User's Manual - Version 1.01 - December 2006 Archive/Storage & Gateway Solutions www.evs.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 Table of Contents Table of Contents .....................................................................................1 Introduction ...............................................................................................2 Configuration ............................................................................................3 Software installation .............................................................................
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Introduction DIGITAL ARCHIVING ON REMOVABLE MEDIA The XFile has access to all footage recorded on XT6U, XT4U, AirBox and SpotBox servers through the SDTI network. When a clip is created on one of the servers, a copy is automatically transferred to XFile.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Configuration Software installation Run XFILE_Lite INSTALLER and then follow the steps of the Setup Wizard: 1. Accept the software license agreement; 2. Select the destination directory to install the new software; 3.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire XFILE LITE XSecure Licensing Softwae MMEUniversalPlayer (for VGA preview). EVS Log collector. 4. Select the start menu folder to place the application’s shortcuts; 5. The last step of the process is the LOG_INSPECTOR installation. Press INSTALL to begin. 6. Then press QUIT for ending the installation process. The XFile lite installation is successfully completed and a XFILE lite shortcut is saved to your desktop.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Software management Start-up (default) At first start select the root folder to scan: The MXf files from the root folder are displayed in the list.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire System configuration The system configuration is available from the Configuration menu in the Menu bar.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Grab folder Select the destination folder to save the JPG/BMP files. Output format The automatic selection of the output format depends on the original format of the MXF files. If the images are not modified by stretching the JPG format is defined and if the images are modified by stretching the BMP format is selected. The user can force the selection of one format.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire AVID TM An external module allows the user to export files to OMF or MXF Avid Media Type formats. This command is available from the right click button while selecting a clip in the XFile Lite list. A message confirms the clip selected and the target name before starting the transfer. This message box can be disabled upon request.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 Target Name Format String A default filename is automatically given to the target file. This filename is user-defined and can be modified by typing a generic term (i.e.: WC2006_Match03…) and/or by adding one or many available items: LICENCE INFORMATION To generate a software key, see complete information from XSECURE guide.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Clips management The Graphic user interface is divided into 3 areas: 1. the clips list 2. The folders management 3.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 THE CLIPS LIST The XFile Lite displays the contents of the selected path, the second tab ‘selection’ displays the list of clips selected (cut/copy/paste functions) Refining the selection in the List: SORTING CLIPS To sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order, click on the column and click again to invert the sorting.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire DEFINING COLUMNS Use the right-click button of the mouse (into the list) to access this selection menu. All columns available are listed here. Select or unselect the item to be displayed or to be hidden.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire FILTERS The upper part of the XFILE list displays a list of icons. These icons give access to the different filters to be applied to the XFILE list. The filters are available in the four modes: Autobackup, Manual Backup, Restore and Maintenance modes.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Creation date Note: The Creation date and the backup time are different values. The creation date depends on the date and time defined on your XT6U, XT4U, AirBox or SpotBox. Please check the date-time of your system before operating. ‘Last Hour’ and ‘Last Day’ are both quick shortcuts to display the clips created during the last hour or during the last 24 hours.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire limit. The filter is now active and the clips created in between the time range defined are displayed in the XFile list. Camera selection Select the squares representing the cameras and/or the PREFS cameras of the clips to be displayed in the XFile list. Selected cameras appear in a green square. Rating Select the squares representing the four levels of Rating.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Clipnames Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the following dialog box: 'Filter based on Prefix' allows defining a quick filter based on the first character or first-second-… character of a clipname. The system adds automatically a "*" sign while adding a prefix in order to mark the prefix out from the clipnames in the filter list.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Keywords Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the following dialog box: 'Filter based on Prefix' allows defining a quick filter based on the first character or first-second-… character of a keyword. The system adds automatically a "*" sign while adding a prefix in order to mark the prefix out from the keywords in the filter list.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire UmID Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the following dialog box: 'Filter based on Prefix' defines a quick filter based on the first character or first-second-… character of the UmID. The system adds automatically a "*" sign while adding a prefix in order to mark the prefix out from the UmID in the filter list.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Media / clips The MXF file is the file containing all data related to a common audio/video data. The first clip created with this A/V data is called the MasterClip and has the particularity to get the same code for the ID-material and for the IDlouth.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Video Standards Select the squares representing the different video standards. Selected items appear in a green square and the XFile list is refreshed to display the new selection of clips. Video Codecs Select the squares representing the different video codecs. Selected items appear in a green square and the XFile list is refreshed to display the new selection of clips.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Session Filters The session information is entered via the Config session window – tab 2 ‘MXF Metadata’ at startup. This information is saved to the descriptive metadata of all the clips backed up during the ‘session’. Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the following dialog box: 'Filter based on Prefix' defines a quick filter based on the first character or first-second-… character of the Session data.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Clip Markers The clip markers allow to tag clips into a global selection and to keep this selection from one mode to another. 5 different markers are available and can be combined if necessary. to tag the clip or press Select a clip in the XFile list and press clear the marker.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 COUNTERS A counter of clips is available in all modes in the upper side of the list. The first value is the number of clips displayed in the list, the second value is the total amount of clips in memory (contents of path(s) + external folder + clips scheduled). The number of items in the different lists can affect the performance of the system. So it is advised to reduce the number of clips displayed in the lists.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire EXPORT Data to HTML file (Storyboard) The ‘export’ button is available for exporting DATA to HTML file format. to open the following dialog box: Press 1. 2. 3. 4. 24 Enter a filename for the HTML file Then define a folder to save the thumbnails And select the DATA to include in the HTML file Then press the START button to proceed with the HTML export.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire DELETE CLIP / DELETE FILE: As several clips are linked to a file the delete command has been split in 2 buttons: Delete File and Delete Clip: To mark the clips and the files out, it is advised to change the display to 'Group' in the ‘Media / Clips’ filter. The group of clips is represented with brackets in the XFile list. MULTI-SELECTION FOR DELETE FILE: 1. Press SHIFT or CTRL and select a batch of files from the XFile list 2.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire obviously delete all the clips included into this file. 4. Press ‘Delete All files’ to confirm the command or ‘Cancel’ to abort the operation. MULTI-SELECTION FOR DELETE CLIP: 1. Press SHIFT or CTRL and select a batch of clips from the XFile list to open the following window. This window allows the 2. Press operator to review the clips before deletion: 3.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 5. Press ‘OK’ to close the message box and to switch to the 'Multi-Delete Files' window (shown on a red background) 6. Press 'Delete All files' to confirm the command or 'Cancel' to abort the operation.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Folders The main screen displays the folders organization on the left part of the screen and the content of the selected folder on the right part of the screen.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 In the folder list two additional functions has been added to ease the use of the folders list: Select a position in the folders tree to create a new folder then click on the ‘Create Folder’ button to open the following dialog box: Type the name of the new folder and press OK to validate. In the folder list, select a folder to delete and click on the ‘Delete Folder’ button.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Clip Info This area displays the current parameters and values saved to the descriptive metadata of the MXF file. The thumbnails: The thumbnails defined for each file are extracted from the MJPEG files. The first thumbnail shows the SHORT IN frame and the last is the SHORT OUT frame. The REF frame is automatically defined at the middle duration of the clip. The XFILE versions previous to the version 1.01.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 HD clips are displayed with 16:9 aspect ratio. The Data: The MXF file is the file containing all data related to a common audio/video data. Different clips are therefore linked to the same MXF file. The first parameters (left area) display the common parameters, the A/V parameters given by the XNet: clip duration, TC IN and OUT excl.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire EDIT: When selecting a file/clip in the XFile list, use the right-button of the mouse to access the selection menu and select EDIT: The ‘XFile Edit clip’ window appears. The first tab shows all current data of selected file. The list box in the right area displays all clips saved in a common MXF buttons to make a copy of a selected clip or file. Use the to delete a clip into the MXF file.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 Important Note: The MXF doctor software is integrated to the Edit clip module. When editing a clip with a corrupted file index, the system automatically detects the error, notifies the user and starts the repair process. A progress bar appears in the file info tab while repairing the file.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire The first line gathers the GRAB & EXPORT functions. The second line of buttons gathers the SEARCH functions and the third line of buttons gathers the commands which modify the clip.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire File Select the filename and the destination folder to save the JPG/BMP files. Options: Stretch fi el d to fram e si ze Enabling this option will automatically stretch the ‘field image’ to the original ‘frame size’ Output form at The automatic selection of the output format depends on the previous option.
Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire File destination Select the filename and the destination folder to save the new MXF file. Options: Keep ori gi nal fi l e creati on date-ti m e Enabling this option will keep the creation date-time of the original clip even if the UmID is re-defined. Guardbands Define the duration of A/V material before and after the shortIN/ShortOUT points. Generate new Um I D Set this option to generate a new UmID for the new clip created.
XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 Select a clip in the list and then enter the new clipname or new keywords in the related field. The new clipname/keyword is updated in the upper list. Important note: All clips edited in the ‘XFile Edit Clip’ module are updated on the XFile disks but a few of them can be also present on the XNet.
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Issue 1.0 XFILE LITE Version 1.01 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire PREVIEW: Double-click on a clip in the list or press the button. The MMEUniversal player module is loaded with the selected clip. Use the command buttons to play back the clip, to search material, to review the clip frame by frame, etc. Note: The MME player plays back the clip from the IN point to the OUT point.
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