USER MANUAL Media Cleaner Version 4.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Media Cleaner 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 Media Cleaner Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS III WHAT'S NEW? V 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. SETTING RULES TO PURGE THE SYSTEM 2 3. TABS DESCRIPTION 3 3.1. Playouts 3 3.2. Projects 4 3.3. Edits 5 3.4. Ingest 6 3.5. Media & Clips 7 3.6. Users 8 3.7. Profiles 9 3.8. Others 9 4.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Media Cleaner 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 Xedio Media Cleaner from Xedio Suite 4.03 and 4.35 (compared to Xedio Suite 4.02) are listed below. New tab for the purge of edits • What's New? See section "Edits" on page 5.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Media Cleaner 1. Introduction The Database & Media Cleaner is a tool that allows to clear both the database and the storage(s). This application will purge the system according to the selected options. Warning After the objects deletion, there will be no possibility to undo. Click the Xedio Media Cleaner icon on the desktop to start the application.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Setting Rules to Purge the System At application start-up, all tabs are deactivated. To be able to define purge requirements, you first need to activate the required tabs by selecting the box on each of them. Then, the specific options can be set for each activated tab. They are detailed in the next chapters. 2 2.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Media Cleaner 3. Tabs Description 3.1. Playouts The Playouts tab is used to: • remove all items from the broadcasted items list, • only remove all playlists stored in the database, • only remove all playout server references and the groups of playout servers. 3.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3.2. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Projects The Projects tab is used to • • 4 remove all projects and their content (edits, clips) ◦ by using date filters: from a specific date up to now, between two dates, up to a specific date, ◦ or owned by a specific user. delete all voiceover files that are stored in the central storage and used within the projects. 3.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Media Cleaner 3.3. Edits The Edits tab is used to: • • 3. Tabs Description remove all the edits ◦ by using date filters: from a specific date up to now, between two dates, up to a specific date, ◦ or owned by a specific user. delete all voiceover files that are stored in the central storage and used within the edits.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3.4. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Ingest The Ingest tab is used to: • 6 remove scheduled records stored in the database (programmed through Xedio Ingest Organizer): ◦ both recorded and scheduled ◦ or only scheduled records programmed for the future, • remove all the references to the encoders and to the groups of encoders, • remove all VTR and switcher information stored in the database. 3.
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EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 • remove all media server database references that are left empty of any kind of database object references at the end of the purge process, • delete all corresponding physical files from the central storage, • delete physical files that are on the central storage but not referenced into the database, • delete the thumbnails files from the central storage.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Media Cleaner 3.7. Profiles The Profiles tab is used to clear software parameters profiles and keyboard profiles from the database except the original profiles provided by EVS. 3.8. Others The Others tab is used to clear the following elements: • Classes lists used to categorize media, edits and users, from the database, • Tags, templates and pages references used to integrate with VIZRT, • Keywords that are referenced in the database when using EVS server clips. 3.
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USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Media Cleaner 4. Starting the Purge Process Once the objects to be deleted have been selected, the user may proceed to their deletion by clicking the Proceed button that is activated if at least one kind of object has been selected. A first confirmation window appears listing all objects to be cleared. Click Yes to confirm or No to go back and change the settings. A second confirmation window appears. Click Yes to confirm or No to abort cleaning operation.
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