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XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 C OPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2008 - 2010. All rights reserved. D ISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for inform ational use only and subject to change without notice.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 2 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 6 2. HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................... 8 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ...........
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7.5 LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEVICES ..........................................38 7.5.1 Management of XML Jobs ....................................................................................................38 7.5.2 Control Parameters ...............................................................................................................39 8. SCAN FOLDER ..............
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 15. ADDITIONAL CODEC FILE ON THE FLY ............................................................. 64 15.1 WORKFLOW..............................................................................................................................64 15.2 CODECS SUPPORTED.............................................................................................................65 15.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 22.2 EXAMPLE OF XML EVS SERVER COPY FILE ........................................................................92 22.3 FORCE TRANSCODING EVS SERVER TO EVS SERVER ......................................................93 23. INTEGRATION WITH XEDIO ................................................................................. 94 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 WORKFLOW................................
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. Introduction The Gigabit connection on EVS server makes it possible to transfer video and audio material from the EVS servers to external systems via the TCP/IP network. The external systems can be the following ones: • A storage system or an archiving system, such as XStore, XFile or a 3 r d party storage. • A non-linear Editing system, such as EVS CleanEdit, Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid.
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Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 2. Hardware Recommendations The XTAccess software is installed on a workstation operating under Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server. The minimum system requirements are: • Workstation or Laptop • XP Pro OS, Windows 2003 Server • CPU Pentium P4, 2.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 3. Software Installation The installation package is based on one installshield: XTAccess_1.14.xx_Setup.exe For the CleanEdit Integration Option, contact the CleanEdit support to install the compliant software. To install XTAccess; proceed as follows: 1. Copy the installshield XTAccess_1.14.xx_Setup.exe in a temp directory (e.g. C:\Install Software\XTAccess\). 2.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. Select “I accept the agreement” and press NEXT 5. Select the destination directory to install the new software and then press NEXT.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 6. You can select here the different XTAccess components: • Install VCRedist: If you install XTAccess for the first time on this workstation, you need to install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable application by selecting “ Install VCRedist”. For future installations or upgrade, you may deselect this option to reduce installation time.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7. Specify the start folder directory and then press NEXT. 8. Press INSTALL to begin the installation of XTAccess. 9. If you have selected “Install XTGateway”: the XTGateway Setup will appear XTAccess has been installed. 10. If you have selected “Install XSecure Manager”: the Xsecure Setup will appear after the installation of XTAccess.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 The XTAccess software installation is successfully completed. Note The installer includes a registry key that disables the autorun function on USB keys to avoid virus intrusion. Note that a Shortcut of XTAccess has been automatically created on the desktop. XTAccess icon is the following: When you first launch XTAccess, the application modifies or adds the TcpAckFrequency in the registry.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. XSecure Management From XTAccess v.1.07.22, XSecure is used. XSecure can be installed with XTAccess installshield (see the chapter ‘Softw are Installation’). XSecure uses hardware information from the device where XTAccess is running. This means it is impossible to exchange licenses or codes between devices. Please refer to the XSecure User’s Manual to: 4.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 5. Unicode and XTAccess 5.1 CONFIGURATION To use different languages and Unicode instead of ASCII characters: you have first to configure Windows: 1. Select your keyboard in your Unicode language 2.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 5.2 METADATA These Metadata Tags can be used in Unicode: • ClipName • Keyword • VarID The UmID cannot be Unicode. 5.3 FILENAME XTAccess never generates files with Unicode filenames. Files are named "UnicodeFilename.mxf" instead of the "real" Unicode clipname. XTAccess is capable to use files with Unicode filenames. These files can be located in a folder having a Unicode filename.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 6. User Interface 6.1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess has been designed to be used as a black box. It is mainly controlled by external systems via XM L files or other processes. When the XTAccess application is launched the following GUI is displayed on the workstation. 6.2 JOBS MONITORING The main window displays the status of each job handled by XTAccess.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Column heading Description Destination This is the target destination of the job. • Backup: folder to store the file • Avid Ingest Name • Restore, XT Copy: FTP address of the EVS server Status Status of the job: • In Progress: The job is running • Done: the job is done and successful • Error Message: the transfer has failed. Please check the list of error messages and the reason in Section 20.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 6.4 APPLICATION TITLE BAR 6.4.1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess Title bar displays some useful information: 6.4.2 • XTAccess 1.14.xx: Version of the running application • [SN: 120010]: EVS Serial Number of the computer • X/Y: Ratio of Running Jobs (X) versus the Max. Running Jobs available (Y). Example - 2/6: This means 2 jobs are currently running.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 R EPORTING S YSTEM This window allows you to activate the reporting system of XTAccess to Vedio. 20 Command name Description Nickname Allows you to define a nicknam e for XTAccess Group Allows you to define a group to which XTAccess will belong in the Vedio user interface.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 G RAPHICAL S ETTINGS These settings relate to the generation of files/clips from a picture (BMP, TIFF & TGA formats) or audio (Wav, BWav). Command name Description Video System Select either Pal or NTSC, in progressive or not. Sequence TimeCode Enter the value of the first TC included in the destination file/clip.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 S HOW B UTTONS Select this option if you want to see the buttons in the XTAccess Interface. If the option is not selected you can right click on XTaccess to create XML scan unit or open the Scan folder. E NABLE T EST M ODE Select this option if you want to use the test mode of XTAccess. Please contact EVS support if you want to use it as it is not supported.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 6.5 CONTEXTUAL MENU Command Name Description Abort job The selected job is immediately aborted.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7. XML Jobs Scan 7.1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess is triggered by external applications (like IPDirector), mainly via XML files. XTAccess scans pre-defined folders to check for new XM L jobs to process. The details of the XML format will be described in the following sections, especially for each job type. The scan process of XML jobs is anyway identical for any type of job. 7.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Supported from IPDirector version Backup Clip from XT to file 1.05 4.3 Backup Clip from XT to file 1.05 5 20 Backup Train from XT to file 1.05 5 21 Update Backup Train 1.05 5 9 Backup Playlist /cut from XT or files to files 1.09 10 Render Playlist /concat from XT or files to 1 file 1.09 4.3 24 Render Playlist /concat from XT to XT 1.09 5 Transfer from file to file 1.04 4.4 Transfer from file to file 1.04 4.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7.3 CREATION OF A XML JOBS SCAN 7.3.1 CREATING A NEW XML SCAN On the XTAccess GUI, select the New XML Scan button to create a new scan session for XML jobs: The following window is displayed: Point to the folder where XTAccess will check for XML jobs, and click Start after you have checked the XM L Scan settings.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7.3.2 XML SCAN DIALOG BOX Field/Button Description Title Bar The Title Bar specifies the ID of Scan XML Jobs folder. XML Scan[1] –0/6 It also displays the number of running jobs vs the max. running jobs allowed for this scan folder. XML Root Folder to be scanned by XTAccess. This folder can be entered manually or selected using Window s Explorer with the associated button.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 T ITLE B AR The Title Bar displays one of the following information: 28 • [2MB Blocks EVS MXF]: A backup of clip or train will be wrapped in EVS MXF in native 2 MB Blocks. This is the default setting for backup. • [8MB Blocks EVS MXF]: A backup of clip or train will be wrapped in EVS MXF in native 8 MB Blocks.
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XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • 7.3.4 Path: This is the destination target path used for the metadata XML file NLE CONFIGURATION The NLE settings are used to set up the integration with AVID , FCP, Xedio or EVS. The NLE settings can also be used directly in the XML job but some of them are not yet implemented in IPDirector.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Password Web Services Host Link to the Web Service on the Avid Interplay System.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 F INAL C UT P RO For FinalCutPro applications, these settings allow you to save the FCP XM L Metadata file with the file generated with XTAccess and configure which EVS metadata you want to keep to FCP Field/Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings. Save EDL to disk Allows you to back up the FCP XML file on disk.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Quick Time Movies Local Path 34 Local path (where your backed up clip is saved on your FCP computer) referenced into the XML FCP to point to the Quick Time Movies File. Final Cut Pro only supports local paths.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 EVSEDL For EVS applications, these settings allow you to save the EDL with the concatenate playlist file or the backup of playlist. Field/Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 X EDIO For Xedio applications, the settings allow you to reference media to the Xedio database in case of Backup file 36 Field/Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7.4 XML JOBS PROCESSING 7.4.1 LAUNCH OF MULTIPLE XML JOBS SCAN One can launch as many XML Jobs Scan folders as wished. Each XML Jobs Scan window can be positioned anywhere on the desktop. 7.4.2 START OF XML JOBS SCAN When the XML Jobs Scan folder is displayed, the scan process begins when clicking the START button.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7.5 LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEVICES Multiple XTAccess devices can scan the same XML scan folder. In order to efficiently distribute the XM L jobs over all the XTAccess devices, load balancing rules must be defined. 7.5.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 7.5.2 CONTROL PARAMETERS Some parameters have been added to better control the load balancing job management. Those parameters can be changed in the registry. XTAccess must be re-started in order to take them into account. • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\Max Running Jobs (default value = 6): Maximum amount of jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess.
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XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 8. Scan Folder The scan folder allows you to restore / copy / transcoded files from a folder. XTAccess waits to have write access on the scanned files before processing them. 8.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 The main window lists all the scan folders defined by XTAccess: Column heading Description Folder • Path: path of the folder to scan. • Check Box: if selected, this scan folder is considered when XTAccess starts scanning. 42 Job Type Type of Job (Copy, Restore, Graph Sequ.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 8.2 ADD AND EDIT A SCAN FOLDER ITEM When adding a new scan folder item or editing a selected and existing scan folder item, the following settings window is displayed.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Column heading Description Job Type Restore: Select this option if you want to restore the scanned files Transcode: Select this option if you want to transcode the scanned files Graph Sequ.: Select this option if you want to create sequence with the graphic files which are in the folder that you are scanning Scan Folder Path of the folder to scan Scan Filter List of file extensions to scan.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Column heading Description Target Server If you have selected ‘Target EVS Server’ Job Target, you can specify here the destination EVS server and location Server IP: IP address of the target EVS server User : FTP login of the target EVS server Password : password of the target EVS server Location: ClipID of the first location to check when restoring.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • Lax Rest.: Typically used for automation which needs to keep the VarID from the source file but can regenerate the MaterialID and UmID (LouthID).
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 8.3 CLEANEDIT INTEGRATION WITH THE SCAN FOLDER 8.3.1 OVERVIEW XTAccess is able with the scan folder to transcode one High Res file to Low Res and reference it into CleanEdit DB. 8.3.2 WORKFLOW 1. A file is dropped in the ScanFolder (D:\myScanFolder\myFile.evs.mxf) 2. The transcoded file and its companion EVS_Metadata file is generated in D:\CleanEdit\Low\ 3.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • 8.4 If the source file has no EVS Metadata file, XTAccess will create, during the source file move, a light EVS Metadata file for the referencing into the CleanEdit DB REMARKS ON THE SCAN PROCESS XTAccess processes only the files with a size bigger than 0KB XTAccess can scan an EVS XML file. In this case you need to define *.evs.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 9. Backup of EVS Server Clips to Files This section covers XML Jobs IDs: 9.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. An external system, for example IPDirector, sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an EVS server. 2. XTAccess processes the XML file: a. It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from EVS. b. It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the external system c.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 07-Mar-2008 07-Mar-2008 The description of each XML tag is described in the ”XML Jobs” document. 9.3 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS (NON XML) Some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 10. Restore/Copy of Files to EVS Server This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #1: Restore Clip from file to EVS Server (IPDirector v5 onwards) • Job #2: Copy Clip from file to EVS Server (IPDirector v5 onwards) • Job #12: Short Copy Clip (IPDirector v5 onwards) 10.1 WORKFLOW The restore process can be set up in two different ways: • via XML jobs sent by an external application.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 10.1.1 WORKFLOW (RESTORE VIA XML JOBS) EXPLANATION 1. An external system (which can generate XML files to restore clips, for example MediaXChange or IPDirector) sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the restore (copy) of clips from an archiving or backup system to a given EVS server. 2. XTAccess processes the XML job: a. It gets the file to restore from the external system. b.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 11. Rendering of EDL to one file This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #1O: Renders a Playlist/TimeLine from an EVS Server (XT clips only) or from EVS EDL (XT clips and/or Media files) to a solid file. 11.1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS (NON XML) In the XTAccess XML configuration, you have to define an XM L profile that will specify the codec and the wrapper for the destination file.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 11.1.1 REGISTRY SETTINGS • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\ Max Transcoding Jobs (default value = 1): Maximum amount of transcoding jobs simultaneously processed by XTAccess (rendering of playlist included) 11.2 XTGATEWAY The rendering process will be in fact done by XTGateway.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 11.3 SMART RENDERING XTAccess will only transcode the effects if the source clip or file and the destination file have the same codec: XTAccess will only render needed content 11.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 12. Rendering of EDL to one EVS Server clip This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #24: Render a Playlist/TimeLine from a EVS Server (XT clips only) or from EVS EDL (XT clips and/or media files) to a solid clip on an XT. 12.1 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS (NON XML) You have to define in the XTAccess XM L configuration one XML profile that will define the codec of the destination clip. 12.1.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 12.2 XTGATEWAY XTGateway will handle the rendering process. You can find XTGateway in the Windows systray Nothing has to be configured in this window, except the cache size. The cache size depends on the number of rendering jobs that you want to execute at the same time (see the HKEY_CURRENT_U SER \Software\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\ Max Transcoding Jobs registry key).
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 12.3 SMART RENDERING XTAccess will only transcode the effects if the source clip or file and the destination file have the same codec: XTAccess will only render needed content 12.4 EFFECTS See the EVS EDL – Structure and Effects Description v1.0.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 13. Backup of EDL to files This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #9: Backup Playlist from EVS Server to files with EDL creation for EVS, AVID and FCP. Remark: Since the Backup Playlist job generates several files, it is forbidden to have a "Job_Dest_File" with a full path (folder + filename). In that case, an error will be returned. Only folders are accepted.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 13.2 SMART BACKUP MODE If the target file is already present in the EDL asset, XTAccess will not back up again the elements. Short Backup: In this case represented in the schema above, XTAccess will back up the two elements In this case represented in the schema above, XTAccess will back up the clip1 and the Clip3 but not the clip2. 13.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 14. File Rewrap This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #40: Transfer file to file (IPDirector v5 onwards) • Job #41: Partial transfer file to file (IPDirector v5 onwards) 14.1 WORKFLOW Only clips having one of the following formats can be rewrapped: EVS MXF, MXF OP-1A or Quick Time (depending on the video codec).
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. An external system (which can generate XML files for restoring clips, for example IPDirector v5) sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the rewrap of a file from an archiving or backup system to a new file format and archive storage. 2. XTAccess processes the XML job: a. It gets the file to rewrap from the external system. b. It generates a new file on the destination storage. 14.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 15. Additional Codec file on the fly XTAccess can transcode on the fly a clip from EVS Server or a file to another format (codec & wrapper). To use the transcoding, you need to have the XTAccess Transcoding XSecure Code (see chapter 4 ‘XSecure Management’ on page 14). 15.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. As transcoding is not yet available with XM L job file, you have to configure XTAccess in transcoding mode. 2. An external system, for example IPDirector, sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip or rewrap of a given file in native EVS codec format 3. XTAccess processes the XML file: a.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Be careful this folder is updated at each new installation of XTAccess. If you want to create your own profile, please use the “C:\Program Files\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\Encoder Profiles\ Custom Profiles” folder that is not removed or updated. See chapter 17 ‘Example of Encoder profiles’ on page 72 for more details.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 15.3.1 SMART RENDERING XTAccess automatically analyze the source and destination codec and bitrates and will only perform a rewrapping if they are identical. Special cases: DNxHD 100 vs DNxHD 120/145 : as XTAccess must be compliant to Avid standards, those codecs are considered as identical with regards to the smart transcoding criteria. This feature is supported for all XML jobs. 15.3.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 16. Transcoding files XTAccess can also transcode files to another file format. 16.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. As transcoding is not yet available with XM L job file, you have to configure XTAccess in transcoding mode. 2. An external system (which can generate XML files for restoring clips, for example IPDirector v5) sends an XML job to XTAccess to request the rewrap of a file from an archiving or backup system to a new file format and archive storage. 3. XTAccess processes the XML job: a.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 16.4 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS (NON XML) Transcoding XTAccess settings are not supported by XML. They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan (see section 7.3.3 ‘XML Scan Settings’ on page 27). • Default File Transcoding profile : this is the XM L profile used by XTAccess which defines the codec and parameter of the codec used by XTAccess to Transcode the file.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 See chapter 17 ‘Example of Encoder profiles’ on page 72 for more details. 16.4.1 SMART RENDERING XTAccess automatically analyze the source and destination codec and bitrates and will only perform a rewrapping if they are identical.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 17. Example of Encoder profiles Encoding profiles are XM L files that define the codec and codec parameters used by XTAccess to transcode the file. You can find bellow some examples. For more information about the transcoding profile you can use the “ Encoder Profiles.pdf” document which explains all the tags present in the encoder profile. 17.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 17.2 AVID DNXHD® DNxHD® codec uses the EVSDNxHDEncoder dll encoder (C:\Program Files\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\EVSEncoders\EVSDNxHDEncoder.dll) which is installed with XTAccess. You can find here an example of DNxHD® encoder profile.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 18. Examples of Configuration You can find here some examples of workflows, which use the transcoding feature of XTAccess. 18.1 BACKUP EVS SERVER NATIVE CODEC + CREATION OF LOW RES 1. Create a “standard” target destination into IPD 2. Create a Scan XML 3. Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings. a. Select “Create Additional Codec …" b.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Result Each new Backup job from IPD will create: • one transcoded file in MPEG1 (\\172.24.1.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 18.2 TRANSCODE NATIVE EVS SERVER CLIP 1. Create a “standard” target destination into IPD 2. Create a Scan XML 3. Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a. Select “Transcode the source ..“ b.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 18.3 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO FILE 1. Create a “standard” target destination into IPD 2. Create a Scan XML 3. Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a. Select “Transcode the source …" b.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 18.4 DOUBLE TRANSCODING 1. Create a “standard” target destination into IPD 2. Create a Scan XML 3. Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings a. Select “Transcode the source …" b. Select the DNxHD profile in the C:\Program Files\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTA ccess\Encoder Profiles\Defa ult EVS Profiles folder c. Select “Create Additional codec …" d.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Result Each new rewrap job from IPD will create: • one MPEG 1 transcoded file in the Target Path folder configured into XTAccess (\\172.24.1.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 18.5 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO EVS SERVER USING XML JOB 1. Create a “standard” target destination into IPD 2. Create a Scan XML 3. Click on the XML Scan Settings button and configure the XTAccess settings f. Select “Transcode source …" the g.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 19. Backup of EVS Server Trains to Files This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #20: Backup Train (IPDirector v5 onwards) • Job #21: Update Backup Train Job (IPDirector v5 onwards) 19.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. An external system, for example IPDirector, sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given train available on an EVS server. 2. XTAccess processes the XML file: a. It gets the data stream (train) from EVS that has to be backed up. b. It generates a backup file of the train c. It stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 19.3 EXAMPLE OF XML UPDATE TRAIN 633 15 21 3362636 The description of each XML tag is described in the ”XML Jobs” document. 19.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 19.6 MISCELLANEOUS 19.6.1 BACKUP/UPDATE OF TRAINS AND LOAD BALANCING • It is not recommended to perform load balancing between several XML Scan folders when requesting backup of trains. • We recommend dedicating specific XTAccess for your Backup of train. For example one XTAccess for two backups of train. Like this, you are sure that your backups of train are done directly and quickly. 19.6.
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Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. An external system, for example IPDirector, sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the transfer of a given clip, created on an EVS server, to Avid Transfer Manager. XTAccess processes the XML file. 2. XTAccess sets up a connection with Avid Transfer Manager server. 3.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 20.3 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF STREAM RECORD TRAIN
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 20.5 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS (NON XML) Some XTAccess settings are not supported by XML. They must therefore be specified in the local settings of the XML Jobs Scan (see section 7.3.3 ‘XML Scan Settings’ on page 27). 20.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 21. Transfer to Avid WebService This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #0: Backup Clip from XT to file (IPDirector v4 onwards) • Job #11: Short Backup Clip from XT to file (IPDirector v5 onwards) • Job #9: Backup Playlist from XT to files (cut) 21.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. An external system, for example IPDirector, sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an EVS server. 2. XTAccess processes the XML file: a. It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from EVS. b. It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the external system (no transcoding feature, only native codec). In OPATOM c.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 22. EVS Server Copy This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #13: EVS Server Copy (IPDirector v4 onwards) • Job #44: Short EVS Server Copy (IPDirector v5 onwards) 22.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. An external system, for example IPDirector, sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the transfer of a given clip created on an EVS server to another EVS server. XTAccess processes the XML file: 2. XTAccess gets the clip content from EVS that has to be transferred and sets up an FTP proxy connection between both EVS servers. 3. The clip is copied to the destination EVS server through XTAccess.
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Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 23. Integration with XEDIO This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #0: Backup Clip from EVS Server to file (IPDirector v4 onwards) • Job #11: Short Backup Clip from XT to file (IPDirector v5 onwards) • Job #20: Backup Train (IPDirector v5 onwards) • Job #21: Update Backup Train Job (IPDirector v5 onwards) You need to install the XedioXTAccessIntegration_x.xx.xx.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. An external system, for example IPDirector, sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup and reference of a given clip created on an EVS server to Xedio database. XTAccess processes the XML file: 2. It gets the clip content, which has to be backed up, from EVS. 3. It generates a backup file 4. It stores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 23.2 EXAMPLE OF XML TRANSFER TO XEDIO FILE To identify the clip you want to transfer to CleanEdit you can use the UmID , VarID or LsmID
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 23.3 XTACCESS CONFIGURATION The Xedio referencing can be configured in the XM L job or directly in the XML scan settings. Field/Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 23.4 REGISTRY SETTINGS • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EVS Broadcast Equipment\Common \ MinFieldsToWriteBeforeRefInCEDB: Specific setting to wait a specific number of fields before referencing clips into Xedio • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\S OFTWARE\EVS Broadcast Equipment\Common \FileWriter NoBuffering: Specific setting to transfer a file without any buffering.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 24. Grab Field from EVS Server XTAccess is able to grab a field of any clip on a EVS server through an XM L trigger. This process is mainly used by IPDirector to create thumbnails in the IPD Database Explorer. This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #6: Grab Field from EVS Server (IPDirector v4 onwards) 24.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 25. Grab Field from File XTAccess is able to grab a field of any clip through an XML trigger. This process is mainly used by IPDirector to create thumbnails in the IPD Database Explorer. This section covers XML Jobs IDs: 25.1 EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TO A FILE
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 26. Delete File from Disk XTAccess is able to delete a file from a disk. This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #5: Delete File from disk (IPDirector v5.2 onwards) 26.1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE FILE XML JOB
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 27. Delete Clip from EVS Server XTAccess is able to delete a clip from a EVS Server. This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #3: Delete Clip from EVS Server (IPDirector v5.2 onwards) 27.1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE CLIP XML JOB To identify the clip you want to delete you can use the UmID, VarID or LsmID
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 28. Cancel Job XTAccess is able to cancel a job in progress. This section covers XML Jobs IDs: • Job #4: Cancel job (IPDirector v5.2 onwards) 28.1 EXAMPLE OF CANCEL XML JOB To identify the job you want to cancel: you have to use the Job_Id of the XML Job you wan to cancel.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 29. XTAccess Troubleshooting 29.1 XTACCESS ERROR MESSAGES After each Job, XTAccess show a status of the job. If you right-click on it and then select Status Details : you can have more inform ation on status and if needed some tips to help you to resolve the trouble. Those diagnostics are based on the possible cases defined in XTAccess code but mainly during testing and experience on the field.
XTAccess Version 1.14 – User’s Manual Issue 1.10.D Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 29.2 XTACCESS LOGS XTAccess logs are located in C:\EVSLogs\XTAccess. With XTAccess version 1.14, the XTAccess logs are saved after each reboot of XTAccess in a subfolder with the date and time of the reboot. • XTAccess.log • XTAccess_Jobs.log • XTTransfer.log • XML_Scan.log • XTAccess_UI.csv • All the codec Log (EVSDNxHDEncoder.log, EVSH264Encoder.
Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.14– User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 29.2.2 XTACCESS_JOBS.LOG This log can be used as an as-run log. Each job is listed with useful inform ation: • Type of job • Source path or IP address • Destination path or IP address • Start and end time • Status of job • Error message displayed on XTAccess Monitoring GUI (if any) 29.2.3 XTTRANSFER.LOG Specific log for XTTransfer based on FTP Proxy (XT Copy, Avid Transfer).
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