User`s guide

xii 007-4403-003
Contents
Configuring the SGI Media Server for Control by VDCP . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
VDCP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Using the Harris Automation ADC100 Automation Controller with the SGI Media Server . 96
Using House Timecode Readers with the SGI Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . 98
RS-232 and RS-422 Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
625/50 Clips Do Not Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adding a Clip Takes Excessively Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Crash: Semaphore Limit Exceeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Configuring to Boot From a Backup Plex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
SGI Media Server Crash Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
9. Introduction to MVCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Manual Access to Video Server Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Creating and Deleting a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Deleting a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Multiple Connections to a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Loading, Creating, and Unloading a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Finding the Name of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting Edit Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cueing Decks to Play or Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sequencing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Playing a Prerecorded Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Setting and Listing Configuration Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Listing Video and Deck Control Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Assigning Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Configuring Video Recording Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Recording a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Editing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Editing at the Clip Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Editing at the Frame Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Displaying Your Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Playing Clips from a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117