USER MANUAL INGEST SCHEDULER Version 6.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A.– Copyright © 2005-2013. All rights reserved. Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate, up-to-date and reliable, EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication.
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IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT'S NEW? 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Product Overview VII 1 1 1.1.1. General Description 1 1.1.2. Recorder Channels and Ingest Scheduler 1 1.2. Opening Ingest Scheduler 2 2. 3 USER INTERFACE 2.1. Overview of the Ingest Scheduler Window 3 2.2. Toolbar 4 2.2.1. New Schedule Button 4 2.2.2. Channels Selection Options 4 2.2.3. Timeline Display Options 5 2.3. Recorder Channels Status Area 7 2.3.1.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A 4.3.2. Assigning a Recorder Source 5. 21 CREATING INGESTS 24 5.1. Ingests Types 24 5.2. New Schedule Window 24 5.2.1. Context of Use 24 5.2.2. Window Overview 25 5.2.3. Variants of the New Schedule Window 26 5.2.4. Fields in the New Schedule Window 27 5.3. Rules when Using Start and Stop Buttons 28 5.4. Creating Growing Clips 30 5.4.1. Introduction 30 5.4.2. Possible Ways to Start to Record a Growing Clip 30 5.4.3.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 8.4. How to Copy a Scheduled Repeat Ingest by a Drag-and-Drop Operation 9. MOVING AN INGEST 45 9.1. Possible Methods 45 9.2. Rules and Limitations for Moving an Ingest 45 9.3. How to Move a Scheduled One-Shot Ingest 46 9.4. How to Move a Scheduled Repeat Ingest 46 10. LINKING INGESTS WITH LOGSHEETS 48 10.1. Purpose 48 10.2. How to Create a Logsheet from an Ingest Block 48 10.3.
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IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler What's New? In the user manual, the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features. The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features in IPDirector version 6.2 (compared to version 6.0) are listed below. Use of video routers with IPDirector Video routers can be used with IPDirector to increase the number of incoming feeds manageable by EVS server recorder channels.
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IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 1. Introduction 1.1. Product Overview 1.1.1. General Description The Ingest Scheduler is a visual tool that allows the creation, editing and view of scheduled ingests on EVS video servers, XStream or XTAccess. It provides a timeline view of each recorder and stream configured through the Remote Installer and controlled by IPDirector.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A In both modes, it is possible to manually start or stop the recorder channels independently of the Ingest Scheduler. 1.2. Opening Ingest Scheduler To open Ingest Scheduler, select the corresponding icon on the IPDirector Application bar. The Ingest Scheduler window will populate with all visible recorder channels from the managed XNet network. Only recorders selected to be visible to the user will be displayed.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 2. User Interface 2.1. Overview of the Ingest Scheduler Window Illustration The Ingest Scheduler window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below: Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Ingest Scheduler window: 2. User Interface Area Description 1. Toolbar This area provides the basics functions to schedule an ingest, to select the recorder channels to display and to configure the timeline display.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Area Description 3. Timeline and Ingest Overview area This area displays a timeline and blocks corresponding to the ingests (already recorded, being recorded or scheduled). The current time is shown by a blue line, called the Nowline. At the bottom left of the area, a zoom bar is available to zoom in and out within the Timeline and Ingest Overview area and to display a period of time from 15 minutes to 1 month.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler Recorders / streams displayed Menu Item hi-res recorders No selection X Recorder LoRes X Streams HiRes X Streams LoRes X hi-res streams lo-res recorders lo-res streams X X X X Menu Item Description Off-line Channels Displays or hides off-line recorder channels, i.e. recorder channels not used by the Multicam application selected to run on the EVS video server.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Users can zoom in and out in three different ways: • using the Zoom command in the Toolbar • using the Zoom bar at the bottom left of the Ingest Scheduler window • rotating the mouse wheel on the Timeline and Ingest Overview area Depending on the chosen time period, all the ingest blocks are redrawn to respect a new time scale.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler By entering a date in the Go to [Date] field, it is possible to display the Ingest Overview at this specific date. 2.3. Recorder Channels Status Area 2.3.1. Channel Track Definition The recorders and streams are grouped by logical entity, which is hereafter referred to as a track: the channels recording the same video content are grouped together. For each channel, an expanded view displays the items selected in the Display Options menu.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Display in Case of Use with a Video Router When a recorder channel is connected to an OUT port of a video router, itself associated to an IN port, the name of the router IN port is displayed next to the recorder channel name. The Change Recorder Input button is displayed in the area when the recorder channel is physically linked to a video router. It allows users to change the assigned router IN port.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler Icon Description Scheduled stream (orange) Warning message on the stream (yellow) 2.3.3. Channel Selection To apply an action to several tracks or sub-tracks at once, they must be selected by clicking them from the Recorder Channels Status area. Multiselection is easy using shortcuts mentioned in the table below. Operation Action CLICK Selects a sub-track. SHIFT + CLICK Adds all the contiguous sub-tracks to the selection.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 2.4.2. Issue 6.2.A Ingest Block Definition In the Ingest Overview area, a block represents a clip element. It could be an XT clip element if it is recorded from a recorder channel sub-track, or a file element if it is recorded from a stream sub-track.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler Block Color Status A growing clip is a recording element without OUT point and launched by clicking on Start button in the Channel Explorer or the Ingest Scheduler. It is displayed in yellow. The right-end of the block is on the nowline. A stream only ingest is represented by a transparent (gray) block on the recorder channel sub-track, and a colored block on the stream sub-track.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Menu Item Description New Schedule Opens the New Schedule window to schedule an ingest. See section "Creating Ingests" on page 24. Edit Opens the Edit Clip window with all the block properties and allows you to edit them. See section "Editing a Scheduled Ingest" on page 37. Delete Deletes the selected block. See section "Deleting a Scheduled Ingest" on page 40.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler Menu Item Description Export Ingest List Allows users to generate a file that contains the list of the ingests scheduled in the Ingest Scheduler within a given range of dates and times. See section "How to Export an Ingest List" on page 50. Create Logsheet from asset Opens the Create a Logsheet wizard to create a new logsheet and associate it to the ingest block. See section "Linking Ingests with Logsheets" on page 48.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Remaining Capacity The information about remaining capacity is displayed for each sub-track of a channel track. This can be displayed as time or storage capacity according to the settings defined in Tools > Settings > Ingest Scheduler > Remaining Capacity. See section "Ingest Scheduler Settings" on page 17 for more information.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 2.7. Warnings Warning Display The Remaining Capacity title area can be used to display a Warning icon,if a warning is issued on one of the recorders or streams. → Potential Warning Sources Low Remaining Capacity If the remaining space/time falls below the Capacity Warning threshold defined in the settings, the Remaining Capacity field is shown with a red background.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Recorder Not Started If the recorder is not started and a ingest is scheduled in less than an hour, the warning is displayed as follows: 16 2.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 3. Ingest Scheduler Settings 3.1. Introduction Auto-Name settings are described in the General Functions user manual. Settings specific to the Ingest Scheduler are defined in the Ingest Scheduler category of the IPDirector Settings window. Click Tools > Settings > Ingest Scheduler. 3.2. General Settings Ingest Information Display Information to be displayed on the ingest blocks, visible in the timeline, is set with this option.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Remaining Capacity Calculation The setting defines whether the remaining capacity takes scheduled ingests into account. Live Channel Capacity Estimated capacity of the current server calculated without taking into account anything planned in the future. Channel Capacity with Scheduled Ingests Estimated capacity of the current server calculated taking into account all scheduled blocks, thus giving the user a realistic capacity based on ongoing plans.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 4. Managing Channels 4.1. Managing Ganged Recorder Channels Introduction Recorder channels can be ganged and unganged from the Ingest Scheduler, When a block is created on a gang channel, linked clips are automatically created with the same properties on all the ganged channels.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 4.2. Issue 6.2.A Defining a Default Stream Target Introduction To be able to record files from the material ingested onto the recorders, a default target must be defined to send the stream to. If a stream does not have a default target defined, or if the corresponding XML unit is offline, a warning will be displayed. See section "Warnings" on page 15. This does not prevent streams from being scheduled, but alerts the user that a default target does not exist.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 4.3. Managing the Links with a Video Router 4.3.1. Introduction Video routers can be used with IPDirector to increase the number of incoming feeds manageable by EVS server recorder channels and/or the number of output channels able to play out the media from a player channel, depending on the configuration of the installation.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A How to Assign a Router IN Port to a Recorder Channel To assign an IN port of a video router to a recorder channel from the Ingest Scheduler or to change the assignment, proceed as follows: 1. Click the Change Recorder Input button next to the Recorder Channel field. The Assign Recorder Source window opens: It shows the name of the router IN port already associated to the recorder channel. 2. Click the arrow next to the Router IN Port field.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler The switch of the router IN port associated to a recorder channel is represented by a vertical dotted line in the channel track, at the timecode when it occured. 4.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 5. Creating Ingests 5.1. Ingests Types Issue 6.2.A Several types of ingests can be recorded from the Ingest Scheduler. • Growing clip: A growing clip is an ingest without any OUT point. This type of block has no stop time. It will continue recording until a user stops it manually. • One-shot ingest: ingest which will be recorded only once.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 5.2.2. Window Overview In all cases, the New schedule window is divided into three panes: 1. Clip Information: it displays the clip name, channel selection and schedule configuration. This minimal view is displayed by clicking the button. 2. Clip Options: it displays keywords, Protect button, clip interest level, clip type, Owner, Sent to Bins, Published to group of users, and clip category. It is displayed by clicking the button. 3.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 5.2.3. Issue 6.2.A Variants of the New Schedule Window Growing Clip Started from the Channel Explorer When a growing clip is started from the Channel Explorer, the following variant of the window opens: Growing Clip Started from the Ingest Scheduler When a growing clip is started by means of the Start button in the Ingest Scheduler, the following variant of the window opens: 26 5.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 5.2.4. Fields in the New Schedule Window The following tables describe briefly the data that can be added to ingests. The Clip Information pane contains the following user interface elements: User Interface Element Description Name User-defined 24-character name for the ingest block. A prefix name can be defined in Tools > Settings > Autoname/Clip. Refer to the chapter "Settings".
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 User Interface Element Issue 6.2.A Description Keywords The Keyword area allows you to assign up to five keywords to an ingest to qualify its content. To add a keyword, select it from the Keyword Grid or Keyword Dictionary or type its first letters and select it from the Autocomplete list. See the General Functions user manual for more information on how to assign keywords to media. Send To Bins Bins where the clip can be transferred to.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler Ingest Type Button Display Action of Start button No ingest Starts a new growing clip (without OUT point). This type of block has no stop time. It will continue recording until you stop it manually. Growing clip No action. Recording ingest Starts a new growing clip (without OUT point). Growing clip and recording ingest overlapped No action.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 5.4. Creating Growing Clips 5.4.1. Introduction Issue 6.2.A A growing clip is an ingest without any OUT point. This type of block has no stop time. It will continue recording until a user stops it manually. It displays as follows, on the left of the nowline: 5.4.2. Possible Ways to Start to Record a Growing Clip A growing clip can be started in several different ways listed below.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 5.4.3. How to Create a Growing Clip when Using the New Schedule Window If the Auto-Name Clips setting is not selected in the Ingest Scheduler settings, the New Schedule window will be displayed when you create your growing clip. In this case, you will define the clip name from this window. 1. Click the Start Recording button or on the right of the channel track. OR Right-click a track and select Start Ingest Now from the menu.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 • Issue 6.2.A Using the mouse, draw a block with a drag-and-drop operation by clicking within a sub-track from the desired IN point and moving to the right up to the desired OUT point Each step corresponds to a fixed duration which varies according to the zoom factor applied to the timeline. 5.5.3.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 5. Set Start time / Stop time / Duration by entering data in two of the fields on the One Shot tab. The third field will automatically be calculated. 6. Click the Pane Display button to expand the New Schedule window and fill in any desired information. See section "New Schedule Window" on page 24 for more information on the New Schedule window. 7.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A 7. Complete the Clip Options and Metadata fields, if necessary. 8. Do one of the following: ◦ Click the Save and Exit button to save your scheduled ingest and close the window. ◦ Click the Save button to save your scheduled ingest and keep the window open to schedule another ingest. Blue blocks are created at scheduled times in the tracks or sub-tracks corresponding to the selected channels.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 6. Select the days of the week on which the recording is to be repeated. 7. Complete the Clip Options and Metadata fields, if necessary. 8. Do one of the following: ◦ Click the Save and Exit button to save your scheduled ingest and close the window. ◦ Click the Save button to save your scheduled ingest and keep the window open to schedule another ingest.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A 1. Click the running ingest block you wish to stop. 2. Click the corresponding Stop button: OR 1. Right-click the running ingest block you wish to stop. 2. Select Stop Ingest from the contextual menu. The recording is automatically stopped for the whole clip. 36 5.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 6. Editing a Scheduled Ingest 6.1. Introduction Different procedures exist, depending on whether you want to edit a one-shot ingest, all the blocks of a repeat ingest or a single block of a repeat ingest. A block modification is automatically applied to the other blocks of the same clip. So, a change on a high resolution block will be applied to the corresponding stream block, low resolution block,… 6.2.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 6.3. Issue 6.2.A How to Edit a One-Shot Scheduled Ingest You can edit a one-shot scheduled ingest in one of the following ways: • right-click a block and select Edit • double-click a block • drag-and-drop the block limits Limitations 6.4. • The start time of a recording ingest cannot be changed. • The limits of a recorded or failed ingest cannot be changed. • The start time cannot be set to a lower value than the nowline.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 6.5. How to Edit a Single Block of a Scheduled "Repeat" Ingest To edit a single block of a scheduled "repeat" ingest, de one of the following: 1. Right-click the block you want to edit. 2. Select Edit from the contextual menu. The Edit an Ingest Block window opens. 3. Choose Edit this occurrence. The Edit Schedule window opens. 4. Make the desired changes. 5. Click Save and Exit.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A 7. Deleting a Scheduled Ingest 7.1. Rules and Limitations for Deleting an Ingest When a block is deleted, the corresponding clip elements (and media files) are also deleted. "Repeat every" ingests and "Repeat" ingests • A multiselection of a "repeat every" ingest or a "repeat" ingest can never be deleted.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 3. Confirm the deletion in the window that appears. The selected block(s) is/are deleted. Corresponding clips are removed from the database. 7.3. How to Delete Blocks from a Repeat or Repeat Every Scheduled Ingest You will not be able to delete a multiselection of a "repeat" or "repeat every" series of ingests. To delete one or several blocks of a "repeat" or "repeat every" series of ingests, proceed as follows: 1.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 8. Copying an Ingest 8.1. Introduction Issue 6.2.A Ingest Scheduler provides two ways to perform an ingest copy. Users have the possibility to perform a drag-and-drop operation, as described in section "How to Copy a Scheduled Repeat Ingest by a Drag-and-Drop Operation" on page 43.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 8.3. • A multiselection of one-shot ingests can be copied to the same track if they are still scheduled. The same timecode interval will be applied between the different selected blocks and the copied blocks. • A multiselection of one-shot ingests can be copied to another track only if they are all selected on the same track and if they are still scheduled.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A A new block will be created with the same duration, category, metadata and recorders. The ingest start time and stop time will be changed accordingly. All the other information will remain unchanged. 44 8.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 9. Moving an Ingest 9.1. Possible Methods Ingest Scheduler provides two ways to perform an ingest move. Users have the possibility to perform a drag-and-drop operation, as described in the procedures of the current section. In this case, the way to move a block depends on the option selected in Tools > Settings > General > Select a way to copy/move an element: Windows Style, Google Style or Dialog Box Style.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 9.3. Issue 6.2.A How to Move a Scheduled One-Shot Ingest To move a scheduled one-shot ingest, proceed as follows: 1. Click the block. 2. Drag the block to a new location on the same channel or on another channel. A popup window is displayed asking you if you want to copy or move the block: 3. Click Move. The ingest start time and stop time will be changed accordingly. All the other information will remain unchanged.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler The ingest start time and stop time will be changed accordingly. All the other information will remain unchanged. 9.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A 10. Linking Ingests with Logsheets 10.1. Purpose Once an ingest has been scheduled for a recorder channel, Ingest Scheduler allows the users to link the ingest to a logsheet. Logs created in IPLogger on the media recorded by the same recorder channel during the ingest duration will automatically be associated to that clip. Once ingested, the clip will automatically be protected.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 11. Importing and Exporting Ingest Lists 11.1. Purpose From Ingest Scheduler, the users can exchange lists of scheduled ingests with third party applications. 11.2. How to Import an Ingest List To import an ingest list, proceed as follows: 1. Right-click the Recorder Channels Status area or the Timeline and Ingest Overview area. The contextual menu is displayed. 2. Select Import Ingest List. The Import Ingest window appears: 3.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 11.3. Issue 6.2.A How to Export an Ingest List Schedules can be exported for reporting or synchronization purposes. To export an ingest list, proceed as follows: 1. Right-click in the Recorder Channel Status area or the Timeline and Ingest Overview area. The contextual menu is displayed. 2. Select Export Ingest List. The Export Ingest window appears: 3. Enter dates in the From and To fields to define the dates between which the scheduled ingests will be exported.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 12. Managing Ingests from a Video Router 12.1. Creating Ingests from a Video Router 12.1.1. Purpose and Context of Use Video routers can be used with IPDirector to increase the number of incoming feeds manageable by EVS server recorder channels. An EVS server recorder channel will be physically connected to an OUT port of the router, so the recorder channel records the feed received by the IN port of the router associated to this OUT port.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A Failed Process If the clip cannot be totally ingested from the scheduled IN port, the color of the block becomes orange as soon as the clip recording ends. 12.1.3. Scheduling an Ingest from Another Recorder Source Introduction When a recorder channel is associated to a router IN port, users scheduling an ingest will be allowed to select the IN port from which it will be recorded.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler 2. Select the One shot tab, or the Repeat tab, or the Repeat Every tab, depending on the required frequency for the ingest recording. 3. Enter the appropriate data for the ingest in the window fields, as described in section "Fields in the New Schedule Window" on page 27. 4. Click the arrow next to the Router IN Port field. The list of all the router IN ports is displayed: 5. Select an IN port.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 Issue 6.2.A 12.1.4. Scheduling Overlapping Ingests from Different Recorder Sources Warning Scheduling overlapping ingests on different router IN ports should not be a usual practice. However, the system does not forbids their creation. So, different levels of user rights can be set to manage the system behavior in case of overlap.
IPDirector - Version 6.2 - User Manual - Ingest Scheduler The priority is given to ingest blocks scheduled before the creation of the overlapping block. So, in the example shown on the screenshot: 12.2. • clip 1 will be fully recorded from IN port 1. • clip 3 will be fully recorded from IN port 5. • clip 2 will be recorded from the TC OUT of clip 1 until the TC IN of clip 3.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - June 2013 13. Issue 6.2.A Ingest Scheduler Shortcuts In the IPDirector main window, the Tools > Define Shortcut option from the Menu bar allows the users to define shortcuts for most of the common operations with the IPDirector. The screenshot below lists all the actions which can be performed with shortcuts in the Ingest Schedulmer together with, their default values. These can be modified and saved by the user if desired. 56 13.
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