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XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A C OPYRIGHT EVS Br oadca st E quip men t – Co pyri ght © 20 08 - 20 11. A ll r ight s re serve d. D ISCLAIMER The inf ormat ion i n thi s m anual i s fur nish ed for inf ormati onal use on ly an d subjec t to chang e with out no tice .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................. 2 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 6 2. HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................... 8 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION..........
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 7.4.3 Processing of a XML JOB .....................................................................................................39 7.5 LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEVICES ..........................................40 7.5.1 Management of XML Jobs ....................................................................................................40 7.5.2 Control Parameters .........
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 14.1 WORKFLOW..............................................................................................................................65 14.2 EXAMPLE OF XML FILE REWRAP ...........................................................................................66 15. ADDITIONAL CODEC FILE ON THE FLY............................................................ 67 15.1 WORKFLOW..............
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 22. EVS SERVER COPY ............................................................................................ 92 22.1 WORKFLOW..............................................................................................................................92 22.2 EXAMPLE OF XML EVS SERVER COPY FILE ........................................................................93 22.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 1. Introduction The Giga bit co nnec tion on EVS serv er make s it possibl e to tra nsfe r vid eo and audio mate rial fro m th e E VS ser vers to exte rnal sy stems via the TCP/ IP ne t work. The ex tern al s yste ms c an be t he f ollo wing one s: • A stor age syst em o r an a rchivi ng s yste m, s uch as XStor e, X File or a 3 r d p arty storag e.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 2. Hardware Recommendations The XTAcce ss sof tware i s instal led on a work stat i on opera ting un der Wind ows XP, Windows 2 003 S erver , w indows S even 3 2 bit , wi ndows Se ven 64 b it or Windows Server 200 8 SP 2 64 bit . With t he 6 4 bi t OS , XT Ac cess r uns as a 32 bit app licat ion. The mi nimum sys tem r eq uireme nts are: • Worksta tio n or Lap top • CPU Pen tium P4, 2.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 3. Software Installation The in stal lat ion pack age is bas ed on o ne i nsta llsh i eld: XTAcces s_1. 16.x x_Se tup .exe For the Xedi o Integ rat ion Option, co ntac t the Xedi o support t o insta ll the c omplia nt softwa re. To ins tal l XTA ccess ; p roc eed as fo llows : 1. Copy t he i nsta llsh ield X TAcces s_1. 16.x x_Set up. exe in a temp dire ctor y (e.g.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4. Select “I acce pt the agre ement ” and pre ss NE XT 5. Select th e d esti nat ion d irecto ry to inst all th e n ew so ftwar e a nd then p ress NEXT.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 6. You ca n se lect her e t he d iffer ent XTAcc ess compo nents : • Instal l VCRedi st: If yo u ins tal l XT Acce ss for the fi rst time on th is workst atio n, y ou n eed t o ins tall Micr osof t Vi su al C++ Re dist ribu tabl e applic ati on by se lect ing “I nsta ll VCRe dist ”.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 7. Specif y t he s tart fol der di rector y an d th en press N EXT. 8. Press INSTAL L to beg in t he in stal lati on o f XT Acce ss. 9. If you h ave se lec ted “I n stall X TGat eway ”: the X TGatewa y Set up wil l ap pear once X TAcce ss h as b een inst alle d. 10.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A The XTA cces s so ftwa re i nstal lati on i s su cces sful l y comp lete d. Note The i nsta ller inc lude s a regi stry key th at disa bl es th e a utor un f unct ion on USB key s t o av oid viru s i ntrusi on. Note tha t a Short cut of X TAcces s has bee n autom atica lly cre ated o n the d esktop .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 4. XSecure Management From XTA ccess v.1. 07. 22, XSe cure is us ed. XSecur e can b e ins tal l ed with XTAcces s in sta llsh ield (s ee th e ch apte r ‘S oftwa re Insta llat ion’ ). XSecur e uses ha rdwar e inform atio n from th e dev ice where X TAcce ss is r unning . This m eans it is i mposs ib le to exc hang e li cens es o r code s be twee n de vice s.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 5. Unicode and XTAccess 5.1 CONFIGURATION To us e di ffe rent lan guag es an d Un icod e i nste ad of ASCII ch arac ters : yo u hav e first to conf igur e Win dow s: 1. Select you r ke yboa rd i n y our Un icod e la ngua ge 2.
Issue 1.16.A 5.2 XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 METADATA These Meta data Tags ca n be used in U nico de: • ClipNam e • Keyword • VarID The UmI D ca nnot be Unic ode. 5.3 FILENAME XTAcces s ne ver g ener ates f iles with Unic od e file names . Fi les a re named "Unicode File name. mxf" i n stead of the "r eal" U nico de cl ipnam e. XTAcces s is capa ble t o use fi les w ith U nico de filen ames .
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 6. User Interface 6.1 INTRODUCTION XTAcces s has be en des i gned to b e used as a bla ck box. I t is main ly con tr olled b y extern al s yste ms v ia XM L file s or oth er p roce sses . When t he X TAcc ess appl icati on i s la unch ed the f ollowi ng G UI i s d ispl aye d on the workst atio n. 6.2 JOBS MONITORING The ma in wi ndow dis play s the sta tus of e ach job h andled by XTAc cess .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Column headi ng Descri ption • Restor e, X T Cop y: F TP a ddress of the EVS serv er Status Status of the job : • In Pro gres s: T he j ob i s ru nning • Done: the job is done an d succ essf ul • Error Mes sage : the tr an sfer has f ail ed. Plea se check th e list of e rror mess ages an d the rea son in S ecti on 2 0.1 6.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 6.4 APPLICATION TITLE BAR 6.4.1 INTRODUCTION Issue 1.16.A XTAcces s Ti tle bar disp la ys som e us eful inf orma tio n: 6.4.2 • XTAcces s 1 .16. xx: Versi on of the run ning app lica t ion • [SN: 6 55000 ]: E VS S eria l Number of the comp uter • [Report ing : (h ost na me) NickN ame= xx x Grou p=xx ]: T he r epor t ing statu s, h ost name, Ved io NickNam e an d gr oup • [Win x .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 R EPORTING S YSTEM This w indow al lows you t o act ivat e th e re port ing s ystem of X TAcce ss t o Ve dio. 20 Command name Descri ption Nicknam e Allows you to defi ne a ni ckname for XTAc cess Group Allows you t o de fine a gr oup to which XTAc cess w ill be long in th e Ve dio user int erfa c e.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 G RAPHICAL S ETTINGS These set ting s re late to the g ener atio n of fi les/ cli ps fr om a pic ture (BMP , TIFF & TGA fo rmats ) or aud io ( W av, BW av). Command name Descri ption Video Syste m Select ei ther Pal or N TS C, in prog ress ive or n ot. Sequenc e TimeCod e Enter t he val ue of t he fi rst TC inc lude d in th e d estin atio n file/ clip .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 S HOW B UTTONS Select th is o ptio n if you want t o se e t he b utto ns i n the XTAc cess Int erfa ce . If the opti on is not sele c ted yo u can righ t cli ck o n XTAcc ess t o crea te X ML scan unit or o pen the Scan fol der. E NABLE T EST M ODE Select thi s opt ion i f you want to use the t est mo de of XT Acce ss.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 6.5 CONTEXTUAL MENU Command Name Descri ption Abort j ob The se lect ed j ob is im me diate ly a bort ed.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 7. XML Jobs Scan 7.1 INTRODUCTION XTAcces s is trig gere d by externa l appl icat ions ( like IPDi rect or), ma inly via XML files . XTAcces s sc ans pre- defi ned f olde rs t o ch eck for n ew XML jobs to proc ess. The deta ils o f the XM L format w ill be d escr i bed in th e foll owing s ectio ns, especi ally for eac h j ob t y pe.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A 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 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 7.3 CREATION OF A XML JOBS SCAN 7.3.1 CREATING A NEW XML SCAN On the XTAc cess GUI, select the New XML S c an but ton to c reat e a n ew sca n sessio n fo r XM L jo bs: The fo llow ing wind ow is d isplay ed: Point to the fold er w here XTAcces s wi ll c heck for XML jo bs, and clic k St art afte r you ha ve c heck ed t he X M L Scan set tin gs.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 7.3.2 XML SCAN DIALOG BOX Field/ Butto n Descri ption Title Bar The Ti tle Bar spec ifie s th e ID o f Sc an X ML J obs fo lder. XML Sca n[1] –0/ 6 It also disp lays t he num ber of ru nnin g job s vs. the max . runnin g j obs a llow ed f or t his sc an fold er. XML Root Folder to be sca nned b y XTAc cess .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 T ITLE B AR The Ti tle Bar disp lays on e of the foll owin g in forma tion: 28 • [2MB B locks EVS MXF]: A back up o f cl ip or tra in will b e wra pped in EVS MXF in na tive 2 MB Blo cks. T his i s th e de faul t se tti ng f or bac kup. • [8MB B locks EVS MXF]: A back up o f cl ip or tra in will b e wra pped in EVS MXF in na tiv e 8 MB Bloc ks.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.
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XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A Please con tact EVS bef or e usi ng t his opti on C REATE A DDITIONAL C ODEC Create Add ition al Cod ec Fi le: Sel ect thi s o p tion if you wan t t o c r eate an addit iona l file , for exa m ple a prox y file , at the s ame time as y our hir es backup . The ad dit ional cod ec file will b e ge nera ted on the f ly wit h t he p rinc ipal job . 7.3.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Field/ Butto n Descri ption Active Allows you to acti vate or not t he s etti ngs Save E DL t o di sk Allows you to bac k up th e AAF fil e on di sk b efor e chec king it into A vid Inte rpla y. Th e AFF fi le ca n th en be use d to d irec tly drag yo ur tra nsfe rred c l ip or pla ylis t int o Medi aCompos er withou t us ing Avid In terpl ay Acc ess.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Field/ Butto n Descri ption Servic es a re r unni ng • [PORT] by t he p ort that y ou hav e co nfig ured for y our Av id Web Ser vice s ( exam ple : 8080) You can als o test t he c onnect ion by c lick ing on the Test Connect ion butt on Interp lay URI Path whe re the c lip/ play l ist will b e seen i n the In t erplay DB . You can add sub- fold er a fter t he I ncomi ng Me dia f older .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Field/ Butto n Descri ption F INAL C UT P RO For Fin alCut Pro a ppli ca tions , thes e set ting s all ow you to save the FC P XML Metada ta fi le wit h the f ile gen erat ed wit h XTAc cess an d conf igur e whic h EVS metada ta y ou w ant to k ee p to FCP 34 Field/ Butto n Descri ption Active Allows you to acti vate or not t he s etti ngs.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A Field/ Butto n Descri ption FinalCu tPro XML Projec t f ields . I n th is f iel d box , you can cre ate a matrix wit h th e EVS met ada ta a nd FC P metada ta. The Mat rix is b ased on an EVS meta data temp la te tha t yo u ca n find usin g th e fo llow ing p ath: C:\Program Files\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\EVS_Metadatas_template.evs.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Field/ Butto n Descri ption EVSEDL For EVS appli cat ions , these se ttin gs allow y ou to save the EDL with the concat enat ed p lay list fil e or t he b acku p of pla ylis t. Field/ Butto n Descri ption Active Allows you to acti vate or not t he s etti ngs.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Field/ Butto n Issue 1.16.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 X EDIO For Xed io ap plic atio ns, the se ttin gs al low yo u t o refer ence medi a to t h e Xedio databa se in c ase of b ack up fi le 38 Field/ Butto n Descri ption Active Allows you to acti vate or not t he s etti ngs.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 7.4 XML JOBS PROCESSING 7.4.1 LAUNCH OF MULTIPLE XML JOBS SCAN Issue 1.16.A One can lau nch as man y XML Jobs Scan fo lder s as wished . Each XML Jo bs Scan window can be posi tion ed anywh ere on t he d eskt op . 7.4.2 START OF XML JOBS SCAN When the XML Job s Scan folder i s displ ayed , the scan pro cess be gin s when clicki ng the START butt o n.
Issue 1.16.A 7.5 XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE XTACCESS DEVICES Multip le X TAcce ss d evic e s can scan th e sam e XML scan fol der. In or der to eff icie ntly di s tribu te the XML job s ov e r all th e X TAcce ss devi c es, l oad balanc ing rule s mu st b e defin ed. 7.5.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 7.5.2 Issue 1.16.A CONTROL PARAMETERS Some par amet ers ha ve been ad ded t o bet ter contro l the load bala n cing jo b managem ent. Thos e pa r ameter s ca n b e c hang ed in the reg istr y. XTA cce ss mus t be re- star ted in order to t ake t hem i nto acco unt.
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XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 8. Scan Folder The sc an f olde r al lows yo u to rest ore / co py / tra ns code file s fr om a fol der. XTAcces s wa its to h ave write acce ss o n th e sc an ned f iles bef ore proc essi ng th em. 8.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 The ma in wi ndow lis ts a ll the scan fol ders def ined by XTA ccess : Column H eadi ng Descri ption Folder • Path: path of the fol der t o scan . • Check Box: i f sele cted , this scan f older i s con sidere d when XT Acce ss s tart s sc anning . 44 Job Typ e Type o f Jo b (C opy, Rest o re, Gr aph Sequ .
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 8.2 Issue 1.16.A ADD AND EDIT A SCAN FOLDER ITEM When add ing a n ew scan folder i tem or edit ing a select ed an d exis ting sca n folde r item, the fol lowin g se tti n gs win dow is d ispl ayed . Column Heading Descri ption Job Typ e Restore : Selec t this op t ion if you wan t to resto re the scan ned files Transco de: Se lect this option i f you wa nt to transc ode th e scanne d f iles Graph Se qu.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Column Heading Descri ption Source Name CLIP S ource Name to be added with the res tore d c lip. Delaye d mode If this opti on is s elec te d, XTAcc ess wi ll che ck the mod ific atio n time of th e file a nd will wait unt il thi s modi fica ti on time is o lder than the loca l ti me + 30 s econds on the XTAc cess comput er.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Column Heading Descri ption locat ion. o If a vail able , t he t rans fer will b e do ne • 123?: I n this c ase, t he “Qu esti on Mar k ” all ows XTAccess to check al l the cam era la bels. Fir st che ck the availa bil ity of 123A, the n 12 3B, 123C, 123D, 123E , 12 3F, 124A , 124B, et c. • 123[XX XX]: X co uld b e A, B, C , D, E or F .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Column Heading Descri ption Transco ding Profil e This is t he XML prof ile u sed by XT Acces s whic h d efine s the c odec and pa rame ter of t he c o dec us ed b y XTA cces s t o Tran scod e th e file.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 8.3 XEDIO INTEGRATION WITH THE SCAN FOLDER 8.3.1 OVERVIEW XTAcces s is abl e, w ith th e scan fol der, to tran sco de one Hig h Res fil e to L ow Res and re fere nce it into Xed i o DB. 8.3.2 WORKFLOW 1. A fil e is dro pped in the S canFol der (D:\m ySca nFol der\myF ile .evs .mxf) 2. The tr ansco ded file and its c ompan ion E VS_Me tadat a fi le is gen erat ed in D:\Cle anEd it\L ow\ 3.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 • 8.4 If the sour ce file ha s no EVS Metadat a file, XT A ccess wil l creat e, duri ng the source file move , a lig ht EVS Meta data file for t he refe renc ing i nto t he X edio DB SCANFOLDER POST PROCESSING XTAcces s ca n se nd a X ML fil e (p ost proce ssin g job) afte r th e pr ocess in g of o ne file in t he s can fold er.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 5. XTAcces s se nds this XM L fil e to the fol der w hich is sp ecif ied in t he t empl ate file. 8.5 REMARKS ON THE SCAN PROCESS XTAcces s pr oces ses only the file s wi th a siz e bi gg er th an 0K B XTAcces s can scan an E VS XML f ile. In t his c ase you ne ed to def ine * .evs .xml as filte r and XTAc cess wi ll check the ta g in the ev s.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 9. Backup of EVS Server Clips to Files This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: 9.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 1. An ext erna l sy stem , fo r e xample IPDi rect or, send s an XM L fi le t o XT Acces s to reques t t he b ackup of a g iven c lip crea ted on an E VS ser ver. 2. XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML fi le: a. It ge ts t he c lip con tent th at ha s to be back ed u p fr om EVS. b. It g enera tes a back up f ile of the cli p i n t he forma t specif ied by the ex tern al system c.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 07-Mar-2008 07-Mar-2008 The de scri ptio n of eac h X ML tag is desc ribe d in th e ”XML Job s ” d ocume nt. 9.3 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS (NON XML) Some XTAc cess se tti ng s are not su ppor ted by XML.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 10. Restore/Copy of Files to EVS Server This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #1 : Re stor e Cl ip f rom file to EVS Serve r (I PDir ector v5 onwar ds) • Job #2 : Co py C lip from fil e to EVS S erve r (I PDire ct or v5 onwa rds) • Job #1 2: S hort Cop y Cl ip (IPDi rect or v 5 onw ards ) 10.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 10.1.1 WORKFLOW (RESTORE VIA XML JOBS) EXPLANATION 1. An extern al syst em (whic h can genera te XML fil es to restore cl ips, fo r exa mple IPDire ctor ) send s an XM L job t o XTAcc ess t o re quest the re stor e (co py) of clips from an arch ivin g or backu p sy stem to a gi ve n EVS serv er. 2. XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML jo b: a.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 11. Rendering of EDL to one file This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job # 1O: Rend ers a P la ylist /Time Line fr om a n E VS Ser ver (XT cli ps only ) or from E VS ED L (XT cli ps and/or Med ia f iles ) to a s olid file . 11.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 11.1.1 REGISTRY SETTINGS • HKEY_CURR ENT_US ER\ Softwar e\EV S Br oadca st Equip ment \XTAcc ess\ Max Transco ding Job s (defa ult valu e = 1): Maximum amount of tran scod ing j obs simult aneo usly pro cesse d by X TAcc ess ( rend erin g of play list inc lude d) 11.2 XTGATEWAY The rend erin g pro cess will be i n fac t done by XTGat eway.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 11.3 SMART RENDERING XTAcces s will o nly tr a nscode t he ef fect s if t he sourc e clip o r fil e and the desti nati on f ile have the same c odec : XTA cces s w ill o nly rend er n eede d co ntent 11.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 12. Rendering of EDL to one EVS Server clip This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #24 : Rende r a Play l ist/T imeLi ne fro m An EV S Server (X T clip s only ) or from E VS ED L (XT cli ps and/or med ia f iles ) to a s olid clip on an X T. 12.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 12.2 XTGATEWAY XTGatew ay wi ll h andl e t he ren deri ng pr oces s. Y ou can find XTGa tewa y in th e Windows sys tray Nothin g has t o be co nfi gured i n thi s wind ow, ex cept th e cac he siz e.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 12.4 EFFECTS See the E VS EDL – Stru c ture an d Eff ects D escr ipti on v1.0 .
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 13. Backup of EDL to files This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #9: B acku p Play list from EVS S erver to fil es with EDL cr eati on fo r E VS, AVID a nd FC P. Remark: Since th e Backu p Play li st job gen erat es seve ral files, it i s forb idde n to have a "Job_Des t_Fi le" with a fu ll path (fol der + file name ). In th at ca se, an erro r will be return ed.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 13.2 SMART BACKUP MODE If t he t arge t f ile is alre a dy pr esen t i n th e ED L a sset, XTAc cess wil l n ot back up again the elem ents . Short Back up: In thi s case repr esen ted in the s chema abov e, XTAcces s wil l back up t he two elemen ts In this cas e repre sent ed i n the schema a bove , XTA ccess wil l back up th e cli p1 and the Cl ip3 but not the cli p 2. 13.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 14. File Rewrap This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #4 0: T rans fer fil e to f ile ( IPDir ecto r v5 onwa rd s) • Job #4 1: P art ial tran sfer file to f ile (IPD irec tor v5 onward s) 14.1 WORKFLOW Only cl ips ha ving one of the fol lowi ng for mats c an be rewra pped : EVS MXF , MXF OP-1A or Qu ick Time (de pendin g on th e vi deo cod ec).
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 1. An exter nal sys tem (wh ich can ge nera te XML f iles for r esto ring cl ips, for exampl e IPDi rect or v5 ) s ends an XML j ob to XTA ccess t o req uest the r ew rap of a fi le fro m an ar chiv in g or bac kup sy stem to a new fil e form at an d arc hive storag e. 2. XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML jo b: a. It ge ts t he f ile to rewra p f rom th e ex tern al s ystem . b.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 15. Additional Codec file on the fly XTAcces s can tr ansc ode on the fly a c lip fr om EVS Serve r or a fi le to anothe r format (co dec & wra pper ) . To use the t ransc odin g, you ne ed to have the XTAcces s Tra nsco ding XSecur e Code ( see chap ter 4 ‘X Se cure M anag ement ’ on pa ge 14) . 15.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 1. As tran scod ing is not ye t availa ble wi th XML job f i le, you have t o con figu re XTAcces s in tr ansco ding mode. 2. An extern al syst em, for e xample IPD irec tor, se nds an XML file to XTAcce ss to re ques t th e ba ckup of a giv en c lip or r ewra p of a giv en f ile in nati ve E VS codec form at 3. XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML fi le: a.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A Be care ful th is fo lder i s update d at ea ch new instal lati on of X TAcce s s. If y ou want t o cr eate you r ow n profi le, plea se u se t he “C:\Pro gram File s\EVS Br oadcas t Equipm ent\ XTAcc ess\ Enc oder Prof iles \Custom Profiles” fol der tha t is not remove d or upd ated . See ch apte r 17 ‘Ex ampl e of Enc oder pro file s’ on p age 74 fo r mor e de tail s.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 15.3.1 SMART RENDERING XTAcces s auto mati call y a nalyze t he sou rce an d de stina tion c odec an d bitr at es and will o nly perf orm a rew ra pping if they are ide ntic al . Specia l c ases : DN xHD 10 0 vs. DNx HD 1 20/1 45: as XTAcc ess mus t b e co mp liant to Avid sta ndard s, tho se co decs are co nsid ered as i denti cal wit h regar ds to t he smart transc odin g cr iter ia.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 16. Transcoding files XTAcces s ca n al so trans code file s to ano ther fil e format . 16.1 WORKFLOW The fol lowin g sche ma sh ows how th e tran scod ing process is per forme d w ith the Gigabi t co nnec tion and X TAcces s: Archive GigE Video Feeds Apple Final Cut Pro Avid Gigabit Ethernet 1.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 16.2 EXAMPLE OF XML FILE REWRAP 4942648367704751 1132235747 41 G:\770A_SDPAL_IMXD10_MXFEVS_30Mb.evs.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A Be care ful th is fo lder i s update d at ea ch new instal lati on of X TAcce s s. If y ou want t o cr eate you r ow n profi le, plea se u se t he “C:\Pro gram File s\EVS Br oadcas t Equipm ent\ XTAcc ess\ Enc oder Prof iles \Custom Profiles” fol der tha t is not remove d or upd ated . See ch apte r 17 ‘Ex ampl e of Enc oder pro file s’ on p age 74 fo r mor e de tail s. 16.4.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 17. Example of Encoder profiles Encodi ng pro file s are XM L files th at def ine th e co dec and cod ec par amete r s used by XTA ccess to tra nscod e the fil e. You can f ind b ellow som e exampl es. Fo r more in format ion a bout t he tr an scodin g profi le y ou can use the “Enc oder Pro file s.pd f ” docume nt w hich ex plai n s all th e tags prese nt in t he e ncod er pro fil e. 17.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 17.2 AVID DNXHD® DNxHD® c odec uses the EVSDNxHD Enco der dll encode r (C: \Pro gram Fil es\EVS Broadc ast E quip ment \X TAcces s\EVS Enco ders\ E VSDNxHDE ncode r.dl l) w hich i s insta lled wit h XTA ccess . You can fi nd here a n example o f DNxHD® enc oder pro file .
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 18. Examples of Configuration You c an f ind here som e exampl es o f wo rkfl ows, w hich use the tra nscod ing featu re of XTA cces s. 18.1 BACKUP EVS SERVER NATIVE CODEC + CREATION OF LOW RES MPEG1 Lowres XTAccess XT[2] - DNxHD DNxHD 1. Create a “s tan dard ” ta rge t des tina tion int o IP D 2. Create a S can XML 3.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A Result Each n ew B ackup job fr o m IPD w ill crea te: • one t rans code d f ile in MPEG1 in tar get fol der d efin ed in X TAcc ess (\\17 2.24 .1.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 18.2 TRANSCODE NATIVE EVS SERVER CLIP IMX XTAccess XT[2] - DNxHD 1. Create a “s tan dard ” ta rge t des tina tion int o IP D 2. Create a S can XML 3. Click on t he X ML Sc an S etting s bu tton and con fig ure t he XT Acce ss s etti ng s a. Select “Tr ansc ode the so urce .. “ b.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 18.3 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO FILE IMX DNxHD XTAccess 1. Create a “s tan dard ” ta rge t des tina tion int o IP D 2. Create a S can XML 3. Click on t he X ML Sc an S etting s bu tton and con fig ure t he XT Acce ss s etti ng s a. Select “Tr ansc ode the so urce …" b. Select t he DNXHD p rofil e in the C:\Program Files\EVS Broadcast Equipment\XTAccess\Encoder Profiles\Default EVS Profiles 2.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 18.4 DOUBLE TRANSCODING DNxHD OP1A IMX EVS MXF XTAccess MPEG1 Low Res 1. Create a “s tan dard ” ta rge t des tina tion int o IP D 2. Create a S can XML 3. Click on the XML S can Settin gs b utto n an d co nfi gure the X TAcc ess sett in gs a. Select “Tr ansc ode the source …" b.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Result Each n ew r ewrap job fro m IPD w ill crea te: • one MP EG 1 tran scod ed f ile i n th e Ta rget Pat h fo ld er con fig ured int o XTAcces s (\ \17 2.24 .1.5 0\ Proxy File s\ • one DNx HD OP 1A f ile as asked by IPD i n th e fo lde r def ined int o IPD 18.5 TRANSOCODE ONE FILE TO EVS SERVER USING XML JOB IMX XTAccess XT[2] - DNxHD 1.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 19. Backup of EVS Server Trains to Files This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #2 0: B acku p Tr ain (I PDirec tor v5 o nward s) • Job #2 1: U pdat e Ba ckup Train Job (IPD irect or v 5 onward s) 19.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 1. An extern al syst em, for e xample IPD irec tor, se nds an XML file to XTAcce ss to re ques t th e ba ckup of a giv en t rain ava ilab le o n an EV S se rver . 2. XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML fi le: a. It ge ts t he d ata stre am ( t rain) from EVS tha t ha s t o be backe d up . b. It ge nera tes a ba ckup fil e of t he t rain c.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 19.3 EXAMPLE OF XML UPDATE TRAIN 633 15 21 3362636 The de scri ptio n of eac h X ML tag is desc ribe d in th e ”XML Job s ” d ocume nt. 19.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 19.6 MISCELLANEOUS 19.6.1 BACKUP/UPDATE OF TRAINS AND LOAD BALANCING • It is not r ecomme nded t o perfor m load b alanc in g betwee n sever al XML Scan folde rs wh en r eque stin g backup of tra ins. • We recommen d dedic ati ng speci fic XTAc cess fo r your Backu p of train . For exampl e one XTA cces s f or two bac kups o f tra in.
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XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 1. An ext erna l sy stem , fo r e xample IPDi rect or, send s an XM L fi le t o XT Acces s to reques t t he tran sfer of a given cli p, crea ted on an EVS se rver , t o A vid Tran sfe r Manage r. XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML fi le. 2. XTAcces s se ts u p a con n ectio n wit h Av id T rans fer Manage r se rver. 3.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 20.3 EXAMPLE OF XML AVID TRANSFER OF STREAM RECORD TRAIN
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 20.5 LOCAL XTACCESS SETTINGS (NON XML) Some XTAc cess se tti ng s are not su ppor ted by XML. They mu st the re fore be specif ied in the lo cal set t ings of the XML Jobs Sc an (s ee s ect ion 7.3. 3 ‘ X ML Sca n Setti ngs’ on page 27) . 20.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 21. Transfer to Avid WebService This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #0 : Ba ckup Cli p fr om XT to fi le ( IPDir ecto r v4 onward s) • Job #1 1: S hort Bac kup Cl ip fr om XT to file (IP Dire ctor v 5 o nward s) • Job #9 : Ba ckup Pla ylis t fr om XT to f iles (cu t) 21.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 1. An ext erna l sy stem , fo r e xample IPDi rect or, send s an XM L fi le t o XT Acces s to reques t t he b ackup of a g iven c lip crea ted on an E VS ser ver. 2. XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML fi le: a. It ge ts t he c lip con tent th at ha s to be back ed u p fr om EVS. b.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 22. EVS Server Copy This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #1 3: E VS S erver Cop y (IPD irec tor v4 o nward s) • Job #4 4: S hort EVS Serv er Cop y (I PDire ctor v5 on wards) 22.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 1. An ext erna l sy stem , fo r e xample IPDi rect or, send s an XM L fi le t o XT Acces s to reques t th e tra nsfe r of a given clip crea ted on an EVS ser ver to an othe r EVS server . XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML fi le: 2. XTAcces s get s the c lip c onten t from E VS tha t ha s to be tr ansf erre d and sets up an FTP prox y co nnec ti on be tween bot h EV S se r vers. 3.
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Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 1. An ext erna l sy stem , fo r e xample IPDi rect or, send s an XM L fi le t o XT Acces s to reques t t he b acku p an d r eferen ce of a gi ven clip create d o n an EVS ser ve r to Xedio data base . XTAcces s pr oces ses the XML fi le: 2. It ge ts t he c lip con tent , w hich has to b e ba cked up , from EVS . 3. It ge nera tes a ba ckup fil e 4.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 23.2 EXAMPLE OF XML TRANSFER TO XEDIO FILE To id enti fy the cli p yo u w ant t o t rans fer to Clea nE dit y ou can use the UmID , Var ID or LSM ID
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 23.3 XTACCESS CONFIGURATION The Xe dio ref eren cing c an be con figu red in the XML jo b or di rect ly i n t he XML scan s ett ings . 98 eld/ Butto n escri ption ctive lows you to acti vate or not t he s etti ngs.
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Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 24. Grab Field from EVS Server XTAcces s is able t o gra b a field of an y clip on an EVS serve r thro ugh an XML trigg er. T his proc ess i s mainly use d by IPDi rect o r to c reat e th umbna ils in the I PD Databa se E xplo rer. This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #6 : Gr ab F ield fro m EVS Se rver (IPD irec tor v 4 onwa rds) 24.
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 Issue 1.16.A 25. Grab Field from File XTAcces s is ab le to grab a field o f any c lip t hrou gh an XML t rigg er. T his proces s is mai nly used by IPDi rec tor t o cr eate thum bnai ls i n the IPD Data base Exp l orer. This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: 25.1 EXAMPLE OF XML GRAB FIELD TO A FILE
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 26. Delete File from Disk XTAcces s is ab le t o de let e a f ile from a d isk. This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #5 : De lete Fil e f rom disk ( IPDi rect or v 5.2 onw ards) 26.1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE FILE XML JOB
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 27. Delete Clip from EVS Server XTAcces s is ab le t o de let e a c lip from an E VS S er ver. This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #3 : De lete Cli p fr om EVS Se rver (IPD irec tor v 5.2 o nward s) 27.1 EXAMPLE OF DELETE CLIP XML JOB To ide nti fy t he c lip you w ant t o de lete you can use the U mID, Var ID or LSM ID
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 28. Cancel Job XTAcces s is ab le t o ca nc el a job in p rogr ess. This s ecti on c over s XML Jobs IDs: • Job #4 : Ca ncel job (IP Dir ector v5. 2 onw ards ) 28.1 EXAMPLE OF CANCEL XML JOB To ide ntif y the job you w ant to canc el: you h ave t o use t he Jo b_Id of t he X ML Jo b you wa nt t o ca ncel .
XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Issue 1.16.A Author: Serge Comes EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 29. XTAccess Troubleshooting 29.1 XTACCESS ERROR MESSAGES After each Job , XTA cces s show a st atus of the jo b. If you righ t-cl ick on i t and th en select S tatus De tail s : you can hav e more inf or mation on s tatu s and if needed some t ips t o he lp yo u to resol ve th e tr oubl e.
Issue 1.16.A XTAccess Version 1.16 – User’s Manual Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – November 2011 • Webserv ice Log • CEDBUpda ter .log 29.2.1 XTACCESS.LOG XTAcces s.lo g li sts a ll t h e tran sact ions and a ctio ns per forme d by X TAcc ess. provid es d etai led inf orma tion for debu ggin g.
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