USER MANUAL Xedio Ingest Organizer Version 4.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA– Copyright © 2010-2013. 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.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS III WHAT'S NEW? V 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. XEDIO INGEST - SERVER 2 3. XEDIO INGEST ORGANIZER - CLIENT 3 3.1. User Interface 3 3.1.2. Overview of the Xedio Ingest Organizer Window 4 3.2. Encoder Devices 6 3.2.1. Overview of the Encoders Tab 6 3.2.2. Encoding 6 3.2.3. Encoder 9 3.3. VTR Device 10 3.3.1. Purpose 10 3.3.2. General Tab and Metadata Tab 11 3.3.3. Channel Area 12 3.3.4. VTR Area 12 3.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer What's New? In the user manual, the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features. No section has been updated in the Xedio Ingest Organizer manual from Xedio Suite 4.03 and 4.35 (compared to Xedio Suite 4.02).
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer 1. Introduction The Xedio Ingest application allows a user to control encoder channels to digitize any incoming video into high resolution, low resolution or both simultaneously (a panel of different codecs is available). The Xedio Ingest application can control multiple incoming feeds simultaneously and offers a VGA monitoring feed of the incoming video as it is being encoded.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Xedio Ingest - Server The Xedio Ingest (server) application running on a hardware encoder is usually set up to auto start when the computer is switched on. If however it is not set up in this way the program can be started manually. Click on the Xedio Ingest icon on the desktop to start the application. A dialogue box will then appear and ask the user to start the application.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer 3. Xedio Ingest Organizer - Client 3.1. User Interface 3.1.1. Opening Ingest Organizer To start the Xedio Ingest Organizer application, click on the Xedio Ingest Organizer icon on the desktop. This will display a login screen where you need to enter your username and password. 3.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3.1.2. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Overview of the Xedio Ingest Organizer Window The Xedio Ingest Organizer window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below: Note The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed. 4 3.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Xedio Ingest Organizer window: Part Name Description 1. This displays the list of the devices which can be controlled by the Ingest Organizer. The Outlook bar presents at least as many tabs as there are devices to control. Each tab provides access to a series of items. Once a category tab is selected, its specific items are shown as icons.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3.2. Encoder Devices 3.2.1. Overview of the Encoders Tab Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Several items are available in the "Encoders" category. They are detailed below. 3.2.2. Encoding Purpose When you click the Encoding button for an encoder device, the following Encoder window is displayed in the Work area, allowing you to enter data for the encoded file, to select the method of recording that will be used and to start the recording process. 6 3.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer General Tab To create an output file, enter the relevant data into the fields displayed in the General tab: Field Description Label Name you give to the file that will be encoded Id Feed Identification given to a feed that could be provided by a press agency External Ref Reference which can help to identify the encoded media, such as a barcode from a VTR tape. Media Class Class categorizing the media.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Field Description Shooting Date Date on which the media has been filmed. To update the date, click the Shooting Date button and select a date in the calendar displayed from the drop-down arrow. Video Ratio Video ratio of the encoded media. Possible values: • if the hi-res encoding profile is HD, the only option is Forced 16:9. This will obviously be the default value in HD.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer • On Trigger: you can enter a start timecode and a stop timecode. The encoding process will start and stop at the specified timecodes. • On Time: you can enter start and stop times and dates for the encoding process. This option is dimmed when the scheduler interface is available. Status Area The Server status shows if the Xedio Ingest Organizer application is connected by IP to the corresponding Xedio Ingest Server.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Note The video shown will only be at a rate • defined by the GOP structure with the CDM[1] encoders (MPEG2 I frames only will be displayed: about 2 per second) and • defined by the setup of the system with the CDM[2] encoders. With the CDM[2], only one monitoring at a time can be performed by a user. 3.3. VTR Device 3.3.1. Purpose 10 3.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer When you click the Control VTR button from the VTR category tab, the following VTR window is displayed in the Work area, allowing you to define data for the recorded file, to control the VTR and mark areas of the tape to be ingested. 3.3.2. General Tab and Metadata Tab These areas have the same fields as the encoder control window. See sections "General Tab" on page 7 and "Metadata Tab" on page 8 for a description of those areas. 3.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3.3.3. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Channel Area This parameter allows the user to connect to the logical channel that has been assigned to ingest the media from the tape in the VTR. Choose the channel and click the Connect button to establish the communication. 3.3.4. VTR Area The VTR area provides transport buttons to control the VTR as well as In and Out buttons to mark sections of the tape to ingest.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer The green line is the nowline and reflects the current time. The thin red line corresponds to the time before which no action can be performed through the scheduler. Ingest media is displayed in the form of blocks in the timeline. 3.4.2. Timeline View Settings Time Span Clicking the [Time] button displays a contextual menu: This setting sets the range of time displayed on the timeline.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Parameters Clicking the Parameters button displays a contextual menu with the following options: Menu Items Meaning 14 Setup Gives options for the amount of encoders displayed on screen and the adjustment of the display refresh rates Goto Now Returns to the current date and time.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer Menu Items Meaning Clip Display Settings Allows to select the information to be displayed in the encoded block : Show Shows a thumbnail for the encoding block. Thumbnails Refresh Refreshes the graphical interface. About Gives information about the version of Ingest Scheduler. Current Date The Current Date field allows to select the date for the timeline display. This is only available if the Nowline Focus parameter is disabled from the Parameters menu.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Block Color Status A green block to the left of the nowline is a successfully Recorded ingest. Block Contextual Menu A contextual menu is available when you right-click in the timeline: Menu Item Description New Records Opens an Edit Mode window allowing you to enter parameters for a new file to encode. Modify Records Available when right-clicking on a block. Opens an Edit Mode window allowing you to update the parameters of the encoding file.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Ingest Organizer 3.5. Recording TC Versus Media TC The Xedio Ingest server usually pilots two encoders: one in hi-res (EncHi) and one in lores (EncLow). Each encoder creates one Media file: hi-res media file and lo-res media file. Xedio Ingest sends the recording command to both encoders at the same time. However, according to several parameters, such as the codec, the recording does not start at the same time on both encoders.
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