User guide

Viz Engine Administrator’s Guide

To run Viz Engine as a program or preview (optional) machine, the following software

and configuration is needed:

Viz Engine specifications

Software Extra Viz 2 or 3 Plug-ins (only for Viz 2.x) Viz Engine 2.8 PL5

HotFix3 or Viz Engine 3.5.1 or later Viz DataPool 2.10 or later

Viz World Client 12.0 or later (see Vizrt Maps)

Optional: When used for local preview of video clips from Viz

One, Viz Engine must be installed with an MPEG-4 codec and

Matroska splitter

Hardware Licensed dongle

Executable(s) viz.exe

Ports and Connections 6100 (preview and playout), 14300 (Viz Multiplexer),

50007-50010 (multiplexing).

Local drive access Local preview: Read and write access to folder C:\Program Files

\vizrt\

Network access Mapped drive to VOS still store folder

Local preview: Mapped drive to Viz Engine data root

Also see, Shared Data

Operating system Windows XP SP2/SP3 (32-bit) and Windows 7 (64-bit)

Machines setup for local preview need an OpenGL compatible graphics card and

at least 512MB of memory (RAM) in addition to a reasonably new processor. Some

graphics features on a preview machine will not be shown exactly as on a Viz Engine

renderer. This is limitations in the OpenGL features on the graphics cards, and not

related to Vizrt’s software.

This section also contains information on the following topics:

• Preview Server

Preview Server

The Preview Server option is used in situations where Viz Engine is used in order to

provide frames for snapshot/thumbnail generation. A typical use case would be to

connect multiple Newsroom Components to a preview server. Note that the Preview

Server must be installed on a separate Viz Engine machine with its own license.

Software Preview Server 1.0 or later Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Viz

Engine 2.8 or Viz 3.2 and later

Hardware Licensed dongle

Executable(s) PreviewServer.exe

Ports and Connections 54000 is used when connecting over http using the REST

interface.

Network access Uses the Bonjour protocol to announce available services.