XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.
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XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. – Copyright © 2005-2013. All rights reserved. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... IV 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................. 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 Introduction .................................................................................................................
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 Network Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 XFly Streamer is a software dedicated to the backup of streams from one or several EVS video servers (XT2, XT2+, XT3, XS, XTnano). XFly Streamer manages the backup and transfer of all streams selected by the operator. This manual describes the configuration interface, which is easy to use and straightforward.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 100BT PC LAN (MTPC Network) The guidelines for the minimum software and hardware requirements are: OS: Windows 7 Pro Software: Framework .NET 4.0 Motherboard: I5 660 - 3.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 To install XFly Streamer, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click the XFly Streamer installer, and follow the steps of the setup wizard. 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select I accept the agreement and click Next. 4. Browse to an installation folder destination and click Next. 5. Browse to a folder where to save the AV files and data (for instance, drive S: for XFLY device), and click Next. 6.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 After the installation, the following shortcuts are added to your desktop: XSquare and XTAccess are automatically associated and XTAccess is automatically launched at start-up and minimized in the task bar. Important When you first start XTAccess, the application modifies or adds the TcpAckFrequency key in the Windows registry. This key allows better backup performances. XTAccess needs then to be re-started.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 The installer sets up automatically all software and components, therefore no additional setting is required prior to operate XFly Streamer. The following parameters of the local XSquare have been modified during the installation process: Total Max. Destinations is set to 15 in order to operate both Nano.Air and XFly.Streamer applications. Total Max.
Issue 2.0 XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 Click "Add a Windows credential", and fill the remote computer address, user name and password fields. For each remote system, two credentials must be added: one with the IP address, the other with the machine name.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 When you need to install a new license code, or extend the validity of a temporary license code, you must use the XSecure Manager application.Start the XSecure Manager application by double-clicking the XSecure Manager shortcut on your desktop.How to Get a License Key FileIn the XSecure Manager application, fill in the Customer Information area. Click the Request button from the Operations area below.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 The XFly Streamer window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot, and described in the table below: 1 3 4 2 5 Area Description 1. Storage and Processing Devices Selection From this area, the operator can select the device to store the AV files, and the device (i.e. the XSQ/XTA) to process the different tasks for grabbing thumbnails and for recording streams. 2.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 Thanks to BONJOUR protocol, at start-up, XFLY systems are detected and listed in a drop-down list. Clicking on the arrow on the right will display all systems detected. In the dropdown list, XFly is identified as Machine_Name + EVS_SN. Note The local device is displayed on the top of the list with bold letters.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 Filters This pane displays the four families of EVS video servers which can be seen by Xfly Streamer: XT series, XS, XTnano and XSnano. Select one or several server types you want to display in the servers' list. Select servers and then channels This pane displays a list of all available servers found on the network after a discovery process. This list is based on the selection made in the Filters pane.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 This area contains the following buttons and fields: Button/Field Description Server TC This field displays the timecode reference of the first server selected in the servers list. This field is not editable. TC IN The TC IN field is editable. Click into the TC IN field and enter a value. Press ENTER to validate. The TC IN value must exist in the material of the selected server.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 Button/Field Description Stop button The Stop button allows to stop the backup of the record trains on all selected channels. As the backup files need to close properly, it can however take some time before the job is finalized. During this time, the message "Finalizing..." will be displayed in the status area.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 The settings defined in this area are memorized, and will be restored at next start of the application. Important XTAccess is restricted to file transfer with wrapping when required, but cannot perform any format transcoding.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 For generating EVS XML metadata, select the first option. This EVS metadata file can be generated with all wrappers. For generating FCP XML metadata select the second option. This FCP metadata file can be generated only when QT Movie and QT Reference wrappers are selected and is set by default. An additional parameter: \\\Volumes is required to be compatible with MAC OS.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 The filename is user-defined and can be modified as desired. A direct access to the Prefix field allows the user to set a different name to each recording, for example: Take01, Take02… Click the Edit button to change the autonaming pattern: Click the Reset button to restore the default filename.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 In case a stream is a backup with endless command, the application will stop the backup when the maximum duration defined in this field has been reached. The default value is 300 minutes and the value can be set from 1 to 300 minutes. Clicking on the icon opens the About window: This window displays the following items: The XFly Streamer application version. A link to this User Manual in digital format.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 To start the recording, proceed as follows: 1. Click this shortcut to launch the XFly. Streamer software. The following screen appears: 2. Select the XFly hardware (storing device) and the processing device (i.e. XTAccess) from the two drop-down lists in the upper left corner. The local system and software if present always appear in bold at the top of the list. 3.
Issue 2.0 XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 The selected channel is now displayed in the channel area with thumbnails generation to preview the channel: 5. Repeat step 4 to select all channels desired. 6. Check and, if necessary, modify the wrapper selected, the destination path to save the file, the format string for automatic file naming, and/or the maximum recording duration. 7.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 Note As the backup files need to close properly, it can however take some time before all jobs are finalized When a job has failed, a retry command is available in the Channel pane. The user has the possibility to retry the job without stopping or re-starting the other jobs in progress. The Retry button is only available for the job(s) failed in the same channel pane.
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XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.0 EVS Broadcast Equipment – September 2013 For DB maintenance, automatic scripts have been added in order to delete numerous GRAB jobs created during XFST operations and saved to XSQ Database. These jobs can be deleted on a regular basis without affecting the XFST operations and in order to avoid unnecessary entries in the SQL database of XSquare. Three scripts are added to your system during the installation of XFLY.
XFLY.STREAMER – Version 1.03 – User Manual Issue 2.
