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1. 8 USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i Table of Contents TABLE OF COIN EIN E IlI WHATS EE VII 1 INTRODUCTION nsssasnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnm 1 1 1 Purpose ofthe Application EE 1 1 2 Minimum Hardware Heourements 1 Lesch ForsSimple RewappiNg asise E 1 tez FOr Han CO CUNO eege 1 1 3 Minimum Software Requirements ccccccsseeccceccssseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeesseeeeeeeeeseaeseeeeeeas 2 1 4 Installaton eee ccc ceeeceeceeeeeeceeeeeeeceeeeeseaaeeeesaaeeeeseaaeeesseeeeeseaeeeeseaueeessaaeeessegeeesseeeeeseas 2 To LICH e AO E 3 1 6 Uninstallation WEE 4 1 7 Transfering a LICONSE ee 5 2 OPENCUBE XFCONVERTER IN PRACTICE cscceseceseeeeeees 7 AA OM IMC ee 7 2 2 Source Directory PANG E 9 2 3 Destination Directory Pane ccccccscccccseseeecseeeeecceeeecseeseeecsaseeeseeeesssgeeessanseesseaes 10 2 4 Launching the Conversion Process 11 Zid ee EE 12 3 CONFIGURING OPENCUBE XFCONVERTER cscceseeees 13 3 1 Overview Configure Conversion Dialog BOX ccccccceccseeeeeeeeeaeeseeeseaaeeeeeeessaaeeeees 13 3 2 Input Plug in Configuration cece cccccseeeeeeeecaeeeeeeeecaaeeeeeeeeaeaeeeeessaaaeeeeseseaeeeeessaaeeeees 14 3 3 Output Sleeve re 15 3 4 Plug in CGonnechons 16 4 PLUG IN CONFIGURATION cccccsseeneseeeeeeseeeeecnseceeeeeneeees 19 ae e EE 19 42 ANI biug mm ENEE 19 A CAF PUO UN EE 20 4 4 QUICKTIME MOV P
2. Audio Sampling Frequency Audio Quantization Description Issue 2 0 A December 2014 The audio sampling frequency can be set to 32 44 1 or 48 kHz depending on the DV type and number of audio channels The audio quantization is automatically configured to 12 or 16 bits depending on the previous settings When creating MXF with DV SD essence it is possible to change the aspect ratio of the DV codec and MXF wrapping layer using the option Fix Aspect Ratio in Video Stream and Wrapper The option fixes the field Aspect Ratio in the DV VAUX source control pack and the field Aspect Ratio in the MXF CDCI Picture Essence Descriptor The option can take three values e No change The aspect ratio is not changed e Force 4 3 The aspect ratio will be set to 4 3 e Force 16 9 The aspect ratio will be set to 16 9 Media Type Format DV Type Audio Embedded Fix aspect ratio in video Figure 23 Force Aspect Ratio in DV stream Video DY IEC PAL Ho stream and wrapper No change Cancel Video and Audio Stream Configuration USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 VS 5 2 MPEG Elementary Stream 5 2 1 MPEG 1 amp 2 Video Elementary Stream Elementary Stream Content MPEG Format MPEG Video Profile Level 477 P ML Video system Frame Bitrate Mbits s Figure 24 MPEG 1 amp 2 video elementary stream settings The MPEG 1 amp 2 video elementary stream settings are Parameter Elementary S
3. Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Source Directory pane Part Name Description 1 Source path If you click on the folder button it will open a browser window where you can select a directory containing the media files you want to convert After you select the directory the Source File list is automatically refreshed to reflect the content of the directory 2 Multi It will disable the pattern matching feature and display each file selection individually auior Note By using that mode you can select several files to convert even if they do not share the same pattern naming convention OpenCube XFConverter in Practice 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 Part Name Description 3 Source File Only the files matching the input plug in s settings will be list displayed other files will be filtered When multiple input files following a source filename pattern are required Wrap plug in see section 4 9 a single entry for the entire set is displayed Note If one or several files is are missing or do not have a name following the pattern the whole set of files will not be displayed Note If an entry on the list appears with an orange background it means that the corresponding file is currently opened in another application or being copied or created 2 3 Destination Directory Pane 10 Illustration The Destination Directory pane contains the areas highli
4. 54 Interplay Configuration The interplay configuration is available as an option It requires the Avid OpAtom or the Avid OpAtom AMT license The following window contains the Interplay connection settings These settings are used for master clip check in in Interplay Address 192 168 167 21 e services Assets http 192 168 167 21 8080 services Assets opencube Geworg PTET ery Workgroup EVSFRM Catalog Catalogs ee ae Catalogs Aid SH Aid Unity bis MediaNetework Aad Unity Lanshare si HostName ik isis OpenCube w Swecessful Connection Figure 41 Interplay configuration The window is divided into 4 parts Part Name Description 1 Interplay Web OpenCube XFConverter used Interplay web services to Services check in master clips 2 Interplay Configuration This group contains the login and password and the check in root catalog 3 Storage This group contains information about the Interplay storage If these fields are incorrectly filled in the check in will Succeed but the master clip will be Offline in Interplay e lf you used an Isis key in the host name of the Isis Storage e lf you used a Lanshare choose the local mount point to the Lanshare and key in the equivalent of the local mount on the Interplay server OpenCube XFConverter Configuration USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 Part Name 4 Test Interplay Configuration T Interplay Configuration Interplay Web
5. Essence Components This pattern only converts produces the essence component files of an IMF package No CPL will be created Avid OpAtom available as an option This pattern converts produces an MXF OpAtom file which can be natively imported in the Avid Editing System This format includes DV IMX VC 3 track and some mono WAV audio tracks Avid OpAtom AMT available as an option This pattern converts produces an MXF OpAtom file which can be natively imported in the Avid Editing System using the Avid Media Toolkit AMT This format includes DV IMX VC 3 XDCAM HD422 XDCAM HD420 35Mbps AVC Intra track 50 and 100Mbps and some mono WAV audio tracks If the destination is an Avid OpAtom MXF file available as an option two additional settings are available Figure 17 MXF Avid OpAtom settings Parameter Description Check in Interplay The master clips can be checked in in Interplay Create Output If this parameter is set to true the destination file will be created Directory as Avid in a subfolder called computername x The maximum number System of files for each directory is 10 000 When this maximum is reached a new subdirectory is created x is incremented Plug in Configuration BS USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 4 8 Operational Pattern Avid OpAtom AMT Nb Audio Tracks Check in Interplay Create Output Directory as Avid Systems Figure 17 MXF Avid OpAtom settings Metadata XML
6. Configuration area Output Plug in Configuration area Connections Graph validation OK Cancel and Reset Buttons Description Define the source file See section 3 2 Input Plug in Configuration Define the destination file See section 3 3 Output Plug in Configuration Connections between source and destination see section 3 4 Plug in Connections The status bar indicates the current validity of the graph OpenCube XFConverter will not be able to process conversions unless the status is set to Graph successfully constructed A graph is valid when all its output plug in pins are connected however please note that all the input plug in pins do not necessarily have to be connected The Ok button saves the graph The Cancel button closes the graph without saving it The Reset button clears the windows 3 2 Input Plug in Configuration Source keng MXF Plug in MXF Op1a fu 2 4 DV IEC 25 Video PAL Metadata Generic TC AES3 WAV 16bits 4Ch 48kHz Figure 8 Configure Conversion dialog box Input plug in configuration area 14 Configuring OpenCube XFConverter m F USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 VU i The first step consists in defining the input plug in s either through an automatic or manual configuration e Automatic Configuration Click on the folder button m located in 1 This will open a browser window where you can select one or more
7. ancillary VBI stream is available in wrapping and unwrapping modes in the MXF plug in It allows you to extract and wrap a SMPTE ST 436 track from and to an MXF file gl Media Type Ancillary Data VBl Type Ancillary Data Figure 35 Ancillary Data VBI stream settings 44 Video and Audio Stream Configuration BEE USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 5 10 Closed Caption Stream The closed caption stream is supported in wrapping mode ina SMPTE ST 436 ancillary data track It is also Supported the unwrapping from an MXF ancillary data track to SCC or MCC OpenCube XFConverter will create MCC V2 files in the case of a MCC destination And it will create a double SCC file one by field for a SCC destination Figure 36 Closed Caption plug in settings The closed caption stream settings are Parameter Description Closed Caption Format Type of caption files SCC or MCC de Note VI OpenCube XFConverter supports unique and double SCC files Video and Audio Stream Configuration 45 Del F USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 6 3 Transcoding Transcoding Introduction XFConverter is capable of transcoding certain types of video and audio stream contained in an MP4 wrapper to other types of video and audio stream Transcoding can also be requested through the XFConverter API Supported Formats The following video and audio streams can be transcoded Input Format Output Format AVC H 264 1
8. names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners and are acknowledged This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL project for use in the OpenSSL toolkit www openssl org This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation www apache org This product uses libmp4v2 under the Mozilla Public License 1 1 This product may include the DNxHD codec DNxHD means Avid DNxHD Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy in this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or on the EVS website on the following page http www evs com contacts EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter The present document shall be governed by Belgian law In case of a dispute all parties shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court of Liege
9. the latest converted files older than the latest converted Some file systems do not modify the file creation modification dates when files are moved In this case it would be advisable to disable the option Watch Folder Interval Allows you to specify the watch folder scanning interval File is not opened If this option is enabled the conversion is started if the source files are not opened Note This option will deactivate the File Did Not Grow For option These two options are exclusive File did not grow for If this option is enabled the conversion is started if the source files did not grow Note This option will deactivate the File Is Not Opened option These two options are exclusive 52 OpenCube XFConverter Configuration Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 7 5 Options Options Conversion Start up Watch Folder Options Write log file Temporary Directory Temporary Directory C Users po AppData Local Temp 1 Figure 40 OpenCube XFConverter global options Option Description Write log file This option enables log file writing You select a directory and OpenCube XFConverter will automatically create a new log file per day in the directory selected You can specify the log level Temporary directory lf OpenCube XFConverter has to create some temporary files it will use this directory OpenCube XFConverter Configuration 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 7 6
10. 080p25 1080p29 97 e XDCAM HD422 50 Mbps 720p50 and 720p59 94 e VC 3 Class 145 220 200x e AVC Intra 100 Mbps Note The supported video systems for the three destinations are 1080150 1080i59 94 1080p25 1080p29 97 720050 720p59 94 OpenCube XFConverter does not support resize and frame rate conversion AAC e PCM e WAV Configuring Transcoding To configure the transcoding of a video and or audio stream contained in an MP4 wrapper proceed as follows 1 In the main window open the Configure menu and select Configure Conversion The Configure Conversion dialog box opens In the Source part select the input plug in MP4 from the drop down list Click the wrench icon amp to access the input plug in s settings If necessary specify the number of audio tracks and then click OK The input plug in view will show the current MP4 plug in configuration It will display a brief description for each embedded video and audio stream Each stream can be individually configured with the corresponding wrench icon i In the Destination part select the MXF or QuickTime output plug in from the drop down list depending on the format of your target output file Click the wrench icon bio access the output plug in s settings 47 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 7 Configure the output plug in and click OK The output plug in view will show the current configuration of the plug in It will disp
11. 42 Description Set this parameter to Yes if you want to preserve the timecode originating from the input plug in Set it to No if you want to manually define the start timecode Use this parameter to define the start timecode This parameter is useful when the frame rate is not constrained by the video system However the frame rate can be changed if the output plug in embeds only audio streams Use this parameter to define whether the timecode is drop frame or not Note that this parameter is not available with 24 25 and 50 frames per second timecode Video and Audio Stream Configuration Pe USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 5 8 Metadata XML Stream Format Metadata Process AML Cancel Figure 34 Metadata stream settings During the MXF files extraction process you have the option of outputting the file s metadata as an XML file In order to do so you have to connect metadata pins from the input MXF file to the output Unwrap plug in Note that metadata wrapping is currently not Supported Parameter Description Process XML This parameter is set to No by default to generate an XML When you set this parameter to No you can also create your own metadata file format according to your own scheme Please contact the support team if you wish to activate this feature Video and Audio Stream Configuration 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 5 9 Ancillary Data VBI Stream The
12. Converter does not modify the AVC Intra stream 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 5 2 3 AVC H 264 Elementary Stream Media Type Video Format MPEG MPEG Format MPEG4 AYC Video system 4680p 100 Frame Ho Figure 27 AVC H 264 elementary stream settings The AVC H 264 elementary stream settings are Parameter Description Video System Many video systems are supported This parameter should be set to Yes if the stream contains only frames l Frame 36 Video and Audio Stream Configuration Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 5 2 4 MPEG 1 2 AAC Audio Elementary Stream Elementary Stream Content Audio MPEG Format MAPEG1 Audio Nb Audio Channels Audio Sampling Frequency KHz Audio Quantization bits Figure 28 MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and AAC audio elementary stream settings The MPEG 1 2 AAC audio elementary stream settings are Parameter Description MPEG Format It can be set to MPEG1 Audio MPEG2 Audio or AAC Nb Audio Channels Use this parameter to define the number of audio channels in the audio stream Audio Sampling Frequency Use this parameter to define the sampling frequency of the audio MPEG stream 32 0 44 1 or 48 KHz Audio Quantization Use this parameter to define the quantization of the audio MPEG stream 8 16 24 or 32 bits s Video and Audio Stream Configuration 37 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 5 3 JPEG 2000 Strea
13. Name 0000003 avi etc Note Please note that when you are creating Panasonic P2 files these settings do not apply because of the naming convention inherent to this particular format Application Start up and Shutdown The second tab in the Options dialog box enables you to configure the application s behavior during start up and shutdown TE Options Conversion Start up Watch Folder Options Load automatically previous project upon start up Start automatically watch folder upon start up Start the application upon Windows start up Test Interplay connection upon start up Start minimized Get minimized when closing the application Cancel Figure 38 Application start up and shutdown options OpenCube XFConverter Configuration USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 Option Load automatically previous project upon start up Start automatically the watch folder upon start up Start the application upon Windows start up Test Interplay connection upon start up Start minimized Get minimized when closing the application OpenCube XFConverter Configuration V 5 Description If this option is enabled the project that was opened during the last session will be automatically loaded However the watch folder will be launched only if the next option is also enabled If this option is enabled OpenCube XFConverter will load the previous project file and start the watch folder If this option is enable
14. Plug in This plug in can be used to wrap AS 11 UK Metadata in an MXF AS 11 file The metadata must be stored in an XML file The XML file containing the AS 11 Metadata is represented by the box 2 in the Figure 18 How to define AS 11 Metadata he Note VI You will find an XML schema and an XML sample file in the installation directory To configure the input as shown in the screen below simply click on the button located in box 1 and then select your MXF and XML files To configure the output as shown in the screen below please see section 3 Configuring OpenCube XFConverter Plug in Configuration 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 Configure conversion ke Source Destination kel Wrap keng MXF Plug in MXF AS 11 MXF AS 11 MPG2v 422P ML Fr PAL ei 1 MPG2v 422P ML I Fr PAL WAV AES8 16bits 4Ch 48kHz 7 2 AES8 WAV 16bits 8Ch 48kHz Generic TC Metadata Metadata Generic TC Metadata Generic XML D Graph successfully constructed Figure 18 How to define AS 11 Metadata 28 Plug in Configuration BEE USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 4 9 Wrap Plug in Source Number 1 MPEG Plug in Param Source filename 00 mpg Source Number 2 WAV Plug in Source filename 01 wav Source Number 3 WAY Plug in Source filename 02 wav Figure 19 Wrap plug in settings This plug in should be used when multiple input source files have to be wrapped together in a single wrap
15. Services Address 127 0 0 1 http 127 0 0 1 80 serices Assets Interplay Configuration Login anonymous Password Workgroup AvidWorkeroup interplay AvidWorkgroup Catalogs Avid Shared Storage Avid Unity Isis UNC Fiber Path KO T Local Drive Test Interplay configuration Failed to connect to Interplay Web Services Impossible to get the children of Figure 42 Lanshare settings Ly Description This group is used to test the configuration The Save button will be disabled until the connection test is successful Warning this test cannot detect whether the storage settings are correct or not services Assets Catalog Catalogs e Aid Unity MediaNetwork Aid Unity Lanshare enginefc media Test Cancel Interplay catalogs can be browsed from the main window e XFConverter New Project Configure History E a MXF Opla File Process as Source Bs C Program Files Media Name opta pal mpeg2 mxf opta pal dv25 da as 11 ukdpp imx as 11 ukdpp avc as 11 ukdpp imx Catalog Browser MXF Opla to MXF ana Upatom am conngurea interplay AvidWorkeroup Cataloegs aA Destination MXF Avid OpAtom AMT Catalog interplay AvidWorkgroup Catalogs Cancel Figure 43 Browsing Interplay catalog OpenCube XFConverter Configuration 55 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 New catalogs can be created from the Catalog Browser window
16. USER MANUAL OPENCUBE XFCONVERTER Version 2 0 December 2014 NINH 15 46 44 1911 14 18 45 24 8 USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2005 2014 All rights reserved This publication including all photographs illustrations and software is protected under international copyright laws with all rights reserved Neither this user manual nor any of the material contained herein may be reproduced without written consent of the author Disclaimer The information provided in this user manual is as is and without warranty of any kind expressed or implied including those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or arising from a course of dealing usage or trade practice This user manual is for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment SA makes no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information In no event shall EVS Broadcast Equipment SA or any of its affiliates be liable for any damage including incidental or consequential damages lost profits or lost data or any indirect damages even if EVS Broadcast Equipment SA or any of its affiliates have been informed of the possibility thereof Trademark Recognition All product
17. al media streams has to be connected Each stream is represented by a pin i and a connection is represented by a segment from an input plug in s pin to an output plug in s pin You can dynamically change the connections by clicking on a pin and holding the mouse button down Then draw a rubber band towards another pin and release the mouse If the pins can indeed be connected then a new line will be drawn between them Note that if two pins cannot be connected the mouse cursor will switch to a forbidden signal icon More information on the reason for this incompatibility can be obtained by checking the message displayed on the status bar Note You can connect one input pin to more than one output pin The input pin will be duplicated Track duplication is only supported for audio tracks OpenCube XFConverter includes a tool to help you connect the input and output plug in pins automatically If you click on the Auto Connect button OpenCube XFConverter will find the pins that are the most compatible and then connect them Configuring OpenCube XFConverter Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 VU i OpenCube XFConverter also permits DV and audio streams de multiplexing When manipulating a DV stream with embedded audio or an audio stream with multiple channels you are given the opportunity of splitting each individual channel into separate ones the most common case is to switch from a single stereo channel to two mon
18. am If you select Transport or Program Stream each individual elementary stream will be outputted Note that OpenCube XFConverter currently does not support MPEG multiplexing and therefore only supports Transport and Program streams in the input plug in Nb Elementary This parameter indicates the number of video and audio Streams elementary streams when the stream type is set to Transport or Program It will create a pin for each elementary stream Plug in Configuration 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 4 7 MXF Plug in The MXF plug in supports a wide range of operational patterns in reading and writing mode The following essences are supported e DV 25 50 100 Mbps e WAVE PCM Dolby e MPEG 1 video e A Law e MPEG 2 video IMX XDCAM HD e AIFF e MPEG 4 e AES3 e AVC H 264 LongGop e MPEG 1 audio e AVC Intra 50 100 200 e MPEG 2 audio e JPEG 2000 e AAC e VC 3 e Ancillary Data VBI Operational Pattern Nb Tracks Force WAY Output Figure 16 MXF plug in settings The MXF plug in settings are Parameter Description Operational Pattern This parameter defines the operational pattern of the MXF file Nb Tracks This parameter defines the number of video and audio tracks in the MXF file Note that the number of tracks may be constrained by the operational pattern 24 Plug in Configuration 8 USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 VU i Parameter Description Force WAV Output This parame
19. an existing project Save Project Save the current project under the same project file name Save Project As Save the current project as a new project file Recently Opened Projects Shortcuts to the most recently used projects Quit Quit the application OpenCube XFConverter in Practice Pe USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 3 Configuring OpenCube XFConverter 3 1 Overview Configure Conversion Dialog Box Opening the Configure Conversion Dialog Box You can open the Configure Conversion dialog box in two ways e Click on the wrench icon located in the toolbar of the main window e Open the Configure menu and select Configure Conversion lt will open a graph view where you can define the conversion process in detail Illustration The Configure Conversion dialog box contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Destination Bs 2 MXF Plug in Bs GXF Plug in MXF Opta K 1 DV IEC 25 Video PAL DV IEC 25 Video PAL PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz 7 2 AES3 WAV 16bits 4Ch 48kHz E wl PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz 3 Metadata PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz 4 Generic TC Generic TC Graph successfully constructed Figure 7 Configure Conversion dialog box Configuring OpenCube XFConverter 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Configure Conversion dialog box Part Name Input Plug in
20. art the watch folder process and the automatic conversion of source files click on the Start Watch Folder button oi Files from the source list will be processed one by one starting from the oldest to the most recent one As soon as the conversion of a file is completed it is removed from the list and can no longer be converted The conversion status of each file is stored with the project so that when you restart the application the files that still exist but that were converted earlier will no longer be processed These files will not appear in the interface If you wish to clear the history and enable the conversion of older files you can select Clear Current Directory or Clear All Directories in the History menu The watch folder process can be paused resumed or stopped at any time by clicking on the corresponding buttons OpenCube XFConverter in Practice 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 2 5 Projects 12 You can save the history of the conversions as well as the current conversion graph in a project file Project management features are accessible through the File menu File Process Configure History New Project Ctrl Ba Load Project Ctrl O save Project Ctrl S Recently Opened Projects yY VE Figure 6 File menu The File menu contains the following commands Command Description New Project Close the current project and create a new empty one with an empty graph Load Project Open
21. as 11 ukdpp imx 50mbps pal mxf Destination AVI 2 0 Type 2 Date Source Name Dest Name 04 Nov 14 8 08 22 optla pal mpeg optla pal mpeg 04 Nov 14 8 08 24 04 Nov 14 8 18 14 as 11 ukdpp avc intra 100mbps 1080i50 mxf 04 Nov 14 8 18 38 as 11 ukdpp imx 50mbps ntsc mxf Converting MXF Opia to AVI 2 0 Type 04 Nov 14 8 18 41 2 File 1 out of 1 Figure 3 XFConverter main window Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the main window Part Name Menu Toolbar Source Directory pane OpenCube XFConverter in Practice Description The menu can be used to load and save projects as well as to configure OpenCube XFConverter The toolbar offers easy access to the most commonly used actions The Source Directory pane is used to configure and display the source directory i e the directory in which the media files are located that are ready for conversion EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Part 4 Name Destination Directory pane Convert Selected Files and Start Watch Folder button Progress bar Pause and Cancel buttons Issue 2 0 A December 2014 Description The Destination Directory pane displays the past current and scheduled conversions as well as their status The Convert Select Files button D allows you to manually add files to the Destination Directory pane and to start the conversion process The Start Watch Folder button allows you to start the watch
22. ation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License TimeCode Plug in No License Needed Unwrap Plug in No License Needed WAV Plug in No License Needed Metadata Plug in No License Needed XFConverter API Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License Load License File Figure 2 About dialog box evaluation license file Note Please note that a copy of your license is available in the OpenCube XFConverter ProgramData directory if you happen to lose it 1 6 Untnstallation You can uninstall OpenCube XFConverter using the configuration panel 4 Introduction 8 USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 1 7 Introduction Transferring a License Each OpenCube XFConverter license is linked to a single computer identified by its MAC address To transfer the license to another system you have to 1 Uninstall OpenCube XFConverter 2 Send an e mail to support opencube evs com with a The purchase order number b The confirmation that OpenCube XFConverter has been uninstalled c MAC addresses of the old and new systems Ga Note According to the EULA the number of transfers is limited a USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 2 OpenCube XFConverter in Practice 2 1 Overview Illustration The XFConverter main window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below File Process Configure History Source MXF Opla Name op 1a pal mpeg2 mxf op 1la pal dv25 dms1 mxf
23. d the next time Windows is started OpenCube XFConverter will be launched automatically and will load the project that was opened during the previous session The watch folder will also be automatically started If this option is enabled OpenCube XFConverter will check upon start up to see if the Interplay connection is available OpenCube XFConverter can be minimized in Windows tray task bar and can continue to run without its graphical user interface If this option is enabled OpenCube XFConverter will start in the tray task bar you can then open it by double clicking on the GUI icon When this option is activated and you click on the Windows exit icon lt OpenCube XFConverter will go in the tray task bar and hide the user interface To exit the application in this mode you can right click on its icon and select Quit 51 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 7 4 Watch Folder Configuration The third tab in the Options dialog box allows you to configure the watch folder TE Options Conversion Start up Watch Folder Options Watch Folder Options Does not display older files than the latest converted Watch Folder Interval 10 seconds v Conversion Conditions Conversion starts when File is not opened File did not grow for Figure 39 Watch folder options Option Description Does not display older files If this option is enabled the watch folder will not display than
24. d description of these settings 3 3 Output Plug in Configuration Destination a GXF Plug in DV IEC 25 Video PAL PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz G PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz PCM 16bits 1Ch 48kHz Generic TC Figure 9 Configure Conversion dialog box Output plug in configuration area When the input plug in s is are configured you have to define the outcome of the conversion by defining the output plug in Configuring OpenCube XFConverter 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 3 4 16 There are three ways to perform this task e Automatic Configuration This is similar to the automatic input plug in configuration Click on the folder icon m located in 1 This will open a browser window where you can select one or several files These files should be in MPEG Elementary DV WAV AIFF JPEG 2000 MCC SCC AVI GXF MOV or MXF format If the files are recognized by OpenCube XFConverter the graph view will be initialized in 3 to reflect the content of the files you selected If the files are not recognized or you do not have a valid license to use the corresponding plug in s an error message will be displayed e Semi automatic Configuration From the drop down list 2 select the output plug in corresponding to the format of your target output file format Click on the three arrow icon E to launch the semi automatic configuration OpenCube XFConverter will try to match the
25. eams during the conversion process The conversions can be automated with the watch folder module creating a seamless workflow in your networked environment Minimum Hardware Requirements For Simple Rewrapping The minimum hardware requirements for simple rewrapping are e Intel Core 2 Duo 2 2 GHz e 2GBRAM The recommended hardware requirements for simple rewrapping are e Intel Core i5 2GHz e 4GBRAM For Transcoding The minimum hardware requirements for transcoding are e Intel Core i7 860 2 80GHz e 6GBRAM The recommended hardware requirements for transcoding are e Intel Xeon E5 2670 2 60 GHz e 8GBRAM EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 1 3 1 4 Minimum Software Requirements OpenCube XFConverter runs under the following Microsoft Windows operating systems e Windows XP SP3 e Windows Vista e Windows 7 e Windows 8 OpenCube XFConverter is a 32 bit application that can be installed on both 32 and 64 bit OS For transcoding it is recommended to install XFConverter on a 64 bit operating system lt can be executed without administrative rights To use the OpenCube XFConverter QuickTime plug in the QuickTime Player from Apple must be installed on the computer Installation To install OpenCube XFConverter run XFConverter Setup exe from the OCPackage Windows folder During the installation procedure your antivirus software may warn you about the execution of Windows scripts You
26. en you perform automatic configuration of the plug in you only need to select the Op1b file Raw Ext Ref Use this pattern if you want to convert produce an Op1b file referencing raw media essence files The Op1b file will not embed any media Note that when you perform automatic configuration of the plug in you only need to select the Op1b file AS 02 Use this pattern if you want to convert produce an AMWA AS 02 file Plug in Configuration 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 NEW 26 AS 03 Use this pattern if you want to convert produce an AMWA AS 03 file AS 10 Use this pattern if you want to convert produce an AMWA AS 10 file compliant with the shim High HD AS 11 Use this pattern if you want to convert produce an AMWA AS 11 file You can set your own UK metadata using an xml file See section 4 8 Metadata XML Plug In ARD ZDF HDF Use this pattern if you want to convert produce a file compliant with the ARD ZDF HDF profile defined by the Institut f r Rundfunktechnik Germany Munich The following profiles are supported o ARD ZDF HDFO2a MXF Profile with AVC I 100 1080i 25 and 8 mono AE audio tracks o ARD ZDF HDFO2b MXF Profile with AVC I 100 1080i 25 and 16 mono AE audio tracks o ARD ZDF HDFO8a MXF Profile with AVC I 100 720p 50 and 8 mono AES3 audio tracks o ARD ZDF HDFOS3b MXF Profile with AVC I 100 720p 50 and 16 mono AES3 audio tracks IMF
27. estination Be Unwrap Plug in Unwrap MPG2y 422P HL LGOP 108050 WAY PCM 24bits 1Ch 48kHz Closed Caption SCC Figure 21 Unwrap plug in You can configure each output plug in by clicking on the corresponding wrench icon Ed or by selecting a file Kall 30 Plug in Configuration a USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 5 Video and Audio Stream Configuration 5 1 DV Stream Audio Embedded Nb Audio Channels Audio Sampling Frequency KHz Figure 22 DV stream settings The DV stream settings are Parameter DV Type Bitrate Video System Audio Embedded Nb Audio Channels Description Use this setting to change your DV type DV IEC or DV SMPTE DV IEC bit rate is always 25 Mbps while the DV SMPTE bit rate can be 25 50 or 100 Mbps It can be PAL or NTSC 25 and 50 Mbps bit rates DV SMPTE at 100 Mbits s DVCProHD can be 720 progressive lines at 50 or 59 94 frames per second 1080 interlaced lines at 50 or 59 94 fields per second Use this setting to define the status of the audio channels embedded in the DV stream The Undefined setting should be used when you want a plug in to be able to process DV streams whether or not they contain audio The number of audio channels embedded in the DV stream is usually constrained by your DV type and bit rate However DV IEC allows 2 or 4 audio channels Video and Audio Stream Configuration 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A 32 Parameter
28. estination filename Figure 37 File management options e Converted input files can be deleted by checking the corresponding box in the Source File Option group box e The input files can be moved to another directory if the conversion failed using the Move Source File After Failed Conversion To setting e You can also force the creation of write protected files by checking the first box in the Destination File Options group box OpenCube XFConverter Configuration 49 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 7 3 50 e lf the destination filename is constructed from a source file OpenCube XFConverter will extract the source filename remove its extension and use this basename to figure out the output filename For instance when you convert myfile mxf into an AVI file the resulting file will be named myfile avi e If the destination file already exists you can configure OpenCube XFConverter to cancel the conversion force the deletion of the destination or have it generate a new destination filename that will include the source file name followed by a number e lf the destination filename is constructed from a basename you will have to set the desired name and OpenCube XFConverter will use it as the output filename base When you select this option consecutive conversions of MXF into AVI files will produce the following file series DefaultName 0000000 avi DefaultName 0000001 avi DefaultName 0000002 avi Default
29. files These files should be in MPEG Elementary Program and Transport Stream DV WAV AIFF JPEG 2000 MCC SCC AVI GXF MOV MP4 or MXF format If the files are recognized by OpenCube XFConverter the graph view will be initialized in 3 to reflect the content of the file s you selected If the files are not recognized or you do not have a valid license to use the corresponding plug in s an error message will be displayed e Manual Configuration From the drop down list 2 select the input plug in corresponding to the format of your source file If your conversion requires several source files you should select Wrap from the drop down box Once you have selected the input format you can access the plug in s settings by clicking on the wrench button located in 2 Note that some of the plug ins are not configurable in that case the wrench icon will be disabled Refer to the individual plug in documentation in Section 4 for a more detailed description of these settings The input plug in view shows the current plug in s configuration In the case of wrapper formats embedding several streams the input plug in view 3 will display a brief description for each embedded video audio metadata or timecode stream Each stream can be individually configured with the corresponding wrench icon If you click on this button it will open a new dialog box whose content will vary depending on the format Refer to the Section 4 for a more detaile
30. folder process and the automatic conversion of source files The progress bar shows the current progress The Pause and Cancel buttons can be used to control the process Playing Back Files To play back a source or a destination file in a third party application select it in the Source or Destination Directory pane and do one of the following e Click the Play button D in the toolbar or e Right click the selected file and select Play from the shortcut menu The playback will start only if you have installed the appropriate player To play back MXF and GXF files you can download the OpenCube XFReader application from www evs opencube com Apple s QuickTime Player can be downloaded at www quicktime com Most AVI files will play directly with Microsofts Windows Media Player however you may have to install third party codecs OpenCube XFConverter in Practice Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 2 2 Source Directory Pane Illustration The Source Directory pane contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Source 2 MXF Opla 3 MXF AS 11 a Be C Program Files Media z Name Date op la pal mpee2 mxf 04 Nov 14 8 08 22 op la pal dv25 dms1 mxf 04 Nov 14 8 08 24 as 11 ukdpp imx 50mbps pal mxf 04 Nov 14 8 18 14 as 11 ukdpp avc intra 100mbps 1080i50 mxf 04 Nov 14 8 18 38 as 11 ukdpp imx 50mbps ntsc mxf 04 Nov 14 8 18 41 Figure 4 OpenCube XFConverter main window Source Directory pane
31. g in settings are Parameter Description Nb Audio This parameter defines the number of audio tracks embedded in the QuickTime file External If set to Yes this parameter indicates that the QuickTime file will not References embed the media streams but will reference external raw media files XFConverter currently does not support the creation of QuickTime files with external references so this feature is only supported in the input plug in 4 5 MP4 Plug in NEW The MP4 plug in supports the unwrapping of MP4 files The MP4 plug in supports in reading mode e AVC H 264 LongGop e AAC Nb Audio Figure 14 MP4 plug in settings The MP4 plug in settings are Parameter Description Nb Audio This parameter defines the number of audio tracks embedded in the MP4 file 22 Plug in Configuration Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i Note It is possible to transcode certain video streams in MP4 files to another codec See section 6 for more information 4 6 MPEG Plug in The MPEG plug in supports MPEG Program Stream Transport Stream and Elementary Stream files in reading mode The following elementary streams are supported e MPEG 1 video e MPEG 2 video e MPEG 1 audio e MPEG 2 audio Stream Type Transport Stream Nb Elementary Streams Figure 15 MPEG plug in settings The MPEG plug in settings are Parameter Description Stream Type The stream type can be a Transport a Program or an Elementary Stre
32. ghted on the screenshot below Destination AVI 2 0 Type 2 eo 2 Source Name Dest Name ia Dal mpeg Figure 5 OpenCube XFConverter main window Destination Directory pane Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Destination Directory pane Part Name Description j Destination If you click on the folder button a browser window will open path enabling you to select a directory in which to create the files OpenCube XFConverter in Practice 8 USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 2 4 Part Name Description 2 Log view The log view will contain the list of past current and future conversion processes Past conversions are listed in green if successful or in red if an error occurred usually when the source file s do es not match the current configuration Si Remove Item The Remove Item button is used to remove a process from button the log view Launching the Conversion Process Starting the Conversion of a Selection of Files To manually start the conversion of one or more source files select them in the source list and do one of the following e Drag and drop them in the log view of the Destination Directory pane or e Right click the file s and select Convert Selected from the shortcut menu or e Click on the Convert Selected Files button All the files will be queued and the conversion of the first file will start Starting the Watch Folder Process To st
33. iption AVI version 1 0 is limited to 1 GB media data size while version 2 0 is unlimited Type 1 contains a single DV track with audio embedded in the DV chunks Type 2 stores the audio channels into separate AVI tracks If AVI type 2 is selected this parameter defines the number of PCM audio tracks 4 3 GXF Plug in The GXF plug in supports DV 25 Mbps IMX MPEG LongGop PCM and Dolby streams in reading and writing mode Nb Audio Figure 12 GXF plug in settings The GXF plug in settings are Parameter Nb Audio 20 Description This parameter defines the number of PCM tracks embedded in the GXF file Note that GXF format only allows 48 kHz mono channels Plug in Configuration Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 4 4 QUICKTIME MOV Plug in The QuickTime plug in supports the wrapping and unwrapping of QuickTime or MP4 files The QuickTime plug in supports in reading mode e MPEG 2 LongGop XDCAM HD422 50 KDCAM HD420 35 Mbps e AVC H 264 LongGop e AVC Intra 50 100 200 Mbps e DV 25 50 100 Mbps e IMX 30 40 50 Mbps e VC 3 e PCM big and little endian e AAC The QuickTime plug in supports in writing mode e IMX 30 40 50 Mbps e XDCAM HD422 50 Mbps e DV 25 50 100 Mbps e VC 3 e PCM big and little endian Nb Audio External References Figure 13 QuickTime plug in settings Plug in Configuration 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 The QuickTime MOV plu
34. lay a brief description for each embedded video and audio stream 8 Open the settings of the video and or audio stream and select one of the supported transcoding video or audio formats The pin of the input video or audio stream will have to be connected manually with the pin of the output video or audio stream 9 Click OK to close the Configure Conversion dialog box 6 4 Starting Transcoding The transcoding of a particular video or audio stream will start as soon as you start the conversion process in the main window See section 2 4 for more information 48 Transcoding Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i T 1 1 7 2 OpenCube XFConverter Configuration Overview To open the Options dialog box open the Configure menu in the main window and then select Options e Note All of these settings will be common to all OpenCube XFConverter instances on the same computer File Management The first tab from the Options dialog box allows you to configure the destination file naming convention used during the conversion process 7 Options Conversion Start up Watch Folder Options Source file option Destination file options Delete source file after successful conversion Create write protected files Move source file after failed conversion to Destination filename is e Constructed from source file Constructed from basename H destination file exists Cancel conversion Replace file e Change d
35. lug mm 21 4o MPA Ae I WEE 22 AO MPEG PIU I EE 23 Ar MAF PUO E E 24 4 8 Metadata XML Piug m 27 e SC NW le FON E 29 4 10 Unwrap Piug m 30 Table of Contents HI EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 5 VIDEO AND AUDIO STREAM CONFIGURATION see 31 SCH HEEL 31 5 2 MPEG Elementary Stream cccccccccssseecceeeaeeseceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeessaaeeeeessaeeeees 33 5 2 1 MPEG 1 amp 2 Video Elementary Stream ccccccecccceecsseeeeeeeseeseeeeessaeeeeeeeeeas 33 5 2 2 AVC Intra Elementary Stream nnnnn0aannnnneannnnnnennnrenennrnrnsrnrnrrssnnrnrrsrnrerenne 35 5 2 3 AVC H 264 Elementary Streaim ccccccsceccessceseeceescccseeeeessceeeeeeeseceseeeesees 36 5 2 4 MPEG 1 2 AAC Audio Elementary Stream ccccccsseseeceesssseeeeeseseeeeeeseaes 37 6 3 EE 2000 SIEA ee 38 S4 VOCS Nea ae 39 e D EE AE E WAV ahd PGM Streams EE 40 5 6 Dolby Audio Stream cccecccccccsseseceeeeseeeeeeeesaeeeceeesseeeeeeeseeaeeeesseaseeeeeesaaeeeeeessaseeees 41 5 7 THMIESCOAS SUS EE 42 6 6 Metadata ONE Ste AUN tesan EE 43 S9 Abelian Data VBI SCAN EE 44 9 10 Closed Caption Seam ist teed eesti ic eed eles nik en ea 45 6 TRANSCODING ee 47 Bel le e ele A EE 47 6 2 SUD DOMEC FROMM ANS eegene Eesen 47 6 37 COMMGUMAG MranSCOGING DEE 47 OA olaning 1 FANSCOCING ME 48 7 OPENCUBE XFCONVERTER CONFIGURATION 0cc00000 49 KS We EE 49 ke PNG MANAG SIME E 49 7 3 Ap
36. m 38 gi Configure Pin number 1 Media Type Video Format JPEG 2000 System 1080i Frame Rate 50 Mxf wrapping Frame wrapping 2 Fields per KLV Figure 29 JPEG 2000 stream settings The JPEG 2000 stream settings are Parameter Description System Use this parameter to define the video system Values available are PAL NTSC 720p 1080p 1080i 2k and 4k Frame Rate Use this parameter to define the frame rate depending on the selected system MXF Use this parameter to define the MXF wrapping frame or field wrapping wrapping i e the number of fields by KLV This option is available only on the MXF output plug in and for interlaced files To be recognized by the OpenCube XFConverter watch folder filenames of a series of JPEG 2000 still images must have the basename and an index example my file basename 000 4p2 The watch folder will display only one file for all JPEG 2000 files matching the same pattern The name displayed by the watch folder will be my file basename a b c d jp2 with e a representing the number of digits for the JPEG 2000 index e bb the index of the first JPEG 2000 file e c the index of the last JPEG 2000 file e and d the step to find the index of the next file During the unwrapping operation OpenCube XFConverter will create files matching this naming rule e Note VI If the MXF wrapping is changed between the source and the destination OpenCube XFConverter will not support wrapping
37. may safely ignore these warnings If you encounter any problem with the installation do not hesitate to contact the OpenCube XFConverter support team Support opencube evs com Introduction BS USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 1 5 Introduction License Activation OpenCube XFConverter is a plug in based application Each plug in requires a special license file in order to be activated Temporary license keys for evaluation purposes are available from the EVS OpenCube website http www evs opencube com After you create an account you are given access to a download area where you can retrieve a one month license key file If you purchased OpenCube XFConverter you will have received a permanent license key file 1cs The full license must be activated over the Internet If the computer does not have an Internet connection or uses a proxy please contact the OpenCube XFConverter support team Support opencube evs com The first time you launch the program OpenCube XFConverter will open the About dialog box so that you can load your license file 7 About ks KFConverter EVS Broadcast Equipment OpenCube XFCONVERTER v2 0 0 Dec 11 2014 Built using OpenCube XFCONVERTER API v2 0 0 Technical support Installed plug ins AIFF Plug in No License Needed Closed Caption Plug in No License Needed DV Plug in No License Needed JPEG 2000 Plug in No License Needed Load License File Figure 1 Abo
38. o channels for example In order to activate the multiplexing demultiplexing feature click on the button ES If you click repeatedly on this button it will cycle through all the demultiplexing options When you demultiplex a plug in pin it will be split into several smaller pins containing the channel index es or v if it is a video channel Figure 10 Demultiplexed plug in pin The status bar indicates the current validity of the graph OpenCube XFConverter will not be able to process conversions unless the status is set to Graph successfully constructed A graph is valid when all its output plug in pins are connected Note VI All the input plug in pins do not necessarily have to be connected Configuring OpenCube XFConverter 17 Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 4 4 1 4 2 Plug in Configuration Overview This section contains a brief summary of the settings for the main plug ins of OpenCube XFConverter AVI Plug in The AVI plug in supports the wrapping and unwrapping of AVI files The AVI plug in supports in reading mode e DV 25 50 100 Mbps e IMX e PCM The AVI plug in supports in writing mode e DV 25 50 100 Mbps e PCM AV 2 0 unlimited Type 2 any codec Nb Audio Figure 11 AVI plug in settings The AVI plug in settings are Plug in Configuration 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Parameter Version Type Nb Audio Issue 2 0 A December 2014 Descr
39. on Pe USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 5 6 Dolby Audio Stream WA Content Dolby Dio Lh Y Ty pe Dolb Y E Audio Quantization bits 16 Channels Left amp Right Channel Manage Dolby as PCM interoperability mode No Figure 32 Dolby stream settings OpenCube XFConverter can detect if Dolby is present on audio tracks The Dolby audio stream settings are Parameter Description Dolby Type It can be Dolby E or AC 3 Audio Quantization Use this parameter to define the quantization of the audio stream 16 20 or 24 bps Channels Use this parameter to define if the stream contains the left the right or both channels Manage Dolby as PCM _ Use this parameter if you want to have OpenCube XFConverter manage Dolby as PCM If this option is set to True OpenCube XFConverter will wrap Dolby as PCM Video and Audio Stream Configuration 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 5 7 Timecode Stream Keep Original Timecode Default Timecode Drop Frame 01 00 00 00 Cancel Figure 33 Timecode stream settings The output plug in timecode pin is supported for GXF MXF and MOV formats It is an easy and convenient way to manually set a start timecode or to convey the timecode information from the input plug in OpenCube XFConverter currently supports continuous timecodes but not discontinuous ones Parameter Keep Original Timecode Default Timecode Frame Rate Drop Frame
40. per format It can construct a graph when multiple input plug ins are required The Configuration Wrapping dialog box allows you select the number of source files and their type using the combo boxes The Param button can be clicked to open the configuration dialog box for each plug in Finally the Source Filename field contains the pattern of the filename This field is required in order to define the set of files that are to be processed together The star stands for a variable name For instance the Figure 18 defines a set of 4 files 1 DV 2 WAV and 1 MXF whose names could be myfile 00 dv myfile 01 wav myfile 02 wav myfile 03 mxf Note that only the set of files following this pattern will be available for conversion in the main window However if the feature Enable Multi Selection is activated in the main window see section 2 2 Source Directory Pane the source filename patterns are ignored and you can freely select a set of files to be wrapped together If you need to add mute track in the output file you can select Mute Plug in in the wrap plug in 3 Source Number 1 MPEG Plug in Source Number 2 Mute Plug in Source Number 3 Mute Plug in Figure 20 Mute plug in settings Plug in Configuration 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 4 10 Unwrap Plug in This plug in should be used to unwrap essences from a single wrapper format It can construct a graph when multiple output plug ins are required D
41. plication Start up ANd Shutdown cece ccccccseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeesaaeeesessaaees 50 TA Walch Folder ee ie e WEE 52 TD OPON eich carrie ence HE ee 53 Fe We ee le le EE 54 8 OPENCUBE XFCONVERTER API csccssecesseenseeeeeseneeeeeesees 57 8 USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i What s New In the XFConverter user manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The changes linked to new features in version 2 0 are listed below A new skin has been applied A new MP4 plug in has been added e See section 4 5 MP4 Plug in on page 22 Transcoding capabilities e See section 6 Transcoding on page 47 Two new profiles have been added to the MXF plug in ARD ZDF HDF support of AVC Intra only and AS 10 High HD shim e See section 4 7 MXF Plug in on page 24 A Class parameter has been added to the VC 3 stream configuration dialog box e See section 5 4 VC 3 Stream on page 39 What s New VII Del F USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 Introduction Introduction Purpose of the Application OpenCube XFConverter is a gateway solution between non interoperable video systems It enables users to wrap unwrap and convert a wide range of video and audio wrapper formats AVI GXF MOV MP4 and MXF OpenCube XFConverter also allows to transcode certain input str
42. s T Catalog Browser interplay AidWorkgroup Catalogs Catalog name Cancel Figure 44 Create new Interplay catalog 56 OpenCube XFConverter Configuration 8 USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 8 OpenCube XFConverter API OpenCube XFConverter includes a C API Application Programming Interface as an option for developers who want to integrate OpenCube XFConverter features in their applications The API can be used as a local dll or as an RPC server client using SOAP protocol This server can be used to automate the conversion processes scheduled by an automation server OpenCube XFConverter API 57 VE teg To learn more about EVS go to www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Li ge Science Park 852 2914 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
43. settings of your output plug in with the settings of your input plug in However this default configuration may not correspond to the exact format you want to output In that case you can continue to adjust the settings of the plug in or individual output streams e Manual Configuration From the drop down list 2 select the output plug in corresponding to the format of your destination file s If your conversion requires the unwrapping of several files you should select Unwrap Plug in from the drop down list Once you have selected the output format you can access the plug in s settings by clicking on the wrench icon located in 2 Please note that some of the plug ins are not configurable in that case the wrench icon will be disabled Refer to the individual plug in documentation in section 4 for a more detailed description of these settings The output plug in view shows the current plug in s configuration In the case of wrapper formats embedding several streams the output plug in view 3 will display a brief description for each embedded video audio metadata or timecode stream Each stream can be individually configured with the corresponding wrench icon If you click on this button it will open a new dialog box whose content will vary depending on the format Refer to the section 4 for a more detailed description of these settings Plug in Connections After you configure the input and output plug in s each of the individu
44. t rato in video stream and wrapper No change Figure 25 Force Aspect Ratio in MPEG video elementary stream 34 Video and Audio Stream Configuration Del USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 5 2 2 AVC Intra Elementary Stream Media Type Format MPEG Format Video system Bitrate Mbits s MPEG MPEG4 AVCIntra 1080150 100 Store AVC Intra header on each frame Yes Figure 26 AVC Intra elementary stream settings The AVC Intra elementary stream settings are Parameter Video System Bit rate Store AVC Intra header on each frame Video and Audio Stream Configuration Description The video system can be set to e 7 20 1080 p 50 59 94 29 97 23 98 e 1080i 50 59 94 This parameter defines the video bit rate in Mbps it can be equal to 50 100 or 200 Mbps This parameter is only available on the MXF output plug in Some AVC Intra streams have the Sequence Parameters Set SPS and the Picture Parameter Set PPS repeated on each frame others only have them on the first frame This option allows you to control how the SPS and the PPS are stored in the AVC Intra stream e Yes OpenCube XFConverter is repeating the SPS and the PPS found on the first frame on each frame It is the default value when MXF Opta is created e No OpenCube XFConverter only keeps the SPS and PPS on the first frame This value is mandatory when creating MXF Panasonic P2 e Keep As Original OpenCube XF
45. ter is available only on the input MXF plug in You can set its value to Yes to force the AIFF and AES tracks to be extracted as WAV files On the output MXF plug in this parameter is replaced by Convert WAV to AES to force the conversion of PCM and WAV streams into AES streams Possible values for the Operational Pattern are Op1a This is the most commonly used pattern It corresponds to a set of video and audio tracks played simultaneously This operational pattern does not impose any restrictions on the media that can be embedded in the MXF file Op1a D10 Restricted to the standard Op1a containing a video track with IMX and a single audio track with 8 channel AES audio OpAtom This pattern corresponds to a set of atomic MXF files containing a single video or audio track Although the media is stored in separate MXF files they are linked and should be decoded together Note that when you want to perform automatic configuration of the input or output plug in when working with OpAtom files you have to select an entire set of MXF files for your configuration to be successful Panasonic P2 Use this pattern if you want to convert produce MXF files similar to the ones that a P2 camcorder would generate P2 format includes a DV track IEC or SMPTE or an AVC Intra track with 2 4 or 8 mono AES channels When you select this pattern you can also choose between a P2 tree and P2 flat mode The P2 tree corresponds to the Contents directory struct
46. tream Content MPEG Format Profile Level Video System l Frame Bit rate Video and Audio Stream Configuration Description Defines a video or audio stream Defines a MPEG1 or MPEG2 stream Defines the Profile and Level of the video stream You should set this entry to MPEG COMPRESSION if you do not want to constrain the Profile and Level Depending on the selected Profile and Level the video system can be set to Half PAL Half NTSC PAL NTSC or HD 720 1080 i p 50 59 94 Hz This parameter should be set to Yes if the MPEG stream contains only frames no B or P frames This parameter defines the video bit rate in Mbps when configuring MPEG I Frame only streams The entry Every should be set when you do not want to constrain the video bit rate 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 e Note MPEG2 30 40 50 Mbps I Frame only 422P ML is also known as MPEG IMX D10 When creating MXF D10 files OQp1aD10 XDCAM IMX e VTR it is possible to change the aspect ratio of the MPEG codec and MXF wrapping layer using the option Fix Aspect Ratio in Video Stream and Wrapper The option fixes the field Aspect Ratio in the MPEG sequence header and the field Aspect Ratio in the MXF MPEG Descriptor The option can take three values e Nochange The aspect ratio is not changed e Force 4 3 The aspect ratio will be set to 4 3 e Force 16 9 The aspect ratio will be set to 16 9 Bitrate Mbits s Fix aspec
47. ure produced by the camcorder while P2 flat flattens the directory structure Note that when you perform automatic configuration of the plug in you only have to select the video essence file in a P2 tree However when working with a flat structure you have to select the entire set of MXF files Sony XDCam DV Use this pattern if you want to convert produce MXF files similar to the ones that an XDCam camcorder would generate This format includes a DV IEC track with 4 mono AES audio tracks It supports XDCam SxS and XDCam optical MXF files Sony XDCam IMX Use this pattern if you want to convert produce MXF files similar to the ones that an XDCam camcorder would generate This format includes an IMX track and an 8 channel AES audio track D10 It supports XDCam SxS and XDCam optical MXF files Sony eVTR Use this pattern if you want to convert produce MXF files similar to the ones that an eVTR tape recorder would generate This format includes an IMX track and an 8 channel AES audio track D10 Sony XDCamHD Use this pattern if you want to convert produce MXF files similar to the ones that an XDCam HD camcorder would generate This format includes an MPEG Long GOP track 15 25 or 35 Mbits s together with 2 or 4 mono AES tracks It supports XDCam SxS and XDCam optical MXF files MXF Ext Ref Use this pattern if you want to convert produce an Op1b file referencing atomic OpZero MXF files The Op1b file will not embed any media Note that wh
48. ut dialog box without license The plug ins listed in red are not activated and require a valid license You must provide a license for each of the plug ins so that the corresponding formats can be supported by XFConverter In order to activate the plug ins click on the button located at the bottom of the dialog box and select a valid lcs file After you load a license the display will change showing the new status of the plug in EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 17 About 2 22 GV P e KFConverter EVS Broadcast Equipment OpenCube XFCONVERTER v2 0 0 Dec 11 2014 Built using OpenCube XFCONVERTER API v2 0 0 Technical support support opencube evs com Installed plug ins AVI Plug in Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License Closed Caption Plug in No License Needed DV Plug in No License Needed GXF Plug in Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License VC 3 Codec Plug in Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License MPEG Codec Plug in Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License JPEG 2000 Plug in No License Needed Quicktime Plug in Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License MP4 Plug in Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License MPEG Plug in No License Needed Mute Plug in No License Needed Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 EVS Read License MXF Plug in Option Avid Evaluation expires on 2015 Jan 11 ENGL Read License Option Avid AMT Evalu
49. with a SMPTE ST 436 ancillary data track Closed Caption or others Video and Audio Stream Configuration Pe USER MANUAL OpenCube XFConverter 2 0 V i 54 VC 3 Stream Media Type Video Format VC 3 System F20p Frame Rate 50 Class 145 Figure 30 VC 3 stream settings The VC 3 stream settings are Parameter Description System Use this parameter to define the video system Values available are 720p 1080p and 1080i Frame Rate Use this parameter to define the frame rate depending on the selected system USD Class Use this parameter to configure the bitrate class of the VC 3 stream Values available are 145 220 and 220x a Note VI VC 3 stream configurations created with an older version of XFConverter can no longer be used Video and Audio Stream Configuration 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 0 A December 2014 5 5 AIFF WAV and PCM Streams Nb Audio Channels Audio Sampling Frequency KHz 46 0 Audio Quantization bits 16 Figure 31 Uncompressed audio AIFF WAV and PCM stream settings The AIFF WAV and PCM stream settings are Parameter Description Nb Audio Channels Use this parameter to define the number of channels in the audio stream Audio Sampling Frequency Use this parameter to define the sampling frequency of the audio stream Audio Quantization Use this parameter to define the quantization of the audio stream 8 16 24 or 32 bps 40 Video and Audio Stream Configurati

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