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Version 2.16 - November 2011

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User’s Manual Version 2.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A C OPYRIGHT EVS Br oadca st E quip men t – Co pyri ght © 20 05-2 01 1. Al l ri ghts res erved . D ISCLAIMER The inf ormat ion in this m anual i s furn ishe d for i nf ormati onal u se onl y and subjec t to chang e witho ut not ice .
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Issue 2.16.A II XFile Version 2.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III WHAT’S NEW IN VERSIONS 2.15 AND 2.16? ............................................................. VII 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 2. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION...................................
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.8 PUBLISH MODE ........................................................................................................................76 3.8.1 Publish Modes ......................................................................................................................76 3.8.2 How to Publish Clips .............................................................................................................77 3.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 4.6 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................122 4.6.1 Storage Tab ........................................................................................................................122 4.6.2 Jobs Tab .............................................................................................................................123 4.6.
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Issue 2.16.A VI XFile Version 2.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 What’s New in Versions 2.15 and 2.16? The fol lowin g tab le des cr ibes th e sect ions u pdat e d to refl ect t he new a nd modifi ed featu res on b oth XFile Ve rsions 2.1 5 an d 2 .16 (co mpared to XFil e Ver sion 2.14) . In the user man ual , the icon has been adde d on left margi n to highl ight inform atio n on new and u pdated fe atur es.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 1. Introduction Digital Archiving on removable media The XFi le has acce ss to all fo otag e reco rded on EVS vid eo ser vers thro ugh the SDTI n etwo rk. When a clip is cre ated on o ne of th e s erver s, a copy is automa tica lly tran sfer red to XFi le in t he f ile form at selec ted in the setu p.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 All Su per-m otio n cl ips, cr eated on a ny n etwo rked EVS vi deo s erve r, a re s t ored b y XFile among st t he n orma l fil es. T he 7 5 fp s na ture of su ch ma ter ial is ma in taine d during a rchi ving an d is restor ed in a sin gle pas s withou t alter ati on.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 2. Software Installation Importa nt The XFILE 2 .16 in stal ler s includ e the XFI LE and XSTREAM ins tall ers, the Cl ip In fo E xpor ter i nstal ler, the PCX2 d rive rs and the EVS L og s collec tor ins tall er. P rior to in stal l XF ILE 2 .16 uninst all the p revi ou s versio ns o f XFI LE a nd X STREAM. 1.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3. Select th e it ems to i nsta ll in t he S elec tion Comp on ents w indo w: • Main f iles whi ch i nclu de XFILE and XSTREA M in st allers • Clip I nfo Expo rter • MSXML • Driver s of PCX2 boa rd Click Next . 4. 4 In th e ne xt w indow , se l ect t he d esti nati on d ire ctory to inst all the new softwa re a nd c lick Next .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5. Issue 2.16.A In the C onfi gura tion Pa ramete rs win dow, selec t the RESE T EXIS TING SETTING S op tion , if req u ired, and cli ck Ne xt t o co ntinu e. This will re set all op erat i onal para mete rs (lik e SDTI speed, Vi deo Sta ndar d , databa se s ize , ne t nam e and ne t n umber , et c.) to defau lt p arame ters . 6.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3. XFile Module Note XFile and XS trea m app l icati ons wo rk s imult ane ously into 2 se para te windows b ut sha re the s ame bandw idth f or all o p erati ons. To a ccess to the XF ile or X Stre am wi n dow se lect the it em fr om the t askb ar. 3.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.1.1 Issue 2.16.A NETWORK SETUP XF ILE I DENTIFICATION ON THE N ETWORK Standalone mode Select ing thi s o ptio n a llo ws th e op erat or to star t t he XF ile with out bei ng co nnecte d to th e XNe t. In t his mode only the main tena nce mo de is act ive. Importa nt The bandw idth , the vid eo standa rd and the D atabas e Size mus t be ident ical on a ll ma chin es con nect ed to the X Net.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 VarID Uniqueness (Global / Local) This p arame ter spec ifi es at whi ch l evel th e Var ID i s uni que: • Global : th e Va rID is u niq ue at the XNet ne twork le vel • Local: the Var ID i s un iqu e at the EVS v ideo ser ver leve l.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.1.3 Issue 2.16.A BACKUP CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT Seven b acku p cha nnel s are av aila ble. You w ill assig n them acco rdin g to you r backup nee ds. Two prede fine d confi gur ation s are avail able an d are descri bed bel ow. If the predef ined con figu rati on s do n ot me et yo ur r e quirem ents , you can d efine a custom ized con figu rati on.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 C USTOM C ONFIGURATION When you se lect t he Cu stom radi o butt on in th e Network ar ea and c lick the Edit Custom b utt on, t he Ch a nnels C onf igura tio n dia lo g box opens .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A If you a ssig n more c ha nnels t han su ppor ted i n the def ined c onf igura ti on, the system wi ll aut omati call y adapt the n umber o f assigne d chann els wh en the confi gura tion is save d. Available Channels Read-o nly disp lay of the avai labl e c hann els dep ending on th e b acku p fu nctio n s select ed in t he d ialo g bo x.
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Issue 2.16.A 3.2 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 STARTUP At fi rst star t th e up per pa rt of the win dow d ispl ays the Sy stem Con figur ati on area . 3.2.1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AREA This fie ld disp lays t he current pa rame ters o f the syst em. Some r elevan t parame ters are requ ired t o conn ect to the XNet .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A If the valu es are coh ere nt, clic k START: the Sy s tem Config are a is repl aced by the Se ssio n Con fig area : 3.2.2 STATUS AREA The aim of t his a rea i s t o check the hardw are v a lidit y, th e rem aini ng ca p acity of disks and to ver ify the co mpatib ilit y b etwe en t he s oftwar e, the dri vers and t he da ta record ed. The syste m automa tica ll y starts th e test pro ces sing.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 If al l th ese stag es a re s u ccessf ul, the XFil e i s re a dy to ope rate . Click the Star t bu tton ag ain t o en ter the appl icat i on. 3.2.3 AUTOMATIC PROCESSES AT STARTUP After the st artu p, the sy stem autom atic ally st art s two ope rati ons: th e S cannin g Disk p roce ss a nd t he S ca nning Netw ork proce ss.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.3 Issue 2.16.A SESSION CONFIGURATION Once the XFi le a ppli c ation is sta rted , the users can de fine th e sessio n confi gura tion by sele ctin g Conf igura tion > Con fi g Sess ion from the main menu.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 S ELECTION T ABS To all ow a s econ dary sel ectio n and a th ird s elec ti on to be ba cked up, you need t o select th e En able Sel ecti on che ckbo x in th e res pe ctive tab s. Selection List This s elec tion li st i s on ly active whi le the A utob ack up mod e is dis able d. In the Au toba ckup S elec t ion lis t, al l syst ems co nn ected t o the XN et ar e lis ted by net n umber s.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 For ea ch sy stem sel ecte d for the auto back up, yo u can combi ne s ever al c r iteri a to select th e vi deo m ater ial to be inc lude d in the aut o backup . Camera Selection The came ra se lect ion c r iteri on mak es it possi bl e to sel ect t he cam eras to be includ ed in t he a utob acku p. By def ault , th e ca mera s are not sel ecte d.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Archive Flag The Ar chiv e F lag cri teri on (α) make s i t p ossi ble to i nclu de i n the auto bac kup t he clips for wh ich a back up r equest ha s b een sen t f ro m a R emot e p anel co ntro l ling an EVS vid eo se rver of th e XNet n etwo rk. T he ba ckup re ques t is sent vi a the > Archiv e op tion ava ilab le in th e se cond ary m enu of the R emot e pa nel in c lip mode.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 How to Select the Material to Autobackup To sel ect the mate rial to autoba ckup , pr ocee d as f ollows : 1. First sele ct the serve r to backup . Th e se lect ed l ine chang es to d ark blue . 2. Select the c amer a angl es desi red t o be p art o f the a utob ackup proc es s. Select ed c amer as a ppear on a bri ght gree n ba ckgr ound. 3. Select th e PREF cam s or Archi ve F lag crit eria if d esired . 4.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Three cond itio ns a re r eq uired to vali date the Arc h ive s tatu s: 1. Before the Aut obac kup s ession , p lace a c heckm ar k in the foll owin g bo x: 2. Set the ‘D EFAUL T XFIL E’ param eter i n the Se tu p menu of yo ur EVS vi d eo server . (S ee Mu lti cam d o cument atio n fo r co mple te info rmati on).
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A The Time Ra nge fi lter r e quires a s tart d ate an d ti me, as well a s an end d ate and time, to be v alid : 1. In the cal enda r, s elec t th e mont h wit h th e le ft a nd right arr ows, then the da y of th e mon th. 2. In the Ti me fi eld, s elec t the hour usin g the up a nd down a rrows t o cha n ge the v alue dis play ed o r di r ectly typ e th e va lue when the fiel d li ghts gre en. 3.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Generating an XML Metadata File When t he A utoBa ckup O utput Param eter s > Gen erate EVS XML Metad ata chec kbox is selec ted , an XML file with th e metad ata of the clips bac ked up in the autoba ckup pr oces s i s g enerat ed. Thi s f ile is cr eated at th e s ame time as the backup fi le f or a ll m edia f ile f ormat s. The XML file is sa ved i n the sam e fol der a s the b ackup file .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Importa nt Prior to mo dify the Disk Writi ng Mo de, it is str ongly recom mend ed to check t he sy nchr oniz atio n betwe en th e pat hs, esp ecial ly whe n cli ps ha ve alread y b een backe d u p in t he invo lved pat hs. Othe rwise , t his coul d result s i n da ta i ncon sist e ncies. Backup Folder The Back up Fold er fie ld specif ies th e fol der de st inati on to sa ve th e back u p files .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Second Output Parameters This f iel d gr oup can only be use d i f at lea st 2 di sk s are avai lab le. In Mirro ring m ode, f ield s are fill ed au tomat ical ly with th e same in form atio n as for the p rimar y ou tput . In ot her mode s, the sel ec tion can be save d i n a se cond file fo rmat and to a second path.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A The clip s disp laye d in a red line w ill no t be take n into acco unt by t he Auto backup criter ia an d the cl ips di s played in a gre en lin e wil l be back ed up whe n sta r ting th e Autoba ckup mod e. Th e s elect ed r ecord wil l be dis played on a b lue back gro und. The me ssag e bo x in th e lower par t o f t he s cree n dis play s th e de tai ls o f the clip select ed. 3.3.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 H OW TO D EFINE A U SER S ESSION D ATE Two se ssion da te f ield s a re de fine d in the met adat a of the back up f ile: • The PC sess ion dat e co mes fr om t he PC tim e. T his f ield is not edi tabl e a nd it is de fine d in the PC sett i ngs. • The us er s essi on d ate can be fre ely def ined a s expl aine d i n th e fo llo wing proced ure. To ass ign a us er s essi on date, pro ceed as foll ows: 1.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Output File Format The fo llow ing s etti ng ma kes it pos sibl e, in a S ing le Dis k con figu rati on, to choose the f ormat in whic h th e b ackup fil e wil l b e man uall y gene rate d. The Manua l Back up Out put Param eter s > File F ormat dr op-do wn lis t all ows th e user t o se lect the def a ult f ile forma t fo r th e cl ips ba cked up w ith the manual backup pro cess .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Audio Mode Refer to s ect ion ‘A udio Mode’ on p age 23 for m ore det ails a nd for a s u mmary of the summa ry of th e a vailab ili ty of th e Super Motion Mo de and A udi o Mode accord ing to the sele cted file for mat.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 3. To add a g ener ic t ext ( i.e.: WC20 06_Ma tch0 3…) in the F ilen ame s trin g, simply typ e th e t ext in t h e fie ld. 4. To add an in forma tio n ty pe spec ifi ed in the A vail able I tems d rop- down lis t, select th e it em i n th e dr o p-down lis t: 5. Click t he APP END bu tt on to ad d the sele cted item at the e nd of th e Filena me s trin g. 6.
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Issue 2.16.A 3.3.4 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 TAB 4 – SCAN FOLDER A UTO R ESTORE The Au to R esto re f unct i on en able s th e au toma ti c res tore or copy of file s from a folde r to a defin ed loca ti on on an EVS vide o serv er. This is do ne thr ough t he GBE or th e SDT I ne twork . The AutoR esto re Mode c an be acti vate d from th e main XFile wi ndow by c lick i ng the Au toRes tore but ton.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 AutoImport MXF and MOV Files When w orki ng w ith .mxf or .mov fil es, not as so ciate d wi th a se para te X ML fi le, select th e Au toImpo rt box. This par amete r a ll ows th e e xtra ctio n of metada ta inform atio n an d th e cr eat ion o f XML fi les. When the impo rt of fil es into the scan fo lder is done manu ally , XML file s which could have bee n cr eate d must n ot b e im port ed.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 To swi tch one colo r fo r a nother , p rocee d as fo llow s: Left-click Right-click Left-click Right-click Right-click Files Move If th e jo b su ccee ds, the fi les wi ll b e mo ved to t he ‘ Done_S ucces sful ’ su bfo l der. If th e jo b fa iled aft er 5 trie s, the file s wil l b e move d to the ‘Don e_ Failed ’ subfo lder .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Parameters for Publish Publish Mode Three Publ ish M odes are availa ble : • Keeps orig inal UmID • Define s a new U mID • Define s a new U mID and VarID You ca n ch oose to keep t he or igin al f ile UmID or t o gene rate a new o ne.
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Issue 2.16.A 3.3.5 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 TAB 5 – GRAB The Mult icam op erat ors, from the ir remo te co ntro l panel , are ab le to se lect a video frame/ fiel d a nd t o g rab a pic ture . A Defa ult XFi l e must be def ined in th e Set up menu of th e Mult icam - See Multi cam doc umen tatio n for mor e deta ils . Those pictur es a re c reat ed b y t he XFi le a nd s tore d on th e disk s o f th is X File .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note No com press ion art ifac t is ad ded to this fi le cre ation pro cess , so th e origin al qual ity of t he ima ge is kep t. Grab XT/XFILE Filename Format String The de faul t f ilen ame a uto matica lly give n to th e JP G/BMP file is • EVSGRAB_ - < _s erver use r n umber > - <_cli p nu mber > - <_c a mera name> - <_ time cod e>.
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Issue 2.16.A 3.3.6 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 TAB 6 – EXPORT All cli ps ba cked u p by t he XFil e can b e exp orte d to oth er sys tems for d iffer en t purpos es: Xedio (CleanEdit) The cl ips backe d up can be aut omat ical ly i nser ted into the Xedi o Dat abas e . Plac e a chec kmark in t he ‘U p date X edio DB’ b ox an d enter the D SN nam e, u ser an d passwo rd f or t he d efin ed Xedio data base .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Default Ingest Device Host Name Enter the hos t nam e of th e def ault Avi d In gest Dev ice i n th is f ield . Please cont act EV S supp ort for deta ils re gard ing t he conf igur atio n of AV ID Ingest Device .
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Issue 2.16.A 3.3.7 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 TAB 7 – XML A few oper atio ns ma de b y XFil e as bac kup, res to re, d elet e, c opy,… are r emotel y contro lled via XML fil e by a s ourc e ap plic atio n (IPDir ecto r, Au toma tion system , …). Two mod es a re a vail able : 38 • XML fi les a re pu t in a f older loca ted on th e sa me hard ware than XFil e and XFile scan s th is f olde r • XML files ar e put in a fol der on the netw ork.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A XML Jobs Root Folder When usi ng the XM L J obs Root Fol der op tion , the XFil e only s cans i ts loca l folde r. To use th is op tio n, p roce ed as fol lows: 1. Select the Sc an XML J obs Incoming Fo lder o ption a bove the XM L Jo bs Root F olde r fi eld. 2. Specif y the loc al fo lder t hat wil l rec eive XML f iles . The d efau lt lo cal f olde r is C:\XFile_XML.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note The load ba lanc ing fu nct ion fil ters th e jobs ba se d on the pref ix of th e XML fil e. It w ill o nly pr o cess th e XML f iles w ith t he same p refi x as th e one defi ned in a d edica te d regist ry set ting . Conta c t your admi nist rato r to set u p th is f unct ion.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Example of XML file for Restore command Restor e Cl ip I :\HD\ back u p133A. mxf to E VS se rver n°11 at 111A 1238431548774395 1129799945 1 I:\HD \backup133A.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 The Su perMo tion Bac ku p Mode al lows the us er to sele ct the bac kup m ode f or SSLM cli ps. Re fer t o se ction ‘ Supe r Moti on Bac kup Mode ’ on pa ge 27 f or mor e inform atio n. The Aud io M ode a llow s the user to grou p EV S server mon o ch anne ls i n ster eo channe ls a nd to d own c o nvert samp les from 24 bit s to 16 b its.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.3.8 Issue 2.16.A TAB 8 – USER PARAMETERS Autostart This o ptio n au toma tica lly star ts t he XF ILE sof twar e. Autobackup at Startup This o ptio n au toma tica lly star ts t he a utob acku p m ode a t st artu p. Confirm Manual Backup Enable s or dis able s th e c onfirm atio n me ssage whi l e ini tiat ing a Ba ckup com mand.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Publish Clips with Original VarID (Warning publish will failed if VarID already published on XFile) Select ing thi s op tion wil l preser ve t he c lips Var ID i n Publ ish mode . Import: Use Filename to fill Clipname Metadata When this op tio n is sele cted, th e file name is as signed a s clipn ame to i mporte d files th at do no t have a c lipnam e.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.4 USER INTERFACE 3.4.1 OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN WINDOW Issue 2.16.A The sc reen shot bel ow sh ows th e va riou s ar eas of the XF ile main win dow. Note The Au toRe stor e an d th e AutoP ubli sh m odes can be ac tiva ted from thi s main w indow .
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Issue 2.16.A 3.4.2 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 XFILE LIST The XF ile List are a in clu des t he f ollow ing elem ent s: • At the top le ft of th e area, the n umber o f clip s retrie ved on th e XFil e is specif ied . • At the to p rig ht of t he ar ea, one o r more b utto ns give ac cess t o comma nd s or optio ns s peci fic to t he X F ile L ist.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Clip I nform ation Descri ption Movie, Qui ckTim e Re fere nce, and A VID M XF O PAt om With EVS MX F 8MB, t his field wi ll be d ispl ayed o n an orange bac kgro und. Thi s draw s th e at tent ion t o the fact th at the Re stor e is not possi ble on t hese files withou t a manu al f ile con versio n. Keyword 1 Displa ys t he f irst key wor d assi gned to the cli p.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 S ELECTING C OLUMNS IN THE XF ILE L IST Use the ri ght- clic k butt on of the mo use (into the l ist) t o acc es s this s elec tion menu. All co lumn s av aila ble are list ed h ere. Select or unse lect th e displa yed or to b e hi dden . item to be The Res et t o Def ault opt i on all ows y ou t o restor e th e s tand ard d isp lay. F ILTERS The uppe r part o f the X File li st dis play s a list of butt ons.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A : the RESET butt on is presen t in all mod es an d resets al l filt ers to de fault values (= ALL for most fil ters) Click on the bu tto n to display /hi de the fil ter or use the rig ht -c lick bu tto n of the mouse to a cces s th is s el ectio n men u. Creation date Note The Cr eati on d ate and th e bac kup time are dif fere nt va lues .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 The ‘Cr eati on d ate’ fil ter requi res a star t da te a n d time , as w ell as an en d date and t ime to b e va lid. 1. For da te s elec tion , d o on e of the foll owin g: • In the cale ndar , sel ect t he mont h wit h the lef t a nd rig ht ar rows, then the day o f th e mon th. OR • Click the Today bu tton . 2.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Rating Select th e b oxes rep rese nting th e fo ur leve ls of R ating . Se lect ed item s ap p ear i n a green box and the XFil e l ist i s re fres hed to d ispl ay the new s elec tion of cli p s.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 The user mus t sele ct a f older fo r use in th e filt e r. This fo lder wi ll appe ar in the Name ba r A Backu p fo lder is a s signed tem porar ily for a part icul ar op erat ion . As al l operat ions ar e succe ssiv e and there fore en tere d in a queue, the sy stem wi ll kee p in mem ory the fold er d efi ned a t th e ti me o f th e ba ckup’s req uest .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A You wi ll find bel ow ex pla natio ns o n how to per for m the most imp orta nt a ct ions in this di alog b ox, i .e. in clu ding an d/or r emovi ng on e or more f olde rs from t he filt er select ion : • To add a fo lder to t he F ilter list , se lect the fold e r from the l ist and c lick the Add Sel ecte d Fo lder but ton.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Clip Names Clicki ng o n th e ic on o n t h e rig ht s ide open s th e fo ll owing dial og b ox: Filter Based on Prefix The Fil ter ba sed on P re fix fie ld al lows d efin ing a quick filt er bas ed on t he firs t charac ter( s) o f a clip na me. When yo u cli ck th e Add butto n to a dd th e pre fi x defi ned t o the Filt er li st, th e system ad ds auto mati call y a "*" sign after the pr e fix.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Keywords Clicki ng o n th e ic on o n t h e rig ht s ide open s th e fo ll owing dial og b ox: Filter Based on Prefix The Fil ter ba sed on P re fix fie ld al lows d efin ing a quick filt er bas ed on t he firs t charac ter( s) o f a keywo rd . When yo u cli ck th e Add butto n to a dd th e pre fi x defi ned t o the Filt er li st, th e system ad ds auto mati call y a "*" sign after the pr e fix.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 UmID Clicki ng o n th e l eft but to n will dis play th e UmID fi l ter. Clicki ng o n th e ic on o n t h e rig ht s ide open s th e fo ll owing dial og b ox: Filter Based on Prefix The Fil ter ba sed on P re fix fie ld al lows d efin ing a quick filt er bas ed on t he firs t charac ter( s) o f a UmID.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Filter Based on Prefix The Fil ter ba sed on P re fix fie ld al lows d efin ing a quick filt er bas ed on t he firs t charac ter( s) o f a VarI D. When yo u cli ck th e Add butto n to a dd th e pre fi x defi ned t o the Filt er li st, th e system ad ds auto mati call y a "*" sign after the pr e fix. Thi s helps t he user disti nct the p refi xes and the full VarIDs in the Filt er l ist .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 A/V The fo llow ing opti ons are avai labl e fo r se lect ion: Option Descri ption ALL Displa ys a ll t he c lips MasterC lip Displa ys o nly the Mast er Clips Note This f ilte r is hel pful whe n rest orin g cl ips, beca u se it will onl y tra nsfer the origin al cl ips, a nd ski p the copies .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Video Codecs Select the bo xes re pres e nting t he di ffer ent vi deo codecs . Sel ecte d item s a ppear i n a gree n bo x an d t he XF il e lis t is ref resh ed t o di spl ay th e new sel ecti on o f c l ips. File Format Select the boxe s repr ese nting the d iffe rent fil e fo rmats. Sele cted item s ap pear i n a gree n bo x an d t he XF il e lis t is ref resh ed t o di spl ay th e new sel ecti on o f c l ips.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Clicki ng o n th e ic on o n t h e rig ht s ide open s a dial o g box lik e th e fo llow ing o ne: Filter Based on Prefix The Fil ter ba sed on P re fix fie ld al lows d efin ing a quick filt er bas ed on t he firs t charac ter( s) o f th e se ssio n dat a. When yo u cli ck th e Add butto n to a dd th e pre fi x defi ned t o the Filt er li st, th e system add s au tomat ica ll y a "*" s ign afte r t he p refi x.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 C OUNTERS A coun ter of clip s is ava il able in a ll m odes in the u pper s ide of the list . The f irst val ue is t he nu mber o f c lips dis play ed i n the li st, the sec ond val ue is the total amo unt of cl ips in memory (cont ents o f path(s) + ex terna l fold er + clips schedu led) . The num ber of i tems in the d iffe rent lis ts c an affec t th e pe rform ance of th e system .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Single Dis k Dual D isk Mirror ing 3.4.5 JOBS STATUS AREA The tran sfer ra te of the Backup an d Resto re pro cesses i s perman entl y e valua ted and t he p rogre ss b ars sh ow the act ivi ties in prog r ess.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Filters Use th ese fil ters to refi ne the sele ctio n: Option Descri ption View A ll Displa ys a ll s tatu s si nce the s tart up o f th e sy stem . View L ast Day Displa ys th e oper atio n statu s rela ted t o the l a st 24 hours. View L ast Hour Displa ys t he o pera tion st atus rela ted to t he l ast h our.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 S CHEDULED J OBS S TATUS D ISPLAY The Sched uled Jo bs sta t us displ ay allo ws the op erator t o cance l one or a ll of the jobs in q ueue .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.5 AUTOBACKUP MODE 3.5.1 PURPOSE Issue 2.16.A Click to activa te the A utobac kup Mo de. In t his mode, the s ystem acts aut omat ical ly and b acks up all c lips ac cord i ng to the cri teri a defin e d in the Autoba ckup s elec tio n wi ndow. Be side s, th is mod e is impo rtan t to ta ke ac count o f the d iffe rent upd ates mad e dur ing opera tio ns.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note Other mod es (bac kup, restor e and mai nten anc e) are also a vail able during au tobac kup: sev er al mod es c an o pera te s im ultan eous ly. 3.5.2 AUTOBACKUP MAIN WINDOW The Aut obac kup ma in wi ndow is divi ded i nto s ev eral ar eas. The t wo mai n areas are th e XNe t li st wh ic h moni tors the XNet ac tivit y and the XFi le l is t which displa ys the cont ents of t he XFi le p aths . 3.5.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note Working w ith c opie s of clips ca n affe ct th e value o f the d iffe rent counte rs. Use th e Refr esh butt on in the XNe t field for ref inin g the curren t va lues . Note The Re try F ail ed bu tto n i s act ive w hen erro rs o ccu r. 3.6 BACKUP MODE Click 3.6.1 to ent er t he B acku p mode .
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Issue 2.16.A 3.6.2 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 HOW TO START MANUALLY THE BACKUP OF A FILE To sta rt the backu p o f a f ile, proc eed as f ollow s: 1. Click the Backu p bu tton t o act ivat e th e mod e. 2. In th e XNe t ar ea, sele ct the serve r f rom w hich c lips w ill be backe d up . T o displa y t he l ist of s erve rs prese nt on t he XN et, cli c k 3. 4. Click agai n . to c hange th e dis play of the list and fi nd th e cl ip t o ba ck u p.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.6.3 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR MANUAL BACKUP To se lect mul tipl e c lips from an E VS v ideo ser v er an d ba ck them up m anual ly, procee d as fol lows : 1. Define the sel ect ion crit e ria t o re trie ve a lis t of cl i ps fr om th e XN et. 2.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 If no inf orma tion is spec if ied i n th e St atus col umn, the b ackup wil l be per for med. If the ‘cli p alr eady on di sk’ mes sage is dis play ed in the S tat us col umn o f one or more cli ps, th e foll owin g messag e will as k the us e r to conf irm tha t the ba ck up has to be don e ag ain: Note All o perat ions (Ba ckup a nd Res tore ) ar e su ccess i ve.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.7 RESTORE MODE Click t o en ter the R esto re mod e. The XFi le c an a lso b e u sed as a se curi ty b acku p . Clip s can be rest ored f rom th e XFile to a ny o ther EVS vi deo se rver on the netw or k.
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Issue 2.16.A 3.7.1 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 HOW TO RESTORE A FILE To res tore a b acke d up fi le on an EVS v ideo ser ve r, pro ceed as fol lows: 1. Click the Resto re b utt on to ac tiva te t he m ode. 2. Select th e cl ip f rom the X File list . 3. Select t he serve r from th e XNet area: to d ispla y t he list of ser vers pr esen t on th e XNe t, c lick 4. . Change the dis play of th e lis t to fi nd o ne l ocat ion where to res tore the cli p.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A The clips be ing res tore d on an EVS video se rver are seen in Mul tica m as growin g clips . The y ca n be pl ayed as s oon as t he Re stor e operat ion has star ted . Note While m ovin g/co pyin g a c lip, the ID-ma teri al i s pr e served . If th e use r COP IES a cl ip to a new loc atio n (m aking a new ID L outh ) then the XFil e wil l b ack u p the new data .
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Issue 2.16.A 3.7.3 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR RESTORE To se lect mul tipl e c lips from an X File to res tore them to an EVS vid eo server , procee d as fol lows : 1. In th e XF ile list on the m ain XF ile wind ow, do o ne of t he f ollo wing : • To se lect a list of con tig uous clip s, p ress SHI FT and s elec t th e f irst and last clip s of the lis t.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Restor ed c lips are dis pla yed i n th e XNe t l ist: 3.7.4 RESTORE DESTINATION MODE The dest inat ion mod e i n the XFile Mu lti -Rest o re window a llows t he u sers to specif y wh ere the clip wil l be rest ored : Option Descri ption Origin al P lace The cli p ret urns to i ts pr evious loca tion on t he X Net. In thi s cas e, t he se lect io n perf ormed in t he XNe t l ist is not ta ken into acc ount .
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Issue 2.16.A 3.8 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 PUBLISH MODE Click to ent er t he P ubli s h mode . The P ubli sh m ode giv es a dir ect acc ess to the cl i ps sa ved to XFi le d isks .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.8.2 HOW TO PUBLISH CLIPS To publ ish a cl ip st ored o n the XFi le dis k, i. e. to g i ve acces s to it from t he Remote panel , from t he VGA o f th e Multi cam app lica tio n, o r from th e Clip s > XFil e node of the IPDir ecto r Datab ase Explorer , you can cho o se betwee n Onlin e Publi sh and Fast P ubli sh. O NLINE P UBLISH To pub lish one or seve ral clip s wit h On line Pub lish , pro ceed as foll ows: 1.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 7. 8. You may sw itch t o the F ast Pub lish mo de by c lic king th e butto n. (Fast P ubl ish) Select ot her c lip s fr om th e XFil e l ist and repe at t h e oper ati on. Clips are se nt to X Net. D ependi ng on the num ber of c lips , t his oper ati on c an ta k e some t ime.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A F AST P UBLISH To pub lish cli ps w ith F a st Pub lish , yo u fi rst nee d to init iate the Onl ine Publis h trans fer. To d o so , p roce ed as fol lows: 1. 2. Repeat ste ps 1 to 4 f rom the On lin e Pub lish pro ce dure d eta iled abo ve. Click (Fast Publis h) to s witch to swi tch to the Fa st Publis h mode for th e trans fer o f t he s elec ted c lip.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.9 MAINTENANCE MODE 3.9.1 ACCESSING THE MAINTENANCE MODE WINDOW Click to ent er t he Ma inte nance mode .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.9.2 MAINTENANCE FEATURES Four diff eren t ma inte nan ce su b-mod es are avai la ble i n t he M aint enan ce window . You sel ect th e main tena n ce feat ure yo u want to u se by cli ckin g the c orre s pondin g butto n.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.10 CLIP MAINTENANCE From XFile v ersi on 1.14 , you can back up cl ips manual ly and au tomat ica lly into diffe rent form ats of back up fi les. From XFi le ver sion 2.00 . 30, you can v iew an d m ainta in al l the f orma ts of backup files in the Clip Mai nten a nce mo de.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 3.10.2 MEDIA INFO AREA When you cl ick th e Clip Maintena nce bu tton , th e Media In fo area o pens on the left of th e windo w. The Media Info a rea dis pla ys the curr ent pa ramet e rs and values sav ed t o t he d escr iptiv e met adat a o f th e ba ckup file .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 T HUMBNAILS The th umbn ails def ined f or eac h f ile are extr acte d from the MJPEG fi les. The th umbn ail shows the follow ing fram es f rom left to r ight : • the IN (i .e. SHORT IN) fr ame, • the RE F fr ame ( auto mati c ally defi ned in t he m iddl e of t he c lip) , • the OU T (i .e. SHORT OU T) fra me. The XFil e vers ions prev i ous to t he ver sion 1 .01.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A HD cli ps a re d ispl ayed w ith 1 6:9 aspe ct r atio . F ILE AND C LIP M ETADATA From XFil e V.1. 14, cl ip s create d on EVS v ide o server s can be b acke d up in diffe rent fi le forma ts. Th e bac kup fil es havi ng diff erent for mats ca n be ma i ntain ed in XFi le. The me tada ta o f t he E VS MXF files is stor ed in t he h ead er of the MXF fi le.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note Depend ing on the tim e code and vid eo syst ems , th e t ime code in th e column is disp laye d wi th diffe rent cha ract ers: The du rati on f or NT SC clips is alway s ca lcul at ed on non- drop -fram e basis. Note The Nb Vide os fie ld is th e only way t o iden tify the SuperMo tion Ba ckup Mode u sed to b acku p SS LM cli ps: • 1 vid eo(s) for cl ips backe d up w ith 1/2 or 1/3 fram es.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.10.3 DELETING BACKUP CLIPS AND FILES As se vera l cl ips may be link ed to a b ackup fi le, the Del ete comma nd h as be en split in 2 b utto ns: D elet e File a nd De lete C lip . Both co mmand s are avai lable in the u pper rig ht p art of t h e XFil e ar ea o f t he Ma int enance win dow. To mar k th e c lips and th e file s o ut, it is advis ed to chan ge t he disp lay to ' G roup' in the Me dia / Cl ips fil ter.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 H OW TO P ERFORM A M ULTI -S ELECTION T O D ELETE C LIPS 88 1. Press SHIFT or C TRL a n d sel ect a ba tch of f iles f rom th e XF ile list . 2. Click to o pen XFil e Multi- Dele te C lips wi nd ow. T his wind ow allows the ope rato r to rev iew th e cl ips bef ore dele t ion: 3. Click De lete Al l Clip s to conf irm the c omman d or Cance l to abo rt t he operat ion . 4.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 3.10.4 CONVERTING BACKUP FILES From Mult icam ve rsio n 9 .00, th e A/V mat eria l an d data are s tore d in 8MB blocks, no longe r in 2MB blo cks. In XFile , the EVS MXF b a ckup fil es wil l stil l be cre ated in 2MB block fo rmat . When the EVS MXF backu p fi les, or any o ther ba ckup file in anothe r fo rmat are rest ored, they are obvi ousl y rest ored in the 8 MB block struct ure on the E VS v ide o serv er.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.10.5 TRANSFERRING BACKUP FILES TO EXTERNAL SYSTEMS From t he M aint enan ce m odule , it is pos sibl e t o t ransfe r t he b acku p f iles to th e Avid Inges t De vice or to t he Xed io s uit e. H OW TO T RANSFER B ACKUP F ILES TO A VID I NGEST D EVICE To tra nsfe r ba ckup fil es t o Avid In gest Devi ce, pro ceed a s f ollow s: 1.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.10.6 IMPORTING FILES FROM THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS Files f rom th ird pa rtie s do not ha ve a co rres pon ding EVS .xml file c onta i ning th e associ ated met adat a. As they need to be av ail a ble in XFi le, the impor t funct ion will resu lt in the c reat io n of an EVS.xml f ile co ntain ing the me tada ta t hat the system ha s been ab le to retriev e.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.11 DISKS-FOLDERS MAINTENANCE 3.11.1 INTRODUCTION A CCESS Click on t he D isk butt on to en ter the Disks -Fol der s Main tena nce mode .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.11.3 HOW TO COPY/MOVE CLIPS TO OTHER XFILE FOLDERS Importa nt Clips ar e link ed to a b a ckup fi le. In this mo de, the MOVE a nd COPY command s af fec t th e ba c kup f ile even if only a c li p is sele cted . The MOVE comman d is only ac cess ible if th e tr ansfer of ba ckup file s o perate s betwee n PAT Hs. The COP Y com mand is a ccessi ble for all tra nsfe rs from/ to e xter nal fol ders .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 The Re sult col umn m enti ons wh ere each fil e is pr esent . When the sa me fil e is found in bo th fol ders , the Diffe renc es colu m n indica tes the res ult of t he compa riso n be tween th e two fi les . The Ac tion col umn give s advice on what to do. 5. 94 If n eede d, c lick th e S c hedule Cop ies but ton t o cop y f iles in th e f old er where they are not pre se nt.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 3.11.5 MAINTAINING FOLDERS IN THE XFILE PATHS In the fol der ta b, two functio ns make t he u se of the fo lder s list easier: . H OW TO C REATE A F OLDER IN THE XF ILE P ATH To cre ate a ne w fo lder in the XFile Pa th, proce ed as fo llows : 1. Select a posi tion in the F olders tre e wh ere to c rea te a new fold er. 2. Click on th e Creat e Fol der butt on to ope n the XFile Cre ate Fo lder di al og box: 3.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.12 PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE 3.12.1 INTRODUCTION A CCESS Click on t he P layl ist Main tenanc e bu tto n to en ter t he Pla ylis t Ma inte nanc e. P URPOSE The purpo se of th e Play list Mai nten ance is t o of fer the po ssib ilit y to co mpile a playl ist fr om all t he bes t clips ca ptur ed in t he O B van and e xpor t the p l aylis t of backup file s int o a sin gl e media f ile .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 3.12.2 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE WINDOW The Pl ayli st M aint enan ce windo w is div ided int o fo ur are as: XF ILE L IST A REA The XF ile List are a pr ovi des t he s ame f eatu res as the usua l XFi le List are a . When ri ght- clic king on a clip , you acce ss t he fol lowin g comm ands in the contex tua l men u: • Modify the dis play ed c olu mns.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 M EDIA I NFO A REA The Media I nfo ar ea c ontai ns the sa me inf or mation a s the Med ia I nfo area availa ble i n the C lip Ma inten ance . Refe r to se ct ion 3.1 0.2 ‘M edia Info A rea’ on page 8 3. P LAYLIST A REA The Pla ylis t are a disp lay s the ba ckup clip s incl ud ed in th e pla ylis t tha t is being o r has be en c reat ed.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.12.3 SETTINGS FOR PLAYLISTS A CCESSING THE P LAYLIST S ETTINGS The set ting s for c reat in g and exp orti ng ba ckup playli sts o r rend erin g server playl ists in XFile are de fi ned i n th e Pl ayli st Ma nag er Set up w indow .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 M EDIA F ILE S ETTINGS Filename Format String The foll owing f ilen ame i s assigne d by defa ult t o the media fi le inc ludi ng the playl ist A/V m ater ial: EVS XFILE_ name>_.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A CSV contents file generation If you t ick th is ch eck bo x , the pl ayli st de fini tion fil e will be gener ate d in th e .CSV format , an d no t t he u sual XML f orma t. In thi s cas e, t he se tti ng f or merg ing X ML fi les can not be take n in to ac coun t if it is checke d: • The cl ip a nd p lay list met adata are sto red in a n X ML fil e. • The pl ayli st defi niti on i s saved in a CSV fil e.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 H OW TO C REATE A B ACKUP P LAYLIST To cre ate a ba ckup pla yli st in the Pla ylis t Ma inte n ance, proc eed as foll ows: 1. In t he X File li st area , s e arch for and se lect th e c lips you wan t t o ad d t o a playl ist: • To se lect a list of con tig uous clip s, p ress SHI FT and s elec t th e f irst and last clip s of the lis t. • To sel ect non- cont iguo us clip s, p ress CTRL and s elect the cli ps. 2.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 H OW TO L OAD A B ACKUP P LAYLIST You will l oad a ba ckup p l aylis t if you n eed to e dit it or exp ort it , or sim ply view its conten t. To l oad an e xist i ng bac kup play lis t, p roce ed as fol lows: 1. Click the bu tton in the P L Inf o ar ea. The Open d ial og box o p ens on th e fol der whe re you last s aved a back u p playl ist. 2. Select t he play list d efin it ion file ( i.e. th e file wi th the .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.12.5 EXPORTING A BACKUP PLAYLIST I NTRODUCTION Export ing a p layl ist of b ackup cli ps f rom X File will allow you to cre ate a sin gle media fi le. Th is file c ont ains a lon g clip th at con catena tes th e back up cli ps of th e playl ist w ith cut tra nsit io ns. The two XML fi les inc lu ding the p layl ist de fini ti on and the me tada ta inf ormati on will a lso be c reat ed in t h e same fol der.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.12.6 RENDERING A SERVER PLAYLIST I NTRODUCTION Render ing a play list from an EVS v ideo serv er to XFile w ill a llow you t o ba ckup a playl ist in to a s ingl e med ia file . Thi s fil e cont ains a long c lip th at co ncat en ates th e clips of the serv er p layl is t with cu t tr ansi tion s. Note It is pos sibl e to ren der a playl ist cont aini ng b lack clips .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 3.13 JOB STATUS 3.13.1 PURPOSE The Job Sta tus wind ow gives in forma tion o n the transfe r statu s of jobs betwee n XFile an d the s erve rs co nnecte d to i t eith er in a XNet onl y or GBE o nly m ode or in a comb ined mode GBE + XNet, as c onfi gure d th rou gh th e XFi le S yste m Con f ig. This o nly rela tes to X File jobs , no t to XSt ream job s. 3.13.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 XN ET A REA This ar ea di spla ys th e n umber o f cli ps alr eady s aved to XFil e for each system connec ted to the XNet an d/or to t he G igab it n etwo r k.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note Users cann ot c ance l Gi ga bit j obs w hil e th ey a re b e ing e xecu ted. Modifying the Priority of Backup and Restore Jobs The ord er of the sc hedu l ed oper atio ns ca n be mo difie d. Thi s is o nly a vail able fo r backup , re stor e an d ex po rt cl ips. Sel ect one job in the list and cli ck: The sele cted item i s re- schedu led i n the qu eue and its n ew sta tus i s “S chedul ed 1 ”.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Job State Clicki ng the P roce ssing or Schedu led bu tton d is plays t he lis t of pro cess i ng jobs or th e li st o f sc hedu led jo bs. J OBS D ONE A REA This a rea disp lays all th e jobs don e wit h t heir sta t us: • Succes sful wit h pr ocess durat ion and tran sfer rat e • Error w ith sho rt e rror me ssage. Filters The upper pa rt of the Jo b Done area dis play s a li st of butto ns.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Job End Status Clicki ng the S ucce ssful or Failed b utto n disp la ys the li st of jo bs suc c essful ly comple ted or t he l ist of f ailed job s. Completion Time Displa ys t he l ist of jobs d one du ring • the l ast day: ope rati on s t atus rela ted to t he l ast 2 4 hour s. • the l ast hour : op erat ion s tatus rel ated to the las t h our.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 3.15 STATISTICS Charts o f sta tist ics f or r estore and ba ckup p roce sses an d for d isk pe rfor mances are av aila ble from the St atist ics m enu in the M enu bar. Other inf ormat ion will be added to the stat isti cs c h arts in a nex t ve rsio n.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4. XStream All o perat ions of XStr eam are conce ntra ted in a si n gle sc reen .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.1 Issue 2.16.A SCHEDULER AND QUICKSTART MODES The use rs can perf orm backup of re cord trai ns in XStr eam us ing t wo diffe rent modes: the Sc hedul er mode or t he Qu ickSt art mode. Th e use rs act iva te thes e modes by c lick ing the but tons at t he t op o f t he XS t ream ma in w indow : Both mo des c anno t be a ctive nor wo rk at the s a me time , eve n on d iffe re nt EVS video serv ers. 4.1.
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Issue 2.16.A 4.2 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 INFORMATION & MENU AREA The In form atio n & M enu area d ispl ays the elem en ts de scrib ed b elow : 4.2.1 SCHEDULER AND QUICKSTART BUTTONS Click to activ ate t he Sch eduler M ode. In th is mod e, the sy stem a ct s automa tica lly an d backs up all fil es/c lips ac cord in g to the jobs de fin ed via the Edit menu a nd s hown in the ti me gri d. Click to acti vate the Qui ckStar t mo de.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.2.3 Issue 2.16.A TRANSFER RATE The co unte r di spla ys t h e curr ent tran sfer rat e. An av erag e of bit -rat e for a ll operat ions is done in rea l -time. 4.2.4 TIME The cu rren t ti me i s di spl ayed o n t he t op r ight of the scre en. As y ou c an selec t which tim e info rmat ion you will wo rk with i n t he time gr id, th e time displa y depend s on this sele ctio n.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.3 TIME GRID 4.3.1 INFORMATION DISPLAYED IN THE TIME GRID Differ ent co lor c odes a re used in th e time grid t o easily dist ingu ish th e var ious jo b types . The color co des a re the same in the Sc hed uler mode an d in the Qui ckStar t mode.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A The fo llow ing sect ions p rovide scr eens hots to sh ow whi ch t ypes of jobs can be found in the vari ous m od es.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Q UICK S TART M ODE When a job is l aunc hed i n the Quic kStar t mo de, t he tim e gr id wi ll d ispl ay i t as a n endles s job in pro gres s from th e nowl ine o nward s. The o ther p ossi ble s t atus in QuickS tart mode is ‘fa ile d job s’. 4.3.2 TIME DISPLAY IN THE TIME GRID T IME D ISPLAY M ODES From ve rsio n 2. 00, it i s p ossibl e to spe cify whic h t ime mod e ha s to be u sed in th e XStream tim e gr id.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note When ti me co de ju mps o ccur i n the reco rded tra i n, the time code jump s will be vis ible in t he EV S serve r tim e cod e dis pl ay, no t in the PC time displa y. When bac kup jo bs ar e schedu led wi th a st art and sto p time in EVS server time c ode di spla y, they wil l onl y be vi sibl e in PC time w hen t hey start .
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Issue 2.16.A 4.5 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 STATUS AREA The di ffer ent oper ati ons are d ivide d i nto diff eren t tabs. 4.5.1 JOBS DONE TAB In JOB S DONE use th ese filt ers to r efin e t he s elec tion: Filter Lab el Descri ption View A ll Displa ys a ll s tatu ses sinc e the sta rtup of the syst e m. View L ast H our Displa ys t he o pera tion st atus rela ted to t he l ast h our.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.5.2 Issue 2.16.A GENERAL TAB The GE NERAL tab di spl ays t he infor mati on of t h e sel ecte d jo b i n t he g ri d or the select ed r ecor d tr ain. Cancel Job: de lete the s elect ed j ob d ispl ayed in t his f ield . 4.5.3 OTHER TABS The JOBS SE LECTED , J OBS PENDIN G and JOB S ENDLESS ta bs giv e a ccess to Mark IN, Mar k OUT and Cancel Jo b comman ds w hich aff ect th e items d isp layed in the l ists .
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Issue 2.16.A 4.6 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Modify th e sy stem c onfig urat ion Configu ratio n fr om t he t op men u: by sele cti ng Con figur atio n > System During ope rati ons, thi s wi ndow w ill be d ispl ayed in read- only mod e fo r in for mation . 4.6.1 STORAGE TAB The set ting s spec ifi ed i n the St orag e tab a re applic able to th e Sche d uler an d QuickS tart mode s.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A N UMBER OF D ISKS Specif ies the numb er o f d isks a ssig ned to the chan nels to b acku p. Note In ord er t o ens ure goo d perf orman ces in da ta trans fers we h ighl y recomme nd b alan cing the load ont o se vera l di sks. P ATH C HANNELS Those fiel ds s peci fy the paths wher e th e fi les will be sav ed for each chan n el. 4.6.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 D EFAULT J OB D URATION (defau lt: 1 h our) S ELECT D EFAULT O UTPUT M ODE Output File Format Seven d iffe rent o utpu t fo rmats ar e avai labl e to s ave the f iles . Depe ndin g on the format sel ecte d, v ario us parame ters fie lds will be displa yed in the Optio n a rea. File F ormat Specif ic I nform ation EVS MXF The u ser can add the ou t put f ile to the Cle anEd it databa se by se lect ing the Upd.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A Options Endless Max Duration When sel ecti ng any o utp ut forma t, you n eed to s p ecify a ma ximum d urat ion for the backup fi le i n th e End les s Max. Dura tion fie ld. In cas e a train is back e d up wi th e ndle ss d urat i on, th e ap plic atio n wi ll s top th e backup whe n th e max imu m dura tion def ined in thi s fiel d ha s be en r each ed.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 24 bit s samp les can b e d own con vert ed to 16 b its by sel ecti ng th e 16 bits optio n or kep t a s it is by s elec ti ng th e 24 bit s op tion . F ORMAT S TRING An aut omat ic f ile name c an be give n t o ea ch f ile format and can be diff er ent f or each o ne. The def ault M XF fi le is EVS MXF XST REAM - .mxf.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.6.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 E DIT J OB D IALOG O PTIONS This op tion spec ifie s the time af ter w hich the va l ues ent ered in a t ext f ie ld (i. e. time c ode) are val idat ed. The de faul t v alue is 2.0 s ec and it can be m odi fied . XML J OBS U SER I NTERACTION A LLOWED When sele cted , the XML Jobs User In tera ction A llowed op tio n allow s the user to perfor m actio ns (i.e . ca ncel job , resche dule j ob , etc.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.7 Issue 2.16.A RECORD GRID MENU The Reco rd Gr id men u contai ns se vera l opt io ns or com mand s rela te d to the inform atio n di splay ed o n the re cord grid , i. e. t he nowlin e, t he sc hedu led j obs, t he EVS se rver disp lay , th e ti me dis play , et c. D ISPLAY M ODE The di spla y mo de s peci f ies wh ich time inf orma ti on is use d in the XSt re am tim e grid.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 C LEAN O PTIONS The Cl ean comma nds fr om the Rec ord Grid men u all ow t he u sers to cle an jo bs from the tim e grid. On ly jobs whic h have occ urre d in the past and ar e co mplete ly finis hed w ill be clea ned.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A L OAD J OBS The Loa d Job s com mand from the R ecor d Gri d m enu ma kes i t po ssib le t o load a n XML fi le prev ious ly c re ated w ith the in forma tio n on the run ning , sc he duled or pendin g j obs. When th e XML f ile i s loa ded, t he job s sav ed in th e file are lo aded in XS tr eam as schedu led jobs , ev en if t hey ha ve a lrea dy b een ex ecuted in an earl ier sess i on.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4. If yo u wa nt some of the disp laye d j obs not to b e loa ded, se lect th em wi th CTRL + clic k an d se lect t he Ign ore Sele cted but to n. The backg roun d color fo r these reco rds bec ome s light blu e and the val ue ‘Igno re’ is d ispl ayed in th e User Deci sion col umn. 5.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Color Codes in the Jobs List The jo bs di spla yed a s re cords in th e Jo bs Li st o f the XS trea m Loa d Job s window are high ligh ted wit h diff erent co lors dep endi ng on whethe r they wil l or would b e loaded or not int o th e XS tream.
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Issue 2.16.A 4.8 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 CONTEXTUAL MENU IN THE SCHEDULER Differ ent c onte xtua l men us are av aila ble f rom th e time gr id de pend ing o n wher e the r ight -cli ck i s pe rform ed: 4.8.1 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE XNET LABEL Command Descri ption Auto-Hid e Disconn ecte d XTs Select t his op tion t o hide or displa y the dis conn ec ted EVS video serv ers.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.8.2 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE CAMERA NAMES AREA This c onte xtua l men u ap pears w hen you r ight cli ck the mous e in the are a where the c amera name s ar e di splaye d (s ee a rrow on sc reensh ot). The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes s hort ly the m enu co mmands: Command Descri ption Collap se Select this opti on to hi de the t ime g rid f or th e camera o n which you have rig ht-c lic ked.
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Issue 2.16.A 4.8.3 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE GRID OF A CAMERA This cont extu al menu is displa yed whe n you righ t click the mous e in the g rid of a given c amera , befo re the nowline ( see ar row on s creens hot) . The co ntex tu al men u after the now line con tain s only som e of the se e le ments. The com mand s ava ila ble from this con text ual m e nu wil l ap ply spec ific ally to t he relat ed cam era.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.8.4 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE RIGHT OF THE SERVER NAME This co ntex tual m enu a p pears wh en yo u rig ht cl i ck the mo use o n the rig ht of th e server name an d ab ove t he cam era time gri d (se e arrow on s creen shot ). The c omman ds a vail able from this con tex tual men u wil l a pply to al l ca mera s of the given EVS v ideo serv er.
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Issue 2.16.A 4.8.5 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM A JOB This c onte xtua l me nu a p pears when you rig ht-c li ck th e mou se o n a sche duled or runnin g j ob ( see arro w o n scr eensh ot) . It ca n va r y sli ghtl y de pend ing on t he jo b statu s. The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes s hort ly the m enu co mmands: Command Descri ption Status This o ptio n sh ows the job stat us.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.8.6 Issue 2.16.A CHECK TIMECODE INTEGRITY Every 5 minu tes, th e app licat ion aut omat ical ly ch ecks the tim e code in teg rity, i. e. it che cks wh ethe r tim e co de jump s hav e occ urre d i n the r ecor d tra ins o f EV S video server s. The us er c an a lso p erfo r m this che ck ma nual ly o n a re cord tra in s elec ted in t he time g rid.
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Issue 2.16.A 4.9 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 CREATING AND EDITING JOBS IN SCHEDULER MODE Create a n ew j ob i n on e of th e fo llow ing w ays: • by sel ect ing E dit > Add a New Job from the top menu, • by rig ht-c lick ing in the ti me gri d, • by cl ickin g t he Ad d bu tto n in the Chann els area . The Add a Job M anua lly window , which i s disp lay ed below , appe ars to d ef ine the diffe rent p aram eters of t he job.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION The fol lowi ng fi elds disp layed a bove the t abs p r ovide g ener al in form atio n on th e job b eing crea ted or edit ed: Field Descri ption Job ID Ident ifie r autom atic ally a ssigne d to the j ob when it is saved for the fir st t ime. XT EVS vide o serv er fr om which t he rec ord tr ain w ill be backed up.
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Issue 2.16.A 4.9.2 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 IN/OUT TAB IN/OUT Define s th e st art ing time of th e cl ip t o be arc hive d. Duration Define s th e du rati on o f t h e curr ent cli p if IN or OU T poin t i s no t se t. Browse Allows you to loca te the start ing poin t by rev iewin g the vid eo. Clicki ng o n th e 142 butt on o pens a sec ond wind ow wi th pr eview .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Note Prior to star t r ecor ding file s, chec k th e d isk c apaci ty i nfor mati on b y clicki ng . A dia gram disp lays th e d isk c apac ity requ ired acc ording to the di ffer ent video sta ndard s an d bi tra tes.
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Issue 2.16.A 4.9.3 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 OUTPUTS TAB XStream Mul tit arge t al lo ws cre atin g t hree di ffer ent o utpu t f iles , wi th di ffere nt format , an d sa ving them to thr ee d iff eren t pat hs. This i s do ne wi thou t re du ction of bandwi dth.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A If the file name i s not fill e d in, th e def ault file name will be u sed. The ap prox imatin g filen ame is d ispl ayed be l ow th is f ield . I t t akes in to acco unt the exp ecte d va l ues f or the f ield s in clud ed i n th e filen ame. Output Mode It is no t mand ator y to u s e Secon dary a nd Th ird o utput s.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.10 CREATING JOBS IN QUICKSTART MODE The Quic kSta rt mod e all ows lau nchin g str aigh t a way the b acku p of on e o r sever al record t rain s of one or se veral EVS v ideo se rvers . The users s tart th e back up job s in Qui ckSt art mode from t he Qui ckSt art wind ow.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5. Click the Recor d bu tton to st art the job. This Quic kSta rt job wil l automa tica lly sta rt from the nowli ne as an end le ss job. Conseq uent ly, you will ha ve to sto p th e Qu ickS tart job ma nual ly. 4.10.2 QUICKSTART WINDOW This s ecti on d escr ibes th e fie lds and butt ons of th e Quic kSta rt w indow .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Field / Bu tton Descri ption XT Numbe r an d Nam e Displa ys the EVS se rve r number and n ame of the select ed s erve r. T his is a read- only fi eld. Recorde r ch annel Allows (de) sele ctin g th e reco rder chan nels of the specif ied EVS vid eo s erv er of whi ch t he r ecor d t r ains will b e ba cked up.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A 4.10.3 SETUP IN QUICKSTART MODE The set tin gs de fine d in the St orag e and Jobs tabs a ccess ed v ia th e menu Configu ratio n > Syst e m Confi gurat ion are th e def ault set tin gs i n Q uickSt art mode. In the Quic kSta rt Se tup window , you can howe ver de fine dif feren t st or age an d outpu t setti ngs, s peci fic ally for t he back up jobs in QuickSt art mod e.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 The Outpu t tab all ows th e user to defi ne the set ti ngs rela ted to the fo rmat and the name o f th e ba ckup fi le o r the bac kup c lip crea ted . These s etti ngs wi ll ha ve priori ty on the d efau lt se tting s def ined in th e Job s tab of the XS trea m Con figu rati o n wind ow. XFile Clipname Specif ies th e name of t h e clip tha t XFil e will cr e ate for th e back up of th e record train( s).
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4.10.5 STORAGE TAB The Stor age tab a llow s t he user to de fin e sett ing s on how and whe re the backup file w ill be stor ed. These se ttin gs wil l have priori ty on t he def ault s e tting s defi ned in the St or age tab of th e XS tream Con figu ra tion w indo w. Settin g Nam e Descri ption Number of disks Specif ies the n umber of disks ass igne d to t he channe ls t o back up.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5. External modules The d iffe rent ex tern al module s ar e a vail able f rom b oth XFIL E a nd X STREA M windows . 5.1 EDITING A CLIP Curren tly, y ou can ed it clips /fil es back ed up in EVS MXF, MXF OP 1A o r Quick Time Mov ie. Y ou wil l o nly be a ble t o pre view backup clip s/fi les h avi ng othe r format s. When sev eral clip s/fi les exist wi th th e same I Dmateri al an d fil e form at, e. g.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5.1.1 FILE INFO TAB The first ta b of the XFil e Edit Clip wind ow shows all curre nt data f or the s elect ed file: The list b ox in th e righ t area dis play s all cl ips sa ved in a comm on MXF fi l e. Use the into the MXF f ile .
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Issue 2.16.A 5.1.2 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 IN – OUT TAB In the IN- OUT tab , the user can , among o ther s, modify th e IN and OUT points , defin e a REF fra me, mo dify the asp ect rat io, sel ect the audi o t rack s t o monito r etc. Note The t imeco de i nfor mati o n dis play ed i n th e XF ile Edit Cli p wi ndow is in LTC ev en i f th e cl ip has been c reat ed w ith VITC a s prim ary timec ode.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 TC Mode Name Descri ption User Or igi nal Time code de fine d as th e user time co de when t he clip was record ed o n th e EV S vi de o serv er. LTC LTC tim e co de re defi ned after the cli p was rec or ded on the EVS vi deo serv er. If the LTC t ime co de h a s not b een r edef ined , thi s fiel d has the v alue of the LTC O rig inal time code .
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 B UTTONS The f irst seri es o f b utto n s gat hers the GRAB & EX PORT fu nct ions . The se cond ser ies of b utt ons ga ther s t he SE ARCH func tion s. The th ird seri es o f b utto n s gat hers the comma nds which m odi fy t he c lip. The fo urth ser ies of butt o ns ga thers th e PREV IEW funct ions .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A G RAB O PTIONS From t he I N-OUT tab of t he Edi t Cl ip m odul e, t he operat or c an s elec t o ne i mage i n the main w indow ( curre nt positi on of th e curso r) a nd click t he Gra b Field b utton o r the Gr ab F rame but ton to open the fol lowi ng d ialo g box : File Area Select th e fi lenam e an d t he des tin atio n fo lder to s ave t he JP G/BMP fi les.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 E XPORT O PTION The Expor t opti on makes it possibl e to extr act a porti on of clip f rom its o rigina l clip and expo rt it to a di f feren t MXF fi le. In this c ase a di ffer ent UmID is a ssigne d to th e new cl ip.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 A UDIO T RACK S ELECTION AND V UMETERS Audio Vumeters The IN -OUT tab dis play s as man y vu mete rs a s t he y are aud io track s i n th e clip: 0, 2, 4, 8 o r 16 . Examples 0 audi o 16 aud ios Audio Track Selection To select th e left ch ann el of an audio tr ack, le f t-cli ck the corr espo ndin g cross under the vume ter. The n L(eft) is disp laye d.
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Issue 2.16.A 5.1.3 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 CLIPNAME – KEYWORDS TAB In the Cli pname – Ke yw ord Tab, yo u can mod ify the UmID (ID lou th) an d VarID (exten ded ID), as well as modif y or add a C lipN am e or keywo rds. To modi fy th e UmID, Var ID, Cli pname or ke yword s, sele ct a c lip i n the lis t. Then enter t he ne w inf ormat i on in th e rel ated fiel d. The new c lipn ame/ key word is update d i n th e up per list .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5.1.4 Issue 2.16.A HD PREVIEW TAB When e diti ng a n HD clip , the H D Pre view tab is a dded to t he Ed it C lip mo dule in order to play back th e cl i p with fu ll q uali ty p revi ew in a lar ger view.
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Issue 2.16.A 5.2 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 SHUTTLEPRO USE IN EDIT CLIP MODULE From XF ile ver sion 1.1 2, the Shut tleP RO c an b e used to p erfo rm t he com mands corres pond ing to t he butt ons o f th e IN -OUT tab in the Ed it C lip modu le. This chap ter expl ains ho w to ins tall an d co nfig ur e the Sh uttl ePRO for us e in the Edit Cli p module .
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A The Im port Set ting s wi nd ow ope ns: 4. Select t he file XFile ShuttlePRO Settings Vx.xx.pref (Vx.xx referring to th e file ver sion) t hat con tain s the Shutt lePRO se ttin g s to be loa ded and clic k AP PLY. The App lica tion Set ting fiel d in th e Sh uttl e De vi ce Con figu rati on w indow is update d wi th the refe renc e to the XFil e se ttin gs: 5.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Shuttl ePRO Command Keyboar d Shortcu t Command Desc ripti on Go to nex t Goes t o t he n ext pict ure. CTRL+→: jump of 10 f ra mes fo rward s ALT+→: jump of 1 sec . f orward s JOG 166 Jog Le ft Goes t o t he p revio us p ict ure. Jog R igh t Goes t o t he n ext pict ure.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5.3 Issue 2.16.A XFILE CLIP INFO EXPORTER The XFi le Cl ip In fo Ex po rter i s an e xter nal mo dul e that allo ws ex port ing t he cli p metada ta o f all the clip s l ocated in a giv en fo lder t o an XML , TXT or CS V fi l e. Thi s optio n ca n be use ful for p rinti ng p urpos es.
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Issue 2.16.A 5.3.1 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 HOW TO EXPORT DATA TO AN XML, TXT OR CSV FILE You can expor t the meta data of all t he cl ips l oca ted in a give n fol der t o a TXT, XML of CSV fil e. To exp ort data to an exte rnal file , pr ocee d as fol lo ws: 1. Double -cli ck th e XFil e C lip Inf o Expo rter icon o n the de skto p to o pen t h e XFile_ Clip Info_ Expor ter windo w. Click the BROW SE butt o n in the Folder to Sc an a rea.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5.3.2 Issue 2.16.A CONFIGURING THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER Config urin g t he X File Cli p Exp orte r co nsis ts in s pecify ing whi ch m etad at a fie ld s have to be ex port ed to t he outpu t file s.
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Issue 2.16.A 5.3.3 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 FIELDS IN THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes the vari ous fiel ds i n the Co nfig urat ion wind ow : Field Descri ption Drop-d own l ist box in wh ich t he u ser sele cts the separa tor to be use d i n t he TX T an d C SV file s t o separa te the m etad ata va lues of a cli p. Left list box List of a ll s elec tabl e cl ip metada ta.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Field Descri ption Button to exp ort th e sele ction o f metad ata f ield s into an e xter nal file . The co nfig urat ion fil e is g enerat ed in t he f olde r C:\P rog ram Fi le s\ EVS Bro adc ast Equi pme nt\ XFi le an d is call ed X Fil e_C lip Inf o_E x port er_ Con fig _F i le.x ml . Button to m ove d own one po siti on t he cl ip metada ta s elec ted in the right tab le.
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Issue 2.16.A 5.3.5 XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 HOW TO IMPORT THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER CONFIGURATION TO A FILE When a us er rec eive s a confi gura tion f ile g ener at ed with t he XFi le Cl ip E xporte r and need s to appl y this confi gura tion to i ts XFil e Clip Expor ter mod ule, h e needs to imp ort the con figu rati o n fil e.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5.4 STORYBOARD In th e X File Lis t o f t he M ainte nance mo de, the St oryboar d b utto n i s av ail able fo r export ing dat a to HTML fi le fo rmat. 5.4.1 HOW TO EXPORT DATA TO HTML FILE (STORYBOARD) To exp ort data to an H TM L fil e, p roce ed a s fo llow s : 1. Click 2. Enter a f ilen ame f or the HTML fi le. 3. Define a fold er t o sa ve t h e thum bnai ls. 4.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual Issue 2.16.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Appendix 1: XF2 Hardware HARDWARE DESCRIPTION The XFil e sof twar e is in s talle d in a wo rkst atio n o perat ing un der Wi ndows XP Pro, Windows 7 or Win dows S erver 200 8 (32 bits ). The standard sy stem is In tel Core2 Duo E6 300 Proce ssor , In t el Mot herb oard wit h DRA M 1GB and an EV S PCX board. Note The PCX 1 bo ard is n ot co mpatib le w ith XFil e v2 .00 and high er.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 INSTALLING A NEW HARD DISK The a im o f t he foll owin g proced ure is to desc ribe how t o p lace and fo rmat a new storag e ha rd d isk int o an XF2. I t i s di vide d in to t hr ee par ts: 1. Mounti ng t he D isk into th e Carr ier 2. Creati ng a Par titi on o n t h e Stor age Disk 3. Disabl ing the Disk Ind exi ng M OUNTING THE D ISK INTO THE C ARRIER 1. Config ure th e hard di sk in Master mo de.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A C REATING A P ARTITION ON THE S TORAGE D ISK 1. From t he desk top, rig ht click on My C omput er a nd se lect Man age from t he contex tua l men u. The Com pute r Ma nagem e nt win dow open s. 2. Select D isk Ma nagem e nt from t he Sto rage s ectio n in th e Compu te r Managem ent tree vi ew. The new di sk wil l appe a r as Unknow n and Not Initia liz ed. A red icon i s displa yed next to the dis k name. 3.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 HARD DISK CONFIGURATION EVS pr ovid es t he f ollow i ng har d di sks.
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XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 2.16.A CREATING AND REINSTALLING A GHOST OF YOUR SYSTEM The a im o f th is proce du re is to des cribe how to crea te a gh ost image of yo ur system and how to rest or e your sys tem w ith an exi sting imag e. Note All de live ring sys tems h ave a R : RES TORE p ar titio n lo cate d on the system dis k.
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Issue 2.16.A XFile Version 2.16 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 H OW TO C REATE A N EW G HOST I MAGE OF YOUR S YSTEM 180 1. Reboot the syst em on B ootab le DVD (or USB k e y) whic h is del iver ed wi t h the orig inal sy stem . On XFILE sys tem, mod ify B oot prio rity in t he BIOS setti ngs in o rder to boot on th e USB key . 2. For USB key onl y, s elec t ‘EVS G host Back up o r Re store’ in the menu . 3. In th e gh ost star tup wind ow, pr ess ENTER. 4.
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