User`s guide

007-4403-003 xix
About This Manual
The SGI Media Server for Broadcast is a completely integrated solution for serving video,
audio, and data that is based on open architecture, data networking, and storage
technology. The core of the multichannel SGI Media Server is the SGI Video Server
Technology (VST) software. VST supports a variety of video file formats and
compression types.
This manual describes how to use the SGI Media Server to play and record digital media.
Also described in this manual are the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that are used to
manually control the SGI Media Server and the Multiport Video Computer Protocol
(MVCP), which is a command-line control protocol supported by VST.
What This Manual Contains
The following material is covered in this manual:
• Chapter 1, “Overview of the SGI Media Server,” provides a functional overview of
the SGI Media Server and then describes its software and hardware.
• Chapter 2, “System Setup,” describes the general setup requirements of your SGI
Media Server.
• Chapter 3, “System Configuration,” describes the various configuration
requirements and the mechanisms for configuring and controlling
device-independent and device-specific features.
• Chapter 4, “Running the SGI Media Server,” describes starting, monitoring, and
stopping the Video Server Technology (VST) software.
• Chapter 5, “Adding and Removing Clips,” describes how you add and remove clips
from the SGI Media Server.
• Chapter 6, “Virtual Clips,” describes virtual clips and how you manipulate them on
the SGI Media Server.