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1.            All settings other then Node name  port number and License tab can only be modified when a  Node is running     To start one Node  simply click on the appropriate checkbox in the    On    column of the Node List  section  If you can   t click on it  or that it doesn   t have any effect  check that the System Preference  Pane is Unlocked               On Node     On Node  Node 1 Node 1   Node 1  Stopped Starting up        Running  Node 2 Node 2 e   Node 2 e  Stopped     Stopped     Stopped  Node 3 e   Node 3 e   Node 3 e  Stopped     Stopped     Stopped  Node 4     Node 4     Node 4    Stopped     Stopped     Stopped    When a Node starts  the red LED turns orange and its status is    Starting Up        When a Node is running  the orange LED turns green and its status is    Running       Once a Node is started  and that the OnTheAir Node System Preferences Pane is Unlocked   you  will be able to change its settings     If a Node has a  DEMO  next to the status    Running     it meand it runs in DEMO mode  and thus  will overlay a DEMO watermark on the output and only show 100 items in its media folders     en  OnTheAir Node    OnTheAir Node    1 1b3    Softron Media Services  2010    i     i 1  rr Settings    Media Playback Settings License    4 Node 1 e      General  Running    N      Node2    e             Running  DEMO  Node 2  Node 3 e Port Number   Stopped 3002    Automatically start when logging in  Node 4 a  Stopped Logging  M Generate As run Logs  As run Log
2.      OnTheAir Video Express is the    entry level    playout application  Its strength relies in  that it can output any file QuickTime can read to any available Video output  If you  can open a file with QuickTime  you can output it with OnTheAir Video Express  It  can also read ARGB files  This means that from After Effects or Motion project  you  can export a file in Animation codec or Apple ProRes 4444 and overlay that file on  top of an incoming signal  making it a really efficient Character Generator with tools  you know  As QuickTime is used to output the video  and not our own engine as with  OnTheAir Video   OnTheAir Video Express is not a playout application recommended  for 24 7  it is rather intended at Live shows or productions  It also doesn   t have  some options like the Scheduling or Logo overlay option     OnTheAir Video DV       The FireWire Version of OnTheAir Video called OnTheAir Video DV works  only  with  any FireWire Converter  With the multichannel video option  you can output up to 4  video signal from one computer  with additional FireWire card and the appropriate  number for FireWire converter   The strength of OnTheAir Video DV is that it is   very light to run and can run from a laptop  Mac mini  with very few memory  It has  the Scheduling option making it possible to use for 24 7 broadcast operations   Compared to OnTheAir Video  it doesn   t have however the Logo  HD  or multi  language options  It only plays dv stream files     OnTheAir Vide
3.    Softron  Media  Services    Z A        OnTheAir Node  User Manual    O 2010 Softron Media Services  All rights reserved     Contents    PART I  Welcome to OnTheAir Node    Chapter 1   About OnTheAir Node  e Some quick facts  e About OnTheAir Video   DV   Express  e OnTheAir Live  OnTheAir Manager and OnTheAir Server  e Different possible setups    Chapter 2   Hardware System Requirements  e Computer Requirements  e Video  Audio output  e Storage  e Supported Codecs   File format  e About Audio Formats  e About File Wrappers  QuickTime  AVI  MXF   e About VANC  e Closed Captioning  e Teletext with OnTheAir Node  e 16 9 and 4 3 signals  e Generating Cue Tone    PART II  Installing     Setting up    PART Ill  OnTheAir Node  Chapter 3   Installing and licensing    Chapter 4   OnTheAir Node  e Installing OnTheAir Node  e Using OnTheAir Node in DEMO mode  e Licensing OnTheAir Node    Chapter 5   Setting up OnTheAir Node  e About Video Card Settings  e Finding OnTheAir Node Application  e OnTheAir Node System Preferences Pane Overview  e Lock Unlock OnTheAir Node System Preferences Pane  e Start   Stop a Node  e Node Settings  e Media  e Playback Settings  e License  e OnTheAir Node plugins    PART IV  Using OnTheAir Node  Chapter 6   What application can control  Chapter 7   OnTheAir Node     e Softron Client Applications  e Third parties    e Terminal    Chapter 8   Troubleshooting    OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    l 12  l 12  l 13  l 14  l 
4.   have an information about the Serial Number of the dongle  if any  that is used by the Node   OnTheAir Node    5 h ow           B OnTheAir Node    System Preferences Pane Version 1 259    Softron Media Services  2011         Node Settings Media Playback Settings Plug Ins      On Node    My Node Name a   Node running as DEMO  i Stopped ae   Act      Serial Number  Description   y Node 2        Stopped 1 2b9  Node 3 a E  J stopped 1 2h9   Add Serial Number      Clear All     O reas i  amp  lf you need to move your license to a different machine or node   pi 1 29 vou need to deactivate its serial number before activating again   You can only activate or deactivate while the node is MOT running   If this computer is connected to the internet  Activate via internet Deactivate via internet  If this computer cannot connect to the internet  Activate manually    Deactivate manually       Order Online       Dongle Information  if attached     lt no dongle attached  gt  Upgrade     DS A   El Click the lock to prevent further changes   7     QUICK GUIDELINES FOR ACTIVATIONS DEACTIVATIONS     To Activate a serial number  stop the Node on which you want to activate the license  add your  serial number  and click on    Activate via internet    if available  If not click on    Activate manually         and then go to a computer that has internet  or no FireWall that blocks the communications on  port 6501 or 8080  to go to the activation webpage  then come back with the activation code    
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7.  Node in DEMO mode    OnTheAir Node can be used in DEMO mode as long as you wish  The DEMO mode has 2   limitations    e a DEMO is watermarked on the output   e the cataloging of the Media folder s  is limited to 100 files  so you will not see more then 100  files in the Media Browser    Once you ve tested OnTheAir Node thoroughly and want to buy it  just contact your nearest  reseller or go the Softron online store  You will receive a Serial number or a dongle  option      Licensing OnTheAir Node    All Softron applications can be licensed using Serial Numbers  by default  or Dongles  optional    By default you will receive a Serial Number  They have the advantage that they can be sent quickly   you will receive them by e mail  and can   t be lost  But you will need to activate the serial number  on the computer you want to install it on  and deactivate it if you want to move it to another  computer  This requires an internet access     For more informations on the Software Licensing  download the    Application Licensing Explained     document available from the Document download page of the website   http   www softron tv support download_docs html    When you receive the license  it will    unlock    your current DEMO version so you are sure to be  using the exact same version that you have tested  There is absolutely no difference between   a DEMO version and a licensed version except the DEMO watermark  the fact that the media  cataloging will not be limited and eventua
8.  Services    Hardware System Requirements        gt  2 1 Computer Requirements    OnTheAir Node requires     e any Intel Computer    e Minimum 4 GB RAM for SD playback and 6GB for HD    e Mac OS X version 10 5 8 or later   e QuickTime 7 6 or later   e one or more video output  AJA  Blackmagic Design  Matrox    This is not possible to output  with the DVI Mini DisplayPort output      gt  2 2 Video  Audio output    OnTheAir Node requires at least one Video Card to output video and audio signals    Brands such as AJA  Blackmagic Design or Matrox are supported  To know which cards are  Supported at the time of reading  have a look at the Softron website on the OnTheAir Node  Specifications page     Some cards support to have more than one card installed in one Mac  as AJA since drivers  7 5  and Decklink since drivers 5 8   This enables you to have multiple output from one Mac   However  be aware that doing multiple Video output can be very demanding in terms of  CPU  Memory and Storage read rate  Always test your configuration with a DEMO version so  you are sure it will sustain the data rate  and contact us to have advises     Most drivers will be supported and it should not be an issue to upgrade drivers of your  video card  However it happens from time to time that some issues appear when upgrading  drivers  So always do a test on another computer first and stay tuned with our News page   www softron tv news html to be informed about possible issues  If you encounter any  pro
9.  System Preferences  select the    Video Output    tab and in    Miscellaneous      Choose    Scrub and pause     Both fields     Finding OnTheAir Node Application    OnTheAir Node has no user interface  and you will not find any Application in your Applications  folder  In System Preferences  you will be only able to set up its preferences and start it     To control OnTheAir Node  and have a user interface  you have a few options    e with OnTheAir Live  with or without OnTheAir Server    e with OnTheAir Manager  with or without OnTheAir Server    e with an iPod  iPad client   e with a third party software   e with Terminal in Telnet    OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services        gt  4 3 OnTheAir Node System Preferences Pane Overview    When you first start up the OnTheAir Node System Preference Pane  it should look like below  You  can notice that one OnTheAir Node System preference pane can control multiple Nodes  and that  you will need an admin password to make any modification to it     600 OnTheAir Node    OnTheAir Node    System Preferences Pane Version 1 2b9    Softron Media Services  2011    Playback settings 3  My Node Name p Video Settings    Runni 1 2b9  a Keying    Off  Default     Default  sa  Default Value  CS al    Node 2 O S    Stopped Video Standard    HD 1080i 60  NTSC        Node 3 i Video Output    Blackmagic Video Output SS        Stopped 2b Video Mode    Blackmagic HD 1080159 94 8Bit   Blackmagic HD 1080i 59 94   8 Bit    N
10.  To Deactivate a serial number  stop the Node on which you want to activate the license  click  on    Deactivate via internet    if available  If not click on    Deactivate manually        and then  VERY  IMPORTANT  go to a computer that has internet  or no FireWall that blocks the communications  on port 6501 or 8080  to go to the deactivation webpage  If you don t communicate us the  deactivation codes  your license will NOT be deactivated     For more informations  follow the guidelines in the document    Application Licensing Explained     available from the support pages of our website to know how to Activate  deactivate a serial  number  or to install a dongle  dongles don   t require activations      If all the buttons are greyed out  check that    e the System Preference pane lock at the bottom is unlocked  e the Selected Node is not running  you can only activate or deactivate when OnTheAir    D Node is not running        Il 28 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    D 49   OnTheAir Node plugins    Il 29    600 OnTheAir Node     lt     gt      Show All   Q    OnTheAir Node    System Preferences Pane Version 1 2b9    Softron Media Services  2011          sre   Node Settings   Media METRES Plug ins   License      M My Node Name Video Settings  Running 1 2b9      Keying    Internal     Default Value    Off       Node 2      Stopped 1 2b9  Node 3 Video Output    Blackmagic Video Output     amp   Stopped 1 2b9 Video Mode    Blackmagic HD 1080i 
11.  exit    and then the carriage return key     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services       Troubleshooting       PROBLEM   The OnTheAir Node System Preference pane doesn t start    Preferences Error    Could not load OnTheAir Node preference pane        SOLUTION   e maybe the OnTheAir Node application has crashed  You will need to Force Quit it  check the    How to force quit a OnTheAir Node application troubleshoot      PROBLEM   When starting OnTheAir Node System Preference Pane    have this warning     Folder Access Error    The Nodes folder is not accessible or not writable   Please re install OnTheAir Node and make sure you    are running as an administrator   ok           And then the OnTheAir Node list is empty        OnTheAir Node  1 1b6 O Softron Media Services  2010       Node Settings Media Playback Settings License    General  Node Name   Node 0    Port Number   3000    Automatically start when logging in    Logging  Y Generate As run Logs  As run Logs Destination Folder     Security    P   Change Password       a Click the lock to make changes         1 32 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services        1 33    SOLUTION    e This means that you are probably trying to start OnTheAir node from a non admin user  Non  admin users have limited read write access to some folders where OnTheAir Node will need  to write some config files  You can run OnTheAir Node from a non admin user  but only if you  make sure to give i
12.  supported by OnTheAir Node  To delete a Text track from a QuickTime file  you need  QuickTime 7 Pro  and then select Window  gt  Show Movie Properties  then select the Track   delete it and save the file  IT will then be accepted by OnTheAir Node     Any file that is not in the list of supported codecs  or that does not meet any of the condition  above will be shown in the media browser as invalid  You will not be able to use it in OnTheAir  Live nor OnTheAir Manager  Be aware however that if the appropriate codec is not installed   OnTheAir Node will not be able to play the file even if it is being shown as valid and online     A few codecs are installed with the system when QuickTime is installed  However  some codecs  may need to be installed afterwards  This is the case with IMX  DVCPro HD or Apple ProRes for  example  To check which codec is installed  make sure they are located in the following folder    Library QuickTime  As a matter of fact if you succeed to read the file with QuickTime  it means  that the appropriate Library is installed  If you don   t succeed to read the file with QuickTime   there is no way OnTheAir Video will be able to read it     Some codecs are also installed when you install Final Cut Pro or can be purchased from third  party developers such as MXF4Mac or Calibrated     To have the list of supported codecs for OnTheAir Node  check on this webpage   http   www softron tv products playout_clientserver compare html    Here is non exhaustive lis
13.  supports  mov QuickTime wrappers and  avi without the need of additional soft   ware or plug in  except for the required QuickTime codec      OnTheAir Node supports MXF files provided you have installed the appropriate QuickTime com    ponent  You can purchase such component to read directly MXF files from MXF4Mac or Calibrat   ed  Be aware the same constrains apply to the MXF files as with  mov files  only i frame codecs      see Chapter 2 4     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services       I 13    Zy    About VANC    Some additional information can be encoded in the video lines called VANC  This information   can be for example Closed Captioning in the USA or Teletext in Europe  OnTheAir Node will not  write anything to these lines  but it will be transparent  if there are VANC lines in the Video signal   OntheAir Video will send them to the Video Card which in turn may handle them or not  Before  deciding for one card or the other  check with the manufacturer if VANC lines are supported and  how to setup the card     Closed Captioning    Closed Captioning is widely used in many countries among which USA  The Captioning  information is encoded on to special lines in the Video Signal     OnTheAir Node doesn   t support the closed Captioning track of a QuickTime file and  doesn   t encode the Captioning signal directly on the video signal     However  if a Captioning signal is present in some of the Video lines of the file   OnTheAir Node will play t
14.  the name of a folder or file it holds    Renaming a file will force OnTheAir Node to enumerate the whole folder where it is  located and all the folders nested in that folder  It will not however validate again the  files that were already present   Renaming a folder will force OnTheAir Node to enumerate the whole folder where it is  located and all the folders nested in that folder  It will not however validate again the  files that were already present   We have prohibited the selection of the Root directory because the number of Files to  scan  also changing files  is too important and may lead to performance issues   It is not possible to select one folder that is located in a folder already selected as a  Media Folder   If a volume  on which a Media Folder is located  unmounts  all the files will be shown as  offline in the clients  and OnTheAir Node will have to enumerate and validate again all  the clips as if it was newly added   If a volume  on which a Media Folder is located  is not present when the computer starts   OnTheAir Node will wait for it for 30 seconds  if it doesn   t become available after the 30  seconds  it will start anyway     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services     gt  4 7 Playback Settings    OnTheAir Node    OnTheAir Node  System Preferences Pane Version 1 2b9 O Softron Media Services  2011       PE Plug ins   License    y Video Settings                __     _ _   _     gt     Kon tu value   Node 2     stopped o Vide
15. 04 01 15 34        2010 09 27 12 25          TU      18 47 01    02 00   2010 09 27 13 18         00 00 06      18 47 22  2010 04 01 15 37        2010 11 16 13 49       18 46 05 gon  O Com  Apple aes tr  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN      18 46 18 Desert    Comme   Apple ProRes LT  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN    00 19 23     18 46 27 Dive in Slow Mo      Commercials  Apple ProRes LT  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN      18 46 49 Dolphins A     Commerci   Apple ProRes   1  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN  Dolphins 2 A   pa ProRes rel  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN    18 47 13 Jump 1    Apple ProRes LT  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN      18 47 18 e  l Apple ProRes LT  1920x1080  29 97 fom  zA    Kids  Apple ProRes LT  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN  1 18 47 34 Lights    Apple ProRes LT  1920x1080  29 97 fps  EN    00 00 12  2010 04 01 15 27    00 00 09  2010 04 01 15 29    00 00 21  2010 04 01 15 32    00 00 11  2010 04 01 15 34    00 12  ss 15 36    00 00 04  2010 04 02 13 32    00 00 04  2010 04 02 13 33    00 00 11  2010 04 01 15 40    00 00 02  2010 04 01 15 41           his  00 29           l 8    1 4    Different possible setups    OnTheAir Video  DV and Express also  is a playout application that needs to be controlled from  the computer where the application is running  However some usage may require to control the  playout from a different computer  For example  if you install the playout computer in a Machine  Room and want to control the playout from the Control Room  With OnTheAir Video this is only  po
16. 1 24 11 7 MB 65 3 MB Intel  64 bit        143 TiSwitcher admin on 2 0 39 8 9 MR 88 3 MR_Intel  64 hit  7         CPU System Memory Disk Activity Disk Usage Network               Free  5 60C8   VM size  153 16 GB   Wired  767 8MB    Page ins  323 0 MB   Active  1 40 GB  E  Page outs  0 bytes   Inactive  249 8 MB   m   Swap used  0 bytes   EX 8 00 GB   Used  2 39 GB  Then   1  Click on the OnTheAir Node 1  OnTheAir Node 2  OnTheAir Node 3 or OnTheAir Node 4   application    2  Click on the    Quit Process    button in the top Toolbar   3  Confirm you want to quit the process    Note that the OnTheAir Node application will automatically restart if you enabled the option     Automatically start when logging in     If it is still unresponsive afer having automatically  restarted  you may need to clear its status   1  Click on the OnTheAir Node Helper Application  that   s the one who will restart automatically  your Node   2  Click on the    Quit Process    button in the top Toolbar  and confirm   3  Click on the OnTheAir Node 1  OnTheAir Node 2  OnTheAir Node 3 or OnTheAir Node 4  application  4  Click on the    Quit Process    button in the top Toolbar and confirm  5  Delete those files    Library Application Support Softron OnTheAir Node Node 1 Playlist plist   Library Application Support Softron OnTheAir Node Node 1 Schedule plist    OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    Il 34    PROBLEM  Every time   force quit OnTheAir Node using the Activity Mo
17. 14  l 15  l 15  l 16  l 16  l 16    Il 18    Il 18    Il 19    Il 19  Il 19  Il 19  Il 19    Il 21  Il 21  Il 21  Il 22  Il 22  Il 24  Il 25  Il 27  Il 29  Il 31  Il 32     1 33    11 34    11 34   11 34   11 34   11 34    1 35    Welcome to OnTheAir Node       Remarks    In this manual  pop up menus will be indicated as  File  gt  Save As  The word    File    before the sign      gt     indicates the menu from the menu bar  The information after the     gt     sign is a command that  you can choose within the menu     You can visit our web site www softron tv for information about updates as well as to contact us  for support     In the first part of this manual  we will briefly introduce you to OnTheAir Node  You will learn  about the different video formats supported  the different configurations and how to install and  launch the software     l 3 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    About OnTheAir Node    1 1       Some quick facts    What is OnTheAir Node     OnTheAir Node is the next generation playout ingest engine from Softron  It has been designed  to fulfill a need in the broadcasting industry for an inexpensive  reliable and customizable  video server based on off the shelf technology  The concept was to make OnTheAir Node  completely faceless  apart from the System Preferences pane  and completely open to third   party applications along with Softron   s own applications as well  It is controlled through Telnet   a very open  standar
18. 59 94   RGB    Node 4 M Audio cut between clips  Stopped 1 2b9       Video Standard    HD 1080i 60  NTSC                 Audio Settings  Audio Output    Blackmagic Audio    Audio Stereo Pairs    L              Pair 1 Language    Pair  1 in movie       Miscellaneous         Reset Playback Status      1    Click the lock to prevent further changes        OnTheAir Node can have plugins  The type of plugins that are currently available are     e AJA Kumo plugin to control the Kumo router from AJA  This is done through Ethernet    e Blackmagic Videohub plugin to control the Videohub router from Blackmagic Design  This is  done through USB or Ethernet    e GPI Commander plugin to send  receive GPI triggers  requires a GPI Commander 2 USB to GPI  converter    e OnThedAir CG plugin to control a OnTheAir CG Server application  You will be able to start   stop projects or update variables  for coming next     e OnTheAir Switch plugin to control a Video Router through RS232  Contact us first to know  if your Video Router will be supported  We usually can develop a new plugin quite quick  but  always check with us first  Requires the OnTheAir Switch application   e Shell Script plugin to start shell scripts with variables     Plugins are installed in the following folder    Library Application Support Softron OnTheAir Node Plugins    Any additional plugin or update should be installed in this folder  This adds a great flexibility   as you don   t have to reinstall OnTheAir node if you wa
19. audio samples    Audio Output  Sets the output on which the Audio Signal must be sent  you must set this for AJA  Blackmagic   Matrox Audio or select the Built In Audio output        Audio Stereo Pairs  OnTheAir Node supports multi channel audio outputs  For that the QuickTime File must have  different channels embedded  You can choose how many pairs you d like to output     Pair   Language   In QuickTime  you can set the language that corresponds to an audio Track  For example  you can  set Audio Track 1 to be English  Audio Track 2 to be French  Audio Track 3 to be German    Then in OnTheAir Node you will set on which language will be outputted on which Pair  If you set in  OnTheAir Node that the German should be outputted on Pair 1  it will be even if in QuickTime the  German is on Audio Track 3  If you don t set any language  OnTheAir Node will simply take Audio  Track 1 to output it on Pair 1  Audio Track 2 to Pair 2  etc        Miscallenous   Reset Playback Status   You can use this button if ever the Node is blocked in a state where you can not control it from a  Remote Application  Be aware that this button will stop the playback of the Node and delete the  playlist and schedules that were sent to the Node     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    This Tab is where you enter the serial numbers for the selected Node  it needs to be stopped in   order to be able to activate deactivate a serial number   At the bottom of the window  you also 
20. blem  contact us using the Support Contact page from the website     Storage       You can use any volume that will mount on your Mac to read the video with OnTheAir Node  But  of course you need to check that the data rate is sustained considering the codec and file format  you are using     You can use OnTheAir Node with the internal disks of your Mac  But if you are working with a  large number of files or are working with High Definition files  we recommend you work with  Fibre Channel storage from a third party supplier  Consult one of our reseller to know what is the  best configuration for your workflow     l 10 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services       l 11    2 4       Supported Codecs   File format    OnTheAir Node supports most QuickTime codecs  The files must however correspond to the  following    e only self contained movies  no Reference movie supported    e it must have at least one Video Track in a thread safe codec    e only i frame codecs  no time compressed codecs supported such as MPEG 2 or HDV    e it must have at least one Stereo audio track in Linear PCM  16 24 bit  48Khz   e only Stereo Tracks supported  for 5 1 audio  you should use multiple stereo tracks    e only thread safe tracks  no text track  nor Closed Captioning Track supported     When you export from final cut Pro and enable to Export Chapter Markers DVD Studio Pro  Marker or any Marker  it will create a Text track in the QuickTime file  This Text track is  not
21. ds based protocol used in many broadcasting equipment  This means the  node can be controlled from any application on any platform to provide seamless playout and  ingest functions     Reliability   OnTheAir Node has been designed to launch automatically at startup and to resume operation   even after a crash or power loss  A log of everything that is played is maintained and available  for the user  It is not necessary to have a display monitor connected to the Node server which  makes it ideal for using on headless servers like the Xserve    It has been tested with a media catalog of more than 500 000 video clips     Media Cataloging   One of the challenges of having client server setups is to make sure the client knows   exactly what media are available on the server at any time  This is achieved by providing  synchronization information to the clients even if they are disconnected for long periods of  time  Information on the clips is provided as XML  making it easy for any application to retrieve  the clip   s characteristics like video codec  audio sample rate  creation date  last modification  date  finder label etc    It also automatically validates the clips to make sure they are compatible  for playback  If not  a detailed description of the problem is available to the client applications   The Node will also automatically retrieve a file even if it has been moved or copied  If the  Original becomes unavailable  a copy will be used instead and this is completely tra
22. hem out  It will also depend on the video card that you are  using  as some video card may not play the video lines with the Captioning info on it     It is also possible to add Captioning signal on your video output using two things    e a dedicated software to encode Captioning information to an audio track that you  can then use in your editing software such as Final Cut Pro   e avideo card that will decode the audio track and encode the Captioning to the video  signal when playing the clip so it can be read by all TV monitors    e you will also need the multi audio output option of OnTheAir Node so you can  output more than one Stereo track     With that method  you will understand that the Captioning information is added only at   the end of the process     One of the software that encode Captioning information to Audio is called MacCaption    http   www cpcweb com   MacCaption can import existing caption files  or create new  captions from scratch   and exports a true 708 caption track to ensure the video is  compliant with all FCC regulations  supports all EIA 708 features      Check on the CPC website to see which products are compatible  but at the time of  writing  here is a list of some of the video card that will decode the Audio Track   e Matrox MXO2    Please note that HDMI and component connections do NOT carry closed captioning  data  More information on HDTV Closed Captioning here   http   www cpcweb com hdtv     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Soft
23. hour  the day of the week   the name of the playlist  the action  if the clip was played next to a clip or if it was launched  manually or with a schedule action   and of course the Name of the clip  To analyze these  logs  you can use Tools  gt  Analyze logs     Two different log files are then created every day     Require Password   OnTheAir Node is controlled using Telnet  In order to prevent any who to control OnTheAir  Node  you can set a password to control it  Uncheck this option if you don t need  want any  authentication for the selected OnTheAir Node     e The default password is 1234   e All users will be able to get the List of available Media on the Node and see the playing  playlist  even if they are not authenticated  BUT they will not be able to modify the  playlist or control the Node as long as they are not authenticated        Miscallenous   Reset Preferences   You can only use this function when the selected Node is stopped  It is to be used if you suspect  that the selected Node has corrupted preferences  It will delete the preferences of the selected  Node  so you will loose all your Node Name and port  Media Folders and playback configurations   But you will keep all serial numbers activated     Use with care       Il 23 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    In the Media Tab  select the Folder s  where all your video clips and logo png will be located     When you add a Media Folder to the Media Folder list  immediately  O
24. kind of user interface as OnTheAir Live with  playlists and is to be used also in Live environments  not for 24 7 scheduling   It is available  from the AppStore     Refer to the manuals of these applications to know how to use them with OnTheAir Node     Third parties    Any third party application can also take control of OnTheAir Node using the telnet protocol   The telnet protocol is an open protocol that is very easy to implement and instructions on how  to implement it is available upon request  A list of third party application  Traffic  Media Asset  Management       compatible with OnTheAir Node is also available upon request     Terminal    For advanced users  you can also take control of OnTheAir Node using the    Terminal    application     For that  simply open Terminal and type  example here to control Node 1  uses by default port  3001  of a computer which has the IP address 192 168 0 1   telnet 192 168 0 1 3001    Note that Node 2 will use port 3002  Node 3  3003  etc       You should then be connected to the server  Then type    help    and hit the carriage return key to  get the list of command you can request to OnTheAir Node     Some commands do not need to be authenticated to request them  for others you will need to be  authenticated  To authenticate  type unlock 1234 and then the carriage return key  Where 1234  is the default password  If you modified the default password  you should type the password you  set     To close the connection  simply type   
25. lly some options that may not be activated if you didn t  purchase them  The DEMO version has all options active  but the licensed version will only have  the purchase option active  The available options for OnTheAir Node are    e Logo overlay   e HD    Note that compared to OnTheAir Video  the multilingual option is activated by default  Also  there  is no schedule option as it achieved by OnTheAir Manager     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services          Il 18 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    Setting up OnTheAir Node    About Video Card Settings    Il 19    4 2    We will not go through all the video cards settings as this is not the purpose of this manual and it   can change with different driver versions and manufacturer  It will also mainly be OnTheAir Node   that will drive the card settings  There is just one setting that needs to be taken care of  it   s the   option that enables to play only one of the frame when video is paused to avoid flickering  You   need to deactivate that option otherwise the signal will be jittery  it will look like a field inversion     This option is named differently with the different cards     e Blackmagic Design  in Blackmagic System preferences  select the    Settings    tab and uncheck  the    Remove field jitter when video is paused    option   e AJA  in AJA Control Panel  select the    Codec Options    tab and in Video out  choose    Full  Frame      e Matrox  in Matrox
26. n issue with OnTheAir Node and that it crashed   it will be automatically restarted if this option is enabled     Generate    as run    logs   You can select whether you want OnTheAir Node to generate    As run logs     They are generated   in the same folder as the Application  One different file is generated every day  These    As run  logs    are referencing all the clips played by OnTheAir Node  This can be used to report when their  clips have been aired     As run log    reports indicate  the date  hour  the name of the playlist and  the action  if the clip was played next to a clip or if it was launched manually or with a schedule  action      You can then also choose to log  in the as run log file  which logo is overlaid with each clip and  the Actions that are triggered     As run Logs destination Folder   This is where you set where the logs must be stored  There are two different logs created    e the logs created by the application recording everything happening when playing back  This is  used mainly by us to track data and workflow  you will not need them for your everyday use   They are named as this  OTAN_LOG_2007 09 13 log   e the    as run logs    which record every time a clip was played  They are named as this   OnTheAir Node Log 2007 09 13 txt  You can choose if you want to generate As run logs or  not in the Playback Preferences  You can use this as a report for your clients to know when  their clips have been aired  What is referenced is  the date  the 
27. nTheAir Node starts  scanning it to try to find any available video file and validate it  When we validate it we check if   e the clip is not growing  still transfering or recording    e the clip is in a supported codec format  see list of supported codecs before    e the clip is a media file  we will not list text files     OnTheAir Node then gives a Unique ID to each of these clips and broadcast it over the Network   Then every user is able to see the list of valid media available for this node  All the    non media     files will not be listed  but clips that are in an unsupported codecs will be listed but flagged as     Invalid     so the user can t use it     600 OnTheAir Node    OnTheAir Node  System Preferences Pane Version 1 2b9    Softron Media Services  2011      Node Settings MEE Playback Settings   Plug ins   License  Media Folders  MVolumes  RAID ToBroadcast  Stopped  Volumes RAID For Manager Validating  16           Node 3  Stopped      Node 4  Stopped    EJES    Logo Overlay  Overlay Logos Folder   Volumes Macintosh HD Users admin Pictures Logos          Default Overlay Logo   LWE_HD png    TL Click the lock to prevent further changes        Logo Overlay  Choose there the folder where the logo for this Node will be located and select also which one will  be the default Logo        Il 24 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    Il 25    BEST PRACTICE FOR Media Folders    When you add a new Media Folder  there are 2 steps      Enumerati
28. nitor application it automatically  restarts  but   don   t want it to restart    SOLUTION   OnTheAir Node Helper is the application that restarts automatically the Nodes when they crash   If you do not want a Node to automatically restart  you will have to Force Quit first the OnTheAir  Node Helper application     Are you sure you want to quit this process     Do you really want to quit    OnTheAir Node Helper           Fa      Force Quit y   Cancel     Quit     PROBLEM  Every time OnTheAir Node starts  it tries to start some clips automatically    SOLUTION   Probably the Node has some playlist or schedule associated  You can click on reset playback  Status in the Playback menu  Be aware that this will delete all playlists and schedules associated  and then will not automatically start the clips it should  You will then need to resent the playlists  or schedule from OnTheAir Live or OnTheAir Manager  You can also manually delete the files    Library Application Support Softron OnTheAir Node Node 1 Playlist    Library Application Support Softron OnTheAir Node Node 1 Schedule    PROBLEM    can not activate or deactivate the serial numbers    SOLUTIONS   e OnTheAir Node needs to be stopped in order to be able to activate deactivate serial numbers    e Check if you communicated us the deactivation codes if you previously did a manual  deactivation    e Check that the serial number has not expired if working with temporary serial numbers     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers
29. nsparent to  the user     Clip Attributes   Another revolutionary feature of the node is that it publishes available clip attributes  so that  every client application knows exactly what plugins are available on the node and what their  possible values are  An example is the GPICommander plugin  the first plug in to be released  with the Node  which advertises all its inputs and outputs along with their state    When the node is playing a clip and its attributes are different than the current value  the  plug in will automatically be called to adapt its state  So for instance  if a clip is marked with  an attribute of    GPICommander Output 1 On    and the current value is off  then the appropriate  output will be turned on automatically when the clip begins  That makes it very easy to assign  attributes to clips and does not require to use manual actions anymore  Another available  attribute is the logo overlay  The clients know exactly what logo overlay files are available on the  node and can select which one to apply on each clip     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services       l 5    Playout   OnTheAir Node uses  under the hood  our well knows playback engine that provides seamless   reliable SD and HD playout functions while adding features like multi lingual audio support   station logo overlay and last but not least  alpha support for ARGB playback  playing a movie with  its key on a separate output      Each host computer will originally sup
30. nt to add or update a functionality  You  just need to add a new plugin to that folder and stop and restart the Node for it to be taken into  account     Once setup and configured  plugins will be available and controlled through the Attributes from  the client applications  OnTheAir Live or OnTheAir Manager      More info on OnTheAir Node Plugins can be found here   http   softron zendesk com entries 20628861 what s a plugin for ontheair node    OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    Using OnTheAir Node       In this third part  we will present quickly how OnTheAir Node can be used and controlled with  Softron Clients applications or third party software      1 30 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    What application can control  OnTheAir Node               I 31    5 1    Softron Client Applications    Softron Media Services have developed a few client applications to take control of OnTheAir Node    e OnTheAir Live   is a free application that can be used to control any number of OnTheAir  Node in Live operations where you will want to have a playlist type of control with cue mode   A B Roll  etc      e OnTheAir Manager  with or without OnTheAir Server   is used to control any number of  OnTheAir Node in 24 7 broadcast with a schedule and a Calendar type of user interface    e OnTheAir Node Remote  is the iPad application that enables to control  with some limitations   any number of OnTheAir Node  It has the same 
31. ntrol a Cue Tone Generator from OnTheAir Node  You will simply change  the attributes of the required clips so that it will trigger a GPI output  using GPI  Commander   This GPI output will then control to a cue tone generator     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services            A V output A V  cue tone         INIA o  1             A V signals    GPI Contact    l 15 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    Installing  amp  Setting up  OnTheAir Node       In this second part  we will explain how you should set up your video card   s preferences as well  as how to set up the OnTheAir Node preferences     Please read this section carefully  Not only will it provide valuable information on how to set up  your hardware and software correctly  but also because much of the information provided will be  helpful in your every day use of OnTheAir Node     Il 16 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    Installing and licensing  OnTheAir Node     gt        Il 17    SL       3 2    Installing OnTheAir Node    To install OnTheAir Node     e Download it from our website   s    Downloads    area    e Double click on the OnTheAir_Node_lnstaller zip file to uncompress it   e Double click on the file    OnTheAir Node Installer       e You will then be guided through the installation process     Once the installation process is finished  go to    System Preferences  gt  OnTheAir Node to set it up     Using OnTheAir
32. o       The PCI version of OnTheAir Video uses our own playout engine that has been  developed and improved since it was first used in 2004  It has proven very high  reliability and therefore is the ideal companion for broadcast 24 7 or live shows   OnTheAir Video can playout most QuickTime codecs  provided they are i frame  and  has some advanced features  Some are optional  such as Logo overlay  multilingual   Actions  to trigger external devices such as GPI or Character generators  etc       Scheduling      For Live shows OnTheAir Video also has the Cue mode which will  make it a very easy to use video player to start Video subjects     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    1 3 OnTheAir Live or OnTheAir Manager       OnTheAir Live and OnTheAir Manager are 2 Mac OS X client applications that can control  OnTheAir Node Each have their specifities  and in short OnTheAir Live is for Live production and  OnTheAir Manager is for 24 7 scheduling of OnTheAir Node     OnTheAir Live          OnTheAir Live is bundled free with OnTheAir Node  You RE EE  can then install it on any number of client workstation  One wo   Tu          OnTheAir Live can control multiple OnTheAir Node  0000000            OnTheAir Live is typically to be used in Live production  to start news subjects with Cue mode  A B Roll  multiple  playlist creations  etc    The great advantages compared  n   ot      to OnTheAir Video is that multiple clients can see what is aS      playing  
33. o Standard    HD 1080i 60  NTSC   O Node 3 e Video Output    Blackmagic Video Output  Stopped Video Mode    Blackmagic HD 1080i 59 94   RGB  Node 4 M Audio cut between clips  Stopped    Audio Settings                  ________                   Audio Output   Audio Stereo Pairs  em    Pair 1 Language    Pair  1 in movie         Reset Playback Status             af Click the lock to prevent further changes        Keying  Choose wether you want the Key mode to be External  Fill  amp  Key  or Internal Key  made on the  video board over an incoming signal      Default Value  Choose wether you want the Key mode to be Off or On by default        Video Standard  Sets the broadcast standard   SD PAL  SD NTSC  HD 1080i  HD 720p  and the frame rate     Video Output  Select the card you want to use for output  If you have multiple cards in one mac  this is where    they will be listed     Video Mode   Sets the Video Mode    e Upper Field  for most codecs    e Lower Field First for DV clips only  available only with AJA and Matrox cards      Il 26 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    Il 27    Audio Cut between clips   A movie file almost never has an exact same duration between the Audio and the Video  the Video  is a little longer or shorter than the Audio   So at the end of a file if the audio is a little longer  we  have two options    e cut the audio  the last audio samples will then not be played    e duplicate the last video frame so you play all the 
34. ode 4   M Audio cut between clips      Stopped    Audio Settings    Audio Output    Blackmagic Audio        Audio Stereo Pairs    1 7      Pair 1 Language    Pair  1 in movie    Miscellaneous    Reset Playback Status          Click the lock to prevent further changes        OnTheAir Node Info Node setup  Version and copyright 5 tabs to change the settings of the    select Node       Nodes List       Check the status and version of each O Lock Unlock  Node  stopped or started   checkbox Preference pane lock unlock in order  to start stop each Node to make modifications    e If the System Preference Pane doesn t start  check the Troubleshooting section at the end  of this manual to find some possible solutions           44 Lock Unlock OnTheAir Node System Preferences Pane    Before doing any change to the OnTheAir Node System preference pane  you will need to unlock  it  To unlock it  simply click on the lock located at the bottom left of the Preference Pane  To lock  it back simply click again on the lock     Preference Pane Locked Preference Pane Unlocked  2 Click the lock to make changes  rt Click the lock to prevent further changes   Il 20 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1    Softron Media Services     gt  45 Start   Stop a Node    e When a Node is started  you can not modify its Name  port number  nor activate or  deactivate a Serial Number  If you intend to do any of these  please refer to the chapter  O that explains how to do that in Node Settings and License tab
35. on  OnTheAir Node goes through all the files in the folders and list all  movie files in it  and only movie files  not  txt files   At the end of the process  of enumeration  OnTheAir Node builds it database of clips that can be seen and  requested by other clients  This process is quite quick   Validation  once OnTheAir Node has its list of clips  it will start validating them   This process is much slower as we have to scan each file to see if it is valid  get its  duration  etc    As long as the file is not validated it will still show as offline  but  you will be able to drag and drop it in a playlist if you are using OnTheAir Live or  OnTheAir Manager  Scanning a big Media folder  the number of clips matters more than the size of them   may take some time  Don t try to delete a Media Folder or stop a Node when it is in the  process of enumeration or validation a media folder   Consider that the best practice is not to select a media folder which hold more then  10 000 items   Instead of choosing one big Media Folder  you can select multiple smaller Media Folders   Aliases are not supported and will not be listed   Modifying the root folder  like adding a clip to the folder you selected in media browser   will force the enumeration of all the clips in all the subfolders  It will not however  validate the files that were already present  but only the files that were eventually added   But to gain in performance  avoid modifying a root folder  adding a clip to it  changing 
36. port four nodes to allow for multi channel playout     OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services       1 2 About OnTheAir Video   DV   Express    This manual concerns OnTheAir Node  OnTheAir Node is a client server playout application     There are also some standalone playout solutions available  OnTheAir Video  OnTheAir Video DV  and OnTheAir Video Express  each with a speciality  Here is a quick description of each of them so  you can make your choice  But to have an extensive view of the differences between each version   you should refer to the following page of the Softron website  http    www softron tv products    playout_standalone compare html                800   OnTheAir Video Express  00 06 54 25 00 23 00 01  06 55           16 05  00 00 00 00 Clouds mov 00 00 12 24  pall 2010 04 01 15 27 22  0200    00 00 12 24 HEM   New York Streets mov 00 03 13 26       Documentary  2010 04 02 13 57 52  0200    Evening News mov 00 23 00 02    00 00 00 06  News  2010 09 27 12 25 41  0200  00 00 01 22 Desert mov 00 00 09 13  Ez 2010 04 01 15 29 06  0200    00 00 03 09 ae a   bal 02 00 00 00          En          2010  00 a 13 18 34  0200    Entertainment 1   52 min mov 00 56 00 02  rtainment  2010 09 27 12 12 58  0200       00 00 11 09  Ente     00 00 15 01 Bae Dive in Slow Mo mov 00 00 21 26       Y  Un 2010 04 01 15 32 01  0200  ae My Beautiful  Movie copy mov 02 00 00 00    k 2010 09 27 13 18 34  0200    00 00 23 02 EA    00 00 24 18       00 00 15 02   
37. ron Media Services          e OnTheAir Node doesn t support QuickTime files with a Closed Captioning track as it is    not supported by OnTheAir Node  The only way to have Closed Captioning is to use the  Audio encoding option available with the Matrox cards and CPC software     Teletext with OnTheAir Node    Teletext is in use in many european countries to add Text informations to the video    signal  Some video lines in the video signal are used for the Teletex information  At    the time of writing  there is no known solution to encode these lines directly on the    Mac  The only solution is then to add these lines on top of the video signal going out  of OnTheAir Node and maybe to control this Teletext encoder using GPI Commander to    start stop encoding     ARE 16 9 and 4 3 signals       l 14    A video signal can be in a 16 9 or 4 3 aspect ratio  A flag can be added to some of the  VANC lines of the video signal to tell the TV monitors wether the signal is in 4 3 or  16 9  OnTheAir Node will not add such information on the signal  but you can control a  external device using GPI Commander to add or not this information in the VANC lines     PAR Generating Cue Tone    In broadcast networks  a DTMF cue tone or subaudible tone is often used to prompt  insertion of a local TV commercial or radio advertisement by the broadcast automation  equipment at the broadcast station or cable headend     OnTheAir Node can not generate Cue Tone in the Audio signal  However  you  can co
38. s Destination Folder          Security    M Require Password   Change Password       n  A Click the lock to prevent further changes        Il 21 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services        gt  46     Node Settings    The first tab is called    Node Settings        OnTheAir Node    System Preferences Pane Version 1 2b9    Node 1    Stopped    Node 2  Stopped    Node 3  Stopped    Node 4  Stopped    AECE Media   Playback Settings   Plug Ins   License    General  Node Name     Node 1      Port Number     3001   C  Automatically start when logging in    Logging  M Generate As run Logs  soled le LISE    Change Password       Reset Node Settings         af Click the lock to prevent further changes     Node Name   Port Number    Change the Node Name and Port Number here  OnTheAir Node must be stopped to be able to  rename the Node and its port number  The port number is the port it will communicate on using    Telnet           Va OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services       Softron Media Services  2011       Automatically start when logging in   When this option is checked this Node will   e start automatically when the computer is started  This is an option you want to enable if you  are working with remote servers  so you don t have to start the Node when you restart the  computer  Note that it will only start automatically if it was running when you restarted the  computer    e restart automatically after a crash  In case of a
39. so you can have your producer  and journalists             LUXETV Filler_Cars ProRes 00 00 11 02  B 20070202 RAS                MTV xcape  Profes 00003408  seeing what is the clip that is currently playing without ene    being able to control the playout  and have only the operator  e Tenant ree ET  controlling the playout  The A B Roll is also a unique feature        a  lt 7  in OnTheAir Live  where you can have the next 2 subjects     st s A    2007 09 05 15 41    ready to play           OnTheAir Manager       OnTheAir Manager is another client application for OnTheAir Node  This one is not free  This  the application that enables you to schedule your playout for 24 7  It has a calendar style user  interface  and have some great new features like hierarchical playlists  clip categories  inherited  attributes  repeated events  Live clips  etc       One OnTheAir Manager can take control of multiple OnTheAir Node           00 08 34    l 7    PRIME TIME Shows Y  18 00 00   20 00 00    18 00 00   20 00 00  PRIME TIME Shows  n                      00 00 11       00 23 00             00 20   2010 11 16 13 49       19 07 00 My Beautifull Movie copy  E    i       21 07 00 Dolphins 2 00 00 12     Commercials 2010 04 01 15 36          00 00 00       00 23           21 31 09 pes My Beautifull Movie       nat os wan     o 2010 09 27 13 18    My Serie   Episode 2       00 23 00  2010 09 27 12 25                   OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1    Softron Media Services    2010 
40. ssible using a Screen Sharing application  or some Apple Scripts  This can work very nicely for  some users  but is not always the ideal solution  may be a little slow  etc        That is why Softron has developed a version of OnTheAir Video that is based on the client server  architecture and it is called OnTheAir Node  OnTheAir Node uses the same reliable engine as  OnTheAir Video  but brings the power of a client server architecture     With OnTheAir Video or OnTheAir Video DV or OnTheAir Video Express    One client controls one or 2 output but only local  you need to be on the  computer to control it     TO AIR       With OnTheAir Node   OnTheAir Manager  or OnTheAir Live     One client  OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live  control one output  OnTheAir  Node  on the same computer        One client  OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live  control 2 output  OnTheAir  Node  on the same computer        A V signals         Network    OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services    One client  OnTheAir Manager or OnTheAir Live  control multiple output   OnTheAir Node  remotely by connecting to the Nodes with Ethernet     TO AIR              TO AIR    E A A      6       TO AIR    e  PA BETTE TEED          One or multiple output  OnTheAir Node  can be controlled by multiple clients   only OnTheAir Live   for OnTheAir Manager you will need OnTheAir Server     TO AIR    a PA     E A TS    fl    N A             l 9 OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media
41. t of supported codecs   e Apple ProRes Family   e DV STREAM   dv files   e DV  mov    e DVCPRO 25   e DVCPRO 50   e DVCPRO HD   e MPEG 4  I frame only   e M JPEG   e MPEG IMX  30 40 50   e Uncompressed HD    Many other QuickTime formats may be supported by OnTheAir Node  The above are the most  often used and are the ones that have been thoroughly tested and certified  If you want to use a  format other than the ones specified  we suggest that you check our web site for informational  updates   or you can  of course  test it by yourself and let us know     Do not hesitate to test different formats and to keep us informed about your test results  We look  forward to receiving you comments at http    www softron tv support contact php    OnTheAir Node 1 2 3   User Manual vers 1  Softron Media Services        gt        l 12    2 5    About Audio Formats    As stated above  OnTheAir Video can accept only Video files that have appropriate Audio format   The audio format supported is    e Linear PCM   e 16or 24 bit   e 48Khz   e only stereo or mono tracks    What we mean about Stereo tracks is that some QuickTime files can have one audio track with  multiple audio channels  This is typically the case with 5 1 audio where you will have one audio  track with 6 audio channels  This kind of audio track is not supported by OnTheAir Video     However it is possible to output 6 audio channels for 5 1  For that you can simply add 3 Stereo  Tracks to the QuickTime file instead of one track 
42. t the read and write access to the following folder and all nested folders     Library Application Support Softron OnTheAir Node     PROBLEM  How to Force Quit OnTheAir Node  OnTheAir Node application seems to be unresponsive but    can not see it in the Force Quit dialog    SOLUTION  OnTheAir Node is a    hidden    application which can not be seen by the regular    Force Quit    dialog   To Force Quit it  you need to open the Application    Activity Monitor     located in Applications    Utilities            g        Activity Monitor                                     ao O O  inspect Sample Process Show Filter  PID Process Name    sav LUCE Fo TITO  vor wre  117     Finder Are you sure you want to quit this process    Intel  64 bit   121 fontd   Intel  64 bit     De  i   di   a7  ii id A  Do you really want to quit    OnTheAir Node 1    TOA  55 loginwit etl   Intel  64 bit   3030 mdwork   Intel  64 bit   1 MIDISen   Force Quit   Cancel   Intel  64 bit     nee eee    D OnTheAl   Intel  3347 OnTheAir Node 2 admin 0 6 0 86 10 4 MB 81 6 MB Intel  147 OnTheAir Node Helper admin 0 1 6 77 3 4 MB 89 5 MB Intel       127 pboard admin 0 0 1 0 00 900 KB 18 4 MB Intel  64 bit   3201 Wo Preview admin 0 0 2 1 48 24 9 MB 85 5 MB Intel  64 bit   3343 Quick Look Helper admin 0 0 6 0 11 7 3 MB 90 2 MB Intel  64 bit   3248 System Preferences admin 0 0 3 7 46 35 7 MB 408 4 MB Intel  64 bit      116 SystemUlServer admin 0 1 3 1 08 38 19 4 MB 126 2 MB Intel  64 bit   2584 7 TextEdit admin 0 0 2 
43. with 6 channels  This type of files will be  supported and played out by OnTheAir Video provided you have the multi audio option     Below are screenshots of QuickTime Movie Inspector info window  The screenshot from the left is  one of a QuickTime file with supported audio tracks  3 Stereo Tracks   and the one from the left is  a screenshot of Movie Inspector of a file with unsupported audio tracks  1 track in 5 1     Supported Quicktime File   3 stereo Tracks     Unsupported Quicktime File   one 5 1 Track   10 Ann eProRes 444 EStereoTracke Rlar T           920x1080_AppleProRes444_8StereoTracks cop       2500 i 1920x1080 AppleProRes444  amp StereoTrack       Source   Users admin Desktop   25001 1920x1080 AppleProRes444 8    Source   Vo    Format     FPS   Data Size   Data Rate     Current Size        _1920x1080 AppleProRes444 8  StereoTracks copy mov   Apple ProRes 4444  1920 x 1080  1888  x 1062   Millions   16 bit Integer  Little Endian   Stereo   48 000 kHz   16 bit Integer  Little Endian   Stereo   48 000 kHz   16 bit Integer  Little Endian   Stereo   48 000 kHz    Format     FPS   Data Size   Data Rate     1 35 CE Current Size        StereoTracks Blackmagic_ SD _ PAL  copy mov   AJA 2Vuy Codec  720 x 576  1007 x  576   Millions   16 bit Integer  Big Endian   5 1  E LR  Ls Rs LFE   48 000 kHz    25  639 4 MB    170 53 Mbit s    1007 x 576 pixels  Actual        180 44 Mbit s    1888 x 1062 pixels  Actual           About File Wrappers  QuickTime  AVI  MXF     OnTheAir Node
    
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