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XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 C OPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2008 - 2011. All rights reserved. D ISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for inform ational use only and subject to change without notice.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 2 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 6 2. HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................... 8 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION .......
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 15. ADDITIONAL CODEC FILE ON THE FLY ............................................................. 64 15.1 WORKFLOW..............................................................................................................................64 15.2 CODECS SUPPORTED.............................................................................................................65 15.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 22.2 EXAMPLE OF XML EVS SERVER COPY FILE ........................................................................90 22.3 FORCE TRANSCODING EVS SERVER TO EVS SERVER ......................................................91 23. INTEGRATION WITH XEDIO ................................................................................. 92 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 WORKFLOW...............................
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2. Hardware Recommendations The XTAccess software is installed on a workstation operating under Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, windows Seven 32 bit, windows Seven 64 bit or Windows Server 2008 SP2 64 bit. With the 64 bit OS, XTAccess runs as a 32 bit application. The minimum system requirements are: • Workstation or Laptop • CPU Pentium P4, 2.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3. Software Installation The installation package is based on one installshield: XTAccess_1.15.xx_Setup.exe For the Xedio Integration Option, contact the Xedio support to install the compliant software. To install XTAccess; proceed as follows: 1. Copy the installshield XTAccess_1.15.xx_Setup.exe in a temp directory (e.g. C:\Install Software\XTAccess\). 2. Run XTAccess installshield XTAccess_1.15.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 once XTAccess has been installed. 10. If you have selected “Install XSecure Manager”: the Xsecure Setup will appear once XTAccess has been installed.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Column heading Description • 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 20.1 6.3 MB/s Backup Restore: Instantaneous bit rate during job progress.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 6.4 APPLICATION TITLE BAR 6.4.1 INTRODUCTION XTAccess Title bar displays some useful information: 6.4.2 • XTAccess 1.15.xx: Version of the running application • [SN: 120010]: EVS Serial Number of the computer • [Reporting : (host name) NickName=xxx Group=xx]: The reporting status, host name, Vedio NickName and group • [Win x.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 6.5 CONTEXTUAL MENU Command Name Description Abort job The selected job is immediately aborted.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 7.3.4 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Field/Button Description Interplay Password Password of the previous user Web Services Host Link to the Web Service on the Avid Interplay System.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Field/Button Description The table is only used by XTAccess for the EDL export jobs. 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.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Field/Button Description Generate FinalCutPro XML Only 6 EVS custom metadata can be imported in Final Cut Pro Project fields. In this field box, you can create a matrix with the EVS metadata and FCP metadata. The Matrix is based on an EVS metadata template that you can find using the following path: C:\Program Files\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\EVS_Metadatas_template.evs.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Field/Button Description EVSEDL For EVS applications, these settings allow you to save the EDL with the concatenated playlist file or the backup of playlist. Field/Button Description Active Allows you to activate or not the settings.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Field/Button Description 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 8. Scan Folder The scan folder allows you to restore / copy / transcode files from a folder. XTAccess waits to have write access on the scanned files before processing them. 8.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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. 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.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Column Heading Description Source Name CLIP Source Name to be added with the restored clip. Delayed mode If this option is selected, XTAccess will check the modification time of the file and will wait until this modification time is older than the local time + 30 seconds on the XTAccess computer.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Column Heading Description MaterialID and UmID (LouthID).
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 8.3 XEDIO 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 Xedio 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • 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 Xedio 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 9. Backup of EVS Server Clips to Files This section covers XML Jobs IDs: 9.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12.4 EFFECTS See the EVS EDL – Structure and Effects Description v1.0.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 71 for more details.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 16. Transcoding files XTAccess can also transcode files to another file format. 16.1 WORKFLOW The following schema shows how the transcoding process is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess: 1. As transcoding is not yet available with XM L job file, you have to configure XTAccess in transcoding mode. 2.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 16.2 EXAMPLE OF XML FILE REWRAP 4942648367704751 1132235747 41 G:\770A_SDPAL_IMXD10_MXFEVS_30Mb.evs.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 71 for more details. 16.4.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Result Each new Backup job from IPD will create: 74 • one transcoded file in MPEG1 (\\172.24.1.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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\XTAc cess\Encoder Profiles\Defau lt EVS Profiles folder c. Select “Create Additional codec …" d.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Result Each new rewrap job from IPD will create: • one MPEG 1 transcoded file in the Target Path folder configured into XTAccess (\\172.24.1.50\Proxy Files\ • one DNxHD OP1A file as asked by IPD in the folder defined into IPD 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.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 20.
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 20.3 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF STREAM RECORD TRAIN
Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
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Issue 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 LSM ID
XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15.B XTAccess Version 1.15 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.15 – User’s Manual Issue 1.15.B Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • Webservice Log • CEDBUpdater.log 29.2.1 XTACCESS.LOG XTAccess.log lists all the transactions and actions performed by XTAccess. provides detailed information for debugging. It Useful error messages are: • Error 426: XT Transfer Cancelled due to a disconnection with XT server • Read Slow: The data block to read has not been reached within a few seconds (typically 15 seconds).
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