Xsquare Suite 03.05.06 Release Notes
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1. Other software included in the Version Xsquare suite VC Redist 2010 32 and 64 bits 10 0 40219 OPERATING SYSTEM COMPLIANCE Xsquare 3 5 is compatible with e Windows 7 64 bits default OS e Windows 7 32 bits e Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64 bits O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 7 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE Because Xsquare 3 XX relies on NET framework 4 5 the following operating systems are NOT supported e Windows XP e Windows 2003 Server 32 bits e Windows 2003 Server 64 bits Xsquare and XT Access are not compatible with Windows 8 WINDOWS FIREWALL The installer opens these ports on Windows firewall On Xsquare device opened by Xsquare setup e 8998 Internal Xsquare ScanXML service 8999 Internal Xsquare ScanFolder service 9001 NC observer 9002 Xsquare Job Service 9003 Xsquare Config Service 9004 Xsquare Configuration Proxy Service 9010 Authentication service 9012 Xsquare Listener Addin 9015 Xsquare Workflow Host Service opened by the Xsquare Workflow setup 9016 Xsquare Workflow Gateway Service opened by the Xsquare Gateway setup 48888 NotificationCenter opened by the NotificationCenter setup 50000 TCP for the LinX connection management 50100 to 50108 UDP for the LinX exchanges of commands On XTAccess device e 9000 For XTAccess e 9005 XTA config Note it is not possible to modify those port numbers B2. STATUS SERVICE Endpoint http localhost 9002 StatusService Modification type GetStatusByInternalCode Add InvalidSource and InvalidVarld statuses DEFAULT TEMPLATE Endpoint http localhost 9002 StatusService no change O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 14 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE BUGS FIXED e XSQ 1578 Jobs stuck with XServer is busy status in Xsquare e XSQ 1596 Unicode problem in the monitoring of Xsquare e XSQ 1591 No hint if duplicated job processors leading to unexpected behavior O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 15 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE GENERAL XSQUARE LIMITATIONS ASSOCIATION TOOL e Tobe able to associate XTAccess to Xsquare they must be on the same VLAN e XTAccess and Xsquare hostname must follow the DNS naming convention and contain only the ASCII letters a through z in a case insensitive manner the digits 0 through 9 and the hyphen e The Apple Bonjour protocol used to discover the XTAccess and Xsquare must be started before Xsquare and XT Access e Xsquare could have some difficulty to discover all the XT Access if there are two network boards activated in two different VLAN on Xsquare computer XSQUARE SERVICE MONITORING TOOL e On Windows 7 64 bits to be able to use the Xsquare Monitoring tool and restart services it could be
3. Page 21 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE GENERAL XTACCESS LIMITATIONS OPERATING SYSTEM e tis necessary to set the UAC to the lower level to use XTAccess on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 e We requirement to deactivate the Areo mode on windows 7 and Server 2008 NLE SETTINGS e General o Export PL TL EVS recommends opening the FCP EDL XML or Avid EDL AAF only when all the child backups are done Otherwise the NLE Apple FCP or Avid Media Composer will not update the growing media in their timelines o The EVS metadata present in the EDL exported from a PL TL are the metadata of the original clip and not the metadata of the backuped file which could be different new Varld new duration new In point etc e Adobe NLE o Tobe able to see the EVS metadata in Adobe premiere through the XMP file It is necessary to copy the EVS schema in this folder Windows C Users nomdutilisateur AppData Roaming Adobe XMP Custom File Info Panels 4 0 custom Mac Home Directory Library Application Support Adobe XMP Custom File Info Panels 4 0 custom You can contact suppori evs com to ask the EVS schema for Adobe o The XMP metadata file doesn t support complex XML structure So some EVS metadata are not available in the XMP metadata file e FCPNLE o The delay between the EVS XT server Live and first picture available in FinalCutPro 7 is 15 seconds tests done in DVCPRO HD NTSC and IMX NTSC o T
4. The Xsquare computer can access another computer with only one user e The move job if the scanfolder job is failed will not work if the source file is still growing O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 17 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE XTACCESS CONFIGURATION THOUGH XSQUARE e XTGateway will be configured by default to be able to do 4 operations of playlist rendering at the same time It will be impossible to change this configuration from Xsquare The modification of the XTGateway configuration must be done manually on each XTGateway in the configuration window e The following parameters will not be available in the Xsquare configuration interface So if necessary these parameters will have to be configured manually on each XTAccess registry keys Max Log size In MB Default 2 IP Retry Default 12 IP Retry timeout Default 5000 Enable Retry Default 1 MinFieldsToWriteBeforeReflnCEDB Default 1000 GENERAL LIMITATION AND INSTALLATION e Xsquare 3 1 or upper is only compatible with the SQL Toolkit 6 10 07 or upper e Xsquare could take up to 5 minutes to detect a new EVS server on the network So we recommend forcing manually Xsquare to discover the EVS servers after each modification example EVS Server reboot on the setup Force discover Last discover 16 05 2013 14 18 44 Discovered servers 0 e With SQL Express 2005 The Xsquare DB is limi
5. V gt Monitoring Job lInitiators Configuration Administration Corporate Headquarters 32 4 361 7000 Orchestration K Users amp Access North amp Latin America Headquarters 1 973 575 7811 Xsquare Suite 3 5 Release Note October 2015 1 0 Msquare E EVS Servers ScanFolders ScanXML instructions XML jobs A D Job Templates Encoders Wrappers Labels profiles tit Groups Parameters Asia amp Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters Available at 852 2914 2501 www evs com contact VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 mmm RELEASE NOTE ERS pre eil EE H EVS COMPLIANCE RE 5 WUER 5 POIRE C TOR EE 5 ISG EA E AE E S E E EE AE E AN EEA A A E E E E E E E 5 3RD PARTY COMPLIANCE MATRIX 6 PWN WEE 6 Pe EE 6 RE 6 SOFTWARE INSTALLA TION E 7 SA ee 7 OPERATING SYSTEM COMPLIANG Evi sisstahcosedecezarasiteteicacectincietsstesitcecabadestestoncaceuvacuetaewcostexsatocessareceatesteedsex 7 HARDWARE WHERE CAN I INSTALL XSQUARE AND STAC CES 9 lee 11 NEW SGOUAEFEEATURHET 12 OVERWRITE VARID POLICY ER 12 AVID INTERPLAY URIDEEINITTION 13 MODIFICATION IN THE XSQUARE Al 14 E E aia ee EN 15 GENERAL e EEN EUREN 16 ASSOCIA HON WOO EE 16 XSQUARE SERVICE MONITORING TOO E 16 XAOQUARE JOBS AND TEMPLATES sesiis ern ege 16 ei CEA dE 17 X SOUARE SCANF OLDER E 17 NEW ATAOCESS FEATURE EE 20 SUPPORT OF ANCILLARY DATA IN BACKUP RESTORE MXF ObRIA 20 SONY XAVO NATIVE eege 20 LES EEE eee eee ae 21 fee Tr
6. are based on XTAccess workstation date and time not on XT date and time e tis not allowed to open edit or process a file stored in an XTAccess Scan folder XTAccess will not be able to access the file and could generate errors e Backup File Name Format String XTAccess is not able to handle special characters like the IV j lt gt in a string e Progress current TC in IPD is not available for the Copy XT to XT and with the Avid transfer The progress bar is available O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 24 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE e In Hi Lo mode you need to use VCodec or GUID to do the difference between the two backuped clips and XML e K1 K2 etc take the XT keyword with maximum 12 characters and not the IPD Keyword with 64 characters e lf the backup rewrap fails because the target becomes unreachable i e network failure the incomplete a v file CANNOT be deleted O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 25 of 25
7. ly Aes E E P E E E A E EEE E EE E S S E E E EN GENERAL EE RR E 22 OPERA FING Oo Lee 22 KIK 22 INS GO TIN EE 23 SE 23 O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 2 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE RENDERING cccccccecccececcecececccecuececuececueaecueaecueaeceeaesecueaecuuaecauaucaeaesueaesecaeaecuesecueaesseaeseeaeseeaeneeaeaecanaesass 24 MAC PRO OS 10 9 MAVERICKS cccccscsesecececececececececeseseseecececevevevevevevevevevevevevavavavavavavaveveveverenenenenenenen 24 AYRES Ge cy I B29 E aren mee a A E E a nn E E Ea Cnn Sn Cer ae eee 24 O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 3 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE LIST OF DOCUMENTS Release notes e Xsquare_ReleaseNote_v3 05 pdf Release note of Xsquare Suite e XTAccess_Codecs_v 3 05 pdf List of codecs amp wrappers compatible with XTAccess for wrapping decoding and encoding UserMan e Xsquare_installman_v3 05 pdf document which explains how to install Xsquare e Xsquare_Userman_v3 05 pdf user manual for Xsquare similar to the Xsquare online help available from the web interface TechDoc These documents are only available on request Please contact support evs com for more information e How to migrate from XTAccess to Xsquare pdf document which explains how to migrate from XTAccess to Xsquare e Xsquare Automatic redundancy system pdf documen
8. the job If you plan to switch from XTAccess ScanXML to Xsquare ScanXML we strongly recommend testing your XML Job files to ensure the differences of behaviors are not blocking e The tag lt Job Src_Field Nb gt is not supported anymore e The lt Job Src_Field_TC gt value must represent a timecode less than 24 hours If it s not the case please use timecodes with dates Job_Src_Field_ DTC e Job Delete _Src_File After Job Job Move Grc bie After Job are not supported e XML jobs of grab are rejected if a template is associated to the scanXml Grab XML job must be used without template in Xsquare e tis recommended not to exceed 40 xml units in Xsquare We know that since Xsquare is used in conjuction with IPDirector there is a tendency to define one xml unit per IPDirector target instead of pointing several targets to the same xml unit While this might seem like good practice a high number of xml units will put a lot of stress on both Xsquare and PDirector If you really need to define more than 40 xml units please contact Xsquare evs com XSQUARE SCANFOLDER e The scan folder source must be a shared folder on the network UNC Path and the Scan Folder service must have Read Write access on it e f you want to be sure that the local XTAccess of the source watch folder will execute the job you will have to create a Removable cluster e It is impossible to access different UNC path from the same computer with different Windows User
9. 5 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 5 of 25 SS MS 3 PARTY COMPLIANCE MATRIX This version of Xsquare has been tested with these versions of 3 parties AVID Interplay e Interplay 3 3 e Interplay 3 2 e Interplay 3 1 e Interplay 3 0 5 e Interplay 3 0 e Interplay 2 7 5 Media Composer e MediaComposer 7 7 02 7 03 7 04 e MediaComposer 8 8 2 8 3 APPLE e FCP 7 e FCP X 10 1 3 on Mavericks Mac OS X 10 9 ADOBE e Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 2 8 2 e Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 9 0 Please contact Xsquare evs com for more information O Fettweis File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE 21 oct 15 Page 6 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION See Installation Manual for details of the installation procedure XSQUARE SUITE Xsquare is shipped within a package called Xsquare Suite including EVS applications and third parties software EVS software included in the Xsquare Suite Version Notification Center 2 1 22 same version then in 3 4 Authentication Service 3 5 3 new version since the 3 4 release Xsquare Workflow Gateway 3 5 1 new version since the 3 4 release Xsquare Workflow Host 3 5 1 Xsquare 3 5 6 new version since the 3 4 release XTGateway 3 5 11 new version since the 3 4 release new version since the 3 4 release AssociationTool 3 5 1 new version since the 3 4 release
10. ROADCAST ROUTING Your router must support packet broadcast and multicast routing on these ports e 5353 for the Apple Bonjour Protocol e 50000 to 50002 for the LinX Protocol e 50100 to 50108 for the LinX Protocol O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 8 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE HARDWARE WHERE CAN I INSTALL XSQUARE AND XTACCESS The minimum system requirement for XT Access and Xsquare is e Server hardware not workstation CPU Intel i5 4GB RAM 8GB Ram is recommended GigE board VGA 1024x768 At least 2GB free on the hard disk For system critical applications Real time XTAccess stream Xsquare on redundant system etc It is recommended to use EVS hardware EVS Xsquare hardware e 3U 19 frame redundant PSU 2 x GigE e 2x Intel Xeon Hexa Core CPU 12GB RAM Windows Server 2008 R2 SQL 2008 Standard Edition e 3x300GB SAS RAID5 for DB 2x300GB SAS RAID1 for system 1x300GB SAS hot spare EVS XTAccess hardware 1U 19 rack with redundant power supply redundant system disks Dual Hexa Core CPU 8 GB RAM Windows7 64 bit 2x 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 1x VGA out 1x USB2 in front 2x USB2 on rear XSQUARE SUITE STANDALONE e XTAccess and Xsquare can run on the same computer but if XTAccess performs transcoding jobs Xsquare may be slower than expected If Xsquare is used to manage more than 4 XTAccess devices Orchestrator we strongly recommen
11. _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 16 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE e The retry of the job is done with the information of the original job If the user changes the template used in the job the new template will not be used in the retry job except if Xsquare has rebooted between the original job and the retry XSQUARE SCAN XML e The Scan XML source must be a shared folder on the network UNC path and the Scan XML service must have Read Write access on it e No new features will be added in the XMLJobs v1 protocol The new features will only be available via Jobs v2 and or templates e Previously XTAccess allowed to use the same XML scan folder setting XML unit for the job to XT and to Files Now with Xsquare users will have to create two watch folders with two different templates or define no Xsquare template So the default XML unit of IPD must be correctly configured in Xsquare e Xsquare will not support anymore the old IPDirectorClipInfos tag in the EVS Metadata e It is impossible to access different UNC path from the same computer with different Windows User The Xsquare computer can access another computer with only one user e Due to the total new implementation of the ScanXML service there might be slight differences of behaviors between Xsquare and XT Access ScanXML For example if a required element is missing in a Job v1 or its value is incorrect XTAccess may use default value while Xsquare may reject
12. abled After pressing OK you have to restart SQL Server service O O O 23 O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 19 of 25 VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 mmm RELEASE NOTE NEW XTACCESS FEATURES 4 gt XTAccess v3 5 4 60 MONITORING MODE SN 25570 EEF v 5 5 4 61 Reporting Connected wl1400081 NickName WL1400081 Group Defaul Status Clip File Destination Connected to Xsquare WL1400081 Connected to Bonjour SUPPORT OF ANCILLARY DATA IN BACKUP RESTORE MXF OP1A XTAccess 3 5 will preserve all the ancillary data in Backup Restore MXF OP1A Ancillary data supported not exhaustive list e SMPTE 2020 dolbyE audio information e Source ID e SMPTE 12M SMPTE 309M date only in HD Limitation e Ancillary data are not conserved in XDCAM e Ancillary data are not conserved in 4K SSM TwinRec and 3D mode SONY XAVC NATIVE SUPPORT XTAccess 3 5 can backup and restore natively Sony XAVC Intra media from to EVS Server in Multicam 14 01 Codec and Format e 1080p PAL and NTSC 200 Mbps e 1080i PAL and NTSC 100 Mbps Wrappers e Sony MXF OP1A e Avid MXF OPATOM e EVS MXF e QT not supported O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 20 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE Jobs Supported e Backup restore Backup restore with transcoding Decoding in the SWP clips and files Rewrap Rew
13. d re import the media from Interplay in order to place the short out anchor in the right location in the viewer Limitation of Avid Media Composer o 835613 It is only possible to use the lt General_Infos gt and lt Clips_Infos gt XML tags in the Avid Tape TRANSCODING e XTAccess doesn t support job which starts with a bottom field In the job the TC In must always be a Top field e 23834 it is necessary to configure the target resolution to 720P to do rendering of playlist in progressive mode e 35675 IMX 30 IMX 40 and IMX 50 are considered as different codec for XTAccess So the smartrendering is not working between these IMX Bitrates BACKUP e Backup of clips with 32 audios e Growing clips without out point are not supported by XTAccess e lf the backup paths are not exactly the same for example C Video Toto mxf is different than Xstore601 70 Video Toto mxf the XTAccess auto incrementation 1 2 3 etc of the filename is not working We recommend to use GUID in the file name format string in IPD to be sure that there will never be two times the same file created simultaneously by XTAccess e 31464 XTAccess doesn t create FCP XML file in case of backup of 3D clips e XTAccess doesn t reference OPAtom files in Avid Interplay in case of backup of 3D clips e 37057 TCINDATE and TCOUTDATE FileNameFormatString option don t work for the rewrap jobs O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _Re
14. d using a specific computer to run Xsquare EVS App Server e lf you want to use Xsquare with redundancy system for the DB you will have to use the EVS DB 3U or 2U hardware the DB can be shared with IPD see below XSQUARE SUITE ON IPDIRECTOR HARDWARE OR IPDIRECTOR DB e Xsquare XTAccess and PDirector can be installed on the same computer In this case we recommend using XT Access to process maximum 2 jobs without transcoding at the same time possibly with thumbnails e As Xsquare uses the same redundancy mechanism as IPDirector SQL Databases it is possible to install Xsquare on the same DB as the IPD DB But please first contact the EVS Support to check if the DB will be powerful enough O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 9 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE e f Xsquare has to process more than 1 job every 2 seconds we strongly recommend using the new EVS DB hardware with more than 4 GB of memory DBS3 2D INTEL NETWORK BOARD DRIVER If you are using a network board with the Intel chipset 82574 on your XTAccess Xsquare Hardware this is the default network board chipset on EVS XTAccess hardware we recommend upgrading the Intel driver to the version 18 1 or above O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 10 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE LICENSES XSQUARE e No XSecure license is required to r
15. e VarlD is changed e This option is only working from Multicam 14 00 e The VarlD must only contain ASCII characters and cannot end by spaces e The restore job will fail if the clip to delete is already loaded on a PGM AVID INTERPLAY URI DEFINITION Interplay Check In Interplay User LoginInterplay Password Web Service Host http ip port services Assets Interplay URI interplay Workgroup Incoming Media The Avid Interplay URI can now be defined directly next to the destination path in the Target ScanFolder and ScanXML interface This will allow you to use the same Xsquare template to create several different Avid Interplay targets The Avid Interplay URI can still be defined in the Template but Xsquare will use by priority the value defined in this new option O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 13 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE MODIFICATION IN THE XSQUARE API MODIFICATION OVERVIEW Fill and key support has been introduced Clip override policy has been modified to handle clips with the same VarlD XSQUARE JOB SERVICE Endpoint http localhost 9002 XsquareJobService All job operations Changed the type of A new attribute called ClipOverwritePolicy has been added on clip Tranfer Grab the argument destination to handle clip collisions possible values are Preserve Update job DestClip default and OverwriteBasedOnVarlD
16. he Matrix of metadata for FCP is only working for the clips metadata not for the EDL e Avid NLE o The EVS Avid tools 3 9 X in ingest are not compatible with XTAccess 3 XX o Itis impossible to update a backup of train in Avid XDCAM OPATOM and Avid H264 proxy in these situations no problem with the others codecs wrappers If the initial duration was lt 2h and the update gt 2h If the initial duration was gt 2h and the update gt that the initial duration O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 22 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE o The delay between the EVS XT server Live and first picture available in MediaComposer is 20 seconds for the video and 30 seconds for the audio tests done in DVCPRO HD NTSC and IMX NTSC o When browsing a growing EWC media sometimes Media Composer displays FILE OTHER instead of the video The file must be refreshed by double clicking on the clip in Media Composer bin o Message PMM_INSUFFICIENT MEDIA in Media Composer when a media is updated and stretched the duration is longer than the original one It is not possible to increase the duration of a media sent to Avid Note reducing the duration of the media is OK see limitation below anyway o When updating the duration of the media in Interplay with a shorter duration the new short out is correctly updated but you need the delete the clip from the Media Composer bin an
17. leaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 23 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE RENDERING e Werecommend doing a maximum of two renderings of playlist in AVC Intra 100 at the same time otherwise memory overflow could happen e 36164 XTAccess can use a lot of memory to decode QT files due to the QT structure e 838861 XTAccess will not render the audio of one element SLSM All Frames in an EDL e 39025 The EDL rendering in DNxHD with a no video element as first element is not working MAC PRO OS 10 9 MAVERICKS e Issues were reported while transferring media to from Mac OS X Mavericks typically Encoder DLL Error This version of Mac OS A supports the SMB2 file transfer protocol that was introduced by Microsoft in Windows Vista in 2006 and later improved on Windows 7 It was reported that Apple SMB2 support was not fully compliant with the Microsoft implementation and we can reasonably expect Apple patches to solve this situation e Inthe meantime it s it strongly recommended to disable SMB2 on the client machine and force using SMB by running the following commands and then restarting Windows e Youcan also use CIFS connection to avoid trouble with SMB2 OCH Connect to Server Server Address E a Favorite Servers MISCELLANEOUS e Unicode amp ASCII extended Transfer of Unicode metadata to Avid Transfer Manager is not supported e Incase of backup of trains lt XT_Creation_Time gt tags
18. necessary to modify these parameters Run gt gpedit msc gt Computer Configuration gt Windows settings gt Security settings gt Local Policies gt Security Options o User Account Control Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode Prompt for credentials gt Elevate without prompting o User Account Control Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode Enable gt Disable o User Account Control Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation Enable gt Disable XSQUARE JOBS AND TEMPLATES e The multi destinations are available for all the jobs except for the Avid Transfer Engine jobs It is impossible to create jobs to Avid Transfer Engine with more than one destination e tis impossible to create more than one NLE referencing per destination e tis possible to reference up to two destinations to Xedio e The EVS Server PC LAN network board must be connected to the Network to use the auto codec detection mechanism e To use the auto codec detection it is necessary to have XTAccess Xsecure licenses e The auto codec detection will be run every 30 seconds on the network e The compulsory and keep partial parameters are not available for the EDL Clips job The EDL Clips job will always use compulsory true and keep partial false So if the EDL Clip job is canceled or fails XT Access will delete all the files created O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite
19. rap with transcoding Grab AutoGrab EDL rendering EDL export Limitations e The 720p files created by Xsquare XT Access are not 100 compatible with the XAVC Sony format and the EVS Server fix is planned in the next version The checkin and the creation of AAF file with Avid is not supported Super Slow Motion and 3D clips are not supported The EVS Avid tools and the EVS AMA plugin are not XAVC compatible Native XAVC support is only available with Multicam 14 01 MISC e Support of the DNxHD CCTV Format XTAccess 3 5 can create and restore DNxHD CCTV Opatom files e Integration of the new Avid AMT 2 12 4 966 Improvement in the XDCAM Avid OPATOM format BUGS FIXED e EEF 1274 AFN100 header not set correctly e EEF 1773 DNxHD 242x4 4K cannot be backuped to XAVC Intra 4K 300 MXF OP1A Sony e EEF 1830 Format Writer Failed when backup a SSLM Mpjeg in RealTile e EEF 1829 Dump when I backup a DNxHD SSLM RealTime e EEF 1804 Job stuck in XTAccess when processing H264 1080p25 MOV file e XTA 1867 Path sometimes not correctly mapped in Adobe EDL for MAC e XTA 1864 XTA doesn t catch the error on restore a clip with UmID present on the SDTI Network e XTA 1877 Xsquare doesn t reconnect to XTA after XTA s crash e XTA 1886 Media across midnight in EDL Clip gt Offline media in MC e EEF 1844 Bad field ordering for all frame real time slsm transoding O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx
20. t which explains how to create a redundancy system with Xsquare e How to create an Adobe Target pdf document which explains how to create an Adobe target with IPD e Avid Setup Guide v1 1 pdf Document which explains how configure Avid trarget through the Avid Webservices and the Avid ISIS client e Xsquare API documentation this document is only available on request Please contact Xsquare evs com for more information O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 4 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE EVS COMPLIANCE MATRIX MULTICAM e Multicam 14 01 e Multicam 14 00 e Multicam 12 05 e Multicam 12 02 only for Xfile3 XFlystreamer workflow CCast agent e Multicam 11 02 only for Xfile3 XFlystreamer workflow CCast agent IPDIRECTOR e IPD 7 00 e IPD 6 70 e IPD 6 60 e IPD 6 57 e Xsquare 3 X must be used with the SQL Toolkit 6 10 07 or upper otherwise the re indexation of the Xsquare DB 3 1 will fail e EVS Avid Tools 3 5 9 cannot be installed on XTAccess 3 X The ingest s workflows through Avid Transfer Engine are no longer supported EVS recommends using the integrated approach with Avid Webservices API or the AAF generation for all ingest workflows EVS to Avid e The XedioXTAccessIntegration dil compatible with Xsquare 3 5 is only compatible with the Xedio 4 70 not the previous versions Please contact Xsquare evs com for more information O Fettweis 21 oct 1
21. ted to 4GB It is not the case on SQL Server e The Xsquare installation could take time 20 minutes and ask for reboot if SQL express and the NET frameworks are not already installed on the computer e The SQL Express installer could ask to close the Xsquare suite setup In this case you can ignore the error and continue the installation e If you create several XTAccess with the same ghost it is necessary to remove this registry key HKEY CURRENT USER Software EVS Broadcast Equipment xXT Access XTAccessUUID in the original ghost This Key is created automatically at the first boot of XTAccess and must be unique e The web interface based on Silverlight is only compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer e tis not possible to downgrade Xsquare The upgrade is supported but not the downgrade If you want to downgrade you will have to delete completely the Xsquare DB SQL SERVER When SQL Server is already installed before Xsquare Suite install it is possible that it is not well configured especially when it comes from Visual Studio in dev machines O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 18 of 25 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE Some steps may or may not be required Make sure the Windows service is well configured In services msc the service SQL Server SQLEXPRESS or SQL Server MSSQLSERVER or other instance name should have Startup Type Automatic and be Started Some
22. times SQL Server Management studio is not installed This is not required but it is very useful for debug management TODO add links to SQL Server Management studio installer 32 64 and 2005 2008R2 SQL Server is not listening on network interfaces o Open Start Menu Programs Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server Configuration Manager o Open SQL Server Network Configuration gt Protocols for SQLEXPRESS or other instance name gt TCP IP Make sure Enabled has Yes Listen All has Yes o In IP Addresses make sure all required IPs have Active Yes Enabled Yes and IP Adress is right sometimes it is wrong o You have to restart the service SQL Server SQLEXPRESS or similar Make sure Mixed mode is activated Windows sa evs authentication If you have SQL server Management Studio go to instance properties gt Security gt SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode then restart SQL Server service From http www mssaltips com saglservertip 1441 correct the sql server authentication mode in the windows registry Make sure sa account Is activated Note Xsquare NC and Authentication installers may do this step for you if they can connect using Windows Authentication o Open SQL Server Management Studio connect SQL instance using Windows Authentication Open lt instance gt gt Security gt Logins gt sa gt Properties set evs in password and confirm password In Status make sure Permission is Grant and Login is En
23. un Xsquare in standalone mode ys E KEMEN 2 e No XSecure license is required when managing up to 4 XTAccess devices Msquare iw bh XT gl ol EE KT o XT Access e A basic XSecure license is required to manage from 5 to 19 XTAccess devices Application 130 Xsquare module 10 Base Package lt Xsquare amp K XT Access fr oF XT Access kr Ki XT Access E ab XT Access ny XT Access a e An unlimited XSecure license is required to manage 20 or more XTAccess devices Application 130 Xsquare module 20 Unilimited Engines XTACCESS An XSecure license is only required to e transcode files or clips e rendering playlists or timelines EDLs O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite _ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 11 of 25 VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE NEW XSQUARE FEATURES OVERWRITE VARID POLICY RESTORE JOB DELETE FILE SCHER File File There is a new overwrite policy option in the to EVS server destination template Destination Icon Same codec as the video source Same Codec as the destination EVS Server Choose Encoder Profile Destination ae l ae Destination Failure Mode Policy Abort all the job if this destination fails metadata Fess Create IPDirector referencing file IDs Auto grab Advanced A new dropdown is available in the advanced settings of EVS Server destinations By default
24. while attempting to restore a file to an EVS server if there s already a clip having the same VarlID than the file to restore the job will fail with the error 5515 VarlD already exists In that case the original clip is preserved on the EVS server and has to be deleted manually in order to be able to restore a file having same VarlD When selecting Overwrite based on VarlD Xsquare will e Update the VarlD of the existing clip with a temporary VarlD O Fettweis 21 oct 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote_v3 5 docx Page 12 of 25 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 05 06 RELEASE NOTE e Restore the file with the original VarlD e lf the restore is successful delete the original clip For any reason if the restore fails Xsquare will reassign the VarlD to the original clip This enables to replace a clip that is part of a playlist managed by IPDirector or 3rd parties by another version of the same clip without requiring to delete the clip on the server manually Limitations e Atleast one IPDirector needs to manage the EVS Servers because the link to the new clip is done by IPDirector No IPDirector means no relink of the new version Exception if the playout is managed with VDCP in that case there s no playlists to update so no IPD required e Incase of IPDirector Playlist holder workflow the original playlist has to be created with virtual clips otherwise the clip will be removed from the playlist as soon as th
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