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2. e Next you have several possibilities at hand Use either one of the following Select the respective file with the mouse and drag and drop it somewhere in the metadata or preview area Double click the file with the mouse Use the menu option Show all metadata on its context menu see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 This will single out the selected data and further information about it will be displayed in the metadata area see chapter Working with Metadata on page 6 1 If the singled out data is either a video clip or a still image its content will be displayed in the video overlay of the pre view area Furthermore with video data displayed in the preview area you can then use the scrub bar or the preview controls to preview the clip e Move the cursor of the scrub bar to the left or right to move to a certain position within the clip For this you may also use the keys Left Arrow Right Ar row when the preview area has the focus e g after select ing it with the mouse scrub bar with cursor Figure 5 5 Preview of a clip in the preview area 5 8 Previewing Data The video overlay shows you the contents of the clip in still images The position of the scrub bar cursor also determines the file i specific metadata that will be displayed in the header data view see section Header Data on page 6 6 If a proxy clip is already available for the singled out video
3. This section details where to find the menu options compared to the Linux Windows versions of the software Location on Linux Windows Location on Mac OS Spycer Full screen View Full screen Minimize View Minimize Quit Spycer Quit Spycer Options Config Spycer Preferences PVs Miscellaneous Location on Linux Windows Location on Mac OS Tools Calculator Tools Calculator License Man Request Tools License Management agement Request Update Tools License Management Update License Tools License Management Server License Server View Reset Layout View Reset Layout Maximize Preview Area View Maximize Preview Area Help About Spycer About Spycer Manual Help Manual 8 3 2 The Spycer Spycer Icon Menu The menu Spycer contains the following menu options Spycer __ Fullscreen Minimize Quit Figure 8 12 The Spycer menu In fullscreen mode see section Full screen on page 8 17 the menu Spycer will be replaced by the Spycer icon Linux and Windows only However then it still provides the same menu options as the menu Spycer shown in the figure above and detailed in the following Full screen Select the menu option Full screen to activate the fullscreen mode of Spycer In fullscreen mode the menu Spycer will be replaced by the Spycer icon Linux
4. With the watch folders you determine the locations on your local stor age that should be searched for video and audio material by the Spycer Agent and afterwards be monitored for file movements All data found in these volumes directories will be written into a database adminis tered by the SpycerAgent The contents of the database is then dis played in Spycer and available for search procedures Additionally it is the database that will be visible to other Spycers in the SpycerNet if browse and search permissions are given see section Remote Access Permissions on page 3 14 on your system local reading including that of mounted net work drives is still possible with Spycer With a local content management enabled the application displays all data locally available when selected in its browser However because the contents of these locations are not scanned and indexed in the database they are read when accessed only and neither will a search with Spycer include these locations nor will they be vis ible in the SpycerNet i Viewing or reading the contents of other drives or directories S Spycer User Guide PVs 3 12 Setup eg 2 1 Watch Folders Include Folder Exclude Folder Figure 3 2 Watch folders settings To determine that a folder either a drive or directory should be watched by the background process add it to the list box with the but ton INCLUDE FOLDER Normally this will
5. 2 2 2 SpycerAgent To scan and display any data locally stored on your computer system the Spycer application installs a background process Mac Windows service Linux daemon called SpycerAgent right after the first program start It will be launched in the background of the system and in the fu ture start automatically during the loading of the operating system The SpycerAgent administers a database that contains all worthwhile information about the contents of the watched folders the scanned and indexed local storages such as file names storage location pixel formats color spaces or metadata This database is then used in the user interface of Spycer to display video and audio material as well as all other data By using a database to present the contents of storages Spycer offers you fast access to large amounts of data for example for search procedures Once the database is created the SpycerAgent monitors the watched folders for example for new files deletions re 2 5 Spycer User Guide PVs 2 6 namings etc whereupon the local database of Spycer is revised so that it is always up to date with the actual content stored 7n The very first writing of the database may take some time de i pending on the amount of data stored in the watched folders Further information about the watched folders can be found in section Watch Folder Settings on page 3 11 The SpycerAgent is an important part of the
6. DESELECT ALL In this pane select the user or group that you want to specify the remote access permissions for Currently only the default user group is available Under this pane you can set the permissions of the user group that has been selected in the pane User amp Groups For a detailed list of the access permissions and what they indicate see section Remote Access Permissions on page 3 14 This button enables all check boxes in the pane Remote Access Permissions in one step This button disables all check boxes in the pane Remote Access Permissions in one step For further information about these settings see section Re i mote Access Permissions on page 3 14 and section Notes about Networking with Spycer on page 2 8 PVs Miscellaneous 8 2 6 The Group Scan Filter This setting allows you to determine sequence file types i e file formats that Spycer should display as video sequences and thus as single entries It sets a filter for the scanning of the SpycerAgent In order to recognize files of the listed file formats as image sequences each file name must contain a numbering frame numbering of the same length amp Configuration ons Iter Watch Folders Figure 8 9 The settings items of the group Scan filter The following settings items are provided by the group Scan Filter list The list determines the file formats by their ex tensions column Format that Spycer
7. DVS Content Management Software Spycer Version 1 2 User Guide Spycer User Guide Introduction Basics Getting Started Browsing and Searching Previewing Data Working with Metadata Management Tools and Job List Miscellaneous Appendix Index User Guide Version 1 2 for Spycer Version 1 2 Copyright 2006 2007 by DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH Hanover All rights reserved The manuals as well as the soft and or hardware described here and all their constituent parts are protected by copyright Without the express permission of DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH any form of use which goes beyond the narrow bounds prescribed by copyright legislation is prohibited and liable to prosecution This particularly applies to duplication copying translation processing evaluation publishing and storing and or processing in an electronic system Specifications and data may change without notice We offer no guarantee that this documentation is correct and or complete In no event shall DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH be liable for any damages whatsoever including without limitation any special indirect or consequential damages and damages resulting from loss of use data or profits or business interruption arising out of the use of or inability to use the hardware software and or manual materials Those parts of this documentation that describe optional software or hardware features usually contain a correspo
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10. JPEG t jpg Jpeg 3 x 8 bit RGB 8 bit RGB file format of the Joint Photographic Experts Group Imag es are usually stored with lossy com pression A 4 PVs Appendix Table A 1 Supported video file formats cont Format Default File storage ee Description Name Extension format JPEG2000 jp2 3 x 12 bit RGB 12 bit RGB file format Flexible data and still image compression stan dard operating either compressed or uncompressed 3 x 16 bit RGB 16 bit RGB file format Flexible data and still image compression stan dard operating either compressed or uncompressed 3 x 12 bit XYZ _ 12 bit XYZ file format Flexible data and still image compression stan dard operating either compressed or uncompressed QuickTime mov various e g Video file format that supports vari RGB or YUV ous file storage formats either com either com pressed or uncompressed The pressed or un whole video clip as well as audio are compressed stored in one file only container for audio mat Proprietary streaming video technology developed by Apple SGI sgi 3 x 8 bit RGB 8 bit RGB file format SGI IRIX im rgb age format 3 x 16 bit RGB 16 bit RGB file format SGI IRIX im age format TGA tga 3x 8bitRGB Targa image format and 4 x 8 bit RGBA uncom pressed TIFF taf 3x 8bitRGB TIFF or Tagged Image File Format in tiff and 4 x 8 bi
11. box is enabled proxies can be generated on your system Then the configuration items for the proxies will be available and can be set If the check box is disabled a proxy creation can not be performed on your system Details the resolution of the proxies in width and height in pixels This setting will be available when Preview proxies is enabled Select from this combo box the file format of the container file format that will be used to create the proxies This setting will be available when Preview proxies is enabled For the proxy generation you can select be tween three scaling qualities It also effects the speed of the creation For example the setting high will yield the best quality but will also take longest to process This setting will be available when Preview proxies is enabled Sets the default frame rate of the proxy files This setting will be available when Preview proxies is enabled When this check box is enabled proxy files are generated automatically on your system as soon as new clips are detected by the SpycerAgent If it is disabled proxies can only be created manu ally with the menu option Create proxy see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 This setting will be available when Preview proxies is enabled With this check box you configure the Spycer application to perform a defragmentation auto matically on the processed material when a copy process is started on your system This wil
12. dpx files j can be edited in Spycer e Single out the video clip whose metadata you want to change as described in section Displaying Metadata on page 6 2 e Incase you want to alter the metadata of a specific image or image range move the scrub bar cursor of the preview area to the desired position see section Using the Preview Area on page 5 8 e After this switch to the header data view by activating the button HEADER DATA This displays the header data of the file currently selected with the scrub bar cursor in the header data view Now you can change its metadata e Via the combo box Edit at the top right of the header data view select where in the file sequence an editing of the header data should be performed e After this activate the button EDIT from the metadata controls Working with Metadata This will alter the appearance of the header data view and an entry mask is displayed tivated an editing of the header data is not supported by the i In case no entry mask is displayed when the button EDIT is ac selected file format e Type in or alter the respective metadata information in the available fields To create file names with a proper frame numbering as meta i data for video clips you have to observe the C notation usually gt with the syntax lt string gt 0Yd lt ext gt see section The Search Parameter Area on page 4 16 e Check whether the check boxes of the
13. gt lt OS architecture gt rpm This installs all necessary files and libraries of Spycer on the computer system With this the installation of the software is complete and as a next step you have to perform its initial setup to be able to run the program It has to be made when the Spycer application is started for the first time see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 and section Initial Setup of Spycer on page 3 9 and requires a log on as root as well Once this is finished you can use Spycer with a normal user account system menu under the entry Audio amp Video Spycer It can be deinstalled by entering rpm e Spycer in a command line G Under Linux the Spycer application can usually be found in the S The CodeMeter application can usually be found in the system menu under the entry System CodeMeter Control Center It can be deinstalled by entering rpm e CodeMeter4 ina command line 3 3 Spycer User Guide PVs 3 1 2 Installation under Mac OS 3 4 The installation of a stand alone Spycer for the Mac operating system usually comes as a single archive file that contains two sets of installa tions The CodeMeter installation application to recognize and administer the dongle and the Spycer installation If you are in possession of a licensed Spycer it usually can be found on the enclosed CD ROM With a licensed Spycer it is recommended to in stall the CodeMeter app
14. number of the dongle or the expiration date and time The latter may be useful to troubleshoot license issues Manual The online documentation of the Spycer application can be accessed via the menu option Manual on the Help menu It opens the documenta tion in HTML format The manual is also available in PDF format which is most suited if you want to print out the document The documentation of Spycer in PDF format can be accessed easily via the navigation buttons at the bottom of each HTML page 8 21 Spycer User Guide PVs 8 4 Maintenance The Spycer application especially when working in a network is a com plex set of individual programs Because of this DVS provides some maintenance tools which will help you in the event of service and main tenance work All the software programs described here are available for this purpose only In your daily work with Spycer they should be of no use Before applying anything of the following please refer to sec tion Troubleshooting on page A 2 to see whether it is really necessary 8 4 1 The SpycerAgent Script Tool 8 22 When a local content management is enabled the SpycerAgent will be the most important part of the Spycer application It is a process Mac Windows service Linux daemon running in the background of your system and administering the local data and its database Further information about the SpycerAgent can be found in J section Spycer
15. on page 8 4 Further information about the Configuration Tool of the DVS i software can be found in the documentation of your DVS vid eo system 3 5 4 Exiting the Integrated Spycer The Spycer application integrated in the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 software will be ended when the whole DVS software is exited Further information about how to do this can be found in the documentation of the video system software Exiting the DVS software and thus the integrated Spycer will not terminate the background process when a local content management is enabled The process is started during the load ing of the operating system fully operational even with no user logged in and terminated only when the system is shut down see section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 for more details 3 21 Spycer User Guide PVs 3 6 Changing the Layout of the User Interface 3 22 The layout of the user interface of Spycer can be changed to your per sonal requirements You can maximize the view of the user interface or of the preview area as well as change the size of areas All alterations will be saved when the software is closed This section describes how to change the size of areas of Spycer Information about how to maximize certain areas or the user i interface itself can be found in section The Video Overlay on page 5 5 and section The Spycer Spycer Icon Menu on page 8 17 Generally the software
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17. 4 Interesting Files and Folders The Spycer application is programed with the best know how DVS has to offer in the field of digital video It provides some files and folders that may be of interest to the user and or the system administrator Leave the rest of the files in the directories mentioned in the A following as they are Do not try to run them if they are exe b cCutables or even delete them This may cause harm to your computer system and or the Spycer application installed Folder s log Location Linux var opt DVS Spycer log and home lt user gt DVS Spycer log Mac Library Application Support DVS Spycer log and Users lt user gt Library Applica tion Support DVS Spycer log Windows C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data DVS Spycer log and C Documents and Settings lt us er gt Application Data DVS Spyc er log Condition By default available Details These folders store the log files created by the Spycer ap plication see section Gathering Diagnostic Informa tion on page 8 26 A 9 Spycer User Guide PVs Folder s proxies Location Linux home lt user gt DVS Spycer prox ies Mac Users lt user gt Library Applica tion Support DVS Spycer proxies Windows C Documents and Settings lt us er gt Application Data DVS Spyc er proxies Condition Will be cre
18. Action Refresh the view of the directory tree must have focus F5 Switch to the search tool of Spycer Ctrl F Mac 3 F Play of video clip in preview area Space 5 Stop of video clip in preview area Space Step one 1 frame forward on a scrub bar must have focus Right Arrow 4 Step one 1 frame backward on a scrub bar must have focus Left Arrow 3 Step ten 10 frames forward on a scrub bar must have focus 2 Step ten 10 frames backward ona scrub bar must have focus 1 Select several items e g files dis jointedly Hold Ctrl key Mac 3 while selecting with the mouse Select a range of adjoining items e g files Hold Shift key while selecting with the mouse Within the home system Move material to another location instead of copying Hold Alt key while drag and drop with the mouse Copy selected material to the clip board Ctrl C Mac C Paste from clipboard to the selected position location Ctrl V Mac V Delete directories files from the storage Del Close an open window of the Spyc er application Linux Windows only Alt F4 Exit Spycer Open the configuration settings Minimize Alt F4 Mac X Q Mac only X Mac only 3 M Open the online help F1 Mac 3 Shift PVs Appendix A
19. Rate 24 v Image Sound Width 2048 Height Channels Depth 0 Alpha Depth 0 Mo Coding Aspect Ratio 1 316195 4 Pixel Ratio Bit Depth Sampling Rate File Count 206 Frame Count Field Mode Dominance Color Mode RGB Sampling Gamma SMPTE27 Range Frame Rate 24 Figure 6 2 The file metadata When a file is singled out see section Displaying Metadata on page 6 2 the file metadata view shows its file related information All files displayed in Spycer will deliver metadata in this view For example in the area General File Data standard information about storage lo cation and file name are detailed Additionally video audio and project 6 5 Spycer User Guide PVs files supported by Spycer see section Supported File Formats on page A 4 provide the following M7 This view of the metadata allows you to review most informa i tion only Because they are properties of the singled out file they cannot be changed Some areas of the file metadata view will alter their appearance and show different metadata in dependence on the selected file type video still images Video and still image files present further details about their format in the area Image as well as timecode or keycode information in the area Timecode when timecode and or keycode are stored in the file s headers source timecode audio Audio files detail further information about their audio properties in the area Soun
20. Spycer application for system specific tasks such as a copy ing or defragmentation 2 3 Spycer User Guide PVs 2 2 Software Structure 2 4 The following provides basic information about the software structure of the Spycer application to help you understand how the software op erates In its parts the Spycer application consists of three elements that to gether provide the software s capabilities the user interface the SpycerAgent and the SpycerNet While the first two are software components actually installed on the computer the latter is the means of communication between different Spycer installations in a network enabling the scalable and distributed content management The following diagram shows the software structure and communication processes between the individual ele ments of Spycer applications in a SpycerNet in detail c Client i Client File Server Spycer for DVS SAN SpycerAgent lt gt eS Database eS lt E a Database Sa NZ SpycerNet E lt E a Database integrated local content management disabled re cent Figure 2 1 Overview of the software structure Client CLIPSTER F The ovals in the drawing above represent the user interfaces of the Spycer applications while the lines indicate the communication ways Basics on the individual clients as well as between the
21. Spycer directly They are listed according to their file types First the vid eo file formats are detailed then the audio file formats and last but not least a list of all other file formats supported by Spycer is given D ments on page 1 8 Table A 1 Supported video file formats To be displayed in Spycer some file formats such as the mov file format may require the installation of third party programs e g the QuickTime player see section System Require Format Name Default Extension File storage format Description BMP bmp 3 x 8 bit RGB Windows bitmap format Only un compressed bitmaps are supported no RLE compression Cineon cin 3 x 10 bit RGB 10 bit RGB format Subset of the ANSI SMPTE DPX file format Flexi ble file format by Kodak allowing for variable image headers DPX dpx 3 x 8 bit RGB 8 bit RGB file format SMPTE Stan dard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 3 x 10 bit RGB 10 bit RGB file format SMPTE Stan dard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 10 bit YUV422 10 bit YUV file format SMPTE Stan dard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 3 x 12 bit RGB 12 bit RGB file format SMPTE Stan dard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 4 x 16 bit RGBA 16 bit RGB file format with key SMPTE Standard File Format for dig ital moving picture exchange
22. SpycerNet On the one hand it makes the data in the database available to the user interface installed locally and on the other to all other Spycer applications in the network if browse and search permissions are given see section Re mote Access Permissions on page 3 14 Without it only the data pro vided by other SpycerAgents in the network can be seen and accessed Thus it is the database that will be visible to other Spycer user interfac es in the SpycerNet Furthermore the SpycerAgent controls the Spycer application tasks on your system such as copy or defragmentation processes Usually these are initiated by the user interfaces in the SpycerNet Locally you can perform read and write as well as browse search and edit processes as desired The user interface triggers the event and the SpycerAgent car ries them out Nevertheless when operating in a SpycerNet and initiat ing a Spycer application task on another system it may be denied by the other Spycer due to insufficient remote access permissions Then the access rights have to be set accordingly on the systems where you want to perform the task see section Remote Access Permissions on page 3 14 The SpycerAgent runs totally independent of Spycer s user interface It is started automatically during the loading of the operating system and when not terminated otherwise it is stopped when the operating sys tem is turned off This makes it possible to maintain the Spy
23. access the following directories on your system Directory Linux var opt DVS Spycer log Mac Library Application Support DVS Spycer log Windows C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data DVS Spycer log Details The files in this directory log the actions of the built in defragmenter files Defrag lt timestamp gt log see also section Defragmenter on page 7 4 and of the SpycerAgent Agent lt timestamp gt log see also section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 Only the last ten files of each log will be kept Miscellaneous Directory Linux home lt user gt DVS Spycer log Mac Users lt user gt Library Appli cation Support DVS Spycer log Windows C Documents and Settings lt user gt Application Data DVS Spycer log Details When the Spycer user interface is started a log file is written detailing all actions performed by and with the user interface When exiting Spycer the log file is fin ished and saved Only the last ten files will be kept e Locate the files and gather them for example in a temporary direc tory When this is done you can send the log files to DVS Sending the Information to DVS Once all log files are gathered and available you may send them to DVS If you have retrieved more than one file it is best to pack them into an archive file e g zip e Pack the log files in an archive file e g zi
24. and Windows only but still provides access to the same menu options X Full screen Minimize Quit Figure 8 13 Spycer icon providing the same menu options Linux Windows Spycer User Guide PVs Minimize To access other programs that are installed on your system when Spycer runs in the fullscreen mode click the Minimize menu option on the menu Spyeer It reduces the Spycer user interface to a button on the taskbar of the operating system Quit The menu option Quit exits the Spycer user interface Further details about this can be found in section Exiting the Software on page 3 23 8 3 3 The Options Menu The Options menu provides a menu option to set up and configure the Spycer application It contains the menu option as shown below Options Figure 8 14 The Options menu It will be described in the following Config With the menu option Config you can access the general configura tion settings of the Spycer application You can find further information about them in section Configuring Spycer on page 8 4 8 3 4 The Tools Menu On the Tools menu you can find several tools to facilitate the usage of the Spycer application It provides the following menu options Calculator License Management Figure 8 15 The Tools menu They will be described in the following Miscellaneous Calculator With the calculator of Spycer you can calculate
25. and is dis played in the metadata and preview area Available for the results area after a search only Shows the selected file in the browse area of Spyc er thereby displaying its location Available for the contents area only Saves the text information of the files currently selected in the contents area to an ASCII file Available for the contents area only Selects all files available in the contents area Browsing and Searching Move to folder Copy Paste Delete New folder Rename Re scan Refresh Moves the selected directory file s to another lo cation When activated it will open a dialog win dow where you can select a new storage location on your home system 2 A direct moving of directories files in the i SpycerNet is not possible Within the net work directories files can be copied only Copies the selected directory file s to the clip board of the operating system Pastes the contents of the clipboard see Copy at the currently selected location After the confirmation of a warning message this menu option deletes the selected directory file from the storage This menu option deletes the selected di AN rectory file physically from the storage It is directly deleted and there is no undo functionality or recycle bin available to re store the data Creates a new subdirectory at the currently select ed location This menu option opens a dialog win
26. be the local drive or directory where the video data is stored Of course you can add more than just one folder to this list in case your data is distributed over several drives directories For example the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 video systems by DVS usually use the local drive v to store video and audio data So the drive v should be added to the list box above via the INCLUDE FOLDER button Network drives and important system drives directories cannot i be selected as watch folders The SpycerAgent registers all data even unknown files as well as all events that take place in the watch folders To minimize the size of its database and the overall traffic for the Spycer Agent it is recommended to include directories drives that con tain video audio files only With the button EXCLUDE FOLDER you can specify drives and direc tories that should not appear in the SpycerNet or the Spycer user inter face Usually with this you exclude them from being scanned into the database as a subdirectory of an included folder For example the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 video systems also store video related system data on the video drive to make this information available in real time e g proxies or prerendered images Normally they would be displayed in Spycer as well To exclude them from an ap pearance during browsing or searching add their location to the list box above via the button EXCLUDE
27. browse and search tools Each thumbnail is on the fly created and displayed as soon as a directory is selected that holds video or image data Further details about the contents areas of the browse and search tools not explained in the following can be found in sec tion Browsing for Data on page 4 2 Vilsection31 clips Fj File Name Riesenrad_ 05d tif File Path BP File Format TIFF Modification B amp E Resolution 2048 x 1080 Pixel Frame Count dse Aspect Ratio 1 89629630 Color Depth Frame Rate 0 Color Mode Duration TC Start Defrag 100 Size File Name Schloss_ 05d tif File Path i TIFF Duration Defrag Figure 5 1 A contents area Still images i e single image files in the browse and search area just provide their thumbnails For video clips however the complete time line can be previewed via the little scrub bar below its thumbnail To do this perform the following e If not already selected select the clip that you want to preview with a click of the mouse This will make the scrub bar of the thumbnail available e Move the cursor of the scrub bar to the left or right to view the contents of the clip For this you may also use the keys Left Arrow Right Ar row when the scrub bar has the focus e g after selecting it with the mouse Previewing Data thumbnail scrub bar with cursor Figure 5 2 Preview of a clip in a contents area The thumbnail above the scrub bar will show you t
28. can be altered a click on the button Epi will alter the view of the header data and you receive an entry mask 6 7 Spycer User Guide PVs Current Frame Holly Edit This Frame and all following File File Name tion Tim Copyright Image Orientation Low Quantity _ High Data High Quantity Figure 6 4 Changing the header data The header data values that are detailed in this mask can be altered by adapting or entering a value in an entry field and activating it with its preceding check box For further information about this see section Altering the Header Metadata on page 6 10 Currently in the header data view only the data of dpx files can be edited in Spycer 6 3 3 Production Metadata With the PRODUCTION button you switch the metadata view to the pro duction metadata see section The Metadata Controls on page 6 3 Working with Metadata Production Company Shot Description Production Date 2007 09 17 Camera ID Shot Take PE P Shot Comment Sound Reel Lab Reel Circle Take Film Scan Facility Operator Scanner ID Transfer Date 2007 09 17 Figure 6 5 The production metadata In this metadata view you can add or edit additional information about the production stages of the content All fields can be changed see sec tion Changing the Production Metadata on page 6 11 Currently the production metadata are provided virtually by i Spycer s data
29. chapter describes the management tools that are available in Spyc er such as the renaming of image sequences the built in defragmenter and the storage space calculator Because most of the tools generate an entry in the job list of Spycer it is explained here as well 7 1 Spycer User Guide PVs 7 1 The Management Tools Several management tools supplement the usage of Spycer comprising for example a renaming function for image sequences an integrated high speed copying process and a sophisticated defragmentation of image sequences All management tools will be described in this sec tion 7 1 1 Renaming Spycer provides a renaming tool for image sequences where you can easily change for instance the name prefixes frame numbers or file extensions When viewing the file related metadata of the currently sin gled out file you can find right beside the Filename s entry the but ton RENAME see chapter Working with Metadata on page 6 1 With it you can rename the currently singled out material In case the singled out material is available as a single file on the storage e g an audio file the button RENAME opens a dialog window where you simply have to enter the new name Once the file name changes are confirmed with the button OK the file will be named accordingly However when the button RENAME is called for an image sequence consisting of still images it opens the renaming tool of Spycer A renaming eith
30. content management enabled on your system you have to stop the background process SpycerAgent as well which can be done either manually for example with its script tool see section The SpycerAgent Script Tool on page 8 22 or by shut ting down the computer system Once the user interface and the SpycerAgent are closed the license of your Spycer application is given back to the dongle and can then be as signed to another Spycer connecting to the network Getting Started A J This chapter describes how to get started with Spycer First the instal lation of the software is described followed by details how to start the application When Spycer is started for the first time it will guide you through some initial configuration settings that you have to specify in order to run Spycer They will be described next in this chapter Among them you can find for instance the remote access permissions and the network configuration settings The chapter will be concluded with some more details about the software such as an overview of the user interface of Spycer a short description of the program variant of Spycer integrated in the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 software as well as an explanation about how to exit the software 3 1 Spycer User Guide PVs 3 1 Installing the Software The stand alone application variant of Spycer able to run on a standard computer system see section Program Variants of Spy
31. databases as soon as they are present in the network and browse and search permis sions are given In the SpycerNet you will be able to use your Spycer user interface to access data on other systems or you may use their SpycerAgents for certain operations read write defragment depending on the permis sions assigned for a remote access Thus you can easily maintain trans parency and control over all video and audio data in your post production workflow even if distributed on various client stations To configure a Spycer application to take part in the SpycerNet an IP ad dress other than the local host address has to be stated in the network settings of Spycer see section General Settings on page 3 9 For further information about the conditions necessary to establish a 2 7 Spycer User Guide PVs SpycerNet see section Notes about Networking with Spycer on page 2 8 2 2 4 Notes about Networking with Spycer Newer versions of Spycer usually provide features that older applica tions may be missing Due to the fact that it is the native SpycerAgent which performs file related tasks it may not be possible to trigger later developed functions on older Spycer applications in the SpycerNet For a list of what is new in this Spycer version see section New in Spycer Version 1 2 on page 1 9 The SpycerNet is best set up in a way that the overall workload is dis tributed over the client stations If working wit
32. do the following in addition e Follow the instructions given on the screen necessary to restart the SpycerAgent Once the SpycerAgent has started the background process as well as the user interface of Spycer will run with the licensed feature set en abled How to Upgrade Spycer Basic to a Licensed Spycer To upgrade the free version of Spycer Spycer Basic to a licensed ver sion of Spycer without floating licenses available see section Floating License on page 2 13 you will need a dongle that provides a valid li cense for the application You can order it from DVS via the Spycer web sites www spycer net or www spycer de Spycer User Guide PVs Once you have received the dongle perform the following a e Connect the dongle to a free USB port on the computer system where Spycer is installed If your computer where Spycer is installed is already running instead of the following perform the procedure described in section How to Connect the Dongle to a Running Computer on page 2 11 e Next start the system and afterwards the Spycer user interface see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 When Spycer is started it will run with the licensed feature set How to Update the License on the Dongle The license on the dongle can be updated for instance to enable new features or change an evaluation license to a non expiring one For this you have to send a request with internal license
33. from an adjustable set ting of video formats its maximum recording time by a given amount of storage space or the required storage by a given duration of the video data It is described in more detail in section Calculator on page 7 10 License Management The License Management menu option allows you to configure your connected dongle and its license s It opens a submenu with the fol lowing options License Management Request Update License Server Figure 8 16 Submenu of the menu option License Management The Request and Update menu options are used in case you have to update your local dongle for instance to enable new features or change an evaluation license to a non expiring one For details refer to section How to Update the License on the Dongle on page 2 12 With the menu option License Server you make a set of floating licenses available to other Spycers in a network Further information about this and how to do it can be found in section Floating License on page 2 13 8 3 5 The View Menu With the menu View you can change the layout of the user interface in certain ways It contains the following menu options Reset Layout tiaximize Preview Area Figure 8 17 The View menu They will be described in the following Reset Layout In case you have changed the layout of the user interface for example by hiding areas see section Changing the Layout of th
34. generation this check box has to be activat ed as well Write Essence This setting allows the writing of data on your system for example for copying processes To allow for a remote defragmentation or proxy clip generation this check box has to be activat ed as well 3 3 5 Finishing the Setup When the last configuration is made the following screen will be dis played Setup 3 Setup completed Figure 3 5 Setup completed Then you can finish the setup procedure by pressing the button OK which will start the Spycer application see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 If Spycer is started for the first time with no database available i the initial scanning of the watched folders may take some time depending on the amount of data stored in these locations As long as the scanning process is active your system will have the status busy see section The Status Bar on page 4 9 Spycer User Guide 3 4 Overview of the User Interface The following figure shows the user interface of Spycer as it appears af ter starting the program see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 menu bar metadata area preview area GENERIC Height Alpha Depth Pixel Ratio Sampling Rate i File N a BRERREEDA q T Text Image All Files Online I All Files browse and search area Figure 3 6 User interface of Spycer The user interface provides the foll
35. i ants of Spycer on page 1 6 you can also optimize the free space of a storage For this initiate a defragmentation of the complete drive volume Works only on SNFS storages The following details how to assess the defragmentation degree and how to initiate a defragmentation Assessing the Defragmentation Status The defragmentation status of a file clip can be seen in the browse and search area as well as in the file metadata view of the metadata area PVs Management Tools and Job List In the browse and search area you can find this information in a con tents area once a file is displayed see section The Contents Area on page 4 6 The text information provided by the file will detail this in formation either to the right of a thumbnail or when in its text infor mation view under the entry Defrag File Name File Format 7 Duration defragmentation status Defrag File Name File Format Audio Bit Depth TC Start Duration Figure 7 2 Contents area showing the defragmentation status Additionally it can be seen in the metadata area see chapter Working with Metadata on page 6 1 when an entry in Spycer is singled out and the file metadata is visible You can find the defragmentation de gree under the entry Defragmented among the general file data General File Data tmat P Duration Defragmented Defrag TC Frame Rate 6 Sound Width Height Channels defragmen
36. in the network if there is a dongle available and whether it provides a license If a license is available it will be given to your user interface The above steps will be enough to grab a license if a local content man agement is disabled on the system However if your Spycer application runs with the local content management enabled a message will ap pear informing you about the new detected license Then you have to do the following in addition Spycer User Guide PVs e Follow the instructions given on the screen necessary to restart the SpycerAgent Once the SpycerAgent has started the background process as well as the user interface of Spycer will run with the licensed feature set and the procedure to grab a license is finished How to Make a License Available again to the Dongle Licenses are not given only to the user interface of Spycer but to the SpycerAgent as well as soon as it is started local content management enabled see section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 To make a license available again to a dongle in the network perform the following e If running close the user interface of Spycer see section Exiting the Software on page 3 23 The above step will be enough to give back the license to the dongle if alocal content management is disabled on the system However if your Spycer application runs with the local content management enabled you have to do the following in addition e With a local
37. is started for the first time the initial setup of the application will be launched Then you have to detail the necessary configurations as described in section Initial Setup of Spycer on page 3 9 In case the option Mount network drives was selected the last time the program was exited you will be asked by a mes sage window to type in your password to legitimize your access to mounted network drives see section The Group Network Drives Windows Only on page 8 10 This will load Spycer as a software module of the DVS software PVs Getting Started Defrag Image All Files Online task bar e Bil Figure 3 7 The integrated Spycer For an overview of the Spycer software module please see sec tion Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 3 5 2 Using the Integrated Spycer The integrated Spycer can be used the same way as described in this user guide In addition it provides the following functionality With the integrated Spycer you will notice right below the menu bar of the DVS software the bin as it is available in the Edit or I O Tool Once audio and video clips are displayed in the browse and search area that are locally available or stored on a SAN they can be dragged and dropped to the contents area of the bin 3 19 Spycer User Guide Bin Options Help Metadata B file G Header Data GENERIC Production Height Alpha Depth File Name Hollywood 05 Fil
38. middle of the window the current state of the SpycerAgent is de tailed However when the SpycerAgent tool is running and the state of the service changes in the meantime it will not be noticed by the tool automatically In this case you have to update the status message as well as the state of the window by pressing the key F5 refresh Any changes in the state of the SpycerAgent will be detailed by the status message and the state of the tool s controls may change 8 4 2 The CodeMeter Control Center CodeMeter is another name for the dongle providing the license for your Spycer application see section License Issues on page 2 10 It comes with a control center and web server application for a more de tailed configuration of the dongle This section describes how to access the CodeMeter Control Center Because the control center and the web server application configure the dongle as well as its network capabilities do not change any of their default configurations unless you are ab solutely sure about the outcome or are instructed to by your distributor or the DVS service department from the user interface of the CodeMeter Control Center but i The web server application by CodeMeter can be accessed ton WEBADMIN es You can get further information about the control center as well as the web server application via the help information which can be accessed once the user interface of the control center is display
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40. should recognize as video clips The entries can be re vised by simply double clicking an entry and al tering it ADD This button adds an empty entry in the list above Then type in the extension of the file for mat that Spycer should recognize as a video clip REMOVE This button deletes entries from the list Select an entry in the list and delete it by clicking the button REMOVE 8 2 7 The Group Watch Folders With the settings items of the group Watch Folders you determine the locations that will be watched by the background process SpycerAgent 8 13 Spycer User Guide PVs 8 14 see section The Group General on page 8 5 The data that is stored there will be available for a local content management e g dur ing search procedures to your Spycer application as well as to others in the SpycerNet if applicable and permissions are given Network drives and important system drives directories cannot i be selected as watch folders The SpycerAgent registers all events that take place in the watch folders To minimize the overall traffic for the Spycer Agent it is recommended to include directories drives that con tain video audio material only amp Configuration Scan Filter Watch Folders Include Folder Exclude Folder Remove Figure 8 10 The settings items of the group Watch Folders To set up the watch folders the following settings items are provided list The list details
41. specified format into the file headers and can be read and interpreted by different software applications that support these kind of information Among them you can find for example the name of the creator usually the program that created the files the cre ation date and time the timecode so called source or generic time code and or the keycode In the header data view of Spycer you can get a look at the data as it is written in the file itself With video clips it displays the header data of the file that is currently selected with the scrub bar cursor of the preview area To view the header data of another video image file simply move the scrub bar cursor of the preview area see section Previewing Data with the Preview Area on page 5 4 to the desired position Current Frame Hollywood _00123 dpx Edit This Frame and all following 53 Big Endian Figure 6 3 The header data At the top of the header data view you can find further information about the material that is singled out At the top left the file name of the material is detailed With video clips that consist of still image files it is the one that is currently selected with the scrub bar cursor of the preview area Certain entries of the header data can be added or edited if supported by the file format With the combo box Edit at the top right you can specify where in a video image file sequence an editing of the header data should be performed If header data
42. started See section How to Connect the Dongle to a Running Computer on page 2 11 You receive an error message when copying moving data You tried a copying be tween different systems in the network For copy procedures the Spycer application running on the foreign system must be set to the appropriate access rights read per missions Otherwise a copy process will not be possible Set the access permissions of the Spycer application on the other sys tem appropriately You tried to copy move data to a specially se cured location e g on an SNFS storage Access to storage locations may be restrict ed To enable accesses of the SpycerAgent to these locations you have to enter the ad ministrative access permissions via the AD VANCED button available in the watch folder configuration settings see section The Group Watch Folders on page 8 13 iJ To troubleshoot license issues the About Spycer window provides further details about the license currently assigned to your application see section About on page 8 20 A 3 Spycer User Guide PVs A 2 Supported File Formats Spycer supports over 100 graphic and image file formats Most are made available by a special library For a list of all these file formats see http perso orange fr pierre g xnview enfor mats html The tables in the following list the file formats that are supported by
43. systems For further information about them see section The Directory Tree on page 4 3 PVs Browsing and Searching 4 1 4 The Status Bar The status bar at the bottom of a browsing pane offers you several con figuration settings for its contents area as well as a status indication of the currently selected system In detail it provides the following view can be found in section The Contents Area on i Further information about the text information and thumbnail page 4 6 tents area with their text information only With the button IMAGE you can activate the view of the thumbnails This combo box enables you to a selective viewing of the material displayed in the contents area Select from it the type of data that should be visible in the contents area only This field indicates the status of the system currently se lected in the directory tree indicated by the field Path of the directory controls see section The Directory Controls on page 4 5 When it shows Online it is ready for further processing tasks When it shows Busy written in red the system is occupied by a task and will react to your command as soon as it is ready again The status Busy may be displayed for example when the system is performing a real time operation or in case the database of its Spycer application is updated In the browsing panes the icons of systems that are busy will be displayed together with a clock see sectio
44. to be used as de scribed in the following You can order license s from DVS via the Spycer web sites www spycer net or www spycer de Details about the license currently assigned to your Spycer ap plication can be found in the About Spycer window e g for troubleshooting purposes see section About on page 8 20 This section details some issues that may occur when licensing Spycer 2 3 1 The Dongle The license for Spycer to run the Spycer application with a licensed fea ture set is provided via a dongle USB stick that has to be connected to a free USB port on the computer system where Spycer is to be installed see section Installing the Software on page 3 2 When running a local content management it is generally recommend ed to plug in the dongle prior to starting the computer which will en sure that the SpycerAgent operates with the licensed feature set enabled Additionally it should be left connected to the system even when the user interface of Spycer is not running because otherwise you may disrupt SpycerNet processes running on your system e g a defragmentation It can be disconnected safely only when the com puter system is turned off Further information about the SpycerAgent Basics and the SpycerNet can be found in section Software Structure on page 2 4 dently from each other Both will check separately whether a valid license is provided to enable the respective fe
45. user interface shows a separation line vertically or horizontally wherever the layout of areas can be changed Figure 3 10 Separation line between areas This line can be taken with the mouse and moved to another position For example to alter the size of the two browsing areas perform the following e Move the separation line between the two browsing areas to the left or to the right F Meta rk Holby a DP 00 00 25 E H H Figure 3 11 Example how to adjust the layout of the software The horizontal size of the two browsing areas will adjust accordingly Furthermore if you pull a separation line completely to the left right or up down the respective area will no longer be visible and thus can be turned off hidden This way you can for instance make information visible that you may otherwise have to scroll to The layout of the user interface can be set back to a default lay i out by using the menu option Reset Layout on the menu View see section The View Menu on page 8 19 PVs Getting Started 3 7 Exiting the Software To end the current Spycer session perform the following z The Spycer application integrated in the CLIPSTER and the i Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 software will be ended when the whole DVS software is exited Further information about how to do this can be found in the documentation of the video sys tem software while for more information about the integrated Spycer
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51. Agent on page 2 5 To administer the background process DVS offers you under Linux and Mac operating systems a SpycerAgent script and under Windows the SpycerAgent tool The SpycerAgent Script Linux Mac Under Linux and Mac OS the SpycerAgent process can be administered via a script It can be called from any command line by entering Linux etc init d spyceragent lt command gt Mac Library Startupltems Spycer Spycer Agent lt command gt Miscellaneous With the SpycerAgent script you can control the SpycerAgent and for instance start or stop it x e The standard operating system tools to administer a back i ground process can be used as well to control the SpycerAgent The files TP conf and Service conf see section Inter esting Files and Folders on page A 9 are configuration files of the SpycerAgent By restricting access to them you can deny other users the possibility to alter the IP or service daemon configurations To install or deinstall the background process use the Spycer user interface Enable Disable local content management see section The Group Watch Folders on page 8 13 The following lists the available commands lt command gt for the SpycerAgent script start stop restart status When the SpycerAgentis installed as a background process it can be started with this command Af terwards it will be running on your system admin istering t
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53. FOLDER Nevertheless other drives PVs Getting Started directories can be excluded as well whereupon they will not be dis played in Spycer at all 3 3 3 Sequence File Types Settings With a local content management enabled you have to determine the sequence file types as well This step will be skipped in case the local content management has been disabled see section General Set tings on page 3 9 Video material is often stored not in a single file but in numerous indi vidual image files gathered in one directory where one file on the hard disk equals one frame of video These image sequences can be dis played by Spycer as a single entry With the sequence file types settings you determine the file formats that Spycer should display as sequences i e as single video clip entries For this the file names on the storage must contain a numbering frame numbering of the same length Setup s Figure 3 3 Sequence file types settings The most common file formats that can be used for video clips are al ready predefined Add additional file formats to the list that Spycer should recognize as video clips with the help of the button ADD or revise the list by either altering entries double click with the mouse or selecting an entry and deleting it from the list with the button REMOVE 3 13 Spycer User Guide PVs 3 3 4 Remote Access Permissions 3 14 If a local content management has been
54. S SpycerBox for DVS SAN This Spycer application variant is a special version for the SpycerBox system by DVS It provides pre view proxies of a connected SAN system for downloads to other Spycers in the SpycerNet PVs Introduction The next table details the features of the different Spycer application variants Table 1 1 Features of the program variants Spycer Saucer integrated Spycer for SpycerBox for Basic PY Spycer DVS SAN DVS SAN Reauirements dongle or DVS dongle and SpycerBox q floating license hardware DVS SAN hardware Local and SpycerNet x x x x x browsing searching Watch folders on SAN X X volumes Remote control this Spycer via SpycerNet A 7 Remote control other Spycer applications X X X xX via SpycerNet Renaming of image x x x x sequences Editing of metadata X X X X High speed copying X X X X PRR local storage local storage Built in defragmenter local storage local storage SAN SAN File format converter X X X X Generation of preview x x x x proxy clips z7 This user guide describes all possible features that a Spycer ap Li plication may provide thus covering all above mentioned vari ants The feature set of Spycer Basic is limited as detailed above However because the descriptions given here are com plete its functions are explained as well In case one feature is available for a particular varia
55. The Group Network Drives Windows Only on page 8 10 PVs Getting Started 3 3 Initial Setup of Spycer When Spycer is started for the first time see section Starting the Soft ware on page 3 7 it will automatically initiate a setup procedure and guide you through some configuration settings These have to be spec ified in order to run Spycer In detail the setup procedure consists of the following configuration steps 1 General settings Watch folder settings Sequence file types settings Remote access permissions Finishing the setup i os ee N Once the respective settings for the displayed configuration step are concluded you can proceed to the following configuration step with the NEXT button until the setup is finished and the software is started The button BACK takes you to the previous configuration step while the button CANCEL aborts the setup procedure without starting the pro gram The required settings possibilities will be explained in this section The settings of the initial setup procedure are identical to some i of the general configuration settings of Spycer For further de scriptions about individual settings items not explained in the following please refer to section Configuring Spycer on page 8 4 For further information about the SpycerNet and the back ground process SpycerAgent see section Software Structure on page 2 4 3 3 1 General Settings
56. The first configuration settings to make are some general settings With them you determine the network connection of Spycer and whether a local content management should be enabled or disabled 3 9 Spycer User Guide PVs amp Setup eg IP that Spycer should use forthe SpycerNet Refresh two ports have to be free and available to connect to the SpycerNet Figure 3 1 General settings From the available combo box choose the IP address that Spycer should use to communicate with other Spycer applications in a network there by forming the SpycerNet The IP addresses that can be selected with the combo box are detected by Spycer automatically They are read from the currently active net work connections of your system If there is more than one network connection available you can select between them via their IP address es In case a network connection is inactive e g no cable connected its IP address will not appear in the drop down list Then establish a net work connection at the respective connector and click the REFRESH button This will make its IP address available in Spycer Under Windows you can gather the IP address of a network i port via the network connection icon in the system tray of the Windows task bar Additionally available is the localhost address 127 0 0 1 to disable the network connection for Spycer and run it locally only The following network ports have to be open to connect su
57. UCTION or the header data view button HEADER DATA Once clicked the metadata can be changed 6 3 Spycer User Guide PVs 6 4 With the SAVE button you can save your alterations Cancel to the metadata The changes will be stored in the file header s when in the header data view and supported by the file format and or in the data record of the respective file in the database adminis tered by the SpycerAgent The CANCEL button discards all alterations to the currently active metadata view PVs Working with Metadata 6 3 Metadata Views Spycer provides three metadata views to the metadata of the singled out file file metadata header data and production metadata You can switch through the different metadata views with the upper controls provided to the left buttons FILE HEADER DATA and PRODUCTION Once the button EDIT is clicked and if the respective fields are not dimmed you can change their metadata The changes will be stored ei ther in the file header directly and or in the data record of the respec tive file with the button SAVE This section explains shortly the different metadata views provided by the Spycer user interface 6 3 1 File Metadata If not already displayed in Spycer activate the view of the file metadata with the button FILE of the controls see section The Metadata Con trols on page 6 3 General File Data End Duration 00 00 25 00 Defragmented 00 Defrag TC Frame
58. ame Rate Image Sound Width 2048 Height Channels Depth Alpha Depth 19 Pixel Ratio Bit Depth Sampling Rate Frame Count Dominance Mode tG Sampling Gamma Range Frame Rate Figure 6 1 The metadata area The metadata area will show you the properties and metadata of the file currently singled out in the browse and search area You can switch Spycer User Guide PVs through as well as add and edit the metadata with the buttons con trols provided to the left This chapter describes in detail the metadata area as well as how to work with metadata 6 1 Displaying Metadata 6 2 The procedure to display metadata is the same as if you want to pre view the material in the preview area to the right of the metadata area It has to be singled out in a contents area of the browse or search tool For further information about the preview area please refer to section Previewing Data with the Preview Area on page 5 4 To single out data and view its metadata you have to do the following e In the browse and search area see chapter Browsing and Search ing on page 4 1 make the material available in a contents area by browsing or searching for it e Incase a specific image of a video clip should be displayed in the preview area select it with the help of the thumbnail s scrub bar see section Previewing Data via Thumbnails on page 5 2 e Next you have several possibilities at hand Use eit
59. are will be shown with this icon in the browsing pane text information as well as thumbnail view Still images i e single image files of a file format that Spycer supports are also displayed in Spycer In the thumb nail view still images are shown with a thumbnail preview However because they are not video clips they do not provide a scrub bar when selected In the text information view still images are indicated by this icon In case it is visible in the thumbnail view it indi cates either a still image whose data is currently not available or an invalid im age Then wait a few seconds and give Spycer time to gather the data If nec essary refresh the view of the directo ry contents area If after that the icon is still visible see to it that the right data is provided on the respective storage Spycer shows all files available on the storage even files of unknown for mats Files that are not recognized by Spycer are displayed with this icon text information as well as thumbnail view However because each will be worth one entry in the database of the SpycerAgent your storage should con tain as few of these files as possible Otherwise search procedures may get lengthy due to unnecessary overhead Other items may be displayed in the contents area with appropriate thumbnails icons as well such as directories if enabled see menu option View in section The Con text Menu on page 4 9 drives or
60. ated after the first download of a proxy over the SpycerNet Details This folder stores temporarily the proxies that were used for a preview when a clip from a foreign system is singled out see section General Information about Proxies on page 5 4 File s Agent cdband Agent cdb bak backup file Location Linux var opt DVS Spycer nae i Mac Library Application Support ogged In DVS Spycer as admin root Windows C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data DVS Spycer Location Linux home lt user gt DVS Spycer oa i Mac Users lt user gt Library Applica oggea in tion Support DVS Spycer as user Windows C Documents and Settings lt us er gt Application Data DVS Spycer Condition Will be created when the local content management is enabled Details The database administered by the SpycerAgent and its backup file Can be deleted However then any virtually added metadata will be lost and the SpycerAgent will have to scan the watched folders again which may take some time and render the system busy To initiate a new scan you may have to stop and start the SpycerAgent Appendix File s Agent conf IP conf Service conf Location Linux var opt DVS Spycer Mac Library Application Support DVS Spycer Windows C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data DVS Spycer Condition Will b
61. ature set see section Software Structure on page 2 4 i The user interface of Spycer and the SpycerAgent run indepen You can find enclosed in the delivery of the licensed version of Spycer a special key chain Please fasten it to the dongle to rec ognize it later without difficulty as belonging to Spycer Mac only Please note that in some cases your system may not shutdown or boot normally with the dongle plugged in To solve this problem unplug the dongle during shutdown or re boot How to Connect the Dongle to a Running Computer When a license is not available for example because the dongle is not connected Spycer the user interface as well as the background pro cess will run as Spycer Basic only To connect the dongle to the com puter system afterwards and run Spycer with the licensed feature set enabled you have to perform the following e If running close the Spycer user interface see section Exiting the Software on page 3 23 e Connect the dongle to a free USB port on the computer system e Afterwards restart the Spycer user interface see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 The above steps are enough if a local content management is disabled on your system SpycerAgent not running However if your Spycer ap plication runs with the local content management enabled during the start up of Spycer a message will appear informing you about the new detected license Then you have to
62. ay out or record may get interrupted due to the facts that files are stored in segments or even fragments on the hard disks and disk drives tend to get slower the fuller they are With the built in de fragmenter you can defragment any file that is fragmented and fur thermore align image files of video clips contiguously in larger blocks on the storage which will minimize access times during read proce dures The built in defragmenter uses proprietary routines to defrag ment the data on the storage The results will not be the same when using the standard defragmentation tool of the operat ing system because it will not heed image file sequences Therefore do not use it for a defragmentation of a video stor age M7 It is recommended to defragment storages at regular intervals li even with lesser amounts of data stored on them Then newly copied or captured material can be better positioned on the storage and later defragmentation runs have less to deal with To run the defragmenter on an SNFS storage you must log on to the computer system with administrative rights for the stor age With Spycer you can defragment either single files clips or several ones in one step To defragment more than one file clip you can either select several ones in a contents area of the browse and search tools or de fragment the main directory or drive that contains them With a Spycer that supports SNFS see section Program Vari
63. base only A changing of the files headers even if supported by the file format will not be triggered when changing or saving this metadata 6 9 Spycer User Guide PVs 6 4 Working with Metadata Once material is singled out as described in section Displaying Meta data on page 6 2 its metadata are displayed in the metadata area All files displayed in Spycer provide metadata in the different metadata views This way you can gather information from the file metadata view button FILE for instance about the video or audio format of material or check the timecodes provided by a video clip with the combo box Source Furthermore you may compare these information with the actual header data stored in the file s with the help of the header data view button HEADER DATA In the production metadata view button PRODUCTION you can view its production metadata In the production and header data view metadata can also be added and edited This section describes shortly how to add and or edit meta data 6 4 1 Altering the Header Metadata 6 70 Certain file formats of video clips also support the storing of metadata information in their files headers Among these metadata you can find for example the name of the creator the creation date and time the source timecode and or the keycode To change the header data of an image sequence perform the follow ing Currently in the header data view only the data of
64. be confined to its localhost only IP address 127 0 0 1 has to be used A 2 PVs Appendix Error Cause Solution No systems folders are displayed in the directo ry trees of the browsing panes at all Spycer runs as Spycer Basic although a dongle is connected Spycer is configured to localhost and the local content management is disabled With Spycer running alter the network con figuration settings from localhost 127 0 0 1 to the IP address of the net work connection that is connected to the network and or enable the local content management see section The Group General on page 8 5 The SpycerAgent is not running Either close and afterwards re start the user interface of Spycer or use the SpycerAgent script tool to get the background process started see section The SpycerAgent Script Tool on page 8 22 Some network ports are closed Your license was avail able for evaluation rea sons only and has expired The following network ports have to be open to connect successfully to the Spycer Net Port 9960 UDP Port 9961 TCP Port 9970 UDP Port 9971 TCP Set these as ex ceptions in your firewall settings otherwise Spycer will be confined to its localhost only IP address 127 0 0 1 has to be used Get a new non expiring license from DVS see section License Issues on page 2 10 The dongle has been plugged in after the user interface was
65. be processed one at a time in the sequence stated in the job list Jobs that wait for one task to finish have the state pending With the buttons below the job list you can control the list as well as running and pending jobs To select a job simply click on its entry in the job list see also section Keyboard Shortcuts on page A 8 PAUSE SELECTED RESUME SELECTED CANCEL SELECTED REFRESH LIST Pauses the selected job s Either continues a paused job or starts a pending one Cancels and aborts the selected job s Clears the table running and pending jobs will be detailed again Spycer User Guide Miscellaneous This chapter details other items of the software such as the properties window or the configuration settings available for Spycer Additionally it provides a reference to its menu bar as well as a description of some maintenance tools and tasks that may be useful when experiencing problems with the Spycer application 8 1 Spycer User Guide PVs 8 1 The Properties Window 8 2 With the menu option Properties on the context menu of a file di rectory or drive visible in the browse and search area see chapter Browsing and Searching on page 4 1 you can call up the properties of the respective item They will be shown in the properties window amp Properties Disk Capacity me Name C Color Mode Frame Rate Figure 8 1 Example of a Properties w
66. bled check box of these items allows you to replace any string in your file names with the spec ified one It works also over several occurrences In the Replace field type in the string that should be replaced In case the string to be replaced occurs several times i e it is available more than once you can enter it case sensitive Then by activating the Case Sensitive check box you may rule out any other lower or upper case occurrence In the field With you have to type in the replacement string to be inserted in the file names With the table at the bottom of the renaming tool you can verify the result of the renaming by com paring the old file name with the new one The OK button closes the renaming tool and ap plies the specified changes to the whole sequence of the video clip All file names will be changed Cancels the renaming and closes the tool without changing the file names 7 3 Spycer User Guide PVs 7 1 2 Defragmenter 7 4 Spycer provides a built in defragmenter especially designed to optimize the physical alignment of image sequences video clips on storages so that they are more suited for real time operations The alignment of clips on a storage is of special importance when per forming real time operations with clips in HD or larger The perfor mance of the hard disk s is limited and may soon be reached especially when the storage contains large amounts of data Then a real time op eration pl
67. c i cessfully to the SpycerNet Port 9960 UDP Port 9961 TCP Port 9970 UDP Port 9971 TCP Set these as exceptions in your fire wall settings otherwise Spycer will be confined to its localhost only IP address 127 0 0 1 has to be used The two radio buttons at the bottom of the settings area determine whether a local content management should be performed Without a local content management enabled Spycer will not display any local drives or storages nor observe any locally stored content Then the user Getting Started interface can be used as a network browser only i e it will display data provided by other Spycer applications via the SpycerNet only If the lo cal content management is enabled the process SpycerAgent will be running in the background of your system showing you the local drives and storages as well as administering the database making the locally stored material available to Spycer and the SpycerNet You have to select one of the radio buttons As long as no se lection is made the button NEXT will be unavailable If the IP address is set to localhost and the local content man agement is disabled Spycer will display no data at all 3 3 2 Watch Folder Settings If a local content management has been enabled you have to set the watch folders next This step will be skipped in case the local content management has been disabled SpycerAgent disabled see section General Settings on page 3 9
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69. cer on page 1 6 has to be installed first It is available for several operating systems This section describes for each available operating system sep arately how to install Spycer A Onsome DVS video devices Spycer is already installed e g on i the DVS SAN CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 Then you may skip this section and continue with section Starting the Software on page 3 7 When downloading the Spycer installation files from the Spyc er internet sites www spycer net or www spycer de they will usually be available in single archive files In case you want to install Soycer as Spycer Basic you need the archive file that contains the Spycer application only The archive containing the CodeMeter installation application to recognize and ad minister the dongle will not be necessary The newest version of the Spycer application can be found on the Spycer internet site www spycer net or www spycer de 3 1 1 Installation under Linux The installation of a stand alone Spycer for Linux operating systems normally requires two files The CodeMeter installation file application to recognize and administer the dongle and the Spycer installation file If you are in possession of a licensed Spycer they usually can be found on the enclosed CD ROM With a licensed Spycer it is recommended to install the CodeMeter application first In case you require Spycer Ba sic only you can leave out th
70. cerNet al most at all times Even with no user logged in to the system and no Spycer user interface running other Spycer user interfaces will be able to search and browse in your data if permitted on your system Copy or write procedures on your system initialized by other Spycer are pos sible as well and all processes are written to the database by the Spycer Agent soon after they occurred terface it will check separately whether a valid license is provid ed When found it will run with the respective feature set enabled see section License Issues on page 2 10 i Because the SpycerAgent runs independently from the user in With the local content management i e the SpycerAgent enabled Spycer not only displays the data scanned and indexed in its database The viewing or reading of the contents of other drives or directories on your system local reading as well as of mounted network drives is pos sible even without their contents added to the database The user in terface displays all data available when selected in its browsing pane Basics However because the contents of these locations are not detailed in the database they are read when accessed only and neither will a search with Spycer include these locations nor will they be visible in the SpycerNet File based tasks on these drives directories locally per formed such as copy procedures to and from these drives directories or the deletion of direct
71. clip detailed in the status bar of the preview area you can also preview the video clip in real time A proxy clip can be created with the menu option Create Li proxy of the context menu of the clip in the contents area of the browse and search tools see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 Further information about proxy clips can be found in section General Information about Proxies on page 5 4 e Press the play button 0 of the preview controls Then the contents of the clip is shown in real time in the video overlay of the preview area Without a proxy clip the preview would be dis played as fast as possible 5 9 Spycer User Guide Working with Metadata Metadata is data about data In the field of digital video it stands for further information that describe the content footage throughout the various production stages This may include everything from the plan ning and pre production stage over the actual production and post pro duction to the final delivery of the content With Spycer you can add and edit metadata effortlessly If not already visible in the user interface you can ac tivate the view of the metadata and preview areas of Spycer with the button METADATA directly below the menu bar metadata controls metadata fields Job List General File Data Header Dat Path on341 Hollffvo od Production Filenam Rename End Duration Defragmented Defrag TC Fr
72. consult section The Integrated Spycer on page 3 18 s Exiting Spycer will not terminate the background process when a local content management is enabled The process is started during the loading of the operating system fully operational even with no user logged in and terminated only when the system is shut down see section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 for more details e Select the option Quit on the Spycer menu Mac Spycer Quit Spycer or press the key combination Alt F4 Mac 3 Q alternatively 7n Linux Windows only In fullscreen mode the menu Spycer i will be replaced by the Spycer icon However it provides the same menu options as the menu Spycer see section The Spycer Spycer Icon Menu on page 8 17 The user interface of Spycer will be closed and you can then for in stance shut down the computer system e When exiting Spycer the log file opened during the starting of i the application is finished and saved see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 3 23 Spycer User Guide 3 24 Browsing and Searching In the lower part of the Spycer user interface you can find the browse and search area With it you can browse local or network storages in up to two browsing panes This area also provides Spycer s search tool enabling you to find any searched for material easily by combining various search parameters such as file names or metadata infor
73. d project files Project files of CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 will deliver information about their output settings video format settings as well as give a list of all media that are included in the project With the button RENAME you can change the file name s of i the singled out material Please refer to section Renaming on page 7 2 for further details A defragmentation of the singled out material can be initiated with the button DEFRAG See section Defragmenter on page 7 4 for more information With the combo box Source of the area Timecode you can select different types of timecode to be displayed in the file metadata view GENERIC the first and last source timecode read from the files headers KEYCODE the first and last key code information read from the files headers and INDEX the start and stop index first and last frame number read from the file names 6 3 2 Header Data 6 6 You can switch to a view of the header data of the singled out material with the button HEADER DATA see section The Metadata Controls on page 6 3 Most file formats provide a file header where further information about its contents are detailed for example in an image file often its height width and color depth is detailed Some file formats e g dpx files Working with Metadata are capable of storing even more information These information are usually written in a
74. d an appropriate license provid ed by a dongle See section License Issues on page 2 10 for further details about the dongle and licenses The following lists the available variants Spycer Basic Spycer Basic is available for free Compared to the other program variants it provides a limited feature set see table 1 1 on page 1 7 Together with Spycer it is the stand alone application that can be run on a standard computer system see section System Requirements on page 1 8 Spycer Spycer is the standard version of the Spycer ap plication It is the stand alone application that can be run on a standard computer system see sec tion System Requirements on page 1 8 It pro vides the complete feature set with the exception that it cannot perform a file management or scan ning of data on storages in the StorNext file sys tem SNFS integrated Spycer This variant of Spycer is integrated in the CLIP STER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 software As the standard variant of Spycer Spycer it pro vides the complete feature set and furthermore works seamlessly together with the available DVS products see section The Integrated Spycer on page 3 18 Spycer for DVS SAN This Spycer application variant can be found on SAN systems Compared to the standard variant of Spycer Spycer it is also capable of managing and scanning data on storages in the StorNext file system SNF
75. d file sizes Each component is stored as a 16 bit value in big endian byte or der left aligned Component order UYVY 1 8 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224 8 bit per component 16 bit average per pixel 2 16 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224 16 bit per component 32 bit average per pixel Table A 2 Supported audio file formats A 6 Format Name Default Description Extension aif aif Audio interchange format Platform inde aiff aiff pendent file format for sound Capable of storing multiple mono or stereo channels BWF rf64 Broadcast wave format Platform indepen dent file format for sound Extension of the wav format capable of storing multiple mono or stereo channels and enabling file sizes of more than 4 GB RIFF wave wav Resource Interchange File Format RIFF for digital audio waveform data under Windows Capable of storing multiple mono or stereo channels Appendix Table A 3 Other supported file formats DVS video sys tems l ae Format Name Bae Description Extension Project file of cp DVS proprietary XML file format detailing all features of a timeline created with the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 video system software Spycer User Guide PVs A 3 Keyboard Shortcuts A 8 For a more easy control of Spycer there are various keyboard shortcuts available which are listed in the table below Action Key
76. d that allows you access to the network drives in the entry field Password below PVs Miscellaneous The network drives will also be mounted the next time Spycer is started However then a message window will appear right after the starting of the user interface where you have to legitimize your access again i e you have to en ter the correct password once more amp Network Drive Mounting y If you want to me type in your pasaword an p HUGODDR Admin Mount Don t mount Figure 8 7 Accessing network drives during start up User Details your current user name that will be used to mount the network drives Password In this entry field you have to enter the correct password that in combination with the user name allows you to access the network drives 8 2 5 The Group Permissions With the group Permissions you set the remote access permissions i e you configure a remote control of your Spycer application It may be useful if other Spycer applications in the SpycerNet should have ac cess to your system and with these settings you determine what other peers are allowed to do on your system 8 11 Spycer User Guide 8 12 amp Configuration Defaults Groups Default Edit Metadata Read z Select all Deselect all rj Figure 8 8 The settings items of the group Permissions The following settings items are provided User amp Groups Remote Access Permissions SELECT ALL
77. dditionally for video clips a scrub bar is provided below the video overlay as well as the preview controls both allowing you to move within the clip s content At the very bottom a status bar is available that details further information about video and their proxy clips 5 2 1 General Information about Proxies Proxy clips are downscaled versions of high resolution video material especially created by Spycer to enable previews of video clips in real 5 4 Previewing Data time on systems even when they are not equipped with real time hard ware Usually they are generated in a container file format that allows for a compression of images as well as an embedding of audio data if available The proxy generation such as its storage location file format or reso lution can be configured freely with the general configuration settings of Spycer see section The Group Jobs on page 8 8 There you can also determine that they should be created automatically as soon as clips are added to the storage In case the automatic generation is de activated proxies can be easily created via the context menu of clips in the contents areas of the browse and search tools menu option Create proxy see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 z7 To create proxies on your system the proxy generation has to i be enabled and configured first see section The Group Jobs on page 8 8 Just as with the database of the local s
78. dow where you have to enter the name of the new directory After confirming the name with the but ton OK the directory will be created Changes the name of an already existing directory file It opens a dialog window where you have to enter the new name After confirming the changes with the button OK the directory file will be named accordingly es When called for a video clip whose frames Li consist of still images it will open the re naming tool for clips see section Re naming on page 7 2 Available for the directory tree only Sometimes the SpycerAgent may not detect an event Then you can use this menu option to rescan the currently selected drive directory and revise its entries in the database Any virtually added metadata such as the production metadata will be retained This menu option refreshes and updates the view of the currently selected drive directory Spycer User Guide Dvs Defragment Create proxy Convert View Initiates a defragmentation of the currently select ed file directory or drive Further information about this can be found in section Defragmenter on page 7 4 Available for the contents area and video clips only Creates a proxy of the currently selected video clip Then the proxy clip is created on the system where the clip resides Afterwards you can use it to view the video clip in real time To create a proxy you must have read and i write perm
79. e when a project file of a DVS video system software is singled out you can see the media files that are used in the project s timeline as a list in the metadata area Adding and Editing Metadata After data is selected and shown in the preview area its metadata such as the header data or production information are displayed as well Then they can be added or changed easily The background process of Spycer enabling the local content management also administers the metadata and alters the file header s and or the respective data record Basics of the file sequence in its database With them added you can after wards search for specific metadata with Spycer s search tool Management Tools Spycer is equipped with several management tools such as a high speed copying or a sophisticated defragmenter To copy vast amounts of video material from one storage location to another is often a time consuming procedure when performed with the standard tools of an operating system such as a file manager To do this faster DVS integrated in Spycer a high speed copying program which deals with such tasks in about four times the speed of a standard oper ating system copy The built in defragmenter of Spycer has been designed to optimize the physical alignment of image sequences video clips on storages so that they are more suited for real time operations It defragments any other data available on the selected storage as well With Spyc
80. e CodeMeter installation CodeMeter Installation The CodeMeter application is the application that recognizes and ad ministers the dongle license With a licensed version of Spycer it is rec ommended to install it first You can leave out the CodeMeter installation when you intend to run Spycer as Spycer Basic only e Fasten the Spycer key chain to the dongle both are included in the delivery of a licensed version With this you will be able to identify the dongle belonging to Spycer easily in the future 3 2 Getting Started e Next open a command line shell and log on to the system as root e Then install the CodeMeter application for example by entering rpm ihv lt path gt CodeMeter4 lt version no gt lt OS architecture gt rpm This installs the CodeMeter application on your computer e Afterwards plug the dongle into a free USB port at the computer system see also section License Issues on page 2 10 The dongle providing the license is registered automatically by the CodeMeter application and you will see the dongle as an additional drive on your desktop After this continue the installation with the in stallation of the Spycer application Spycer Installation To install Spycer perform the following e If applicable open a command line shell and log on to the system as root e Then install the Spycer application by entering for example rpm ihv lt path gt Spycer_ lt version no
81. e Format Yuve Resolution 1920 x 1080 Pi Aspect Ratio 4 77777778 Frame Rate o Duration TT 100 2 4 2 EDR q T Text image _ All Files Online All Files Spycer eonia Figure 3 8 Drag and drop of clip to bin This will add the selected clip to the contents area of the bin Below the user interface of the Spycer software module the task bar of the DVS software will be available as usual With it you can switch to other software modules such as the Edit or the I O Tool After a switch ing to the Edit or I O Tool of the DVS software the clip s added to the bin will still be available and can be used as usual Further information about the bin and the task bar can be found in the documentation of the Edit Tool of the respective DVS video system 3 5 3 Configuring the Integrated Spycer The general configuration settings available for the stand alone appli cation of Spycer see section Configuring Spycer on page 8 4 can be set for the integrated Spycer as well For this you have to start the Con figuration Tool of the DVS software 3 20 PVs Getting Started Configuration Project Defaults Users amp Group Groups Default Figure 3 9 The Configuration Tool with Spycer settings Under the default settings for the DVS software tab Default you can find in the group list several entries regarding Spycer They provide the same settings as described in section Configuring Spycer
82. e User Inter 8 19 Spycer User Guide PVs face on page 3 22 it can be reset with this menu option Then the layout of the user interface will be set to a default layout and all areas will be visible again Maximize Preview Area This menu option performs the same operation as the Maximize menu option of the video overlay s context menu in the preview area see sec tion The Video Overlay on page 5 5 i e it maximizes the view on the preview area To restore the layout you can use the menu option Reset Layout see above or the menu option Minimize on the con text menu of the preview area see section The Video Overlay on page 5 5 8 3 6 The Help Menu 8 20 You can get additional information about the Spycer application via the menu option of the menu Help It contains the following menu op tions About Manual Figure 8 18 The Help menu They will be described in the following About You can receive further information about the Spycer software with the menu option About on the menu Help Miscellaneous amp About Spycer The innovative data manager Copyright c 2006 2007 Spycer1 2 0 9 Qt version 4 1 4 ware that is GmbH herewith p and ompanies and persons Figure 8 19 The About Spycer window In the opening window you can find for example the precise version number of the software or additional license information e g the serial
83. e but provides no data The appropriate permis sions are not given The system takes part in the SpycerNet as well as performs a local content manage ment but browse and search permissions are not given Allow at least a browsing and searching on the system see section The Group Permissions on page 8 11 No network systems are displayed in the directo ry tree of a browsing pane The network system combo box is set to dis play the drives directo ries of the local system only Set the network system combo box to Network see section The Directory Tree on page 4 3 There are no other Spyc ers running in the net work Either start or install Spycer on another sys tem connected to your network and con figure it for the SpycerNet accordingly see section Getting Started on page 3 1 The local Spycer is con figured to localhost only With Spycer running alter the network con figuration settings from localhost 127 0 0 1 to the IP address of the net work connection that is connected to the network see section The Group Gener al on page 8 5 Some network ports are closed May be the cause when no local drives are displayed as well The following network ports have to be open to connect successfully to the Spycer Net Port 9960 UDP Port 9961 TCP Port 9970 UDP Port 9971 TCP Set these as ex ceptions in your firewall settings otherwise Spycer will
84. e created when the local content management is enabled Details Configuration files of the SpycerAgent Do not delete zn Linux Mac only By restricting access to the files i IP conf and Service conf to read only you can deny other users the possibility to alter the IP or service daemon configurations File s SearchItems xml Location Linux var opt DVS Spycer ase Mac Library Application Support ogse m DVS Spycer as admin root Windows C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data DVS Spycer Location Linux home lt user gt DVS Spycer ea Mac Users lt user gt Library Applica ogsed In tion Support DVS Spycer as user Windows C Documents and Settings lt us er gt Application Data DVS Spycer Condition By default available Details Contains the parameters for a search in the search tool of the Spycer application You may adapt it for example to change the sequence of search parameters in the drop down list of the very first combo box Do not alter this file any further Otherwise the search tool may not operate correctly anymore Spycer User Guide File s BrowserCore data BrowserGui data Location Linux home lt user gt DVS Spycer Mac Users lt user gt Library Applica tion Support DVS Spycer Windows C Documents and Settings lt us er gt Application Data DVS Spycer Condition Will be created after the f
85. e dongle provides a certain number of licenses for the sharing only and the Spyc er applications user interface as well as SpoycerAgent can grab the li censes from the dongle when they are connecting to the SpycerNet only one license per system will be assigned As long as there are li censes available each Spycer Basic registering in the SpycerNet will then run with the licensed feature set Once the maximum number of licenses is assigned every other Spycer Basic connecting to the network will run with the limited feature set only To share the license of a dongle in the SpycerNet the dongle has to be configured as a license server It will then monitor the shared licenses and assign them anew when available again Dedicated dongles i e single workstation licenses and floating l licenses can be used together in a SpycerNet Spycer User Guide PVs It is possible to run a dedicated dongle as a license server However then you may not be able to start your Spycer with the licensed feature set because the license may already be grabbed by another application How to Get a Floating License Usually you can order dedicated licenses and or floating licenses from DVS via the Spycer web sites www spycer net or www spycer de see also section How to Upgrade Spycer Basic to a Licensed Spycer on page 2 11 However if a dongle is already available you can convert a dedicated license to a floating licence with the procedu
86. e locations Then only the watch folders will be visible in the directory tree see section The Con text Menu on page 4 9 dark blue This drive directory is monitored by the back ground process i e it is a watched folder For further information about watched folders see section Watch Folder Settings on page 3 11 As soon as a drive directory is selected that contains data its contents will be displayed in the contents area of the browsing pane 4 1 2 The Directory Controls With the directory controls at the top of each browsing pane you can control the directory tree It offers the following possibilities This button moves you one item up in the folder struc ture This button adds a new subdirectory to the currently se lected drive directory It opens a dialog window where you have to enter the name of the new directory After confirming the name with the button OK the directory will be created 4 5 Spycer User Guide PVs Path V section31 The field Path details the path to the currently selected directory First the drive letter is given followed by the directory path 4 1 3 The Contents Area 4 6 The contents area of a browsing pane shows you the contents of the currently selected drive directory in the directory tree All files at the se lected storage location will be displayed either in text information or thumbnail view depending on the viewing setti
87. e of the following To initiate a defragmentation from the metadata area With the metadata of the file or clip displayed in the file metadata view of the metadata area select the button DEFRAG To initiate a defragmentation from the browse and search area Browse or search for the respective file clip When it is displayed in a contents area select from its context menu the menu option Defragment see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 This will start a defragmentation of the selected data and an entry in the job list is created see section The Job List on page 7 12 The job entry also shows a progress bar for the defragmentation process As long as the defragmentation is under way the system will have the sta tus busy see section The Status Bar on page 4 9 Furthermore when in the browse and search area you can defragment more than one file clip with a single step Management Tools and Job List You can select several individual ones when displayed in a contents area for example by holding down the Ctrl key Mac 3 while selecting them with the mouse Li You can select a main directory or volume that contains these clips in the directory tree of the browse area which will defragment all files stored at this location files in subdirectories as well With the search tool you can search for a defragmentation degree Once displayed in the contents area of the search results the
88. e on the context menu of files and directories Copy Paste or Move to folder see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 Browsing and Searching Deleting Files Directories Files or directories can be deleted just as easily as they can be copied e Select a file or directory in one of the browsing panes e After this press the key Del on your keyboard A warning message will appear where you have to confirm that you re ally want to delete the file directory The file directory will be directly deleted from the storage AN There is no undo functionality or recycle bin available to re store the data e In the warning message press the button YEs to confirm the dele tion This will delete the selected file or directory If a directory is deleted the subdirectories and all material sorted under this directory will be deleted as well Delete on the context menu of the respective item see section G To delete files or directories you may also use the menu option The Context Menu on page 4 9 Spycer User Guide PVs 4 2 Searching for Data With Spycer you can as easily search for data as you can browse for it You will be able to find any searched for material by combining various search parameters such as file names or metadata information With a click on the button FIND at the top left side of the browse and search area you can activate the search tool of Spycer if not already available in t
89. ectory tree you can select whether you want to view the contents of a particular system or the whole network a Sr X File Nam i Network aldarion aludra ancalagon anoat di g il H IDDR kosh linus Figure 4 4 Network system combo box Once a selection is made in the combo box you can browse the net work or system in the folder structure Either by double clicking an en try with the mouse or by clicking on the plus or minus sign in front of an icon you can expand or collapse the contents sorted under this item 4 3 Spycer User Guide Dvs 4 4 The different icons provided by the directory tree indicate the follow 5 The whole network The whole network i e all systems in the SpycerNet as well as the home system is displayed and can be used for the respective task A foreign system This icon indicates a foreign system in the SpycerNet When selected only this particular sys tem i e its watched folders will be visible and used for the respective task Same as a foreign system but with an older Spycer ver sion running Some features that you can perform on your system cannot be triggered on the foreign system See section Notes about Networking with Spycer on page 2 8 for further information The home system This icon stands for the host system When selected all its local storages will be visible and used for the respective task for a search only the watched folder
90. ed Accessing the Control Center under Linux To open the CodeMeter Control Center under Linux perform the fol lowing e Select from the system menu of Linux the entry Utilities Code Meter Control Center This will start the user interface of the control center for the dongle 8 25 Spycer User Guide PVs Accessing the Control Center under Mac OS To open the CodeMeter Control Center on a Mac system perform the following e Select from the Applications folder of Mac OS the entry Code Meter app This will start the user interface of the control center for the dongle Accessing the Control Center under Windows To open the CodeMeter Control Center under Windows perform the following e Select from the START button menu of Windows in the submenu CodeMeter the entry CodeMeter Control Center for example All Programs CodeMeter CodeMeter Control Center This will start the user interface of the control center for the dongle 8 4 3 Gathering Diagnostic Information 8 26 To aid a debugging the Spycer application stores log files which detail the actions performed by and with the program You may get asked by the DVS service department to send in these files in case you experience operation problems with Spycer This section explains how to gather the log files and how to provide DVS with this information Gathering the Log Files To gather the log files stored during your usage of Spycer you have to
91. eeee sees 4 2 4 13 Cancel ovat duct dl raseccsepeetcereseneecaes 6 4 I I I I Cancel selected cccseee 7 13 CONTE ririsinnrir iirinn 3 18 D ffag carsenninmoneenieni 6 6 Deselect all cccccceeeeeeeeeees 8 12 Edite as 6 3 6 10 6 11 end Of Clip crisrriwsevenerdoesseraterntcone 5 7 Exclude Folder 3 12 8 15 File ccc 6 3 6 5 6 10 IAG occ a e 4 16 Find it iieii 4 19 4 21 frame backward cecce 5 7 frame forward ccccccceeeeeeee eee 5 7 Header Data n 6 3 6 10 Mag E criscini n 4 9 Include Folder 3 12 8 14 JOD LSE drasos tariede nnne 7 12 LQ AGU EEEE ES 4 18 Metadata isc sc2cccceesscecceacsansscce 6 1 new directory coitus eedetteteucices 4 5 one directory Up ciskosenctcteciatanaste 4 5 Pause selected o on 7 13 AY A E 5 7 Production cccceeeeeee 6 3 6 11 Refresh w cccccccceceseeseeeeaees 3 10 8 6 Refresh list ccccccccceeeeeseeeeeees 7 13 REMOVE noose 3 13 8 13 8 15 RENAME 2 ccececeeceeeeeeeeee ees 6 6 7 2 Reset eceoeccttawhenectedereeeee 4 18 8 5 Resume selected c 00000 7 13 Save Gienia 4 19 6 4 6 11 Select all ececedscteteareanescaacaeneeee 8 12 start of Clip cciiierrrseoiseiuisneiiius 5 7 TEXT cee A 4 9 C C notation n os 4 18 6 11 7 9 calculator ccccceeeeeeee eee es 7 10 8 19 cancel JOD s d dicdetes cine innnan 7 13 Spycer User Guide PVs central server sosscisdesiicieeocdededdecieerte 2 7 SCAI
92. enabled you have to set the remote access permissions next This step will be skipped in case the lo cal content management has been disabled see section General Set tings on page 3 9 With the remote access permissions you determine what other Spycer applications in the network SpycerNet are allowed to do on your sys tem Setup 2 Users amp Groups Default 2 3 Permissions 3 Setup completed Select all Figure 3 4 Permissions settings In the right pane titled Remote Access Permissions select the per missions according to the following Other Spycer applications have access to the material in your i watched folders only see section Watch Folder Settings on page 3 11 and section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 To allow other Spycer applications to defragment data on your system both read and write permissions have to be given Browse amp Search Other Spycer applications can browse your data and perform searches If a proxy clip of a video clip is available on your system other Spycer ap plications can download it for a preview Edit Metadata If this check box is enabled other Spycer appli cations can edit the metadata of your material on your system including the header data of dpx image sequences PVs Getting Started Read Essence This setting allows the reading of data on your system for example for copying processes To allow for a remote defragmentation or proxy clip
93. ent management is disabled i e the SpycerAgent is not installed on your system Your Spycer application will not appear in the SpycerNet regardless of any other setting 2 8 PVs Basics Your Spycer user interface will not show any files locally stored nor can mounted network drives be accessed When the local content management is enabled If set to localhost your Spycer will not appear in the SpycerNet regardless of the permissions given With no permissions given and when an IP address is stated other than the localhost address your Spycer application will be regis tered in the SpycerNet but provide no data With permissions given and when an IP address is stated other than the localhost address your Spycer application will be registered in the SpycerNet Other Spycer applications can perform at least browse and search operations in your database The browse and search permissions enable others to take a look at your data and metadata i e they have access to the database administered by the SpycerAgent However with only this permission given they cannot change the contents of your database nor have they a real ac cess to your system They see the contents of the database only and if available on your system can download proxy clips With the Edit metadata permission activated you enable others in the SpycerNet to change metadata entries of the files in your watched fold ers file heade
94. entries can be selected and then defragmented Then initiate the defragmentation with the menu option Defragment from the context menu see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 With a Spycer that supports SNFS see section Program Vari i ants of Spycer on page 1 6 you can also optimize the free 5 space of a storage For this initiate a defragmentation of the complete drive volume Works only on an SNFS storage As long as the defragmentation is in progress the system will have the status busy Depending on the amount of data to be defragmented this process may take a while The defragmentation operation ends au tomatically as soon as all selected data is processed Then the files clips will be perfectly aligned on the storage and show a defragmentation status of 100 blue 7 1 3 High Speed Copying To copy vast amounts of video material from one storage location to another is often a time consuming procedure when performed with the standard tools of an operating system such as a file manager To do this faster DVS integrated in Spycer a high speed copying program which deals with such tasks in about four times the speed of a standard oper ating system copy The high speed copying tool is truly integrated in Spycer It will be started and used as soon as a copying or moving is performed see sec tion Copying Moving Directories Files on page 4 13 defragmentation of the copied or moved material For
95. er for a single file or a file sequence can also be called with the menu option Rename on the context menu of a directory file in the browse and search area see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 Rename X Name Pattern Extension dp Case Name amp Ext Lowercase Figure 7 1 The renaming tool 7 2 Management Tools and Job List The renaming tool of Spycer provides the following items Name Pattern Start Number Extension Case Replace With Case Sensitive table OK CANCEL With the check box Name Pattern you enable a change of the pattern of the files Usually this is used to alter the frame numbering Change the name pattern in the entry field below the check box The hash symbols indicate the pattern of the frame numbering If the number of hash symbols exceed the number of digits of the frame numbering they will be filled with zeros This entry field can also be used to change the file names prefixes same effect as Replace With The Start Number entry field changes the frame number of the first frame file start frame All oth er files will be numbered in ascending order If activated it will change the file extension of the image sequence with the term entered in the entry field to the right When enabled it will change the upper and or lower cases of the file names letters Select the ap plicable alteration from the combo box to the right An ena
96. er you can ini tiate a defragmentation of one or more clips files without any difficulty Spycer also offers a renaming tool for image sequences where you can easily change for instance the name prefixes frame numbers or file extensions There is also a file format converter available allowing you to convert video and image data from one file format to another SpycerNet One Spycer can perform all the above said on the computer system where it is installed locally But as soon as there are several Spycer ap plications installed on different computers and when they are able to communicate with each other via a network connection you may ac cess them and their data depending on the permissions for a remote ac cess By communicating with each other sharing their databases and enabling a remote control of the applications for management tasks such as copying or defragmentation they form the SpycerNet a scal able distributed content management network for data search and re trieval Rights Management Each Spycer contains a rights management to allow other Spycer appli cations in the network SpycerNet access to its data or a remote control of it For example the browse and search permission enables others to take a look at your data and metadata i e they have access to the da tabase of the watched folders which is created and administered by the background process while read and write permissions enable them to control your
97. erties window Further information about this can be found in section The Properties Window on page 8 2 4 1 6 Using the Browse Tool With the browse tool you can browse local or network storages in up to two browsing panes Additionally you can perform all directory and file related tasks here for example create new or delete existing as well as copy move or rename directories or files The following describes step by step some sample tasks illustrating how to use the browse tool i e it will be explained how to copy and move directories files as well as how to delete them Copying Moving Directories Files Copying directories files with the browse tool of Spycer can be per formed without effort It offers two browsing panes where you can do this easily via drag and drop When operating between storage loca tions at your home system directories and files can also be moved e If not already visible in the user interface activate the browse tool with the button BROWSE at the top left side of the browse and search area Then the user interface displays the two browsing panes of Spycer a Figure 4 8 The browse tool e Inthe directory tree of the left pane browse to your target directory i e the directory where the data should be copied to e Inthe right browsing pane browse to the directory containing the material that should be copied i e the source directory 4 13 Spycer User Guide PVs e After
98. etailed in list excluded Other local drives and directories Not scanned by the background process and Displayed in Spycer only when accessed Not displayed in the SpycerNet File based processes are allowed Not scanned by the background process and Not displayed in the user interface of Spycer not written to the database not written to the database or the SpycerNet 8 15 Spycer User Guide PVs 8 3 Menu Bar Reference At the top of a stand alone Spycer application you can find a menu bar It provides access to functions and tasks of an administrative nature to the Spycer application Here you can find for example its configuration settings as well as several tools This section provides a reference to its menu bar All menus and menu options will be explained briefly This section explains the menu bar as it is available on Win i dows and Linux For a reference where to find the individual menu options on Mac systems see section The Menu Bar on Mac OS on page 8 16 8 3 1 The Menu Bar on Mac OS The menu bar as it is explained in the following sections is not available on Mac systems Instead the individual menu options can be found in tegrated in the standard program menu bar SS Tools View Help About Spycer Preferences 3 scheduler Services b Hide Spycer 36H Hide Others Show All Quit Spycer Figure 8 11 The program menu bar of Mac OS
99. ftware under Linux To get the software started under the Linux operating system perform the following e Select from the system menu of Linux the entry Audio amp Video Spycer Alternatively you may also start the program from a command line shell by entering Spycer This will load the Spycer application by DVS see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 3 2 2 Starting the Software under Mac OS To get the software started under a Mac operating system perform the following e Select from the Applications folder of Mac OS the entry Spycer app This will load the Spycer application by DVS see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 3 7 Spycer User Guide PVs 3 2 3 Starting the Software under Windows 3 8 To get the software started under the Windows operating system per form the following e Select from the START button menu of Windows on the submenu DVS the entry for Spycer for example All Programs DVS DVS Spycer Alternatively you may also start the program via the Spycer icon on the desktop of Windows This will load the Spycer application by DVS see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 In case the option Mount network drives was selected the i last time the program was exited you will be asked by a mes sage window to type in your password to legitimize your access to mounted network drives see section
100. further information about how to set this please refer to section The Group Jobs on page 8 8 i The copying moving can also be combined with an automatic 7 7 Spycer User Guide PVs 7 1 4 File Format Converter Spycer provides an integrated e file format converter able to convert still images as well as complete video clips to another file format Whether you want to convert for example a video clip in a container format to an image file sequence or vice versa this tool deals with such tasks effortlessly It can be accessed from the context menu of image or video data displayed in the browse or search area e In the browse and search area see chapter Browsing and Search ing on page 4 1 browse or search for the still image or video clip that should be converted e Then select from its context menu the menu option Convert see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 This will open the window of the file format converter of Spycer Convert Vsection3 1 Hollywood Hollywood_ 05d dp Destiantion Path Jestination Name Duration 600 Codec default Height 1556 Pixel Ratio square pixels Aspect 1 3162 Frame Rate 24 Scaling Quality normal Cancel Figure 7 4 The file format converter of Spycer The source settings i e details about the material that should be con verted are displayed in the upper part of the window The lower part determines its destina
101. h a central storage e g a SAN only one Spycer should provide the database for this storage This is one of the major features of Spycer Not every system has to scan the central storage but only one which will share its database in the SpycerNet This will reduce the overall traffic greatly because only one Spycer monitors the central storage Furthermore each Spycer contains a basic rights management to allow other Spycers in the SpycerNet access to your data or a remote control of the SpycerAgent installed The permissions what other Spycers are allowed to do on your system as well as all other settings mentioned in this section have to be stated during the initial setup of the software see section Initial Setup of Spycer on page 3 9 Of course they can be altered at any time later without difficulty see section Configuring Spycer on page 8 4 Listed in the following are some basics regarding the role of your Spycer application in a SpycerNet Mz The following network ports have to be free and available to i connect successfully to the SpycerNet 2 Port 9960 UDP 2 Port 9961 TCP Port 9970 UDP Port 9971 TCP See to it that these ports are free in your network e g as ex ceptions in the firewall settings otherwise Spycer will be con fined to its localhost only IP address 127 0 0 1 has to be used In case of problems or questions please contact your local net work administrator When the local cont
102. h the help of a progress bar Then it may detail the time remaining its progress in percent and the data rate Status Progress running 00 00 07 Figure 7 7 Job in progress 7 12 PVs Management Tools and Job List In detail the table of the job list provides the following information Column Explanation No Number of the listed job Created by Details the system that triggered the task Job Type The type of job that has been triggered is stated in this column e g copy dvscopy move delete scan etc Src Peer The source peer Details the source of the data in the SpycerNet i e the name of the system where the source data is stored Source States the location of the source files on the source peer Dest Peer The destination peer Details the destination of the data in the SpycerNet i e the name of the system where the data is to be transferred to Destination Details the target directory on the destination peer Status Indicates the state of the respective job such as paused running canceled finished failed etc Progress Informs you about the progress of the job Pro cesses that take longer are displayed with the help of a progress bar see above The jobs in the job list are listed in the order they were initiated from top to bottom i e the latest jobs are listed at the bottom of the job list When several jobs are started on a system they will
103. he contents of the clip in still images This can also be used to select a preliminary position for the metadata and preview area When singling out the clip see e g section Previewing Data with the Preview Area on page 5 4 the po sition of the scrub bar cursor will be retained and available there as well 5 3 Spycer User Guide PVs 5 2 Previewing Data with the Preview Area At the right hand side of the user interface you can find the preview ar ea In Spycer this area is used to preview the currently singled out video and image data Additionally by creating and using proxy clips video material can also be played and viewed in real time In case the preview area is not visible it is either hidden see section Changing the Layout of the User Interface on page 3 22 or the view is switched from the metadata and pre view area to the view of the job list To switch back to the metadata and preview areas use the button METADATA at the top left side of the user interface see also chapter Working with Metadata on page 6 1 oe Ae Cas 7 s 9972A en a PP EZA BATT i me 4 ee video overlay Ss e scrub bar J e _ preview controls No proxy available ai _ status bar Figure 5 3 The preview area At the top of the preview area you can find a video overlay In case the singled out material is a video clip or still image it will show you its con tent A
104. he data and database Once the background process is started it can be stopped with this command Afterwards it is no longer running and the connection to the Spycer Net will be lost However after a reboot it will be started automatically again This command stops the process and afterwards starts it again With this command the current state of the SpycerAgent is returned i e whether it is started or stopped The SpycerAgent Tool Windows Under Windows DVS offers you with the SpycerAgent tool a graphical user interface to administer the service It can be started by performing the following e Select from the START button menu of Windows in the submenu DVS the entry Maintenance e From the opening submenu select the entry for the SpycerAgent tool for example All Programs DVS Maintenance SpycerAgent Tool This will start the SpycerAgent tool 8 23 Spycer User Guide 8 24 amp Spycerdgent Tool aE A Spycergent ogram Files DVS SpycenSpycerAgent exe SpycerAgent is active Advanced Stop Install Uninstall Figure 8 20 The SpycerAgent tool With the SpycerAgent tool you can control the SpycerAgent and for in stance start or stop it The standard operating system tools to administer a service can be used as well to control the SpycerAgent It provides the following items SpycerAgent ADVANCED START STOP INSTALL This entry field states the path on your s
105. he user interface Alternatively you can use the keyboard combination Ctrl F Mac F to switch to the search tool of Spycer search parameter area results area Files with following metadata Figure 4 10 The search tool It provides the following areas search parameter In the search parameter area you can determine area the location where the search should be con ducted as well as define the search parameters Here you can also save a search query to a file sq as well as load previously saved ones results area The results area of the search tool will display the results once a search has been conducted It offers almost the same features as the contents area of a browsing pane This section explains the search tool of Spycer in detail First the search parameter area will be described followed by a description of the re sults area The section will be concluded with a step by step description how to use the search tool of Spycer 4 2 1 The Search Parameter Area In the search parameter area you can determine the location where the search should be conducted as well as define the search parameters Here you can also save defined search parameters to a file as well as load previously saved ones 4 16 Browsing and Searching search location search parameters controls HUGODDR Files with following metadata File Name contains Find it Figure 4 11 The search parameter area A
106. her one of the following Select the respective file with the mouse and drag and drop it somewhere in the metadata or preview area Double click the respective file with the mouse Use the menu option Show all metadata on its context menu see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 This will single out the selected file and its metadata will be displayed in the metadata area If the singled out data is either a video clip or a still image its content will be displayed in the video overlay of the pre view area With the metadata displayed you can now switch through as well as add or edit its metadata with the metadata controls see section The Metadata Controls on page 6 3 Once an entry is changed and saved it will be stored in the file header s and or in the data record of the respective file sequence in the database administered by the SpycerAgent PVs Working with Metadata 6 2 The Metadata Controls After metadata are displayed in the metadata area see section Dis playing Metadata on page 6 2 you can switch through the different metadata views as well as add or edit the metadata with the controls provided to the left The following controls are available Header Data The button FILE the first view activated when Spyc er is started and the metadata area is displayed shows the file related metadata information in the metadata fields to the right of the controls For more details ab
107. here the search should be made Choose from it for example a particular system in the network e Afterwards select the search criteria that you want to search for from the first combo box of the available search parameter In our example here we will select the criteria File Format This will slightly change the appearance of the search parameter entry fields and instead of three now only two fields are displayed Browsing and Searching e Select from the second combo box of the search parameter the entry for example for the tif file format ter to add another parameter that the found tif files also i You may use the button below the specified search parame must provide to be displayed as a result AND search With the criteria File Format you can only select formats that are supported by Spycer directly see section Supported File Formats on page A 4 However you can search for any file format even ones unknown to Spycer by entering its ex tension in the criteria File Name e g enter txt e Next start the search with the button FIND IT The search will be conducted at the specified location s As long as the search is processed the system s where the search is performed will be busy i e their icons will be shown together with a clock When fin ished the result will be shown in the results area to the right may also use the selective view combo box see section The i To
108. indow At the top of the window you can find information about the item s name the type of data and its storage location However depending on the data type of the item where the properties are called the properties window will look differently beneath these in formation and provide other details Data Type s Shown Properties systems When called on systems the properties will detail further information about this system such as its hardware operating system the Spycer version running and the permissions that you have on the respective system Miscellaneous Data Type s Shown Properties volumes When called for volumes or directories you can directories find further details about the storage where the item is located as well as about its capacity De tailed are for example the free used and total disk space in binary multiples of their sizes binary prefixes Additionally time values are provided to show you for instance the amount of free space available for a record of video Because these de pend on a video raster you can configure raster settings in this view of the properties window as well The time values of the disk spaces will be changed accordingly Options for Time Calculation Resolution 1920 x 1080 7 Color Mode RGB 4 4 4 ad Quantization 10 bit Frame Rate 30 Hz Figure 8 2 Time calculation settings for disk spaces Furthermore a bar is available
109. information to DVS In return you will receive an update file which has to be used to program the dongle with a new license After this the dongle is updated To update the license on the dongle do the following in detail e Start Spycer see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 e From its menu bar see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 select Tools License Management Request This will open a message window instructing you to connect the dongle to the computer e If not already the case connect the dongle to a free USB port on the computer system and click the button OK in the message window This saves the license information of the dongle to a file with the name SpycerLicense WibuCmRaC exact location will be detailed in a message window and simultaneously starts your e mail software The saved information will also be added to an e mail automatically e Send the encrypted dongle information to DVS by doing one of the following If you are connected to the internet send the dongle informa tion already added to the opened e mail to dongleupdate dvs de or copy the file SpycerLicense WibuCmRac to a common storage medium e g CD ROM which you can then send to DVS per mail Once received the e mail file will be evaluated by DVS and a license update file with the extension wibuCmRaUwill be created DVS will send this to you as soon as possible After receiving the license u
110. ion e Then initiate the conversion with the button OK This will write the converted material to the destination directory and an entry in the job list is created see section The Job List on page 7 12 The entry in the job list also shows a progress bar of the conversion process As long as it is under way the system will have the status busy see section The Status Bar on page 4 9 If the original video image format of the material differs from the destination format the image s will be skewed accordingly so that they fit optimally in the new format After the conversion the source file s are not deleted but remain at their location for further use When converting a video clip to a clip format that consists of i still images the converted files will carry frame numbers as de termined by the field Destination Name However currently all converted material will start with zero 0 as a frame num bering If necessary they can be given another frame number ing via the renaming tool of Spycer see section Renaming on page 7 2 7 1 5 Calculator With the calculator of Spycer you can calculate from a set video format its maximum recording time by a given amount of storage capacity or the required storage by a given duration of video data It can be ac cessed from the menu bar of Spycer e From the menu bar of Spycer see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 select Tool
111. ion The Properties Window on page 8 2 Spycer User Guide PVs 7 2 The Job List The job list of Spycer provides information about jobs that are performed on your system or that you have initiated on other systems in the SpycerNet Additionally these jobs can be controlled from here for example by canceling them You can switch to the job list of Spycer with the button JoB LIsT directly below the menu bar When the job list is not activated and visible arriving jobs are indicated by a three times flashing JOB LIsT button Metadata Destination scanning ew Folderd vmow D owntownler 04 eded See Se oe oe ee a ded ESERIES EE SE Figure 7 6 The job list of Spycer The job list shows tasks that are concerned with your system either they were triggered from or are carried out on your system Addition ally it details only those tasks that may render a system busy see sec tion The Status Bar on page 4 9 Whenever such a task is triggered an entry can be found here For example if you start a defragmentation on another system in the SpycerNet see section Defragmenter on page 7 4 or re scan your watched folders see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 or someone else in the SpycerNet starts a task on your system it will be noted here Furthermore as long as the task is not finished each entry informs you about its progress in the last col umn of the list for example wit
112. ions in the set tings pane and confirm your alterations with the OK button RESET A click on this button resets all values back to the last confirmed settings OK This button confirms your alterations to the settings in the configurations window and closes it Then the new settings will be in effect They will be saved when the Spycer user interface is closed see section Exiting the Software on page 3 23 CANCEL The button CANCEL closes the window for the general configuration settings without confirming your set tings The Spycer application will use the latest con firmed settings 8 2 2 The Group General With the group General you configure the networking and local con tent management of Spycer With the network settings you determine the connection of your Spycer application to the SpycerNet The local content management will be administered by the background process SpycerAgent When it is enabled the SpycerAgent will write in formation about the contents of the watch folders see section The Group Watch Folders on page 8 13 into a database making it avail able to your Spycer application as well as to others in the SpycerNet if applicable and permissions are given Afterwards the watch folders will be monitored and the database will be revised once file processes are detected When a local content management is disabled Spycer will not i display any local drives or storages Then the user i
113. irst closing of the user interface Details These files store the layout of the user interface They can be deleted without harm However then the program will start with a default layout They will be created again when the program is exited Index A AND search sisccsutedeciceescsasaneebienes 4 18 application open with oe 4 10 foL Mo BEE EEE 6 6 file formats aasien A 6 icon of clip aeree 4 7 metadata ccccceeceeeeeees 6 6 8 3 multiple channels 0008 4 7 text information view 4 7 thumbnail OF clip s es 4 7 automatic defragmentation 8 9 automatic proxy generation 5 5 8 9 B background process 2 5 3 11 8 22 DIN sbcebeccsee cetecessveeeesaekebadeeseacac 3 19 binary multiples sc crstartacderenseeeecee 8 3 browse and search area 3 17 4 1 context MENU neren 4 9 fragmentation degree 7 4 browse and search permission 2 9 3 14 browse tool 2425 tcteosiatsierens teacetecieincs 4 2 ICONS aacctiecechcactencsaticectc cece i eeeas 4 4 USAZE oe chy ees celeccases 4 13 browsing pane sreitsccscceterunleccndcesess 4 2 contents area cecce 4 6 context MENU neccen 4 9 context menu drag n drop 4 14 status bar ccecce 4 9 thumbnail of still image 4 8 thumbnail of video clip 4 7 DUSY dirinin 4 4 4 9 button Add idiniriin 3 13 8 13 Advanced 2ccciscteisiceeieeessttiene ts 8 7 BrOWSE ccecceceeeceec
114. issions on the respective sys tem and the native Spycer application must be appropriately configured for the creation of proxies Further information about proxies and the previewing of proxies can be found in sec tion Previewing Data with the Preview Area on page 5 4 Available for the contents area and video image files only Opens the file format conversion tool of Spycer to convert the selected video clip or still im age to another file format Further information about this can be found in section File Format Converter on page 7 8 The menu option View enables you to configure which items to see in the directory tree and or the contents area When invoked on the directory tree it shows the menu option Hide unwatched folders With it you can hide all drives directories that are not watched by the SpycerAgent Once the menu op tion is activated it shows a cross in front and only the watched folders will be displayed in the direc tory tree When invoked in the contents area it shows Show folders This menu option allows you to view di rectories in the contents area Once activated it shows across in front and directories available at the selected location will be displayed in the con tents area as well Browsing and Searching Properties With this menu option you can call up the proper ties of the file directory or drive where the context menu was invoked They will be shown in the prop
115. itis 8 13 8 3 Menu Bar Reference is cawenenaertinnnuamieeweinis 8 16 8 3 1 The Menu Bar on Mac OS 8 16 8 3 2 The Spycer Spycer Icon Menu ccicssecsccteisteisacenaricetianen 8 17 8 3 3 The Options Menu sesssssssssssrrrrrrrirrrrrrrersssrsssnnn 8 18 8 3 4 The Tools Menu seeeeseeeerrrreeerineenrnen 8 18 8 3 5 The View Menu ereenn 8 19 8 3 6 The help Menu ssssssesssssssssrrrrrrrrrrrrreerreesserrsnnn 8 20 iii Spycer User Guide PVs 8 4 Maintenance iisianiatesguccguatisiagy moons saianelaaaeaeieaaas 8 22 8 4 1 The SpycerAgent Script TOol eee eee essen eae 8 22 8 4 2 The CodeMeter Control Center 8 25 8 4 3 Gathering Diagnostic Information seee 8 26 A Appendix ooo n A 1 A 1 Troubleshooting wader se teaddecsssseccesinusseneeceatsenshectdesceteaentedie A 2 A 2 Supported File FOMMats scicccccessecscecesceasceseacvesceecsetateneeeeecateats A 4 A 3 Keyboard Shortcuts caseneitie testers icaaesGetaeeaeeuleilice rete eacecaciedss A 8 AA Interesting Files and Folders iiss sicessctececreninrcceninns A 9 l Le CS O l 1 Introduction This document describes Spycer the innovative data and content man agement application developed by DVS It is a software program capa ble of handling large amounts of video data and their corresponding metadata providing users with integrated browse search and manage ment tools to retrieve data and gather information about them locally as well as via a ne
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117. l be valid even if the job is triggered by another Spycer in the SpycerNet With this check box you configure the Spycer application to perform a defragmentation auto matically on the processed material when a move process is started on your system This will be valid even if the job is triggered by another Spycer in the SpycerNet 8 9 Spycer User Guide PVs 8 2 4 The Group Network Drives Windows Only The group Network Drives is available under Windows operating sys tems only and enables you to access mounted mapped network drives in the user interface of Spycer They are then displayed as any other lo cally available drive directory that is not defined as a watched folder see section The Directory Tree on page 4 3 and can be accessed as such see section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 Configuration Detaults __ Mount network drives HUGODDR Admin Figure 8 6 The settings items of the group Network Drives The group Network Drives provides the following items list The list details the network drives that are cur rently mounted in your operating system The column Drive details the drive letter while the column Source Path indicates the path to the drive directory in the network Mount network This check box mounts the network drives de drives tailed in the list above and once confirmed they will be displayed in Spycer For this you have to enter the correct passwor
118. led by other Spycer applications or you may control others avail able in the SpycerNet Of course all these behaviors can be fully con figured via rights management Spycer can be run on a standard computer system and does not require any special DVS hardware On the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 video systems it is already integrated in the DVS software and accessible the same way as the other software modules such as the Edit Tool 1 1 Spycer User Guide PVs 1 2 There are several different variants of Spycer available from Spycer Ba sic providing a limited feature set to Spycer for DVS SAN able to access storages in the StorNext file system SNFS For further information about the different variants please refer to section Program Variants of Spycer on page 1 6 PVs Introduction 1 1 Overview This user guide informs you about the installation and general handling of Spycer as well as about its complete controllable interface The chap ters in this user guide contain the following information Chapter 1 Begins with a short introduction to Spycer fol lowed by a note regarding the audience this manual is written for and an explanation of the conventions used in this manual Furthermore it details the new features the available soft ware variants and their respective capabilities as well as the system requirements necessary to run Spycer when it is not already installed Chap
119. les and libraries will be installed on the computer system The installation is finished as soon as a message reports this With this the installation of the software is complete and as a next step you have to perform its initial setup to be able to run the program It has to be made when the Spycer application is started for the first time see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 and section Initial Setup of Spycer on page 3 9 3 6 PVs Getting Started 3 2 Starting the Software This section provides you with a description how to get Spycer started Because the software can be run under several operating systems it is divided into the different starting procedures for each supported oper ating system tem Spycer is by default integrated in the DVS software and thus not needed as a stand alone application To start the soft ware there you have to start the respective DVS software see section Starting the Integrated Spycer on page 3 18 i On the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 video sys x The very first starting of the software will launch its initial setup necessary to run the software see section Initial Setup of Spycer on page 3 9 When Spycer is started a log file is written to a directory that logs the actions performed with the Spycer user interface see section Gathering Diagnostic Information on page 8 26 for further information 3 2 1 Starting the So
120. library of often used search queries In detail it pro vides the following items The button RESET clears the already defined search pa rameters and resets the search parameter area The LOAD button allows you to load previously saved search parameters from a file It opens a dialog window where you have to select the respective file containing the search query sq After its confirmation the saved search parameters will be loaded into the search parameter area of Spycer PVs Browsing and Searching With the button SAVE you can save the currently set search parameters to a file Thus you can build up a li brary of search queries to use them in the future again A click on this button opens a dialog window where you have to specify the storage path and file name of the search query file to be saved After the confirmation of your settings the file will be saved to the specified loca tion sq With the button FIND IT you start a search It will be per formed at the selected location and will yield the results according to the set search parameters in the results area to the right As long as the search is processed the sys tem s where the search is performed will be busy i e their icons will appear with a clock superimposed see section The Directory Tree on page 4 3 With the focus on the search parameter area a search can also be initiated by pressing the En ter key 4 2 2 The Results Area The
121. lication first In case you require Spycer Basic only you can leave out the CodeMeter installation CodeMeter Installation The CodeMeter application is the application that recognizes and ad ministers the dongle license With a licensed version of Spycer it is rec ommended to install it first You can leave out the CodeMeter installation when you intend J to run Spycer as Spycer Basic only Fasten the Spycer key chain to the dongle both are included in the delivery of a licensed version With this you will be able to identify the dongle belonging to Spycer easily in the future e Next open the installation file of Spycer Install_Spycer_ lt version no gt _ lt OS gt dmg e g with a double click of the mouse This will mount the Spycer application as a volume and display its con tent on the screen e From this volume open the installation file of the CodeMeter appli cation CmRuntimeUser_ lt version no gt dmg e g witha double click of the mouse This as well will mount the CodeMeter application as a volume and dis play its content on the screen e From the last volume install the CodeMeter application by execut ing its mpkg file The installation routine of the CodeMeter application is started which will guide you through the installation e Follow the instructions given on the screen The CodeMeter application is then installed on your computer The in stallation is finished as soon as a message rep
122. limit the displayed findings in the results area further you Status Bar on page 4 9 S By selecting entries in the results area and using the menu op tion Save as TXT on their context menu you can save the search result to a text file for example for later evaluation With the menu option Show in browser on the context menu of a clip in the results area you can immediately display the se lected file in a browsing pane of Spycer This way you can de termine its location easily 4 21 Spycer User Guide 4 22 Previewing Data This chapter provides a description where and how to preview video and image data in the software To the right of the user interface you can find the preview area In Spyc er this area is used to view or play the currently singled out material video and image data By creating and using proxy clips video mate rial can also be viewed in real time At the top of the preview area you can find a video overlay where you will see the contents of the material Below the video overlay a scrub bar of the material s timeline is avail able as well as the preview controls Additionally you can preview image and video data via the thumbnails provided in the contents areas when browsing or searching 5 1 Spycer User Guide PVs 5 1 Previewing Data via Thumbnails 5 2 When in the thumbnail view video and image data can be seen with thumbnails in the contents areas of the
123. ll items of the search parameter area will be explained in the follow ing Search Location With the combo box Content on you can determine the location where the search should be conducted Select from it whether you want to search the contents of a particular system or the whole net work It offers the same possibilities as the system network combo box in a browsing pane see section The Directory Tree on page 4 3 for more details Only the database of the local storage and or the databases of the Spycer applications in the SpycerNet will be used for a search Drives and directories not indexed in the database s i e not included in the watched folders settings will be disre garded see section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 Search Parameters Below the combo box for the search location the search parameters have to be detailed With the combo box to the left determine the search criteria that should be used for the search You can choose from a variety of different criteria ranging from file name or extension over video audio properties to metadata information such as the production date or company Depending on the selected criteria the number of the available fields for a search parameter may vary If three are available use the one in the middle to set an operator for the search e g for a file name contains is begins with and ends with With the last field to the right you have to specify the cri te
124. m in the SpycerNet It is of no consequence to the SpycerNet whether the software applications are all of the same variant of Spycer or not see section Program Vari ants of Spycer on page 1 6 The following sections will explain the drawing above in more detail 2 2 1 The User Interface With the user interface of Spycer you can view edit and administer the data shown in its areas and or tools for example you can browse and search for data or edit their metadata It can be used to display the con tents that is locally available and furthermore when operating in a SpycerNet it may also show the material that is stored on other sys tems To put it in simple terms the user interface of Spycer is just a browsing tool where you can view data and trigger certain events that the back ground process SpycerAgent may execute In case it is running without the background process enabled as the bottom right Spycer in figure 2 1 on page 2 4 indicates the user interface can still be used as a network browser in the SpycerNet to display data available on other systems SpycerAgent it will check separately whether a valid license is provided When found it will run with the respective feature set enabled see section License Issues on page 2 10 iJ Because the user interface runs independently from the For further information about the background process SpycerAgent the SpycerNet and networking see the next sections
125. mation This chapter first explains the browse tool followed by a description how to initiate and perform a search with Spycer 4 1 Spycer User Guide PVs 4 1 Browsing for Data Ee With the button BRowsE at the top left side of the browse and search area you can activate the browse tool of Spycer if not already visible in the user interface All Files Online Text ge_ All Files Online Figure 4 1 The browse tool It offers two browsing panes for overview purposes and drag and drop procedures The following figure gives an overview of one of the browsing panes directory directory contents status tree controls area bar D owyr E Hollywoo m Image All Files Online Figure 4 2 Overview of a browsing pane This section explains the browse tool in detail First the individual items of a browsing pane as indicated in the figure above will be described complemented by an explanation of the context menu available in the browse and search area The section will be concluded with some sam ple step by step descriptions how to use the browse tool of Spycer 4 2 PVs Browsing and Searching 4 1 1 The Directory Tree The directory tree enables you to see the contents of your system net work in a folder structure en network system combo box e _____ folder structure Figure 4 3 Overview of the directory tree With the network system combo box at the top of the dir
126. menter The following lists and explains shortly the key features of Spycer There are several variants of Spycer available Further informa i tion about them can be found in section Program Variants of Spycer on page 1 6 Browse and Search With Spycer you can browse local or network storages via the Spycer Net It offers you two browsing panes where you can browse for data and perform move copy procedures between different directories eas ily via drag and drop With its search tool you can find the desired ma terial swiftly by combining various parameters such as file names or metadata information All material and data displayed in the browse and search area can be shown either in text information or thumbnail view Viewing of Material You can preview video clips and image data without any difficulty in Spycer They can be viewed either with their thumbnails in the browse or search area or when double clicked in the enlarged preview area Both the thumbnails as well as the preview area provide a scrub bar timeline where you can move to different positions within a video clip s sequence Once video material is available in the preview area you may also use the built in media player for a viewing real time pre view requires a proxy of the clip or gather further information about it in the metadata area Other files than video or image data can be se lected and may provide information in Spycer as well For exampl
127. n The Direc tory Tree on page 4 3 Use the button TEXT to view the files clips in the con ies W 4 1 5 The Context Menu The context menu of the browsing pane usually invoked with a right click of the mouse provides different directory and file related func tions such as the deletion of a directory and or file 4 9 Spycer User Guide 4 10 tiff160 Ctrl C Ctrl V New folder Rename Defragment tiff160 tiff160 tiff160 View Properties I Timeline_1 Figure 4 7 Context menu of a directory The context menu provides the following functions Depending on whether the context menu is invoked in a direc tory tree or in a contents area it may provide different menu options The following list details all options that are available Open with Show all meta data Show in browser Save as TXT Select all Available for the contents area and files on the home system only This menu option provides a submenu where you can select between several possible applications to open the currently selected file with You can for example open the file in the standard file manager of your operating system Mac and Windows only or in the application that is configured as the default application for this file format menu option Default Available for the contents area only Performs the same operation as a double click on a file in the contents area The file is singled out
128. nding note Anyway a lack of this note does not mean any commitment from DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH ADIC and StorNext are registered trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation ADIC Apple Mac Mac OS and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries CLIPSTER DVS and Spycer are registered trademarks of DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH Kodak and Cineon are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company Linux is a regis tered trademark of Linus Torvalds Microsoft Windows Windows Server and Windows Vista are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries SUSE is a trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries IRIX and SGI are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics Inc Any other product names mentioned in this documentation may be trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective owners and as such are subject to the usual statutory provisions PVs Headquarters DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH Krepenstr 8 30165 Hannover GERMANY Phone 49 511 67807 0 Fax 49 511 630070 E mail info dvs de Internet http www dvs de Support Phone 49 511 67807 25 Fax 49 511 67807 31 E mail support dvs de For the Americas U S Headquarters DVS Digital Video Inc 300 East Magnolia Boulevard Suite 102 Burbank CA 91502 USA Phone 1 818 846 3600 Fax 1 818 846 364
129. nds on the selected file format With this field you can determine the video for mat of the material to be created Either select from its drop down list one of the predefined vid eo formats or set it to custom to define the res olution yourself Details the width of the material to be created in pixels If Resolution is set to custom it can be adjusted freely Details the height of the material to be created in pixels If Resolution is set to custom it can be adjusted freely Determines the pixel aspect ratio that should be applied during the conversion Whether this set ting will be available depends on the selected file format Available for informatory reasons It details the aspect ratio of the set video format i e the ratio of Width to Height Sets the frame rate of the converted material Whether this setting will be available depends on the selected file format For the conversion you can select between three scaling qualities It also effects the speed of the conversion For example the setting high will yield the best quality but will also take longest to process 7 9 Spycer User Guide PVs OK The OK button closes the file format converter and converts the material according to the set tings CANCEL Cancels the conversion and closes the file format converter To perform a conversion do the following e With the settings items in the window of the file format converter configure the convers
130. ngs for the respective browsing pane see section The Status Bar on page 4 9 A contents area providing the same features as explained here as well as in section The Status Bar on page 4 9 and section The Context Menu on page 4 9 is also available in the search tool after performing a search see section The Results Area on page 4 19 With the menu option View on the context menu of the con tents area you can also display directories that are available at the selected location see section The Context Menu on page 4 9 In the text information view you will receive a detailed list of the folder s contents In this view you can easily sort the files clips in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column heading that the data should be sorted by File Name File Path File Format HUGODDR TIFF a A a F ne A a a Soundtrack_Master WAY HUGODDR WAV Figure 4 5 Contents area in text view When in the thumbnail view still images and video clips are shown in the contents area of a browsing pane with a thumbnail preview In this view you will get additional information about the displayed material via text that appears to the right of the thumbnail Browsing and Searching File Name File Format Resolution Aspect Ratio Frame Rate Duration Defrag File Name File Format Audio Channels Audio Sample Rate 48000 Audio Bit Depth 16 TC S
131. nt only it will be explicitly men tioned in the text 1 7 Spycer User Guide PVs 1 5 System Requirements 1 8 The stand alone application of Spycer Spycer Basic and Spycer see section Program Variants of Spycer on page 1 6 is able to run on a standard computer system that fulfills the following system require ments Supported Hardware These are the minimum hardware requirements that the computer sys tem has to meet if you want to use the program 2 GHz processor recommended 512 MB of RAM 50 MB free space on system disk CD ROM drive Graphic card minimum resolution 1024 x 768 Network card for communication between Spycer applications SpycerNet FC card to connect to a SAN if required To run a Spycer Basic as Spycer without floating licenses you i will also need one free USB port for the dongle to enable the licensed feature set See section License Issues on page 2 10 for further details about the dongle and licenses Supported Operating Systems The program can be executed on the following operating systems Be sure that you have installed the newest service packs and i or patches for your system otherwise you may encounter soft and or hardware problems Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Mac OS X Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows XP recom mended or Windows Vis
132. nterface can be used as a network browser showing the contents of other Spycers in the SpycerNet only 8 5 Spycer User Guide amp Configuration Defaults General Sean Fi Watch Folders an IP that Spycer should use forthe Agent tunning content management ontent management Cancel Figure 8 4 The settings items of the group General In the group General you can find the following settings items combo box REFRESH Status message Select from the combo box the IP address i e the network connection that Spycer should use to connect to the SpycerNet The localhost ad dress 127 0 0 1 disables the network connec tion for Spycer Afterwards it can be used locally only This button refreshes the IP addresses available in the combo cox IP addresses are gathered from currently active network connections When a network connection is inactive e g no cable connected its IP address will not be dis played Then establish a network connection at the respective connector and click the REFRESH button which will make its IP address available in the drop down list of the combo box Details the current state of the background pro cess SpycerAgent Miscellaneous Enable local con tent management SpycerAgent ADVANCED Disable local con tent management With this radio button activated the local con tent management will be enabled It installs and starts the backgro
133. or the dongle you have to per Li form the same procedure as mentioned above with the follow ing exception Instead of selecting the radio button to enable the server you have to activate the radio button Disable li cense server S How to Grab a License Licenses are not given only to the user interface of Spycer but the SpycerAgent as well as soon as it is started local content management enabled see section SpycerAgent on page 2 5 To get one of the li censes provided by a dongle in the SpycerNet do as follows e If the computer system where your Spycer application is installed is turned off simply start it e Afterwards start the Spycer user interface see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 During the loading of the operating system it will ask locally as well as in the network if there is a dongle available and whether it provides a license If a license is available it will be handed to the SpycerAgent if enabled as well as the user interface of your Spycer application Nevertheless to grab a license with an operating system already run ning and a Spycer application registering as Spycer Basic you have to do the following e If running close the Spycer user interface see section Exiting the Software on page 3 23 e Next restart the Spycer user interface see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 During the start up the Spycer user interface will ask locally as well as
134. ories or files are also possible To administer the background process DVS offers you a tool Linux Mac script especially designed for this purpose Please refer to section The SpycerAgent Script Tool on page 8 22 for more details about this Nevertheless the standard operating system tools to administer a background process can be used as well To administer the background process administrator rights Linux Mac root are required 2 2 3 SpycerNet The SpycerNet is one of the main features of Spycer It is the part of the software that constitutes the scalable and distributed content manage ment With a single Spycer application you can access data locally stored only But if there are more than one Spycer installed on different computer systems connected via a network they will form the SpycerNet Then they communicate with each other and share their databases providing information about the data stored locally on each system The more Spycer applications are installed the more data you can gather from different systems This is meant by the terms scalable and distributed scalable because there is no limit to the number of Spycer applications working together and distributed because they work independently on separate workstations as well as provide separate databases This way no central server is required because the individual Spycer in stallations communicate with each other and share their
135. orts this e Afterwards plug the dongle into a free USB port at the computer system see also section License Issues on page 2 10 Getting Started The dongle providing the license is registered automatically by the CodeMeter application this may take some time and you will see the dongle as an additional drive on your desktop After this continue the installation with the installation of the Spycer application Spycer Installation To install Spycer perform the following e If not already the case open the installation file of Spycer which will mount it as a volume Install_Spycer_ lt version no gt _ lt OS gt dmg e g with a double click of the mouse e From this volume install the Spycer application by executing its mpkg file The installation routine of the Spycer application is started which will guide you through the installation e Follow the instructions given on the screen This installs all necessary files and libraries of Spycer on the computer system With this the installation of the software is complete and as a next step you have to perform its initial setup to be able to run the program It has to be made when the Spycer application is started for the first time see section Starting the Software on page 3 7 and section Initial Setup of Spycer on page 3 9 and requires a log on with administra tor rights i e as root as well Once this is finished you can use Spycer with a normal u
136. out this metadata view see section File Metadata on page 6 5 This view of the metadata allows you to re iJ view most information only Because they are properties of the singled out data they cannot be changed This button switches the view of the metadata to a display of the header data provided by the singled out file Most file formats feature a file header where further information about its contents are detailed In the header data view of Spycer you can get a look at the data as it is written in the file itself With video data it will display the header data of the frame im age file that is currently selected with the scrub bar cursor of the preview area see section Header Da ta on page 6 6 Certain entries in the header data can be edited if supported by the file format e g the timecode information source timecode Once saved they will be directly written to the file s Currently only the header data of dpx J files can be edited with Spycer With the PRODUCTION button you switch the meta data view to its production information Here you can add or edit additional information about the production stages of the content Currently this information is provided virtu i ally by Spycer s database only A change of the files headers cannot be made in this metadata view This button allows you to add or change the meta data as they are available in the production metada ta view button PROD
137. owing items menu bar At the top of the Spycer user interface you can find a menu bar It provides access to functions and tasks of an administrative nature to Spycer Here you can find for example its configuration settings as well as several tools A short reference to the menu bar can be found in section Menu Bar Reference on page 8 16 3 16 Getting Started metadata area preview area browse and search area On Mac systems the menu bar is not avail i able as it is under other operating systems Instead its options can be found in the standard program menu bar of the operat ing system see section The Menu Bar on Mac OS on page 8 16 Directly below the menu bar you can find the meta data area which will show you the properties and metadata of the file currently singled out in the browse and search area You can switch through as well as add and edit the metadata easily with the buttons provided to the left For more details about the metadata area and its various functions see chapter Working with Metadata on page 6 1 To the right of the metadata area you can find the preview area In Spycer this area is used to view the currently singled out video and image data At the top you can find a video overlay where you can see the content of the material Below the video overlay a scrub bar of the material s timeline is available as well as the preview controls The preview area is de sc
138. p e Next locate the archive file and send it to the e mail address pro vided by the DVS personnel Once your mail is received the DVS support team will evaluate the in formation and if possible provide you with a solution for your prob lem 8 27 Spycer User Guide 8 28 Appendix This chapter provides further information about the Spycer application First some advice is given to resolve irregularities that may occur when using Spycer After that it lists the file formats supported and some in teresting files and folders installed or created by Spycer Spycer User Guide PVs A 1 Troubleshooting The table below lists some errors that may occur during the operation of Spycer and details how to resolve them Error Cause Solution A contents area of the browse and search tools does not show the de sired material The required data is not stored in the selected di rectory Move copy or capture the required data to this directory The selective view com bo box is set to a selec tive view Set the selective view combo box to the kind of data that you want to display or to All Files see section The Status Bar on page 4 9 Some files e g mov require the installation of third party programs Install the third party program see section System Requirements on page 1 8 such as the QuickTime player A network system is visi bl
139. pdate file do as follows PVs Basics e Store the file on the computer where the dongle is connected e If appropriate start Spycer and select from its menu bar Tools License Management Update This will open a message window instructing you to connect your don gle to the computer and afterwards select the update file e If not already the case connect the dongle to the computer system and click the button OK in the message window e In the opening window browse for the update file WibuCmRaU on your storage and confirm your choice with the button OPEN This will program the dongle with the new license which may take some time Once the programming of the dongle is complete a message will report this e Close the Spycer user interface and restart it to take the changes into effect When Spycer is started once again it will run with the new license lt In case the new license is still not available you have to reboot i your computer with the dongle connected If your new license is a floating license you have to configure the dongle as a license server to enable a sharing of the license see section Configuring a Dongle to Run as a License Server on page 2 14 2 3 2 Floating License With a floating license you can share the license of a single dongle with other Spycer applications i e enabling a Spycer Basic on another sys tem in the network to run as a licensed version of Spycer Th
140. pycer eee 3 21 home system n 4 4 expiration date and time license 8 21 l F ICOM aeea a aasa 4 4 features of variants icssscvssreercvencs 1 7 audio clip cazes2s cscs ccteaceerecatsocaecs 4 7 file directory jecceeleccssceacteeeeccessetacecs 4 4 delete ej adia scala ieiadualatladic 4 11 IVES ccce 4 4 EXTENSION nonsese 7 2 7 3 project ene ce eres 4 8 header scdc5225 cia i iaaii 6 6 still image o oo 4 8 metadata u s 6 5 8 3 SYSTEMS atone cetaceans 4 4 OPEN With oo eee eeeeeeeeeeeens 4 10 unknown file oeiee 4 8 properties u s 4 13 8 3 video CID c2ussacastenedavataucreconene 4 7 show in browser 0 eeee 4 10 image types ded OE E E O TT 4 7 6 6 see still image file format ccce A 4 image SEqUENnCE ccce 7 2 7 4 AUCIO oe ec eececceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeees A 6 AS video cee ce cecccccccccceeees 3 13 8 13 container seeen 5 5 7 8 8 9 indexed folders ccccccccecceeeees 2 5 2 6 CONVETS ON o seessseseeeeeeees 4 12 7 83 information diagnostic 8 26 graphic nessssessessreerrrererenneneens A 4 ini ial setup ds 2 cssctaicenerstedeeceasetedaoriee 3 9 QUE secere eE OES A 7 eTe a cecloexcciviecOie toed ctoee eens 3 15 video nsnsi 3 13 8 13 A installation cccceeceeeeaeeeeeeeeeaees 3 2 file format converter 4 12 7 8 under L NUX goad esuts cde nanecntendsacnes 3 2 file manager open with 4 10 under MAC neccen 3 4 file metadata view 0 0 6 3
141. ram or commands entered at a prompt Key An individual key or a key combination on a keyboard Keyboard Shortcuts To perform options or procedures with the keyboard often requires si multaneous pressing of two keys Example Ctrl F1 If this is given hold down the Ctrl key and press simultaneously the F1 key Screenshots The screenshots shown in this documentation have been taken for the most part from the Windows based version of Spycer in its standard stand alone application variant providing a full feature set SAN access included Depending on the software variant available to you and the installed operating system your Spycer application may look different and or may not provide all the features described here However due to the fact that the descriptions given here and their screenshots are complete they will contain the interface items that concern your vari ant and or operating system as well 1 5 Spycer User Guide Dvs 1 4 Program Variants of Spycer 1 6 Spycer is available in several different program variants from Spycer Basic providing a limited feature set to Spycer for DVS SAN able to ac cess storages in the StorNext file system SNFS This section details the available variants their differences and their capabilities application differing only in their licensed features To run a i The stand alone variants Spycer Basic and Spycer are the same Spycer Basic as Spycer you nee
142. rdsceteeevee A 2 header data o 6 3 6 6 license information 66 8 21 items in contents area n e 4 12 typographical conventions 1 4 items in directory tree 4 12 production metadata 6 3 6 8 U SEIOCTIVE 0 cece eee ecee eee eeeeeeeeaeeues 4 9 text information ccc 4 6 4 9 unknown file thumbnail 4 6 4 9 5 2 defragmentation ccccccee 7 6 volume E ES 4 8 ICOM eea ethical telat e 4 4 text information view 4 8 properties asssseycsrcsesssuseessssedestexe 8 3 thumbnail aiic 4 8 thumbnail o n 4 8 USB POTE isien enipe 2 10 used disk Space n c 8 3 W user interface ssoonaneirisn nn asoras 2 5 hide unwatched folders 4 12 watch folders 2 5 3 11 8 13 hide turn off areas cccceeeeeee 3 22 EXClUdE iirin 3 12 8 15 layout change E 3 22 8 19 include icce 3 12 8 14 MAIZE lfi 8 18 web Server sscccesrererirererrerrerens 8 25 OVETV EW ou cceeceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess 3 16 workload network eee 2 8 USEF NAME we coeecocesddesexcccececaeceaccaee 8 11 write permission 2 9 3 15 Spycer User Guide l 8
143. re described in section How to Update the License on the Dongle on page 2 12 Configuring a Dongle to Run as a License Server To enable a floating license and share the license of a dongle in the SpycerNet the dongle has to be configured as a license server For this perform the following e If appropriate start Spycer and select from its menu bar see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 Tools License Management License Server This will open the following dialog window License Server as Cancel Figure 2 2 License server setup e Activate the Enable license server radio button to enable the license server for the connected dongle Do not enable the license server if your dongle provides one license dedicated license only Then you may not be able to start your Spycer with the licensed feature set be cause the license may already be assigned to another ap plication e Confirm your selection with the OK button Basics After this another message window appears asking you again whether you are really sure about your selection e Confirm the setting once more with the button YES e Next close the Spycer application and restart your system Once the system is rebooted the dongle connected locally to your sys tem will run as a license server offering other Spycer applications licens es to run with the licensed feature set enabled z To deactivate the license server f
144. rea allows you to preview content of image and video data Once a still image or video clip is sin 5 5 Spycer User Guide PVs gled out in the browse and search area e g with a double click of the mouse its contents is displayed there With the context menu of the video overlay you can for example con figure the appearance of the video overlay or the behavior of plays fur ther It provides the following menu options Fit to screen Maximize Minimize Play original Reload proxy 5 2 3 The Scrub Bar Scales the video overlay to the maximum available width or height of the preview area If enabled it shows a cross in front Either maximizes the preview area i e hides all other areas of the Spycer user interface see section Changing the Layout of the User Interface on page 3 22 or restores the previous layout of the user interface This can also be performed with a double i click of the mouse somewhere in the pre view area or the menu option Maximize Preview Area on the View menu see section The View Menu on page 8 19 With a proxy available this menu option forces the play of the original video material instead If en abled it shows a cross in front Reloads the proxy of the clip displayed in the pre view area If the singled out file is a video clip you can find beneath the video overlay a scrub bar representing a timeline of the clip s contents With its cursor
145. results area of the search tool displays the results soon after a search was initiated File Name Cabrio_ 05d tif File Format TIFF eso 492 _ Frame Rate Duration Defrag aed dell File Name Neuschwanstein_ 05d ti Lo a File Format Resolution Aspect Ratio Frame Rate Duration Defrag H Text i All Files Figure 4 12 The results area Once a search is finished the number of hits will be displayed at the top left of the results area Right below it the found files can be seen Spycer User Guide PVs Most of the results area resembles the contents area of a browsing pane and provides its possibilities as well For example you can adjust the viewing with the controls at the bottom of the results area or you can invoke the same context menu on the found files Therefore for more information about this please refer to section Browsing for Data on page 4 2 With the menu option Show in browser on the context menu of a clip in the results area you can immediately display the se lected file in a browsing pane of Spycer This way you can de termine its location easily 4 2 3 Using the Search Tool 4 20 The usage of the search tool of Spycer is quite straight forward To start a search and display its results do as follows Content on HUGODDR Files with following metadata File Name v Find it Figure 4 13 The search parameter area e Select from the combo box Content on the location w
146. ria It may provide an entry field where you have to type in your 4 17 Spycer User Guide PVs search term or a combo box providing you with a list to choose the search item from The button R below the search parameters adds another search pa rameter that the search will also observe With it an AND search is pro vided e g when searching for a file name that begins with start AND the file extension wav you will receive all file names with the prefix start and the Wave file extension such as start_01 02 wav You can add as many AND searches as you like and they can be deleted just by clicking the button right in front of the additional parameter zn For names of video clips you have to observe the C notation i usually with the syntax lt string gt 0Yd lt ext gt lt string gt Preceding string of file name Marker that the following is a format string oe 0 If the output of the format string does not pro vide the stated length fill it with zeros 0 Y Number of digits for example 5 d Marker that the format string is a decimal num ber lt ext gt File extension With the search Hol lywood 05d dpx entered Spycer will yield as a result the clip Hollywood in the DPX file format that provides a five digit frame number Controls With the controls at the bottom of the search parameter area you can for example initiate a search clear the already defined search parame ters or build up a
147. ribed in chapter Previewing Data on page 5 1 With the browse and search area you can browse lo cal or network storages in up to two browsing panes This area also provides the search tool of Spycer which enables you to find material easily by combining various parameters such as file names or metadata information This area and its functionality is explained in chapter Browsing and Searching on page 4 1 The view of the metadata and preview area can be switched i with the job list of Spycer You can find further information about the job list in section The Job List on page 7 12 Spycer User Guide PVs 3 5 The Integrated Spycer On CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 Spycer is already inte grated in the DVS software which makes it unnecessary to install Spycer as a stand alone application With the integrated Spycer you can seam lessly work together with the other software modules of the DVS soft ware 3 5 1 Starting the Integrated Spycer 3 18 To start Spycer integrated in the DVS software you have to start the DVS software Then it can be loaded the same way as most other mod ules of the DVS software e Start the DVS software of the DVS video device For details about how to do this please refer to the documentation of the video sys tem software e Next press the button SPYCER in the task bar of the DVS software see figure 3 7 on page 3 19 iJ When the software module of Spycer
148. rocedure the following provides a description of the settings items only For any further information about the settings please refer to section Initial Setup of Spycer on page 3 9 8 2 1 Accessing the Configurations and Overview To set any of the general configuration settings of Spycer you have to access them first For this perform the following e From the menu bar of Spycer see section Overview of the User Interface on page 3 16 select Options Config This will open the general configuration settings of Spycer Configuration Defaults General Jobs VIP that Spycer should use for the SpycerNet v Refresh etwork ports have to be free and available to connect to the SpycerNet Figure 8 3 Starting screen of the configuration settings 8 4 PVs Miscellaneous The window to set the general configurations provides the following items group list On the left side of the configuration window you can find a group list that provides access to the different settings They will be valid for the Spycer software in general Once an entry in the list is selected the set tings pane to the right will alter its appearance and the configuration items of the respective group are dis played You can then change the settings of this group settings pane The settings pane shows the settings that are available under the selected group group list to the left To change the settings alter the configurat
149. rs as well as database entries This permission includes the browse and search permission but still a real access to your system is denied All other permissions enable them to control your SpycerAgent for file related tasks such as a copying or defragmentation This is meant by re mote controlling other Spycers For moving or copying operations you must have at least read permissions on the source system and write per missions on the target system Nevertheless real damage can only be done with the write permission because with it you can for example rename file sequences or delete data 2 9 Spycer User Guide PVs 2 3 License Issues On DVS video devices ex factory equipped with Spycer such as the DVS SAN CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 the Spycer ap plication is already properly installed and licensed Then the program can be started immediately The stand alone application of Spycer however needs a special license provided by a dongle to run with more than the basic features In case the dongle is not available or the license is invalid the stand alone ap plication runs as Spycer Basic see section Program Variants of Spycer on page 1 6 Additionally there is also the possibility to acquire a float ing license to run a dedicated number of Spycer applications on a single dongle The license for a Spycer connected to a SAN system is provided i by a special version of the dongle It also has
150. s When an icon is displayed together with a clock its sys tem is busy see section The Status Bar on page 4 9 Furthermore there are several drive and directory icons available an Li A drive of an SNFS volume SAN A normal system drive e g an NTFS volume A directory subdirectory of a drive that does not contain data directly However it may contain subfolders that carry data A directory subdirectory of a drive containing data that will be displayed in the contents area of the browsing pane as soon as the folder is selected Other drives such as USB storages or network drives will also be indicated by different icons Browsing and Searching The states of the drives and folders are shown in the folder structure of the directory tree via colors Directory Color Explanation light blue This drive directory is locally available but neither explicitly included nor excluded in the watch fold er settings However it may contain a subdirecto ry that is a watched folder File based processes in these drives directories are possible e g copy move or delete procedures cluded in the database of Spycer and they are read when accessed only Thus it may take some time to open them especially when they contain a lot of data G The contents of these locations are not in S With the menu option View on the con text menu of the directory tree it is also possible to hide thes
151. s Calculator This will open the calculator of Spycer Management Tools and Job List Calculator Resolution 1920 1080 RGB 4 4 4 Quantization 10 bit Frame Rate 30 fps Size 0 000 MiB Duration 00 00 00 Figure 7 5 The calculator of Spycer With the upper settings you determine the video format Once the vid eo format is set the calculation will be straight forward e Select the video format from the settings items by choosing the appropriate values e Next you have two possibilities at hand To determine the maximum length of the video data by a given storage capacity enter in the field Size the storage space or enter in the field Duration the duration of the video data if you want to know the required storage space It has to be entered in timecode format without frames hh mm ss The calculation will be made as soon as an entry is changed The re maining value will adjust itself automatically Once you are finished with the calculation s the window of the calculator can be closed with the button CLOSE ration you can also determine the way a calculation is per formed To calculate from a given storage to a duration the Duration radio button has to be selected and vice versa i With the radio buttons to the right of the fields Size and Du Asimilar calculation regarding disk spaces of a selected storage can be done in the properties window of a drive or directory see sect
152. ser account 3 1 3 Installation under Windows The installation routine of a stand alone Spycer for the Windows oper ating system consists of several files Usually they can be found on the enclosed CD ROM To begin the installation perform the following e If you are in possession of a licensed version of Spycer fasten the Spycer key chain to the dongle both are included in the delivery of a licensed version With this you will be able to identify the dongle belonging to Spycer easily in the future e Next if available plug the dongle into a free USB port at the com puter system where Spycer should be installed see also section License Issues on page 2 10 e Afterwards open a file manager e g Windows Explorer on the computer system and browse the CD ROM e Execute the installation file of Spycer for example with a double click of the mouse 3 5 Spycer User Guide PVs This starts the installation routine which will guide you through the in stallation e Follow the instructions given on the screen The installation files also comprise the CodeMeter installation i application to recognize and administer the dongle Right af ter the installation of Spycer the installation routine for Code Meter is called automatically In case you want to use Spycer as Spycer Basic only you may abort the installation of the Code Meter application During the installation procedure all necessary fi
153. ser only showing you the contents of other Spycers in the Spycer Net lt 7 Under Linux Mac you have to log on Li to the system as root to administer the background process 8 7 Spycer User Guide PVs For further details about the SpycerAgent please refer to sec tion SpycerAgent on page 2 5 For further details about net working see section Notes about Networking with Spycer on page 2 8 8 2 3 The Group Jobs The group Jobs contains some settings concerned with jobs performed by the SpycerAgent most notably the proxy file settings amp Configuration Automatic defragmentation vuh Figure 8 5 The settings items of the group Jobs In detail the group Jobs provides the following settings items Path for proxy files Determines the location on the storage where the proxy files will be stored In it the directory structure of the watch folders where the clip is originally stored is reproduced which makes an identification of the proxy clips easy Temporarily downloaded proxy clips are i not stored here but in one of the system folders see section Interesting Files and Folders on page A 9 8 8 Miscellaneous Preview proxies Resolution File format Scaling quality Default frame rate Automatic proxy file generation Automatic defragmentation when copy Automatic defragmentation when move Activates the proxy generation When the check
154. stallation under Windows c52 4 222c2ctonteesectaccaeeceecsceetcees 3 5 3 2 Starting the Software eseeseeeseeeeeeseirerieerrserrsrerrerersrrreee 3 7 3 2 1 Starting the Software under Linux eeeeeeeeeeee eee 3 7 3 2 2 Starting the Software under Mac OS ssc 3 7 Spycer User Guide PVs 3 2 3 Starting the Software under Windows 1eeeee 3 8 3 3 Initial Setup of SPY CEM seenen 3 9 3 3 1 General Settings sce secasas eccceticleacsasalicieiveshiiadadedenhsey 3 9 3 3 2 Watch Folder Settings cecene 3 11 3 3 3 Sequence File Types Settings sirdasensecedistseaencioceaionss Seis 3 13 3 3 4 Remote Access Permissions scsccccssssccsesereneesesenes 3 14 3 3 5 Finishing the SOUP sirinin 3 15 3 4 Overview of the User Interface 3 16 3 5 The Integrated Spycer iseeeeeeeeeeeeieerrererrerrrrrrrerrreee 3 18 3 5 1 Starting the Integrated Spycer secere 3 18 3 5 2 Using the Integrated Spy Cel eea 3 19 3 5 3 Configuring the Integrated Spycer seese 3 20 3 5 4 Exiting the Integrated Spycer ceecee 3 21 3 6 Changing the Layout of the User Interface 00 0 3 22 3 7 Exiting the Software aie ceesd descents 3 23 Browsing and Searching cccccccccseteeeeeeeeeteteteteteeees 4 1 4 1 Browsing for Data cxccsstehictntacs fonts Ses cecnicdetria sa easedeeicsdteeedcae 4 2 4 1 1 The Directory WE Cen Sesdeversaceatctestesssjesadecqnneeetadeasugcdadas 4 3 4 1 2 The Directory Controls seeren 4 5 4
155. t 8 bit RGB with or without key High RGBA ly flexible and platform indepen dent image format Not all variants of this format are supported by DVS 3 x 16 bit RGB TIFF or Tagged Image File Format in and 4 x 16 bit 16 bit RGB with or without key RGBA Highly flexible and platform inde pendent image format Not all vari ants of this format are supported by DVS Spycer User Guide Table A 1 Supported video file formats cont Format Name Default Extension File storage format Description yuv E Moe dL 8 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224 Raw 8 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224 format This file has no header The yuv yuvs image format is recognized by the file size This is done with a table of predefined file sizes Component or der UYVY yuvl10 10 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224 Raw 10 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224 format This file has no header The image format is recognized by the file size This is done with a table of predefined file sizes Component or der UYVY Bits are packed tightly from left to right for three compo nent samples then two bits of pad ding zero to fill up to four bytes The lines are padded to a multiple of four bytes The file is padded to a multiple of 512 bytes yuvl6 16 bit YUV422 Raw 16 bit YUV422 format This file has no header The image format is recognized by the file size This is done with a table of predefine
156. ta Other Requirements The following other requirements may be necessary to run Spycer Mac Windows only QuickTime Version 7 1 0 or higher to display mov files Mac Windows only QuickTime plug in for DNxHD content in mov files License to run the program with a licensed feature set dongle or floating license see section License Issues on page 2 10 PVs Introduction 1 6 New in Spycer Version 1 2 The following lists the features and functions that are new in Spycer Spycer displays all files stored in the watched folders even files of unknown formats and to each file separate production metadata can be added New and enhanced icons to indicate systems drives directories and files e g one icon shows systems in the SpycerNet where older Spycer versions are running Copying of data within the SpycerNet even between peers with different operating systems Files can be loaded in other applications from the browse and search area File format converter for image files and video clips To locate files after a search more easily they can be shown directly in the directory tree of the browse tool It can be configured which file formats to display as video clips i e as image sequences showing one file entry in Spycer only Preview area with integrated media player for video clips Fora real time preview of clips proxy clips can be generated of the locally a
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158. tart Duration Figure 4 6 Contents area in thumbnail view The following table shows the material and data types that can be viewed in the contents area of a browsing area and explains the way they are displayed video clips audio clips J In the thumbnail view video clips are shown in the contents area of a brows ing pane with a thumbnail preview When a clip is selected a scrub bar be low the thumbnail will be available that can be used to preview the clip in still images see section Previewing Data via Thumbnails on page 5 2 In the text information view video clips are indicated by this icon In case it is visible in the thumbnail view it indi cates either a video clip whose data is currently not available or an invalid clip Then wait a few seconds and give Spycer time to gather the data If nec essary refresh the view of the directo ry contents area If after that the icon is still visible see to it that the right video material is provided on the respective video storage Audio clips are shown with this icon in the browsing pane in the text informa tion as well as thumbnail view Audio files that contain more than one mono or stereo channel multiple channels are also supported by Spycer 4 7 Spycer User Guide Dvs 4 8 project files still images unknown directories drives systems Project files of the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 softw
159. tation Depth Alpha Depth 0 Mo status Pixel Ratio Bit Depth Sampling Rate Frame Count Dominance Sampling Range Frame Rate Figure 7 3 File metadata showing the defragmentation status Spycer User Guide PVs 7 6 In Spycer the defragmentation status of a file or clip is indicated with the help of colors and percentage values Color Percent Explanation blue 100 The file clip is optimally aligned on the storage and none of its data is fragmented 1 99 The clip exists in segments but none of its files are fragmented red 0 The file or at least one image of a clip is stored in fragments on the storage If this is the case with a video clip it may cause problems during play out operations depending on its resolution and file sizes Segmentation A clip is segmented when its image files are not i aligned contiguously in larger blocks on the hard disk array but scattered over the storage Fragmentation Either a file is fragmented or a video clip con tains fragmented files In contrast to segmentation here it is the data of a single file that is scattered over the storage Initiating a Defragmentation A defragmentation can be started in the metadata area with the file metadata view selected or via the browse and search area Even files of unknown formats are defragmented by the defragmenter of Spycer To initiate a defragmentation perform either on
160. ter 2 This chapter provides basic information about Spycer First the key features of Spycer are de scribed followed by some background infor mation regarding the software structure of Spycer and license issues Chapter 3 Describes the first steps to get started with Spycer In this chapter you can find details about how to install the program how to per form its first setup as well as about how to start and end it This is complemented by a first overview of the user interface of Spycer as well as information about the program variant inte grated in the CLIPSTER and the Pronto2K 2 ProntoHD 2 software Chapter 4 Explains the browse and search tools of Spycer Chapter 5 Provides a description where and how to pre view video and image data in the software Chapter 6 This chapter explains how to work with meta data i e how to view and how to edit them Chapter 7 Describes the management tools that come with Spycer such as the renaming of image se quences the built in defragmenter and the cal culator Furthermore this chapter provides information about the job list of Spycer Chapter 8 Details other items of the software such as the configuration settings available for Spycer or the options provided by its menu bar 1 3 Spycer User Guide PVs Appendix Gives additional information about the soft ware Among others you can find here a list of the directly s
161. that select in the right browsing pane the material either a drive directory from the directory tree or files from the contents area that should be copied or moved Files in the contents area can be selected as easily as in a file manager For example you can select a range of adjoining files with the mouse when the Shift key is pressed while disjointedly you can select them when the Ctrl key Mac 8 is pressed Further information about this can be found in section Keyboard Shortcuts on page A 8 Now drag and drop the selected material to the left browsing pane by using the left mouse button It can be dropped either in its con tents area as shown in the following figure or on the target direc tory in the directory tree Bit Depth TC Start Duration Figure 4 9 The browse tool This will copy the material to the target location Between different systems in the network data can be copied only to prevent an unintentional removing of material from the native system Within the home system the material can also be moved To change from a copying to a moving press the Alt key during the drag and drop procedure If the drag and drop procedure is performed with the right mouse button instead of the left one you will receive a context menu at the target location allowing you to select whether the data should be copied or moved A copying or moving can also be performed via the menu op tions availabl
162. that tells you graphically as well as via a percentage value the amount of disk space currently used on the drive where the item is stored Storage capacities are indicated as they i are truly available meaning they are de gt tailed without the deduction of a safety margin necessary to ensure the real time capability on a DVS video system files When called for files or video clips the properties clips window will provide various metadata informa tion in a table view such as file size file name and its format Additionally depending on the type of file it may as well detail such things as number of audio channels audio samples color mode as pect ratio field mode resolution and so on network question marks may appear instead of proper ties Then give Spycer time to update the information During this the properties window may remain open and once the data has been gathered they will be displayed The properties window can be closed at any time with the button CLOSE at the bottom of the window GJ When accessing properties of items on other systems in the amp 8 3 Spycer User Guide PVs 8 2 Configuring Spycer This section describes the general configuration settings of Spycer Among them you can find for instance the remote access permissions and the network configuration settings Because most of these settings have already been set during i the initial setup p
163. the specified folders column Path whether they are included or excluded in the watched folders Type and the current state of the included folders Status INCLUDE FOLDER This button opens a dialog window where you have to select a directory Choose with it the drive directory that should be included in the watched folders Miscellaneous EXCLUDE FOLDER REMOVE Excludes a drive directory from being displayed in Spycer Usually the exclusion of a specific di rectory is made to save it from being scanned into the database as a subdirectory of an in cluded folder However with this you can ex clude any drive directory whereupon they will not be displayed in Spycer A click on this button opens a dialog window where you can select the drive directory that should be excluded The included and excluded folders can be re vised with this button Select an entry in the list and delete it by clicking the button REMOVE The list provided by the group Watch Folders implicitly details three states of the folders if a local content management is enabled The fol lowing shortly summarizes their effects State of Watched Effect Folder included Scanned by the background process and Displayed almost instantaneously in the user Can be searched with Spycer Displayed and usable in the SpycerNet if written to the database interface applicable and permissions are given not d
164. tion i e such things as name file format or reso lution The following items are provided Source Startindex Duration Indicates the directory and path to the source ma terial It is already set to the video image data where the file format converter was called Allows you to select a different inpoint for the conversion The conversion will start with this frame number Determines the length of the converted clip i e how many frames to convert from the start index onwards Its maximum value can be lt last frame no gt lt start index gt 1 Management Tools and Job List Destination Path Destination Name File Format Codec Resolution Width Height Pixel Ratio Aspect Frame Rate Scaling Quality The path to the directory where the converted file s will be stored To set a path you may either type in a path in the entry field or use the button to the right I to select one via the opening di alog window The name of the converted file s To create file names with frame numbers you have to observe the C notation usually with the syntax lt string gt 0Yd lt ext gt see section The Search Parameter Area on page 4 16 Determines the file format of the final material The respective extension will also be indicated in the field Destination Name If the selected file format requires a codec it can be selected with this combo box Whether this setting will be available depe
165. torage each Spycer application cares for and administers the proxies of the video material that is locally available only During the creation of a proxy an entry with a progress bar will appear in the job list see section The Job List on page 7 12 and the proxy clip is saved at the configured location There the direc tory structure of the watch folder where the clip is stored is reproduced to provide for an easy identification of the proxy clips For a real time preview of clips locally stored the proxies will be avail able immediately The proxy s status is detailed in the status bar of the preview area see section The Status Bar on page 5 7 when a clip is singled out In the SpycerNet proxies are shared among the Spycer applications When a proxy clip is available on a foreign system and the clip is singled out for a preview its proxy will be downloaded from the other system and temporarily stored on your system It will be removed from your system again as soon as another file is singled out or the Spycer user interface is closed i To create proxies on another system in the SpycerNet you must have read and write permissions on this system and the native Spycer application must be properly configured for the creation of proxies To preview an already available proxy in the SpycerNet only the browse and search permission are required 5 2 2 The Video Overlay The video overlay at the top of the preview a
166. twork The video and film post production industry often deals with massive amounts of data stored on centralized storages or circulating on client stations For most projects it is a challenge to keep track of the different shots and takes during the various production stages With Spycer you can easily maintain transparency and control over video and audio data and their corresponding metadata Accompanied by a conclusive rights management browsing searching and viewing of video and audio ma terial can be done without any difficulty and metadata even in DPX file headers can be added and edited effortlessly Several management tools supplement the usage of Spycer comprising for example a re naming function for image sequences an integrated high speed copy ing process and a sophisticated defragmentation of image sequences All the above said can be achieved on the respective computer system locally with one Spycer alone but the real benefit comes when several Spycer applications operate combined in a network Then they form the SpycerNet a scalable distributed content management network for data search and retrieval For example the instant a Spycer application detects new clips on its local storage the watched folders they and their metadata are made available to all other Spycer applications present in the network immediately Furthermore to perform manage ment tasks such as a defragmentation or a copying your Spycer may be control
167. und process SpycerAgent al lowing you to view local drives and search through the material stored in the watch folders For this a database is written that is used by the Spycer user interface to display data Addition ally it is visible and usable for other Spycer appli cations in the SpycerNet if applicable and permissions are given The background process SpycerAgent may not be able to access drives that need a particular user account usually administrative account Background processes generally run with the se curity context of the local system account which is a predefined account used by background processes To enable accesses of the Spycer Agent to specially secured locations enter the appropriate user name and password if applica ble in the window that opens when the AD VANCED button is pressed On a SAN this is normally not necessary when a global super user is configured via its metadata server Use these settings only if you experi A ence access permission issues that can be traced back to the SpycerAgent Windows only For this make sure that the respective user has the right to ful ly access the background process see Administrative Tools Local Secu rity Policy Local Policies User Rights Assignment Log on as a service This radio button disables the local content management It will stop and deinstall the back ground process SpycerAgent Then Spycer can be used as a network brow
168. upported file formats and trouble shooting issues Index This chapter facilitates the search for specific terms 1 2 Target Group To use this user guide and Spycer correctly you should have experience in PC handling For the full use of the software it would be best to have some knowledge in the field of digital video and its accompanying metadata 1 3 Conventions Used in this User Guide 1 4 The following typographical conventions will be used in this documen tation e Texts preceded by this symbol describe activities that you must per form in the order indicated Texts preceded by this symbol are parts of a list Texts preceded by this symbol are general notes intended to fa J cilitate work and help avoid errors You must pay particular attention to text that follows this symbol to avoid errors u n Texts enclosed by quotation marks are references to other man uals guides chapters or sections Window Text in bold with single quotation marks indi cates a window name BUTTON Text in small caps and bold indicates push but tons Group Menu Text in italic and bold indicates either a group name menu name or options in a menu list Menu Option In the specified group or menu select the stated item Introduction Item Text in bold only stands for other labeled items of the user interface File Directory structure or file Entry Parameters selections or entries made in the prog
169. ursor reaches the end of the clip the play will start from the beginning again To switch off the loop mode simply click this button again These buttons jump to the beginning or end of the clip displayed in the preview area The first button jumps to the beginning of the scrub bar while the second button jumps to its end At the bottom of the preview area a status bar can be found showing you information about the video clip and its proxy It details for exam ple whether a proxy clip is available for a preview the current position of the scrub bar cursor in frames and the clip s total amount of frames Furthermore when viewing clips over the SpycerNet the status bar also indicates the download progress of the proxy from the foreign system as well as the data rate of the download downloading proxy Ba 59 5 MBit s Figure 5 4 Progress bar of a proxy download via the SpycerNet 5 7 Spycer User Guide PVs 5 2 6 Using the Preview Area To single out image and video data and view its content in the preview area you have to do the following e In the browse and search area see chapter Browsing and Search ing on page 4 1 make the desired material available in a contents area by browsing or searching for it e In case a specific image of a video clip should be displayed in the preview area select it with the help of the thumbnail s scrub bar see section Previewing Data via Thumbnails on page 5 2
170. vailable material When viewing clips over the SpycerNet the proxies will be temporarily downloaded from the other system Enhanced properties dialog for peers as well as volumes and con tent 7n Please note that older Spycer versions available in a SpycerNet i do not provide the above mentioned features File related tasks or further information due to new features may not be avail able on systems with older Spycer versions even if triggered from a newer application version in the SpycerNet 1 9 Spycer User Guide Basics This chapter provides basic information about Spycer First concise de scriptions of the key features of Spycer are given This is followed by some background information about the software structure providing details about the user interface the SpycerNet and the SpycerAgent in particular The chapter will be concluded with details and explanations of some license issues regarding Spycer 2 1 Spycer User Guide PVs 2 1 Key Features of Spycer 2 2 Spycer is a software program for content management especially de signed for the needs of the Digital Intermediate post production It is capable of handling large amounts of video and audio data as well as their corresponding metadata either locally stored or distributed on several systems connected to a network Additionally Spycer is equipped with powerful tools such as a high speed copying and a so phisticated defrag
171. values that should be changed in the file header s are enabled e Afterwards save the metadata with the button SAVE This will change the values stored in the file header s Depending on the selected file range for the changes it may take some time When finished the original header data view is restored and you can see the alterations in the information displayed 6 4 2 Changing the Production Metadata Production metadata can also be changed They will be stored virtually in the database of the Spycer application e Single out the material whose metadata you want to change as described in section Displaying Metadata on page 6 2 e If not already displayed switch to the production metadata with the button PRODUCTION of the metadata controls see section The Metadata Controls on page 6 3 e From the metadata controls activate the button EDIT This enables you to change the metadata displayed in the metadata ar ea e Type in or alter the respective metadata information in the available fields e Afterwards save the metadata with the button SAVE The metadata will be stored and written to the material s data record in the database administered by the SpycerAgent With this you can easily find the material again by searching for the added metadata with the search tool of Spycer see section Searching for Data on page 4 16 Spycer User Guide 6 12 Management Tools and Job List This
172. you can move within and view the contents of the video clip Simply select the cursor with the mouse and move it along the scrub bar to the desired position or click somewhere on the scrub bar to move the scrub bar cursor there instantly While working with the scrub bar or the preview controls below the video overlay always adjusts to your moves and displays the image of the selected position 5 2 4 The Preview Controls In addition to moving the scrub bar cursor manually you can control it via the preview controls below the scrub bar e g the play button In 5 6 PVs Previewing Data detail the controls beneath the scrub bar perform the following func tions A preview can also be controlled with various keyboard short i cuts Further information about the available shortcuts can be found in section Keyboard Shortcuts on page A 8 5 2 5 The Status Bar With these buttons you can step one frame for or backward in the contents of the video clip The scrub bar cursor will move accordingly With this button you can play the video clip If a proxy is available it will be played in the overlay in real time Otherwise Spycer tries to display the contents as fast as possible After activation the button changes its appearance to its active state M and you have to press it again to stop the play With this button activated a play of the clip s timeline will be performed endlessly in a loop Once the scrub bar c
173. ystem to the background service as well as its file name To select another SpycerAgent you can either enter another path file name or use the button to the right MM to select one via the opening dialog window This button provides the same functionality as the ADVANCED button of the general configuration settings For a description please refer to section The Group General on page 8 5 After installing the service button INSTALL it has to be started This can be made with the START button Afterwards it will be running on your sys tem administering the data and database Once the service is started button START it can be stopped with this button Afterwards it is no longer running and the connection to the Spycer Net will be lost However after a reboot it will be started automatically again A stopping of the ser vice will make the UNINSTALL button available A service must be installed before it can operate This can be done with this button When the SpycerAgent is installed it will be started automat ically during the loading of the operating system To start it now the button START has to be pressed available after an installation of the service Miscellaneous UNINSTALL To un or deinstall the service SpycerAgent you may use this button Afterwards it will no longer be started during the loading of the operating system The button UNINSTALL will be available once the service is stopped In the

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