Application Note - C-Cast - 3.2
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1. 2 2 CONCEPTS 2 ue eu sis 5 VA OVERVIEW PET CC ae ee en queen eden 5 2 2 Production and Physical Places 5 2 3 Production Building Blocks 222222 7 2 4 Concepts around Keywords and Recorders 9 2 5 Concepts around Distribution 11 3 FEATURES need ee 13 3212 2 C GASP gENT EE 13 3 1 1 Description si Uc lR EN Ebr X SERE De diode 13 3 1 2 Requirements 222200nnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenn Illi 14 3 2 C Cast Central este eR I ni nid et dba 15 3 2 1 Description cto cotorra coi E eec 15 3 2 2 Requirements p llzseem e sehen 15 3 2 3 Hosting and Services s essen 15 3 2 4 C Cast Administrator seen risa 16 3 2 5 C Cast Publisher 2 18 39 9 IPDIrector ccoo artes 19 3 3 1 SDESCHDUOM ttm it id dore eo one 19 3 3 2 Requirements 2222 19 3 4 C Cast IPConnect 22222 20 3 4 1 Description 2 222 20 3 4 2 Requirements 2 20 4 USE CASES 2 2 en euh dires 21 APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 Introduction V5 Introduction What Can Do with C Cast The schema below presents in a simplified way the distribution workflows C Cast allows to achieve The distribution workflows represented by the blue zone allow publishers to distribute the content selected2. 2 HERREN 2 Concepts 2 1 Overview The C Cast solution comes along with some specific concepts that have hierarchical relationships When a customer decides to set up a C Cast project and starts working with C Cast it is essential to be familiar with the C Cast concepts This section introduces the C Cast concepts and their relationships by grouping them as follows e Production and Physical Places e Production Building Blocks e Concepts around Keywords and Recorders e Concepts around Distribution 2 2 Production and Physical Places Overview The following schema shows the concepts linked to the production itself on the left and the concepts linked to physical places on the right Production Group Production Sites STUDIO TRUCK 1 Targets STADIUM STUDIO WWWW XXX VyVy Zzzz Production Code 2 Concepts 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Production Group A production group is the logical hierarchy of productions In the schema the productions in C Cast are grouped by seasons for the English Premier League Production In a general meaning the term Production refers to a way to organize operations In this example the productions are organized by games In a specific meaning the term Production refers to a collection of A V items called publication items produced at the same time for a specific event and venue on the same broadcast setup with the same configuration
3. Production Code The production code is a 16 character code unique for each production used for an easy configuration of the C Cast Agent Production Site A production site is the physical location where a part of the C Cast distributed platform will be deployed In the schema the C Cast platform will be deployed in a studio and in two trucks A given production can be associated to several production sites and a production site can be associated to several productions Target A target is the association of a physical resource including the media content called a rendition and of a physical location in a given C Cast setup the physical resource should be sent to In the schema content can be sent to the stadium to the studio to the post production unit or to a local HDD storage The following target has to be defined Mezzanine Target This target type called mezzanine in short is always necessary in a C Cast workflow and is the resource file used to generate the output files activities A single mezzanine file is generated per video asset in a C Cast workflow 6 2 Concepts APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 2 3 Production Timeline 2 Concepts Productions V5 Production Building Blocks Overview The following schema mainly presents the building blocks of a production in C Cast and other related concepts The production building blocks are the publication items video assets and rendit
4. interfaces 2 Concepts pul AE APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 Sy 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 Features Features C Cast Agent Description Overview C Cast Agent is the hardware and software that manage the extraction and transfer of the requested A V content from the venue premises to C Cast Central The C Cast Agent software is connected to the EVS servers network XT XS series via PC LAN and gigabit networks It automatically receives requests from the C Cast Central to extract footage from the EVS servers It needs to be connected to internet or at least to have access to the C Cast Central The C Cast Agent relies on Xsquare and XTAccess for the actual file extraction Configuration Thanks to a unique production code concept the C Cast Agent can be easily configured based on a remote pre configuration sent by the C Cast Central Before each event where the C Cast platform is used a production is created and associated to a production code When the production is created the whole configuration related to that production is defined When the OB Truck engineer or manager arrives on the venue on the event s day s he types the production code in C Cast Agent which then allows C Cast Agent to communicate with C Cast Central and to receive the predefined configuration related to the event 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 1 2 File Creation The C Cast Agent relies on other EVS appli
5. 3 2 2 4 Concepts around Keywords and Recorders Overview The following schema presents some of the parameters associated to the productions The parameters and their values are defined in C Cast Administrator independently from the productions For a given production the administrator selects the parameters values he she wants to be available in the production Keyword Types ACTION Productions Game 3 Recorders E CAM2 2 Concepts Recorder Profiles E CAMT y e CAM3 E Keywords Keywords defined upwards in a C Cast workflow in IPDirector can be imported into C Cast when the C Cast configuration is properly set up to allow this Keywords can also be transferred from a log feed or added manually when the publication items are handled in C Cast Publisher Keyword Types Keyword types offer a way to group keywords in categories The keyword types are associated to the keyword grids maintained in the C Cast Central settings In C Cast the keywords always need to be associated to a keyword type A keyword can be linked to a single keyword type The keyword types play an important role in the C Cast workflow as they allow defining how to handle the keywords for example replacing the keywords by an icon or generating automatic phrases about the A V content based on a dictionary of keyword associations EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Recorders Recorders are d
6. APPLICATION NOTE Version 3 2 June 2015 ss V5 pul AE APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 pa Disclaimer This manual and the information contained herein are the sole property of EVS Broadcast Equipment SA and orits affiliates EVS and are provided as is without any expressed or implied warranties including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose In particular EVS makes no warranty regarding the use or the consequences of use of this manual and the information contained herein Furthermore EVS may not be held liable for any direct or indirect incidental punitive or consequential loss damage cost or expense of any kind whatsoever and howsoever resulting from the normal or abnormal use of this manual and the information contained herein even if advised of the possibility of such loss damage cost or expense While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS cannot be held liable for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication The information in this manual is furnished for informational purpose and use only and subject to change without notice This manual cancels and replaces any previous versions thereof Copyright Copyright O 2014 2015 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced transcribed stored in a database or an retr
7. Central requests the integrated cloud video transcoders to generate the requested output files 7 The C Cast Central exposes the output files to the viewers applications Communication BROADCAST CENTER DER C Cast Publisher D 24 RE IPDirector 2 C Cast IPConnect File Transfers Program Feed We E AN 1 ol Content r Delivery Y VENUE 7 SERIE e Ma Ry Transcoded video amp metadata As a Fag Tv OO SE C Cast Central Stadium Multicam Recording q Video eo JO a Ges A Sy 4 Preview amp Mezzanine C Cast Agent CLOUD Web 10S Android Connected TV 1 Introduction 3 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Distribution to Partners The following C Cast solution can set up for a distribution workflow to partners k Communication File Transfers VENUE 1 o 5 Bas AE OO z C Cast Central Stadium E From the OB production van at the venue the reference program feed is sent back to an EVS server in the broadcast center In the broadcast center the operator accesses with IPDirector the reference feed on which s he defines IN and OUT points to identify the media to be made available in C Cast Publisher The media selection information IN and OUT points and metadata is transmitted to the C Cast Central via C Cast IPConnect The C Cast Central requests the C Cast Agent to extract the media corresponding to the selection in a format t
8. cations for content selection and extraction The content to be made available in C Cast is selected by means of IPDirector The content is extracted by means of Xsquare and XTAccess The C Cast Agent allows proxy creation based on uncompressed video ingested into the EVS servers It can export all frames or real time videos in any format supported by XTAccess One C Cast Agent can handle multiple concurrent proxy creations The capacity can be increased by adding more XTAccess High Performance hardware For protection s purpose content can be cleaned up once the production is complete file deletion DB reset etc Features List The C Cast Agent comes with the following characteristics e C Cast Central auto detection based on the production code e EVS server detection XT XS series servers e Production server record channels mapping Requirements Connections Gigabit and PC LAN connections are required between the C Cast Agent and all involved EVS servers The switch configuration should support Jumbo Frame capabilities and allow the broadcast of TCP IP packets Connection between C Cast Agents and C Cast Central is required through TCP ports 20 21 22 and 443 as well as UDP ports 22 and 33001 all out Bandwidth The bandwidth needs are based on the expected speed delivery of the proxy video files For instance 20 Mbps is enough to avoid any bottleneck for a production based on 2 5 Mbps bitrate proxy files
9. d in the publication channel will automatically be linked to this publication channel In C Cast Publisher the association to the publication channel is recomputed each time the publication item is saved The following are examples of publication channels All goals scored in all games of the day in an international football event All homeruns of the season All publication items of one specific game Publication Channels Group The publication channels groups provide a way to differentiate and or group publication channels This might be needed for various reasons Technical reason Same publication channels but different targeted platforms with different rendition needs ex iOS vs Android devices Content access rights Different publication channels with different publication items ex free vs premium content host broadcaster vs partner content A publication channel group is made up of the following elements One or more workflows which define which activity rendition has to be generated and made available through which delivery URL to the end user application Oneormore production groups which specify the productions you will be able to assign to the publication channels Publication Channels API The publication channels API provides a read only access to a set of publication channels each containing a feed of publications items It allows third party developers to integrate C Cast within their user
10. e given production The custom publication types can be used to provide weather information statistics interviews information on players advertisements etc Production Timeline The production timeline is a list of publication items organized chronologically and related to a given production that the C Cast Publisher user has to review for publishing them to viewers and or partners Video Assets The video assets are logical entities that contain a media part of the publication item ex thumb asset or video asset A video asset is characterized among others by a source an IN point and an OUT point It does not contain any formatting information For example each camera of a multicamera publication item is a video asset The video assets are the second level of building blocks in a production below the publication item A publication item can include one or more video assets Renditions The renditions are the physical resources with a given format codec and resolution that include the media content defined in an video asset Different renditions can be required to cover a variety of usages The renditions are the third level of building blocks in a production below the video asset A single video asset can have one or more renditions Rendition Profiles The rendition profiles are the settings defining the rendition such as codec wrapper resolution bitrate etc 8 2 Concepts APPLICATION NOTE C Cast
11. e product upgrades Service can also includes file delivery to consumers via EVS contracted Content Delivery Network Additional cost 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 2 4 This service also provides a fully integrated and optimized workflow including unlimited transcoder resource scalability on demand and file transfer acceleration moving assets at maximum speed regardless of file size transfer distance or network conditions C Cast Administrator Description Overview The C Cast Administrator module is a user interface for the advanced configuration of most workflow parameters in C Cast The C Cast Administrator GUI is articulated along the lines of the main C Cast workflows and includes the following menus Settings Contribution e Distribution Monitoring Settings In the Settings menu administrators define and manage the set of parameters required in the C Cast workflow and that will be used mainly to manage the productions the publication and the distribution Settings Category Description Users List of C Cast users with their associated role Rendition Profiles List of the media formatting definitions used to transcode A V material in the C Cast workflow C Cast Agent Production List of physical places where the C Cast Agent s will be Sites used C Cast IPConnect List of the physical place where the C Cast IPConnect is Production Sites installed Keyword Grids Refer
12. e publication items mainly via the following actions Editing the publication item metadata title description date keywords and other custom metadata related to the publication items e Associating a representative thumbnail to the publication item Defining new publication items that contain A V content related to the event Adding or removing camera angles to a publication item Publication Items Distribution Automatic rules on which the publication process relies can be defined in C Cast Administrator Manual adaptations can be done in C Cast Publisher to slightly change the publication process In C Cast Publisher you can manage the distribution of publication items via the following actions Enabling or disabling the distribution of publication items to viewers e Linking manually publication items to publication channels e Changing the processing priority associated to the publication items Requirements The C Cast Publisher HTML5 interface is compatible with most recent browsers but has been optimized for Google Chrome IPDirector Description IPDirector is used in C Cast workflows for specific tasks such as video browsing creating clips creating references TC IN and TC OUT and attaching metadata to clips keywords title and description and creating playlists playlist export to C Cast Requirements The following requirements should be met when running IPDirector on a C Cast setup JPDirector ve
13. efined in the C Cast Central settings in C Cast Administrator with a name and a shortcode Each recorder is a source of content In the C Cast Agent applications a mapping has to be done between the recorder names defined in C Cast Central and used in the C Cast workflow on one hand and the actual record channels of the EVS servers on the other hand Recorder Profiles Recorder profiles defined in the C Cast Central settings in C Cast Administrator consist of alist of recorders used as template on productions When configuring a production the administrator adds a recorder profile including the recorders he want to use It is also possible to ignore specific recorders in the workflow In the schema two recorder profiles have been defined ARENA1 and ARENA2 which both regroup the recorders of each stadium When a production is set up the administrator can then easily assign all the recorders of a stadium to the production Gangs Gangs are groups of recorders defined for given production A recorder can be associated to several gangs In this respect the C Cast gangs differ from the ones defined in IPDirector where a recorder can only be associated to a single gang When the administrator sets up a production in C Cast Central he can associate several recorders into a gang This allows to make the A V content available in the C Cast Publisher only for the recorders included in a gang 2 Concepts pu VS APPLICATION NOTE C Ca
14. ences to the XML files that include the keyword grids The keyword grids defined in the settings can then be linked to a given production For example you can create a keyword grid per team with the player names a keyword grid for the actions a keyword grid for the match names etc Metadata Fields List of the metadata fields that can be grouped in metadata profiles and associated to publication items of a production 3 Features APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 Settings Category Metadata Profiles Recorder Profiles Targets Resources Publication Types Activities Deliveries Contribution V5 Description List of the metadata field groups that can be associated to publication items of a production List of recorder groups List of file types that have to be generated and transferred to a given location on the network in the workflow References to resource files that are used in the C Cast workflow For example a resource file can be a PDF file with instructions for the operator List of types that can be assigned to a publication item The EVS types evs multicam and evs monocam will always be available Other custom types can be defined such as news ads weather etc List of output files required for each end user application iPad iOS website etc in the C Cast workflow Each activity relies on a rendition profile List of assets delivery URL definitions used by end user applications to
15. hat can easily be transferred and browsed The C Cast Agent and the underlying Xsquare service extracts and transfers the preview files to the C Cast Central Based on the configuration all camera angles associated to the selected media are also generated as preview files In the broadcast center the operator browses the preview files of all requested camera angles in C Cast Publisher The operator publishes the publication items and video assets s he wants to expose to partners In C Cast Publisher the operator can create and publish additional publication items The C Cast Central requests the C Cast Agent to extract the media corresponding to the selection in a high resolution format for post processing purpose The C Cast Agent and the underlying Xsquare service extracts the transfer files to a target in C Cast Central C Cast Central exposes the generated files as a media catalog to the broadcast partners The broadcast partners access the catalog and select the media they want to receive C Cast Central receives the requests and transfers the requested media to the storage on the broadcast partner site BROADCAST CENTER e Bg 5 BROADCAST C Cast Publisher PARTNERS ey Sr Q se 4 IPDirector 2 Storage XT C Cast IPConnect 4 Program Feed Ne l 2 l l l A 7 I I Multicam Recording rc Preview amp Transfer C Cast Agent 6 CLOUD 1 Introduction pm ev APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3
16. ieval system translated into any language computer language transmitted in any form or by any means electronically mechanically printed photocopied optically manually or otherwise in whole or in part without the prior written consent of EVS Trademarks All product and brand names are registered trademarks and trademarks of EVS or of their respective owners Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Please send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers on the following webpage http www evs com contacts EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter E APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS lll lll li ll 1 INTRODUCTION 22 re 1 1 1 What Can I Do with C Cast 2 2200ccnnnnnnennnn nennen 1 1 2 What Are the Benefits of C Cast 00000 0 000 colic cece ec nenn 1 1 3 Which Components are Part of C Cast 0uocceeeeeneennnnnnnnn 2 1 4 Typical C Cast Implementations
17. ions e The concepts of production timeline publication types and rendition profiles are related to the building blocks Rendition Profiles Renditions Metadata Thumb Assets Publication Items A publication item is an element created during the production that features a single incident and includes all its metadata and related video assets Such an incident could be an action e g goal or an external event e g statistic A publication item is the first level of building blocks in a production A production contains several publication items but a publication item can only belong to one production A publication item can contain several video assets that correspond typically to a number of camera angles of an action on the venue A publication item can be included and published in one or more publication channels EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Publication Types The publication type defines the publication item content and its metadata profile The EVS publication types correspond to the A V content created on the EVS server which can be available in C Cast as e aMonocam publication item publication item with a single A V element e aMulticam publication item publication item with several A V elements corresponding to several camera angles of the same action The Custom publication types which vary depending on the C Cast setup refer to additional information around th
18. know where to gather videos and thumbs In the Contribution menu administrators can manage the productions from a tree structured hierarchy in which they can e create or remove productions organize the productions in logical subgroups in the tree view configure all parameters required in a production status auto publication production sites recorders gangs metadata profiles target resources keyword grids log feeds In this task the administrators select which part of the common settings defined in the Settings menu will be available in the given production From a given production in the three view you can also access the C Cast Publisher GUI where the production timeline for that production is displayed 3 Features 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 2 5 Distribution In the Distribution menu administrators manage the following elements needed for the distribution workflow e Publication Channels In a publication channel administrators define the criteria based on which publication items are distributed via the publication channel The criteria that can be used to define a publication channel are productions and keywords As a consequence the publication items belonging to at least one production and having at least one keyword in common with the criteria defined in the publication channel will be linked to and distributed via this publication channel e Publication Cha
19. lows the definition of most configuration elements in the C Cast solution e C Cast Publisher is an HTML5 web interface which allows authors to publish A V content and edit its associated metadata The A V content and metadata can be distributed to partners or viewers This tool hosted on the C Cast Central is included in its license PDirector software suite is used in a C Cast workflow to select media to be made available to the Publisher operator for preview purpose An IPDirector operator can review live feeds and content being managed to define the beginning and end of the key actions assign descriptive metadata and initiate the C Cast Agent process of content delivery to the cloud services of C Cast Central e C Cast IPConnectis a service acting as a bridge for the data communication between IPDirector and C Cast Central Aside the above mentioned elements other components may be required The following list is not exhaustive e C Cast Central transcoding services if the mezzanine file created by the C Cast Agent is not ideal for targeted end user devices ACDN Content Delivery Network to speed up file delivery and protect the C Cast Central server when transmitting videos and metadata to several users e XTAccess High Performance hardware for increased media creation capacity Typical C Cast Implementations Introduction This section presents some typical C Cast implementations They are explained on the basis
20. nnels Groups As C Cast Central can manage several publication channels groups you will specify in the Distribution menu all required parameters which link C Cast and publication channels groups Typically it is possible to define the following elements in a publication channels group o productions included in the publication channels group o rendition profiles required in the publication channels group which formats are required for each destination for Android iOS and others content delivery information where the renditions will be reachable C Cast Publisher Description Overview C Cast Publisher allows users to manage the distribution of media created on and or associated to a production in the C Cast workflow C Cast Publisher is used in a distribution workflow to select and prepare publication items for distribution edit their metadata and publish them to viewers ready to consume or to partners ready to process Publication Items Management In C Cast Publisher you manage the production via the so called production timeline the list of publication items selected by operators with IPDirector in the broadcast center and extracted with Xsquare and XTAccess The production timeline is automatically updated with the newly extracted publication items of the production 3 Features pul AE APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 pa 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 Features In C Cast Publisher you can manage th
21. of drawings which highlight the C Cast components and their interactions See section Use Cases on page 21 to find more implementations that illustrate specific customers setups and show the full potentialities of the C Cast solution 1 Introduction pul AE APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 pa Distribution to Viewers The following C Cast solution can set up for a distribution workflow to viewers 1 From the OB production van at the venue a reference program feed is sent back to an EVS server in the broadcast center 2 Inthe broadcast center the operator accesses with IPDirector the reference feed on which s he defines IN and OUT points to identify the media to be made available in C Cast Publisher 3 The media selection information IN and OUT points and metadata is transmitted to the C Cast Central via C Cast IPConnect 4 The C Cast Central requests the C Cast Agent to extract the media corresponding to the selection The C Cast Agent and the underlying Xsquare service extracts and transfers the preview files and mezzanine files to the C Cast Central Based on the configuration all camera angles associated to the selected media are also generated as preview and mezzanine files 5 Inthe broadcast center the operator browses the preview files of all requested camera angles video asset in C Cast Publisher The operator validates the publication items and video assets s he wants to publish to viewers 6 The C Cast
22. prepared and managed through the C Cast Central The content can be distributed to partners and or to viewers VENUE SPORTS CENTER C Cast Central Ready to process gt E PARTNERS DISTRIBUTION VIEWERS What Are the Benefits of C Cast C Cast provides the following benefits e C Cast allows access to unseen unused and exclusive media content This increases editorial content possibilities extends the coverage of an event and boosts the audience involvement e C Cast allows an easy and customized distribution of media content to partners taking into account their different needs e C Cast allows instant distribution of media content to the viewer s web connected device anywhere and therefore provides an enhanced viewer s experience EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 1 3 1 4 Which Components are Part of C Cast This section presents the components that can be included in a C Cast workflow to ensure a successful cloud casting e C Cast Agent includes a hardware device and a software component that connects to the EVS live production video servers through a gigabit connection to manage the media extraction and transfer e C Cast Central is a service running in the cloud which orchestrates the C Cast solution It makes it possible to manage the production definition and planning as well as the distribution workflow As part of C Cast Central the C Cast Administrator module al
23. rsion 6 40 or higher Check release notes for detailed information Reference video timecodes should be synchronized with all XT XS servers timecodes managed by C Cast Agent C Cast IPConnect a free software that can be run on the IPDirector hardware includes a production code based configuration wizard 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 2 20 C Cast IPConnect Description The C Cast IPConnect is a service acting as a bridge for the data communication between IPDirector and C Cast Central In a C Cast workflow IPDirector is used to select media to be made available to the Publisher operator for preview purpose To achieve its goal C Cast IPConnect creates bins dedicated to the C Cast workflow in IPDirector When C Cast IPConnect is running it checks the clips added to these bins and tells CCast Central which media has to be processed in the C Cast workflow Requirements Appropriate bandwidth via port 443 out is required between the C Cast IPConnect and C Cast Central a shared ADSL connection is sufficient 3 Features 4 4 Use Cases pu AE APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 oi Use Cases Introduction This section presents the various C Cast implementations that have been put into place for existing customers to meet their specific requirements Use Case 1 Distribution from Venue and Sport Center In some cases the C Cast setup allows the venue and the
24. rts teams manufacturers or sport equipment sponsors etc and wants to expose a media catalog to its partners The partners can then request only the transfer of the media that meet their needs C Cast an C Cast Agent x e y gt C Cast Central DISTRIBUTION Ready to consume Ready to process 22 4 Use Cases 2 APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 4 Use Cases Use Case 3 Distribution of Monocam Feeds from the Sport Center The sport center receives and distributes media content from the main venue via the traditional broadcast channel In addition the sport center receives multiple monocam feeds for example from competitions in different sports disciplines on a major event These feeds are not distributed via the traditional broadcast channels In the sport center monocam publication channels are created for each feed and are made available to viewers via a customer application This makes it possible for viewers to see the highlights of the day for all sports disciplines represented in that day 1 L C Cast Agent C Cast Agent AE C Cast Central de a DISTRIBUTION r Ready to consume Ready to process 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Use Case 4 Distribution in the Stadium In this workflow the customer can expose media content directly to the audience in the stadium via a dedicated application accessible for example through a wifi connection This is the C Cas
25. sport center to both extract media by means of the C Cast Agent applications The customer can request to extract media from the both sites for the following reasons Degraded Working Mode As the reference feed PGM is ingested into an EVS server in the sport center the customer can use a C Cast Agent on the sport center side to manage the extraction and transfer of the reference feed directly from the sport center to the C Cast Central The corresponding media from the other camera angles is extracted and managed by the C Cast Agent application on the venue side This setup provides the possibility to work in a degraded mode by distributing only the reference feed in case of connection failure between the venue and the C Cast Central Additional Source Media can also be created in the sport center and enrich the feeds from the venue for example media from a sport program including analysis and interviews In this case the C Cast Agent on the sport center side can manage the extraction and transfer of this additional media content lt FE C Cast a C Cast a gt al gt C Cast Central lt a DISTRIBUTION Ready to consume Ready to process 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Use Case 2 Standard Workflow for Distribution to Partners This workflow corresponds to a standard workflow of distribution to partners An international sport federation for example has several partners spo
26. st 3 2 2 5 Concepts around Distribution Overview The following schema presents the concepts that play a role in the distribution of the A V content to partners or viewers Production Publication Channel Publication Rendition Channels Profiles Game 1 All Goals Game 2 Publication Items Publication Channels AP Production Goal Publication Items Filtering rules keywords production 11 2 Concepts EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Publication Channel A publication channel consists in an editorial selection of publications items grouped or filtered on various criteria that are distributed in a bundle to the viewers and or partners The publication channel may be an ongoing sport event e g A soccer game would be published in one channel or a topic based collection such as all publications relating to one player city type of actions e g goals etc A publication item has to be included into and published in a publication channel to be available to viewers and partners This inclusion can be automatic based on rules or manual In C Cast Administrator administrators can associate one or more productions to a publication channel and add filtering rules based on keywords The publication items will be included in a publication channel based on these associations The publication items belonging to at least one production and having at least one keyword in common with the criteria define
27. t solution bundled inside the FanCast bundle for the stadium venues The standard distribution workflows can be managed in parallel to send media to viewers and partners 4 I 3 C Gast Agent C Cast Agent a C Cast Central DISTRIBUTION Ready to process Ready to consume 24 4 Use Cases 4 APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 Use Case 5 Aggregation of Multiple Productions In major sport events for example the football world cup several sport events can take place at the same time in different venues Media content from all venues can be transferred in parallel to C Cast Central and aggregated into the viewer application C Cast Agent SPORT CENTER C Cast Agent C Cast Central PARTNERS a Ready to consume Ready to process DISTRIBUTION 4 Use Cases 25 Sa V E To learn more about EVS go to www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Li ge Science Park 852 2914 2501 13 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
28. without any additional XT Access See http www evs tv emea product xtaccess for an updated list 3 Features pul E APPLICATION NOTE C Cast 3 2 pa 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 Features Network Topology The C Cast Agent has 4 network ports three of which have to be connected as follows One network port has to be connected to the Gigabit network of the EVS servers e One network port has to be connected to the PC LAN of the EVS servers e One network port has to be connected to Internet C Cast Central Description Modules The C Cast Central application consists of several modules C Cast Administrator is the user interface for the advanced configuration of most workflow parameters C Cast Publisher is the HTML5 web interface to manage the distribution of media to partners or viewers APIs The C Cast Central is also delivered with the following API e The Publication Channels API provides a read only access to a set of publication channels each containing a feed of publications items It allows third party developers to integrate C Cast within their user interfaces Requirements The following requirements should be met when running C Cast Central Bandwidth level depending on network topology e Open ports TCP 20 21 22 and 443 as well as ports UDP 22 and 33001 from C Cast Agent Hosting and Services C Cast is delivered as a managed service which includes maintenance and fre
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