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Chapter 3

3. System Conﬁguration

This chapter describes how you conﬁgure the SGI Media Server for proper operation.

The chapter is organized as follows to simplify the conﬁguration tasks:

• “Conﬁguration Files” on page 33

• “Conﬁguring Device Interfaces” on page 36

• “Conﬁguring System Defaults” on page 37

• “Conﬁguring Video Compression” on page 38

• “Conﬁguring Audio Support” on page 41

• “Conﬁguring the SGI Media Server for Control by Remote Devices” on page 47

• “Conﬁguring the SGI Media Server to Control Other Devices” on page 52

• “Conﬁguring the VTR Daemon (vtrd)” on page 54

• “Mapping Physical Ports to Logical Port Names” on page 54

• “Conﬁguring for 625/50 Systems” on page 54

• “Tuning the SGI Media Server (Setting the Maximum DMA Size)” on page 55

Note: To conﬁgure startup options, see “Starting and Stopping VST” on page 57.

Conﬁguration Files

Table 3-1 summarizes the conﬁguration ﬁles that the SGI Media Server uses to conﬁgure

hardware and other SGI Media Server resources. These ﬁles assign controls to hardware

ports that affect device and system operation.