 15 lt Job_ld_To_Update gt lt Job_Type gt 21 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Train_Out_TC gt 3362636 lt Job_Train_Out_TC gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY LOCAL _ MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast Equipment Common FileWriter NoBuffering Specific setting to transfer a file without any buffering Recommended for writing on a MacOS workstation via network SMB default value 0 e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast EquipmentiXTAccessiMax Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Bytes second for the total amount of backup jobs all together e HKEY_CURRENT_USERISoftwarelEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Safe Train Backup protection to avoid reaching the head of a train during backup of train o 0 Active o 1 Not Active 81 Issue 1
25. job does not contain the specific tag This button is used to open the XML Root folder This button is used to start and stop scanning the specified folder This button is used to close the specified scan folder XML SCAN SETTINGS OVERVIEW When you click the XML Scan settings button you access the following window The settings are split in 3 categories e Job To File e Job To XT Server e Create Additional codec File 27 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap C Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile SuperMotion Mode Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav fe Al Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs e Ce i6bits 24bits for OP 1A OT OT Ref OPAtom and Wav Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile DNxHD_XTATranscode profile xml WS To XT server Restore Copy Transfer Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Default XT Transcoding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT El vw Create Additional
26. lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Cam gt A lt Job_Src_Cam gt lt Job_Dest_File gt Xstore amd G CE_MEDIAS HiResFiles lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Src_ld_Material gt 5ZLsDbd0 lt Job_Src_ld_Material gt lt Job_Src_ld gt kuLs9ev3 lt Job_Src_ld gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 240 240 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt 1 2 241 241 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt IPClipID gt 240063 lt IPClipID gt lt ClipLouthID gt kuLs9ev3 lt ClipLouthID gt lt ClipMateriallD gt 5ZLsDbd0 lt ClipMateriallD gt lt NumUser gt 6 lt NumUser gt lt BackupUnitID gt 105 lt BackupUnitID gt lt JobldHistory gt 1136 lt JobldHistory gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt 1 lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt lt Job_CleanEditDB_DSN_Name gt CleanEditDB lt Job_CleanEditDB_DSN_Name gt lt Job_CleanEditDB_DSN_User gt EVSoli lt Job_CleanEditDB_DSN_User gt lt Job_CleanEditDB_DSN_Password gt cleanedit lt Job_CleanEditDB_DSN_Password gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment
27. to abort all the jobs needs reboot of XTAccess afterwards XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 6 4 APPLICATION TITLE BAR 6 4 1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess Title bar displays some useful information e XTAccess 1 15 xx Version of the running application e SN 120010 EVS Serial Number of the computer e Reporting lt Status gt host name NickName xxx Group xx The reporting status host name Vedio NickName and group e Win x x Version of Windows e xxxxxx Windows user right e X Y Ratio of Running Jobs X versus the Max Running Jobs available Y Example 2 6 This means 2 jobs are currently running 4 additional jobs can be launched for a maximum of 6 simultaneous running jobs 6 4 2 CONFIGURATION MENU Right clicking on the link on the Application Title bar displays the configuration menu with specific commands for XTAccess Restaurer D placer Taille R duire Agrandir Fermer Disp AutoUpdate Reporting System Graphical Settings Show Buttons Enable Test Mode DISP AUTOUPDATE Select it to update the interface each time there is a new transfer Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 REPORTING SYSTEM Reporting System Settings Processing Device information Nickname Group Reporting configuration C No reporting f Reporti
28. with EVS MXF files to restore the Source Name included in the EVS MXF metadata will be restored If this option is selected XTAccess will check the modification time of the file and will wait until this modification time is older than the local time 30 seconds on the XTAccess computer If the job succeeds Move source files to a specific folder bl Delete source files Target Folder Move source files to a s Move source files to XTAScan Done subfolder default After the scan job XTAccess can e Delete the source files e Move the source files to a specific folder useful to do Xedio referencing e Move the source files to a folder XTAScan done in the same folder than the scanned folder default option If you have selected Move the source files to a specific folder useful to do Xedio referencing it is where you can specify the folder Update Xedio DB with the source file after it s moved Select this option if you want to update the Xedio DB with the source file The Xedio settings are available in the main menu of XTAccess XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Issue 1 15 B Column Description Heading Target f Target EVS XT 2 Server Server Server IP 1 1 1 1 Location 111 User evs Password evs Mode Restore Keep original VarID MaterialID and UmID If you have selected Target EVS Server Job Target you can
29. 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 SMART RENDERING XTAccess will only transcode the effects if the source clip or file and the destination file have the same codec XTAccess will only render needed content EFFECTS see the effect document for all the effects supported by XTAccess XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 12 Rendering of EDL to one EVS Server clip This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 24 Render a Playlist TimeLine from a EVS Server XT clips only or from EVS EDL XT clips and or media files to a solid clip on an XT 12 1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML To XT server Restore Copy Transfer Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Default XT Transcoding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT DVCPROHD_EVS_XTATranscode profile xml You have to define in the XTAccess XML configuration one XML profile that will define the codec of the destination clip REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of transcoding jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess rendering of playlist included 57 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equ
30. 1 2 241 241 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 240 240 lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_Port1 gt 21 lt Job_Dest_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address2 gt 1 1 241 241 lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Dest_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Dest_Page gt 3 lt Job_Dest_Page gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt IPClipID gt 261335 lt IPClipID gt lt ClipLouthID gt kuLs9clY lt ClipLouthID gt lt ClipMateriallD gt 5ZLsDZOW lt ClipMateriallD gt lt NumUser gt 6 lt NumUser gt lt BackupUnitID gt 87 lt BackupUnitID gt lt JobldHistory gt 2031 lt JobldHistory gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt Job_Dest_XML_Metadata_Path gt Xstore58060 data g Jobs_Done lt Job_Dest_XML_Metadata_Path gt lt Job_Dest_Generate_XML_Metadata gt 1 lt Job_Dest_Generate_XML_Metadata gt lt EVS Metadatas gt 90 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 lt Clips_Infos gt lt Clip gt lt IPDirector_Clip_Infos gt lt LsmSerialNumber gt 14210 lt LsmSerialNumber gt lt Owner gt XT Generic User lt Owner gt lt TCInDate gt 20 Mar 2008 lt TCInDate gt lt TCOutDate gt 20 Mar 2008 lt TCOutDate gt lt Keywords gt lt Keyword Type Keyword
31. 24 1 50 Proxy Files Transcoding Profile MPEG 1_TS__XTATranscode profile xml SC Iw Create Metadata XML Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files Se 77 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Result Each new rewrap job from IPD will create e one MPEG 1 transcoded file in the Target Path folder configured into XTAccess 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files e one DNXHD OP1A file as asked by IPD in the folder defined into IPD 18 5 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO EVS 78 SERVER USING XML JOB IMX XTAccess XT 2 DNxHD 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 Open START Close 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Transcode the pate Sate eames E source To XT server Restore Copy Transfer b Select the DNXHD profile Iw Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile in the C Program Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Default XT Transcoding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT Files EVS Broadcast profile DVCPROHD_EVS_XTATranscode proflexm a Equipment XTAccess Enc oder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder Target Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files Transcoding Profile MPEG 1_TS_XTATranscode profle xml E Iw Create Metadata XML Path 11172
32. 35747 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 41 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_File gt G 770A_SDPAL_IMXD10_MXFEVS_30Mb evs mxf lt Job_Src_File gt lt Job_Dest_File gt F lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt 2 lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 63 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 15 Additional Codec file on the fly XTAccess can transcode on the fly a clip from EVS Server or a file to another format codec 4 wrapper To use the transcoding you need to have the XTAccess Transcoding XSecure Code see chapter 4 XSecure Management on page 14 15 1 WORKFLOW This section does not cover XML Jobs from IPDirector yet The following schema shows how the clip backup file rewrap and file transcoding are performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive gt L gt GigE XT Ed id Video Feeds k amp Apple Final Cut Pro s HE eg Avid Gigabit Ethernet 64 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 15 2 15 3 As transcoding is not yet available with XML job file you have to configure XTAccess in transcoding mode 2 An external system for example IPDirector sends an XML file to XTA
33. 7 5 1 38 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEVICES Multiple XTAccess devices can scan the same XML scan folder In order to efficiently distribute the XML jobs over all the XTAccess devices load balancing rules must be defined MANAGEMENT OF XML JOBS Once a new XML job is sent to XTAccess several criteria are taken into account in order to decide whether the job must be processed e Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed e Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed per IP address e Presence of a job waiting for a connection to EVS server with the same IP address Besides the maximum amount of XML jobs that can be simultaneously processed per XML scan module is also limited The XML scan per folder is processed every 5 seconds Once a job is processed by XTAccess the first action is an attempt to connect the XT FTP server In case the connection failed 2 cases are considered e The connection is refused by the EVS server because the maximum amount of connections is reached max 6 FTP connections for HiRes EVS servers The Status will be Server busy Unlimited connection attempts are done every 2 4 seconds until getting an available connection e The connection cannot be established because the IP address is not reachable The status is Server IP failed Several connection attempts ar
34. AL_IMXD10_MXFEVS_30Mb evs mxf lt Job_Src_File gt lt Job_Dest_File gt F lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt 2 lt Job Dest File Format gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document CODECS SUPPORTED See XTAccess codecs document LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Transcoding XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EYS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap l Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to oe NLE Config fia usi fal i le Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav f All Frame with unsynchronized without audio T iGbits C Mbit Audio Channels Map or Wav Backup and Rendering EDL job A ii e Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT e Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile SKY HIGH_XTATranscode profile xml SE e Default File Transcoding profile this is the XML profile used by XTAccess which defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to Transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAcces
35. Address1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Src_Varld gt mD6RH6 W lt Job_Src_Varld gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 100 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 28 1 28 Cancel Job XTAccess is able to cancel a job in progress This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 4 Cancel job IPDirector v5 2 onwards EXAMPLE OF CANCEL XML JOB To identify the job you want to cancel you have to use the Job_ld of the XML Job you wan to cancel lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 1238419214432263 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1129799940 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 4 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Id_To_Cancel gt 1238789214432654 lt Job_Id_To_Cancel gt lt Job_Type_To_Cancel gt 3 lt Job_Type_To_Cancel gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 101 Issue 1 15 B 29 1 B XTAccess v 1 10 5 Source XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 29 XTAccess Troubleshooting
36. B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 20 5 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 20 6 REGISTRY SETTINGS 86 HKEY_CURRENT_USERISoftwarelEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Bytes second for the total amount of backup jobs all together HKEY_CURRENT_USERISoftwarelEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Safe Train Backup protection to avoid reaching the head of a train during backup of train o 0 Active o 1 Not Active HKEY_CURRENT_USERISoftwarelEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess ScanXX Super Motion Super Motion mode for XML scan default Value 0 o 0 1 frame over 2 or 3 following the Super Motion mode is backed up Audio amp TC are consistent o 1 Each frame is backed up Audio is cancelled and TC is not consistent XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 21 Transfer to Avid WebService This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 0 Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v4 onwards e Job 11 Short Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 9 Backup Playlist from XT to files cut 21 1 WORKFLOW The workflow is the same as a backup file in OPAtom
37. CCESS_Ul Cvs Specific log where you can find the entire job done by XTAccess 103 d Instant Tapeless Technology 4111 LN EVS Broadcast Equipment Liege Science Park 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Ougr e Belgium Corporate North 8 Latin America Headquarters Headquarters 32 4 361 7000 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters available on 852 2914 2501 www evs tv contact db To learn more about EVS go to www evs tv
38. Heb e evokes G runitzz 33 53 2ats E fe E T e oT Pegs Safety e Took E chem versns 1 0 encoding LTF 8 7 gt swedl definitions name Assets targethamespace http avid com Interplay ws assets mins mtem http schemas xmlsoap org ws 2004 08 policy foptimizedmime aminas soaps hips schemas ema org weed soap enee mins tras http favid com Interplay ws assets mins types http avid com interplay ws assets types aminas Seb pes FF schemas amlisoap angy wd mins wap http www w3 org ns vws polley amina pa http www wa org 2001 xMLSschema gt wsdl types gt ed schema pos mtom http fschemas xmiso p org ws 2004 09 policy optimizedm moins son hh schemas om ano vall nando Deem E nera Ea e 100 Path where the clip playlist will be seen in the Interplay DB You can add sub folder after the Incoming Media folder You have to replace Workgroup by your Avid workgroup Example interplay AvidWG Incoming Media EVS Media Monday us ga el 4 Ele Edi gen Operations Jools Help Y Ascals og T Ine pining Media FCO Banga amp CH Bigsene E ZA Orphen Clips 23 Projects e i Bonk it Pliyhack E V Unchecked in Avd Assets E e Deleled heme Mixed Codecs Table for EDL Export Caji E V GE Properties Loasauge Rasenanons Name Monday IR Comments Created Ey mmia LGrpabnp Cit ICH owt H Benin M dia Sastus Ta
39. Low Res transcoded file Select the Mpeg1 TS profile in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAc cess Encoder Profiles Defau lt EVS Profiles folder CAXTAccess_XML Issue 1 15 B DNxHD OP1A MPEG1 Low Res Create a standard target destination into IPD Open START Close XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to 7 NLE Config Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio e Al Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs Stereo for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav 16bits 24bits for OP1A QT QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile DNxHD_OP1A_XTATranscode profile xml i E To XT server Restore Copy Transfer Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Default XT Transcoding Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT Profile DVCPROHD_EVS_XT ATranscode profile xml Se Iw Create Additional Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs Target Path 172
40. NS MetadaLas gt penaa infos cfde Grawmg za tie Fomat HiRes gt lt File_Format_Hikies_str fo fie Path H iea gt lt eFie_File_Infos gt NT Deeg re J gt AT Processing Device a XT_Material_ID gt lt XT_Offeet_Te f gt KT WC ais o CT DOIT Za CT OTT TC E f gt AT Duration gt T Duration str o XT_TC_SyEtem f gt CT TC Swctom ent fo COT Vide Conder a lt XT_Vileo_Codec_oar gt eT Wide Std gt XT_Videa_Std_atr fs CT Vides Settom o CAT Video System st fo lt XT_ ideo_Interlaced gt AT Widen Aspect Ratio o NT Vides Aepart Ratip abr gt CT videa Bae Ca CAT Video Encoding _Oepth o XT Gul Cedec Za eT Asch Codec ege fe Local path where your backed up clip is saved on your FCP computer referenced into the XML FCP to point to the Quick Time Movies File Final Cut Pro only supports local paths EVS XTAccess 2008 1 170 5 MB Modified 10 Oct 2008 19 55 ME gt Ey EVSXTAcc 0 114A MM 50148 ORIGINAL mov E EVS XTAcc 14 A mov ae EE 123456 mov E oli Burn Folder gt E Sequence 2 mov EditProxies bundle Untitled Project 1 General ES EditProxies bundle mov F4 Version4 Kind QuickTime Movie LG EVS MEDIA IMPORTER gt re T70 5 MB on disk 178 94 526 bytes al exports gt Where Users EVS Movies ofe La Movie Projects WM Se Friday 6 June 2008 08 04 a IMX PAL gt Modified Friday 10 October 2008 19 55 3 JT mxf Label mme EUA high Ga key low
41. OUBLE TRANSCODING ccccceccsscscsssssscssssescsssssessssecessesessssesessssesessesesassesesaseesesaeeesaseesesaees 77 18 5 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO EVS SERVER USING XML JOB 78 19 BACKUP OF EVS SERVER TRAINS TO FILES cccocoococconococonccnconconoonos 19 A eeh 79 19 2 EXAMPLE OF XML BACKUP TRAIN TO FILE o occcccncoconccccncociccccncoconcnoncononcnnononnncnnoncnnononos 80 19 3 EXAMPLE OF XML UPDATE TRAIN ee 81 19 4 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON AM 81 19 9 REGISTRY SETTINGS E 81 19 6 MISCERANEOUS caia 82 19 6 1 Backup Update of Trains and Load Balancing cocccocccnnonicccnnonoccnnnononnononnonconooncnconcnnoos 82 19 6 2 Max XML Jobs per Scan Setting scsi 82 20 TRANSFER TO AVID TRANSFER MANAGER coccoccoccoccccnoncccnccnccnccnccnccnnoanonnoanos 83 As eee mene eee e ee eee ee ee ee eee 83 20 2 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF CLIP a 84 20 3 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF STREAM RECORD TRAIN seeen 85 20 4 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF ELE use 85 20 5 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML eiert eieiei 86 200 REGISTRY SET INS 86 21 TRANSFER TO AVID WEBSERVICE quasi al 87 Bild WORKFLOW EE 87 22 EVO SERVER COPY E 89 DON WO sea i eats bahia ct aogtct eee ta shoe needed eeede diab abiersalea cute 89 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 22 2 EXAMPLE OF XML EVS SERVER COPY FILE coocociococconioncocccconconoccon
42. P TRAIN TO FILE lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 15 lt Job_ld gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1212733995 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 20 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt 6 lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Cam gt A lt Job_Src_Cam gt lt Job_Train_In_TC gt 2700000 lt Job_Train_In_TC gt lt Job_Train_Out_TC gt 2730000 lt Job_Train_Out_TC gt lt Job_Src_TC_System gt 3 lt Job_Src_TC_System gt lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt 1 lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt lt Job_Dest_File gt G lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Dest_ClipName gt benja lt Job_Dest_ClipName gt lt Job_Train_Priority gt 1 lt Job_Train_Priority gt lt Job_Dest Generate_XML_Metadata gt 1 lt Job_Dest Generate_XML_Metadata gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 230 230 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt 128 1 2 22 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Srce_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt AssetGuid gt af97b972 d7bb 4ea4 aa9a 9127274dacl 9 lt AssetGuid gt lt AssetltemGuid gt 386881e5 8594 438d a7d8 bd49a0dfte9da lt AssetltemGuid gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag
43. Sequ Source Scan Folder Ei Ge Scan Filter KE Source Mame TOTO Delayed mode IF the job succeeds Move source Files to a specific Folder MM Target Folder E NearLine High de Update Medio DE with source file after it s moved Configure Xedio Settings with the NLE config button at the bottom of the window O Target Eva XT 2 Server e Target File Target Folder E iMearLime out Se Update Xedio DB Configure Medio Settings with the MLE config button at the bottom of the window Transcoding Profile MPEG 1 TS TATranscode proFile xml te W Generate ML Metadatas File Target Fath E iMearLime Low ga WEF TITI MLE Config Cancel Column Description Heading Job Type Restore Select this option if you want to restore the scanned files Transcode Select this option if you want to transcode the scanned files Graph Sequ Select this option if you want to create sequence with the graphic files which are in the folder that you are scanning Scan Folder Path of the folder to scan Scan Filter List of file extensions to scan 43 Issue 1 15 B 44 Column Heading Source Name Delayed mode If the job Succeeds Source Target Folder XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Description CLIP Source Name to be added with the restored clip In case this field is left blank
44. Since the Backup Playlist job generates several files it is forbidden to have a Job_Dest_File with a full path folder filename In that case an error will be returned Only folders are accepted This Job is used to create sequence on Avid or FCP NLE 13 1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 See also the NLE configuration If you do not define a transcoding profile all the EDLs must be in the same codec 13 1 1 REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE EVS Broadcast EquipmentiCommon EDL Backup Default Guardbands Specific the guardbands of the clip backup in EDL backup default value 50 frames 60 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 13 2 Tcin out Media Tcin out clips TCin out Backup Tcin out MediaffIN SMART BACKUP MODE If the target file is already present in the EDL asset XTAccess will not back up again the elements Short Backup In this case represented in the schema above XTAccess will back up the two elements Tcin out clips m2 SS RN EE TCin out Backup 13 3 In this case represented in the schema above XTAccess will back up the clip1 and the Clip3 but not the clip2 EFFECTS See the EVS EDL Structure and Effects Descr
45. TATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen E MPEG 1_ES__XTATranscode profile xml 1 Ko Documen E MPEG 1_PS__XTATranscode profile xml 1 Ko Documen CH Encoder Profiles E MPEG 1_TS__XTATranscode profile xml 1 Ko Documen E Mes documents E MPEG 2_TS_XTATranscode profile xml 1Ko Documen E WM9_XTATranscode profile xml 1 Ko Documen E XDCAMHD_XTATranscode profile xml 1 Ko Documen A Supprimer ce fichier Autres emplacements d Poste de travail d Favoris r seau v lt gt Type Document XML Date de modification 23 01 2009 13 06 Taille 518 octets 518 octets E Poste de travail Be careful this folder is updated at each new installation of XTAccess If you want to create your own profile please use the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder ProfilesiCustom Profiles folder that is not removed or updated re S S Custom Profiles Fichier Edition Affichage Favoris Outils Q Pr c dente Y Rechercher 1 Dossiers Ti Adresse D C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment xTAccess Encoder Profiles Custom Profiles A Nom Taile Type Gestion des fichiers B copy here your own XML profiles they won t be modified nor deleted at next XTAccess install 0 Ko Fichier I Cr er un nouveau dossier Publier ce dossier sur le Web E Partager ce dossier 144 Poste de travail See chapter 17 Example of Encoder profiles on page 71 for more details If you want to transcode only your cl
46. TAccess Please contact EVS support if you want to use it as it is not supported This feature is only present for test purposes XTAccess eh Test Mode should only be used for test purposes d Please contact the EVS Support if you want to use it Are you sure you want to continue ABOUT XTACCESS It shows the version of XTAccess Additional information e FileWriter No Buffering Activated or Not Activated see Section 9 3 1 Registry Settings on page 51 e Transcoder Allowed Specifies if you have the XSecure code for transcoding Access Version 1 15 23 S Copyright C EVS Broadcast Equipment 2007 FileWriter NoBuffering ACTIVATED Transcoding ALLOWED by X Secure XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 6 5 CONTEXTUAL MENU E xTAccess y 1 10 5 SN 120010 0 6 Clip File Destination Status Rate Start Time End Time XML job file ftp evs evs 2172 22 000914A CLP 11172 22 53 38 IngestlAvid MediaFiles MXF T 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 08 29 11 09 33 ftp evs evs 2172 22 000186A CLP 172 22 53 1 Avid MediaFiles 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 07 26 11 08 29 tp evs evs 172 22 000110B CLP Bacains 0 0580 1 Failed to open XT met 11 07 25 Abort job Status 05801 Failed to open XT metadatas Open Destination folder Status Details For a from XT job Backups
47. T_Porti gt 21 lt Job_Dest_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address2 gt 1 1 241 241 lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Dest_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Dest_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Dest_Page gt 3 lt Job_Dest_Page gt lt Job_Dest_ClipName gt toto lt Job_Dest_ClipName gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 53 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 11 Rendering of EDL to one file This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 10 Renders a Playlist TimeLine from an EVS Server XT clips only or from EVS EDL XT clips and or Media files to a solid file Render EDL y 42 Initial ES EDL 11 1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap e Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job C Force the wrapper format to gt NLE Config f Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo f Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav Ce Al Frame with unsynchronized without audio GC whic Abt Audio Channels Map for OP1A OT OT Ref OPAtom and Wav For Wav Backup and R
48. VS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 3 Software Installation The installation package is based on one installshield XTAccess_1 15 xx_Setup exe For the Xedio Integration Option contact the Xedio support to install the compliant software To install XTAccess proceed as follows 1 Copy the installshield XTAccess_1 15 xx_Setup exe in a temp directory e g C Install Software XTAccess 2 Run XTAccess installshield XTAccess_1 15 xx_Setup exe and then follow the steps of the Setup wizard iz setup XTAccess Welcome to the XTAccess Setup Wizard This will install ATAccess on your computer tis recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup 3 Press NEXT Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 ie Setu p XTAccess License Agreement Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This EVS Broadcast Equipment End User License Agreement is Setup XTAccess Select Destination Location Where should sT Access be installed S Setup will install a T ccess into the following folder To continue click Nest F
49. XTACCESS ERROR MESSAGES SN 120010 0 6 Clip File Destination Status Rate Start Time End Time XML job file ftp evs evs 172 22 000914A CLP 172 22 53 38 Ingest Avid MediaFiles MXF T 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 08 29 11 09 33 ftp fevs evs 2172 22 000186A CLP 172 22 53 1 Avid MediaFiles 05010 Failed to connect XT 11 07 26 11 08 29 3 i tp evs evs 172 22 000110B CLP i can setos 29 2 102 dans 0580 1 Failed to open XT met 11 07 25 Abort job Status 05801 Failed to open XT metadatas Open Destination folder Status Details For a from VT job Backups XT to XT transfers transfers to Avid etc the source Clear list dip s metadatas were not available on the XT server open in reading failed New XML Scan Folder Tips v Use Scan Folders Check the dip is available and usable on XT server using FTP FileZilla for example Open STOP Close After each Job XTAccess show a status of the job If you right click on it and then select Status Details you can have more information on status and if needed some tips to help you to resolve the trouble Those diagnostics are based on the possible cases defined in XTAccess code but mainly during testing and experience on the field Anyway it is always advised to check the logs see next section and send them to EVS support for deeper analysis lt s easier if you compress the whole XTAccess folder
50. XTAccess Once the limit is reached any additional job will be scheduled in Jobs_Scheduled folder until an in progress job is over e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast EquipmentiXTAccessiMax IP Jobs default value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess to or from a given IP address as destination or source XT server Once the limit is reached any new job involving the same IP address will be scheduled in Jobs_Scheduled folder until a in progress job related to this IP address is over Besides in case a job related to the IP address is in status Server Busy any next job using the same IP address will stay in Scheduled status until all jobs under Server Busy will be passed to in progress status At that time XTAccess scans the job list scheduled in order to move them to in progress Status In case of XT Copy job IP addresses of source and destination XT server are taken into account e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast EquipmentiXTAccessiMax XML Jobs default value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess per XML scan folder This amount defined the maximum amount of XML files that will be processed by an XML scan folder possibly after several scan processes depending on Max Scan Running Jobs parameter see below e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Scan Running Jobs defau
51. You can find in Error Code pdf document a list of all the error codes with details XTACCESS LOGS XTAccess logs are located in C EVSLogs XTAccess e XTAccess log e XTAccess_Jobs log e xXTTransfer log e XML_Scan log e XTAccess_Ul csv e All the codec Log EVSDNxHDEncoder log EVSH264Encoder log XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 29 2 1 29 2 2 29 2 3 29 2 4 29 2 5 e Webservice Log e CEDBUpdater log XTACCESS LOG XTAccess log lists all the transactions and actions performed by XTAccess It provides detailed information for debugging Useful error messages are e Error 426 XT Transfer Cancelled due to a disconnection with XT server e Read Slow The data block to read has not been reached within a few seconds typically 15 seconds e Write Slow The data block to write has not been reached within a few seconds typically 15 seconds ATACCESS_JOBS LOG This log can be used as an as run log Each job is listed with useful information e Type of job e Source path or IP address e Destination path or IP address e Start and end time e Status of job e Error message displayed on XTAccess Monitoring GUI if any XT TRANSFER LOG Specific log for XTTransfer based on FTP Proxy XT Copy Avid Transfer RPC commands are listed XML_SCAN LOG specific log for the Scan XML You can see log from the XML engine ATA
52. a folder scan The following schema shows how the restore of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive X Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro Un wrapping Gigabit Ethernet 52 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 10 1 1 WORKFLOW RESTORE VIA XML JOBS EXPLANATION 1 An external system which can generate XML files to restore clips for example MediaXChange or IPDirector sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the restore copy of clips from an archiving or backup system to a given EVS server XTAccess processes the XML job a It gets the file to restore from the external system b It restores copy the clip on the EVS server specified in the XML file 10 1 2 WORKFLOW FOLDER FILE SCAN EXPLANATION An external system places a file in a folder to be scanned by XTAccess XTAccess gets this file to be restored to EVS server It restores copy the clip on the EVS server specified in the Scan Folder settings 10 2 EXAMPLE OF XML COPY FILE lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS XFile Job List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 12384 lt Job_ld gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 0 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Src_File gt G 000610A_imx pal 4a evs mxf lt Job_Src_File gt lt Job_Type gt 2 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 243 243 lt Job_Dest_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Dest_X
53. above Destination This is the target destination of the job e Backup folder to store the file Issue 1 15 B Column heading Status MB s Frm s Start Time End Time XML job file XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Description e Avid Ingest Name e Restore XT Copy FTP address of the EVS server Status of the job e In Progress The job is running e Done the job is done and successful e Error Message the transfer has failed Please check the list of error messages and the reason in Section 20 1 Backup Restore Instantaneous bit rate during job progress Between brackets the value displayed is the mean transfer rate since the beginning of the job At the end of the job the mean transfer rate is displayed Not available for Avid Ingest Transcoding Number of frames decoded by second Start Time of the job End Time of the job Path of the xml job file used 6 3 ADDITIONAL BUTTONS MENUS Several buttons and menus are available at the bottom of XTAccess window Button Name New XML Scan Scan Folders Abort job Description Launch of XML scan window described in section 7 XML Jobs Scan on page 24 Launch of scan folder for restore copy transcode processes described in section 10 Restore Copy of Files to EVS Server on page52 When pushed the selected job is immediately aborted You can also press on CTRL Abort
54. an launch as many XML Jobs Scan folders as wished Each XML Jobs Scan window can be positioned anywhere on the desktop START OF XML JOBS SCAN When the XML Jobs Scan folder is displayed the scan process begins when clicking the START button e Note 1 The first time the START button is clicked XTAccess will automatically generate the XML scan subfolders o Jobs_Done o Jobs_In_Progress o Jobs_Incoming o Jobs_Scheduled e Note 2 In case the XML Jobs Scan was already used before each time you launch this XML Jobs Scan it will start automatically after a countdown of 10 seconds e Note 3 If XTAccess has stopped during transfer at next start of XTAccess o The XML job files that were in Jobs_In_Progress or Jobs_Scheduled folder will move into Jobs_Done folder with Job status 7 PROCESSING OF A XML JOB During the whole XML jobs processing XTAccess updates the status of the XML file especially to provide third party applications with information about the transfer process IPDirector can use the information included in the XML file to get the status of the transfer in progress only available for non proxy FTP modes Backup of clips and trains Restore Copy XT Copy File Rewrap At the end the XML file with the final job status is moved to Jobs_Done to be checked and removed by lPDirector The mechanism of the XML processing is described in details in the XML Jobs document 37 Issue 1 15 B 7 9
55. ate a new scan session for XML jobs Y XTAccess v 1 15 23 SN 635100 Reporting Not Cc Job Type Source Clip File Destination Status wee XML Root c xTAccess_XML EN XML Scan settings Open i Point to the folder where XTAccess will check for XML jobs and click Start after you have checked the XML Scan settings XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 7 3 2 7 3 3 Issue 1 15 B XML SCAN DIALOG Box Field Button Title Bar XML Scan 1 0 6 XML Root XML Scan Settings OPEN START STOP CLOSE Description The Title Bar specifies the ID of Scan XML Jobs folder It also displays the number of running jobs vs the max running jobs allowed for this scan folder Folder to be scanned by XTAccess This folder can be entered manually or selected using Windows Explorer with the associated button By default the scan folder is C XTAccess_XML XTAccess automatically creates this folder during the XTAccess installation process This button is used to display the scan XML Job settings Those settings are the default settings of this XML Jobs scan The XML file generated to trigger a XTAccess job replaces the General Settings see section 9 3 Local XTAccess settings non XML on page 51 and XML Jobs default settings by its own values This means the default settings are only used in case the XML file triggering the
56. ave write access to the files before processing them The modification date of the file must be also 30 sec older than the current time on the XTAccess computer For the Graphic files e itis the folder containing all the graphic files that you have to scan e XTAccess waits 10 seconds after new files in the graphic folder before starting the processing XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 9 Backup of EVS Server Clips to Files This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 0 Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v4 onwards e Job 11 Short Backup Clip from XT to file IPDirector v5 onwards 9 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the backup of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro wrapping Gigabit Ethernet 49 Issue 1 15 B 9 2 50 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 An external system for example PDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an EVS server XTAccess processes the XML file a It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from EVS b It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the external system c It stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system The metadata of th
57. bs_Done Grab IPDP_260933 jpg lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Src_TC_System gt 4 lt Job_Src_TC_System gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt IPClipID gt 260933 lt IPClipID gt lt JobType gt 0 lt JobType gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 97 Issue 1 15 B 20 1 98 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 25 Grab Field from File XTAccess is able to grab a field of any clip through an XML trigger This process is mainly used by IPDirector to create thumbnails in the IPD Database Explorer This section covers XML Jobs IDs EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TO A FILE lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_Id gt 0 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1215587215 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 16 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_File gt F _Backups EVS XTAccess 2008_10_16 010 A mxf lt Job_Src_File gt lt Job_Src_Field_TC gt 4629050 lt Job_Src_Field_TC gt lt Job_Src_TC_System gt 4 lt Job_Src_TC_System gt lt Job_Dest_File gt F _Backups 1 jpg lt Job_Dest_File gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equip
58. but XTAccess will check in the clip into Avid d Video Feeds GigE X T ccess Gigabit Ethernet 87 Issue 1 15 B 88 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 1 An external system for example PDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an EVS Server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file a It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from EVS b It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the external system no transcoding feature only native codec In OPATOM c It connects to the Interplay Database to check the clip into Interplay Remark Only available in IMX DVCPRO 50 DVCPRO HD and DNxHD See Avid Webservice integration document for more information XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 22 EVS Server Copy This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 13 EVS Server Copy IPDirector v4 onwards e Job 44 Short EVS Server Copy IPDirector v5 onwards 22 1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the transfer of clips between XT servers is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess L Si a D A j pe 1 U h ik Transfer CIP Director QE xXStore E XML XT Access Gigabit Ethernet 89 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Versio
59. ccess to request the backup of a given clip or rewrap of a given file in native EVS codec format 3 XTAccess processes the XML file a It gets the clip content from EVS or the file that has to be backed or rewrapped up b It generates a backup file of the clip or a rewrap file At the same time XTAccess transcodes the clip in the selected codec format See configuration below c It stores the backup file rewrap file in the target folder specified by the external system The metadata of the clip are either included in the file in EVS MXF or sent via an XML file Remark There is only one status for the transcoding on the fly So if the backup or the transcoding fails The whole job will fail CODECS SUPPORTED See XTAccess codecs document LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Transcoding XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 w Create Additional Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs Target Path 172 24 1 50 v nl SkyNewsHD Proxy Files Transcoding Profile SKY LOW_XTATranscode profile xml S W Create Metadata XML Path 1172 24 1 50 w nl SkyNewsHD Proxy Files Ze e Create Additional Codec File Select this option if you want to transcode on the fly O Target Path This is the destination target path used for the transcoding file This path
60. cheduled in Jobs _Scheduled folder until an in progress job is over 70 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 17 1 17 Example of Encoder profiles Encoding profiles are XML files that define the codec and codec parameters used by XTAccess to transcode the file You can find bellow some examples For more information about the transcoding profile you can use the Encoder Profiles pdf document which explains all the tags present in the encoder profile MPEG 1 MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 codec use the EVSMPEG2Encoder dll encoder C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess EVSEncoders EVSMPEG2Encoder dll which is installed with XTAccess You can find here an example of MPEG 2 encoder profile This profile can be found into C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder after the installation of XTAccess MPEG 1_TS _XTATranscode profile xml lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVSEncoder version 1 0 gt lt DIIName gt EVSMPEG2Encoder dll lt DIIName gt lt DisplayName gt MPEG 1 TS lt DisplayName gt lt Extension gt mpg lt Extension gt lt ResolutionMode gt 1 lt ResolutionMode gt lt EVSEncoderCtg gt lt FType gt TS lt FType gt lt TS PS ES gt lt VType gt MPEG 1 lt VType gt lt MPEG 2 MPEG 1 gt lt VRate gt 1500000 lt VRate gt lt GopN gt 18 lt GopN gt
61. d DNxHD Apple ProRes MPEG2 Intra Progressive d Field Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings Save EDL to disk Allows you to back up the AAF file on disk before checking it into Avid Interplay The AFF file can then be used to directly drag your transferred clip or playlist into MediaComposer without using Avid Interplay Access EDL path Path where you want to store your AAF file Interplay Check In Allows you to activate or not the Interplay check in Interplay User Interplay user who must have enough rights to check files into Interplay 31 Issue 1 15 B 32 Field Button Interplay Password Web Services Host Web Services Host Ftp ar GLI a avtalast ad Irtenplay LAT Interplay URI ug Interplay Access Databases interplay ierk oalon Fadar XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Description Password of the previous user Link to the Web Service on the Avid Interplay System You have to replace e IP by the IP address of the computer where the Avid web Services are running e PORT by the port that you have configured for your Avid Web Services example 8080 You can also test the connection by clicking on the Test Connection button f http 72 22 53 31 9000 ervices Assetstwedl Windows Internet Explorer 6 w D re x 129 E 132 22 53 3 Fl Edt Van Favores Took
62. d gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1212733995 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 20 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt 6 lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Cam gt A lt Job_Src_Cam gt lt Job_Train_In_TC gt 2700000 lt Job_Train_In_TC gt lt Job_Train_Out_TC gt 2730000 lt Job_Train_Out_TC gt lt Job_Src_TC_System gt 3 lt Job_Src_TC_System gt lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt 1 lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt lt Job_Dest_File gt G lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Dest_ClipName gt benja lt Job_Dest_ClipName gt lt Job_Train_Priority gt 1 lt Job_Train_Priority gt lt Job_AvidTM_HostName gt EVSDEMO lt Job_AvidTM_HostName gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF FILE lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_Id gt 60 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Type gt 42 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_File gt X public USA _backups XTA gloup mxf lt Job_Src_File gt lt Job_AvidTM_HostName gt EVSDemo lt Job_AvidTM_HostName gt lt Job_Dest_Short_In_TC gt 3006888 lt Job_Dest_Short_In_TC gt lt Job_Dest_Short_Out_TC gt 3007188 lt Job_Dest_Short_Out_TC gt lt Job_Dest_Guardband_TC gt 50 lt Job_Dest_Guardband_TC gt lt Job_Status gt 6 lt Job_Status gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 85 Issue 1 15
63. de the source b Select the IMX profile in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVO Profiles folder XTAccess Settings MB Blocks EVS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapperfcodec fram the XML job f Force the wrapper format to NLE Config Ce Transcode the source media using the Default File Transcoding Profile Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav Ce Al Frame with unsynchronized without audio E i6bits C 24 bits Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs for OP1A OT QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile IMX50_XTATranscode profile xml Ta WT amis Mieastara ams Teentaal Result Each new Backup job from IPD will create e one file transcoded in IMX in the target path folder defined in the XML job 75 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 18 3 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO FILE IMX DNxHD 1 XTAccess Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Transcode the source b Select the DNXHD profile in th
64. des are only available with Multicam 10 01 07 Or upper Restore Mode e Copy Generates new IDs for VarlD MateriallD and UmiID LouthID like a Copy Job e Lax Rest Typically used for automation which needs to keep the VarlD from the source file but can regenerate the Column Heading Destination Target Folder Transcoding Profile Generate XML Metadata file or Generate XML Referencing file XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Description MateriallD and UmID LouthID e Restore Keeps original IDs available in the source file like a Restore Job e VarlD option Uses the filename as VarlD and generate a new MateriallD and UmID e VarlD opation2 Uses the filename as VarlD but keeps the MateriallD as UmID If you have selected Target File Job Target you can specify here the destination path Target File Target Folder E MearLineyLow Se Update Xedio DE Configure edio Settings with the MLE config button at the bottom of the windows Update CleanEditDB Select this option if you want to update the CleanEdit DB with the destination file The CE settings are available in the main menu of XTAccess This is the XML profile used by XTAccess which defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to Transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the C Program Files EVS Broadcast BEqu
65. e done within fixed time intervals see IP Retry parameter in section 7 5 2 Control Parameters on page 39 After some attempts see IP Retry Timeout parameter in section 7 5 2 Control Parameters on page 39 the job will be cancelled and an error status will be generated Any other failure during the connection to a EVS server will cancel the job and generate an error GENERAL FAILURE In case a job that is processed is not able to connect no other job with the same IP address will be taken into account Once the connection will be resumed by this blocked job the other waiting jobs will be processed again In case of XT Copy job connection is first established to the destination EVS server prior to the source server In case the connection failed the connection to the source server is not used in order to avoid unexpected XT FTP connections Every jobs are taken into account following a FIFO stack oldest job first XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 7 5 2 CONTROL PARAMETERS Some parameters have been added to better control the load balancing job management Those parameters can be changed in the registry XTAccess must be re started in order to take them into account e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast EquipmentiXTAccessiMax Running Jobs default value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed by
66. e C Program Files EVS Broadcast Egquipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles folder XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EVS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper fcodec from the XML job Force the wrapper format to NLE Config Audio Format SuperMotion Mode Stereo Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav Ce Al Frame with unsynchronized without audio Audio Channels Map For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs Ge Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT i6bits 24bits for OP 1A QT QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile DNxHD_OP1A_XTATranscode profile xml To XT server Restore Copy Transfer Result Each new rewrap job from IPD will create 76 one DNXHD transcoded file in the target folder configured into IPD XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 18 4 DOUBLE TRANSCODING 1 IMX EVS MXF XTAccess 2 Create a Scan XML 3 Xml Scan 1 XML Root Select Transcode the source Select the DNxHD profile in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAc cess Encoder Profiles Defau lt EVS Profiles folder Select Create Additional codec Select the target Path for the Mpeg1 TS
67. e clip are either included in the file in EVS MXF or sent via an XML file Remark lf the backup is not successful the partial clip will be deleted from the disk EXAMPLE OF XML BACKUP FILE To identify the clip you want to back up you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS XFile Job List gt lt EVS XFile Job gt lt Job_ld gt 2246373 lt Job_ld gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1206001502 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 0 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt 4 lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt 23 lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Cam gt D lt Job_Src_Cam gt lt Job_Dest_File gt Xstore60170 testGB lt Job_Dest_File gt lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt 7tbq1KO0 lt Job_Src_ld_Material gt lt Job_Src_ld gt 7tbq1KVWW lt Job_Src_ld gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 250 250 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt 1 1 251 251 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt IPClipID gt 246373 lt IPClipID gt lt ClipLouthID gt 7toq1KVW lt ClipLouthID gt lt ClipMateriallD gt 7tbq1KO0 lt ClipMateriallD gt lt NumUser gt 4 lt NumUser gt lt BackupUnitID gt 92 lt BackupUnitID gt lt JobldHistory gt 2030 lt Job
68. e effect Do you want to reboot now Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 4 XSecure Management From XTAccess v 1 07 22 XSecure is used XSecure can be installed with XTAccess installshield see the chapter Software Installation XSecure uses hardware information from the device where XTAccess is running This means it is impossible to exchange licenses or codes between devices Please refer to the XSecure User s Manual to e Start XSecure Manager e Collect information about your device e Request a license key from the EVS support e Import new license keys 4 1 LIST OF CODES 60 XTAccess e 10 Base Package Not use for the moment e 20 Transcoding Needed to use the transcoding on the fly XSecure Manager version 1 00 07 Identification System ID BWG7 145 HRM HP8 Serial Number Not Available Customer Information Warning License List Application Module Operations Import Key File XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Issue 1 15 B 5 Unicode and 5 1 CONFIGURATION X T Access To use different languages and Unicode instead of ASCII characters you have first to configure Windows 1 Select your keyboard in your Unicode language Control Panel File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Bac O x B J Search 5 Folde
69. ed for writing on a MacOS workstation via network SMB default value 0 HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate Bytes second for the total amount of backup jobs all together HKEY_CURRENT_USERISoftwarelEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Safe Train Backup protection to avoid reaching the head of a train during backup of train o 0 Active o 1 Not Active WORKFLOW WITH THE CREATE ADDIONAL CODEC You can use XTAccess to generate the low res for Xedio Kb 2 XTAccess will receive a request for backup file from IPD XTAccess will create the backup for example DNxHD and will transcode it on the fly for example in MPEG1 XTAccess will reference these two files as High Low clip in Xedio ols View Window Help 96 Encoders Machines Media S y DS Apply Filter F5 Label MediaFile Types Creation Date Last Modif Date Publishec 1 day 20 April D Clip USA UUceh lt k0 EYS IM 20 04 2009 09 06 20 04 2009 09 06 ef br T Check Locked Check Presence Search Clip_USA mpg Deene e 20 04 2009 09 06 20 04 2009 09 06 vi as l IMX30 NTSC 52MBuSW AY Mpeg TS EWYS DNxHD 20 04 2009 10 57 20 04 2009 10 57 625PA4L 4 30 kuMosxG1 20 04 2009 10 58 20 04 2009 10 58 O Use LastModif Date A O Show thumbnails Fl Media Cateaorv XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipm
70. endering EDL jobs Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile DNxHD_OP1A_XTATranscode profile xml In the XTAccess XML configuration you have to define an XML profile that will specify the codec and the wrapper for the destination file A XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 11 1 1 REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY_CURRENT_USERISoftwarelEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of transcoding jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess rendering of playlist included 11 2 XTGATEWAY The rendering process will be in fact done by XTGateway You can find XTGateway in the Windows systray XTGateway Configuration Cache Log Physical memory 1 5 GB None Best performances Cache Size MB w Gei Errors High performances O Debug Low performances Trace Lowest performances Se al Usern Ip Login Passw Apply amp reboot service Nothing has to be configured in this window except the cache size The cache size depends on the number of rendering jobs that you want to execute at the same time see the HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs registry key We recommend that you set up at least 200 MB of memory by rendering job 99 Issue 1 15 B 11 3 11 4 56 XTAccess Version
71. ent January 2011 24 1 24 Grab Field from EVS Server XTAccess is able to grab a field of any clip on a EVS server through an XML trigger This process is mainly used by IPDirector to create thumbnails in the IPD Database Explorer This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 6 Grab Field from EVS Server IPDirector v4 onwards EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TOA FILE To identify the clip from which you want to grab a field you can use the UmID VarlD or LSM ID lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 1260933 lt Job_ld gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1205787586 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 6 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_ld_Material gt 5ZLrMgkW lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt lt Job_Src_Id gt kuLrDR2W lt Job_Src_ld gt lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt 6 lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt 199 lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Cam gt F lt Job_Src_Cam gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 240 240 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt 1 2 241 241 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port2 gt lt Job_Src_XT_User_Nb gt 06 lt Job_Src_XT_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Field_TC gt 2901360 lt Job_Src_Field_TC gt lt Job_Dest_File gt Xstore58060 Jo
72. ime Movies and Quick Time Reference wav backup jobs e 16 Bit 24 Bit stereo button to select the audio resolution Only used for transfer to Avid and OP 1a QT QT Ref OPATOM and Wav format SuperMotion Mode This setting allows you to select the SuperMotion backup mode e Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio XTAccess will keep only one frame over 2 or 3 following the Super Motion Rec mode and keep the audio Audio amp TC will be consistent with the XT clip e All Frame with unsynchronized without audio XTAccess will keep the entire frame of the SSLM Clip Audio Channels Map This setting is used to define how the output audio channels will be distributed to the generated audio files e Use lt gt to separate the content of the various audio files to generate e Use a space between each audio channel to be included in an audio file e Use lt 1 gt to mute a channel not for the Wav backup e Audio channel are between 0 and 7 Example 013 4 7 2 4 5 3 6 will create 4 BWAV files 29 Issue 1 15 B 30 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Destination file s native TimeCode This setting allows you to define which timecode will be saved in the video file e Primary TC Saves the XT Primary TC in the video file e LTC Saves the LTC in the video file e User TC Saves the User TC in the video file Default File Transcoding Profile Default Tran
73. ip or file to another format without the backed up file you have to select Transcode the source XTAccess Settings 2MB Blocks EYS Mxf To File Backup Rewrap Keep the wrapper codec from the XML job SuperMotion Mode Real Time 1 2 or 1 3 frames with audio for Avi QT QT Ref and Wav e All Frame with unsynchronized without audio For Wav Backup and Rendering EDL jobs Ge i6bits 24bits for OP 1A QT QT Ref OPAtom and Wav Destination file s native TimeCode Primary TC as displayed by XT Default File Transcoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile SKY ATA a Ka E 66 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 15 3 1 SMART RENDERING XTAccess automatically analyze the source and destination codec and bitrates and will only perform a rewrapping if they are identical Special cases DNxHD 100 vs DNxHD 120 145 as XTAccess must be compliant to Avid standards those codecs are considered as identical with regards to the smart transcoding criteria This feature is supported for all XML jobs 15 3 2 REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast EquipmentiXTAccessiMax Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously transcoded by XTAccess Once the limit is reached any additional job will be scheduled in Jobs Scheduled folder until an
74. ipment January 2011 12 2 XTGATEWAY XTGateway will handle the rendering process You can find XTGateway in the Windows systray Cache Log Physical memory 1 5 GB ds O None Best performances Cache Size MB w Gei Erors High performances Debug Low performances O Trace Lowest performances Serial Usern Ip Ip2 Apply amp reboot service Nothing has to be configured in this window except the cache size The cache size depends on the number of rendering jobs that you want to execute at the same time see the HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs registry key We recommend that you set up at least 200 MB of memory by rendering job 12 3 SMART RENDERING XTAccess will only transcode the effects if the source clip or file and the destination file have the same codec XTAccess will only render needed content 58 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 12 4 EFFECTS See the EVS EDL Structure and Effects Description v1 0 pdf document for all the effects supported by XTAccess 59 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 13 Backup of EDL to files This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 9 Backup Playlist from EVS Server to files with EDL creation for EVS AVID and FCP Backup EDL Remark
75. ipmentiXTAccessiEncoder Profiles folder Only used if you have selected Transcode as job Type Select this option to send XML Referencing file to IPDirector in case of restore or to create XML Metadata file next to the destination files in case of transcoding to file These XML files allows XTAccess to add metadata IPD Owner referencing High Low Target Path Destination path where file metadata file will be sent to IPD the XML referencing Example of XML referencing Path IPDirector180 JOBREF EVS_TO_TODO Example of XML Metadata Path Xstore60170 Media IPD Owner IPDirector owner user to be referenced to PDirector Database If left blank the XT Generic User is pushed into IPDirector Database XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 8 3 XEDIO INTEGRATION WITH THE SCAN FOLDER 8 3 1 OVERVIEW XTAccess is able with the scan folder to transcode one High Res file to Low Res and reference it into Xedio DB If the job succeeds Move source files to a specific folder Target Folder D CleanEdit High Gi lf Update Xedio DB with source file after it s moved configure Xedio Settings with the NLE Config bottom right button Target EVS XT 2 Server e Target File Target Folder D Vleartott om if Update Xedio DB configure Xedio Settings with the NLE Config bottom right button Transcoding P
76. iption v1 0 pdf document for all the effects supported by XTAccess 61 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 14 File Rewrap This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 40 Transfer file to file IPDirector v5 onwards e Job 41 Partial transfer file to file IPDirector v5 onwards 14 1 WORKFLOW Only clips having one of the following formats can be rewrapped EVS MXF MXF OP 1A or Quick Time depending on the video codec The following schema shows how the restore of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Archive _ _ _ _ _ eys Video Feeds GigE Apple X T occess Gigabit Ethernet 62 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 14 2 1 An external system which can generate XML files for restoring clips for example IPDirector v5 sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the rewrap of a file from an archiving or backup system to a new file format and archive storage 2 XlTAccess processes the XML job a It gets the file to rewrap from the external system b It generates a new file on the destination storage EXAMPLE OF XML FILE REWRAP lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_Id gt 4942648367704751 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 11322
77. job e Target Path This is the destination target path used for the additional file This path can be entered manually or by browsing Windows Explorer with the associated button e Transcoding profile This is the XML profile used by XTAccess It defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles folder e Create Metadata XML Select this option if you want to create EVS XML metadata file with you additional codec file e Path This is the destination target path used for the metadata XML file XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 7 3 4 NLE CONFIGURATION The NLE settings are used to set up the integration with AVID FCP Xedio or EVS The NLE settings can also be used directly in the XML job but some of them are not yet implemented in PDirector AVID For Avid applications the settings allow you to save the Avid AAF file with the file generated by XTAccess or to use the Avid WebService NLE Config NLE Config Save EDL to disk EDL Path CH Interplay Check In Interplay User administrator Interplay Password Web Services Host http ip port services Assets Test connection Interplay URI interplay workgroup Incoming Media Source Codec Transcoding Profile HD MIPEG EVS MIPEG Avi
78. ldHistory gt lt Job_Src_App_Data gt lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt 1 lt Job_Dest_File_Format gt lt Job_Dest_XML_Metadata_Path gt Xstore60170 Data G Scan XML metadata lt Job_ Dest _XML_Metadata_Path gt lt Job_Dest_Generate_XML_Metadata gt 1 lt Job_Dest_Generate_XML_Metadata gt lt EVS Metadatas gt lt Clips_Infos gt lt Clip gt lt IPDirector_Clip_Infos gt lt LsmSerialNumber gt 20140 lt LsmSerialNumber gt lt ThumbnailT CRefPath gt 1 1 59 66 Thumbnails 246373 jog lt ThumbnailT CRefPath gt lt Owner gt XT Generic User lt Owner gt XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 9 3 9 3 1 9 4 lt TCInDate gt 07 Mar 2008 lt TCInDate gt lt TCOutDate gt 07 Mar 2008 lt TCOutDate gt lt IPDirector_Clip_Infos gt lt Clip gt lt Clips_Infos gt lt EVS_Metadatas gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML Some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan see section 7 3 3 XML Scan Settings on page 27 REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEISOFTWAREIEVS Broadcast Equipment Common FileWriter NoBuffering Specific setting to transfer a file without any buffering Recommended for writing on a MacOS workstation via network SMB
79. lt value 6 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously loaded by XTAccess per scan processes This amount defined the maximum amount of files that will be loaded by a scan process of the given folder e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess XML Scan Timeout default value 250 Time delay in milliseconds between two successive scan processes provided that the Max XML Jobs parameter is not already reached e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess XML Scan Jobs Timeout default value 5000 Time delay in milliseconds between the treatment of two successive XML jobs e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess IP Retry default value 12 Maximum amount of attempts to connect to an IP address of a XT server which does not reply e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess IP Retry Timeout default value 5000 Time delay in milliseconds between two successive attempts to connect to an IP address which does not reply e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess IP Retry Timeout default value 5000 Time delay in milliseconds between two successive attempts to connect to an IP address which does not reply e HKEY CURRENT_USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of transcoding jobs 39 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS
80. ment January 2011 26 1 26 Delete File from Disk XTAccess is able to delete a file from a disk This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 5 Delete File from disk IPDirector v5 2 onwards EXAMPLE OF DELETE FILE XML JOB lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 2267204237937067 lt Job_ld gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1131111037 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 5 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_File gt F XFile_Path_A backup 2004_06_14 02 122 A mxf lt Job_Src_File gt lt Job_Src_ld gt 67IJCULO lt Job_Src_Id gt lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt 67IJCULO lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt The description of each XML tag is described in the XML Jobs document 99 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 27 Delete Clip from EVS Server XTAccess is able to delete a clip from a EVS Server This section covers XML Jobs IDs e Job 3 Delete Clip from EVS Server IPDirector v5 2 onwards 27 1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE CLIP XML JOB To identify the clip you want to delete you can use the UmID VarlD or LsmID lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ID gt 4942648367704751 lt Job_ID gt lt Job_Type gt 3 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt 172 22 51 1 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_
81. n 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 1 An external system for example PDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the transfer of a given clip created on an EVS server to another EVS server XTAccess processes the XML file 2 XTAccess gets the clip content from EVS that has to be transferred and sets up an FTP proxy connection between both EVS servers 3 The clip is copied to the destination EVS server through XTAccess The metadata of the source clip is updated on the destination server CCLIP amp IPDirector metatada 22 2 EXAMPLE OF XML EVS SERVER COPY FILE To identify the clip you want to copy you can use the UmID VarlD or LsmID lt xml version 1 0 gt lt EVS_XFile_Job_List gt lt EVS_XFile_Job gt lt Job_ld gt 2261335 lt Job_Id gt lt Job_Creation_Time gt 1206001763 lt Job_Creation_Time gt lt Job_Type gt 13 lt Job_Type gt lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt 6 lt Job_Src_User_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt 236 lt Job_Src_Clip_Nb gt lt Job_Src_Cam gt D lt Job_Src_Cam gt lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt 5ZLSDZOW lt Job_Src_Id_Material gt lt Job_Src_Id gt kuLs9clY lt Job_Src_Id gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt 1 1 240 240 lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt 21 lt Job_Src_XT_Port1 gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Login gt lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt evs lt Job_Src_XT_FTP_Password gt lt Job_Src_XT_IP_Address2 gt
82. ncanonconoa 57 12 1 LOGAL ATAGCESS SETTINGS NON AR 57 Beleg 0 EE 57 122 A TOATEWA EE 58 12 al EVT EE E 58 124 ET EE 59 13 BACKUP OF EDL TO PILES eege 60 13 1 LOCALXTACCESS SETTINGS NON ME ira 60 AA II ee 60 132 SMAR FBACKUPF MODE usd aa 61 190 EE 61 14 FILE REWRAR EE 62 age CR e EE 62 142 EXAMPLE OF XME FILE REW RAP EEN 63 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 15 ADDITIONAL CODEC FILE ON THE FLY cccsssssssssseseesesseeseesseseesessesaeeaeas 64 15 1 SEENEN 64 15 2 CODECS O 0 5 oO ad RE 65 15 9 LOCAL XTAGGESS SETTINGS NON AM suscitadas 65 APP idee atria es 67 19 32 HEIEREN 67 16 TRANSCODING FILE EE 68 EE D WORKFLOW sad oia dido 68 16 2 EXAMPLE OF XME FILE REWRAARS aii 69 163 CODESS SUPPORTED o 69 16 4 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS NON XML oomoooociciococconcoionccci icccncoiononcon cin nc cnncn condicio 69 El a apart tanger nangstendes ee nares teens 70 16 42 AC o 70 17 EXAMPLE OF ENCODER PROFILEG c sscsssssssssessssessessessessesseseeseesenaneas 71 E MECA tai 71 172 AUDI diene 72 18 EXAMPLES OF CONFIGURATION csssssssssssssssssssssssenssssessesnsssssssessessesaenaesasnas 13 18 1 BACKUP EVS SERVER NATIVE CODEC CREATION OF LOW RES ooocccocccccccccccccoc0o0000000 gt 73 18 2 TRANSCODE NATIVE EVS SERVER CLIP coin 75 18 39 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO RIE cursa da 76 18 4 D
83. network The external systems can be the following ones e A storage system or an archiving system such as XStore XFile or a 3 4 party storage e A non linear Editing system such as EVS CleanEdit Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid e Another EVS server However the external systems cannot read the raw files coming from the EVS servers For this reason XTAccess is used as a gateway between the EVS Server and the IT world lt takes up the role of gateway used so far by XFile XStream as it creates file formats compliant with external systems XTAccess is directly connected to the EVS servers through the Gigabit network It runs on an XP workstation and is mainly controlled by the external systems no user interface via XML files or other processes Archive Ka E i Apple Final Cut Pro EZ Video Feeds Avid Gigabit Ethernet XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 The Gigabit connection fulfills the following functions in relation with the EVS servers e Backup of clips or trains from an EVS server to an Archive e Partial restore and copy of clips from an Archive to an EVS server e Backup of clips or trains from an EVS server to EVS CleanEdit Suite e Exchange of EVS content clips or trains with Avid systems via Avid Transfer Manager or using Avid WebService e Exchange of EVS content clips or trains with Apple Final Cu
84. ng of playlists e Install XTAccess Encoders This option will install all the codec dl necessary for the transcoding jobs and for the rendering of playlists e Install XTGateway This option will install XTGateway XTGateway is a Windows service required for rendering playlists with XTAccess e Install AppGuard This option will install AppGuard AppGuard will restart automatically XTAccess in case of crash e XTAccess Inscription to the EVS SNMP This option will inscribe XTAccess to the EVS SNMP Agent the EVS SNMP Agent must be installed on the computer Install EVS SNMP Agent If you install XTAccess for the first time on this workstation you should select this option to install the EVS SNMP Agent Then press NEXT Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 5 Setu p XTAccess Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts Browse 7 Specify the start folder directory and then press NEXT 15 Setup XTAccess Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing AT Access on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location LA Program Files EWS Broadcast Equipment 7 Access Setup type Full installation Selected components Access executable Install CR edist Start Menu folder
85. ng via SOAP protocol Ce Manual configuration of the reporting server Reporting server name 172 24 1 105 Reporting server port 48888 Notifications frequency 7 Seconds http 4172 24 1 105 48888 Services Notification This window allows you to activate the reporting system of XTAccess to Vedio Command name Description Nickname Allows you to define a nickname for XTAccess Group Allows you to define a group to which XTAccess will belong in the Vedio user interface Reporting Server Host name or IP Address of the Vedio Notification Server Name Reporting Server Port of the Vedio Notification Server Port Notification Duration between two notifications to Vedio Frequency 20 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Issue 1 15 B GRAPHICAL SETTINGS These settings relate to the generation of files clips from a picture BMP TIFF amp TGA formats or audio Wav BWav Graphical Audio Sequence Settings General Settings of the restored sequence Video System PAL 50i Sequence TimeCode E E o0 Restore of Picture Files BMP JPEG TGA Tif lf Fill And Key encoding Sequence Duration 50 Add Audio when encoding Graphical Sequence Restore of audio Files Wav Bwav Default associated picture to the Audio File C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XT Access Default Picture Files HE ane Command name Video System Sequence
86. ooccncononnonconannoninnos 90 22 3 FORCE TRANSCODING EVS SERVER TO EVS SERVER ooocioccocococococconccooocononcononcononconnoooos 91 23 INTEGRATION WITH XEDIO sssssesennnnnnsnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna 92 Sech WO O do 92 23 2 EXAMPLE OF XML TRANSFER TO XEDIO FILE coocoooocconicconocoonocoonicornoncononconanco rincon 94 23 3 ATACOES gt CONFIGURATION carino 95 234 REGISTRE ER Hl E 96 23 5 WORKFLOW WITH THE CREATE ADDIONAL CODE 96 24 GRAB FIELD FROM EVS SERVER siii 97 24 1 EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TO A FILE ek 97 29 GRAB FIELD FROM FIL cocinas ee 98 25 1 EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TO A gege Eegeregie Eaeeg 98 20 DELETE FILE FROM DISK eege 99 20 1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE FILE XML JOB sisas 99 27 DELETE CLIP FROM EVS SERVER nui is 100 27 1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE CHUP XML JOB aulas 100 28 CANCEL JOB EE 101 28 1 EXAMPLE OF CANCEL XML JOB scsi 101 29 XTACCESS TROUBLESHOOTING onocccccocconconconocnocnocnonccncancancancanannan can cancancanoas 102 291 ATACGESo ERROR MESSAGES e rad 102 29 2 Ee 102 ZO A ee 103 29 22 JVACCESS ee e ars E 103 29 23 A AMVC MeO EE E 103 SE 103 2922 Or ACCESS UIC io ena 103 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 1 Introduction The Gigabit connection on EVS server makes it possible to transfer video and audio material from the EVS servers to external systems via the TCP IP
87. ou would like to select a different folder click Browse C Program Files EVS Broadcast E quipment XTAccess At least 1 4 ME of free disk space is required 5 Select the destination directory to install the new software and then press NEXT XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 15 setup XTAccess Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue XTAccess executable Install VCRedist Instal Secure Manager Install XT Access Encoders required for transcoding jobs only Install XTGateway required for playlist rendering jobs anty Wi Install AppGuard autorestart XTAccess XT Access Inscription to the EVS SNMP Agent C Install EVS SNMP Agent Curent selection requires at least 96 7 MB of disk space Back 6 You can select here the different XTAccess components e Install VCRedist lf you install XTAccess for the first time on this workstation you need to install Microsoft Visual C Redistributable application by selecting Install VCRedist For future installations or upgrade you may deselect this option to reduce installation time e Install XSecure Manager This option will install the EVS License software EVS Licenses XSecure code are necessary for the transcoding jobs and renderi
88. pe LS G T Home 1 Seleciod 0 Fite fire D nsch CHH 1000 II F feel 1 Fillers 7 as SS k Die a Le Mame AV_EVS_CLIPNAME Duration TL Dem ES Steg I e 8 SS ihi MIGG 004 OF 342 INEST ai JO DU EXE Er Es With this table you will have the possibility to map a specific source codec for transcoding purpose All items with this source codec will be transcoded Useful for several cases e Transcoding if source codec not supported by XTAccess e Transcoding if source codec not supported by NLE XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Field Button Description The table is only used by XTAccess for the EDL export jobs Source Codec Transcoding Profile DVCPRO IX _ XT ATranscade profile xml WW DC bhd HO DEI T ATranscode profile vm EN K UU gt FINALCUTPRO For FinalCutPro applications these settings allow you to save the FCP XML Metadata file with the file generated with XTAccess and configure which EVS metadata you want to keep to FCP NLE Config FinalCutPro Active NLE Config Save EDL to disk EDL Path c QT Movie Local Path NLE Metadata i EVS Metadata right click to edit mastercommentl EVS_Metadatas Clips_Infos Clip File_ Clip_ Infos XT_Keyword_1 mastercomment EVS_Metadatas Clips_Infos Clip XFile_Clip_Infos XT_Keyword_2
89. puter French Belgium Belgian French k Installed services Select the services that you want for each input language shown in the list Use the 4dd and Remove buttons to modify this list Gay Keyboard e US French Belgium Keyboard am ala Add DIN Russian Remove Gy Keyboard See Russian Properties Preferences Language Bar Key Settings 2 And then you have to set up the default Language for non Unicode programs Start Settings Control Panel Regional and Language Settings Advanced 15 Issue 1 15 B 9 2 d XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Regional and Language Options Regional Options Languages Advanced Language for non Unicode programs This system setting enables non Unicode programs to display menus and dialogs in ther native language lt does not affect Unicode programs but it does apply to all users of this computer Select a language to match the language version of the non Unicode programes you wank to use Code page conversion tables 10001 MAC Japanese 10002 MAC Traditional Chinese Bo 10003 MAC Korean 10004 MAC Arabic 10005 MAC Hebrew Default user account settings Apply all settings to the current user account and to the default user profile METADATA These Metadata Tags can be used in Unicode e ClipName e Key
90. rofile DWCPROHD_EVS_XTATranscode profile xml as Iw Generate XML Metadatas file Target Path DB CleanEdit Low S Owner Olivier OK NLE Config Cancel 8 3 2 WORKFLOW 1 A file is dropped in the ScanFolder D myScanFolder myFile evs mxf 2 The transcoded file and its companion EVS_Metadata file is generated in D CleanEdit Low 3 If the job succeeds the source file C myScanFolder myFile evs mxf is moved to D CleanEdit High 4 The two files are referenced into Xedio 8 3 3 REMARKS e To use the Xedio referencing you need to install the CEXTAccessIntegration_vxx xx xx exe and configure the CleanEdit ODBC Through the NLE config button 47 Issue 1 15 B 8 4 48 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Owner Olivier OK NLE Config Cancel NLE Config NLE NLE Config XEDIO DB DSN CleanEditDB XEDIO DB User evs XEDIO DB Password deanEdit e lf the source file has no EVS Metadata file XTAccess will create during the source file move a light EVS Metadata file for the referencing into the Xedio DB REMARKS ON THE SCAN PROCESS XTAccess processes only the files with a size bigger than OKB XTAccess can scan an EVS XML file In this case you need to define evs xml as filter and XTAccess will check the lt File_Path_HiRes gt tag in the evs xml file to find the video file XTAccess waits to h
91. rs 0 Regional and Language Options Address Control Panel Name To view or change the languages and methods you can use to enter Esc Referencir Vg Contrai A Date and Time text click Details E Display gt Switch to Category View Folder Options Fonts Game Controllers See Also ES uinternet Options Keyboard Mouse Install files for complex script and right to Supplemental language support Most languages are installed by default To ing select the appropriate check box below Windows Update RE Network Connections Ne F Network Setup Wizard Install files for East Asian languages E NVIDIA Control Panel NVIDIA nview Desktop Manager Language used in menus and dialogs D r Card Manager nglish e Phone and Modem Options Power Options A Printers and Faxes QuickTime 2 Regional and Language Options Scanners and Cameras gt Security Center E sounds and Audio Devices E Speech system See information about your computer system and cha ll Taskbar and Start Menu Customize the Start Menu and the taskbar such as the lt z Am d Customize settings for the display of languages numbers times and dates gt H File backup_XT ixstore601 Details Vacstoreb t A Text Services and Input Languages Settings Advanced Default input language Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your com
92. s Encoder ProfilesiDefault EVS Profiles folder 69 Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 BY Default EVS Profiles Fichier Edition Affichage Favoris Outils 2 CH Pr c dente 9 Ki Rechercher eer Dossiers x Adresse B C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment xTAccess Encoder Profiles Default EVS Profiles Nom Gestion des fichiers do not modify these XML profiles they will be overridden at next XTAccess install NG E DNxHD_XTATranscode profile xml UY D placer ce fichier E DVCPro50_XTATranscode profile xml Copier ce fichier E DVCPro_XTATranscode profile xml Publier ce fichier sur le Web E DVCPROHD_XTATranscode profile xml Envoyer ce fichier par E IMX_AVID_XTATranscode profile xml courrier lectronique E IMX_FCP XML_XTATranscode profile xml IMX_XTATranscode profile xml E MIPEG_LowRes_XTATranscode profile xml E MIPEG_XTATranscode profile xml E MPEG 1_ES__XTATranscode profile xml E MPEG 1_PS__XTATranscode profile xml Encoder Profiles E MPEG 1_TS__XTATranscode profile xml E Mes documents E MPEG 2_TS_XTATranscode profile xml E WM9_XTATranscode profile xml E XDCAMHD_XTATranscode profile xml Supprimer ce fichier Autres emplacements Poste de travail d Favoris r seau v lt Type Document XML Date de modification 23 01 2009 13 06 Taile 518 octets 518 octets zl Poste de travail Be careful thi
93. s folder is updated at each new installation of XTAccess If you want to create your own profile please use the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles Custom Profiles folder that is not removed or updated Custom Profiles Fichier Edition Affichage Favoris Outils Pr c dente 9 ba ES Rechercher ear Dossiers 335 w Adresse C Program FleslEVS Broadcast Equipment xTAccess Encoder Profies Custom Profles Y Ba A Nom Taille Type Gestion des fichiers 3 copy here your own XML profiles they won t be modified nor deleted at next XTAccess install 0 Ko Fichier CH Cr er un nouveau dossier Publier ce dossier sur le Web ka Partager ce dossier i Poste de travail See chapter 17 Example of Encoder profiles on page 71 for more details 16 4 1 SMART RENDERING XTAccess automatically analyze the source and destination codec and bitrates and will only perform a rewrapping if they are identical Special cases DNxHD 100 vs DNxHD 120 145 As XTAccess must be compliant to Avid standards those codecs are considered as identical with regards to the smart transcoding criteria This feature is supported for all XML jobs 16 4 2 REGISTRY SETTINGS e HKEY_CURRENT_USERISoftwarelEVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Max Transcoding Jobs default value 1 Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously transcoded by XTAccess Once the limit is reached any additional job will be s
94. scoding Profile for to file jobs and render of playlist to file Profile SKY HIGH_XTATranscode profile xml coe XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 To XT server Restore Copy Transfer IT Transcode the source media using the Default XT Transcoding Profile J Remove source file if Restore Copy is successful Profile for to XT jobs and render of playlist to XT Profile DVCPROHD_EVS_XTATranscode profile xml GE jw Create Additional Codec File Backup Rewrap Restore Copy Transcode Jobs Target Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files e Transcoding Profile MPEG 1_TS_ XTATranscode profile xml ES MV Create Metadata XML Path 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files E Result Each new Backup job from IPD will create one transcoded file in MPEG1 in target folder defined 172 24 1 50 Proxy Files one backed up file in the folder defined in the IPD Remote Installer in XTAccess XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 18 2 TRANSCODE NATIVE EVS SERVER CLIP XTAccess XT 2 DNxHD 1 Create a standard target destination into IPD 2 Create a Scan XML Xml Scan 1 XML Root C XTAccess_XML bee 3 Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a Select Transco
95. scoding profile is used for the job to file if you have selected the 3r4 option Transcode the source media using or for the Rendering of playlist In this field you have to define an XML profile file that defines the codec and parameter of the codec used to transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles into the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles folder TO XT SERVER Transcode Restored File select this option if you want to transcode the file during the restore operation Remove Source file if restore successful In case of Restore and Copy it could be useful to automatically delete the source file to clean the source storage The file will be removed only if the job is successful Default File Transcoding Profile Default Transcoding profile used for the job to XT if you have selected the 3r4 option Transcode the source media using or for the Rendering of playlist In this field you have to define an XML profile file that defines the codec and parameter of the codec used to transcode the file You can find some encoder profiles in the C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XTAccess Encoder Profiles folder CREATE ADDITIONAL CODEC Create Additional Codec File Select this option if you want to create an additional file for example a proxy file at the same time as your hires backup The additional codec file will be generated on the fly with the principal
96. specify here the destination EVS server and location Server IP IP address of the target EVS server User FTP login of the target EVS server Password password of the target EVS server Location ClipID of the first location to check when restoring 4 modes are considered 123X X could be A B C D E or F In that case XTAccess will check the availability of the clip e g 123A clip o If not available XTAccess will show an error message on the main window You will need to try again with a different location o If available the transfer will be done In any case after each transfer XTAccess will increase by 1 the LSM ID with the same camera label e g 124 A 125A 126A Etc 123 In this case the Question Mark allows XTAccess to check all the camera labels First check the availability of 123A then 123B 123C 123D 123E 123F 124A 124B etc 123 XXXX X could be A B C D E or F In that case XTAccess will check the availability of the clip in this range of camera Example 111 ACD XTAccess will try 111A 111C 111D 112A 112C 112D 211A 211C XXX X could be 123456789 and XXX is are the page where you want to restore the files In this case the Question Mark allows XTAccess to check all the camera labels but after the XXX page Example 157 XTAccess will try 110A 111A 112A 199A 5104 799A 110B 111B 199B 510B 799B 110C esa LOOP These last two mo
97. ssesnedesseseesessressnedesteeseseseses 37 Ae ETag ee KML et e EE 37 TAS PROCESSING ola AML JOD E 37 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 7 5 LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEIER 38 1 5 1 Management of XML Jobs sicaciescssssiunsuds auc Eeer eege 38 L92 SEET 39 O SCAN FOLDER E 41 Se SCANFOLDER WINDOW ai ab 41 02 ADD ANDEDITA SCAN FOLDER IE Misiusranaasadraa 43 8 3 XEDIO INTEGRATION WITH THE SCAN FOUDER 47 O A E 47 O at UE 47 A E 47 84 REMARKS ON THE SCAN PROCE OO siciliana 48 9 BACKUP OF EVS SERVER CLIPS TO FILES ccccoccocococococrcccnccnccnncnnnoas 49 oT MODA OY EE 49 92 EXAMPLE OF XMLIBAGKUP FILE EE 50 9 3 LOGAL ATACGCESS SETTINGS NON XME noria dai 51 ECK WR ele le 51 JA WEE 51 10 RESTORE COPY OF FILES TO EVS SERVER sssssssssssssssssessessessesseseeseees 52 A A a 52 10 1 1 Workflow Restore via XML Jobs Explanation ccccccccssssssssssssssessesssseseesrsesesrseesees 53 10 1 2 Workflow Folder File Scan Explanation o oooooncnconcccoocccconconoononnonconconconconconorncononnonnnos 53 10 2 EXAMPLE OF COPY FICE a 53 11 RENDERING OF EDE TO ONE FllEsconnaailri aia 54 1 Keier XTAGCESS SETTINGS NONAME oran 54 all Regis iv Se TINS pias 55 TU E ENS VA Vern E 55 113 OWA Re ND ERIN G narrar 56 O 56 12 RENDERING OF EDL TO ONE EVS SERVER CLIP oncccacconincoccincaconca
98. t Pro e Exchange of EVS content clips only with another EVS server e Partial rewrap of file from an Archive e Rendering of EDL from files or clips e Backup of EDL from files or clips e Grab frames of a clip on a EVS server in order to create thumbnails e g for IPDirector Issue 1 15 B XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 2 Hardware Recommendations The XTAccess software is installed on a workstation operating under Windows XP Windows 2003 Server windows Seven 32 bit windows Seven 64 bit or Windows server 2008 SP2 64 bit With the 64 bit OS XTAccess runs as a 32 bit application The minimum system requirements are e Workstation or Laptop e CPU Pentium P4 2 0 Ghz e 512 MB RAM 2GB for the rendering of playlist and transcoding jobs e GigE board with Jumbo Frame capabilities e VGA 1024x768 The XTAccess software runs either on EVS workstations like IPDirector XFile XStore or on any standalone third party workstation H Important Jobs like transcoding backup of clips or trains restore copy of files to EVS Server use CPU resources on the device where XTAccess runs It is then advised not to run any other critical application simultaneously on the XTAccess device especially when the Xedio Suite or IPDirector are installed as standalone systems with a local database XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes E
99. tions like IPDirector mainly via XML files XTAccess scans pre defined folders to check for new XML jobs to process The details of the XML format will be described in the following sections especially for each job type The scan process of XML jobs is anyway identical for any type of job JOB TYPES The table below shows the list of all jobs available according to the version number of IPDirector Abbreviations used e XFI XFile e XTA XTAccess e MXC MediaXchange e XST XStream XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 Supported from PDirector version G 9 UN G oO gt LD UN oO UO x ke gt lt O ks VM O oO K O oa oa LI ao tromster tomme tome 104 aa ax Leg transfer romte tome 104 a4 ES IS ECT TIA ETT CA Cas f shore trenstercio Tea toaa 104 a4 al stream recora train from xt towa 105 5 Ce se romme owa 105 5 az shore Transfer romme toaa 104 a4 as aco oma toxr 1 00 44 aa shore xoy fromxr toxr 1 07 zl Greg Es 5 Color legend XT gt XT copy 25 Issue 1 15 B 7 3 7 3 1 26 XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 CREATION OF A XML JOBS SCAN CREATING A NEW XML SCAN On the XTAccess GUI select the New XML Scan button to cre
100. word e VarlD The UmID cannot be Unicode FILENAME XTAccess never generates files with Unicode filenames Files are named UnicodeFilename mxf instead of the real Unicode clipname XTAccess is capable to use files with Unicode filenames These files can be located in a folder having a Unicode filename And these Unicode files can be used into scan folder without any trouble XTAccess Version 1 15 User s Manual Issue 1 15 B Author Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment January 2011 6 User Interface 6 1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess has been designed to be used as a black box It is mainly controlled by external systems via XML files or other processes When the XTAccess application is launched the following GUI is displayed on the workstation Y XTAccess v 1 15 23 SN 635100 Repor Job Type Source Clip File Destination Status Abort job 6 2 JOBS MONITORING The main window displays the status of each job handled by XTAccess Description of the columns Column heading Description Job Type Type of Job Backup Avid Ingest Restore XT Transfer etc Source Source server e Backup Avid Ingest XT Copy Grab Field FTP address and path of the EVS server e Restore Copy File Rewrap the source directory where the file to be processed is located Clip File Source Clip or File e ClipID of the clip processed on the EVS server e Filename stored in the Source path defined

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