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ENGSoft v1.5 1 Legal Notices OpenCube Technologies SAS 6 rue Brindejonc des Moulinais Batiment A - CS95836 31505 Toulouse Cedex 5 FRANCE Phone +33 (0)561 285 606 Fax +33 (0)561 285 635 E-mail info.opencube@evs.com ENGSoft Support support_engsoft@evs.com Website http://www.evs-opencube.com ENGSoft v1.5 - User Guide. DISCLAIMER This document has been prepared out of concern for accuracy and constitutes a copy of the specifications when printed and delivered.
ENGSoft v1.5 2 Table of Contents 1 Legal Notices 2 2 Table of Contents 3 3 Installation 3.1 Hardware requirements 3.2 Supported operating systems 3.3 Installation 5 5 5 5 4 Release Notes 4.1 ENGSoft v1.5 New features 4.2 ENGSoft v1.5 Changes 4.3 Known issues 4.4 History 4.4.1 ENGSoft v1.4 New features 4.4.2 ENGSoft v1.3 New features 4.4.3 ENGSoft v1.2 New features 4.4.4 ENGSoft v1.1 New features 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 Introduction 8 6 Getting Started 6.1 License Installation 6.2 Login 6.
ENGSoft v1.5 12.2 Destination list 12.2.1 P2 Tree/Flat destination Overview Creating a P2 Tree/Flat destination subject Configuring a P2 Tree/Flat subject 12.2.2 MXF OP1A destination Overview Creating an MXF OP1A destination subject Configuring an MXF OP1A subject 12.2.3 XDCAM Flat destination Overview Creating an XDCAM Flat destination subject Configuring an XDCAM Flat subject 12.2.4 Interplay destination Overview Creating an Interplay destination subject Configuring an Interplay subject 12.2.
ENGSoft v1.5 3 Installation 3.1 Hardware requirements ENGSoft can be installed on the following hardware configurations: Recommended hardware configuration l l l l l l Minimum hardware configuration l Intel Xeon six core @ 3,46 GHz 4GB RAM Windows 7 64bits HDD 150GB SATA 10000 rpm NVidia® graphic board recommended DirectX 10 l l l l l l Intel Core2 quad @ 2.4 GHz 2GB RAM Windows XP SP3 32bits HDD 50GB SATA 7200 rpm NVidia® graphic board recommended Minimum screen resolution of 1280x1024 DirectX 9.0 3.
ENGSoft v1.5 4 Release Notes 4.1 ENGSoft v1.5 New features l l l l l l Ingest of P2 and XF-Series sequences to EVS-IPDirector. Audio routing of all type of ingests in P2, XDCAM and XF-Series modes. See "Audio routing" on page 43. Start timecode redefinition at ingest. See "Start timecode redefinition" on page 43. Consolidation of subclips. See "Consolidation" on page 51. IPDirector TCinDate and TCoutDate metadata field support. ENGSoft v1.5.2: Ingest of P2, XDCAM and XF-Series sequences to AVID OPAtom.
ENGSoft v1.5 4.4.3 ENGSoft v1.2 New features l l l l l l Sony XDCAM SxS support. Sony PDW U2, SBAC US10 and SxS Camcorders devices support as source module. Panasonic AJ-PCD30 device support as source module. Virtual sources support. Ability to run multiple instances of the application. Edit while record during Interplay ingest. 4.4.4 ENGSoft v1.1 New features l l l l l l l l l l l Sony PDW U2 drives support (driver is not provided with ENGSoft). Panasonic AJ-PCD30 card reader support.
ENGSoft v1.5 5 Introduction OpenCube ENGSoft is an easy-to-use tool for ingesting ENG SD/HD materials to various storage targets such as AVID® Interplay, P2/XDCAM compliant targets, straight OP1A MXF files, and more. With OpenCube ENGSoft, you can ingest your daily footage in a cost and time effective manner.
ENGSoft v1.5 6 Getting Started The first time you use ENGSoft, you will have to configure some of the settings, such as license validation and one time configuration. 6.1 License Installation Figure 1: No license found at startup At the first startup of ENGSoft, a popup will inform you that no valid license has been found for your version. Click on the [OK] button. Figure 2: About box - no license yet installed The ENGSoft-About dialog box will then be displayed allowing you to install the license.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 3: License installation choice dialog box Select the options you want to install. Figure 4: A EULA is displayed for each individual installed license A license agreement corresponding to each option will be displayed. You must accept the terms of each individual license in order to enable the option. Figure 5: Recap of installed licenses is updated The list of licenses in the About dialog box is updated according to the options installed.
ENGSoft v1.5 6.2 Login The login window will appear. Enter your name and click on [ OK ]. You can use any one word as a user name as long as it does not contain any special characters. Your user name will be validated interactively as you type it in. Figure 6: ENGSoft login Once you have created a new login, you can log on to ENGSoft later without prompting your login.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 8: Interplay Configuration panel Configuring the Avid Unity storage Type in the URI of the workspace in the "Avid Workspace" zone in the form "\\StorageMachine\Workspace". You can then add it to the favorite links list via the button. Click on [ Save ] to accept the configuration. iThe favorite links will be used later to configure the Interplay destination subjects. ENGSoft checks your configuration before closing the window.
ENGSoft v1.5 6.5 Configuring the IPDirector connection The IPDirector configuration panel can be accessed via the system menu [ Options > Configure IPDirector ]. The “Server” area contains the information required to connect to the IPDirector web service. l l l The "Address" field should be filled in with the IP address or the host name of the IPDirector web service server. The TCP port is 31016 by default. Unless it is configured otherwise on the server side it should not be modified.
ENGSoft v1.5 7 Application Overview Figure 11: ENGSoft main window This is the default layout of the application. The features are divided into modules; you can rearrange the layout to your liking. The input selector toolbar is on the top of the window, below the system menu. It is used to switch between available manufacturers devices. Once you switch the mode, the entire content will be reset according to the new input mode, except for the ingest stack which is not affected and will keep on ingesting.
ENGSoft v1.5 8 System Menu & Tray Icon 8.1 System menu You will find all of the application's general commands in the system menu. The [File] menu summarizes all load/save operations. It can also be accessed by right-clicking on the system tray icon. A. Loads a main layout configuration file. The main layout configuration includes the position and visibility of the various modules and the main window. B. Saves a main layout configuration file. The default workspace file " DefaultWorkspace.
ENGSoft v1.5 A. Opens the User Guide. B. Opens the About box where you can review the installed version of the application and its components, and update the application licenses. 8.2 System tray icon When ENGSoft is running, an icon is installed in the system tray. Figure 12: ENGSoft icon in the system tray If you right-click on this icon it will display the file menu.
ENGSoft v1.5 9 Input Selector The input selector bar allows you to toggle between the available manufacturers devices. By switching to a given mode, you switch either the source and destination selectors. Figure 18: Four manufacturer's devices are supported and enabled A grayed out device tool button means that the device is not available. Install the corresponding ENGSoft option to make it available.
ENGSoft v1.5 10 Source Module 10.1 Overview The source module supports two operating modes called the Real and the Virtual modes. Real mode operates on real physical devices whereas the virtual mode allows you to specify a local or remote folder as a source subject. To switch between Real and Virtual mode, click on the button. 10.2 Supported MXF files The ENGSoft source module handles MXF files. The MXF files are of different operational pattern and flavor, depending on the manufacturer supported.
ENGSoft v1.5 10.3 Real mode In real mode, the source module allows you to browse any supported type of source device. It also allows you to configure any removable media as a compatible source. iThere are no registered CANON XF-Series card readers. You have to configure CANON XF-Series CF card readers manually. Figure 19: Source module (P2 mode) The combo box in the source module displays the drives that are recognized and currently connected.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 22: P2 content in the explorer module Figure 23: XDCAM content in the explorer module 10.3.1 Manual configuration If your device is not listed in the combo box, you can configure the removable media manually by clicking on the but- ton. The “Select device type” window is displayed. Figure 24: Source Module - manual configuration Choose one from among the unrecognized devices and assign it a type of device to emulate, and then click OK.
ENGSoft v1.5 10.3.2 e-VTR source ENGSoft uses the FTP connection to browse and ingest tapes on e-VTR devices. As SONY e- VTR devices are accessible via FTP connection and thus are not plug and play devices, the e- VTR source configuration is slightly different from that of other sources. Figure 29: e-VTR source module In e-VTR mode, sequences cannot be played back and auto-ingest is not available. To configure e- VTR, click on the button. The "Configure e- VTR - FTP connection" window appears.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 32: Connected e-VTR To browse the e-VTR, simply click on the green tape. The contained sequences will appear in the explorer panel. There are at least two default sequences on an e-VTR tape: l l whole: the sequence represents the entire tape. current: the sequence represents the video from the tape head to the end of the tape. Figure 33: e-VTR sequences into Explorer To browse the e-VTR again, you have to click on the button, and then click on the green tape.
ENGSoft v1.5 10.4 Virtual mode In virtual mode, the source module allows you to browse a local or remote folder as a source subject. The folder layout and file types must comply with the selected subject type. êAuto-Ingest is not allowed from virtual sources. The source types supported are: l l l P2 Tree, XDCAM Tree/Flat with support of optical, SxS sequences and SxS multipart takes, CANON XF-Series Tree.
ENGSoft v1.5 The status of each subject (either source or destination) is represented by an icon. The subject is healthy and accessible. A browsing request has been sent to this subject and the content is being fetched. The subject does not contain any sequences. No content will be returned to a browsing request. It is not an error. Hit the button to refresh the status. The browsing of this subject is not allowed for either security or licensing reasons. The root folder of this subject is not accessible.
ENGSoft v1.5 10.5 XDCAM Planning support 10.5.1 Overview In addition to traditional clip metadata, the SONY XDCAM standard can provide a user-defined metadata set called the planning metadata set. You can take advantage of this feature in ENGSoft by enabling the XDCAM planning support option. When this option is activated you can browse, map and ingest planning information in ENGSoft like any other metadata set. Only one user- defined planning set can be used by ENGSoft at a time.
ENGSoft v1.5 11 Explorer Module 11.1 Overview The sequences contained in all the selected sources are displayed in the explorer panel. You can customize the explorer view in a number of different ways. Figure 37: Explorer overview There are various command buttons on top of the explorer panel: The 'Select all' button selects all the displayed sequences. The 'Unselect all' button clears the explorer selection. The 'Refresh' button updates the icons and information of the displayed sequences.
ENGSoft v1.5 The 'Icon size' toggle button lets you switch between three icon sizes: large, small, none 11.2 Sequence thumbnail Some indications are embedded in the sequence icons. These indications refer to the sequence attributes and status: The sequence format is HD. The sequence has a shot mark. The sequence is a spanned (multipart) sequence. iA spanned sequence is the logical aggregation of multiple sequences of identical format and treated as a single sequence.
ENGSoft v1.5 11.3 Multiple selection The 'explorer status bar' is located at the bottom of the explorer panel. The status bar displays useful information such as the number of selected sequences, the approximate size of the selected files and the duration of the selection. Figure 41: The explorer status bar The explorer view has the standard ergonomic single/multi- selection mechanisms: Shift/Ctrl + Mouse Click; mouse Drag and Drop area selection.
ENGSoft v1.5 12 Ingest Module 12.1 Overview The ingest panel is where you can send and manage the ingest jobs. You can follow the progress of the ingest jobs, pause, resume, cancel and reorder the jobs. The log of the current ingest session is available for consulting and can be saved in a text file. The ingest module is divided into two parts. The upper part shows the destination subject list and the lower the ingest stack.
ENGSoft v1.5 12.2 Destination list The 'Unselect all' button clears all subject selections. The 'New subject' button allows you to create a new destination subject by choosing from among the destination types available. The 'Delete subject' button is used to remove the subject selected from the destination list. The subject's files and folders will not be deleted however. The 'Rename subject' button allows you to change the subject name.
ENGSoft v1.5 Interplay; IPDirector; l MXF OP1a; l P2Tree & P2Flat (P2 mode only); l XDCam Flat (XDCam mode only). You can rename the new subject in the destination list at any time by double- clicking in the first column or by clicking on the button. You can change the subject options at any time by clicking on the button on the top of the ingest l l panel. Figure 46: Renaming a destination subject 12.2.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 48: Browsing the destination folder You can change the destination folder later by clicking on the button on the top of the ingest panel. Configuring a P2 Tree/Flat subject You can change the subject options by clicking on the button on the top of the ingest panel. Figure 49: P2 Tree/Flat subject options In P2 Tree/Flat mode destination you can specify a user clip name manually for the destination sequence. Otherwise the source sequence user clip name is used.
ENGSoft v1.5 Creating an MXF OP1A destination subject n Select "MXF Op1a" in the "New subject" dialog box. Figure 50: Selecting the new subject n A folder browser dialog will automatically open. Browse to the folder where you want to store your ingested sequences. You can change the destination folder later by clicking on the button on the top of the ingest panel.
ENGSoft v1.5 In the "Audio configuration" tab you will be able to customize the audio routing parameters of the subject. See "Audio routing" on page 43. Figure 52: MXF Op1A destination subject options 12.2.3 XDCAM Flat destination Overview XDCAM Flat destination subjects allow you to create a fully compatible XDCAM destination. It is accessible only in XDCAM mode. The main resolution, metadata XML and proxy files are stored side by side in the selected folder.
ENGSoft v1.5 Configuring an XDCAM Flat subject You can change the subject's options by clicking on the button on the top of the ingest panel. Figure 55: The source proxy and Metadata XML files copy is selected by default Figure 56: XDCAM compatibility naming mode replaces all destination naming options You can select the extra source element you want to take into account: l l "Input source proxy" If checked, the source proxy, if there is one, will be copied.
ENGSoft v1.5 Creating an Interplay destination subject n Select "Interplay" in the 'New subject' dialog box. Figure 57: Selecting the new subject n An Interplay browser dialog will automatically open. Figure 58: Interplay browser Type in the destination catalog of the Interplay database where the clips will be checked in. You can browse the catalog hierarchy directly by clicking on the [Browse] button in the "Catalog" section. You can use ENGSoft to create subfolders of Catalogs.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 59: Interplay subject ingest options In the "Destination start timecode" group you can redefine the start timecode of the ingested files. See "Start timecode redefinition" on page 43. In the "Audio configuration" tab you will be able to customize the audio routing parameters of the subject. See "Audio routing" on page 43. In the "Metadata options" tab, you can define the attributes to assign to the Interplay clip. Only the editable set of Interplay clip attributes can be defined.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 62: Interplay metadata mapping You can reset to the Interplay server's metadata set by clicking on the button. By doing so you will retrieve the server sys- tem and user metadata set. êIf you reset to the server's set, it will erase the current metadata mapping. You can redefine the display name attribute in the same way, either by specifying a plain text string or by mapping a source metadata.
ENGSoft v1.5 Creating an AVID OPAtom destination subject n Select "AVID OPAtom" in the "New subject" dialog box. Figure 64: Selecting the new subject n A folder browser dialog will automatically open. Browse to the folder where you want to store your ingested sequences. You can change the destination folder later by clicking on the button on the top of the ingest panel.
ENGSoft v1.5 12.2.6 IPDirector destination Overview The IPDirector destination subject allows you to ingest sequences to the IPDirector nearline. The clip is checked-in on the IPDirector database by the creation of an evs.xml clip descriptor next to media file on the nearline. iXF-Series sequences ingested to IPDirector will be padded with mute tracks to achieve 8 mono audio tracks. Creating an IPDirector destination subject n Select "IPDirector" in the 'New subject' dialog box.
ENGSoft v1.5 Configuring an IPDirector subject A valid connection to the IPDirector web service should be configured before configuring an IPDirector subject. You can open the IPDirector configuration panel via the [Options > Configure IPDirector ] menu entry. You can change the subject's options by clicking on the button on the top of the ingest panel. In the "Destination options" tab, you can modify the IPDirector destination options.
ENGSoft v1.5 l l l l l l Text: a plain text string of up to 64 characters. Memo: a plain text string of up to 512 characters. Combo: a single choice from a set of predefined values. Date: a date in "dd-MMM-yyyy" format. Timecode: a timecode field in SMPTE format. Number: an integer value. Figure 70: IPDirector metadata mapping panel You can specify either a user defined value of the corresponding type or one of the source type's available metadata for each attribute.
ENGSoft v1.5 Although you can edit and save all the profile mappings, only the currently displayed profile is used for ingesting. You can redefine the clip name attribute, either by specifying a plain text string, by mapping a source metadata or by directly using the resulting file name of the ingest. You can also add an ordinal increment to the display name starting on the value in the "Start from" spinbox on a mantissa size of the value in the "Nb Digits" spinbox.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 75: Audio routing panel with a configured mapping The audio configuration panel is divided in several zones: l l l The top part contains the name of the current audio routing configuration. By default no configuration is set. The middle zone contains up to two audio layout graphs, each one corresponding to a possible ingest scenario, four or eight audio. Each layout must be completely connected to make a valid configuration.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 78: The eight audio channel configuration layout Figure 77: The four audio channel configuration layout The left side of an audio layout represents the ingest source, with the name of the source type displayed in the square. The 1-8 numbered buttons represent the source audio pins. The right side of an audio layout represents the ingest destination, with the name of the destination subject type displayed in the square. The 1-8 numbered buttons represents the destination audio pins.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 81: Create connection by dragging a link between source and destination pin You can disconnect all the pins of an audio layout by clicking on the the pins of an audio layout by clicking on the button on top of the layout. You can reconnect all button on top of the layout.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 87: The combo box on top of the panel lets you choose a previously saved configuration You can delete a previously saved configuration by clicking on the next to the "Current routing configuration" combo box. êWhen you delete a named configuration, it will delete the configuration of all the subjects that use it. If you want to reset your destination subject audio routing to the default configuration, just select the empty field in the "Current routing configuration" combo box. 12.
ENGSoft v1.5 The current list of ingest items is in the middle. The ingest stack summary buttons, such as the show log and clear stack buttons, are at the bottom. Figure 89: A locked Ingest stack The ingest stack is locked. The locked state of the Ingest stack is clearly displayed so that you remember to unlock it when you are ready. When the stack is locked, the tasks in progress can still continue but pending tasks will not start until the stack is unlocked.
ENGSoft v1.5 12.3.4 Ingest log The ingest log can be accessed by clicking on the "Show/Hide log" toggle button. It summarizes the status of the ingest jobs of the current thread. Once you clear the ingest stack, the ingest log is cleared as well. You can save the log to a text file at any time by clicking on the [Save log to file...] button. You can clear the ingest log at any time by clicking on the [Clear log] button.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 95: Completed ingest job This job has been successfully completed. No more action is possible on that particular job. The actual elapsed time for the job is displayed at the right side of the item. Figure 96: Failed ingest job This job has failed. The detailed status zone is automatically opened, displaying the cause of the error. You can manually restart it at this point. Note that more complex actions can be performed on that particular job via the Ingest error manager.
ENGSoft v1.5 IPDirector metadata mapping issue handling It may happen that a source sequence metadata mapped to an IPDirector user field is of an incompatible type. A warning popup is displayed at the time of the ingest. Figure 99: Metadata mapping warning popup. The popup has a link to the "IPDirectorMetadataMapping.log" file located in "C:\ProgramData\OpenCube Technologies\OpenCube ENGSoft\log\" where descriptions of all recent metadata mapping issues are listed.
ENGSoft v1.5 12.5 Ingest error manager In the event that an error occurs during an ingest job, a dialog box is displayed, allowing you to choose the action to perform to solve the problem. If you want the engine to automatically apply the same choice if the same problem occurs again, you can check the 'Remember my choice' box. The error and its resolution choice is stored in the ingest log. If you do not provide any answer within 30 seconds, the 'Cancel task' option will be automatically selected.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 101: The manual renaming dialog with several items to rename An interactive name validation will be performed as you type the item names. If a name is duplicated in the name list, the duplicated entry cells are highlighted in yellow. Though not recommended, duplicated entries are tolerated. If a name conflict occurs at ingest time, the subject conflict policy will be applied. See "Configuring an IPDirector subject" on page 41 for more about naming rules configuration.
ENGSoft v1.5 Before you start a task, you can change some of the destination subject configurations. The alternate destination subject configuration is local to the auto-ingest process. Figure 103: Configuring a P2 Tree destination subject before starting Auto-Ingest Once you press the button, the Auto-Ingest waits for a new medium to be inserted in the selected source subject before it ingests all the sequences it contains. When it has finished, it waits for a new media to be inserted.
ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 105: Auto-Ingest log When Auto-Ingest has processed all the sequences, it waits for a new media. Figure 106: Auto-Ingest waiting for new source If an error occurs during an ingest job, the Ingest error manager dialog will popup, asking you which action to perform. iAuto-Ingest is not available on virtual sources and e-VTR devices.
ENGSoft v1.5 13 Player Module 13.1 Overview The player module allows you to playback individual sequences. You can also set in and out marks on the selected sequence. Figure 107: The player module To load a sequence into the player, you can either double click on it or drag and drop it from the explorer module. 13.2 Context menu A context menu will appear if you right-click in the playback window: Removes the currently played sequence and clears the player. Opens the player configuration dialog.
ENGSoft v1.5 You can also specify your own set of speeds for fast forward and rewind by replacing the default speeds or by adding or removing different speeds to the speed lists. When you click on the and buttons of the player, the playback will loop between these speeds. Figure 108: Player configuration dialog 13.4 Player controls The player module has a full set of playback commands.
ENGSoft v1.5 Reset the In/Out timecode of the sequence to its original values. Send the current sequence to the ingest stack on the selected destination. The cut is taken into account. Show / hide the audio level zone. The diode icon on an audio level bar allows you to mute/unmute the corresponding audio channel. This edit box displays the current video timecode. It can be edited manually so you can enter the timecode you want to reach. Copy the current video timecode to the clipboard.
ENGSoft v1.5 14 Sequence Properties All the properties and attributes of the currently selected sequence are displayed in the sequence properties panel. You can open the panel by selecting "Properties" in the explorer panel context menu or by selecting [View] > [Sequence Properties].
ENGSoft v1.5 Each manufacturer type sequence has its own metadata set. Furthermore in XDCAM mode, a user defined set, called planning metadata set, is added to the fixed metadata set. See "Installation" on page 5 for more about planning metadata.
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ENGSoft v1.5 Figure 99: Metadata mapping warning popup.
