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1. i Current Source Movie File Macdonalds DV avi Analysis Summary Advanced Information O incidents 0 frames inciden ame Analysed with Licence Mark Test Key Japan NAB 2006 Movie File V3 3 What is a Subliminal Event The insertion of an image or images with contents different from the preceding or following images which is too short for the viewer to be consciously aware of The duration of a subliminal event is user configurable The default settings are currently up to 0 05 seconds for a subliminal failure and up to 0 2 seconds for a subliminal warning A subliminal event may be inserted at a scene change as it is not necessary for the images preceding and following the subliminal event to be similar Additionally a subliminal event may involve inserted text or a change to only part of the image It is important to note that a subliminal event must contain information An inserted blank image that is black white or uniform grey does not mean anything and is therefore not regarded as subliminal Examples of subliminal and non subliminal events Page 40 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Example 1 This is a subliminal event because of the inserted images The blue border in the 7th image shows the end of the subliminal event Example 2 00 00 12 10 00 00 12 11 00 00 12 1232 0000 12 13 OOO 12 14 00 00 12 15 0000 12 16 0000 12 17 This is a subliminal event because of the in
2. 320x240 352x288 384x288 640x480 640x486 702 720 x 480 702 720 x 486 702 720 x 576 768x576 Legacy SD analysis frame rates 25 29 97 Version 3 SD analysis frame sizes supported Page 7 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd 320x240 352x288 352x240 384x288 480x360 640x360 960x540 640x480 854x480 640x486 854x486 702 720 x 480 702 720 x 486 702 720 x 576 768x576 1024x576 Version 3 HD analysis frame sizes supported 960x720 1280x720 1440x1080 1920x1080 Version 3 analysis frame rates 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 60 The HardingFPA X uses the following frameworks to access video frames e FFmpeg e QuickTime e DirectShow on Windows only When presented with a file a framework is selected based on the movie file extension MXF Files An attempt is made to open the MXF file using the internal MXF library This library has support for OP1A and OP ATOM wrapped MXF files with the following codecs e D10 IMX e DV e DVCPRO e DVCPRO HD Page 8 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd e DNxHD e AVC Intra If the internal MXF library does support the MXF file format then the FFmpeg library is used to decode these frames The MXF library includes support for AVID MXF files as well as MXF time code tracks If the MXF file format is not supported by the internal MXF library an attempt is made to use the FFmpeg library to open the file directly On Windows
3. HardingFPA mmn CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH SYSTEMS Cambridge Research Systems Ltd HardingFPA X Administration Manual This manual details how to install and set up the HardingFPA X system For HardingFPA X Version 3 2 0 Documentation date 12 12 2012 Page 2 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Overview The HardingFPA X System is a distributed version of the HardingFPA Flash and Pattern Analyser It operates in a similar way but is intended for file based workflows instead of tapes If analying HD material the HardingFPA X analyses using the new Version 3 analysis algorithms which have been designed specifically for file analysis in the HD world For compatibility with older algorithms the software can be set up to use SD Legacy Mode which allows SD material to be analysed using Version 2 5 analysis algorithms which are the same as in the previous 2 54 2 57 versions of the HardingFPA and Version 1 x of the HardingFPA X HD material is always analysed using Version 3 analysis algorithms This manual gives an overview of the components in the HardingFPA X System and details the installation and configuration process for the system It does not include detailed user instructions for the Client side applications HardingFPA X Submit and HardingFPA Viewer These can be found in the HardingFPA X User s Manual Jobs are submitted either via client side interfaces Submit applications or by dropping the movie files into watch f
4. second between video frames Page 44 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd HardingFPA HD 3 53 15 0 0 0 0L 2 46 L yminance Rash W Red Flash W Fpsoa Patterns E Eoded Faire W Analyss Controts Q 2 Current Source Mone Analysis Summary AG vanced Information Analysed with Licence Tristan Lnnel DEMO Ofcom ITU Deckink SDi V3 0 Analysis Results The Version 3 algorithms give results which are broadly similar to those generated by version 2 5 The figure below shows the results of both versions when analysing the same video input under the same guidelines Page 45 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd 10 09 04 18 R 0 08 0 0L 3 4 k 9 Version 2 5 10 09 04 18 However the results between the two versions will not be identical The Version 3 algorithms will in general be more slightly more lenient to complex rapid motion Page 46 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Harding PA X Viewer O1 13 1 16 R 0 0 0 0L 0 0 k 1 Luminance Flash W Red Flash W v3 Spata Patterns W Extended Faire W 01 13 51 16 R 0 05 0 0L 3 4 Luminance Flash W fed Flash W Speta Patters W Extended Faire W i e a egia rtea t Ss Jeers ieee mr ER bets ce 8 Ui a nes but more strict to examples of powerful localised flashing Page 47 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd HardingFPA X Viewer fle
5. Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Remote Management This screen details all of the settings relating to remote management SNMP iy E Enable SNMP Agent Email Send PASS PDF results to Send PDF F Send FAIL PDF results to Send a link to PDF only tristan linnell ltd i V Only send for jobs longer than 1 J minutes 4 SMTP Server Host Name crsukm l SMTP Port Username tristan E oe Password From Email Address tristan linnell crsltd com From Name HardingFPA X Analyser on CRSUKPCTRIST Prefer TLS when connecting to the SMTP server Email The email settings allow the Analyser to send the generated PDF certificate report if settings allow it to be generated to be sent via SMTP to a list of email addresses The checkboxes allow emails to be sent in the event of pass and or fail results Page 54 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd If the Send a link to PDF only radio button is seletced then the PDF itself will not be included in the email Instead a link will be entered Please be aware that these links will only work if the root paths are identical between the analyser computer and the device that the link is being opened on A list of destination email addresses can then be entered into the box beneath If Only send for jobs longer than is checked then PDF certificates will only be emailed for movies that are longer than the specified length in minutes SMTP
6. it is possible to put one or more watch folder sets into Single Folder Operation Mode whereby all assets including source files to be analysed and results files PAP PAR CSV XML etc are all stored in the same watch folder To enable this mode select the Single Folder Mode checkbox Please note that whilst operating in this mode the Job ID number is not prepended to the start of the filenames for the results or progress files Due to the fact that the movie assets will not be moved during and after analysis the Monitor will not requeue a job in the single watch folder if at least one results file corresponding to the file in question is Page 73 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd present If these results files are deleted or moved out of the single watch folder then the file will be requeued The screenshot below shows an example settings screen for using a single watch folder Database Settings Gj HostName 127 001 Log Filename C Users tristan CRS monitor log 5 l files Max size 10 Y Rotate Log File Keep Watch Folders 1 Watch Folders 2 L Root Path VA L PDF Report Settings Analysis Settings m F inghad flees ancianas z 2 V Detailed Results 4 A Show Frame Thumbnails Watch Folders Path List File Single Folder Mode LR PDF Results lt gt XML Results a CSV Results Analysis Results Storage PAP PAR PAM XML Report Setting
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9. 20 39 58 2 96 115 134 153 172 191 210 229 248 267 286 305 324 343 362 381 400 419 438 457 476 5D 576i50 am HD 1080i50 m HD 720p50 Settings This section details all of the settings in the HardingFPA X Analyser If the settings are read only then close and re run the Analyser as an administrator user In Windows right click the application icon and select Run as administrator as shown below k Start Hardi 1a Open tS aao E Run as administrator Pin to Taskbar Poedit Pin to Start Menu wi Microsoft W a _ VLC media Remove from this list Properties Locations This screen details all of the settings relating to file paths and locations The Analyser can have multiple Root Paths please see the section on paths for more information Material is then looked for in each of these root paths in the order in which they appear in this list Page 50 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Root Paths CA Log Filename CAUsers tristan CRS analyser log Logging Verbosity Errors Errors and Jobs Errors Jobs and Database Rotate Log File Keep s _ B files Max size The log verbosity can be set in the Settings screen to one of the following settings e Errors Log errors only e Errors and Jobs Log errors but add logging based on what each of the analyser channels is doing with the jobs opening files closing jobs
10. Asset Number is a string i e can contain letters as well as numbers and is written to XML Progress files XML Results files and also the PDF certificate Results files All other Material Description fields will be added into the PAR and PDF results files that are created Page 76 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Next is the locations section which describes the destinations of the results files These are all optional and results of the corresponding type will only be output if there is a path present in the relevant section The first field in each of these jobid should be set to 1 if you require the Job ID number of the job to be prepended to the results file e g OO059test pdf and to 0 if this is not required e g test pdf The results directories are described by the following sections e lt output gt Move the movie file into the following folder If you would like to set seperate passed failed and error folders you may instead include the two tags output_passed output_failed and out put_error which must appear in this order e lt output_ passed jobid 1 gt Users shared Passed lt output_passed gt e lt output failed jobid 1 gt Users shared Failed lt output failed gt e lt output_ error jobid 1 gt Users shared Error lt output_error gt e lt csv gt Create CSV Results in the following folder e Inthis option storage can be set to specify when the CSV results are to be saved always
11. IDENTIFIER 14 36 01 4 1 33056 w 13 61 4 1 33056 hfpaX OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1 3 6 1 4 1 33056 1 cambridgeResearchSystems 1 mal hfpaXNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIE gt J3 601 41330560 1 1 hfpax 1 hfpaAnalyserJobErrorTraps OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1 3 6610461 33056 1 1 1 hfpaXNotifications 1 hfpaAnalyserJobErrorGeneral TRAP TYP Gl ENTERPRISE hfpaAnalyserJobErrorTraps VARIABLI GI Nn a hfpaAnalyserErrorChannel hfpaAnalyserErrorString DESCRIPTION A DirectShow error occurred during job processing Error string and channel number included 9 9500 hfpaXObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIE w 1 3 6 1 4 1 33056 1 2 Page 57 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd hfpax 2 hfpaXStats OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1236 68 1 64 1 33056 152 1 hfpaXObjects 1 hfpaAnalyserStats OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1 3 661 4 1 330560 162 01 hfpaxXStats 1 hfpaAnalyserchannellFilename OBJECT TYP GI SYNTAX OCTET STRING ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The filename of the movie file currently being analysed by Channel 1 12336 1242 1 33056 1 2 1 0 2 hfpaAnalyserStats 1 hfpaAnalyserchannel2Filename OBJECT TYP GI SYNTAX OCTET STRING ACCESS
12. Movie files can be moved or copied into this folder by users who wish to have the files analysed by the HardingFPA X System Movie Passed Where the Monitor moves any movie files that pass after analysis is complete PAR Results Where the PAP PAR PAM results files that are used by the Viewer application should be saved to when the analysis is complete CSV Results Where the CSV results files are saved to after the analysis is complete Movie Busy Where the Monitor moves the movie files to after they are added to the job queue Movie Failed Where the Monitor moves any movie files that fail after analysis is complete Movie Error Where the Monitor moves any movie files that wither cause an error resulting in abnormal termination of analysis or are aborted by a supervisor PDF Results Where the PDF results files are to be saved after the analysis is complete XML Results Where the XML results files are to be saved after the analysis is complete In the Analysis Standard section the analysis standard which all jobs submitted by this Monitor application will be analysed as can be set Please note that the Analysers that pick up these jobs need to be licensed to analyse the standard that is chosen therefore the HASP key in use on the Analyser computer must have the relevant guidelines licensed Please contact Cambridge Research Systems if you require additional analysis standards Single Watch Folder Operation Mode If required
13. System Submit Monitor Supervisor and Analyser have common settings which relate to the location on the network of the HardingFPA X Database component These settings can be found under Tools Settings on these applications and appear as shown below Locations I Host Name 127 0 0 1 l Host Port 5432 Host Name This is the host name or IP address of the computer on which the database is running There must be only one HardingFPA X Database on the network for a given system Host Port This is the port number of the database in the system Unless this was changed during installation it should be left at its default value of 5432 Any changes made to the database settings will require the relevant application to be restarted before the changes are made Language Support All HardingFPA applications support multiple languages In many of the applications English and Japanese can be selected from the Tools Languages menu All applications will start up in the local language by default providing the translation files are present Page 34 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Note only English and Japanese languages are currently officially supported although you may translate the applications yourself see below To add a new language yourself find the languages subdirectory of the application bundle on OS X or program directory on Windows and make a copy of each of the po files repla
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15. aborting jobs etc e Errors Jobs and Database The same as Errors and Jobs but with the addition of logging based on what communication is occurring with the database This can be useful if unusual effects are Page 51 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd noticed that may be the result of problems with the database installation Note that this setting creates a significantly larger log file than the other settings because the Analyser has continuous communications with the database so be sure there is enough free disk space for the log file If you would like to rotate the log file created you may check Rotate Log File and select how many files to keep and how big the file must get to before it is rotated Rotated log files have numbers appended to their filenames Database This screen details all of the settings relating to the Job Queue database Page 52 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Host Name 127 0 0 1 Host Port 5432 Host Name This is the host name or IP address of the computer on which the database is running There must be only one HardingF PA X Database on the network for a given system Host Port This is the port number of the database in the system Unless this was changed during installation it should be left at its default value of 5432 Any changes made to the database settings will require the Analyser to be restarted before the changes are made Page 53 of 103
16. be run from as many computers as it is installed on The Supervisor application allows administrative users to licence client computers to use the Submit as well as manage jobs that are currently in the job queue or currently being analysed With this application the administrator can also modify the priorities of jobs in the Job Queue and abort them On start up the Supervisor Password must be entered to gain control of the database The default password here is adminhfpax Please note that this password is specific to the database installation It is recommended to change the Supervisor Password as soon as possible by selecting Tools Change Supervisor Password 2 Enter Supervisor Password Password Cancel Ff OK On the HardingFPA X Supervisor interface there are three tabs The first of these is a general overview of the System Status and shows various pieces of information about the system as a whole and allows the supervisor to be able to see immediately if there are any serious errors occurring in the system as well as viewing a list of all of the currently active Analyser channels and licensed client computers The System Health value is a percentage that describes the proportion of the last 20 jobs that completed successfully Note that this does not refer to the pass fail status of the jobs but whether or not a serious error occurred meaning that the job could not be analysed at all Th
17. client users Submit 2 0 Allows submission of new jobs and viewing of results of com Client pleted jobs Shows graphical and numerical representations of the results oien Viewer she Client completed jobs to users on a frame by frame basis Please note that detailed information regarding the operation of the Client components can be found in the HardingFPA X User s Manual Page 4 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd System Requirements The HardingFPA X System is cross platform and each component can run on both Windows and Mac computers The applications will only run on Intel powered Mac computers and require OS X version 10 5 or higher for all components Computers running the Analyser component will obtain optimum performance with multi core processors with at least 2 GB of RAM For Windows platforms the HardingFPA X has been tested on Windows XP Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Although the HardingFPA X is compatible with Windows Vista this operating system is not recommended At least 2 Gb of RAM is recommended for the best performance for the computer running the Analyser Hint It is only possible to install the PostgreSQL database component of the HardingFPA X System using the automated Mac installer on a Mac computer which does not already have an installation of PostgreSQL except for upgrades to the HardingFPA X PostgreSQL If you have another application which installs a Po
18. in the usual order of their Job ID after which all jobs of priority O will be analysed also in order of Job ID etc Using the Promote Job and Demote Job buttons under the Job Queue tab the administrator may increase or decrease the priority of the selected job respectively The change in priority is shown in the Job Priority column Be aware that you cannot increase the priority to greater than 10 or decrease it to lower than 10 The change in the job order is reflected immediately in the order displayed in the Job Queue Promoting jobs is a useful tool for administrators to be able to advance emergency and or time critical jobs to the top of the queue Be aware that if a job is demoted to have a negative priority it may not be analysed at all if a continual stream of jobs is submitted as the newly submitted jobs will by default have a higher priority To be sure always set all job priorities back to 0 after manipulating the job queue for emergency jobs etc HardingFPA X Submit This application must be licensed by the administrator user of the HardingFPA X system This can be done in one of two ways 1 Using the Licensing Clients panel in the Supervisor application to add the computer name to the list of licensed clients 2 Running the Submit on an unlicensed computer and logging in with the administrator s password default adminhfpax to register it in the database This application is designed to be run on any nu
19. may be used to download and instal additional tools drivers and applications to i complement your PostgreSQL installation _ PostgreSQL Packaged by Enterprise The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company e Copy the hfpa sql file from the HardingFPA X installation media to the C temp folder of your computer e Under PostgreSQL 9 1 on the start menu open click the SQL Shell psql menu item This will open the command prompt shown below Page 24 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd a W SOL Shell psa Server localhost m e Press Return 4 times e When at the screen below enter the password you set earlier for the postgres Windows user to log in to the SQL shell z W SOL Shell psql i Server localhost Database postgres Port 5432 Username postgres Password for user postgres m So e Once logged in enter the following command Page 25 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd i temp hfpa sql and press Return The roles and databases for the HardingFPA X system will be created see below p E SQL Shell psal Soe Password for user postgres psql lt 8 4 3 gt WARNING Console code page 85 gt differs from Windows code page 1252 8 bit characters might not work correctly See psql reference page Notes for Windows users for details Type help for help postgres i temp hf pa sql wsql 8 4 3 gt VARNI
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21. question and that the Submit and Analyser appli cations have the correct Root Path settings Check that the file extension is one of the supported extensions and that the case of all of the letters in the extension are the same e g MOV not MoV Files dropped into watch folders must also not be read only Files must be larger than 2kb The system has been upgraded but the Analyser in question has not Upgrade the Analyser to the same version as the rest of the system Does the computer analysing the job have the required codec check if the file can be viewed cor rectly in QuickTime Also check if the frame size and frame rate are within the accepted range If you are upgrading make sure all HardingFPA X Cambridge Research Systems Ltd applications on your entire network are not running This includes Analysers Monitors Submits and Supervisors Page 85 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Licence Terms This HardingFPA product utilises icons from the Silk icon set at http www famfamfam com lab icons silk and the Fat Cow icon set at http www fatcow com free icons Some plugins use external libraries and makes extensive use of the following persons or companies code FFmpeg Copyright c 2000 2011 Fabrice Bellard et al http www ffmpeg org The source and build instructions for the included FFmpeg libraries are contained on the HardingFPA X installation media FFmpeg is licen
22. read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The filename of the movie file currently being analysed by Channel 2 HS 1 3 6621644 1 533056 1 62 61 1562 hfpaAnalyserStats 2 Page 58 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd hfpaAnalyserchannel3Filename OBJECT TYP GI SYNTAX OCTET STRING ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The filename of the movie file currently being analysed by Channel 3 14362 16421233056 1 221 103 hfpaAnalyserStats 3 hfpaAnalyserchannel4Filename OBJECT TYP B SYNTAX OCTET STRING ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The filename of the movie file currently being analysed by Channel 4 gt 143660164 4 1 433096 152 1 1 4 hfpaAnalyserStats 4 Gl hfpaAnalyserchannellPercent OBJECT TYP SYNTAX INTEGER 0 100 ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The percentage complete value for the job currently on channel 1 Page 59 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd 143001 44 1 33056 152 0 1 5 hfpaAnalyserStats 5 hfpaAnalyserchannel2Percent OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER 0 100 ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The percentage complete value for the job currently on channel 2 2163 061 44 1 330596 152 151 6 hfpaAnalyserStats 6 hfpaAnalyserchannel3Percent OBJ
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24. shared between all applications installed on the same computer The general Submit settings are stored in OS X Library HfpaPreferences com crsltd hfpasubmit ini Windows On Windows the settings are stored in the registry key HKEY LOCAL _ MACHINE SOFTWARE Cambridge Research Systems HFPAXSubmit A restricted user will not be able to write to these unless the application is run as an administrator HardingFPA Viewer This is the part of the HardingFPA X system which allows the client computers to view the results of completed analysis displayed in the same way as in the standard version of the HardingFPA with the additional benefit of being able to replay the image sections and view Frame Mask data The Viewer is usually installed on the same computers as the Submit application and is launched automatically to view results Detailed instructions for the usage of HardingF PA Viewer can be found in the HardingFPA X System User s Manual Page 82 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Example Advanced Configurations The HardingFPA X System is very versatile and can be set up in many configurations For example it is entirely possible to have all the required Server Supervisor and Client components on a single computer but the flexibility provided by the HardingFPA X System allows for more complex and useful configurations such as those detailed below Please note that additional licences will need to be pu
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26. type spatialpattern count 0 warnings 7 gt lt item type extended count 0 gt lt summary gt lt results gt lt failsequence startframe 00 00 10 19 gt lt failure timecode 00 00 10 19 flash 0 5 red 0 0 spatial 0 0 extended 0 Page 65 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd reddiag 7 flashdiag 7 gt lt failure timecode 00 00 10 20 flash 0 7 red 0 0 spatial 0 0 extended 0 reddiag 7 flashdiag 7 gt lt warning timecode 00 00 10 21 flash 0 9 red 0 0 spatial 0 0 extended 0 reddiag 7 flashdiag 7 gt lt warning timecode 00 00 10 22 flash 1 1 red 0 0 spatial 0 0 extended 0 reddiag 7 flashdiag 7 gt etc for each of the data points in the current failure warning region sequence lt failsequence gt lt failsequence startframe 00 00 20 05 gt Repeats as before One section of this type for each failure warning region sequence lt failsequence gt lt results gt lt fpasve gt The status field in the summary section can take the following values e Failed e Passed e Stopped by error XXYYZZAABB Where XX YY ZZ and AA are error codes XX MXF Error code YY DirectShow Error Code ZZ QuickTime Error Code Page 66 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd AA FFmpeg Error Code BB FPA Core Error Code Note that warnings will only appear in the XML Results files if th
27. yew Ress tip Graph Controls AN A OR E v 2 57 T A i A R Power POWER MOWI POWER OWE Pii a POWER e ee Most importantly of all the Version 3 algorithms have been designed to be as format agnostic as possible Changes in file formats or codecs will alter the underlying video data even if these changes are not visually apparent Here the same video has been encoded at the same resolution using two different codecs The absolute differences between the two images are shown in the third image as deviations from mid grey DVC PRO DV PAL Difference Image Page 48 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Difference Image The Version 3 algorithms generate highly consistent results from different image resolutions and frame rates Here the same movie has been analysed in 720x576i50 and 640x480i60 formats The only noticeable difference is in the horizontal graph scale due to the different frame rates aiinciaiiiar y Cerrar bles Y a face si atia Phtterns W Wh wor Farell i gi J F y j yeh 1 UY 7 4 640x480i60 ROOS OOL aa rv j ze xKe srry wA l ABR Ne f rapena N Ex tengir sm The graph below shows three sets of luminance flash risk results of the same movie analysed in SD 576i50 HD 720p50 and HD 1080i50 formats and highlights the considerable similarities in the results Page 49 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd
28. 0 00 ogs 0o 00 o0 00 og OQ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 etc XML Results 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SETE 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 o8 09 Flash Red P Spatial Extended FlashDiag This is another way of obtaining the raw results data for the analysis this time in eXtensible Markup Language This file contains more information than the CSV format All of the fields available from the Page 64 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd PAR file viewed using the Viewer are stored in the XML results file Please refer to the HardingF PA X System User s Manual for detailed information on the result fields The layout of this file is as follows lt xml version 1 0 gt lt fpasvc gt lt header gt lt fpasve version HardingFPA X Analyser 3 1 0 gt lt file name test mov assetnumber as12345 gt lt video framerate 25 00 width 720 height 576 gt lt analysis totalframes 00 00 40 24 gt lt analysis endframe 00 00 40 24 gt lt header gt lt summary analyser HardingFPAX version 2115 analysis_ standard OfCOM ITC mode PAL scan Interlaced format UYUV status Failed error gt lt item type luminanceflash count 54 warnings 559 gt lt item type redflash count 5 warnings 57 gt lt item
29. 03 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd eoo Install HardingFPA X Server Welcome to the HardingFPA X Server Installer Welcome to the HardingFPA X Server Install Package Introduction Read Me Please make sure all HardingFPA X applications on your B network are not running License Destination Select Installation Type Installation Summary HardingFPA X Gera eran e see espem 1 San Go Back Continue e Click on continue then read the Read Me text and accept the licence terms displayed on the next screen e Select which volume hard disk you would like to install the server applications to e Select which of the components you would like to install The PostgreSQL component is a data base that is required for the HardingFPA X system to run correctly but will typically be installed on only one of the computers on your network so if you are installing a second or third Analyser node for example you should de select this option e Torun the Monitor or Analyser without logging in select the option s to run as a Launch Daemon Please refer to the separate user manual on running HardingFPA X applications as Launch Dae mons for more information on how to manage this Page 14 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Custom Install on Snow Package Name Action 8 Introduction HardingFPA X Analyser Upgrade HardingFPA X Monitor Upgrade head Ma HardingFPA
30. ECT TYP Gl SYNTAX INTEGER 0 100 ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The percentage complete value for the job currently on channel 3 1 36601 4 1 33056 1 2 1 047 hfpaAnalyserStats 7 hfpaAnalyserchannel4Percent OBJECT TYP Gl SYNTAX INTEGER 0 100 ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION Page 60 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd The percentage complete value for the job currently on channel 4 1 3564 1 4 1 33056 1 21 18 hfpaAnalyserStats 8 hfpaAnalyserErrors OBJECT IDENTIFIE wy 1 3 601 4 1233056 1 2 1 1 5000 hfpaAnalyserStats 5000 hfpaAnalyserErrorString OBJECT TYP Gl SYNTAX OCTET STRING ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The last error string that occurred Also sent with error traps 1439641 421 33056 1 2 1 1 5000 4 hfpaAnalyserErrors 2 hfpaAnalyserErrorChannel OBJECT TYP E SYNTAX INTEGER 1 4 ACCESS read only STATUS optional DESCRIPTION The channel number that the last error occurred on Also sent with error traps 143 641 44 1 33056 152 1 1 5000 1 hfpaAnalyserErrors 1 Page 61 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd END Analysis This screen details all of the settings relating to analysis of movies Settings G Ma
31. NG Console code page lt 850 gt differs from Windows code page 1252 8 bit characters might not work correctly See psql reference page Notes for Windows users for details You are now connected to database postgres ROLE ROLE e In order to allow PostgreSQL to accept connections from hosts other than the local host the file named pg_hba conf which is located in the data directory you chose whilst installing e g c hfpapostgresdata pg hba conf must be edited by adding the following line to the bottom of the file host all all 192 168 0 0 24 md5 Please note that the IP address subnet mask combination in CIDR notation for example 192 168 0 0 24 in the line above should match your network s subnet range e Make sure that the listen_addresses are setto inthe file c hf papostgresdata postgreSQL conf or wherever you chose to install the data directory to See below Page 26 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd If sa per tray Se le is not explicitly set no extra PID file is written external_pid_ write an extra PID file change requires restart ile none Connection Settings isten_addresses what IP address es to listen on comma separated list of addresses defaults to localhost all change requires restart port 5432 change requires restart max_connections 100 e a requires restart Note Increasing max_connections costs 400 byt
32. RO DVCPRO HD DNxHD MPEG1VIDEO MPEG2VIDEO H261 H263 RV10 RV20 MJPEG MJPEGB MPEG4 MSMPEG4V1 MSMPEG4V2 MSMPEG4V3 WMV1 WMV 2 H263P H2631 FLV1 H264 INDEO3 VP3 THEORA ASV1 ASV2 FFV1 MSVIDEO1 SNOW XVID FFVHUFF INDEO2 FRAPS VP5 VP6 VP6F FFH264 The decision tree that is used to decide which framework to use is shown in the flowchart below Page 10 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Yes Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Installation OS X This section describes the installation of the HardingFPA X components on the OS X platform Prerequisites OS X In order for the Analyser parts of the Server distribution to work correctly a USB HASP key must be installed and therefore the HASP drivers must be installed To install these double click on the Sentinel_ Runtime dmg disk image shown below which can be found inside the HardingFPA X disk image Sentinel Runtime dmg This will mount the disk image containing the driver installer This screen can be seen below Double click on the nstall Sentinel Runtime Environment icon within this image to install the driver Page 12 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd ReadMe html A Install Sentinel Runtime Environment Server Installation OS X e Double click on the HfpaServer installer package as shown below HfpasServer e The installer will then start and the following dialogue box will open Page 13 of 1
33. Server These are the settings for the SMTP server through which the emails are to be sent Hostname port from address from name username and password are supported If the TLS checkbox is checked an attempt to secure the connection with TLS will be made The password is stored in an encrypted form in the registry settings file SNMP Note that on the OS X platform you may not be able to use the default SNMP listening port 161 unless the Analyser is being run as the root user If the status icon see below shows an error whilst binding this is probably the cause It is possible to change the port number in the settings The Analyser has the option to enable a Simple Network Management Protocol agent SNMP server so that you may monitor its operation through a third party SNMP manager The settings for this can be found on the Settings window of the Analyser Here the SNMP Agent can be turned on or off with the checkbox the port number to listen on UDP can be selected and optionally an IP address or hostname of a network manager to send SNMP Traps to in the event of any errors All traps are sent to the default port 162 Remote Management i M Enable SNMP Agent SNMP Port 161 Send SNMP Traps to 192 168 1 37 Page 55 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd When the SNMP Agent is active and functioning correctly the server icon is shown in the bottom right corner of the Analyser window as shown below I
34. Systems Ltd j5 Setup Hard Welcome to the HardingFPA X Supervisor Setup Wizard H ar d j n g F P A lt HardingFPA X Supervisor 3 1 0 on your amp af aE Itis recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup e Click Next Read and accept the licence terms If you cannot accept these licence terms please can cel the installation and contact Cambridge Research Systems Ltd e Onthe next select the location into which the software is to be installed and whether to include desktop shortcuts or not e Click Next then click Install Wait for the installation to complete e After clicking Finish the HardingFPA X Supervisor will have been fully installed and will appear by default under the HFPA X group on the Start Menu Page 33 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd HardingFPA X Components and Settings When you have installed the applications to the required computers each will need to be configured in order for the applications to know where to find the database and which paths to use to find the movies results files etc This section describes the operation and settings configuration for the HardingFPA X System Some settings are common between applications such as database settings so please refer to the whole section if you cannot find the information you need Common Database Settings Many of the applications in the HardingFPA X
35. The position attribute in the status tag details the position of the analysis at the current time or at the position of the error in the case of the error state In the case of the error status an additional tag is included with the error detailse g lt error code 4 message 0QT ERROR 4 Visual context error gt which appears under the status tag Error numbers below 100 indicate the there was a problem with the movie file and numbers above 100 indicate that there was an error with the analysis engine Other information contained within the progress file includes the analyser version filename frame rate frame width and height etc as well as an optional assetnumber field which is specified if the job was submitted using an XML Token File with an Asset Number specified HardingFPA X Monitor This application is required if you require the use of Watch Folders or XML Token Files to submit jobs to the system To use Watch Folders a user simply moves or copies files to be analysed into a pre designated input folder The Monitor then identifies the job moves it into a busy folder and submits the job to the Analyser Completed jobs are automatically moved to the relevant folder after analysis Different folders can be specified for jobs that pass fail or cause an error This process can be easily automated in a more complex set up Options exist to move jobs to different folders depending on their pass fail status and supp
36. X PostgreSQL Upgrade License _ Run Monitor as a Launch Daemon Skip nerina on Sien C Run Analyser as a Launch Daemon Skip 8 Installation Type Installation Summary HardingFPA X Space Required 116 8 MB Remaining 10 14 GB Gara A Sane GoBack Continue e Wait for the installation to complete Page 15 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd O08 Install HardingFPA X Server Installing HardingFPA X Server 8 Introduction Read Me License Destination Select Installation Type Writing files Installation Summary HardingFPA X Gaara Stapp e see essem TER zante HHH Go Back Continue e After completion the PostgreSQL database configuration utility will appear If you only require the system to be run from the same computer and have no remote clients then choose Local Host If you would like to be able to connect client computers from across your network then select the appropriate IP addresses for your local network cards by checking the relevant boxes Page 16 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd eoo HardingFPA X PostgreSQL Config PostgreSQL Server Configuration Network Access Local Host Only C LAN Same Subnet Server IP Addresses 192 168 1 47 Port Number 5432 OK PostConfig Ver 2 1 1 e Itis usually sufficient to leave the port number set to 5432 but if you know that this port is bei
37. ambridge Research Systems Ltd The HardingFPA X components are available for both Windows and OS X Within your HardingFPA X System you may mix and match computers running the OS X or Windows versions of the components in whatever combination you wish This manual covers both the OS X and Windows versions of the HardingFPA X software The versions of the components in the current release are detailed in the table below Please refer to the Changes html file that is provided with the HardingFPA X install packages for details on changes and new features present in this release Server OS The main database component which all other components in x SQL the HardingFPA X System connect to This database maintains Script pro the job lists licensed clients and results locations Only one of these is required per HardingFPA X System Maintains and ensures that the Analyser module continues to Launcher 2 run normally at all times Analyses movie clips submitted to it via users or from watch fold Analyser 2 ers Manages watch folders Continually scans single or multiple Monitor 2 0 watch folders submitting movies for analysis Also facilitates advanced XML based job submission Allows licensing clients viewing of system status and admin Supervisor 2 0 istrator manipulation of the job queue via the use of job priorities Supervisor as well as the option to abort jobs Provides the interface to the job database for
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39. cing en with the two letter code for your locale e g MainUnit fr po for French You may then enter the strings after msgstr in this file between the quotation marks Ensure the po files are saved in the UTF 8 format without BOM An example is shown below for some menus translated into Japanese these would be stored in XXXXX jp PO main rssettings msgid Settings msgstr Ate main rshelp msgid Help msgstr JJ Note that on the OS X platform you must set one of the environment variables LC_ALL LC_ MESSAGES or LANG to the two letter code for your locale e g jp for Japanese etc for the applications to launch into your language automatically HardingFPA X PosgreSQL Database This is the main database which manages the parameters for all of the elements of the system including jobs file locations licensed clients HardingFPA X system information etc All of this information is managed transparently by the different components of the system The database does not include analysis results themselves only the locations of the files that contain them You must install and configure the database on one computer in your network so there will be only one Database installation to which all clients applications and Analysers connect to This database stores all information relevant to the jobs being analysed pending jobs and completed jobs and allows the Page 35 of 103 Cambridge Research Syst
40. correlated changes which occurred at different times but at the same position in the image sequence Changes which are blended in over several frames are not considered as potentially subliminal as they would be consciously noticed by the viewer The HardingFPA can log the occurrences of two sudden uncorrelated changes and issue a subliminal event or a subliminal warning depending on its duration These are indicated as yellow dots above and below the failure line respectively and are indications of where subliminal insertions may have occurred It is important to note that the HardingF PA may issue a large number of subliminal failures or warnings especially when analysing rapidly flashing imagery This does not necessarily mean that the video contains a large number of subliminal insertions but merely that the HardingF PA has detected a large number of Page 42 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd potential candidates It is ultimately up to the user to verify whether these flagged events constitute subliminal insertions or benign uncorrelated changes Why does the HardingFPA indicate a subliminal event one frame after it has occurred The HardingFPA needs to detect the start and end times of any potential subliminal insertion to determine whether the effect was rapid enough to be viewed subconsciously Therefore the HardingFPA can only log a subliminal event after it has disappeared Version 3 Analysis Algorithms HardingFPA sof
41. d above provided that you also meet all of these conditions a The modified work must itself be a software library b You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change c You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License d If a facility in the modified Library refers to a function ora table of data to be supplied by an application program that uses the facility other than as an argument passed when the facility is invoked then you must make a good faith effort to ensure that in the event an application does not supply such function or table the facility still operates and performs whatever part of its purpose remains meaningful For example a function in a library to compute square roots has a purpose that is entirely well defined independent of the application Therefore Subsection 2d requires that any application supplied function or table used by this function must be optional if the application does not supply it the square root function must still compute square roots These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Library and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves then this License and its terms do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate wor
42. e Average Channel Speed value is the average rate at which an Analyser channel will analyse jobs so that you may see the expected speed of jobs being analysed at the moment This is per channel so if your system has an HardingFPA X Analyser with two channels as in a typical installation the actual system throughput will be twice this value At the bottom of the Overall Status section the number of jobs that have been completed in the last hour is shown Page 78 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Job Queue Completed Jobs Active Analyser Channels Overall Status Licensed Clients Name a Hostname User Name Allow gt o system Health 50 Error Average Channel Speed 1 3 x realtime 2 jobs completed in the last hour The Supervisor also features a Job Queue which shows all of the jobs that are waiting to be analysed or are currently being analysed in the order in which they will be opened by the Analysers The final tab Completed Jobs shows all of the jobs which have been analysed or have been aborted or terminated with an error condition Unlike the Monitor and Submit this window shows all completed jobs not just those from the last 14 days and shows which user submitted which jobs and which Analyser analysed the job Licensing Clients The Supervisor is able to display a list of all the licensed computers users that are allowed to use the Submit applicat
43. e licence terms please cancel the installation and contact Cambridge Research Systems Ltd e Onthe next screen select where to install the software The screen below will appear allowing you to install only the components you require Page 28 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd i sen rrsan r lt Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install dear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue HardingFPA X Analyser HardingFPA X Monitor Current selection requires at least 73 2 MB of disk space e Click Next and select whether or not to include shortcuts on the Desktop Install HASP Driveris only checked if it is not already installed previously but can be checked manually on this page should you wish to reinstall it e If you would like to run the Monitor and or Analyser as a service meaning that no interface is vis ible and the software can run without a user being logged in then select the appropriate options now Please refer to the separate manual on how to operate the system as a service on the instal lation media Page 29 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Baos bi Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing HardingFPA X Server then click Next Additional icons EF Create a desktop
44. earch Systems Ltd Troubleshooting When running the Analyser on OS X the error mes sage HASP SRM Protection System Feature not found 31 appears even though the HASP key is inserted Cannot log in to the HardingFPA X Supervisor appli cation Forgot supervisor password for HardingF PA X Supervisor Job does not get analysed but stays at the bottom of the Job Queue Jobs are not being analysed because the Analyser cannot find the movie files Analysers do not open files dropped into watch fold ers Analysers will not run and give an error message such as This version is older than the newest ver sion in the system The paths and database settings are correct but the Analysers will not analyse a particular job The Server installer on OS X hangs and does not Page 84 of 103 The HASP key you are using is an older one which requires a firmware update Please see the HASP Firmware Update folder on the installation media provided with the HardingFPA X The default password is adminhfpax Start the Supervisor application on the same com puter as the database is installed on and enter no password The database will authenticate and you can change the password with Tools gt Change Supervisor password Check the priority of the job it may have an unu sually low priority Promote the job to a higher prior ity using the Supervisor Make sure the Analyser has access to the files in
45. ems Ltd HardingFPA X system to be as flexible as possible being extensible by allowing multiple clients and Analyser nodes The database does not require manual start up It runs as a service and will therefore be running whenever the computer that it is installed on is switched on All management of the database is performed by the HardingFPA X applications and so there is no direct user interface to the database It should be noted however that as the IP address for the database must be entered into the settings for most of the other HardingFPA X applications it is a requirement that the computer running the Database has a static IP address If required for upgrade or maintenance for example the database may be removed from the computer on which it was installed by Windows XP using Add Remove Programs to remove PostgreSQL Windows Vista Windows 7 Using Programs and Features to remove PostgreSQL OS X Run the script uninstall sh which can be foundin Library HfpaPostgreSQL bin HardingFPA X Launcher This application is a small helper application that makes sure that the Analyser is always active and ready to receive jobs It starts up automatically when the Analyser is started i HardingFPA X Launcher HardingF PA broadcast flash amp pattern analyser Copyright 2012 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Version 3 2 0 When the Analyser automatically shuts itself down to clear resources allocated by the mov
46. es of shared memory per connection slot plus lock space see max_locks_per_transaction superuser_reserved_connections 3 change requires restart unix_socket_directory change requires restart unix_socket_group change requires restart unix_socket_permissions 0777 begin with O to use octal notation c ange requires restart ts to the computer name bonjour_name defau change requires restart e Restart the computer e You may need to configure your firewall to allow for connections to the PostgreSQL database from other computers otherwise HardingFPA X applications running on other computers may not be able to operate Server Installation Windows Note that the Windows installation of the Server components do not by default include a database component Please see the section on Database Installation Windows for more information Page 27 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd e Double click on the HardingFPA X Server Setup exe installer shown above The installer screen below will then be displayed J Setup HardingFPA X Server Welcome to the HardingFPA X Server Setup Wizard 1 ar d j n g F P A X This will install HardingFPA X Server 3 1 0 on your computer Itis recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup e Click Next Read and accept the licence terms If you cannot accept thes
47. for both the server computer and each of the clients but as the folder might be mounted differently on each of the clients this is the mount point that refers to that location from the current computer only and so might be different on each computer The Analyser allows for multiple root paths on separate lines to allow for more complex setups Log Filename Some of the HardingFPA X applications have an entry for Log Filename In this box enter the filename for the text file where you would like the application to store its logging information This file may be of use if any problems occur as the log can be checked for unusual circumstances The Log Filename can be at any file location on the system which the application has write permissions to The Analyser has the additional option of selecting a Logging Verbosity level which can be seen on the Page 37 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd screenshot above This allows the amount of information logged in the log file to be controlled It may be useful to increase the Logging Verbosity if problems are experienced when running the Analyser HardingFPA X Analyser This is the main core of the HardingFPA X functionality and is a powerful multi threaded Flash and Pattern Analyser based on the HardingFPA core with the ability to analyse multiple video clips simultaneously Depending on your licence your Analyser may support up to four channels simultaneously If more than four channe
48. g of activity performed by the Monitor including adding watch folders queuing jobs re queuing jobs and any errors that occur If any problems occur with the watch folder functionality remember to check here for any unusual error messages Page 69 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd 9 tea vere 0 i File Tools Help JobQueue Completed Jobs Folders 1 16 05 2012 11 00 48 Updating folder list Added 1 new folders Removed 0 folders Total Folders 1 16 05 2012 11 04 49 Queued Movie Users tristan CRS HFPAX Input 2 avi as Users tristan CRS HFPAX Busy 2 avi with Job ID 28 16 05 2012 11 05 49 Queued Movie Users tristan CRS HFPAX Input 3 avi as Users tristan CRS HFPAX Busy 3 avi with Job ID 29 Watch Folder Settings This section defines the locations of the various folders used in the HardingFPA X system inlcuding the Watch Folders that the Monitor application collects jobs from The process is that movie files that are placed in the Movie Input folder are moved by the Monitor to the Movie Busy folder as soon as they are placed into the job queue and are then moved to either Movie Passed Movie Failed or Movie Error depending on whether they pass or fail the analysis or cause an error during movie processing The different results types are then placed in the relevant Results folders Multiple Watch Folder Sets Page 70 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd The Monitor application su
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51. icon for HardingFPA X Analyser Create a desktop icon for HardingFPA X Monitor Run Analyser as a service Advanced for Servers only Run Monitor as a service Advanced for Servers only Configure Windows Firewall e The installer will then install the chosen applications see below The required HASP drivers and runtimes will also be installed at the same time and may require you to restart the computer on completion e After clicking Finish the chosen applications will have been fully installed and will appear by default under the HFPA X group on the Start Menu Client Installation Windows e Double click on the HardingFPA X Client Setup exe installer package shown above e The installer screen below will then be displayed Page 30 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd 1 septate cent bs Welcome to the HardingFPA X Client Setup Wizard H ar d j n g F P A X This will install HardingFPA X Client 3 1 0 on your computer It is recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup e Click Next Read and accept the licence terms If you cannot accept these licence terms please cancel the installation and contact Cambridge Research Systems Ltd e Onthe next screen select the location into which the software is to be installed and whether to include desktop shortcuts e In order to operate properly the client application
52. ie frameworks in the intervals specified in Maximum Job Length Analysis Rules or if the Analyser is inadvertently shut down for any reason the Launcher will restart it There is no configuration necessary for the Launcher It will run in the system tray on Windows Page 36 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Storage and Paths In order for the HardingFPA X System to operate correctly all computers must be able to access movie files that they would like to submit or analyse and the applications must be correctly configured to allow this The HardingFPA X applications all provide a Location Settings section in order to specify this information Hl Database Remote Management Analysis Root Paths C z l LogFilename C Users tristan CRS analyser log hr Logging Verbosity Errors Errors and Jobs Errors Jobs and Database In a typical usage scenario the movie files are stored on a SAN or shared network drive In this case all of the Analysers and Submits in the system must be able to access this SAN in order to be able to locate the files in question The actual path used to access the same file from more than one computer may not be identical so the Settings screen Tools Settings for the Analyser Monitor and Submit contain the following settings in order to specify the location of Root Path This is the location of the root of your storage system This folder will be the same actual folder
53. ion They are listed in the table on the right hand side of the first tab System Status as shown below Page 79 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Licensed Clients Hostname UserName Allow A CRSUKPCTRISTAN W The cells in this table can be edited to modify the licensed clients The database supports the character for wildcards so if for example is entered for User Name then all users at that computer will be licensed A in both columns means licence all users on all computers To add a new user computer combination click the plus button T and edit the table clicking the tick button when done Job Priorities By default all jobs submitted to the system whether via Submit or Monitor watch folders etc have an initial Job Priority of 0 In effect this means the job is neither low priority nor high priority A job s priority value can be between 10 and 10 Page 80 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd If all jobs have the same priority then they will be analysed in order of submission i e the lowest Job ID number first please note that some later jobs may be analysed before earlier ones if the Analysers configured for that job length is busy If the queue contains jobs of mixed priorities then they are analysed first in order of priority then in order of job ID For example if two jobs have priority 7 but all the rest have a priority of 0 the priority 7 jobs will first be analysed
54. is option was selected when the job was submitted using the Monitor application XML Progress Files As jobs are being analysed their progress can be tracked in an external automation system by reading from the progress file In order to allow for the creation of these files this option must be enabled in the Settings screen of the HardingFPA X Analyser The file name will consist of the Job ID followed by the movie filename and with the string _ progress appended to the name The contents of the file are in the following format lt xml version 1 0 gt lt hfpax gt lt header gt lt analyser version 3 1 0 gt lt file name Users tristan hfpax busy testsequence2 _ xvid avi assetnumber as12345 gt lt video framerate 25 00 width 720 height 576 gt lt analysis startframe 00 00 00 00 endframe 00 02 14 13 gt lt header gt lt status value complete position 00 02 14 13 progress 100 gt lt hfpax gt Page 67 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd The status tag in the example above indicates that the file has been analysed The progress attribute indicates the percentage of the file that has been analysed The possible values of status are busy the file is being analysed 2 complete analysis has successfully been completed This does not indicate that the movie has passed aborted the file analysis has been aborted error there was an error during the analysis
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56. ld upgrade all the components in your system to the same version as the newest version Page 6 of 103 QuickTime Version 7 71 80 DirectShow Library 11 MXF Library 22 FFmpeg Library 18 FPA Core Version 2225 FPA Core3 Version 3409 Initialised successfully Connecting to database Database connected Checking Version Information Version 3 1 0 is valid Cambridge Research Systems Ltd If an application finds whilst starting up that it is newer than the rest of the system the version for the system is updated to the new version number and the older applications will cease to work until they too are updated Movie Files The system will open and attempt to analyse any movie file for which the computer it is installed on has the codec There are number of codecs included see below Any further codecs required will need to be installed on the computer s running the application Only movie files with the following extensions will be analysed avi mov mpg mpeg m2v mp4 vob wmv mxf flv qt ps 3gp mkv m2ts In general if the file can be viewed correctly using QuickTime or Windows Media Player on the computer that the application is running on and is within the accepted limits for frame size and frame rate see below then the application will be able to analyse it The list of accepted frame sizes and frame rates are as follows Legacy SD analysis frame sizes
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58. ls are required an additional Analyser node needs to be licensed and installed on another computer r HardingFPA X 3D Analyser 3 2 0 File Tools Help Channell Channel 2 Video Mixdown 3 mxf ID 11920 Filename Users tristan CRS HFPAX Frame Total 1533 Frame Rate 25 Bus AVideo Mixdown 3 mxf Frame Size 1920 x 1080 Movie Standard 1080 Submitted by hfpax monitor CRSUKPCTRISTAN Ofcom ITU Analysed 00 00 12 05 1 0 ETA 00 00 47 Analysed Frames 305 Failed Frames 0 2 waiting The Analyser graphical interface above shows the Analyser operating in two channel mode and therefore shows two identical tabs one for each of the individual analyser channels which detail the progress of the jobs currently being analysed The information displayed on each of these tabs is explained below e The top left panel shows the name of the movie file being analysed the total number of frames in the movie the frame rate frame size and movie standard e The bottom left panel shows the current state of the job for the selected analyser channel The length of movie that has currently been analysed is shown followed by a number in brackets in the example above 1 0 which gives the current multiple of realtime being achieved by this Analyser Page 38 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd channel For example 2 0 would mean that the movies on this Analyser core are being analysed two
59. mber of licensed client computers and allows the user of that computer to submit jobs to the database ready for the Analyser s to process them Once a job is completed the Submit application allows the user to right click on the completed job and launch the Viewer or a third party PDF reader to view the results of the analysis The Job Queue lists all of the currently pending jobs for all connected Analysers in the system and the Completed Jobs list shows all of the completed jobs for the last 14 days The Submit application must be configured to point at the current root path in order to submit jobs and view results Detailed instructions can be found in the HardingFPA X System User s Manual Page 81 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd If you would like to lock the settings for the Submit so that client users cannot modify them you may set up the Submit how you wish and then set the preferences ini files or regstry keys to read only for the users in question On Windows Vista Windows 7 this is provided automatically by the Run As Administrator option The database settings are stored in OS X Library HfpaPreferences com crsltd hfpadatabase ini Windows On Windows the settings are stored in the registry key HKEY_ LOCAL _ MACHINE SOFTWARE Cambridge Research Systems HFPAXDatabase A restricted user will not be able to write to these unless the application is run as an administrator The database settings are
60. n the event of any errors or changes of state this icon will change Hover the mouse over the icon to see the status of the SNMP Agent in text MIB The Analyser supports the following OIDs from the standard management MIB 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 o 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 0 sysDescr The name and operating system of the Analyser o 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 2 0 sysObjectID The OID for HFPA X This is always 1 3 6 1 4 1 33056 1 o 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 3 0 sysUpTimelnstance The number of 100ths of a second that the SNMP Agent has been active in the Analyser o 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 5 0 sysName The host name of the computer the Analyser is running on o 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 7 0 sysServices The sysServices value for the SNMP layer 64 The HardingFPA X Products also have a private MIB the mib file for which can be found with the installation media and is reprinted below to facilitate HardingFPA X specific management variables and traps The root of these can be found at 1 3 6 1 4 1 33056 1 Please see the MIB for details on what each OID can be used for Please note that traps are sent with the community string HardingFPA X in order to facilitate filtering of traps in your management client software The HardingFPA X mib is duplicated below in ASN 1 CRS MIB DEFINITIONS BEGIN IMPORTS OBJECT TYPE FROM RFC 1212 Page 56 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd TRAP TYP Gl FROM RFC 1215 cambridgeResearchSystems OBJECT
61. ng used by another service or application it is possible to customise the port that the database runs on by entering a new port number into the box provided Please make a note of these settings in order to configure the other components in the system e Click OK to complete the installation e The installed applications will appear under Applications HFPA X in Finder as shown below e080 E HFPA X i oms Lo ne FAVORITES E All My Files a amp is Applications HASP Key Update Utility HfpaAnalyser HfpaLauncher E Desktop Au tristan ha Documents y di Co trunk HfpaMonitor HfpaSettingsWizard E bzr Client Installation OS X e Double click on the HfpaClient installer package shown below Page 17 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd HfpaClient e The installer will then start e Select which volume hard disk you would like to install the client applications to e Click on continue and wait for the installation to complete There is no configuration utility for the client side software during the install process so once this has completed all the client com ponents will be installed under Applications HFPA X in Finder Supervisor Installation OS X Note If the HardingFPA X Supervisor is installed on a the same computer as the database then the password login is disabled and any user running it will be able to login and therefore licence clients and change the priorities of jobs in the sys
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63. olders These jobs are then posted to the central database into the Job Queue where they are picked up by analysis installations running the Analyser application which analyse the material typically at a greater speed than real time and write out results which the client users may then view The Analysers will analyse jobs of a greater priority first and analyse the earliest submitted jobs first Only the system administrator has the ability via the Supervisor application to modify the priorities of jobs and abort jobs The HardingFPA X System is provided as three separate installer distributions e Server which contains the components required to run the analysis and watch folder services e Supervisor which is an administrator s tool used for licensing clients viewing system status and managing the Job Queue e Client which can be installed on multiple licensed computers allows users to submit clips to be analysed and view results across a local network connection It is entirely possible to install all of the distributions on the same computer Server Supervisor and Client but better performance will be gained if the Server components are run on a dedicated computer by themselves preferably a high performance multi core computer Optionally a Web Services interface can be provided via SOAP using modules for Apache or ISS web servers please see the HardingF PA X Programmer s Manual for more details Page 3 of 103 C
64. ort is given for multiple watch folders via wildcard search patterns or lists of folders The XML Token File is an XML file which can be used to specify the parameters for a specific job which are interpreted by the Monitor which then schedules the corresponding job The Monitor will submit movies as long as it has read write permissions to them they are greater than 2kb in size and they have one of the following file extensions mov dv avi wmv vob mpg mpeg xml mxf mp4 m2v flv ts gt ps 3gp mkv m2ts Page 68 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Note however that even if the Monitor successfully submits the job the Analysers in the system must have the appropriate codec correctly installed and configured in order to be able to analyse it and must be able to locate the movie file on the network Tabs The Monitor application features the following tabs The Job Queue and Completed Jobs tabs show the current jobs being analysed and waiting Job Queue and the jobs that have been analysed in the last 14 days Completed Jobs Please note that it is not possible to manipulate the Job Queue or view results via the Monitor application The tabs here are for information only The Folders tab shows a list of all folders currently being watched by the Monitor Movies that are copied or moved into these folders will automatically be entered into the job queue for analysis as soon as possible The Logging tab shows a lo
65. platforms if all else fails an attempt to use DirectShow using any codecs installed in the system will be made If this is successful an attempt will be made to use the VITC information if any embedded in the video material MOV Files The QuickTime library will be used to open QuickTime files File support depends on the QuickTime codecs that are installed on the computer used for analysis The QuickTime library supports QuickTime timecode tracks The system does not support multi track QuickTime movies Other Files Firstly the use of FFmpeg is attempted followed by an attempt on Windows platforms only to use the DirectShow framework and finally the QuickTime framework Why use FFmpeg e FFmpeg provides a uniform set of embedded codecs that allow for consistent results across dif ferent platforms and installations e f a previous version of the application used DirectShow or QuickTime and a newer version uses FFmpeg there is a possibility that the results will differ due to the slight differences between codec algorithms The use of FFmpeg in current and future versions of the HardingFPA product range will mitigate this problem e FFmpeg in many cases removes the requirement of purchasing 3rd party MXF support and codecs as the MXF library in conjunction with FFmpeg now fulfils this requirement The FFmpeg library supports the following codecs Page 9 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd D10 IMX DV DVCP
66. pports as many distinct watch folder setups as you like Each one will act independently and have its own root path and set of settings This can be useful to have different watch folder configurations for different analysis standards for example Click the plus button O to add a new set of watch folders and the minus 28 to remove the currently selected set To use multiple watch folders please make sure that the Analyser has each of the Root Paths configured Standard Watch Folder Operation Mode These instructions are for the conventional watch folder mode where material is to be dropped copied to an input folder then moved to a busy folder during analysis and later moved to output folders based on analysis result These settings are duplicated for each watch folder set Path This is the root folder underneath which all of the following sub folders are to be found It is also possible to include wildcards in this path in order to have multiple watched folders Note that all of these multiple watch folders must have the same subfolder structure underneath them For example if the Path was set to movies test then the application will operate on the input busy and output subfolders of all of the folders that match the wildcard in this case the folders that start with movies test For example movies test1 movies test2 movies test3 etc all of which should be configured to contain the same pattern of subfolders for input o
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68. r main drive usually C rather than a location within Program Files to avoid permissions problems The rec ommended location is c hfpapostgresdata Page 20 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Please select a directory under which to store your data Data Directory c hfpapostgresdata e Onthe password screen set a password for the new PostgreSQL Windows user as shown below Please remember this pasword as it may be used in future database upgrades If upgrading the hfpa database please use the same password as last time Page 21 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Please provide a password for the database superuser postgres and service account postgres If the service account already exists in Windows you must enter the current password for the account If the account does not exist it will be created when you dick Next Password LETTI e Click Next then Next again to start installing See below Page 22 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Please wait while Setup installs PostgreSQL on your computer Installing Unpacking C Program tgreSQL 9 1 doc postgresq html sql copy html Me eee e The final screen shown below will appear Uncheck the box Launch Stack Builder at Exit and click Finish Page 23 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Launch Stack Builder at exit a Stack Builder
69. r will close after whichever occurs first The checkbox Create XML Progress Files can be unchecked if you do not want the Analyser to create XML Progress Files during the analysis of jobs This is also where the SD Legacy Mode and Subliminal Event Analysis can be turned on or off Results Formats The Analyser is able to produce results of different types depending on your usage scenario With the use of the Monitor application or XML token file job submission the different types of results files can also be placed in different folders The available results types are explained in this section PAP PAR PAM Results These are proprietary CRS HardingFPA Results files which contain numerical PAR pictorial PAP and Frame Mask PAM details of the analysis outcome These can be viewed using the HardingF PA X Viewer application PDF Results Page 63 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd A PDF certificate showing the overall pass or fail status Fail reports can also be set up to provide additional diagnostic information including the identification of failure regions with thumbnails the PDF format is the same as those obtained from other HardingFPA applications CSV Results Comma Separated Variables of the raw data from the analysis This can be used for more advanced set ups should you require access to the raw data relating to the results traces The file is presented as follows HH MM SS RedDiag 00 00 0
70. rchased in order to run multiple Analysers e Typical Usage Running the main database Launcher Monitor and Analyser on one powerful multi core computer and connecting multiple clients each with a Submit and Viewer This con figuration separates the tasks of analysis from the submission of jobs and viewing of results leav ing the main server computer with plenty of time to process jobs Jobs can also be submitted via watch folders and XML tokens due to the presence of the Monitor e Multiple Analyser Nodes Having a single computer running the database and Monitor then hav ing for example three computers all running separate Analyser instances with Launchers Mul tiple clients connect as before but this time the three dedicated Analysers together can process approximately three times as quickly as the scenario above e Multiple Databases In circumstances whereby you need to have a number of distinct different job queues you could have the database installed multiple times once for each queue and then have a set of applications connected to each e Multiple Analyser and Monitor Applications It is possible to run the Monitor on several com puters and link the watch folders together such that the output of one watch folder structure is the input of another watch folder structure This can then be used in conjunction with more than one Analyser each set to a different analysis standard for instance Page 83 of 103 Cambridge Res
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72. s lt gt Include failures and warnings x gt Always save PAP PAR results Page 74 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Results Output Settings Below the watch folder settings there are some drop down boxes to select the criteria for generating the different results files as well as options for inclusion of detailed results and or thumbnails in the PDF certificate Advanced XML Results Configuration Should you require that a specific string be appended to the end of the filename for the XML results files you can configure this by adding a string value to the Windows registry OS X ini file as follows Windows Add a string key XML _ Append HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Cambridge Research Systems HFPAXAnalyser XML __ Append OS X In the file Library HfpaPreferences com crsltd hfpaxmonitor ini Add a string to the SETTINGS section XML_Append _ results The string contained for this key value is then appended to the XML results filename For example if _ results is placed into the string the XML filename would appear as below MovieName_results xml XML Token File The XML Token File is an advanced way of submitting jobs to the HardingF PA X System The parameters for the job to be submitted are entered into an XML token file which is then copied to one of the input watch folders The Monitor application processes the token and subsequently sets up a job according to its content
73. s and submits it to the Job Queue The format of this file and an example is shown below with example values lt xml version 1 0 encoding ISO 8859 1 gt Page 75 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd lt hfpaxjob gt lt priority gt 0 lt priority gt lt file title test subtitle Subtitle extra extra assetnumber as12345 gt Users tristan Movies test mov lt file gt lt locations gt lt output jobid 1 gt Users shared Output lt output gt lt pappar jobid 1 stor age always gt Users shared Results PAPPAR lt pappar gt lt pdf jobid 1 content all detailed 1 thumbnails 1 gt Users shared Results PDF lt pdf gt lt csv jobid 1 storage always gt Users shared Results CSV lt csv gt lt xml jobid 1 content all gt Users shared Results XML lt xml gt lt locations gt lt hfpaxjob gt In this file the job s priority value is given as the priority field and can take a value of between 10 and 10 where 0 is standard priority and is also the default value if no priority is given Values greater than 10 or less than 10 will be capped to 10 or 10 The movie file location is specified in the lt file gt tag Users tristan Movies test mov with optional Material Description specified in the title subtitle extra and assetnumber fields The Asset Number allows you to better integrate with automation systems by providing a reference to the movie that you may track The
74. s need to make connections across the network to the database which may be blocked by the Windows Firewall The applications use numerous ports automatically depending on the computer s configuration To automatically configure the firewall click the Configure Windows Firewall option shown below Page 31 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd a D j j5 Setup HardingFPA X Client Am cs Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing HardingFPA X Client then click Next Additional icons E Create a desktop icon for HardingFPA X Viewer Other tasks V Configure Windows Firewall e Click Next then click Install Wait for the installation to complete e After clicking Finish the HardingFPA X Submit and HardingFPA Viewer will have been fully installed and will appear by default under the HFPA X group on the Start Menu Supervisor Installation Windows Note If the HardingFPA X Supervisor is installed on a the same computer as the database then the password login is disabled and any user running it will be able to login and therefore licence clients and change the priorities of jobs in the system and abort jobs already running e Double click on the HardingFPA X Supervisor Setup exe installer package shown above e The installer screen below will then be displayed Page 32 of 103 Cambridge Research
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77. serted picture of a person s head The blue border in the 7th image shows the end of the subliminal event Example 3 00 00 05 05 00 00 05 06 O00005 07 O0 00 05 03 0000 05 09 0000050 O0 00 05 11 000005312 H ont Cheryl Vow Cisymil DETE TEN Ti Sai Cisy This is a subliminal event because of the inserted text The blue border in the 7th image shows the end of the subliminal event Example 4 0000 02 14 00 00 02 15 00 00 02 16 D0 00 02 17 00 000 00 00 02 19 00 00 02 20 00 00 02 2721 This is not a subliminal event because the inserted images are just the inverse of the preceding and following images and therefore contain no new information Example 5 00 00 11 2722 0000 11 23 0000124 0000 12 00 0000 20 Page 41 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd This is not a subliminal event because the inserted images contain no information Example 6 This is not a subliminal event because none of the images contain any information Example 7 This is a subliminal event because the inserted images contain information The blue border in the 7th image shows the end of the subliminal event Example 8 0000 27 24 00 00 ij 0000 23 01 0000 0o00 3 magr i sav our umesoma TIMEBOME TIMEDOME 117 710 MIm a C This contains more than one subliminal event as shown by the blue border images How does the HardingFPA Detect Subliminal Events The HardingF PA searches for two sudden un
78. sis section to enable SD Legacy Mode and then close and restart the Analyser application Please note Legacy Mode is only available for Standard Definition SD video analysis All HD formats will be analysed with Version 3 analysis algorithms Once the application is restarted the Analyser will only analyse in legacy mode unless the above change is reversed The Analyser will indicate legacy mode analysis in the graph viewed by the HardingFPA X Client applications and on any PDF results certificate and also on the Job Information on the Analyser Subliminal Event Analysis If enabled in the Settings the system will test the incoming material for potential subliminal frames at the same time as it is analysing for the usual flash and pattern criteria Page 39 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd These frames will be identified on the graph visualisation as yellow circles shown in the example below A yellow circle below the PASS FAIL line indicates a subliminal warning and one above the line indicates a subliminal failure The appearance of the subliminal results can be switched on and off in the usual manner by clicking on the Subliminals yellow circle in the top right corner of the graph HardingFPA HD 3 4 2 Eile View Deck Cont Frame Mask Results Tools Help 01 00 04 07 L 0 0 R 0 0 S 0 0 Id 2 Luminance Flash W Red Flash ll Spatial Patterns W Extended Failure ill Subliminals Analysis Controls Deck Controls Q
79. stgreSQL database for example you may need to install the HardingFPA X Database on a different computer or manually install the roles and tables for the HardingFPA X System from the provided hfpa sql file Hint The PostgreSQL Database may be limited in the number of connections it may be able to accept which could impact on the usability of the HardingFPA X System If this is the case then you may install the Database component on a separate computer running a Server version of the operating system OS X Server or Windows Server 200x or import the hfpa sql file into a PostgreSQL installation running under a distribution of Linux Licensing Computers running the Analyser must have a HASP USB software protection key see below and will not operate without one Page 5 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Computers running the Submit application will need to be registered in the database using the HardingFPA Administrator password See Licensing Clients before they are allowed to run Version Control The HardingFPA X System features an automatic version control system to help you keep your system fully up to date When components start up they will check with the database to see if their version numbers are valid i e not older than the latest version currently in use If the version is not valid the applications will advise the user of this with a message dialogue box and then shut down In this case you shou
80. tem and abort jobs already running e Double click on the HfpaSupervisor installer package shown below HfpaSupervis OF e The installer will then start e Select which volume hard disk you would like to install the HardingFPA X Supervisor e Click on continue and wait for the installation to complete There is no configuration utility for the Supervisor software during the install process so once this has completed the HardingFPA X Supervisor will be installed under Applications HFPA X in Finder Page 18 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Installation Windows This section describes the installation of the HardingFPA X components on the Windows platform Database Installation Windows e Double click the postgresq 9 1 4 1 windows exe file shown above which can be found on the installation media The following screen appears click Next Setup PostgreSQL Welcome to the PostgreSQL Setup Wizard PostgreSQL Packaged by Enterprise The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company e Onthe next screen choose the installation directory and click Next this can be left at the default value Page 19 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Installation Directory Please specify the directory where PostgreSQL will be installed Installation Directory C Program Files PostgreSQL 9 1 6 BitRock Installer e On the next screen change the data directory to a location on you
81. times faster than realtime In the example 1 0 refers to 1 0x realtime ETA refers to the esti mated time remaining before the job is complete and is only visible when it can be calculated which may depend on the system and network load Finally a count of the number of frames that have failed the guidelines is displayed under Failed Frames e The panel on the right shows the job ID number and filename of the job Additionally any errors or other information used for diagnosing problems is shown in this box When the Analyser is first started this panel will initially display the version information for the Analyser and its analysis core s e The status bar at the bottom of the window shows the progress of the jobs on each channel It is possible to have multiple multi channel Analysers on the same network to spread the workload and provide greater throughput provided that they are all configured to connect to the same central database SD Legacy Mode The HardingFPA X has a version 2 5 legacy analysis option for when comparisons with earlier HardingFPA analyses are necessary i e those that have come from versions 1 x of the HardingFPA X and to have some level of compatibility with HardingFPA V2 5x SD SDI Standalone tape based systems If this mode is required it will need to be selected on ALL Analysers in your system To select SD Legacy Mode select the Settings option on the Tools menu of the Analyser check the box in the Analy
82. to always save warning to only save when a warning or failure occurs failure to only save when the material fails and never to never save CSV results e lt pappar gt Create PAP PAR PAM Results in the following folder e Inthis option storage can be set to specify when the PAP PAR PAM results are to be saved always to always save warning to only save when a warning or failure occurs failure to only save when the material fails and never to never save PAP PAR PAM results e lt pdf gt Create PDF Results in the following folder e Inthis option content can be set to specify which details are saved to the PDF certificate produced for this job all to save warnings and failure information or failures to only save failure information e Toshow details of all failed frames in the PDF certificate set detailed to 7 otherwise set to 0 where the start and end frames of a warning fail sequence are reported e Toshow thumbnail images in the PDF certificate set thumbnails to 7 otherwise set to 0 e lt xmil gt Create XML Results in the following folder e Inthis option content can be set to specify what details are saved to the XML results file produced for this job all to save warnings and failure information or failures to only save failure information Page 77 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd HardingFPA X Supervisor This is a tool for the exclusive use of the system administrator and can
83. tware now features new analysis algorithms which are better tuned to High Definition and File based work The Version 3 analysis algorithms are better suited to accommodate subtle changes in the image data and provide much closer results when testing the same material repurposed either into a different video format or encoded with a different codec The main differences between the legacy algorithms and the Version 3 algorithms are detailed below Different Graph Scaling The HardingFPA generates risk values using the same range as its predecessor i e 0 to 3 4 but displays the graphical data using a revised vertical scale This modified scale allocates much more vertical space for risk trace warnings and diagnostic trace steps but only displays risk traces up to the value of 3 0 Risk traces values from 3 1 to 3 4 are still logged as part of the results files but are graphically displayed capped at 3 0 Page 43 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd ee J Rad Fish W j i Spats Patterns W Extended Faire W edfirhE pana Panters W Extended Fatre W left Version 2 and right Version 3 Graphing The Squiggle The HardingFPA gives enhanced visual diagnostics when an incoming transition coincides with an outgoing transition from one exactly second earlier The Version 3 algorithms insert a squiggle see below to indicate when the diagnostic trace has simultaneously gained and lost a transition over the most recent
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86. utput and results List File This is another way of specifying multiple watched folders This path should specify a text file which contains each watch folder path on its own line of the file The Monitor will then add these folders to the list of watch folders Note the Monitor will expect to find the same subfolder structure input busy output etc in each of the watch folders Page 71 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Database Settings E HostName 1270 01 B Log Filename C Users tristan CRS monitor log lw a 3 a Rotate Log File Keep 5 B files Max size 10 Watch Folders1 Watch Folders 2 Li Root Path VA amm Analysis Settings PDF Report Settings B A inca taae anai varnings 2 V Detailed Results 4 FW Show Frame Thumbnails Watch Folders Path J List File Single Folder Mode Movie Input Input eY MovieBusy Busy Lo Movie Passed Passed Al Movie Failed Failed La Movie Error Error gt PAP PAR Results Results J PDF Results Results E CSV Results Results gt XMLResults Results XML Report Settings Analysis Results Storage PAP PAR PAM gt Include failures and warnings Z x Always save PAP PAR results z The purpose of each subfolder is as follows Page 72 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd Movie Input Where the Monitor should look for movie files to be analysed
87. ximum Job Length Rules Start Time Weekday Weekend Channel MinJobLength MaxJob Length 59 59 0 00 S 00 00 00 23 59 59 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Gs G sia 8 Add Rule Duplicate Rule Delete Rule D Automatically close the analyser after B Number of Analyser Channels 1000 jobs or 10 S days at 00 00 00 gt Create XML Progress Files Analyse for potential subliminal frames in v 3 x analysis only Maximum Job Length Analysis Rules Page 62 of 103 Cambridge Research Systems Ltd These settings allow fine control over when each channel is allows to run jobs of a certain length As many rules as are required can be added to the list e Start Time This is when the rule starts It will only stop when another rule of the same channel takes over e Weekday If the rule should apply on a weekday Monday Friday e Weekend If the rule should apply on a weekend Saturday Sunday e Channel Which channel to apply the rule to e Min Job Length The minimum length of job that the selected channel will accept e Max Job Length The maximum length of job that the selected channel will accept Automatically close the analyser after This controls when the Analyser shuts itself down in order to be restarted by the Launcher The settings are in number of jobs and number of days Also specify the time of day to automatically close The Analyse

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