Developers Guide User Manual

DIRECTOR EasiAPI

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DEVELOPER’S GUIDE

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ETWORK INTEGRATION

Using Windows 2000 the Director can seamlessly integrate into almost any network

topology. Shipping with a 10/100 NIC card Director can communicate with Macintosh, UNIX,

Banyan Vines, all Windows PC's and more TCP/IP based protocols. NWLink allows Director

to access Novell environments. Add a Fiber Channel card to attach to your SAN for faster

processing of source files into images. This can increase performance dramatically, particularly

if you are using a DVD Director.

SHARED NETWORK RESOURCE

While the Director can run on its own without being attached to a network, it really begins to

excel as a shareable network resource. Multiple users can access the director from either a

local or wide area network. Jobs, which consist of a user defined selection of files available

from any accessible network resource, and user CD artwork, to be printed on the disc for easy

identification, can be launched remotely or locally. Up to eight jobs can be processed at the

same time. Job queuing allows unlimited jobs to be launched and then automatically processed

once an active job is completed.

CLIENT SUPPORT

Included with the Director EC Series, whether Professional or Office Publisher, is an

unlimited-seat Windows client. The Windows Client allows you to launch jobs from any PC on

our network, whether data, DVD Video from Title Sets, or Audio CDs. You can pre-master

data discs from files, DVD Video from Title sets, or audio form WAV or MP3 files. Below

you see the track editor for the Windows Client.