Xsquare Suite 03.04.08 Release Notes
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1. 19 Favorites Name Date modified Type Size X WI Desktop L Job 101 23 12 05 2015 14 33 File folder J Downloads L Job 102 26 12 05 2015 14 43 File folder Dropbox JL Job_103_25 2 05 2015 14 33 File folder 3 iCloud Photos J job 10424 2 05 2015 1443 File folder Recent Places I Job_105_28 12 05 2015 14 43 File folder Job 106 27 2 05 2015 1443 File folder i Libraries JL Job 107 30 12 05 2015 1443 File folder gt Documents L Job 108 29 2 05 2015 1443 File folder Music L Job 109 32 2 05 2015 14 43 File folder Pictures kb Job 11031 12 05 2015 14 43 File folder d i Lk 18 items W RW Z fg O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 24 of 31 VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE BACKUP RESTORE PRORES 4K QT XTAccess 3 4 can backup and restore ProRes 4K T an EVS Server xT 3 M tt AE EEL E XTAccess XT3 in 4K l y XT3 in 4K Gut Apple 4K m Hesolution e 3840x2160 Video Bit rate 50P 60P e ProRes LT 684 821 Mbps NLE Compatibles e Avid MediaComposer 8 4 with the QT ama plugin e Adobe Premiere e FCPX Performances on EVS XTAccess 1U 2D hardware e Backup as fast as real time e Restore a little bit slower than real time Limitations e Transcoding to or from 4K only no resizing support No configuration for stereo mono 16 24 bits little endian big endian No Initial TC support No burn of timecode No max audio out managem2. 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 The Matrix of metadata for FCP is only working for the clips metadata not for the EDL e Avid
3. 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 IPDirector 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 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 20 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE XTACCESS CONFIGURATION THOUGH XSQUARE e XIGateway 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 X
4. all the EVS server which are on its VLAN It is now possible to add manually EVS Server to Xsquare Xsquare will then try to access it Add EVS Server manually EVS Server MTPC IP address 192 168 1 Save Cancel O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 13 of 31 VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE This new option is part of the rights than an user can have XServers Read Modify Create Update Hide Targets NEW SETTING TO ACTIVATE DESACTIVATE CREATION OF EVS XML SIDECAR FILE FOR THE SOURCE FILE WHEN USING XSQUARE SCANFOLDER Options Scan Mode Incomplete Growing Compatible Files Complete Files Wait until write access is possible Compare file size for change every Orchestration Max Jobs per Scan 6 Pre processing Create Metadata XML Post processing Move source file s to ScanFolder DONE Subfolder Move source file s to this folder Delete source file s There is a new setting in the Xsquare Scanfolder option to activate or not the auto creation of the EVS XML file next to the source file during the processing of Xsquare scanfolder job SINGLE PICTURE SUPPORT It is now possible to add a single picture as source in the File scanfolder Xsquare will manage it with the options which are present in the source graphical O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 14 of 31 VU XSQUARE SUITE
5. rewrap jobs O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 29 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 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 88861 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 X 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 eoo Connect to Server Server Address E 253 Favorite Servers MISCELLANEOUS e Unicode amp ASCII extended Transfer of Unicode metadata to Avid Transfer Manager is not suppor
6. 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE Template To ProRes 422 LT QTRef file X Source configuration EVS Server source selection for Multicam 12 or above To ProRes 422 LT QTRef file transcod Automatic The priority between the sources available on the EVS Server is first the XDCAM and then the Intra codecs XDCAM source only Intra DNxHD ProRes DVCPro HD etc source only Pre processing Graphical sequence Post processing d Fill And Key EDL sources Add Audio File Audio sources Sequence Duration 50 frames Graphical sources Video System SD HD PAL Interlaced Advanced Guardbands IN 0 frames OUT 0 frames Single source picture Add Audio File Sequence Duration 50 frames Video System SD HD PAL Interlaced Save As Cancel By default only these extension are considered as picture by Xsquare e BMP e PNG e Tiff e JPEG e JPG MODIFICATION IN THE XSQUARE API CHANGES IN RELEASE 3 4 Modification Overview We introduced some new operations to manage Xsquare parameters such as database or identification parameters A new type of source has been added It is called SourcePicture and allows to specify one picture jpeg png tiff as the source of a transfer job or transfer profile O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 15 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE We added the possibility to add an XServer which could not be detected automatically The typi
7. 3 48 Frm s XTAJobWorker exe 32 OFE 20 75 668 K XTAJobWorker exe 200 A C test o 19 69 24 72 Frm s XTAJobWorker exe 32 OFE 67 208K XTAJobWorker exe 200 4 C test o 19 05 26 38 Frm s XTAJobWorker exe 332 OFE dian 75 876 K XTAJobWorker exe SCUFKHOERUSUT SETEIEEE TI COUTERPER 200 4 C test o 20 59 31 94 Frm s LU 0 U g 200 ae goes B mon successful 200 C test in 00000 Destination successful SYSTEM 02 112K NT Kernel amp System 200 C test in 00000 Destination successful conhost exe OFE 01 1 324 K 200 C test in 00000 Destination successful SearchProtocolHost exe 32 OFE 01 908 K 200 C test in 00000 Destination successful taskmgr exe OFE 01 3 900 K Windows Task Manager sa ile Xsquare exe SYSTEM 01 151204K Xsquare Advantages e The jobs on the same XTAccess are completely independent If one job fails it will never disturb the others jobs which are running on the same XTAccess e Each job can reserve its own memory space e XIAccess will better use the memory available on the computer The logs of XTAccess have also been reorganized There is now one log folder per job with a history of 100 transfer jobs 2 e pu em e EC NH w 2 Computer gt OSDisk C EvsLogs XTAccess Jobs gt f Search Jobs K p Organize Include in library Share with New folder SS
8. E 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 recommend using a specific computer to run Xsquare EVS App Server e f 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 IPDirector can be installed on the same computer In this case we recommend using XTAccess
9. EEN 28 KRANSCODIN G oee E N ee ee 29 STE 29 EE 30 MAC PRO OS 10 9 MAVERICKS wc 0c c0 20ccateeesnnccestencateceensenenteccenencccaeeetscsesecnensneesdeedstessendeccedvadeteceseanes 30 le NG H 30 O Fettweis 3 aout 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 3 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE LIST OF DOCUMENTS Release notes e Xsquare ReleaseNote v3 04 pdf Release note of Xsquare Suite e XTAccess Codecs 3 04 pdf List of codecs amp wrappers compatible with XTAccess for wrapping decoding and encoding UserMan e Xsquare installman 3 4 pdf document which explains how to install Xsquare e Xsquare_userman_3_4 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 XT Access to Xsquare e Xsquare Automatic redundancy system pdf document 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 P
10. ENAME READ AND WRITE XTAccess 3 4 can read and write filename in Unicode It is not necessary anymore to configure windows in the right local page Configuration Orchestration default A Filename Encoding Mode vedio Group WL1400081 25570 T itil 20 02 2017 Local JefaultGroup Unicode Local ASCII The filename encoding mode is configurable per XTAccess in the Xsquare Orchestration page e Unicode XTAccess writes files in unicode e Local XTAccess writes files with the same characters than the global local page setting of Windows e ASCII XTAccess writes files only with ASCII characters Limitations O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 23 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE e he smooth streaming destination filename must be in ASCII e The avid Interplay in web service referencing doesn t support well the filename in Unicode We recommend to use filename in ASCI for exemple by using the GUID in Xsquare e The Xedio Referencing with Unicode filename is only supported with the version 4 70 of the Xedio XTACCESS MULTIPROCESS XTAccess 3 4 creates one process per job File Options View Help Applications Processes Services Performance Networking Users Image Name User Name CPU Memory P Description XTAJobWorker exe 32 OFE 26 76 312K XTAJobWorker exe FrameRate C test o 200 14 35 1
11. 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 fthe 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 28 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 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 and re import the media from Interplay in order to place the short out anchor in the right location
12. OTE 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 BROADCAST 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 3 ao0ut 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 8 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE HARDWARE WHERE CAN I INSTALL XSQUAR
13. OURCE FILE WHEN USING XSQUARE GCANFOUDER nennen nnnm nnne nnns 14 INGLE PIC POR PROG t 14 MODIFICATION IN THE XSQUARE Al 19 CHANGES IN RELEASE 3 4 eene retener ttt tt tt t t t t s 15 MODIFSICATIORFOVERWVIEVM auci uni detentus E wees eee cee sane istius Ed tubo 15 XSOUARE JOB SERVICE 16 XSQUARE CONFIGURATION SERVICE 2 0 0 0 ccccccccesecceceeeeeeceeseeeeceeeceesaaeeeessaeeeesseecesseeeeeessaeeeesaaeees 16 CONFIGURATION PROX Ae 17 PUGO NA TR e 18 GENERAL XSQUARE LIMITATIONS EEN 19 PSS OS ATON o tel EE 19 XOQUARE SERVICE MONITORING TOOL essiri drei E 19 XSQUARE JOBS AND TEMPEAT ES anota tno inde na uic bn meu kon Qn Ue Ge numina aie muc san estan eier eru vans 19 XSQUARE SCAN PIU m 20 XSQUARE SCANFOEDE 20 NEW XTACCESS FEATURES 1 s eeeseeeeseeen nennen nennen nhan nnn nnn nns na nnn nn nna nnn 23 O Fettweis 3 aout 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 2 of 31 VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE SUPPORT UNICODE FILENAME READ AND WHIIE nnne 23 DOT PS Se E RK acta E 24 BACKUP RESTORE PRORES 4K QM RE 25 ENCODING SONY XAVC LONG OP Licinium detinet eege 26 DECODE PANASONIC AVC ULTRA LONG GO 26 10 Eos kd TR ERNFERWERRERNEON CENE A NOR DE ORO ONU NEN ES S GENERAL AR ERR RE E 28 Oe ING Ve EE 28 MCE SETTING
14. T Access kr Ki XT Access E D XT Access m XT Access a e Anunlimited 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 11 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE BUGS FIXED BETWEEN THE VERSION 3 4 7 AND 3 4 8 XTA 1810 XTAccess crashes sometime in backup AVC Intra H264 LowRes Bugs fixed to allow Integration between Xsquare 3 4 and Xedio 4 70 EEF 1698 MXF OP1a UK DPP files are created without audio XTA 1811 XTAccess blocks with edit countaining vizrt tag NEW XSQUARE FEATURES XSQUARE NICKNAME f Monitoring Job Initiators Configuration Administration License vanuiy zu ievr 2017 Logged in as Adminis Administration Parameters e Database Nickname My Xsquare 2 Identification Allows assigning a nickname to the Xsquare application When a nickname is assigned it appears in the title bar of the Xsquare web interface which makes it convenient to manage several Xsquare applications at the same time AUTOMATIC PURGE The automatic purge process will maintain the Xsquare SQL database by removing automatically the old jobs This purge will avoid to explode the SQL database size The configuration of the Xsquare a
15. TGateway 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 P 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 limited 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 XTAccess XTAccessUUID in the original ghost This Key is created automatically at the first boot of XTAcces
16. VI Monitoring Bleleliniiuiziueln 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 4 Helease Note July 2015 1 2 Msquare E EVS Servers ScanFolders ScanXML instructions XML jobs A Lj 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 04 08 RELEASE NOTE fe 44 ti p 9 9 t 4 EVS COMPLIANCE MATRIX 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 PSA ee 7 OPERATING SYSTEM COMPLIANG E uentos nsau traut itor a ern anben tectae eina ie bas a ea oth eeu ce e qa reet ente 7 HARDWARE WHERE CAN I INSTALL XSQUARE AND STAGE 9 UGEN E sss asc 11 BUGS FIXED BETWEEN THE VERSION 3 4 7 AND 3 4 8 ees 12 NEW XSQUARE FEATURES ettet 12 RSQUARE e erg 12 AUTONATI 93 29 C E 12 USE EVS SERVERS WHICH ARE LOCATED ON A DIFFERENT VLAN THAN XSQUARE 13 NEW SETTING TO ACTIVATE DESACTIVATE CREATION OF EVS XML SIDECAR FILE FOR THE S
17. cal use for this is when the XServer is not located on the same VLAN Configuration element from type JobProcessorDto is deprecated since version 3 0 because JobProcessorConfigurationDto has also been deprecated ConfigurationDictionary element should be used instead Configuration was still populated for backward compatibility matters From version 3 4 Configuration element wil not always be provided The reason is that we added a new FilenameEncodingMode Unicode When a job processor will be configured with a FilenameEncodingMode set to Unicode element Configuration will not be provided Of course ConfigurationDictionary element will always be provided with all configuration properties Note that function GetDefaultProcessorConfiguration has also been deprecate in version 3 0 Use GetDefaultProcessorConfigurationDictionary instead XSQUARE JOB SERVICE Endpoint http ocalhost 9002 XsquareJobService been added extension of SourceAbstract XSQUARE CONFIGURATION SERVICE Endpoint http localhost 9002 XsquareConfigurationService We added 3 properties to the XServerDto Specified ID and RowVersion Specified is set to true for XServer added using the SaveXServer operation ID is the internal ID of the XServer RowVersion is used for avoiding concurrent changes Changed the type GetXServers XServerDto Save XServer Currently this operation is only used to add a XServer that has not been discovered or to force the update of the
18. d 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 mssgltips com sglservertip 1441 correct the sgl 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 oet evs in password and confirm password In Status make sure Permission is Grant and Login is Enabled After pressing OK you have to restart SQL Server service O O O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 22 of 31 VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE NEW XTACCESS FEATURES gt XTAccess v3 4 6 84 MONITORING MODE IN 25570 EEF v 5 4 6 122 Reporting Connected wl1400081 NickName WL1400081 Group DefaultGroup Win 6 1 Admi Source Clip File Destination FrameRate ByteRate Start Time Connected to Xsquare WL1400081 Connected to Bonjour SUPPORT UNICODE FIL
19. e FCP X 10 1 3 on Mavericks Mac OS X 10 9 ADOBE e Adobe Premiere Pro CC 7 2 2 build 27 e Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 2 8 2 Please contact Xsquare evs com for more information O Fettweis File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE 3 ao t 15 Page 6 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 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 new version since the 3 3 release Xsquare Workflow Host 3 4 1 new version since the 3 3 release Xsquare 3 4 8 new version since the 3 3 release XTGateway 3 4 11 new version since the 3 3 release AssociationTool 3 4 0 new version since the 3 3 release Other software included in the Version Xsquare suite Bonjour Service 3 0 0 NET framework 4 5 4 5 50938 SQL Server Express 9 0 4035 Silverlight 32 and 64 bits 5 1 30214 VC Redist 2010 32 and 64 bits 10 0 40219 OPERATING SYSTEM COMPLIANCE Xsquare 3 4 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 7 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE N
20. e 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 Touse 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 19 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 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 J
21. ecated and might not always be provided even for XTA processor 3 ao t 15 Page 18 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 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 necessary to modify these parameters Run gt gpedit msc gt Computer Configuration gt Windows settings gt Security settings gt Local Policies 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 ar
22. ent No audio matrixing No read in SWP XViewer No Grab jobs e No AutoGrab jobs e No3D and SLSM mode O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 25 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE ENCODING SONY XAVC LONG GOP Encoding of Sony XAVC Long GOP HD 50Mbps MXF OP1a e Supported resolutions 720p 1080i 1080p e Supported video bitrate 50Mbps only e Supported frame rates 50i 59 94i 50p and 59 94p e Supported workflows Transcoding as source or destination viewable in a player Limitations e No realtime support when transcoding to Sony XAVC Long GOP HD 50Mbps MXF OP1a DECODE PANASONIC AVC ULTRA LONG GOP Decode AVC Ultra LongGOP Class from ENG Camera OP 1B e Supported resolutions 720p 1080i 1080p e Supported classes G50 G25 G12 G6 e Supported frame rates 50i 59 94i 50p and 59 94p e Supported workflows Decoding as source viewable in a player Limitations e he AVC Ultra media must be opened through the XML file and not directly the MXF video file O Fettweis 3 ao0t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 26 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE BUGS FIXED EEF 1695 Backup of XDCAM essence in OPATOM gt audio and video not synchronized avid standalone only O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 27 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE GENERAL XTACCESS LIMITATIONS
23. ilable paramaters SetParameters CachedJobCount Maximum jobs available in the Xsquare monitoring cache Delete Xserver O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 17 of 31 VS GetParameters All operations dealing with TransferProfile GetJobTemplates GetJobTemplateByld GetTargets GetTargetByld GetScanFolders GetScanFolderByld GetXmlScans GetXmlScanByld All operations dealing with JobProcessorDto PublicGetJobProcessors PublicGetJobProcessorsByTypes GetJobProcessors GetClusters GetDefaultProcessorConfiguration SaveJobProcessorConfiguration BUGS FIXED A new element called SourcePicture has been added Deprecated properties in the type JobProcessorDto e No important bugs corrected in version 3 4 O Fettweis File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE ArchivedJobCountThreshold Maximum jobs saved in the Xsquare SQL database EnableDeleteSuccessfullGrab Nickname Used to identify Xsquare Get parameters value Available paramaters CachedJobCount Maximum jobs available in the Xsquare monitoring cache ArchivedJobCountThreshold Maximum jobs saved in the Xsquare SQL database EnableDeleteSuccessfullGrab Nickname Used to identify Xsquare A new element called SourcePicture has been added to element Sources which is a member of TransferProfile Configuration element from type JobProcessorDto is depr
24. in the viewer Limitation of Avid Media Composer o 835613 It is only possible to use the General Infos and Clips Infos 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 We recommend doing maximum two transcodings in AVC intra at the same time otherwise memory overflow could append Please contact EVS support to limit the Max Transcoding Job 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 f 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
25. lease contact Xsquare evs com for more information O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 4 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE EVS COMPLIANCE MATRIX MULTICAM 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 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 dll compatible with Xsquare 3 4 is only compatible with the Xedio 4 70 not the previous versions Please contact Xsquare evs com for more information O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 5 of 31 WVE 3 PARTY COMPLIANCE MATRIX Xsquare 3 4 has been tested with these versions of 3 parties 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 e Interplay 2 7 Media Composer e MediaComposer 7 7 02 7 03 7 04 e MediaComposer 8 58 2 8 3 APPLE e FCP 7
26. obs 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 t 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 XTAccess 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 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 hetag Job Src Field Nb is not supported anymore e he Job Src Field TC 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 Src File 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
27. properties of a XServer that has been previously added with this operation When SaveXServer adding an XServer only MTPC address and the ID are required the ID must be set to 0 Other properties are not taken into account Finally note that when adding an XServer the property Specified is set to true Delete XServer by XServer identifier Note that only XServer that has been added using the SaveXServer operation can be deleted in other word the property Specified must be set to true SetParameters Set paramaters value Available paramaters O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 DeleteXserver File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 16 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE CachedJobCount Maximum jobs available in the Xsquare monitoring cache ArchivedJobCountThreshold Maximum jobs saved in the Xsquare SQL database EnableDeleteSuccessfullGrab Nickname Used to identify Xsquare Get parameters value Available paramaters CachedJobCount Maximum jobs available in the Xsquare monitoring cache GetParameters ArchivedJobCountThreshold Maximum jobs saved in the Xsquare SQL database EnableDeleteSuccessfullGrab Nickname Used to identify Xsquare All operations dealing with TransferProfile etJobTemplates GetJobTemplateByld new element called SourcePicture has been GetJobT lates GetJobT lateByld Gg A t called S Picture has b GetScanFolders GetScanFolderByid SourcePicture has PPS norte Pio
28. s and must be unique e he web interface is compatible with all Internet browsers compatibles with Silverlight except Google chrome on Apple OS 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 O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 21 of 31 Fa VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE 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 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 Sometimes 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 an
29. ted e In case of backup of trains XT Creation Time tags are based on XTAccess workstation date and time not on XT date and time e It is 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 I 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 30 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 31 of 31
30. 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 9 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 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 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 10 of 31 Fees VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE LICENSES XSQUARE e No XSecure license is required to run Xsquare in standalone mode ys E KEMEN 2 e No XSecure license is required when managing up to 4 XTAccess devices Msquare w Ke AT ZCCeee Kr Ke AT AN ot ol I 1 All 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 f oF X
31. urces wien s a member ol GetXmlScans GetXmlScanByld All operations dealing with JobProcessorDto PublicGetJobProcessors PublicGetJobProcessorsByTypes GetJobProcessors GetClusters GetDefaultProcessorConfiguration SaveJobProcessorConfiguration A new element Configuration element from type JobProcessorDto is deprecated and might not always be provided even for XTA processor properties in the type JobProcessorDto CONFIGURATION PROXY SERVICE Endpoint http ocalhost 9004 XsquareProxyService We added 3 properties to the XServerDto Specified ID and RowVersion Specified is set to true for XServer added using the SaveXServer operation ID is the internal ID of the XServer RowVersion is used for avoiding concurrent changes Changed the type GetXServers XServerDto Save XServer Currently this operation is only used to add a XServer that has not been discovered or to force the update of the properties of a XServer that has been previously added with this operation When SaveXServer adding an XServer only MTPC address and the ID are required the ID must be set to 0 Other properties are not taken into account Finally note that when adding an XServer the property Specified is set to true Delete XServer by XServer identifier Note that only XServer that has been added using the SaveXServer operation can be deleted in other word the property Specified must be set to true Set paramaters value Ava
32. utomatic purge is available in the Xsquare parameters page in the database section O Fettweis 3 ao t 15 File name Xsquare Suite ReleaseNote v3 4 docx Page 12 of 31 VU XSQUARE SUITE 3 04 08 RELEASE NOTE Administration Parameters e Maximum jobs available in the Xsquare monitoring cache 10000 Identification Maximum jobs saved in the Xsquare SQL database 10000 X Save successfull grab job in the SQL database and Xsquare monitoring cache Parameters e Maximum jobs available in the Xsquare monitoring cache Specifies the maximum number of jobs that can be displayed in the Job Monitoring window When this number is exceeded the oldest jobs are removed from the Job Monitoring window The default and recommended minimum value is 10 000 e Maximum jobs available in the Xsquare SQL database Specifies the maximum number of jobs saved in the Xsquare SQL database An automatic database purge of old jobs is performed every two minutes to prevent any impact on Xsquare performances The default value is 100 000 The recommended minimum value is 10 000 and always needs to be higher than the max jobs available in the monitoring cache e Save successful Grab job in the SQL database and Xsquare monitoring cache When checked the successful grab jobs are kept in the database and monitoring cache The default value is Yes USE EVS SERVERS WHICH ARE LOCATED ON A DIFFERENT VLAN THAN XSQUARE By default Xsquare will automatically discover
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