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1. 5 3 8 1 Using Cart Macro Characters To use cart number macro characters enter the appropriate macro as a part of the cart number Supported Cart Number Macro Characters Macro Usage HH Current Voice Number 2 character string Whenever these characters are encountered in a cart number they are replaced by the current global Voice Number value Note You must always use two characters for defining a voice number and always use the pound sign pound sign designation when entering the Current Voice Number macro Current Day of Week 1 Monday 7 Sunday This character is replaced by the numeric value for the current day of the week Current Hour 12 hour format Hours 1 through 9 1 9 10 A 11 B 12 C Note Because this is a 12 hour format the current hour value used when substituting for this macro character can occur twice during the day For instance the 10 AM and 10 PM hours will return the same value A Nearest Hour 12 hour format If current minute of the hour gt 30 then the returned hour value is incremented by 1 Note Because this is a 12 hour format the current hour value used when substituting for this macro character can occur twice during the day For instance the 10 AM and 10 PM hours will return the same value A Current Hour 24 hour format Hours 0 midnight through 9 0 9 10 A 11 B 12 noon C 13 1 PM D through 23 11 PM N Using this macro charact
2. Remove Clear an Action from an Input Relay To remove or unhook an Action from an Input Relay Right Click on the relay input label and select the menu item Clear Action from Relay Input The attached Action is cleared and Input Relay graphic changes to a red X to reflect that it no longer has an Action assigned to it Adjusting Input Relay Lock Out Values If a selected resource has input relays you can lock out the relay for a specified period of time after it is initially triggered The effect is to ignore any further trigger messages from the device until the lock out time has elapsed The idea is to prevent multiple Input Relay triggers either as a result of erroneous multiple relay assertions by the device signaling the Input Relay or so called relay bounce Adjusting relay lock out values is also sometimes referred to as setting relay de bounce To adjust lock out values Right Click anywhere on the resource map the list of resource labels A context menu appears similar to the example shown Expand All Nodes Collapse All Nodes Assign Action to Relay Input Relay In 3 SRN 3 Input Relay Lock Outs Select the Input Relay Lock Out Values menu item to display the Modify Device Input Relay Lock Out dialog When edits are complete and applied the dialog closes and resource record is updated Input Relay Lock Out values lt a Reset Switcher Mapping Print Resource Info to Default Printer Resou
3. Reference 83 program schedule lt should always be disabled unchecked The Start Play task applicable only if you wish to play a specific cart on an specific channel f The Play From Log option is not useable in XStudio Recorder as there is no Start Play Using the Cart Rotation List When playback is to be a specific cart uncheck the Play From Log property which enables play channel selection and the controls to add and delete cart numbers in the Cart List as shown Update StartPlay Properties Task Name Stat Play Properties Liner Check Play from Log to play the item on the log that is NextT oPlay C Elay from Log If Play from Log is selected the Play Channel is always set to 1 Cart Rotation List J100 To play from a list of carts uncheck JIHH Play from Log and add carts to the list You can select the play back channel when playing from a list of carts Delete Cart Macto Help Mode Days Start Play task for playing carts from a list Individual cart plays are most often used for satellite programming inserts liners jingles etc To add cart numbers to the list click on the Add Cart button or use the Insert key To remove a cart number from the list select the item and click on the Delete Cart button or use the Delete key You can use cart macro characters in the cart numbers O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 84 XStudio Recorder
4. Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 72 XStudio Recorder Property REQ Description item is selected the Relay Map Table is disabled and when the task is executed the selected device s original input relay mapping is restored Relay Map Table Displayed input relays for the selected device are listed initially with no Actions assigned to any of the input relays Select the desired input relay and either Double Click on the item or Right Click and select the menu item Assign Action to display an Action selection dialog Remap Restore Input Relay Map Task Name Switcher Resource Royals Relay Map BTACS 8 2 Remap Reset Remap Input Relays O Restore Input Relay Defaults Relay Relay Input Name Action Name 1 1 ABCTOH X 2 2 Stardust Legal ID X 3 3 Stardust Break XM 4 4 Stardust Liner X 5 Relayin5 X 6 Relaying Remap Input Relays Device Selected Assigning Actions to Input Relays When a switcher resource has been selected and the device s input relay list is displayed you can begin assigning Actions to the input relays The easiest way is to locate the input relay you want to assign by scrolling through the list Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 73 Remap Restore Input Relay Map Task Name Switcher Resource Royals Relay Map BTACS 8 2 Remap Reset Remap Input Relays O Restore Input Relay Defaults Relay
5. Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 22 XStudio Recorder 3 2 Audio Properties The Audio Properties tab is used to create default settings for audio recordings These default values are used when setting up a new Start Record task Most settings can be customized within the Start Record task if needed Preferences Auto Start Threshhold 37 Default File Extension Recordings DAF DFF Outro Play Length 1 PCM I6bi De 32 KHz Play Record Settings O WAV Max Record Length 01 59 59 0 i ES Creative Sound Blaster PCI Creative Sound Blaster PCI Creative Sound Blaster PCI mnearsa CK Device M Playback Device XStudio Recorder Audio Properties In this section you set default properties that will be used for recording audio Property Auto Start Recording Auto Start Threshold Default File Extension Max Record Length Description If checked the system will wait for first audio based on the audio threshold you set If not checked recording will begin immediately and may include some dead air at the beginning for the recording This setting can be overridden in each recording The level at which auto recording will begin if enabled for a given recording The available range is 1 to 100 The type of audio file that will be created when recording Use the WAV option to store the recording as a standard wave file for post
6. Effects of Database Sharing Sharing of the XStudio Recorder database has minimal effects on the operation of XStudio Recorder and users need not change how they do things when working with XStudio Recorder There are some possible side effects of database sharing to be aware of though Performance Performance of XStudio Recorder can be affected when the database is shared in the following ways 1 If XStudio Recorder is functioning as a database server in addition to its other duties application response time could be a bit slower if one or more utility applications are connected and performing database intensive tasks This occurs because XStudio Recorder has to divide its attention between normal operations and serving the database requests of connected client applications 2 If XStudio Recorder is connecting to a remote database server and network LAN traffic is extremely high application response time could be slower as a result of the the high Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 63 5 2 5 3 network traffic impeding retrieval of data from the database server Using Data Navigators Several areas in XStudio Recorder make use of so called data navigators Essentially a data navigator is an organized set of buttons that provides an easy to use interface for navigating around in displayed data like the log station definitions cart masks and music databases In addition to
7. if you do not have these privileges contact your system administrator for help Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting 135 6 3 6 4 6 4 1 The Logged In User cannot access folders on other PC s In order to retrieve or save information about an audio file on a remote PC the currently logged in user must have the appropriate privileges on the remote PC If you suspect this is the problem you are having contact your system administrator Can t Start the Audio Engine When XStudio Recorder is installed the audio engine service is installed and configured to automatically start when the computer starts up A user or system administrator however can stop the audio engine or even disable it so that the audio engine will not start up automatically when the computer starts When XStudio Recorder starts up it checks to see if the audio engine service is installed and if so if it is running If the service is not running an attempt is made to start it However if the logged in user does not have enough privileges the attempt to start the audio engine service will fail and you will see an error message to that effect Warning The audio engine service could not be started Unable to open a service connection to gae with GENERIC_EXECUTE rights The logged in user DefUser probably has insufficient privileges If the audio engine service is installed but XStudio Reco
8. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE dcsTools AudioEngine Channels PipeClock 44100 DWord The clock rate for audio handling For Windows driver devices this value can be changed but for devices like the Digigram audio card it must be left alone Valid values are 32000 44100 and 48000 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE dcsTools AudioEngine Device_x There could be more than one of these entries if a Digigram or AudioScience card is installed in the PC in addition to standard wave devices DeallocateldlePipes Engine maintained DWord 1 DefaultRecordinput Engine maintained DWord 0 EnableWatchdog Engine maintained DWord 0 PlayPipeMask Engine maintained DWord 4294967295 PreallocatePlayPipes Engine maintained DWord 0 PreallocateRecordPipes Engine maintained DWord 0 RecordPipeMask Engine maintained DWord 4294967295 StreamCount Engine maintained DWord 3 WatchdogTimeout Engine maintained DWord 500 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE dcsTools AudioEngine Devices Device_1 0 DWord Device_1 contains wave device information Device_2 4294967295 DWord 2nd device record Device_3 4294967295 DWord 3rd device record Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 132 XStudio Recorder Key Name Default Value Device_4 4294967295 Description DWord 4th device record HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE dcsTools AudioEngine Streams BufferCount 8 BufferSize MpegCodec RateConvertQuality Use
9. Relay In 7 1 Seconds 08 09 Relay In 9 0 Seconds 10 Relay In 11 20 Seconds 1 12 13 14 15 16 G 0 Seco 11 ala A te SRM CR ACSR 2 Broadcast Tonle ACSR gt Relay Lock Outs KCRM CR ACS8 2 Broadcas WIS ACSO Z Relay In 2 SRN 2 0 Seconds Relay In 3 SRN 3 2 Seconds Relay In 4 ABC TOH 0 Seconds Relay In 5 ESPN 1 0 Seconds Relay In 6 ESPN 2 0 Seconds Relay In 8 0 Seconds Relay In 10 0 Seconds Relay In 12 0 Seconds Relay In 13 0 Seconds Relay In 14 0 Seconds Relay In 15 0 Seconds A n a y NF Sample Relay Lock Out Report Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 47 4 1 3 Actions An Action is a set of instructions you create and name to perform one or more Tasks Actions are a powerful key component of XStudio Recorder program execution Actions execute as a result of some sort of stimulus or trigger which can be as a response to an Input Relay or a scheduled event XStudio Recorder Seed E j Selected Action Task List d9 Record Audio Action Name 1 Ac C2 Setup Auto Record 3 ABC News TOH Add Action 4 CNN News Record atus 2 ESPNEnd Next Scheduled Event 1 ESPN Start Selected Action Valdain Action There are no scheduled Task List events Set CNN Record Ch Sun Sat Start Tim Record News Sun Sat Start Time 00
10. 9 10 A 11 B 12 C Current Hour 24 hour format Hours O midnight through 9 0 9 10 4 11 B 12 noon C 13 D through 23 N Nearest Hour 24 hour format If current minute of hour gt 30 then increment the hour by 1 Hours O midnight through 9 0 9 10 11 B 12 noon C 13 D through 23 N Macro character help dialog Supported Cart Number Macro Characters Macro Usage HH Current Voice Number 2 character string Whenever these characters are encountered in a cart number they are replaced by the current global Voice Number value Note You must always use two characters for defining a voice number and always use the pound sign pound sign designation when entering the Current Voice Number macro Current Day of Week 1 Monday 7 Sunday This character is replaced by the numeric value for the current day of the week Current Hour 12 hour format Hours 1 through 9 1 9 10 A 11 B 12 C Note Because this is a 12 hour format the current hour value used when Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 93 Macro Usage substituting for this macro character can occur twice during the day For instance the 10 AM and 10 PM hours will return the same value A Nearest Hour 12 hour format If current minute of the hour gt 30 then the returned hour value is incremented by 1 Note Because this is a 12 hour format the cur
11. Default Sample Rate 32000 Default BitRate 256000 Default MPEG Layer 0000 Not_Used Y Enable Search XStudio Recorder Session Properties Report When displayed the report can be searched scrolled and archived to a file if desired It is organized in sections containing related information Keep in mind that a session property report reflects the state of XStudio Recorder at the moment the report is generated Property values can change only milliseconds later depending on system activity Using Application Event Logs XStudio Recorder documents its actions by writing information to a set of daily event logs which are automatically maintained for a user specified number of days Event logs are text files containing a time stamp for each line of information record and descriptive text about what happened or what was done by XStudio Recorder Event logs are very useful in troubleshooting problems or simply trying to determine why XStudio Recorder performed in a certain way As a default event logs are retained for 14 days but you can change the number of days and the amount of detail XStudio Recorder stores in the event log Refer to the topic on Event Logging Properties in the Configuration chapter for information on adjusting the number of days and detail level Event log information is separate from and in addition to the standard audit report data that XStudio Recorder maintains for each day Audit report d
12. 03 11 2014 1 Enhancement Added support for System Backup and Banner Message tasks A new XStudio Recorder Message Center displays the content of Banner Message tasks 2 Enhancement XStudio Recorder application help is implemented and available from help menus within the application 3 Enhancement XStudio Recorder event logging detail level is now user controlled See the General Preferences topic for additional information 4 Enhancement XStudio Recorder now detects Windows 8 Windows 8 1 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012R2 operating systems and adjusts its display accordingly Version 0 9 1 115 12 05 2012 1 Initial release of XStudio Recorder Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Welcome 9 1 3 Warranty 8 License Agreement PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BY INSTALLING AND USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE This is a legal agreement between you and C R Media This Agreement states the terms and conditions upon which C R Media offers to license the software Whether contained in the disk package or having been pre loaded by C R Media on the machine s hard drive together with all related documentation and accompanying items including but nat limited to the executable programs drivers libraries and data files associated with such
13. 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 148 XStudio Recorder SOFT apt X 444C F18F 8C03 F017 Copy both MID and Site Code for registration Unlock application New Site code EVALUATION Cancel AUDIO PROCESSING tof G AN O E EC The apt X registration dialog normally closes after several seconds if no action is taken by the user To keep the dialog from closing while you copy down the needed information select the Unlock Application radio button which prevents the dialog from closing Select the Unlock Application radio button when the apt X registration dialog is displayed This stops the dialog from disappearing after a few seconds giving you the time to write down both the MID Code and the Site Code which appear across the top of the display You can use a mouse to select and copy each of the two codes to the Windows clipboard if you wish to avoid handwriting the information When you have written down both codes select the Enter Application radio button and click on the Continue button which closes the apt X registration dialog Close the apt X License Dialog Display Utility E mail the Mid Code and Site Code information you ve written down to your supplier or alternatively use our on line product specific contact form To better identify your request write Soft apt X Registration in the Subject line of your e mail You will receive by return e mail the neces
14. All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 41 Assign Action to Relay Input Relay Relay In 3 SAN 3 Assign Action to Input Relay Dialog When you have selected the Action you want associated with the Input Relay click on the Apply button to save your selection The selected resource label will be updated to reflect the assignment XStudio Recorder Relay Input with XK Relay In 1 SAN Action assigned Relay In 2 SAN Relay In 3 SAN SL Relay In 4 ABC ABC News TOH X Relay In 5 ESP Relay In 6 ESP i X Relay In 7 J Relay In 4 ABC Relay In 8 ABC News TOH X Relay In 9 3 Relay In 5 ESP X Relay In 10 X Relay In 6 ESP ekg inti X Relay In12 s Relay In 13 Relay In 14 X Relay In15 Action Assigned to Relay Input Actions assigned to input relays here are considered the default input relay mapping the connection of an Action to an Input Relay During XStudio Recorder program execution these input relay connections can be overridden using the Remap Input Relays Task The same task type can also be used to restore the default input relay mapping assigned here This type of functionality is particularly useful when executed special programming like sports broadcasts or music specials delivered by a satellite programming service O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 42 XStudio Recorder
15. Index A Actions 47 Application Event Log 138 Audio Switcher 38 Automation Setup Action Edit Dialog 49 Actions 47 Common Functionality 28 Event Properties Dialog 55 External Resources 38 Input Relay Lock Out 45 Scheduled Events 54 Tasks 51 1 7 Banner Message Task 69 e Cart Macro Characters 84 92 Clock Task 79 Contacting dcsTools com Mailing Address 143 Sales 143 Tech Support 143 Web Site 143 Copyrights 7 D Data Navigator 28 36 63 Database File Location 58 Sharing 61 Tables 58 Database Tables Actions 59 Events 59 External Devices 60 Tasks 61 dcsTools com Address 143 Email Address 143 Telephone Numbers 143 DOut Update 104 Els Events Scheduled 54 External Control Command 76 External Resources 38 F Fade Switcher Channel 99 lb License Agreement 9 Lists Printing 37 Macro Characters Cart 84 92 Manually adding a database server 114 Mode Days Properties 65 Mode Task 80 N Navigator Data 28 36 63 P Printing Lists 37 Properties Common to All Tasks 65 Properties Advanced Task 65 R Recording Task 87 Remap Input Relays Task 71 O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 156 XStudio Recorder S Scheduled Events 54 Send External Control Command Task 76 Server List Database Add server manually 114 Set Clock Task 79 Set Mode Task 80 Set Operating Mode Task 80 Set Voice Task 81 Start Play Task 82 Start
16. Macro Help Start Play task for playing carts from a list Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property Task Name Play From Log Cart Rotation List Play Channel REQ Description Y Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information This item should always be unchecked as it is not applicable to XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder shares common Task functionality with other dcsTools applications and this option is intended for use with on air playback systems When the Play From Log property is not checked this list is enabled for adding and deleting specific cart numbers to play The list must contain a minimum of one cart number To manage the list contents use the Add Cart and Delete Cart buttons Cart number macro characters can be used as a part of the cart number When multiple cart numbers are placed in the list the items are rotated when the task is executed multiple times while XStudio Recorder is running At program start up the first item in the list is used the first time the task is executed and subsequent execution of the task uses the next item in the list and so on Select the play channel 1 4 on which items from the cart list will be played This item is enabled only if the Play From Log property is not checked Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved
17. R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 87 5 3 9 Start Record Task The Start Record task is used to initiate an audio recording You can set the recording channel whether or not the recording will start immediately or wait for first audio the cart number and most other properties that might normally be associated with an audio recording The Start Record task dialog is divided into 3 tabs that group like information in addition to the standard Advanced properties that are accessed with the Mode Days button Description of the properties are grouped by tab for ease in understanding Update Start Record Properties Task Name Record Channel Record News Default Record Channel 1 v Auto Start Recording Cart Properties File Distribution Recording Properties Cart No NOOI Description CNN News Agency Auto Recorded Log Length 3 00 Max Length 00 03 00 100 Aux Maik 00 00 00 000 Start Date 0 End Date 1 Start Record Cart Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Record Channel Available recording channels are displayed in a dropdown list Select the channel you wish to use for the recording The available record channels will normally be populated with a list of channels actually
18. Record Task 87 Stop Play Task 95 Stop Record Task 97 Switcher Fade Task 99 Switcher Update Task 106 System Backup Task 101 Ta Tables Database Actions 59 Events 59 External Devices 60 Location of Files 58 Tasks 61 Tasks Action Use 109 Advanced 65 Banner Message 69 Common Properties 65 Create Edit Delete 51 Remap Input Relays 71 Send External Control Command 76 Set Clock 79 Set Mode 80 Set Operating Mode 80 Set Voice 81 Start Play 82 Start Record 87 Stop Play 95 Stop Record 97 Switcher Fade 99 System Backup 101 Timer Task 103 Update DOut 104 Update Switcher 106 Use Existing Action 109 Timer Task 103 Trademarks apt X 7 DCS 7 Maestro 7 Windows 7 Troubleshooting Audio Won t Play 133 Can t Record Audio 133 Can t Start Audio Engine 135 General Information 125 Remote Database Problems 135 Remote DB Connection Problems 135 Session Properties 137 Slow Database Performance 136 Using Application Event Logs 138 Vista 140 Windows 7 140 Windows 8 140 U UAC 140 Update DOut Task 104 Update Switcher Task 106 Use Existing Action Tasks 109 User Account Control 140 Warranty 9 Windows 7 140 Windows 8 140 Windows Vista 140 Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved
19. a list of input relays their labels and current lock out values Modify Device Input Relay Lock Out KCRM CR ACS8 2 Broadcast Tools ACS8 2 Input Name Relay In 1 SRN 1 Relay In 2 SAN 2 Relay In 3 SAN 3 Relay In 4 ABC TOH Relay In 5 ESPN 1 Relay In 6 ESPN 2 Relay In 7 Relay In 8 Relay In 9 Relay In 10 Relay In 11 Relay In 12 Relay In 13 Relay In 14 Relay In 15 Dur les 1 Input Relay Lock Out Properties Dialog No 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 peo oeooaeaeadasoqooao 6 O Lock out values are expressed in seconds in a range of 0 59 seconds Setting a non zero value instructs XStudio Recorder to ignore any additional Input Relay signals received for the number of seconds specified Setting All Lock Out Values at Once You can set all lock out values for the resource at once if desired To do so Right Click on an input name which displays a context menu Select the menu item Set All Values to and enter the value to set for all Input Relays Printing Lock Out Settings If desired you can print the lock out values you have assigned to the resource for reference Right Click on an input name and select the menu item Print Lock Out Information See the Printing Lists topic for more information Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 46 XStudio Recorder Input Relay In 1 SRN 1 6 Seconds 01 02 03 04 05 07
20. arrive the recording will be no longer than this value The default value is 00 00 00 000 meaning no Aux Mark sometimes called secondary tone will be set when the recording has completed If the value is non zero when the recording has been completed and the header information is updated the value entered here will be set as the Aux Mark If the Aux Mark value is greater than the actual length of the recorded audio it will be ignored The first date on which this audio will be valid for play Values can be entered as plus days values or actual calendar dates When entering plus days values the date is translated as the recording date plus the plus days value For instance 0 translates to the date of the recording 2 translates to the date of the recording plus 2 days The default is to use plus days and a value of 0 The last date on which this audio will be valid for play Values can be entered as plus days values or actual calendar dates When entering plus days values the date is translated as the recording date plus the plus days value For instance 0 translates to the date of the recording 2 translates to the date of the recording plus 2 days The default is to use plus days and a value of 1 valid on the date of recording plus one day Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 89 Update Start Record Properties Task Name Record Channel Record News De
21. choice has already been made in a previous installation 2 You may be prompted that an old version of XStudio Recorder has been found and that it must be uninstalled removed before continuing with the update If you see this prompt when updating XStudio Recorder you should answer Yes to remove the old version and if prompted to confirm the removal of the old version again answer Yes 3 On occasion updating XStudio Recorder may require some additional tasks be performed during the update Such tasks might include validating and or updating your registration and making adjustments to your preferences settings If these tasks are needed you will be prompted for any input required and notified if the update task could not be completed successfully A You must have administrator privileges to perform an update on all supported operating systems To Uninstall XStudio Recorder To remove XStudio Recorder from your PC select the Control Panel applet Add Remove Programs or equivalent Select XStudio Recorder and click on the Remove or Uninstall button Follow the prompts to uninstall the software If you wish to uninstall the audio engine service as well select the dcsTools Audio Engine item and click on the Remove or Uninstall button If the audio engine service is running it will be stopped and the removed from the system The XStudio Recorder installer uninstalls the main application only To remove the audio engine yo
22. either XStudio Recorder apt X Registration Utility or dcsTools Audio Engine apt X Registration Utility If you cannot locate a menu item use Windows Explorer to find the file aptX_RegDlg exe which will be located in the folder where the software was installed When started the utility s main display appears similar to the example shown r apt X License Dialog Display Utility Check this item after reading the Usage Instructions to enable the Display Registration button have read the Instructions below and am ready to proceed Usage Instructions Please read all of these instructions before using this utility To display the apt X registration dialog check the confirmation checkbox and click on the Display apt X Registration Dialog button The apt X encoder will be loaded if possible If the encoder is loaded and is not registered the registration dialog will appear Vhen the apt X registration dialog appears it will remain on screen y 2 Read the on screen instructions and click on the check box confirming that you have read the instructions are ready to continue The Display apt X Registration Dialog button will be enabled 3 Click on the Display apt X Registration Dialog button to display the apt X registration dialog which will appear similar to the example shown If the apt X registration dialog not appear refer to the section on apt X Registration Troubleshooting below Copyright
23. engine is shut down then open the registry and locate the key PipeClock See the Registry Information section for details on its location Change the value from it s default of 44100 to 32000 restart the audio engine and test playback response You can also try setting the value to 48000 By way of explanation if the source playback audio was sample at 32kHz and the PipeClock setting is 44100 44 1kHz the audio engine is rate converting which adds some time to the process The idea is to match this value to the value of the majority of the source audio most of the source playback audio was sampled at the same rate For audio files produced on a DCS system this would be 32000 32kHz f Changing the PipeClock value produces best results when you know all or Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 128 XStudio Recorder Manual Installation The audio engine is normally automatically installed when the XStudio Recorder is installed Should there be a situation where it is not installed or there s a need to manually install the audio engine here are basic steps that should be followed system Services are not supported under Windows 9x and Windows NT4 lacks certain requirements The audio engine can be used only on Windows 2000 SP4 and above operating 1 Files needed for manual installation AudioEngine exe GenCodec dll NCTAudioCompress dll aptX100 dll ONLY IF apt X is to be instal
24. functionality by using the dialog s pop up menu Right Click on the switcher status dialog to display the options menu Refresh Channel Status v Enable Channel On Off Toggle Close Switcher Status Pop up Options Menu Menu Item Description Refresh Channel Status When selected XStudio Recorder forces the audio switcher to re send audio channel status data thus updating the display This is useful if you have manually changed a channel on the switcher by selecting the channel on the hardware itself Enable Channel On Off When this item is checked toggling any of the displayed audio Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 123 Menu Item Description Toggle channels is enabled You can turn on or turn off a given audio channel by clicking on it If the channel was on it is turned off and vice versa This item is unchecked as a default to prevent unintended channel toggling If you wish to use this dialog to toggle channels on and off you must re enable check this item each time XStudio Recorder is launched Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 125 XStudio Recorder has been designed to be as trouble free as possible and has been thoroughly tested However not every usage scenario can be anticipated This section is intended as a starting point diagnosing and solving problems but should not be viewed as a
25. input relays for the device select the Remap Input Relays option and do not assign an Action to any of the available input relays When the task is executed it will essentially unhook all relays Clearing Removing an Action from an Input Relay If you wish to remove an Action assigned to an input relay Right Click on the input relay to be changed and select the pop up menu item Clear Action The Action associated with the selected input relay will be removed Restore Input Relay Mapping Assign Action to Relay Input 10 Royals Start Game Clear Action from Relay Input 10 Royals Start Game Assign Clear Action Pop up Menu To restore the selected switcher resource s default input relay mapping select the Restore Input Relay Defaults radio button item in the Remap Reset option group The Relay Map Table is disabled as it will not be used Click on the Apply button to save the task O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 75 Remap Restore Input Relay Map Task Name Switcher Resource Restore Default Input Plays BTACS 8 2 Remap Reset O Remap Input Relays Restore Input Relay Defaults Relay Relay Input Name Action Name X 1 1 ABCTOH X 2 2 Stardust Legal ID X 3 3 Stardust Break XK 4 4 Stardust Liner X5 Relay in5 xe Restore Default Input Relay Mapping When this task is executed with the Restore Input Relay Defaults option
26. is no longer needed select the Action you wish to delete and click on the Delete Action button Deleting an Action is permanent and cannot be undone When an Action is deleted its unique ID number is also removed and is not automatically used again until such time as the maximum ID number 4 billion is reached If you wish to retain the Action ID number for future usage you may wish to edit the Action instead changing the name to something like Unused Action 12 and modifying the task list to be a single task like a 5 second timer This will preserve the Action ID without creating any problems should the Action inadvertently be executed We used a Timer task in our example because such a task does nothing but wait around for the prescribed amount of time and then exits Validating an Action Tasks are global in nature and can be used shared by any number of Actions so it is a possibility that you might inadvertently delete a Task that is still in use as a part of an Action Action validation checks all Tasks that are a part of the Action to ensure that they exist in the Tasks table How Actions are Referenced Actions are referenced by their unique Action ID number which is assigned by XStudio Recorder when created Under normal circumstances you will not need to know the Action ID value when assigning the Action to an input relay or a scheduled event as XStudio Recorder presents the Actions in a list for selection by their u
27. is the month and dd is the day of the month for which the event log was created Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 140 XStudio Recorder 6 7 A handy alternative to using a standard text editor is our custom Event Log Viewer application which provides enhanced features for sorting grouping and filtering of event log data Visit our web site for details on downloading and using this free utility Vista Windows 7 amp Windows 8 Issues With the introduction of Windows Vista and subsequently the release of Windows 7 and Windows 8 and other later operating systems Microsoft added a significant amount of additional security to these operating systems Generally referred to as UAC User Account Control the sum of these changes dramatically affect named users who might be categorized as standard or general users Areas that previously had been quite open allowing these users to modify create and delete items like files and registry entries are now protected as default Users with standard rights and privileges on these systems are now as a default prevented from making changes in such areas as the Program Files folder the Windows folder and in the Windows registry area known as HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE The only information stored in the registry is created when installing XStudio Recorder and is used if you later decide to remove the software from the system 2 XStudio Recorder does not
28. ll be prompted to enter the audio engine registration key Register Audio Engine Enter Registration Key Enter the registration key supplied by your vendor and press OK to complete registration of the audio engine apt X Encoder Registration Optional Product If you have the apt X encoder software installed with a product you must register this software module Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Appendices 147 separately The encoder software is machine specific This software can only be registered after it is installed on the PC When first installed and not yet registered the apt X encoder normally will pop up a trial run dialog when the host application is run However when the encoding software is being used by a Windows service application you will not see the registration dialog because service applications and their display windows are hidden from the desktop In order to view the apt X registration dialog retrieve the needed information to register the software and when you have received the registration complete the registration process you need to use a utility application supplied with XStudio Recorder Soft apt X Registration Step by Step Service Application 1 Launch the apt X License Dialog Display Utility A menu item is usually created to access this utility Depending on the installation it can be found in the Programs or All Programs menu under
29. on broadcast ports are only useful on a local area network Broadcast Ports The automatic retrieval of remote database server names is dependent on being able to broadcast a request for available servers to respond and being able to receive their responses Broadcasts use as a default UDP ports 16000 for requests and 16001 for responses If you want to be able to retrieve a list of available remote database servers automatically both of these ports need to be available and unblocked Default Port Usage Table Use this table as a reference if manually configuring port blocking exceptions Port Type Port Number Usage TCP 16000 Database communications This is the only required port UDP 16000 Used to broadcast requests for available database servers Useful only on the local area network UDP 16001 Used to receive broadcast replies from available database servers Useful only on the local area network O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 118 XStudio Recorder 5 7 Using the XStudio Recorder Clock The XStudio Recorder clock is a floating window used to display the current time in either military or standard AM PM time formats xsRecorder Clock XStudio Recorder Clock The clock is disabled hidden as a default and does not display the very first time XStudio Recorder is launched When XStudio Recorder is closed the clock state shown hidden position colors and size is r
30. on and off or left alone in their current state You must set at least one channel on or off for the task to be valid Changes cannot be saved until at least one channel is turned on or off Update Switcher Properties Task Name Switcher Resource Switcher 8 2 Jones Rejom Switcher Settings ACT 2 3 4 12 13 14 15 16 Update Switcher selecting the audio switcher Update Switcher Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Switcher Resource J Select the audio switcher that will be used for this task from the dropdown list When selected the appropriate number of channels and rows of channels is updated in the switcher settings panel Switcher Settings J Set individual channels off on or no change At least one channel must be set on or off for the task to be valid Jor Jon Displayed channel buttons can have one of three states which are shown above In order of display the states are channel off channel on and do not set channel state which means no change to existing settings for this channel when the task is executed Entire rows can be toggled on or off and the row state cleared to no change using a pop up menu shown below Float your mouse over the row you wish to change and Right Click t
31. or record files that are located on another PC the paths to those folders must be entered using UNC notations As an example instead of using P Audio as the path use the UNC notation Remote_PC_Name Share_Name Audio in the path property field L DAF Xfr Path Use of this property is optional If you enter or select a path for this property a copy of each newly created DAF or DFF cart audio file is placed in the specified folder This path is viewed from the perspective of the main XStudio Recorder application WAV Path Y The fully qualified path where audio recorded as a WAV format will be stored This path is viewed from the perspective of the audio engine service The XStudio Recorder audio engine runs as a service application and as such has no knowledge of any mapped drives a drive letter assigned to a folder on a PC other than the one the audio engine is running on Therefore in order for the audio engine to be able to play or record files that are located on another PC the paths to those folders must be entered using UNC notations As an example instead of using P Audio as the path use the UNC notation Remote_PC_Name Share_Name Audio in the path property field L WAV Xfr Path Use of this property is optional If you enter or select a path for this property a copy of each newly created WAV audio file is placed in the specified folder This path is viewed from the perspective of the main XStud
32. property reports The date and time the record was created The date and time the record was last edited The user who last edited the record Database files referred to as the XStudio Recorder Database are owned exclusively by XStudio Recorder as a default when XStudio Recorder is running no other application is allowed access to these files Any attempts to open copy or delete these files will be denied by the operating system as they are already opened exclusively by XStudio Recorder Making the database available to other applications called sharing can be accomplished in two distinct ways One method is to enable the XStudio Recorder Allow Remote Administration property which causes XStudio Recorder to function as a database server The other method is to use a Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 62 XStudio Recorder separate stand alone database server application which implements a client server relationship between XStudio Recorder and the database and makes the database available to other utility applications as well f If you set up XStudio Recorder to operate using a remote client server database model the local database is not used and any settings applicable to the local database including allowing remote access are disabled Database Sharing by Allowing Other Applications to Connect to XStudio Recorder The easiest and most convenient method of sharing database inf
33. recording editing etc This setting can be overridden in each recording The maximum length that will be allowed for a recording entered as hours minutes and seconds The default value is one hour 01 00 00 The value must be greater than zero 00 00 00 and has a maximum of 23 59 59 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Configuring XStudio Recorder 23 Property Description If the maximum length entered here is reached during a recording the recording is stopped automatically If XStudio Recorder is not registered the maximum record length entered here is overridden and set to 45 seconds for prospective customer evaluation purposes When XStudio Recorder is registered this limitation is removed Outro Play Length lt Reserved for future use gt Intro Play Length lt Reserved for future use gt Audio Storage Properties This panel displays either two or three drop down lists depending on the type of audio storage method selected along with a check box to select whether or not the recordings will be monaural or stereo These settings are the default values used when setting up a new recording and can be overridden in the Start Record task dialog Property Description Storage Method Choose the base storage method for audio files that will be recorded using XStudio Recorder Available options are PCM 16 bit linear MPEG 2 and apt X apt X storag
34. set of properties In this area you can create edit and delete Tasks For more information about available task types and their properties refer to the Task Reference topic XStudio Recorder oo ype Osh THO Set utoSegue Sun Sat Start 6 Break 01 Start Play Sun Sat Start 16 ESPN Join Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 12 Fade ACS8 2 Ch 4 Switcher Fade Sun Sat Start 17 Goto ESPN Use Existing Action Sun Sat Start 19 Join ABC News Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 1 KCR Ext 01 Send Control Comma Sun Sat Start Liner Stat Play Sun Sat Start 14 Pulse Intruder Lamp UpdateDOut Sun Sat Stait 8 Record News Start Record Sun Sat Start 20 Set CNN Record Ch Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 4 Set Satelite Mode SetMode _ Sun Sat Start 5 Set Voice 14 Set Voice Sun Sat Start 3 SetClock 59 45 Set Clock Sun Sat Start 11 Stop Al Recording Ch 1 Stop Receding Sun Sat Start 9 Stop Ch 1 Stop Play Sun Sat Start 10 Stop N100 Stop Play Sun Sat Start Lil Next Scheduled Event There are no scheduled events B Sieleleieleielelslels TETE TE TETS TER Task Maintenance Display Adding a New Task To create a new Task click on the Add Task button A dialog is displayed containing a list of available task types Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 52 XStudio Recorder Add Task Select Task Type Send Control Command Add Task D
35. software along with its requirements for use External Control If you need to control an external device with serial data you can optionally enable this feature set This set of properties enables external control usage and allows you to assign a COM port and baud rate to be used The External Control Port is used in conjunction with the Send Control Command task Z External Control Enable Extemal Control Pot COM Post 1 Select COM Port Baud Rate 9600 External Control properties expanded view Property Description Enable External Control Port If checked processing of Send Control Command tasks is enabled COM Port Select the COM port to be used for Send Control Command tasks Valid port numbers are 1 8 Use the Select COM Port button to select the COM port from a list of ports available on the host PC The default port number is 1 Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Configuring XStudio Recorder 21 Property Description Note If you are also using an audio switcher the external control COM port must be a different port number Baud Rate Select the baud rate to be used from the drop down list of available speeds The default baud rate is 9600 COM port settings other than the port number and baud rate are not user adjustable Standard settings are used for parity data bits and stop bits These settings are Parity None Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Event Logging Prope
36. that the application modifies or creates during normal usage In order to add permissions to the registry you will need to use regedt32 exe the extended registry editor system or registry you need be be logged on to the operating system as an administrator a In order to extend additional privileges to a user or user group either in the file apt X Issues The apt X encoder decoder uses a software protection scheme that can be tricky to get working under Vista and later operating systems A hidden file is created by the software generally placed in either the Windows directory or the root folder of the boot up drive Additionally registry entries are created and maintained in several places in the Windows registry many of which are normally restricted in in later operating systems When setting up XStudio Recorder the apt X installation registration etc is done by a user with administrative privileges so no problems occur initially However as soon as a user with normal privileges tries to use apt X errors occur because the underlying apt X security system is trying to make changes in these prohibited areas Audio Engine Issues Unlike the main XStudio Recorder application the audio engine service does use the Windows registry to store and retrieve settings Thus it is important that the audio engine service s log on user account have read write privileges in specific parts of the registry See the topic on the audio
37. the Backup Target Folder If these conditions are not met the backup task will fail Backup Type The selected type dictates where backed up files are Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 102 XStudio Recorder Property REQ Description located If the Single option is selected backup files are located directly in the Backup Target Folder If the Daily option is selected backup files are placed in folders directly under the Backup Target Folder one for each day of the week Daily option folders are automatically created as needed and are named 01_Monday 02 Tuesday and so on through 07_Sunday Backup Non Database If checked preference files settings files and other System Files selected files located in the application folder are backed up If not checked only system database files are backed up Zip Backed up Files If checked backed up files are moved to a zip file to reduce disk space consumed by the backup files The zip file is will be located in the Backup Target Folder specified by this task Each time the System Backup task is run previous backup files in the target folder are replaced For the Single backup type only one set of backup files exists at any one time When the Daily backup type is selected as many as seven 7 sets of backup files are retained one for each day of the week As noted earlier in the properties description daily backup types are store
38. the remote PC ensure that both the PC running XStudio Recorder and the PC running the host application and database server have port 16000 available for use and unblocked See the topic on TCP IP Port Information for details on all ports used for database communications between XStudio Recorder and the host application Slow Database Performance Database performance meaning how quickly displays are updated and how long it takes to retrieve information is generally most affected when using XStudio Recorder to access a remote database not located on your local area network LAN Performance is directly affected by available bandwidth data flow capacity between you and the remote database PC The lower the bandwidth the more time it takes to get the data from the remote database server and the longer it takes for the display to be updated While there is no substitute for bandwidth performance problems can be mitigated somewhat when working with a remote database that is not on your local area network The host database server normally sends requested information as it resides in the database tables but can be instructed to compress the requested data before sending it to XStudio Recorder Using compression more data can be sent in the same bandwidth although at the cost of the time it takes to compress the information on the server end and subsequently decompress the information at the receiver end Copyright 2007 2014 C R Me
39. was last edited The user who last edited the record The External Devices table contains information about audio switchers used in the system lts on disk name is ExtDevices nx1 External Devices Table Field Definitions The fields contained in the External Devices table including field type and size if applicable Field Name Type DevicelD Autolnc DevicePort Integer DeviceName String DeviceType Integer Data BLOB LockOut Byte Array Size Description 30 32 Each time an External Device record is created a unique ID value is automatically assigned by the system This value is used to identify the device and is not user modifiable The COM port number assigned to the device if applicable Allowable values are 0 8 Zero means unassigned the values 1 through 8 are the assigned COM port number Device Port numbers are interpreted by the host application and displayed in a user friendly way The user assigned name for the device The device type stored as a number Device Type values are interpreted by the host application and displayed in a user friendly way as a name identifying the manufacturer and model of the device Contains a map of the device resources including channels input relays output relays Actions assigned to input relays and labels for each of the device resources Contains a list of input relay lock out values in seconds if applicable The default value for each inp
40. 0 GROUPIN IFDO 0 1 1000 ENDO Y Send Text Asis V Append lt CR gt 7 Append lt LF gt Command String Preview Hex Ctrl Codes 32 30 20 47 52 4F 55 50 49 4E 20 49 46 44 4F 20 30 20 31 20 31 30 30 30 20 45 4E 44 4F 00 E Command String preview in Hex Update Send Command Properties Task Name KCR Ext 01 Command String 20 GROUFIN IFDO 0 1 1000 ENDO V Send Test Asis V Append lt CR gt Append lt LF gt Insert Control Code Command String Preview O Hex Ctrl Codes 20 GROUPIN IFDO 01 1000 ENDO M Command String preview in Control Codes O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 79 5 3 5 Set Clock Task The Set Clock task is used to reset the time on the host PC typically signaled by an external source such as a fixed time relay closure from a satellite programming service When this task is executed the minutes and seconds of the hour are set You can control how much adjustment is allowed with the Allowed Drift property Update SetClock Properties Task Name SetClock 53 45 Set Clock Properties Minutes Seconds 5S CIEL 77 59 45 Allowed Drift Minutes 3 A v Set Clock Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendl
41. 1 Press the Delete key or 2 Right Click and select the Delete Item from List menu option Delete Item from List lt Print List to Default Printer Copy List to Clipboard Action Task List Context Menu Editing a Task in the Action Edit Dialog Tasks can be edited while working in the Action Edit dialog Double Click on the Task you wish to edit to display the selected task s properties edit dialog Make the desired changes and click on the task properties Apply button to save the changes Any changes you make to a Task will also be in effect when other Actions using the task are executed f Keep in mind that Tasks are global in nature and may be used in other Actions Adding a New Task in the Action Edit Dialog If you find yourself in need of a new Task when editing an Action Right Click on any Task in the Available Tasks table Select the Create New Task menu item from the menu as shown Create New Task X Edit Selected Task Available Tasks Context Menu Create the new task as normal After saving the Task it will be available for selection and use in the Action Task List Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 51 4 1 4 Tasks Tasks are the basis of automated task processing Tasks are ultimately made a part of an Action which is an ordered list of Tasks to perform XStudio Recorder supports a number of task types each with its own
42. 1 2099 Cancel Scheduled Event Properties Dialog Scheduled Event Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Event Name J The user friendly name of the event Maximum length is 30 characters Action to Perform Y Select the Action to be executed from the dropdown list Event Enabled Events are enabled checked as a default Use this property to temporarily disable the event If disabled the event will not execute O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 56 XStudio Recorder Property Event Time Start Date End Date REQ Description Y The time at which the event is to be executed Enter the time as military time in the format hour minute seconds The first date on which the event is valid for execution The default value when creating a new event is today s date The last date on which the event is valid for execution The default end date is December 31 2099 Advanced Event Properties As with Tasks there is a set of advanced execution control properties you can access with the Mode Days button These additional properties include the XStudio Recorder operating mode and days of the week See the topic on Advanced Task Properties for details on how to use these properties The Hours Hour Parts advanced property should be left at the default val
43. 8 GenCodec dll No version info Date 6 28 2007 2 11 PM NCTAudioCompress dll Version 1 7 8 0 Date 2 11 2003 2 32 PM aeRemote dll Version 1 0 0 1 Date 6 26 2007 10 26 PM Can t Record Audio There are a number of possibilities relating to XStudio Recorder not being able to record audio The most common problems and their solutions are covered in this topic many of the issues that come up are related to working with audio files located on a computer other than the one running XStudio Recorder Audio Engine Service is not Installed XStudio Recorder utilizes an audio engine that runs as a service application The audio engine is automatically installed when XStudio Recorder is installed When XStudio Recorder starts up it checks to see if the audio engine service is installed if not you will see an error message indicating the service is not installed To solve the problem re install XStudio Recorder f You must have administrative privileges to install XStudio Recorder If the logged in user does not have administrative privileges the installation will abort without installing or updating any files Audio Engine Service is not Running When XStudio Recorder is installed the audio engine service is installed and configured to automatically start when the computer starts up A user or system administrator however can stop the audio engine or even disable it so that the audio engine will not start up automatically when th
44. C Available Actions Action Maintenance Display Actions are essentially ordered lists of Tasks to perform By design Tasks are reusable once a Task is created you can use it in multiple Actions as needed When creating new Actions or editing them you work with the Action Edit Dialog Adding a New Action In order to create a new action at least one Task must be defined If you attempt to create a new Action and there are no Tasks defined you will be prompted to first create a Task To create a new Action click on the Add Action button The Action edit dialog is displayed Refer to the Action edit dialog topic for details on naming the Action and creating the the list of Tasks to perform When you have completed creation of the new Action and applied the changes the Action appears in the actions table display and its tasks are displayed in the Action Task List Editing an Action To edit an Action select the action you wish to change and Double Click on it The Action edit dialog is displayed as it is when creating a new Action Edit the Action name or add remove and reorder Tasks in the action task list and click on the Apply button to save your changes O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 48 XStudio Recorder You can also begin editing an Action by double clicking on the selected Action s task list display Deleting an Action To delete an existing Action that
45. Cart item is unchecked the default and select the channel number you wish to stop The sample task dialog above is an example of using the Stop Play task targeted to a specific channel Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved XStudio Recorder When a specific channel is selected all carts playing on the selected channel are stopped The Stop Play task is commonly used when transitioning from local automated programming to satellite programming and after switching to the satellite program service it is desirable to stop all carts that might be playing Since the possibility exists that more than one audio item might be playing in this situation for instance audio overlap when finishing one item and starting another it s desirable to stop all items on the selected playback channel Update Stop Play Properties Task Name Play Channel Stop N100 Cart Number Stop a Specific Cart N100 Stopping a Specific Cart Audio File To stop play of a specific cart number check the Stop a Specific Cart property and enter the cart number you wish to stop The cart number must be 4 characters in length When stopping a specific cart an attempt to stop the specified cart number playing on any playback channel is made If more than one of the specified cart number is playing only the first one found is stopped Should multiple carts of the same number be playing the first one found and thus stopped would typic
46. CodeTraceLevel Key does not exist DWord This key is used to force the audio engine to create dump files for tracing codec problems It is used primarily for determining why apt X or MPEG errors are occurring with messages like codec not available When the key is created and assigned a value of 2 dump files with the naming syntax GenCodecXXX dmp are created with a new XXX value each time the audio engine is launched Registration Key Key does not exist REG SZ Contains the user entered registration key which enables full functionality of the audio engine The audio engine as a default supports PCM apt X and MPEG encoding although the apt X encoding dll must be present and available HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE dcsTools AudioEngine Registration Key Key does not exist REG SZ Contains the user entered Deprecated registration key which enables full functionality of the audio engine The audio engine as a default supports PCM apt X Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting 131 Default Value Description and MPEG encoding although the apt X encoding dll must be present and available TraceLevel Key does not exist DWord This key must be added manually It is used for troubleshooting and when present increases the amount of information stored in the AudioEngine dmp log file To increase the logging detail create this key as a REG_DWORD type and enter a value of 2
47. DESTODOLS COM lools fon adio XStudio Recorder Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved XStudio Recorder O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Printed March 2014 in Eden Prairie MN USA Special thanks to Publisher All those who have offered insights and suggestions for Rich Habedank enhancement of this product Printed March 2014 in Eden Prairie MN USA Contents 3 Table of Contents Part 1 2 3 Part Il 1 2 Part Ill 1 2
48. Engine Troubleshooting Session Properties can t record audio Vista Windows 7 amp Windows 8 Issues can t start the audio engine Using Application Event Logs Remote Database Issues 6 1 Audio Engine Troubleshooting This topic is intended to assist in diagnosing and correcting unusual problems with the XStudio Recorder audio engine Some techniques involve manually modifying the registry It is strongly urged that the sections of the registry that pertain to the XStudio Recorder audio engine be backed up before they are modified See the Registry Information topic for details on where information is stored The audio engine is installed as a Windows service and is set up to automatically start when the PC s operating system is loaded This makes the audio engine available before any user login is performed on the host PC Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 126 XStudio Recorder 6 1 1 Current Audio Engine Version Numbers AudioEngine exe Version 1 99 45 16 Build 20120215 14 15 GenCodec dll No version info Date 1 20 2012 12 03 PM NCTAudioCompress dll Version 1 7 8 0 Date 2 11 2003 2 32 PM aeRemote dll Version 1 0 0 1 Date 2 15 2012 2 16 PM Used by client applications provided for completeness Specific Problems This section documents specific problems that may occur and the solution and or work around Before applying any of the techniques described you should chec
49. Input Name Action Name Relay In 7 Relay In 8 Relay In 9 X 11 11 Royals Break 12 12 Royals End Game Mode Days core ay aa Selecting an Input Relay to Remap To assign an Action to an input relay Double Click on the input relay to display the Assign Action to Relay Input dialog Alternatively you can Right Click on the selected input relay and select the menu item Assign Action to display an Action selection dialog Assign Action to Relay Input Select Action to Assign Royals Game Start Play Stardust Liner Rejoin Stardust Royals Break Royals Game Start Stardust Break Top of Hour ID Relay 10 Royals Start Game Selecting an Action to assign When you have completed all of the input relays that need to be mapped click on the Apply button to save the task A sample of a completed assignments is shown here Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 74 XStudio Recorder Remap Restore Input Relay Map Task Name Royals Relay Map Remap Reset Remap Input Relays Relay x8 x3 Ya 10 Ya 11 Y 12 Xx 13 Relay Input Name Relay In 8 Relay In 9 10 Royals Start Game 11 Royals Break 12 Royals End Game 13 Chiefs Start Game Switcher Resource BT ACS 8 2 O Restore Input Relay Defaults Action Narne Royals Game Start Royals Break Rejoin Stardust v Remap Input Relays complete To disable all
50. Inputs Analog Oulputs TTL Inputs TTL Outputs Digtal Audio Inputs Digital Audio Outputs Selecting the Resource Type Add Resource Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Resource Name J The user friendly name of the resource Maximum length is 30 characters Resource Type Y Select the resource type from the dropdown list All supported resources are listed COM Port Select the COM port to which the device is connected from the dropdown list COM ports 1 through 8 are supported Host Work Station Not used For future expansion When you have completed setting the properties for the new resource click on the Apply button The database record for this resource is created along with a device map that displays available input channels output channels TTL Inputs TTL Outputs Digital Audio Inputs and Digital Audio Outputs as applicable Resource Labeling Each resource has some combination of audio input channels audio output channels relay inputs and relay outputs Not all resources have all of these features but all have at least some of them When a resource is first created a default set of labels is applied to all items available in the resource as a starting point For ease in identification as you are using the resource it s a good idea to label them to better identify each
51. Logs ss sssnsssnnnnnnnenneeneennennnnnees 138 Vista Windows 7 amp Windows 8 ISSUES cccecececsssseeeeeeeeeeeenenseeeeeeeeeeeeesenseeeeeeseenenseeseeseees 140 Contacting dcsTools 143 Appendices 145 Registration A wees decd uh ev ded vesdsci RENNER EE NAERAA E ersvaeetens 145 System Backup amp Restore cisesecessiececvsletececstivecevetiescevsbieeeevenedenevsbaneevebens cesboueeeeveberecevsbiveeevenine 150 Companion Programs amp Utilities nn 153 ISO aa 154 O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Contents 5 Index 155 O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Welcome Welcome 7 XStudio Recorder is an easy to use powerful audio auto recording system used to capture program content for use with XStudio DCS and Maestro radio automation systems Automatic recordings can be initiated by a relay received from the program service or they can be scheduled using XStudio Recorder s built in event scheduling system XStudio Recorder supports multiple concurrent recordings You can record more than one item simultaneously so long as you have sufficient available audio recording inputs on the sound card you are using and have a way to route the audio to the correct recording input Typically an audio switcher is used for maximum flexibility XStudio Recorder supports most Broadcast Tools audio switchers Copyrights and Trademarks Copy
52. M 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 11 PM C U gt 00 M OO O1 BB QqQ NN OU gt OONO AON gt 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H ZST XX Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 95 5 3 10 Stop Play Task The Stop Play task is used to stop playing audio either audio playing on a specific channel or a specific cart number Update Stop Play Properties Task Name Stop Ch 1 C Stop a Specific Cart Stop Play Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Play Channel The channel on which to stop audio The default is channel 1 When stopping play on a specific channel all carts playing on the selected channel are stopped Stop a Specific Cart If checked the Stop Play task will attempt to stop a specific cart number playing on any channel If more than one of the specified cart number is playing only the first one found is stopped Cart Number Y The cart number to stop if Stop a Specific Cart is checked This field is disabled unless the Stop a Specific Cart property is checked The cart number must be 4 characters long Stopping Audio on a Specific Channel To stop audio playing on a specific channel make sure the Stop a Specific
53. MpegCodec DWord The number of buffers allocated for audio data handling The larger the number of buffers the more memory consumed If the BufferSize value is reduced it may be beneficial to increase this value to something like 12 DWord The size of each individual audio data buffer Valid values can range from a low of 2048 to a high of 32768 the default Recommended values in case of a need to change would be on 4K boundaries ie 8192 12288 16384 20480 24576 28672 General recommendation is to stick with 8K boundaries 8192 16384 32768 This value by observation can have an impact on audio play response time If the play source is a network drive and the buffer is the default some delay in start of audio may be noticed as the buffer is being filled and decompressed To improve response reduce the buffer size See the topic on slow play response DWord DWord DWord Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting 133 6 2 Revision History This topic documents older revisions of the XStudio Recorder audio engine This information may be helpful in determining if you are using the correct version of the audio engine Version 1 90 Build 20070630 17 48 All files used by this version of the XStudio Recorder audio engine including file version numbers and date stamps are listed in the table below AudioEngine exe Version 1 90 Build 20070630 17 4
54. Part IV Part V Welcome 7 Key Features ida ideada 7 What s New in this Release ne ariadna dead 8 Warranty amp License Agreement 9 Installation amp System Requirements 13 System Regue MENS socsdeepeceereesaeesevscteutengecdeeteseetye 13 Installing or Removing XStudio Recorder 13 Configuring XStudio Recorder 16 General Settings nn fentes nee 16 Audio PFOPOItiesss osie oiean aae aeaa n dat esis den lle ame ann nn ten en een nn te eee been en lien 22 Operation Using XStudio Recorder 26 Setting Up and Maintaining Automated Recordings 27 Common Table Display Functionality ss no nannn nn 28 External Resources a eaaa aaa aaora aea raaa aaa esse nee nsnenensnneeessne eee Eaa Saares 38 Input Relay Lock Out Dialog uu A n AC Ane 45 ACHONS aiii icon EA AA AAA AAA AA is 47 Action Edit Dialog sitios cis 49 TASKS NON 51 Scheduled Event orori aana rea e aaa e Aaaa a e a aad aaa aaa a a Aaaa a Tara a anaia Taaa Aa 54 Event Properties DIalog Didi a ha at en Ae eee hs 55 Reference 58 Database Reference miii cxznesasaceecuensgeceevesdecedee cueseesuueeaeeeisgeenseiudeassetivers 58 Database Files Location sssrini aa eeen ara aiea aan aaaea aa aa aa tanana aa iia aaa aaia 58 Database Tables ir a aE a a a aa a aa aea a aa Aa AEA aa aE EEEa rae TAES 58 Actions Tables innaaeg AA A A dd D AA a A a AEA RATA 59 Events Table viii A da 59 External Devices Table dt be dt dd it dd adi 60 Tasks Tal iii AA A A AAA 61 Database S
55. R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 101 5 3 13 System Backup The System Backup task is used to perform a backup of the XStudio Recorder system database files and optionally other XStudio Recorder preference and settings files The backed up files can be used to manually restore database tables preferences and settings if needed Update System Backup Properties Task Name WCBM Data Backup Backup Target Folder MBigealiDataVolXStudioDataBackup Backup Type Single Data stored in target folder Dally Data stored in day folders C Backup non database system files C Zip backed up files System Backup Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name J The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Backup Target Folder J This property controls where backup files are placed The location can be on the local PC or on another PC in the local area network using a UNC path If the selected backup type is Daily the folder becomes the base folder under which daily folders are created The selected base backup folder must exist it will not be created when running this task The Backup Target Folder must be set up from the point of view POV of XStudio Recorder and the logged in user must have read and write privileges in
56. Recorder EngineDir is the drive and folder location where the audio engine service was installed default c dcsTools AudioEngine File Location Usage yyyymmdd_xsRecorder_EventLog txt AppDir Event log for the main application Contains operations and troubleshooting information aeRemote dll AppDir Audio engine communications module AERemote dmp AppDir Event log for the audio engine communications module Contains troubleshooting information GenCodec dll AppDir Support file for aeRemote dll xsRecorder chm AppDir The main help file xsRecorder exe AppDir The main program file xsRecorder ini AppDir Application settings file Contains registration information user settings audio device settings Audio Engine Service aeSetAccess exe EngineDir Utility application used to set user access privileges for the audio engine service aptX_RegDlg exe EngineDir Utility application used to display the apt X encoding software registration dialog Aptx100 dll EngineDir Optional apt X encoding module component AudioEngine dmp EngineDir Event log for the audio engine service Contains troubleshooting information AudioEngine exe EngineDir The audio engine service main program file GenCodec dll EngineDir Audio engine support file NCTAudioCompress dll EngineDir Audio engine support file Pcgw32 dll EngineDir Optional apt X encoding module component Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Index 155
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58. Select this menu item to print the Message Center history list The history list is sent to the default printer Save History to File Select this menu item to save the Message Center history list to a file You will be prompted for a file name Reset Colors to Default This menu item changes the message background and text color to the system default On receipt of the next message the background color and text color may be changed based on the Banner Message task properties Close Select this menu item to hide the Message Center dialog The current message if any is unaffected Message Center History When new messages are processed in the XStudio Recorder Message Center the existing message if present is added to a history list The history list contains the ten 10 most recent messages that have been displayed in the Message Center To view the history click on the Show History link at the lower left corner of the Message Center The Message Center dialog will expand to display the history xsRecorder Message Center Recording Fox Sports short version Hide History 2013 12 16 16 00 00 201312 16 16 05 00 Recording ABC News To hide the history list click on the Hide History link at the lower left corner of the Message Center text panel The Message Center history list can be printed or saved to a file if desired Refer to the previous section on Message Center Menu Options for additional information Copyrig
59. XStudio Table Studio Table XStudio Table KStudio Table WorkStns XStudio Table 8 xsSysData End Database Property Report FStartN nxTbiSysData activated Database tables are up to date Version Connected to local database XStudio Loca Switcher ID 25 not found in database CON CTxsEventThread 232 Events table refresh interval up CTxsEventThread 232 Events table is enpty xsRecorder CasRecorder xsRecorder CusRecorder Events thread 232 created Events OK TxsEventThread 232 Database Updating Global Session Properties Refr Events Change There are no scheduled eve gt LES The event log view can be re sized as desired and includes search capability along with standard scrolling and keyboard navigation of the event details When viewing text you can assign up to 10 temporary bookmarks To assign a bookmark use the keystroke combination Ctrl Shift 0 to 9 A small marker becomes visible in the left margin of the line To jump to a bookmark use the keystroke Ctrl 0 to 9 Bookmarks are lost when the dialog is closed Reviewing Event Logs Outside of XStudio Recorder Since XStudio Recorder event logs are text files you can use virtually any text editor or text file viewer to review the information for any of the available event log files which are stored in the XStudio Recorder application folder using a naming conventions of yyyymmdd_xsRecorder_EventLog txt The yyyy is the year mm
60. ally be the one that started playing first regardless of play back channel O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 97 5 3 11 Stop Record Task The Stop Recording task is used to stop an active recording on a specified recording channel You can stop any recording on the channel or just those recordings that are background recordings recordings not initiated by a user Update Stop Record Properties Task Name Record Channel to Stop Stop All Recording Ch 1 Default Record Channel 1 Stop Record Options Stop Background Recording Only Stop All Recordings on Selected Channel Stop Recording Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Record Channel to The channel on which to stop recording Available recording Stop channels are displayed in a dropdown list Select the channel on which you wish to stop recording The available record channels will normally be populated with a list of channels actually available on the system If this information is not available when creating or editing this task a default list of channels is presented for you to choose from Stop Record Options This property allows you to choose what kind of recordings will be stoppe
61. ange It is recommended you make one change at a time to get a good sense of the effect of each change rather than making several changes and not knowing which of them may have fixed the problem 1 Change the audio stream buffer size The default audio stream buffer size is 32768 32 768 bytes Open the registry locate the key BufferSize see the Registry Information section for details on its location and change the value to 8196 8 196 bytes Relaunch the audio engine and test the playback start response If the response is acceptable shut the audio engine down and increase the value to 16384 16 384 bytes Re test playback response If it s still acceptable try increasing the value to 24580 24 580 bytes and repeat the test If playback response time is acceptable leave the setting If not revert the setting back to the last value you tested that produced acceptable results Lowering the BufferSize value increases hard disk read frequency The idea is to use the largest value possible while getting acceptable play start response time This is particularly true of situations where the playback audio is stored on a central server you want to keep disk access to a minimum to keep from hammering the central storage device any more than necessary 2 Change the pipe clock setting If you ve changed the buffer size down to 8196 and are still not getting acceptable results you can try changing the pipe clock setting Ensure the audio
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63. at affect program execution Session properties include such things as the current recording default values the current voice number used in cart macros certain preferences that might change on the fly channel states audio paths and audio switcher information including assigned input relays and lockout values This information can be useful for determining the cause of problems or to assist in determining XStudio Recorder s current state Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 138 XStudio Recorder 6 6 You can view a session properties report on screen and optionally save the property information to a file of your choosing To review the session properties select the main menu item Help Troubleshooting View Session Info Ur View C DOCUME 1 Rich LOCALS 1 Temp cr2 tmp Search for TRecorderSessionObj Property Report Start Current Session State Operating Mode Automation Mode Current Voice 08 Outro milliseconds 10000 10 seconds Intro milliseconds 10000 18 seconds Manual Record State Record Idle Manual Record SetAuxArned False Manual Record Start Time Not Set Manual Record RuxMark Time Not Ser Default Recording Properties Default Auto Start Recordings True Auto Start Recording Threshold 37 Default Max Record milliseconds 45000 00 00 45 Default Record Channels i nono 2 stereo 2 Default Storage Method Format 1 C 50001 PCH
64. ata documents mainly significant activity that might be used for reporting on recording activities only whereas the event logs contain a lot more information Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting about the details of operations Event logs are stored in the XStudio Recorder 139 application folder the audit report files are stored in a folder under the XStudio Recorder application named AuditData Viewing Current Day Event Logs You can at any time review the current day event logs within XStudio Recorder Select the menu item Help View Event Log View C dcsTools xsRecorder 201 31 206_xsRecorder_EventLog txt Search for C Global Search Backword Search 2013 12 86 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2813 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 86 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2813 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 2013 12 06 15 10 28 589 15 10 28 389 15 10 28 389 15 10 28 389 15 10 28 359 15 10 28 389 15 10 28 359 15 10 28 389 15 10 28 419 15 10 28 419 15 10 28 539 15 10 28 539 15 10 28 539 15 10 28 549 15 10 28 649 15 10 28 669 15 10 28 669 15 10 33 576 Enable Search CONNexus COMNexus CONNexus COMNNexus COMNexus CONNexus COMNexus CONNexus COMNexus CONNexus l CxsRecorder xsRecorder Hot ions Events ExtDevices LogData Musio Tasks XStudio Table KStudio Table
65. available on the system If this information is not available when creating or editing this task a default list of channels is presented from which to choose Auto Start Recording If checked the system will wait for first audio based on the audio threshold you set in Preferences If not checked recording will begin immediately and may include some dead air at the beginning for the recording O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 88 XStudio Recorder Property Cart No Description Agency Log Length Max Length Aux Mark Start Date End Date REQ Description Jv J The 4 character number for this recording This entry can include cart number macro characters which are translated at run time Free form description of the recording This text appears in inventory lists and audit reports Maximum length is 24 characters Secondary text information It appears in cart properties dialogs Maximum length is 15 characters The expected length of the audio in the format mmm ss minutes seconds Maximum value is 999 59 which is 999 minutes 59 seconds 16 hours 39 minutes 59 seconds This field defines the maximum recorded length of the audio If this value is reached and the recording is still active recording will be halted immediately If you are using an input relay to halt recording this value can be used as a drop dead time meaning that if the relay doesn t
66. billion and auto generation starts at 1 and counts up When editing a Action the Action ID is displayed for reference When creating a new Action the Action ID is not displayed as it is not assigned until the Action is saved using the Apply button Action Name J The user friendly name of the Action Maximum length is 30 characters Action Task List Y The Action task list is as implied an ordered list of Tasks to be performed as a part of the Action Task properties related to operating mode day of week and time of day control whether or not a specific task is actually executed at Action run time Adding Tasks to the Action Task List To add a Task to the Action task list select the Task from the table of available tasks Hold the Left O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 50 XStudio Recorder mouse button down and drag the Task into task list box then drop it release the Left mouse button When dragging the item you can determine its position in the list by hovering the mouse in the exact position you want the Task before releasing the mouse button to drop it Moving a Task within the Action Task List To move a Task up or down in the list select the item you wish to move hold down the Left mouse button drag the item to its new position and release the mouse button Deleting a Task from the Action Task List To delete a Task from the Action task list select the item and either
67. bout in your usage of XStudio Recorder Under normal circumstances no adjustments to the default database properties are needed to operate XStudio Recorder See the Database Reference for more information However XStudio Recorder offers some flexibilities that you may find useful including the ability to allow remote access to the XStudio Recorder local database or to access a centralized database which may be physically located on another PC Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Configuring XStudio Recorder 19 Database Properties Use Remote Database O Remote Server Name Select Maintain List Remote Server Port 16000 Data Compression 0 No Compression Allow Remote Administration Remote Identity Studio Recorder Local 4ccess Port 16000 Database properties expanded view There are two sets of properties in the database group one for implementing connection to a remote database server and one for enabling access to the default local database controlled by XStudio Recorder By nature these two sets of properties are mutually exclusive if you are using a remote database local administration properties are ignored and vice versa 4 If you make changes to the database properties the changes will not take effect until XStudio Recorder is restarted Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be cha
68. column will no longer be included in data sorting Not all columns in some data table displays have sorting available If you attempt to sort on a column that does not have sorting enabled nothing happens Grouping Data Another way to organize displayed data is to group the information based on like data For instance you may wish organize the display so that all Tasks of the same kind are together When grouping is available for a displayed table a group panel as shown is visible To group information based on a given column press and hold the left mouse button down on the column header text drag the column into the group panel and drop it O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 30 XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder Group panel used for grouping data by column gt Sun Sat Start Sun Sat Start 5 Set Voice 14 4 Set Satelite Mode 20 Set CNN Record Ch z gt Record News a Sat Start Pulse Intruder Lamp Update DOut il Sun Sat Start Liner Start Play Sun Sat Start Send Control Comman Sun Sal Start Update Switcher Sun Sat Start Use Existing Action Sun Sat Start Switcher Fade il Sun Sat Start Update Switcher Sun Sat Start Start Play Sun Sat Start n Sat Star Grouping Data When grouping of data is applied the resulting display is similar in appearance to the exa
69. d Choose Stop Background Recordings Only to stop only recordings that are automatically initiated by a Start Record task Choose the Stop All Recordings option to stop any active recording on the selected channel whether initiated by a Start Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 98 XStudio Recorder Property REQ Description Record task or by the user Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 99 5 3 12 Switcher Fade Task The Switcher Fade task is used to fade audio on a selected channel either a fade up or fade down 8 2 family of audio switchers and the Broadcast Tools ADMS 44 22 The fade Currently the only switchers that support this task are the Broadcast Tools ACS duration is controlled by the switcher s fade settings Update Switcher Fade Properties Task Name Switcher Resource Fade Ch 1 BT ADMS 44 22 Fade Properties Channel to Fade C Fade Audio Up 1 v For BT Switchers only inputs on Output Row 1 can be faded To FADE UP check the Fade Audio Up item Ca Cas Switcher Fade Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Switcher Resource J Select the audio switcher that will be used for t
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71. d by this Agreement or by the laws of the jurisdiction where you acquired the Software you may not use copy or modify the Software Nor may you sub license any of your rights under this Agreement Decompiling Disassembling or Reverse Engineering You acknowledge that the Software contains trade secrets and other proprietary information of C R Media and its licensors Except to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement or by the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located you may not decompile disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the Software or engage in any other activities to obtain underlying information that is not visible to the user in connection with normal use of the Software In any event you will notify C R Media of any information derived from reverse engineering or such other activities and the results thereof will constitute the confidential information of C R Media that may be used only in connection with the Software TERMINATION The license granted to you is effective until terminated You may terminate it at any time by returning the Software including any portions or copies thereof to C R Media The license will also terminate automatically without any notice from C R Media if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement You agree upon such termination to return the Software including any portions or copies thereof to C R Media Upon termination C R Media may also enforce any rights provide
72. d in Maximum timer length is 23 59 59 990 Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 104 XStudio Recorder 5 3 15 Update DOut Task The Update DOut task is used to send an outbound relay pulse from an audio switcher that supports this functionality The relay pulse might be used to turn on a light or start some other device Some audio switchers support additional outbound relay functionality including toggling the relay on closed and holding it on closed This task supports pulse output only The duration of the pulse is controlled by the audio switcher settings Pulse duration is typically one second or less with most switchers supporting a range from 100 milliseconds up to 9 9 seconds Update DOut Properties Task Name Switcher Resource Pulse Intruder Lamp KCRM CR ACS8 2 DOut Properties LCRM CR S16 4 DOut to Pulse 1 gt Selecting the switcher resource for a DOut Update DOut Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Switcher Resource J Select the audio switcher that will be used for this task from the dropdown list you will be advised to select a different switcher Task information cannot be saved applied until a device that supports this task is se
73. d in individual day folders located under the Backup Target Folder Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 103 5 3 14 Timer Task The Timer task is essentially a delay or wait command When a timer task is executed in a running Action the Action waits for the timer duration before moving on to the next task in the action list Timer tasks have a resolution of 1 100th of a second The maximum length allowed for a timer task is 23 59 59 990 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds 990 milliseconds 99 centiseconds Update Timer Properties Task Name Timer 2 Min Timer Properties The timer duration is expressed in hours minutes seconds and hundredths of a second It is the Timer Duration amount of time a tunning Action will 00 02 00 000 wait until the next task in the action list ts performed Example 2 minute Timer task Timer Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Timer Duration Y The time to wait before an Action moves on to the next task in its list Time entry is in hours minutes seconds and hundredths of a second Internally the timer duration is stored as milliseconds and during data entry the last digit a zero is automatically fille
74. dia All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting 137 Using data compression when communicating with remote database servers located on your local area network may actually reduce performance If all host application databases you are maintaining are located on your in house LAN data compression is not recommended Implementing Data Compression You can enable data compression in XStudio Recorder Preferences by setting the database property Data Compression You must exit and restart XStudio Recorder for changes in the data compression setting to take effect Refer to the table for an explanation of available data compression settings Value Meaning O No Compression This is the default value and means XStudio Recorder will not request compressed data from the database server Fastest Zip Compression Fast Zip Compression Fast Zip Compression Medium Zip Compression Medium Zip Compression Medium Zip Compression High Zip Compression High Zip Compression 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Highest Zip Compression o RLE Compression You ll notice there are several flavors of zip compression which provide a balance between speed of compression and size of the compressed data You can experiment with various settings to see which achieves the greatest satisfaction 6 5 Session Properties During operation XStudio Recorder keeps track of a number of bits of information called session properties th
75. e computer starts When XStudio Recorder starts up it checks to see if the audio engine service is installed and if so if it is running If the service is not running an attempt is made to start it However if the logged in user does not have enough privileges the attempt to start the audio engine service will fail and you will see an error message to that effect Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 134 XStudio Recorder Warning The audio engine service could not be started Unable to open a service connection to gae with GENERIC_EXECUTE rights The logged in user DefUser probably has insufficient privileges Lax If the audio engine service is installed but XStudio Recorder reports that it cannot start the service contact your system administrator for assistance in starting the audio engine service A utility program dcsTools Audio Engine Access Utility aeSetAccess exe is installed with the audio engine and can be used to grant the needed privileges to a specific user or group Then when XStudio Recorder is launched by that user or group member the audio engine service can be started by XStudio Recorder In order to use the dcsTools Audio Engine Access Utility the logged on user must have administrative privileges Incorrect Folder Locations for Target Audio It may be that you made an error in defining your File Path properties If the paths are correct but are located
76. e cost of all necessary servicing repair or correction This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from country state to country state Some countries states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties so the above exclusion may not apply to you C R Media disclaims all warranties of any kind if the Software was customized repackaged or altered in any way by any third party other than C R Media LIMITATION OF REMEDIES AND DAMAGES THE ONLY REMEDY FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY WILL BE THAT SET FORTH IN THE WARRANTY CARD OR PRINTED MANUAL INCLUDED WITH THE SOFTWARE IN NO EVENT WILL C R MEDIA OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS LOST SAVINGS LOST REVENUES OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE OR THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF C R MEDIA OR ITS LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN NO EVENT WILL C R MEDIA S LIABILITY OR DAMAGES TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON EVER EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO USE THE SOFTWARE REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE CLAIM Some countries states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you PRODUCT RETURNS IF YOU MUST SHIP THE SOFTWARE TO C R MEDIA OR AN AUTHORIZED C R MEDIA DISTRIBUTOR OR DEALER YOU MUST PREPAY SHIPPING AND EITHER INSURE THE SOFTWARE OR AS
77. e default audio recording channel that will be used The default value is the first available audio recording device This setting can be overridden in each recording if you have more than one record device in your system Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder Part 26 XStudio Recorder Most usage of XStudio Recorder involves setting up and maintaining recordings After recordings are set up and tested XStudio Recorder will generally be running unattended XStudio Recorder must be launched and running for automatic recordings to occur You may wish to add XStudio Recorder to your Windows Startup folder so that XStudio Recorder automatically launches whenever a user login occurs on the host PC To launch XStudio Recorder Double Click on the XStudio Recorder desktop icon if you created it during installation or select the menu item item Launch XStudio Recorder from your programs menu As XStudio Recorder is starting its registration status is checked a check is made to see if the audio engine is installed and running XStudio Recorder will attempt to start the audio engine service if it s not running and the XStudio Recorder database is started XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder Main Display reduced The example screen above shows the default appearance of XStudio Recorder after it is started The display consists of a set of panels along the l
78. e filter dialog Launch filter builder dialog The custom filter builder dialog allows you to modify current filter parameters and to add fields columns to the data filter creating complex filters Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 34 XStudio Recorder Tg Filter builder untitled flt AND lt rootb gt C Jask Name like S Filter expression Lores ths dds new condition Column to filter Filter builder dialog Filters you create can be saved using the Save As button and later reloaded using the Open button used for single character wildcards the percent symbol is used for multi character wildcards a You can use wildcard characters in filters The _ underscore character is Adjusting Column Size and Position Data display columns can be both moved and resized to accommodate your needs To change the width of a column move the mouse over the end of the column you wish to resize The mouse cursor shape changes as shown Press and hold the left mouse button down then move left or right to decrease or increase the width of the selected column Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 35 XStudio Recorder 11 Stop Al Recording Ch 1 __ 3 SetClock 59 45 5 Set Voice 14 4 Set Satelite Mode 20 Set CNN Record Ch Sun Sat Start 8 Record News Sun Sat Start 14 Pulse Int
79. e must be installed as a service You can do this from a command window DOS window similar to the NCT dll registration Open a command window and navigate to the folder in which the audio engine executable is located At the command prompt enter the following audioengine install Press the Enter key to install the service Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting 129 To manually uninstall the audio engine from a command prompt type the following audioengine uninstall Press the Enter key to uninstall the audio engine as a service Running the Audio Engine in Console Mode For troubleshooting purposes the audio engine can also be run in console mode Ensure that the audio engine if installed as a service is not running before attempting to run it as a console application To start the audio engine as a console application open a command window DOS window navigate to the folder containing the audio engine files and enter the following at a command prompt audioengine console Press the Enter key to launch the audio engine The audio engine will launch and the command window will display status information The command prompt disappears When running in console mode the audio engine inherits the rights and privileges of the logged on user which may be different from the rights and privileges assigned to the audio engine when running as a service To sto
80. e requires additional licensing of the apt X encoding software which is not a part of the standard XStudio Recorder software package Stereo The default recording method is stereo audio but you can change it mono monaural audio by unchecking this item Sample Rate Select the desired sample from the drop down list Sample rate options vary based on the Storage Method selected If in doubt select the 32 KHz option Bit Rate This option is visible and available only when the MPEG 2 Storage Method is selected For stereo 256 Kbps is the most widely used Selected Audio Devices In this section you select the audio devices channels that will be used for recording and playback Each selection is made from a drop down list of available devices Hint If the drop down lists are empty the usual cause is that the audio engine service is not running The XStudio Recorder audio engine generates a list of devices at start up These lists are retrieved for display when setting your preferences If the lists are empty and you make other changes to your settings and save them device selection settings are not changed See the Troubleshooting topics for possible causes and solutions Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 24 XStudio Recorder Property Rehearsal Playback Device Mix Playback Device Record Device Description lt Reserved for future use gt lt Reserved for future use gt Th
81. e servers all found servers are added to the database server list Server List Maintenance Default Server XStudio_EP667 192 168 104 160 Database Server List Search for Servers on Port 16000 Server Name Server Port Login User Name EanT wee 192 168 104 117 16000 NexusDB3 192 168 104 233 16000 Nexus_EP_Main 192 168 104 90 16000 XStudio 192 168 104 231 16000 XStudio_Dev 192 168 104 236 16000 Gr Studio EPe67 192 168 104160 M In the example display shown one of the servers has also been designated the Default Server This means that when XStudio Recorder is launched the selected server is the one that XStudio Recorder will initially log in to and use if you have the Use Remote Database property enabled Manually Add Servers to the Server List If a local database server cannot be found or if you need to connect to a database server outside your local area network you can manually add the server using the Add Server button which displays a dialog for entering the server name Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 115 Add Server Enter the server name XStudio_WCRM 1 392 168 104 160 Enter in the server name and click the OK button to add it to the server list The correct entry format for manually adding a server is in the format Name Address where the Name portion is whatever the name assigned by the host application is the Address portion is the IP addres
82. ecorded and restored the next time XStudio Recorder is started Showing or Hiding the Clock Display To show or hide the clock select the main menu item View Show Clock The menu item is checked when the clock is displayed The menu item acts as a toggle alternately hiding and displaying the clock The clock state is stored on program exit and restored on program start up Changing the Clock Appearance You can modify the clock appearance including the time display type size of the text text color and background color To do so Right Click on the clock time text to display the clock properties menu Enlarge Reduce Change Text Color Change Background Color Reset Colors to Default Military Time Close Select the item you wish to change Depending on the item you choose the change will either be made immediately or you ll be prompted to make an option selection Review details of each menu item for the clock display in the following table Menu Item Description Enlarge The text size of the displayed time is made larger up to a maximum of 54 points The text size can also be enlarged using the UpArrow and keys on the numeric keypad when the window is active Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 119 Menu Item Reduce Change Text Color Change Background Color Reset Colors to Default Military Time Close Description The text size of the displa
83. ecorder Event Action Task Flow Chart Switcher Input Relay Scheduled Event Available Tasks XStudio Recorder allows you to create modify and delete all available tasks Keep in mind though that some tasks may not be applicable or useful for use with the application task database that you are remotely administering Task Type Alphabetical Banner Message Remap Input Relays Send Control Command Set Clock Set Mode Set Voice Start Play Start Record Stop Play Stop Record Switcher Fade System Backup Timer Description Display a text message in the XStudio Recorder Message Center dialog Change or reset input relay mapping for an audio switcher Send a control command to an external device via an external control port Sets the system clock to the specified minute and second of an hour Sets the operating mode of the system e g Emergency Automation Sets the Global voice number of the system used in conversion of the macro Start playback of audio from a list of audio either single cut or play list Start recording audio Record to a specific cart number ona specific channel Stop play of audio on a selected channel either by channel or by cart number Stop an active recording on a specified channel Fade a single channel up or down on a selected audio switcher Only a few audio switchers support this feature Backup system database files and op
84. ecordings Setup Area reduced Basic Steps to Create an Automatic Recording There are just a few basic steps to create an automatic recording Depending on the type of recording relay driven or schedule driven some steps are optional 1 If your recording will be initiated by an input relay or if you will be using an audio switcher to route audio to your recording input channels you must define an audio switcher that will be used When the switcher has been defined open Preferences and make it the default audio switcher For additional information on creating an audio switcher resource see the topic on External Resources 2 Create a Start Record Task If you are using an audio switcher to select the audio to be recorded you will also create an Update Switcher Task There may be other XStudio Recorder tasks that you wish to execute in conjunction with the recording if so review the Task Reference topic for information on available tasks and what they do 3 When you have completed creation of the needed tasks create an XStudio Recorder Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 28 XStudio Recorder 4 1 1 Action and assign the tasks to the action in the order in which you want them executed 4 If you are using the built in XStudio Recorder scheduling system to execute the recording create a Scheduled Event If an input relay on your switcher will be used to execute the recording assign the Act
85. ed Audio Card An audio card supported by the operating system at least one recording input available to XStudio Recorder If you wish to make more than one recording simultaneously a multichannel sound card is required Default Print Device You must have a default print device assigned XStudio Recorder can produce printed reports and lists and expects to have an available default printer If you do not have a printer you can use one of the available non printing devices like the Microsoft XPS Document Writer Disk Space At least 40 MB free disk space for XStudio Recorder audio engine and documentation files XStudio Recorder Database may consume 20MB or more depending on the number of Tasks Actions and Scheduled Events Additionally you must have sufficient available disk space to accommodate carts audio files that are stored locally A 100 mbs or better LAN card NIC The OS TCP IP client must be installed on the PC XStudio Recorder uses networking to communicate with the host audio engine To use XStudio Recorder you need access to your automation system s audio files DAF files This means you need to be connected to the network LAN in which the automation system is running Be sure that your system administrator has provided you the necessary access rights to these file locations For audio files you will need both read and write access Installing or Removing XStudio Recorder The XStudio Recorder installation pro
86. ee that C R Media will not have any liability for any untrue statement or representation made by it its agents or anyone else whether innocently or negligently upon which you relied upon entering this Agreement unless such untrue statement or representation was made fraudulently Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Installation System Requirements Installation amp System Requirements 13 2 1 2 2 In order to use XStudio Recorder successfully certain hardware and Windows operating system requirements must be met You must also install the XStudio Recorder software on the PC using an installation program This section documents the system requirements for XStudio Recorder and covers the process of installing updating and removing the XStudio Recorder software System Requirements Here are the base hardware and operating system requirements to run XStudio Recorder e Operating System Windows 2000 Pro SP4 Windows XP Pro Vista Windows 7 or Windows 8 Internal testing suggests performance under Vista is degraded compared to the other supported operating systems a Vista is not recommended as the host operating system for XStudio Recorder e CPU Speed 1 GHz or greater e RAM Memory 256 MB RAM or greater for Windows 2000 amp XP Pro 1GB 2GB recommended for Vista Windows 7 8 Windows 8 VGA Display A minimum of 800 x 600 resolution 1024 x 768 or greater is recommend
87. eft side that provide access to the automated recordings setup area the next pending scheduled recording and current recording activity Additionally a traditional Windows application menu is available Before you can use XStudio Recorder you must at a minimum define folder locations for recordings and a default recording device Select the main menu item Edit Preferences to configure these items See the topic on Configuring XStudio Recorder for additional information The main display can be customized to suit your preferences you can position and re size the display and adjust the general appearance using the menu item View Appearance When you close XStudio Recorder these settings are saved and subsequently restored the next time XStudio Recorder Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 27 is started 41 Setting Up and Maintaining Automated Recordings Most of your interaction with XStudio Recorder will be setting up automatic recordings In the main display s Tasks panel click on the item Setup Auto Record The XStudio Recorder display will change to show a group of tabs for selecting each of the components used to set up recordings In this area you are accessing the XStudio Recorder database which is a set of tables that store tasks actions external resources and schedule information XStudio Recorder Ele Edt Yo A Heb XStudio Recorder R
88. engine registry for information on specific locations and keys Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Contacting dcsTools Contacting dcsTools 143 If you need to contact dcsTools com you can do so using one of the following methods We are here to help so do not hesitate to communicate with us when needed Mailing Address C R Media 8494 Saratoga Lane Eden Prairie MN 55347 USA Telephone Information Sales and Technical Support can be reached from 9 00 AM to 5 00 PM U S Central Time Voice 952 949 9450 FAX 952 949 9448 Email Information To contact us via email use our on line contact form If you wish to use a standard email client send correspondence to rich c rmedia com Technical Support To contact technical support for our products use the telephone numbers or email information provided above You can also send an on line product specific email Web Site Visit our web site for information on product updates and other products we offer http www dcsTools com O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Appendices Appendices 145 The topics placed in this section might be useful to the end user but do not fit into the major categories chapters used in this documentation as they are not germane to day to day usage of XStudio Recorder 8 1 Registration XStudio Recorder requires a valid registration code to enable full use of the pr
89. entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Storage Method Sample Rate Bit Rate Stereo Save Audio File As If Cart Exists If Record Channel Busy Description The storage method for this recording The default value is your system storage method default Values include PCM linear MPEG 2 and apt X Note that for MP2 and apt X you must have the appropriate encoder installed on the system The sampling rate that will be used for the recording The default value is your system default Available values will change based on the selected storage method The bit rate that will be used for this recording The default value is your system default Available values will change based on the storage method and Stereo flag The default value is checked meaning the recording will be stereo If unchecked the recording will be monaural The file type for this recording The default value is your system default Use the WAV option to store the recording as a standard wave file for post recording editing etc This option determines whether or not the recording will occur if the cart already exists The default is to overwrite the existing file The other option is Do Nothing which means the recording will not occur if the audio file already exists This property determines what will be done if a recording is already active on the channel you ve selected to record this ca
90. er format there are no duplicates throughout the day Nearest Hour 24 hour format If current minute of the hour gt 30 then the returned hour value is incremented by 1 Hours 0 midnight through 9 0 9 10 A 11 B 12 noon C 13 1 PM D through 23 11 PM N Using this macro character format there are no duplicates throughout the day Day of Week Values The day of week macro character returns a numeric value based on the current day of the week Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference Values returned are shown in this table Day Value Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Hour of Day Values 85 Hour of Day macro characters will return different one character values depending on the specific macro character used The main differences occur between any 12 hour format and any 24 hour format Values returned by each format type are listed in this table Hour of Day 12 Hour Format 24 Hour Format Midnight 1 AM 2 AM 3 AM 4 AM 5 AM 6 AM 7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM Noon 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4PM 5 PM 6 PM C DN BB OO NY OU gt gt OO YX DO KR WD a 0 TO TM OO OU gt O JJ DOO BB NN gt Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 86 XStudio Recorder Hour of Day 12 Hour Format 24 Hour Format 7PM 7 J 8 PM 9PM 8 9 10 PM A 11 PM B Copyright 2007 2014 C
91. eseeneeseseeneesesesneeseseseesensesneeeesesneesnseeanens 113 Database Server List Maintenance ccccceseeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeueceeeeeseeeeeaseesasseeeeeseeeesaseasasseseeseeeesaseeesasseeeneneas 113 TCP IP Port Information a a a eaae aae narrar 116 Using the XStudio Recorder Clock siissneesesennnnreennses 118 Using the XStudio Recorder Message Center 120 Using the XStudio Recorder Switcher Status Dialog 122 Troubleshooting 125 Audio Engine Troubleshooting sens 125 Specific Problems A O O O O 126 Audio Engine Service Unresponsive sise 126 Slow Playback Response Time iii 127 Man al Installations tresse A ONO 128 Registry Information oonnnnnconnnicnnnnccnnnnncccnna nana 130 Revision History ii AA AA A A 133 Can t R COrd AUdIO 2 oprana aarne paaa nn el entra en aa ep na oa sa ene Death ensenada dose 133 Can t Start the Audio EnQiN oooommccccconincccinnncncnnnnncncnnnnnnn crac nn rca cnn rre 135 Remote Database Problems sneeeneenessneeeeeeeensees 135 Problems Connecting to the Remote Database oooommccccccnnnnicncccccccnnnnannnoncnncnnanancnnnnrnnnn ner nn rana nnn cnn rra aceras 135 Slow Database Performance mmmmincccosnnnccnaninccinarrnnn ocn 136 Session ed Kol oL aa in ic csessesesceeeeceexnsseqnncuseeceegedtennsnneaeceesed ennsetaqeasesed ennssbseeetedea teas echeeneresestenn ens 137 Using Application Event
92. fault Record Channel 1 w V Auto Start Recording Cart Properties File Distribution Recording Properties Owner Node Select WorkS tations to Receive File o Station Node 01 Station Node 02 Station Node 03 Station Node 04 Station Node 05 C Station Node 06 C Station Node 07 C Station Node 08 C Station Node 09 Fl Station Node 10 Mode Days Start Record File Distribution Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Owner Node The node number you wish to assign as the owner of this recording Values are in the range 0 63 which correspond to station nodes 1 64 Distribution List Checked items are the work stations that are to receive and be able to use this audio file The default is all work stations Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 90 XStudio Recorder Update Start Record Properties Task Name Record News Record Channel Default Record Channel 1 v Auto Start Recording Cart Properties File Distribution Recording Properties Audio Storage Properties Save Audio File As MPEG 2 v Stereo Sample Rate If Cart Exists 32 KHz Bit Rate 256 kbs Overwnte Existing If Record Channel Busy Stop Any Recording Co Caos Start Record Recording Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user
93. for that color to make it easier the next time you want to duplicate it You can also add a newly created color to the custom colors panel but remember these settings are not persistent between sessions if you exit the software the custom color is not saved O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 113 5 6 5 6 1 Using a Remote Database As a default XStudio Recorder creates and maintains a local database with complete control over it No other applications are allowed access to the data or to the files that comprise the database unless you explicitly allow remote access to the local database for remote administration of the automation data using XStudio Admin A second option available is to use a centralized remote database server typically located on another PC This option requires a stand alone database server application be installed configured and available to XStudio Recorder The necessary stand alone database server software for implementing a centralized database is not included in the XStudio Recorder installation package If you wish to use a centralized database contact your vendor for information on obtaining the database server software along with its requirements for use Database Server List Maintenance If you will be connecting XStudio Recorder to a remote database one that is not the local database XStudio Recorder creates and maintains as a default you can
94. gram provides step by step instructions on every screen displayed during the installation Follow the instructions on each screen to install XStudio Recorder Before you install 1 Close all other programs including any anti virus programs 2 Log on to your computer with administrator privileges Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 14 XStudio Recorder A You must have administrator privileges to perform an installation or a software update when running on any of the supported Windows operating systems Installing XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder is distributed as a downloadable installation program The latest version of the software is always available on our web site on the XStudio Recorder product home page and the general downloads page 1 After you have downloaded the installation program to your computer locate the setup program xsRecorderSetup exe in the folder to which you downloaded the file Double click on the setup program to begin installation 2 Follow the instructions on each screen to install the software Updating XStudio Recorder 1 If you have downloaded or otherwise received a revision for XStudio Recorder the process for updating the software is virtually identical to the initial installation However the installation dialogs may be a bit different When updating you are not typically given an opportunity to select the target folder for installation as that
95. gular mark pointing either up or down to indicate the column s sort direction Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 29 XStudio Recorder Task Name Most Sclsdalod EURE Column sorting PutaSegue ON 6 00 00 PM CNN News Event Ascending and a 1D 1 A Descending A 1 KCR 7 Liner x ze 14 Pulse Intruder Lamp Sun Sal Start 8 Record News Start Record Sun Sat Start 20 Set CNN Record Ch Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 4 Set Satelite Mode Set Mode Sun Sal Start 5 Set Voice 14 Set Voice Sun Sat Start 3 SetClock 59 45 Set Clock Sun Sat Start 11 Stop Al Recording Ch 1 Stop Receding Sun Sat Start 9 Stop Ch 1 Stop Play Sun Sat Start 10 Stop N100 Stop Play Sun Sal Start Sorting Data To sort displayed information on a particular column click on the column s header text Initially the data is sorted ascending To sort the data descending click on the column s header text a second time You can also sort on multiple columns where applicable After setting the sort order on the first column hold down the Shift key and click on a second column s heading text Both columns are now included in the sorting first by the original column then for equal values in the first column by the second column To remove a column from a group of columns used for sorting hold down the Ctrl key and click on the column s header text The selected
96. haring is 61 Using Data Navigators 0000 ia 63 Task Reference cocinados acostado rosa de aaa eaae E Aaaa e eaaa aaa rosada felino id 63 Properties Common to All TaSKS sinisinta narenn agaaa arca 65 Banner Message iii A S aeaa Naasian 69 Remap Inp t Relays Tash tinissi ioanen te an n iaoe e aai ada 71 Send Control Command Task nnncinnnccnnnnccnnnnccnncnncnnnnncnnnarcrn cnn 76 SOU Clock TASK cito encia DARAN AAA ORAR DEAD ANAND ESA RAR aio 79 Set Mode Operating Mode Task oooomncccccononcconcccncccnnnnannnnnnnncnnanan cnn nn nana cnn nr rca nc rre 80 Set Voice TaS Kraan i a aaae raa ss aunendatacesusdporsasatysduatsfodenoubdanidassdecdedsupeveavstssuueadsdasebevasadsavanaadeasesien 81 Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved XStudio Recorder Part VI 1 Part VII Part VIII 1 2 3 4 Start Play Task ia dave ns a ni ren ii late 82 Using Cart Macro Characters r trie een A a AE NRA 84 Start Record Task ariista nr 87 Using Cart Macro Characters mimica hades ner antenne ila AE Lana 92 Stop Play Task A T ir ent as e si reg ti tata Stop Record Task ii ad Switcher Fade Task System Back tp 0 ie E E T DOS Update DOut Task ooococccoconoconcccnccnananannnnnonananas Update Switcher Task Use Existing Action Task Using the Cart Distribution List Panel is 111 Using the Color Customization Dialog sn 112 Using a Remote Database eecccccessencesesseeeeeeeeeeseeeenees
97. his task from the dropdown list channel fade you will be advised to select a different switcher Task information cannot be saved applied until a device that supports this task is selected If you do not have a switcher that supports channel fade click on the Cancel button to abort the task If the switcher you select does not support input Fade Audio Up This property determines the audio fade direction If checked audio is faded up if unchecked the audio is faded down The default value is unchecked O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 100 XStudio Recorder Property REQ Description Channel to Fade Select the number of the audio channel to fade Use the Show Map button to display a list of channel labels for the selected switcher Show Map Dialog The Show Map button displays the input and output channel labels as they are assigned to the switcher resource It is used as a reference when selecting a channel to fade Channel Map Labels KCRM CR ACS8 2 Analog Inputs Input 1 SMN Input 2 ABC Neves Input 3 Console Input 4 Jones Input 5 Stardust Input 6 lt Unused gt Input 7 XStudio Input 8 lt Unused gt Analog Outputs Output 1 Air Output 2 Record The channel list can be printed saved to a file or copied to the Windows clipboard using a pop up menu that appears when you Right Click on the channel list Copyright 2007 2014 C
98. ht 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 122 XStudio Recorder 5 9 Using the XStudio Recorder Switcher Status Dialog When you are using an audio switcher with XStudio Recorder you can optionally display a status dialog that shows you the status of each of audio channels Each time XStudio Recorder makes a change the status display is updated The status display is a floating window that can be moved around to your preferred position It s size is fixed based on the active audio switcher s number of audio input channels and audio output rows Switcher Status ey Active Channel RA 12 a8 5 6 7 B BOBOO00m Inactive Channel _ 2 BOOR000G XStudio Recorder Switcher Status The switcher status dialog is hidden as a default and does not display the very first time XStudio Recorder is launched When XStudio Recorder is closed the switcher status dialog s state shown hidden and screen position is recorded and restored the next time XStudio Recorder is started Showing or Hiding the Switcher Status Dialog Use the main menu item View Automation Info Display Switcher Status to show or hide the switcher status dialog The menu item acts as a toggle alternately hiding and displaying the switcher status dialog The dialog state is stored on program exit and restored on program startup Switcher Status Options Menu You can refresh the switcher status data and enable the channel on off toggle
99. ialog Select the type of task you wish to create and click on the Apply button The new task s properties dialog will be displayed Edit the task properties as appropriate and save the Task by clicking on the Apply button The new Task will appear in the tasks table Some task types require an external resource in order for the task to be functional If no external resources exist in the automation database you will be prompted to create a new resource before trying to create the selected task type Editing a Task To edit an existing Task Double Click on the task you wish to edit The appropriate task properties dialog will be displayed When edits are complete click on the Apply button to save the changes Deleting a Task To delete an existing Task select the Task to be deleted and click on the Delete Task button A check is made to see if the Task is used by any Actions If so you will be prompted to confirm the deletion Confirm p 2 Action s are using Task Fade ACS8 2 Ch 4 e Delete the Task anyway Task Deletion Confirmation Prompt Deleting a Task is permanent and cannot be undone lt is highly recommended that before you delete a Task you create a task usage report so that you know which Actions if any will need to be updated O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 53 Task Usage Report A task usage report produces a list
100. ing used as a nested action In fact you could go several layers deep although perhaps with some level of confusion when the nesting gets more than 3 or 4 layers deep More commonly you might use several Use Existing Action tasks in a master Action with each nested action s execution being controlled by the Advanced Properties settings for the task in other words maybe only one of 5 nested actions would actually be performed when the master action executes Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 111 5 4 Using the Cart Distribution List Panel Audio files created by XStudio Recorder contain a distribution list that historically has been used to determine whether or not a given audio work station is permitted to use the file in DCS and Maestro systems XStudio Recorder does not use these settings they are used only when recording audio that is targeted to a DCS or Maestro system The cart distribution list is displayed when you wish to change these settings in Preferences on the General page Edit Audio Distribution F2 Edit Mames M Production 1 Y Production 2 KLXX FM MI KLYY FM Control Room O CCRM FM Control O KCRM Control Room M Station Node 07 LJ Station Node 08 O Station Node 09 1 Station Made 10 Close Distribution List Edit Panel Usage is simple checked nodes or stations are included unchecked nodes are not Customizing Work Station Names To
101. io Recorder application User rights in the target paths must include both read and write privileges Be sure that the audio engine service logon account has the appropriate privileges for both the DAF and WAV path entries Similarly the logged on user running the XStudio Recorder application must have appropriate privileges for the DAF and WAV Xfr Path entries Default Audio Distribution The Audio Distribution properties are used when recordings created with XStudio Recorder are targeted to DCS or Maestro systems This group of properties establishes default values that can be overridden in each recording Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 18 XStudio Recorder Property Description Owner Node This property is used to identify the work station that owns an audio recording It is applicable for distributed audio systems sites that do not have either a Maestro or DCS system with ACP Audio Central Plus or XStudio The default value is zero 0 if you have an ACP system or are using XStudio you can leave this value at the default To change the value either enter the zero based node number or use the spin controls adjacent to the field The maximum value that can be entered is 63 Distribution List On entering this field a pop up panel is displayed The Edit Distribution Panel is used to make selecting the audio work stations in the facility that need to receive receive reco
102. io Recorder the machine name the application ID and the Audio Engine ID If you also purchased the apt X encoding option a separate registration is required When your information has been processed you will receive the appropriate registration information and you re ready to register XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder Application Registration Enter registration information by selecting Help Register Register Application from the main menu You ll be presented with a dialog similar to the following Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 146 XStudio Recorder Product Registration xsRecorder Registration Licensed To Company Name steam O O Registration Code Registration Information Not registered 2 Heb Fill in the Licensed To Company Name field as desired and then enter the Registration Code exactly as it was supplied to you Click on the Save button to save your registration information If you received your registration release key electronically you can copy it from the source document and paste it into the Registration Code field Copy the key information in the source document select the Registration Code field in the XStudio Recorder Registration dialog and use Ctrl V to paste the key into the field XStudio Recorder Audio Engine Registration To register the audio engine select Help Register Register Audio Engine from the main menu You
103. ion you created for it to the correct input relay in the External Resources area Common Table Display Functionality Each of the automation database table maintenance areas shares some characteristics and interface controls which are documented in this topic Some functionality discussed in this section may not be available in some maintenance displays because the functionality is not applicable for that maintenance area Data Display All database tables are displayed in tabular format rows of information each containing columns of individual record field information properties The display of records for a given table can be manipulated in a number of different ways to organize or limit information that is shown Information can be sorted grouped and filtered for ease of working with specific data records Additionally individual columns in the table can be moved and resized to suit your needs session to the next When re opened tables will display the information in the application default sort order and column layout a XStudio Recorder does not remember data display layout settings from one Sorting Data As a default most database tables are shown in what s known as sorted order This means that the data is organized generally alphabetically based on a particular column field The sort order ascending or descending can be modified on demand Columns that are a part of the current sort order contain a small trian
104. ions must be met for the task to be performed Valid Modes Valid Days Valid Hours Hour Parts C Emergency Sunday Use Hour Parts Li Y C Live Monday Start Hour Start Minute Automation Tuesday 03 10 Y if Satelite Wednesday End Hour End Minute Thursday al y al Friday Saturday Advanced Properties Settings using Hour Parts In the example the beginning hour is 3 AM and the ending hour is 4 AM The beginning and ending minute values are 10 and 20 respectively In short this time restriction means that the task will execute only in the following time ranges e 3 10 00 3 20 59 AM note the seconds values e 4 10 00 4 20 59 AM note the seconds values Using hour parts allows you to refine a task s valid execution time to only certain minute ranges within specified hour ranges providing a very flexible means of controlling task execution times More About Start Minute and End Minute Values When using Hour Parts to set the valid times a task can run you may have noticed there is no provision for a seconds value as there is in the standard Hours entries In task validation they are handled in the following way Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 68 XStudio Recorder e Start Minute the seconds value is zero i e 10 00 e End Minute the seconds value is 59 i e 20 59 This means that if we set a valid minutes range within an hour to 10 through 20 it actually is 10 00 th
105. itcher Settings R C 1 RR RINA 15 16 2 34 OA A Bg Jor Jor For Jor Jor Jon ort Jor Jor Jor Jor Jor Jor Jor Jon 2 N NS AJ A JS eee o EN EN EE LE JE ft D EAN ON EE ll Bea ee 158 ye 0 154 EE EN ni el pl Example 16x4 Update Switcher Dialog O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 109 5 3 17 Use Existing Action Task The Use Existing Action task is used to nest an Action within a running Action s task list As this task is about to be executed in an action task list it is checked like any other task to see if it is valid for the current mode of operation day of week and time of day If this criteria is not met the entire action referenced by this task is skipped Update Action Properties Task Name Select Action Goto ESPN Selecting an Action for the Use Existing Action task Use Existing Action Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Selected Action Y Select the Action that will be performed when this task is executed and all execution criteria for the task are met See the section on Advanced Task Properties which explains how you can control whether or not the action begins execution Once this task has been validated as OK to e
106. item s purpose To edit a resource label select the item you wish to edit then either use the F2 key or Left Click to begin editing as shown Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 40 XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder Left Click to begin editing Input 7 XStudio Input 8 lt Urused gt Analog Outputs it Relay Inputs Relay Outputs Input 4 Jones Input 5 Stardust Input 7 XStudio Input 8 lt Unused gt Editing Resource Labels When you have completed the label edits press the Enter key or select another label to edit All label edits are automatically saved when you move to a new resource record or use the Post button on the resources data navigator Attaching Actions to Relay Inputs If a selected resource has relay inputs you can associate an Action with an input When XStudio Recorder receives a message from the resource that the input relay has been triggered XStudio Recorder executes the assigned action You must have created at least one Action in order to be able to assign an Action to a Relay Input See the Actions topic for information on creating actions To assign an Action to an input relay Right Click on the relay input label to display a pop up context menu of options Select the item Assign Action to Relay Input A dialog appears containing a dropdown list of all available Actions Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media
107. k to be sure that you are running the latest version of XStudio Recorder and double check your application settings Preferences to ensure everything is correct 6 1 1 1 Audio Engine Service Unresponsive Symptom The audio engine service is started and appears to be running but client applications are unable to communicate with the audio engine Reviewing the application client event log indicates that the audio engine service is running The client communications software aeRemote dll loads OK according to the XStudio Recorder event log but when a connection attempt is made the attempt times out after trying 10 or more times Solution 1 TCP IP Port Check XStudio Recorder communicates with the audio engine using TCP IP on port 12042 Another application may have control of this port or a firewall may be preventing communications on the port You may have to consult with your LAN administrator to determine if either of these possibilities are the case Solution 2 apt X Encoder Check Check to see if the apt X encoder is installed with the audio engine If apt X is installed check to see if the apt X temporary time period has expired It can be checked one of two ways 1 Use the apt X Registration Utility included in audio engine installations the file name is aptX_RegDlg exe 2 Stop the audio engine service and launch the audio engine from a command window See the topic on running the audio engine in console mode for instruc
108. l characteristics of a device receiving the Command String Control codes might be used to mark the beginning or end of a command sequence for instance Control codes can be placed anywhere in the Command String field either by correctly typing the control code representation or using a pop up control code selection dialog Place the cursor in the position in the Command String field where you want to insert a control code and click on the Insert Control Code button Insert Control Code Code Hex Dec lt BEL gt 07 lt BS gt 08 lt HT gt 09 lt LF gt 14 lt VT gt 08 lt FF gt oc lt CR gt 0D gt gt gt gt O Heredia g gt lt 50 gt DE lt Sl gt OF lt DLE gt 10 lt DC1 gt 11 lt DC2 gt 12 lt DC3 gt 13 gt gt gt gt gt Dovoz Control code insertion dialog Select the control code you wish to place in the Command String and click on the Insert button The control code representation will be inserted at the cursor position Send Command Examples When you have finished setting the Send External Command properties the displayed information will appear similar to the examples shown here with the command string previewed in either Hex or Control Code mode Click on the Apply button to save your changes Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved XStudio Recorder Update Send Command Properties Task Name KCR Ext 01 Command String 2
109. l Rights Reserved Appendices 151 Restoring Backed Up Files Restoring backed up XStudio Recorder system database and or settings files is a manual process XStudio Recorder must not be running at the time you restore any of the backed up files or your restoration of files will fail In most cases when restoring backed up files you will be overwriting an existing XStudio Recorder file of the same name To restore some or all of the backed up files locate the folder in which the backup data is stored If your backup was configured for daily backups you may have as many as seven 7 sets of backup files one for each day of the week The daily backup sets are located in individual folders under the base backup folder If you have multiple backups you will need to decide which group of files to use typically the most recent Backup files may have been zipped to a single file as part of the backup task if so configured You need to have a utility to unzip the backup Recent Windows operating systems typically have support for zip files built in but you may wish to use another utility if you have a preference If the backup you wish to use is zipped you should unzip the files to a temporary location as an initial step Backup files are grouped together without regard to the folder location they originated from and fall into two 2 categories a database files and b preference and settings files Database files will alwa
110. ld Control codes are represented as lt xxx gt in the Command String field if inserted and are normally interpreted to their binary value Decimal 0 31 when the command string is sent As an example if the ACK value Decimal 6 needs to be sent it is represented in the Command String as lt ACK gt and at send time the decimal byte value 6 is sent If this property is checked what will be sent instead is lt ACK gt as plain text which is 5 bytes ie the displayed text of the Command String with no interpretation When this property is checked the default a Carriage Return Decimal 13 Hex OD is appended to the Command String when Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 77 Property REQ Description sent to the external device Append lt LF gt When this property is checked a Line Feed Decimal 10 Hex OA is appended to the Command String when sent to the external device When both Append lt CR gt and Append lt LF gt are checked they are appended to the Command String in conventional order Carriage Return followed by Line Feed If you need to reverse this order use the Insert Control Code button to insert them manually directly into the Command String and uncheck both of these properties Inserting Control Codes in the Command String Control codes are defined as Decimal values 0 through 31 and as the name implies are traditionally used for special contro
111. lected If you do not have a switcher that supports DOut s click on the Cancel button to abort the task f If the switcher you select does not support DOut s O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 105 Property REQ Description DOut to Pulse This property sets the specific DOut to pulse As the value is changed the selected DOut description is displayed as shown in the example Update DOut Properties Task Name Switcher Resource Pulse Intruder Lamp KCRM CR ACS8 2 DOut Properties DOut to Pulse 2 Relay Out 2 Intruder Alarm Light A wi Show Map Dialog The Show Map button displays the DOut identification labels as they are assigned to the switcher resource It is used as a reference when selecting a DOut to pulse DOut Map Labels Xx KCRM CR ACS8 2 Relay Outputs Relay Out 1 Studio Light Relay Out 2 Intruder Alarm Lic Relay Out 3 Relay Out 4 Relay Out 5 Relay Out 6 Relay Out 7 Xmtr Low Power Relay Out 8 lt mtr High Power The DOut label list can be printed saved to a file or copied to the Windows clipboard using a pop up menu that appears when you Right Click on the displayed list Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 106 XStudio Recorder 5 3 16 Update Switcher Task The Update Switcher task is used to set channel states on an audio switcher Channels can be explicitly turned
112. led and licensed pcgw32 dll ONLY IF apt X is to be installed and licensed It is important that the files come from the same release version of the audio engine Review the Current Audio Engine Version Numbers for additional details Audio Engine Prerequisites Beginning with version 1 99 01 05 the audio engine and client dll require the Microsoft Visual C 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package x86 be present on the host PC To check whether or not it is installed open Add Remove Programs or equivalent in Control Panel Look for the item Microsoft Visual C 2008 Redistributable x86 followed by a version number If not present you will need to download and install the software Download from Microsoft 2 Copy all needed files to a common folder All files must be in the same folder The normal location for these files is x desTools AudioEngine where x is the boot drive Exceptions are the aptX100 dll amp pcgw32 dll files which can be located in the Windows path although not recommended 3 The NCT dll must be registered with the operating system To register the dll open a command window DOS window and navigate to the folder in which the NCT dll is located At the command prompt type the following regsvr32 NCTAudioCompress dll followed by the Enter key to register the dll To unregister the NCT dll open a command window and type regsvr32 u NCTAudioCompress dll followed by the Enter key 4 The audio engin
113. ll Rights Reserved Appendices 153 8 3 Companion Programs amp Utilities In addition to the core functionality for audio recording that XStudio Recorder provides there are a number of separate software programs and utilities available for use with XStudio Recorder These programs offer functionality that may or may not be required by a particular station operation thus they are made available separately so a station can pick and choose only the additions that are needed Available software is listed alphabetically along with a brief description of functionality and usage Complete information on these programs is available at our web site Product Utility Description Usage dcsTools Utility Pack Free utility programs for review and analysis of XStudio Recorder and other dcsTools products event log files along with an ini file editor DAF A utility for analyzing and reporting DAF audio inventory information Available in both a free and Pro version XStudio Admin A free utility for maintaining the XStudio Recorder local database remotely O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 154 XStudio Recorder 8 4 List of Files When XStudio Recorder is installed a number of files are placed on your computer As XStudio Recorder is used other files are generated as outlined here AppDir is the drive and folder location where you installed XStudio Recorder default c dcsTools xs
114. logins to the selected database server will have the user name and password entered automatically for you avoiding a prompt to manually enter them TCP IP Port Information In order for XStudio Recorder to communicate with a remote database server certain TCP IP ports must be available for use and not blocked by a firewall This applies to both the XStudio Recorder PC and the PC running the database server application If you launch XStudio Recorder and see a Windows message similar to the following you either need to tell Windows to unblock the port or manually unblock the port Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 117 Windows Security Alert x To help protect your computer Windows Firewall has blocked some features of thus program Do you want to keep blocking this program xs Name XStudioAdmin Publisher C A Media Keep Booking Windows Firewall has blocked thes program from accepting connections from the Intemet or a network If you recognize the program or trust the publisher you can unblock it When should unblock a program Database Communication Ports Only one TCP port is used for database communications and is the only required port The default port number is 16000 If you are accessing a remote database server somewhere outside of your local area network LAN this is the only port that needs to be available and unblocked Ports referred to in the section
115. make it easier to identify audio work stations in a station s broadcast facility the text for each work station name in the list can be edited Double Click on the item in the list whose name you wish to edit A dialog appears allowing you to make changes When you re finished editing the name click on the dialog s OK button to save the changes Work stations in the list are sorted in node number order The 1 name in the list corresponds to node number 1 or zero 0 under the covers in DCS and Maestro Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 112 XStudio Recorder 5 5 Using the Color Customization Dialog The Color Customization Dialog is a standard Windows dialog for selecting and or creating colors similar to the example shown Basic colors Mi EN mars A Im Ee ES FE Ee g EE EEE Eee EEE EEE g E E g f pmi iH Custom colors amimni a Red 0 EEE EEE a nl on ColodSoid Lum 120 Blue 255 Color Customization Dialog expanded All of the standard methods for creating custom colors are available in this dialog You can visually create a color by clicking on the color spectrum display then moving the gradient marker or you can manually enter a color value as a set of numbers either based on the RGB values or Hue Saturation and Luminescence values If you find that you are consistently using a particular custom color you may wish to write down the RGB values
116. mple shown below Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 31 tudio Recorder Grouping by Sun Sat Stat 3 11 2008 8 24 03 PM Sun Sat Start 3 11 2008 8 24 31 PM Data grouped by Task Type You can group on multiple columns where applicable The effect is to have groups within groups also known as sub groups To add a column to the current grouping drag another column into the group panel as you did with the original column Grouping is not available for all columns in some data tables If you attempt to drag a column into the group panel that is not allowed the mouse cursor changes to indicate dropping the column in the group panel is not allowed Filtering Data Displayed records can be reduced to just those items you wish to view using data filters There are two ways to filter data by using the dropdown list of filters for a given column of data and by creating your own custom filters To use the built in column filtering click on the filter access button for a given column O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 32 XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder 12 Fade ACS8 2 Ch 4 17 Goto ESPN 19 Join ABC News 1 KCR Ext 01 7 Liner 14 Pulse Intruder Lamp 8 Record News 20 Set CNN Record Ch pdate 4 Set Satelite Mode Sun Sat Start 5 Set Voice 14 Sun Sat Start 3 SetClock 59 45 Sun Sat Star
117. n all encompassing source of problem resolution XStudio Recorder automatically generates an event log of its activities which is a good place to start when trying to track down the cause of a problem See the topic on Using Application Event Logs for additional information If the difficulty you re experiencing is not covered in this document contact the dealer who provided you with XStudio Recorder first Alternatively you can contact des Tools com see the topic on technical support Application Bugs or Errors Bugs and errors generally fall into one of two categories a bug which is the application not doing something as you might have predicted it would or an error which is the failure of the application to run or perform a specific task altogether If you find a bug report it Every effort is made to ensure XStudio Recorder performs as expected but there may be circumstances that were not predicted in the development of the software See the section on Technical Support for information on reporting a bug If you encounter an error you will get an error message indicating a severe failure and XStudio Recorder may terminate Provisions are made to catch such errors and log the error information to a file in the XStudio Recorder application directory The file name is xsRecorder elf Again report any application errors you encounter You may be asked to send the appropriate log file for analysis Common Problems Audio
118. n your needs See the section on what is backed up for information on each of the file types that are a part of this group Using a Backup to Clone XStudio Recorder If you are in the process of installing XStudio Recorder in multiple locations or are adding another XStudio Recorder to your operation you may wish to use an XStudio Recorder backup to speed up the process of setup This might be desirable if you have created a large number of Tasks and Actions and want to do the same things in another XStudio Recorder installation The steps to take are as follows 1 Install and launch XStudio Recorder on your new control room PC At first launch XStudio Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 152 XStudio Recorder Recorder will automatically create a new system database Initially all database tables are empty 2 Close down XStudio Recorder 3 Copy all of the backup system database files to your new installation s Data folder The effect of this step is to have all defined Tasks Actions scheduled events and audio switcher definitions from the backup now a part of the new system 4 Optionally copy selected preference and settings files to the new installation s application folder Refer to to the what is backed up section for information on which files you might want to use 5 Restart XStudio Recorder register the software and complete the system setup Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media A
119. navigation some of the navigators include buttons to add insert edit amp delete items Two example navigators are shown here there are two because the state availability of buttons will vary depending on the current task For instance if you are at the beginning of a log the navigator buttons for moving backwards through the log are disabled at least until you move away from the beginning of the log Data Navigator Button Map Delete Record Insert Add Go to Last Record Go to First Record Post Save Edits Depending upon the area of XStudio Recorder in which you re working some of the navigator buttons depicted are not visible because the functionality they provide is not allowed Task Reference Tasks are a core component of automated execution Each task does only one specific thing unlike some systems where multiple actions are taken within a single task This approach allows for greater flexibility as tasks can be re used easily without concerns about side effects of anything done in addition to performing the basic task Tasks are combined with other tasks to form what is known as an Action which is simply an ordered list of tasks When an Action is run its list of tasks is performed in order Actions can be initiated by associating the action with an audio switcher input relay or as a scheduled event O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 64 XStudio R
120. ndwidth However this Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 20 XStudio Recorder Property REQ Description is at some cost as the database server must go through the extra step of compressing before sending the information and XStudio Recorder must decompress the data when it is received If you wish to implement data compression select one of the compression options from the drop down list that appears when editing the property See the topic on Implementing Data Compression for further information on data compression settings Allow Remote Administration If you wish to allow remote administration of the local XStudio Recorder database with the XStudio Admin application check this item to enable the feature The default for this setting is that remote administration is disabled unchecked L Remote Identity J If remote administration of the automation database is enabled the identity entered here is how this instance of XStudio Recorder will be identified to remote users The default value is XStudio Recorder L Local Access Port Y The port number to use when remote administration is allowed The default value is 16000 The necessary stand alone database server software for implementing a centralized database is not included in the XStudio Recorder installation package If you wish to use a centralized database contact your vendor for information on obtaining the database server
121. nged Property REQ Description Use Remote Database If checked XStudio Recorder will use a remote database instead of the default local database In order to use a remote database running as a stand alone database server you must have a database server application installed configured and running As a default this option is disabled Do not check the Use Remote Database item unless you are sure you have a remote database server installed and operating properly If selected XStudio Recorder will not use the default local database and will try to find a remote database L Remote Server Name lf you are using a remote database server the correct name and address of the server are entered in this field Use the adjacent Select and Maintain List buttons to select a defined database server or create a list of available servers respectively See the topic on Database Server List Maintenance for more information L Remote Server Port Y If you are using a remote database server the port number must match the one the server is using The default value is 16000 L Data Compression As a default when using a remote database server data is transferred between the database server and XStudio Recorder uncompressed If your LAN performance is slow you can implement varying degrees of data compression which causes the database server to compress the data before sending it to XStudio Recorder thus reducing the required LAN ba
122. o display the menu O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 107 Update Switcher Properties Task Name Switcher Resource Switcher 8 2 Jones Rejom KCRM CR ACS8 2 Switcher Settings Clear Row RGI 2 3 A OS O Toggle Entire Row ON Ont pon Or Jon Jorr Jorr fon Jorr Togale Entire Row OFF 2 JIM ee Use the pop up menu to set the entire row Update Switcher task change entire row pop up menu displayed Show Map Dialog The Show Map button displays the input and output channel labels as they are assigned to the switcher resource It is used as a reference when setting a channel s state Channel Map Labels x KCRM CR ACS8 2 Analog Inputs Input 1 SMN Input 2 ABC Neves Input 3 Console Input 4 Jones Input 5 Stardust Input 6 lt Unused gt Input 7 XStudio Input 8 lt Unused gt Analog Outputs Output 1 Air Output 2 Record The channel list can be printed saved to a file or copied to the Windows clipboard using a pop up menu that appears when you Right Click on the channel list Example 16x4 Switcher Dialog This dialog demonstrates the appearance of the Update Switcher dialog when a 16x4 16 input channels 4 output rows switcher is being updated Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 108 XStudio Recorder Update Switcher Properties Task Name Switcher Resource ESPN Join WCRM CR SS16 4 Sw
123. o that you know which tasks if any will need to be modified or removed Printing Resource Information Resource information can be printed for reference if desired Right Click on the resource map display and select the menu item Print Resource Info to Default Printer The selected resource information will be printed similar to the example shown For more information on printing see the Print Lists topic Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 44 XStudio Recorder KCRI RM CR ACS8 2 Resource Info Analog Inputs Input 1 SMN Input 2 ABC News Input 3 Console Input 4 Jones Input 5 Stardust Input 6 lt Unused gt Input 7 XStudio Input 8 lt Unused gt Analog Outputs Output 1 Air Output 2 Record Relay Inputs A y Relay In 1 SRN 1 Relay In 2 SRN 2 Relay In 3 SRN 3 Relay In 4 ABC TOH Relay In 5 ESPN 1 Relay In 6 ESPN 2 yin7 In8 PPT In 9 A T f j J Sample Resource Report Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 45 4 1 2 1 Input Relay Lock Out Dialog The Input Relay Lock Out dialog is used to set the lock out time of each Input Relay for an external device that includes input relays The display identifies the selected resource name and type along with displaying
124. oduct If you have purchased XStudio Recorder you should have received a registration code or instructions on how to obtain your registration code with your installation materials The registration code contains the product serial number and is unique to each PC on which XStudio Recorder is installed Depending on whether or not you have additional encoding options installed you may need to register the options as well XStudio Recorder uses an audio engine that runs as a Windows service which also requires registration Preparing to Register In order to register XStudio Recorder you need to supply your vendor with information unique to the PC on which the software is installed From the main display select the menu item Help Get Machine ID for Registration A dialog is displayed containing the ID s necessary to register the software Registration ID Code Machine Name EVOW4000 1 8388E13F Audio Engine 0008023F9705 Write this ID name and value down for use in the registration process You can also copy it to the Windows clipboard using the button below You will need to either write down the machine name ID and Audio Engine ID or you can use the Copy to Clipboard button to copy this information to the Windows clipboard If you use the clipboard method you can paste the information into an email or a Notepad text document using the Ctrl V keystroke All three 3 pieces of information are required to register XStud
125. oes not affect the message contents Message Center Size and Position The Message Center size width and height and screen location can be adjusted to suit your preferences To adjust the width and height Left Click and hold the mouse button down while dragging one of the Message Center borders To position the Message Center Left Click and hold the mouse button down on the title bar to drag the Message Center dialog to the desired location When the Message Center dialog is re sized the message text if any size is automatically adjusted to fit the new height and width of the text panel Message Center Menu Options The Message Center has a pop up menu that can be used to modify its behavior Right Click on the Message Center text panel to display the pop up menu Auto Hide on Message Expiration Clear Current Message Print History Save History to File Reset Colors to Default Close Menu Item Description Auto Hide on Message Click on this menu item to toggle whether or not the Message Expiration Center hides itself when a message that has an assigned duration expires If the menu item is checked the auto hide feature is enabled The default is to not hide the Message Center when a message expires unchecked Clear Current Message Select this menu item to manually clear the current message Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 121 Menu Item Description Print History
126. of Actions that use a selected Task This report is useful if you are planning to modify a Task and wish to know how many Actions will be affected or if you believe the Task is no longer needed and are preparing to delete it To generate the report select a Task and click on the Task Usage button The Actions table is scanned and a list of all Actions that use the selected Task is displayed Actions Using Task E Fade ACS6 2 Ch 4 ESPN Start ID 1 ABC News TOH ID 3 Task Usage Dialog The list can be printed or saved to file if desired For more information on printing see the Print Lists topic Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 54 XStudio Recorder 4 1 5 Scheduled Events Scheduled events are a way of executing an Action a group of Tasks at a predetermined time of the day You can control the execution of a scheduled event in several ways including disabling the event altogether XStudio Recorder Next Scheduled Event 6 00 00 PM CNN News Evert ID 1 Scheduled Events Maintenance Display Adding a New Scheduled Event To create a new Scheduled Event click on the Add Event button The Scheduled Event properties dialog will be displayed Select the Action to be performed and set other property settings as needed In order to create a scheduled event at least one Action must exist in the automation database If there are no Actions you will be prompted
127. on another PC the next section may help explain why you are having problems The Audio Engine cannot access folders on other PC s If you wish to record audio files that are located on a different PC the problem is likely related to either user privileges or path definitions The XStudio Recorder audio engine runs as a service application and as such has no knowledge of any mapped drives a drive letter assigned to a folder on a PC other than the one the audio engine is running on Therefore in order for the audio engine to be able to play or record files that are located on another PC the paths to those folders must be entered using UNC notations As an example instead of using P Audio as the path use the UNC notation Remote_PC_Name Share_Name Audio in the path property field It is possible that you have entered the paths properly but that the remote PC refuses to allow access to the audio engine This occurs because the audio engine service is installed with standard System User logon credentials In order to be able to play and record audio located on another PC the audio engine service logon must be changed to a username and password combination that is authorized and has the appropriate privileges on the remote PC If you wish to record audio located on another PC the audio engine service logon credentials must be changed You must have administrative privileges to change the audio engine service logon information
128. on this page have default settings so you need change only those settings that are applicable to your use of XStudio Recorder and can leave the balance of the properties as is Preferences DAF Path DAF xfr Path WAV Path WAN Xft Path Default Audio Distribution Owner Node Distribution List z Audio Switcher Select Switcher Database Properties External Control Z Event Logging Daly Event Log Count 14 Event Log Detal Level Normal High Highest Mediurn Debug XStudio Recorder General Properties File Paths This group of properties defines where recordings made by XStudio Recorder will be placed for DAF and WAV files and optionally a file transfer path for each Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description DAF Path Y The fully qualified path where audio recorded as DAF or Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Configuring XStudio Recorder 17 Property REQ Description DFF formats will be stored This path is viewed from the perspective of the audio engine service The XStudio Recorder audio engine runs as a service application and as such has no knowledge of any mapped drives a drive letter assigned to a folder on a PC other than the one the audio engine is running on Therefore in order for the audio engine to be able to play
129. one or more modes are selected exception that for a task to perform in XStudio Recorder Automation mode must always be selected A XStudio Recorder runs in Automation mode Modes are not significant with the Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 67 Valid Days At least one day must be selected for a task to be valid You will not be allowed to apply changes to a task until one or more days is selected Valid Hours Hour Parts When determining whether a task is valid for execution you can limit valid times of the day to either a contiguous time range sometimes called a Day Part or a specified range of minutes within a specified range of hours called Hour Parts An hour range is simple to understand there s a beginning time and an ending time and if the task execution attempt occurs within that time range it is considered valid and executes The default value for the time of day property is 00 00 00 through 23 59 59 which means the entire day You can use this type of range to allow a task to execute for example between 4 00 PM and 5 59 00 PM only An hour part range is a bit more complex As shown in the example you set beginning and ending hours and separately beginning and ending minutes within each of the valid hours Update Send Command Properties Advanced Properties Select the modes of operation the days and hours or hour pasts the task will be valid Al condit
130. operty This task sets the Global voice value sometimes referred to as Voice Number You must use two characters Characters can be numbers or letters The value set with this task is used in converting the macro characters RH In other words when interpreting a cart number that contains HH the two characters set here replace the YH Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Voice Y Enter the 2 characters that the global voice number is to become You must use 2 characters and they can be in the range 0 9 and A Z O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 82 XStudio Recorder 5 3 8 Start Play Task The Start Play task is used to play a specified cart audio item to a specific play channel Update StartPlay Properties Task Name Liner C Play from Log Cart Rotation List J100 3148 Start Play Properties Stat Play Properties Check Play from Log to play the item on the log that is NextToPlay If Play from Log is selected the Play Channel is always set to 1 To play from a list of carts uncheck Play from Log and add carts to the list Add Cart You can select the play back channel when playing from a list of carts Delete Cart
131. order is launched for the very first time A number of files are created in the Data folder when XStudio Recorder is first launched these consist of the tables and support files that comprise the database Database files referred to as the XStudio Recorder Database are owned exclusively by XStudio Recorder as a default when XStudio Recorder is running no other application is allowed access to these files Any attempts to open copy or delete these files will be denied by the operating system as they are already opened exclusively by XStudio Recorder You can make the data available to other applications by setting the Allow Remote Administration option in XStudio Recorder preferences When Remote Administration is enabled applications like XStudio Administration can be used to remotely update the database of XStudio Recorder functionality or corrupted data will result causing XStudio Recorder to behave unpredictably f Files in the Data folder should never be deleted or otherwise modified as loss When XStudio Recorder is not running the database files can be copied if desired for archiving cloning or backup purposes Database Tables The XStudio Recorder database is a collection of tables stored on disk as one file per table This section documents tables that are a part of the database including technical information on fields contained in each table their type and usage All tables are binary data files having a file e
132. ormation with another application is to enable the Allow Remote Administration property in XStudio Recorder Essentially XStudio Recorder becomes a database server in addition to its other duties When XStudio Recorder is functioning as a database server other utility applications designed for use with XStudio Recorder can connect to and view or modify the database depending on the utility application The utility might be run on the same PC or might be connecting from some other PC Consult the utility application software documentation for details on how to access the database hosted by XStudio Recorder Database Sharing Using the Client Server Model To implement database sharing using the traditional client server model you need to install and configure a stand alone database server application typically on a PC other than the one running XStudio Recorder Once the database server application is running successfully you need to modify the XStudio Recorder database properties to have XStudio Recorder use the remote database server For additional information on using the client server model see the topic on Using a Remote Database The necessary stand alone database server software for implementing a centralized database is not included in the XStudio Recorder installation package If you wish to use a centralized database contact your vendor for information on obtaining the database server software along with its requirements for use
133. p the audio engine when running as a console application press Ctrl C in the command window The audio engine will shut down and the command prompt will reappear O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 130 XStudio Recorder Registry Information The audio engine uses the Windows registry to store its settings including registration information The base key for these settings is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE dcsTools AudioEngine There are several sub keys containing information about audio channels available devices and audio stream configuration x64 you likely will find the entries in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE WOW6432Node dcsTools AudioEngine base key location f The base registry key is for 32 bit x86 operating systems If using a 64 bit OS All of the standard settings are automatically set and maintained by the engine with the exception of the registration information which must be entered in order for the engine to run as a fully licensed application As a default the audio engine will run 5 days from first launch in trial mode After that registration is required Some of the registry keys can be tweaked to correct or further diagnose problems The following is a list of of registry settings used by the audio engine along with a brief explanation as applicable Audio Engine Registry Settings Key Name Default Value Description HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE dcsTools
134. programs collectively the Software LICENSE Grant of License The Software is licensed not sold to you for use only under the terms of this Agreement You own the disk or other media on which the Software is originally or subsequently recorded or fixed but as between you and C R Media and to the extent applicable its licensors C R Media retains all title to and ownership of the Software and reserves all rights not expressly granted to you For Use on a Single Computer You may use the Software only on a single computer by a single user at any one time You may transfer the machine readable portion of the Software from one computer to another computer provided that a the Software including any portion or copy thereof is erased from the first computer and b there is no possibility that the Software will be used on more than one computer at a time Stand alone Basis You may use the Software only on a stand alone basis such that the Software and the functions it provides are accessible only to persons who are physically present at the location of the computer on which the Software is loaded You may not allow the Software or its functions to be accessed remotely or transmit all or any portion of the Software through any network or communication line One Archival Copy You may make one 1 archival copy of the machine readable portion of the Software for backup purposes only in support of your use of the Software on a single com
135. puter provided that you reproduce on the copy all copyright and other proprietary rights notices included on the originals of the Software No Merger or Integration You may not merge any portion of the Software into or integrate any portion of the Software with any other program except to the extent expressly permitted by the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located Any portion of the Software merged into or integrated with another program if any will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and you must reproduce on the merged or integrated portion all copyright and other proprietary rights notices included on the originals of the Software Network Version If you have purchased a network version of the Software this Agreement applies to the installation of the Software on a single file server It may not be copied onto multiple systems Each node connected to the file server must also have its own license of a node copy of the Software which becomes a license only for that specific node Transfer of License You may transfer your license of the Software provided that a you transfer all portions of the Software or copies thereof b you do not retain any portion of the Software or any copy thereof and c the transferee reads and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement Limitations on Using Copying and Modifying the Software Except to the extent expressly permitte
136. rce Usage Several types of automation Tasks are resource specific such as tasks that update switcher channels fade an audio channel on the switcher or pulse a DOut Relay Output You can see which tasks are using a resource by selecting the resource and clicking on the Resource Usage button All tasks are scanned to see which of them use the selected resource and when the scan is complete a dialog is displayed containing a list of the tasks that use the resource you selected Tasks Using Resource KCRM CR ACS8 2 Fade ACS8 2 Ch 4 ID 12 Jon ABC News ID 19 se Intruder Lamp 1D 14 Switcher 8 2 Jones Rejoin ID 15 Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 43 The displayed list includes the task name and its unique ID number This list can be printed if desired Right Click on the list of tasks and select the Print List to Default Printer menu item See the Printing Lists topic for more information on printing Deleting a Resource When you no longer need a resource you can remove it from the database with the Delete Resource button If the resource is used by any tasks a message will appear identifying how many tasks use the resource and asking you to confirm that the resource is to be deleted Deleting a resource is permanent and cannot be undone lt is highly recommended that before you delete a resource you create a resource usage report s
137. rder reports that it cannot start the service contact your system administrator for assistance in starting the audio engine service A utility program dcsTools Audio Engine Access Utility aeSetAccess exe is installed with the audio engine and can be used to grant the needed privileges to a specific user or group Then when XStudio Recorder is launched by that user or group member the audio engine service can be started by XStudio Recorder 4 In order to use the dcsTools Audio Engine Access Utility the logged on user must have administrative privileges Remote Database Problems If you are using a centralized database server instead of the default local database you may encounter problems with connecting to the database or encounter performance problems This section covers the most common issues encountered You should also review the Using a Remote Database topic which covers basic information on TCP IP ports used for the remote database and the correct naming conventions for assigning a remote database server Problems Connecting to the Remote Database If you experience difficulties connecting to the remote database you wish to maintain it is likely that one or more of the following issues are affecting the connection Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 136 XStudio Recorder 6 4 2 The remote database identity is incorrect If the remote server address was manually entered i
138. rdings created for this station easier and more understandable In short check the stations that should be able to play recordings created for this station The list of stations can be customized for ease in identifying work stations for more detailed information see the Using the Edit Cart Distribution Panel topic Audio Switcher If you will be using an audio switcher with XStudio Recorder you select the device in this section At present XStudio Recorder supports just one switcher at a time and does not support ganging audio switchers together a feature is available on some Broadcast Tools audio switchers Property Description Select Switcher Select the audio switcher to be used from the drop down list Use the adjacent Remove button to clear the field See the External Resources topic for more information on creating a switcher resource If you change the selected audio switcher and apply save the settings XStudio Recorder will update when the Preferences dialog is closed This includes changing to the COM port that is used by the new switcher and retrieving the input relay map If you change switchers be sure the newly selected device is connected to the PC on the correct COM port Database Properties By default XStudio Recorder automatically creates and maintains a set of tables that contain automation data resources tasks actions and scheduled events along with some of other tables not important to know a
139. registration dialog does not display when you click on the Display apt X Registration Dialog button of the apt X License Dialog Display Utility Check the status bar of the apt X License Dialog Display Utility It will tell you whether or not the apt X module was successfully loaded f apt X License Dialog Display Utility Display apt lt Registration Dialog A E AUDIO PROCESSING TECHNOLOG Y have read the Instructions below and am ready to proceed Usage Instructions Please read all of these instructions before using this utility To display the apt X registration dialog check the aaron checkbox and click on the Display apt X Registration Dis The apt X encoder will be loaded if possible loaded and is not registered the registration dig apt X module load status Vhen the apt X registration dialog appears it Y If the status bar indicates the apt X module was not loaded then either the module is missing altogether or the module is not in the system path Search your hard disk for the file aptx100 dll to see if it exists If the status bar indicates the apt X module was successfully loaded but the apt X registration dialog does not display then the problem is likely to be that the software is already licensed When the apt X module is already registered the registration dialog does not display Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 150 XStudio Recorder 8 2 Sy
140. rent hour value used when substituting for this macro character can occur twice during the day For instance the 10 AM and 10 PM hours will return the same value A Current Hour 24 hour format Hours 0 midnight through 9 0 9 10 A 11 B 12 noon C 13 1 PM D through 23 11 PM N Using this macro character format there are no duplicates throughout the day Nearest Hour 24 hour format If current minute of the hour gt 30 then the returned hour value is incremented by 1 Hours 0 midnight through 9 0 9 10 A 11 B 12 noon C 13 1 PM D through 23 11 PM N Using this macro character format there are no duplicates throughout the day Day of Week Values The day of week macro character returns a numeric value based on the current day of the week Values returned are shown in this table Day Value Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Hour of Day Values Hour of Day macro characters will return different one character values depending on the specific macro character used The main differences occur between any 12 hour format and any 24 hour format Values returned by each format type are listed in this table Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 94 XStudio Recorder Hour of Day 12 Hour Format 24 Hour Format Midnight 1 AM 2 AM 3 AM 4AM 5 AM 6 AM 7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM Noon 1 PM 2PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 P
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142. rough 20 59 In this example if you did not want the task to execute beyond 20 minutes past the hour you could set the End Minute value to 19 which would allow the task to execute from 10 00 through 19 59 thus excluding the 20 00 past the hour time Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 69 5 3 2 Banner Message The Banner Message task is used to display user defined text in the XStudio Recorder Message Center This task can be used to inform operators of system status changes special events that might be currently airing and reminder messages Update Banner Message Properties Task Name Banner Vikings Game Banner Message Text Vikings game is on the ar Banner Message Display Colors Background vf Text MI Mt Duration 00 00 00 000 C Blink Text Banner Message Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name J The user friendly name of the task See Common Banner Message Text J Background Color Text Color Duration Properties for more information The text that will appear in the XStudio Recorder Message Center when the task is executed Text length is not limited but longer messages may not display completely depending on the user adjusted size of the Message Center display panel Text should be the minimum necessary
143. rovision will be deemed modified to the extent necessary to make the provision valid and enforceable and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect For questions concerning this Agreement please contact C R Media at the address stated above For questions on product or technical matters contact the C R Media technical support center nearest you SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION If you acquired the Software in the European Union EU the following provisions also apply to you If there is any inconsistency between the terms of the Software License Agreement set out above and the following provisions the following provisions shall take precedence Decompilation You agree not for any purpose to transmit the Software or display the Software s object code on any computer screen or to make any hard copy memory dumps of the Software s object code If you believe you require information related to the inter operability of the Software with other programs you shall not decompile or disassemble the Software to obtain such information and you agree to request such information from C R Media at the address listed above Upon receiving such a Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Welcome 11 request C R Media shall determine whether you require such information for a legitimate purpose and if so C R Media will provide such information to you within a reasonable time and on re
144. rt Options include Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 91 Property REQ Description Stop Any Recording default Stop Auto Recording Do Nothing Stop Any Recording immediately stops the active recording and starts this recording Stop Auto Recording checks to see if the active recording is a background recording and if so immediately stops it and starts this recording The Do Nothing option means this recording will not occur if any kind of recording is using the selected channel O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 92 XStudio Recorder 5 3 9 1 Using Cart Macro Characters To use cart number macro characters enter the appropriate macro as a part of the cart number Many dialogs where macro characters might be applicable provide a button to pop up a cart number macro help window similar to the one shown here Macro Character Help Cart Number Macro Character Definitions Current Voice Number 2 character string Whenever these characters are encountered in a cart number they are replaced by the current global Voice Number value Current Day of Week 1 Monday 7 Sunday This character is replaced by the numeric value for the current day of the week Current Hour 12 hour format Hours 1 through 9 1 9 10 A 11 B 12 C Nearest Hour 12 hour format If current minute of hour gt 30 then increment the hour by 1 Hours 1 through 9 1
145. rties As XStudio Recorder runs information relating to its performance and problems encountered is written to a group of application event logs The event logs are text files maintained automatically by XStudio Recorder in the form of event logs for each day with a default of 14 days 14 daily files being available for review at all times Event logs are generally used in troubleshooting problems or determining why XStudio Recorder behaved in a certain way Review the topic on using application event logs for additional information This group of properties provides the means to control the number of days XStudio Recorder will retain daily event log files and to adjust the amount of information that is stored to the file as XStudio Recorder runs the so called detail level Property Description Daily Event Log Count The default is to keep daily event logs around for 14 days Use the spin edit control that appears when you begin editing the property to increase or decrease the number of days you wish to keep daily event logs The minimum number of days is 7 the maximum number is 62 Event Log Detail Level The default detail level is Normal As you change the detail level to Medium High Debug and Highest XStudio Recorder logs more and more information to the daily event log The higher the detail level the larger the daily event log file size will be For troubleshooting you should set the detail level to Debug as a minimum
146. ruder Lamp Sun Sat Start 7 Liner StaitPlay Sun Sat Start 1 KCR Ext 01 Send Control Comman Sun Sat Start 19 Join ABC News Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 17 Goto ESPN Use Existing Action Sun Sat Star 12 Fade ACS8 2 Ch 4 Switcher Fade Sun Sat Start 16 ESPN Join Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 6 Break 01 Sun Sat Start Next Scheduled Event 6 00 00 PM CNN News Evert ID 1 Resizing a column You can reorder columns by moving a column to a different location To move a column press and hold the left mouse button down on the column header text Drag the column header to another location and drop it As shown a pair of arrows appears as you are dragging the column header indicating the new position of the column if you drop it Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 36 XStudio Recorder XStudio Recorder Next Scheduled Event 6 00 00 PM CNN News Evert ID 1 11 Stop Al Record 3 SetClock 59 45 5 Set Voice 14 4 Set Satelite Mode 20 Set CNN Record Ch 8 Record News 14 Pulse Intruder Lamp 7 Liner 1 KCA Ext 01 13 Join ABC News 17 Goto ESPN 12 Fade ACS8 2 Ch 4 16 ESPN Join 6 Break 01 ask Type Lask Into Stop Play Sun Sat Start Stop Recording Sun Sal Start Set Clock Sun Sat Start z A agi Send Control Comman Sun Sal Start Update Switcher Sun Sat Start Use Esasting Action Sun Sa
147. s 2 Create an XStudio Recorder Action that contains the System Backup task 3 Determine when and how you want the backup Action to execute To have the backup execute on a regularly scheduled basis you could create a Scheduled Event and decide what day s of the week and time to perform the backup Typically a good time to do a backup is sometime overnight like 3 20 AM If you are located in a time zone that uses Daylight Savings Time avoid the 1 00 AM to 3 00 AM time period to prevent either doubling up or skipping of a scheduled backup What is Backed Up When a system backup is performed XStudio Recorder system database files are always backed up For additional information on the database tables that are backed up see the Database Reference topic If the backup non database system files option is enabled the following file types are backed up from the XStudio Recorder application folder only 1 Preference files These files have a file extension of ini and include the main XStudio Recorder preferences file xsRecorder ini which contains your registration information and application settings 2 Settings files These files have a file extension of dat Refer to the List of Files topic for details on specific file names in this group of file types When backing up non database systems files only those files located in the XStudio Recorder application folder are backed up Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media Al
148. s or resolvable network path and the symbol separates the two Example Server Name Entries Server names can be entered in any of these formats Entry Syntax Description XStudio KCRM 192 168 110 120 Standard IP address notation XStudio KCRM KCRM ControlRoom a Name notation local area network XStudio KCRM KCRM dns2go com Internet domain name notation User Name and Password As a default the XStudio Recorder database does not require a user name and password to gain access However should the remote database server require a valid user name and password you can enter the information in the Login User Name field When you select this field a dialog appears Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 116 XStudio Recorder 5 6 2 Server List Maintenance Default Server Database Server List Server Name Earl heee 192 168 104 117 NexusDB3 192 168 104 233 Newus_EP_Main 192 168 104 90 Studio 1 92 168 104 231 Studio_Dev 1 92 168 104 236 User name password pop up Note the password is entered twice for validation XStudio_EP667 192 168 104 160 Search for Servers on Port 16000 Login User Name Enter the required user name and password note the password is entered twice for validation If the password entries do not match you will be prompted to reenter them When the server list is saved the user name and password are included Future
149. s recommended as the name is displayed in lists etc and if the names are unique there s less chance of confusion Task Advanced Properties Mode Days All tasks provide a set of properties to control whether or not the task will be executed at run time These properties include e System Operating Mode e Day of Week e Time of Day Day Part or Hour Part Access these properties from any task dialog with the Mode Days button O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 66 XStudio Recorder Update Send Command Properties Task Name Send Command Task Access Properties common to all Task dialogs with this button Sd an task to be performed Note that all conditions must be met for the task to f The Advanced Properties allow you to set conditions that must be met for the execute Update Send Command Properties Advanced Properties Select the modes of operation the days and hours or hour pasts the task will be valid Al conditions must be met for the task to be performed Valid Modes Valid Days Valid Hours Hour Parts C Emergency Sunday 1 Use Hour Parts Due U Mondey Start Time Stast Minute Automation Tuesday 00 00 00 Satelite Wednesday End Time End Minute Thursday 235959 Friday Saturday Default Advanced Properties Settings Valid Modes At least one mode must be selected for a task to be valid You will not be allowed to apply changes to a task until
150. s with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Operating Type Select the appropriate mode item from the dropdown list The default is Automation O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 81 5 3 7 Set Voice Task The Set Voice task is typically used in conjunction with satellite programming Programming services will often provide liners splitters etc done by the program hosts These liners are then signaled by the programming service at various times As the host changes the custom liners etc need to change as well Rather than creating many different tasks that play different cart numbers you can use this task to set a 2 character value for the so called voice number Then you can create a single liner playback task for instance that uses the current voice number to dynamically determine what cart number to play The macro characters pound sign twice are used for this purpose in cart numbers For instance if the current voice number is 14 shown here then a liner cart play with a cart number of LI would become LI14 when called for playback Update Set Voice Properties Task Name Set Voice 14 Set Global Voice 14 Set Voice Properties Set Voice Pr
151. sary Init Code to register the apt X software You will also receive a Remove Code which may be needed at a later time Be sure to keep both of these codes for future use When you receive the Init Code launch the apt X License Dialog Display Utility Click on the check box confirming that you have read the instructions are ready to continue The Display apt X Registration Dialog button will be enabled Click on the Display apt X Registration Dialog button to display the apt X registration dialog Select the Unlock Application radio button and O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Appendices 149 enter the Init Code you received Click on the Continue button The registration information is recorded and the apt X software is now registered If you decide to move the software that uses apt X and the apt X encoder software to another machine or substantial changes occur on the PC running with the apt X software the apt X registration will have to transferred or updated In order to do so you will need the Remove Code Be sure you have saved both the Init Code and the Remove Code in a safe place apt X Registration Troubleshooting Service Application When the apt X encoding software is being used by a Windows service application normal display of the apt X registration dialog is not possible so a utility application is used to display the dialog The most common problem is that the apt X
152. ser friendly name Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 49 4 1 3 1 Action Edit Dialog Creating new Actions and editing an Action are performed with the Action edit dialog shown here Using this dialog you can rename the Action to be more meaningful add remove and reorder Tasks that are a part of the Action task list and add or edit Tasks that you might wish to include in the Action Action Name xs Action Edit Royals Game Start De a characters Action Name Royals Game Stait 1D 9 Action Task List Available Tasks Royals Relay Map Sun Sat St al Jon Royals Network Sun Sat PEE Task Name TaskType TM Join Royals Network Update Switcher Join Stardust Network Update Switcher Action task list Legal ID Start Play drag available Play Break Start Play E tasks into the list Play Stardust gt Start Play Available tasks Double Click to edit r Update Switcher S vw gt Drag Available Tasks to the Task List to Add a Task drag items within the Task List to re order them Action Edit Dialog Action Edit Dialog Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Action ID A unique ID number is automatically generated for each new Action The ID number is in a range of 1 to 4
153. set of actions enabled or hooked to input relays for a special event and later restore the default input relay mapping when programming returns to normal Remap Restore Input Relay Map Task Name Switcher Resource Royals Relay Map Remap Reset BT ACS 82 BT ADMS 44 22 Remap Input Relays ay Defaults Relay Relay Input Name X1 Input Relay 1 Remap Input Relays Selecting the Switcher a When remapping or restoring input relays with this task any input relay lock out values originally assigned to the resource are not changed Remap Input Relays Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property REQ Description Task Name Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information Switcher Resource J Select the audio switcher that will be used for this task from the drop down list When a device is selected the appropriate number of input relays and their labels are displayed in the relay map table If the selected device does not have input relays you are prompted to select a different device from the list Remap Reset Y Select the radio button item appropriate for what you want to accomplish The default selection is Remap Input Relays which allows you to select each available input relay and associate an Action with it If the Restore Input Relay Defaults radio button
154. stem Backup amp Restore As XStudio Recorder is running a significant number of database tables preference and settings files are being created updated and maintained These files contain the key elements of your system setup and operating information As such a total loss of some or all of the files as might occur if the host PC fails can leave you with the formidable task of rebuilding your system configuration manually To help prevent having to rebuild the system from scratch XStudio Recorder has a task System Backup that can be executed on a relay driven or scheduled basis just like any other XStudio Recorder task The backup operation occurs in the background and does not affect XStudio Recorder operations When executed the XStudio Recorder system database tables are backed up to a target location defined in the task Optionally XStudio Recorder preference and settings files can be backed up The task also has a option to zip the backed up files to save disk storage space Setting Up a System Backup Setting up a system backup is fairly simple There are just a few basic steps 1 Create a System Backup task A key property of the task is the Backup Target Folder the location where backed up files will be placed The files could be located on the XStudio Recorder PC but a better choice might be a server on your local area network LAN That way if the XStudio Recorder PC fails you will still have access to the backup file
155. t 11 Stop Al Recording Ch 1 Sun Sat Start 9 Stop Ch1 Sun Sat Start Sun Sat Start Drop down filter list Select an item from the list of available filter criteria to display only selected records O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 33 XStudio Recorder Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 19 Join ABC News Update Switcher Sun Sat Stat 3 18 20 Set CNN Record Ch Update Switcher Sun Sat Start 3 21 o 15 Switches 8 2 Jones Rejoin Update Switcher Sun Sat Stat 3 117 6 00 00 PM CNN News Evert ID 1 EJ M Task Type Update Switches Le E Oe He Data filtering active Data filtering can be temporarily disabled if desired Uncheck the filter in the active filter panel and all data will again be displayed To re enable the filter check the filter item in the active filter panel Filtering is not available for all columns in some data tables In a given table display columns that can be filtered display a dropdown list graphic Columns that do not support filtering do not contain the filter graphic Custom Data Filters In addition to standard filtering using the dropdown lists for columns you can also create more complex filtering using custom data filters To display the custom filter builder dialog click on the Customize button in the filter panel Click to launch custom EA Task Type Upd
156. t Start Switcher Fade Sun Sat Start Update Switcher Sun Sat Start Sun Sat Start 28585 ssi asessssess Start Play Set Auto Segue Sun Sat Start CERATI ES Database Moving a column Resizing or moving column display information has no effect on the data the changes made are cosmetic and are available for users to customize the display for ease of use Data Navigators Several areas in XStudio Recorder make use of so called data navigators Essentially a data navigator is an organized set of buttons that provides an easy to use interface for navigating around in displayed data like the log station definitions cart masks and music databases In addition to navigation some of the navigators include buttons to add insert edit amp delete items Two example navigators are shown here there are two because the state availability of buttons will vary depending on the current task For instance if you are at the beginning of a log the navigator buttons for moving backwards through the log are disabled at least until you move away from the beginning of the log O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 37 Data Navigator Button Map Delete Record Insert Add Go to First Record Go to Last Record Post Save Edits Depending upon the area of XStudio Recorder in which you re working some of the navigator b
157. t might not have been entered correctly There are three distinct parts to the identity a name a separator the symbol and the address Of these the separator and address are the key elements For more information on creating remote database names identities see the topic on manually adding servers to the server list The database port number is incorrect The port normally used default port to connect to a remote database is 16000 However XStudio Recorder supports user defined port numbers for this connection so you need to ensure the port you ve assigned for the remote database connection matches the remote database server port that has been assigned The remote PC cannot be reached via TCP IP In order for XStudio Recorder to connect to a remote database server it must be able to reach the host PC via TCP IP If the server address you are trying to reach uses an IP address or internet domain name ensure that you have a route to the host PC by attempting to ping the remote PC Use the address element of the remote database server identity as the address to ping If the server address you re trying to reach uses a machine name notation ensure that you can browse to the named machine the name used in the address portion of the remote database identity using Network Neighborhood or File Explorer Access to the remote PC is blocked If you are certain that the remote server identity is correct and that you can reach
158. the switcher resource s original input relay settings are restored from the device s resource record Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 76 XStudio Recorder 5 3 4 Send Control Command Task The Send Control Command task is used to send a string of data to an external device for purposes of controlling the device or causing it to take some action The data string can be sent as pure text or as binary information This is a send data only task any information returned by the device is ignored When creating a new Send Control Command task the dialog is initially displayed similar to the example shown here with its default property settings Update Send Command Properties Task Name Send Command Task Command String C Send Text Ass Append lt CR gt Append lt LF gt Insert Control Code Command String Previews Hex Ctrl Codes Send Control Command Properties Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed Property Task Name Command String Send Text As ls Append lt CR gt REQ Description J Y The user friendly name of the task See Common Properties for more information The characters including optional control codes that are to be sent to the external device If this property is checked the data sent will be exactly as displayed in the Command String fie
159. tionally XStudio Recorder preference and settings files Delay task execution a specified amount of time Effectively a Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 65 5 3 1 Task Type Alphabetical Description wait command Update DOut Pulse a single DOut on a selected switcher Not all devices support DOut pulsing Update Switcher Turn on or off input channels for a specific audio switcher Use Existing Action Use an existing Action as a Task In effect nests an action within an action Properties Common to All Tasks There are two kinds of properties common to all tasks a Task Name which appears on the main page of the task dialog and a set of execution control properties Task Main Page Properties The Task Name property is common to all tasks and appears as the first edit field on a task s main window as shown All tasks must be named non blank Update Send Command Properties All tasks must be named The name can be anything you choose The name should be unique although it is not required to be unique Task Name Send Command Task A PA AAA APP Task Name maximum length is 30 characters The task name is used for reference purposes to help you identify what the task is used for A task can be named anything you like up to a limit of 30 characters and should be meaningful to you The task name does not have to be unique but it i
160. tions If an expired apt X trial license is the issue the apt X registration dialog will appear using either of the two methods Correct the problem by registering the software or removing it Solution 3 Host PC Name Check Check the client application s host PC name If the computer name is longer than 15 characters it is Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting 127 unlikely a connection can be made To test shorten the computer name to 15 characters or less This problem occurs because of Microsoft s maximum computer name length of 15 characters for NetBios naming compatibility It is why users are warned when they try to create a computer name longer than this limitation 6 1 1 2 Slow Playback Response Time It is possible that a combination of factors comes together to cause what might be called a hesitation in playback of audio when rehearsing sequences If there is a noticeable delay between the time you click on the Play button and when you hear audio on the order of 1 2 second or more there are some things that can be done to improve response time The problem most generally manifests itself when the playback audio folder is on a remote machine as would be the case with centrally stored audio Here are some steps to try to improve response time try them in order shutting down the audio engine before making the changes then restarting the audio engine and testing the ch
161. tive privileges 1 Make sure that user having trouble with XStudio Recorder has read write modify and delete privileges in the folder in which XStudio Recorder is installed These privileges might be assigned to an individual user but more commonly are assigned to a user group of which the user is a member 2 If you are placing files in a location other than the XStudio Recorder folder file locations that are set up in the Preferences area ensure that the named user has read write modify and delete privileges in that folder location 3 One way that some issues can be overcome is to modify any XStudio Recorder shortcuts to cause the application to be run under administrator privileges Right Click on the shortcut and select the menu item Run as Administrator A negative of this approach is that the end user will more than likely have to enter an administrative password which defeats the concept of administrative security as you d have to provide the user with the password Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Troubleshooting 141 Another approach some people use is to disable UAC While this action more or less returns user accounts to the sort of status they had in previous versions of Windows this too defeats the idea of enhanced operating system security 4 If an application uses the registry particularly the portion known as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE you may have to extend rights to specific keys
162. to convey the intent of the message This property sets the XStudio Recorder Message Center background color when this task s message is displayed This property sets the the XStudio Recorder Message Center text color when this task s message is displayed Default value 00 00 00 000 This property determines whether or not the banner message will be automatically cleared after a certain period of time If the value is non zero the message will be cleared automatically after the entered time value in hours minutes and seconds has elapsed starting from the time the message is displayed Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 70 XStudio Recorder Property REQ Description Blink Text Default Unchecked If checked the message text will be blink on and off when displayed in the XStudio Recorder Message Center Text displayed in the Message Center remains until replaced by another Banner Message task the duration of the message if greater than zero has elapsed or an operator manually clears the message from the Message Center Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 71 5 3 3 Remap Input Relays Task The Remap Input Relays task is used to change or reset input relay mapping for an audio switcher This task is useful for situations where you may wish to disable or unhook input relay actions used for normal programming replace them with a different
163. to create one before adding a scheduled event Editing a Scheduled Event To edit an existing event Double Click on the event you wish to edit The Scheduled Event properties dialog will be displayed Revise the event properties as desired and click on the the Apply button to save the changes Temporarily Disable an Event To temporarily disable a scheduled event select the event you wish to disable and Double Click on it to open the Scheduled Event properties dialog Uncheck the Event Enabled property and click on Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 55 Apply to save the changes Deleting a Scheduled Event are not sure you want to permanently remove an event temporarily disable the event instead as described above Deleting a Scheduled Event is permanent and cannot be undone If you To permanently remove an event from the schedule select the event and click on the Delete Event button 4 1 5 1 Event Properties Dialog When working with a Scheduled Event the Event Properties dialog is to used to name the event select the Action to be performed set the event execution time and a date range for which the event will be valid Update Scheduled Event Properties Event Name Select Action to Perform CNN News Event CNN News Event Properties Event Time Time to Perform Event Enabled 18 00 00 v Stat Date End Date 3 24 2008 12 3
164. u must uninstall it separately It is listed as des Tools Audio Engine in the installed software list Only files originally installed are removed Your preferences files are not removed See the topic on application created files for more information on files that are installed or created by XStudio Recorder Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Configuring XStudio Recorder 16 XStudio Recorder 3 1 In order to use XStudio Recorder the application needs to know about the location of the audio files used by your automation system and which available record audio channels audio input will be used as a default among other things There are a number of preference settings that enable or disable certain features within XStudio Recorder and other settings that affect the behavior of XStudio Recorder at run time When changes are made and applied saved XStudio Recorder automatically updates its behavior to match the new settings with just a few exceptions notably any changes to the database location This section provides details on each of the available preference settings organized as they are displayed General Settings The General tab contains several groups of properties that control XStudio Recorder start up behavior identify external devices that may be connected adjust certain automation database settings and configure the application event logging Most property settings
165. ues with a starting time of midnight 00 00 00 and ending time of 23 59 59 Since a Scheduled Event is executed at a specific time this property is not particularly meaningful but will be evaluated at run time to establish whether the event is valid Using the default start and end times ensures that if you change the scheduled event execution time in the future it will not inadvertently be invalidated when this property is checked Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 58 XStudio Recorder 5 1 5 1 1 This section contains more detailed background information on a number of key subjects that will help you to gain a better understanding of how XStudio Recorder works Studying these sections is not absolutely essential but it will make it much easier for you to use XStudio Recorder more efficiently and effectively Database Reference The XStudio Recorder Database is a collection of files called tables and is used to store components of automation operations including tasks actions resources used by tasks and scheduled events This section documents the location of the database the structure of the database tables and notes on sharing the database Database Files Location As a default XStudio Recorder database files are located in a folder immediately under the XStudio Recorder installation folder The folder is named Data and is automatically created when XStudio Rec
166. use the Windows registry during normal operations In addition Microsoft published numerous guidelines and usage information regarding these changes Some of the guidelines would cause applications who require the end user to be able to modify preference settings etc to place files in several locations on the PC While these changes do enhance the overall security of the operating system having files and information for a specific application spread all over the system in places not intuitive or easy to find creates a significant support burden for IT managers and the application vendor Over the years we have chosen to try to keep all of our application s files including those that store preferences files containing run time information like exception logging and activity detail and small database files in one location for ease in troubleshooting and housekeeping For these reasons our applications are generally placed in a folder other than the Microsoft recommended Program Files folder As a default these other folders historically have been wide open in the sense that any user could read write and modify files However depending on how tightly secured a system is when running Vista or a later operating system issues may arise that relate to user rights The following points may assist you in locating problems with XStudio Recorder when running one of these operating systems and the user reporting issues does not have administra
167. use the database server list maintenance dialog to locate the server if physically on your LAN or create a manual entry for the server When initially opened with no defined remote database servers the server list maintenance display will look similar to the example shown Server List Maintenance Set the port number to search if different from the default Default Server Database Server List Search for Servers on Port 16000 Server Port Login User Name Use this button to retrieve a list of available servers on the local area network Use this button to manually add a server Default Server List Maintenance Dialog with no Defined Servers Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 114 XStudio Recorder There are two ways to define servers retrieve a list of available servers from you local area network and manually add a server that either does not appear on the local area network or is at a remote location Retrieve Servers Available on the Local Area Network If the database servers you will be maintaining are on your local area network use the Get Srvr List button which broadcasts a message asking for available servers to respond In order for the broadcast messaging to work certain TCP IP ports must be available for use and not blocked by a firewall After broadcasting a message across your local area network and waiting a few moments for responses from active databas
168. ut relay is zero Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 61 Field Name Type HostWrkStn Integer RecCreateDate Date Time RecEditDate Date Time RecEditBy String 5 1 2 4 Tasks Table Size Description 30 The ID of the work station to which the resource is assigned The date and time the record was created The date and time the record was last edited The user who last edited the record The Tasks table contains information about Tasks Its on disk name is Tasks nx1 Tasks Table Field Definitions The fields contained in the Tasks table including field type and size if applicable Field Name Type TaskID Autolnc TaskName String TaskType Integer Data BLOB TaskInfo BLOB Memo RecCreateDate Date Time RecEditDate Date Time RecEditBy String 5 1 3 Database Sharing Size Description 30 30 Each time a Task record is created a unique ID value is automatically assigned by the system This value is used to identify the Task and is not user modifiable The user assigned name of the Task The type of task stored in the record as an integer value Task Type numbers are interpreted by the host application and displayed in a user friendly way Contains the Task specifics including valid modes days and times along with Task specific properties Contains Task properties expressed as text This field is used by the host application when generating Task
169. uttons depicted are not visible because the functionality they provide is not allowed Printing Lists Most of the maintenance areas provide an option to print selected information such as external resource maps and action task lists for reference purposes Typically the print option is a part of pop up context menus The printer used is the operating system s default printer O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 38 XStudio Recorder 4 1 2 External Resources A significant part of handling automated task performance is the need to respond to or control devices connected to the PC running XStudio Recorder This topic covers creating editing and configuring these resources XStudio Recorder These are no scheduled events External Resource Display Adding a New Resource To create a new resource click on the Add Resource button A dialog appears allowing you to enter a user friendly name for the new resource select the resource type from a list of supported devices and select the COM port to which the resource is connected on the host PC O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Operation Using XStudio Recorder 39 Add Resource Resource Name KCRM CR ACS8 2 Select Resource Broadcast Tools 58 2 Broadcast Tools ACS8 2 Broadcast Tools 512 4 Broadcast Tools 4 1 Broadcast Tools 8 1 Broadcast Tools SS16 4 Resource Capabilties Analog
170. vents Its on disk name is Events nx1 Events Table Field Definitions The fields contained in the Events table including field type and size if applicable Field Name EventID EventStation EventTime Type Autolnc Integer Time EventDescription String EventEnabled EventBegDate EventEndDate EventActionID Boolean Date Date Integer 30 Each time an Event record is created a unique ID value is automatically assigned by the system This value is used to identify the Event and is not user modifiable If assigned the work station to which this event is assigned The scheduled time to perform the Event The user assigned description name of the event A True False flag telling the host system whether or not the Event is enabled and can be run The default value is True The first date on which the Event is valid to run The last date on which the Event is valid to run The ID number of the Action to perform when the Event is executed Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 60 XStudio Recorder Field Name Type Data BLOB RecCreateDate Date Time RecEditDate Date Time RecEditBy String 5 1 2 3 External Devices Table Size Description 30 Contains information on valid modes days and time ranges in which the event can be run These values are in addition to the start and end dates The date and time the record was created The date and time the record
171. xecute at run time each task within the selected action is validated as well as a normal task would be It is possible then that while an action launched with this task executes not all of its own member tasks would execute Use Existing Action Task Flow When this task is executed at run time the assigned action s task list is executed only if this task s Advanced Properties permit If this task fails validation the entire action is skipped O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 110 XStudio Recorder If this task passes validation then the assigned action s list of tasks is performed in order subject to each individual member task being validated When the assigned action s task list has been completed any other tasks contained in the master action list following this task are validated and performed The flow diagram shown displays graphically the order of execution Action Task Flow with Nested Actions Standard Task If the Nested Action is validated its tasks are performed each in turn being validated Nested Action Task Nested Task Nested Task Nested Task When the Nested Action completes the Standard Task db remainder of the main action tasks are performed Standard Task Le There could also be other Nested Actions As you might deduce by looking at the diagram it is possible to further nest actions by placing a Use Existing Action tasks in an Action already be
172. xtension of NX1 Files are created and maintained using NexusDB created by Nexus Database Systems Pty Ltd NexusDB is a fast flexible reliable database engine embedded in XStudio Recorder and supplied royalty free to the end user There s also the option to run NexusDB as a stand alone server implementing true multi user client server database operations Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved Reference 59 5 1 2 1 Actions Table The Actions table contains information about all defined Actions lts on disk name is Actions nx1 Actions Table Field Definitions The fields contained in the Actions table including field type and size if applicable Field Name ActionID ActionName RelayNo ListID Data RecCreateDate RecEditDate RecEditBy 5 1 2 2 Events Table Type Autolnc String Integer Integer BLOB Date Time Date Time String Size Description 30 30 Each time an Action record is created a unique ID value is automatically assigned by the system This value is used to identify the Action and is not user modifiable The user assigned name for the Action lt Not used for future expansion gt lt Not used for future expansion gt Contains the list of Tasks in order used in the Action The date and time the record was created The date and time the record was last edited The user who last edited the record The Events table contains information about scheduled e
173. y Features XStudio Recorder incorporates a number of innovative features to make automatic recording of audio simple flexible and easy e Automatic recordings can be initiated via relays from the program service or as a scheduled time driven event e Recorded audio can be stored in DAF DFF or WAV file formats e Record more than one audio item simultaneously up to the limit of available input O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved XStudio Recorder 1 2 recording channels on your sound card s e DAF audio files created with XStudio Recorder are compatible with XStudio DCS and Maestro e WAV audio files created with XStudio Recorder are usable by any application that handles this file type including players and multi track editors Completed recordings can be automatically copied to a secondary location You can record to a local drive for instance and have the recording automatically copied to a server The user interface is simple easy to understand and customizable e The software can be used on a standard PC using a standard sound card A multi channel sound card is required if you desire more than one simultaneous recording e Complete standalone application no dependency on the broadcast automation system resources What s New in this Release Here are the latest changes enhancements and corrections to XStudio Recorder by version number and date Version 1 0 0 135
174. y name of the task See Common Properties for more information Minutes The minute value of the hour that is set when this task is executed Seconds The seconds value of the hour that is set when this task is executed Allowed Drift The amount of time expressed in plus or minus minutes from the target time that will be used to decide if the clock is updated For instance if the target time is 59 45 and the Allowed Drift is 3 minutes the default the clock would only be updated if the PC s clock time falls within 56 45 to 02 45 of the next hour In this example the clock would only be reset if it had drifted no more than 3 minutes either way from the target time If the PC clock s current time falls outside the Allowed Drift window when the task is executed the clock is not updated O Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 80 XStudio Recorder 5 3 6 Set Mode Operating Mode Task The Set Mode Set Operating Mode task is used to set the current operating mode of the system There are 4 modes from which to choose X Emergency JE Live Automation Je Satellite The operating mode affects how the system reacts to things like log directives input relays and a number of other events that occur This task is most often used when transitioning to and from satellite programming Update SetMode Properties Task Name Select Operating Type Set Satelite Mode Satellite Mode Set Mode Properties Item
175. yed time is made smaller down to a minimum of 13 points The text size can also be reduced using the DnArrow and keys on the numeric keypad when the window is active Displays a color customization dialog to choose the color of the clock s time text Displays a color customization dialog to choose the color of the clock s background Resets the clock s time text and background color to XStudio Recorder defaults Toggles the time display between standard AM PM and military time Hides the XStudio Recorder clock and backtimer if enabled Copyright 2007 2014 C R Media All Rights Reserved 120 XStudio Recorder 5 8 Using the XStudio Recorder Message Center The XStudio Recorder Message Center is a floating dialog used to display text messages that originate from the execution of a Banner Message task When this task type is executed the XStudio Recorder Message Center dialog is automatically shown xsRecorder Message Center Recording ABC News Show Histor The Message Center background and text colors duration of the message and whether or not text blinks are controlled by the Banner Message task properties The width height and screen position of the Message Center dialog is managed by the user The Message Center dialog can be manually shown or hidden by the user with the XStudio Recorder main menu item View Show Message Center Manually showing or hiding the Message Center dialog d
176. ys be present in a backup while the preference and settings files are optionally included when you create the System Backup task The two groups of files are handled differently in the restore process as outlined in the following sections Restoring System Database Files System database files all have a file extension of nx1 As a general rule database files should be restored as a complete set of files as most files are tables that are related to one another a relational database Further XStudio Recorder will fail to operate correctly if a partial set of database files is present at launch of the program See the Database Reference topic for a list of the files that make up the system database Restoring the database files is a matter of copying all of them to the XStudio Recorder system database folder Typically this is a folder named Data located under the XStudio Recorder application folder During the copy process it is likely you will be overwriting files that already exist in the folder replacing the contents with the backed up content Restoring Preference and Settings Files All backed up preference and settings files originated from the XStudio Recorder application folder and must be restored to that same folder The application folder is determined by the user during the installation of XStudio Recorder Backed up preference and settings files are not interrelated so you can selectively restore these files depending o

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