Xedio Ingest Organizer User Manual
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1. 5 Recording TC Versus Media TC 17 a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VY What s New What s New In the user manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features No section has been updated in the Xedio Ingest Organizer manual from Xedio Suite 4 03 and 4 35 compared to Xedio Suite 4 02 aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VY 1 1 Introduction Introduction The Xedio Ingest application allows a user to control encoder channels to digitize any incoming video into high resolution low resolution or both simultaneously a panel of different codecs is available The Xedio Ingest application can control multiple incoming feeds simultaneously and offers a VGA monitoring feed of the incoming video as it is being encoded As a fully integrated part of the Xedio Suite of applications the files are entered into the database as they are being ingested and can be used by other applications in the Suite even before the encoding process has been completed The Xedio Ingest is a server client based system and therefore consists of two elements Xedio Ingest server Software which runs on the hardware encoder to enable the control of the ingest process Xedio Ingest Organizer client Software which runs on any workstation within the Xedio environment and controls the ingest2. 70 11 12 2009 16 01 40 CGServerConnection OnConnect Client 1 1 70 11 400099 2 Xedio Ingest Server aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VY 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 3 1 User Interface 3 1 1 Opening Ingest Organizer To start the Xedio Ingest Organizer application click on the Xedio Ingest Organizer icon on the desktop edo Ingest Organiser This will display a login screen where you need to enter your username and password 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 3 EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 3 1 2 Overview ofthe Kedio Ingest Organizer Window The Xedio Ingest Organizer window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below e Note A The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed 4 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VU Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Xedio Ingest Organizer window Part Name Description ile Outlook This displays the list of the devices which can be controlled by the Area Ingest Organizer The Outlook bar presents at least as many tabs as there are devices to control Each tab provides access to a series of items Once a category tab is selected its specific items are shown as icons Scheduler CDH 1 am zai Encoding ee ant High BitRate Encoder Selec
3. About FS Clicking the Parameters button displays a contextual menu with the following options Menu Items Setup Goto Now Nowline Focus Block List Dialog Meaning Gives options for the amount of encoders displayed on screen and the adjustment of the display refresh rates Minimum number of visible encoders FAO Fit To Page Minimum load interval gt 0 2 days Now line update time gt 1 10 seconds Check counter time gt E 10 seconds Show Encoders Alive Zone Show Thread Actryity Database Thread Priority BELOW NORMAL Returns to the current date and time If this option is selected the timeline for all encoders is displayed in such a way that the nowline is always centered and only the range of the displayed period can be adjusted If the option is not selected the display can be set to show any time period at any date Displays the list of blocks present in the timeline for a specific period of time 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VV l 3 4 3 Menu Items Meaning Clip Allows to select the information to be displayed in the encoded block Display Settings Media Class Feedib Repeat Indicator Mone Description a Show Shows a thumbnail for the encoding block Thumbnails Refresh Refreshes the graphical interface About Gives information about the version of Ingest Scheduler Current Date The Current Da
4. Ta Connect General Tab To create an output file enter the relevant data into the fields displayed in the General tab Field Description Label Name you give to the file that will be encoded Id Feed Identification given to a feed that could be provided by a press agency External Ref Reference which can help to identify the encoded media such as a barcode from a VTR tape Media Class Class categorizing the media The classes are defined in the Class Manager of the Xedio Manager application 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 7 EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Field Description Shooting Date Date on which the media has been filmed To update the date click the Shooting Date button and select a date inthe calendar displayed from the drop down arrow Video Ratio Video ratio of the encoded media Possible values e if the hi res encoding profile is HD the only option is Forced 16 9 This will obviously be the default value in HD e if the hi res encoding profile is SD the options available are Auto it is automatically detected by the encoder and passed to Ingest Organizer Forced 4 3 Forced 16 9 The default value in SD will be the last one used per channel per user Source Original source of the feed Routing Free text to describe how the feed was routed to the system Description Optional text to describe the encoded media Publish Allows to see the encoded media in the client workst
5. lt VY Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 II WHAT S NEW 2 V 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 KEDIOINGEST SERVER 2 3 XEDIOINGEST ORGANIZER CLIENT 3 3 1 User Interface 2 00 00 0 022 loci ccoo 3 3 1 1 Opening Ingest Organizer 0 2 02 e eee eee cee cece eee eee eeee 3 3 1 2 Overview of the Xedio Ingest Organizer Window 4 3 2 Encoder Devices 2 2 cece cee cee cece cee cece ec ceccecceeccecccccecceeccecceces 6 3 2 1 Overview of the Encoders Tab 6 9 22 e ee anne ee 6 3 2 3 Encoder 0220ooonoonnnnannennnnnnn nn nnannennennnnonnennennennenn 9 3 3 VIR Device nn 10 39l PUMOSE zer 2as oat es at ae sa ee 10 3 3 2 General Tab and Metadata Tab 11 3 3 3 Channel Area 2mmmeeemmeee 12 3 3 4 VTR Area 2mmmem mama mwm mwm mimea 12 3 4 IA AI wa 12 3 4 1 Purpose ne 12 3 4 2 Timeline View Settings 2 22222 13 3 4 3 Timeline Content o 02uononnonn nennen 15 3
6. USER MANUAL Kedio Ingest Urganizer Version 4 35 August 2013 V gt aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VY Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2010 2013 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished 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 cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication 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 on 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 at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts 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 aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer
7. ations database lists Metadata Tab In the Metadata tab the users can select one of the available metadata profiles by clicking in the Metadata Profile field Then they can enter metadata values for the encoded media Recording Mode Area Recording Mode Manual A On Trigger Stat TC oho p he On Time From la The recording on an encoder from Xedio Ingest Organizer can be started in one of the three following modes e Manual when you click the Start Record button a dialog box allows you to enter a record duration The encoding process starts as soon as you click the Start with Limits button 8 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client a USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VU 3 2 3 e On Trigger you can enter a start timecode and a stop timecode The encoding process will start and stop at the specified timecodes e On Time you can enter start and stop times and dates for the encoding process This option is dimmed when the scheduler interface is available Status Area The Server status shows if the Xedio Ingest Organizer application is connected by IP to the corresponding Xedio Ingest Server The High and Low Bit rate status show if Xedio Ingest Organizer is communicating with the encoder software for the specified encoder Ready is displayed when the encoder is ready for the recording During the recording process Rec is displayed The Connect button allows the user to ma
8. f the tape to be ingested General Metadata Label Id Feed External Ref Media Class Video Patio SOUFCE Routing Description a ee Logical Ch edm 2 paire 1 PM 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DOLL A sh O WIA 00 00 00 00 EXTERNAL L A rl II ae Ready Import Batch stopped Tc Out Media Class Publish Ratio 3 3 2 General Tab and Metadata Tab These areas have the same fields as the encoder control window See sections General Tab on page 7 and Metadata Tab on page 8 for a description of those areas 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 11 EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 1 Channel Area Mad eer aa Channel Logical Ch cdma paire 1 FM This parameter allows the user to connect to the logical channel that has been assigned to ingest the media from the tape in the VTR Choose the channel and click the Connect button to establish the communication VTR Area YTR dcam Record Timecode OTR out 0000 0000 EXTERNA in 00 00 00 00 Orig Start Batch Inport The VTR area provides transport buttons to control the VTR as well as In and Out buttons to mark sections of the tape to ingest The Record Timecode area allows the user to choose between the existing timecode on the tape or the external source of timecode connected to the encoder when the encoding is performed Each area of tape can be determined and added to a list u
9. ing is always greater than the duration of the corresponding Media and its Media files The duration of one Media is always smaller that the duration of its Media files and the corresponding recording Additionally a clip can be created from a media It will therefore always have its TC IN and TC OUT within the Media TC IN and TC OUT limits This is explained in the following diagram 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 17 EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Kedio Ingest Timecodes Overview a a a a ra Dr a iaaiiai Reference Tl Player NowLine Recording TCout Ja Recording TCin edio Ingest Organizer Scheduler Recording Block Va i HiRes MecdiaFile TCin HiRes MediaFile TCout N lt edio HighRes Encoder HiRes MediaFile ST LowRes MaediaFile TCin LowHes MediaFile Tout ex vom t lt edio LowRes Encoder LowRes MeciaFile i i Eco 5 ly Media TOn Meda Tout N CleanEcdit Media XX gt d Clip TCin Clip TC i io Tin Clip out A 7 CleanEdit Clip Virtual Clip or Edit Clip li Player Mlowlne aa al On a HiRes station the StartTC displayed in a software player will be the Delta with the HiRes mai aa Star TC in Lowes Playa MediaFile TCin i Y On a Lowes station the StartTC displayed in Ya software player will be the Delta with the LowRes MediaFi
10. ke the connection manually if the status currently shows a disconnection The Start Record button becomes active to start the encoding process as soon as the status shows a connected state Encoder Depending on the encoder type a Low BitRate Encoder button and or a High BitRate Encoder button are available When you click one of the Encoder buttons for an encoder device the following Encoder window is displayed in the Work area showing information about the encoder and a monitoring output of the current encoding file 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 9 EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Encoder Model CDM High Encoder Description EYS COM multiformat encoder Company EYS Broadcast Equipment IP Address 11 70 14 Label CDMHIRES G Note A The video shown will only be at a rate e defined by the GOP structure with the CDM 1 encoders MPEG2 frames only will be displayed about 2 per second and e defined by the setup of the system with the CDM 2 encoders With the CDM 2 only one monitoring at a time can be performed by a user 3 3 VTR Device 3 3 1 Purpose Control YTA 10 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VU When you click the Control VTR button from the VTR category tab the following VTR window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to define data for the recorded file to control the VTR and mark areas o
11. le TCin Note Wa assume that the same Reference TC is used to encode the Hikes MediaFile and the LowRes MediaFile 18 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client m i a V E To learn more about EVS go to www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Liege 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
12. process of all encoders that are part of the system EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 2 Xedio Ingest Server The Xedio Ingest server application running on a hardware encoder is usually set up to auto start when the computer is switched on If however it is not set up in this way the program can be started manually Click on the Xedio Ingest icon on the desktop to start the application A dialogue box will then appear and ask the user to start the application At this point a password can be set up and ticking the check box can set the auto start option When the application is started the message window shows the progress of the connection to the Client application and displays any problems it may have in the set up Logical Channel CDM 1 IRAN SIASIA DB XSTORE 0110 03 00 36 Status Connected Encoder Low CDMLORES IP 1 1 70 13 Status READY Encoder High CDMHIRES IP 1 1 70 14 Status READY O 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 2009 15 50 42 CStatusManagement ThreadStatusManagement S 4 12 2009 15 50 42 O CCleanGestServer Start Server TCPAP started 2 12 2009 15 50 42 O CStatusManagement Thre 12 2009 15 50 42 O CStatusManagement ThreadStatus Network is cor 12 2009 15 50 42 O CStatusManagement SetStatusEncoderHigh ENC f 1 1 12 2009 15 50 42 O CstatusManagement SetstatusEncoderLow ENC 1 1 12 2009 15 50 44 O CGoServerConnection OnConnect Client 1 1
13. sing the Add In List button When the selection from the tape is complete the ingest is started by clicking the Start Batch button Scheduler Purpose The Scheduler tab displays a timeline with all the records already encoded being encoded or scheduled to take place within the displayed time window Each logical encoder has its own timeline 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer VV l Current Date Thread Activity 11 132 15 15 15 30 0171272003 15 50 41 02 12 2005 15 35 17 The green line is the nowline and reflects the current time The thin red line corresponds to the time before which no action can be performed through the scheduler Ingest media is displayed in the form of blocks in the timeline 3 4 2 Timeline View Settings Time Span Clicking the Time button displays a contextual menu oom Ih oom Out 15 minutes 30 minutes 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours B hours 10 hours 16 hourg 24 hours 48 hours Previous oom FY This setting sets the range of time displayed on the timeline The mouse scroll button may also be used to change this range and zoom in or out the displayed range 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 13 Issue 4 35 B August 2013 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Parameters Parameters Setup FIU later Td Eh w Nowline Focus Fiz Block List Dialog Clip Display Settings Fa Show Thumbnals Ctrl T Refresh
14. t any of these icons to display its relevant interface in the Work area The set up of encoders and VTR devices is made in the Xedio Manager application 2 Work The Work area displays a timeline with the ingests that are scheduled Area or took place over a period of time for each of the controlled devices It interactively changes when an item is selected in one category from the Outlook area 5 Logbook This lists the processes undertaken by the software and reports any error encountered during the processes 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 5 EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Issue 4 35 B August 2013 3 2 Encoder Devices 3 2 1 Overview of the Encoders Tab Several items are available in the Encoders category They are detailed below Encoding Bow ne Low BitAate Encoder High BitRate Encoder 3 2 2 Encoding Purpose When you click the Encoding button for an encoder device the following Encoder window is displayed in the Work area allowing you to enter data for the encoded file to select the method of recording that will be used and to start the recording process 6 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client ae USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VY ENCODER NOT INET General Metadata Label Id Feed External Ref Media Class Video Ratio SOURCE Routing Description Publish Recording Mode Not Connected Manual On Trigger Start TL Stop TC On Time From
15. te field allows to select the date for the timeline display This is only available if the Nowline Focus parameter is disabled from the Parameters menu Timeline Content Block Status Colors The block status is shown by means of different colors as follows Block Color Status A blue block to the right of the nowline is a Scheduled ingest A currently Recording ingest is orange 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client 15 EVS Broadcast Eguipment SA Block Color Issue 4 35 B August 2013 Status A green block to the left of the nowline is a successfully Recorded ingest Block Contextual Menu A contextual menu is available when you right click in the timeline New Records Modify Record s View Recordi Menu Item New Records Modify Records View records Play Lowbitrate Highbitrate Description Opens an Edit Mode window allowing you to enter parameters for a new file to encode Available when right clicking on a block Opens an Edit Mode window allowing you to update the parameters of the encoding file Opens a View Mode window showing you the parameters of the encoding file Provides a sub menu with the Lowbitrate and the Highbitrate options Selecting one option opens the CleanEdit Player window from which you can view the encoded encoding block Block Tooltip Some of the metadata associated to an ingest can be easily viewed by placing the pointer over the corresponding block A tool
16. tip is displayed Start Date T ime Duration Label Class 3 Xedio Ingest Organizer Client aa USER MANUAL Xedio 4 35 Xedio Ingest Organizer lt VY 39 Recording TC Versus Media TC The Xedio Ingest server usually pilots two encoders one in hi res EncHi and one in lo res EncLow Each encoder creates one Media file hi res media file and lo res media file Xedio Ingest sends the recording command to both encoders at the same time However according to several parameters such as the codec the recording does not start at the same time on both encoders So the TC IN and TC OUT of the two Media files will differ This is absolutely normal and there can be up to 10 seconds between both TC IN or between both TC OUT in some cases Once the recording is finished the Xedio Ingest analyses the TC IN and the TC OUT of each Media file and creates a single Media file corresponding to the material common to both lo res and hi res files e The Media TC IN will be the highest value between both TC IN e The Media TC OUT will be the lowest value between both TC OUT This difference can be viewed in a player when TC Intra is displayed The recording existed from when the first encoder started until the last encoder stopped So in the scheduler e The Recording TC IN value will be the lowest between both TC IN e The Media TC OUT value will be the highest between both TC OUT In summary the duration of one record
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