User guide

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Introduction

This document describes how to administer and configure the VENICE

server and its software.

VENICE is a highly flexible server system for the capturing and play-out

of audio and video content. Especially designed for broadcast work-

flows, it provides multiple independent channels and supports natively

the most common compressed formats. With VENICE you can easily

capture live content, e.g. from cameras directly, and access data for

play-out operations – if required both at the same time and in the for-

mat that suits your workflow best. During each operation you can con-

trol an externally connected device via RS-422 to act as a player or

recorder, either in a manual or autoedit operation mode.

This document provides information on how to set up the VENICE serv-

er and how to administer it. Additionally, it describes the configuration

settings available in the VENICE client software.