User Manual Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- What’s New in Version 2.19?
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Software Installation
- 3. XFile Module
- 3.1 System Configuration
- 3.2 Startup
- 3.3 Session Configuration
- 3.3.1 Tab 1 - Autobackup
- 3.3.2 Tab 2 – MXF Metadata
- 3.3.3 Tab 3 – Manual Backup
- 3.3.4 Tab 4 – Scan Folder
- 3.3.5 Tab 5 – Grab
- 3.3.6 Tab 6 – Export
- 3.3.7 Tab 7 – XML
- 3.3.8 Tab 8 – User Parameters
- Autostart
- Autobackup at Startup
- Confirm Manual Backup
- Confirm Manual Restore
- Confirm Manual Update
- Cancel Backups Scheduled when Stopping Autobackup
- Use Fixed Size Font for Clipnames and Keywords
- Publish Clips with Original UmID (Warning publish will failed if UmID already present on XNet)
- Publish Clips with Original VarID (Warning publish will failed if VarID already published on XFile)
- Import: Use Filename to fill Clipname Metadata
- Dual Path Editing
- 3.4 User Interface
- 3.4.1 Overview of the main Window
- 3.4.2 XFile List
- 3.4.3 Network status
- 3.4.4 Disk Usage and Disk Mode
- 3.4.5 Jobs Status Area
- 3.5 Autobackup Mode
- 3.6 Backup Mode
- 3.7 Restore Mode
- 3.8 Publish Mode
- 3.9 Maintenance Mode
- 3.10 Clip Maintenance
- 3.11 Disks-Folders Maintenance
- 3.12 Playlist Maintenance
- 3.13 Job Status
- 3.14 Re-Scan Disks
- 3.15 Statistics
- 4. XStream
- 4.1 Scheduler and QuickStart Modes
- 4.2 Information & Menu Area
- 4.3 Time Grid
- 4.4 Channels Area
- 4.5 Status Area
- 4.6 System Configuration
- 4.7 Record Grid Menu
- 4.8 Contextual Menu in the Scheduler
- 4.9 Creating and Editing Jobs in Scheduler Mode
- 4.10 Creating Jobs in QuickStart Mode
- 5. External modules
- Appendix 1: XF2 Hardware
- Notes

Issue 2.19.A
XFile Version 2.19 – User Manual
EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2012
126
Default Job Duration
(default: 1 hour)
Select Default Output Mode
Output File Format
Seven different output formats are available to save the files. Depending on the format
selected, various parameters fields will be displayed in the Option area.
File Format Specific Information
EVS MXF
The user can add the output file to the CleanEdit database by
selecting the Upd. CleanEdit
check box (i.e. Update
CleanEdit).
The V/A file can be accessed in CleanEdit before the
completion of the recording.
MXF OP1a (IMX
Only)
The user can add the output file to the CleanEdit database by
selecting the Upd. CleanEdit
check box (i.e. Update
CleanEdit).
The V/A file can be accessed in CleanEdit before the
completion of the recording.
Quick Time Movie The user can optimize the FCP by selecting the FCP Opt.
check box (i.e. FCP Optimization).
Quick Time
Reference
The user can optimize the FCP by selecting the FCP Opt.
check box (i.e. FCP Optimization).
Transfer to Avid
Ingest Device
With this format, you need to specify an Avid Media Type in the
Default Avid Ingest Device Media Format group box. See
section ‘Default Avid Ingest Device Media Format’, on page
127.
Avid MXF OPAtom
None.
Avid OP1a (Std
SMPTE)
The user can add the output file to the CleanEdit database by
selecting the Upd. CleanEdit
check box (i.e. Update
CleanEdit). The V/A file can be accessed in CleanEdit before
the completion of the recording.
Always Generate EVS.XML
With the EVS MXF file format, the metadata is included in the header of MXF files. While
with all the other formats, no metadata is delivered with the output file.
With all the file formats, selecting the option Always Generate EVS.XML will generate an
EVS.XML file for each backup file created in the XStream module. This is not available
with the Transfer to Avid Ingest Device option. The EVS.XML file contains the metadata
on the backup file.










