EVS XEDIO Ingest Organizer User Manual Version 4.2

USER MANUAL
XEDIO INGEST ORGANIZER
Version 4.2 - June 2012
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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III
WHAT’S NEW? .............................................................................................................. IV
1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
2. XEDIO INGEST - SERVER ..................................................................................... 2
3. XEDIO INGEST ORGANIZER - CLIENT................................................................. 3
3.1 USER INTERFACE ...................................................................................................................... 3
3.1.1 Opening Ingest Organizer ....................................................................................................... 3
3.1.2 Overview of the Xedio Ingest Organizer Window .................................................................... 3
3.2 ENCODER DEVICES................................................................................................................... 6
3.2.1 Overview of the Encoders Tab ................................................................................................ 6
3.2.2 Encoding ................................................................................................................................. 6
3.2.3 Encoder ................................................................................................................................... 9
3.3 VTR DEVICE .............................................................................................................................. 10
3.3.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................. 10
3.3.2 General Tab and Meta dat a T ab ............................................................................................ 11
3.3.3 Channel Area ........................................................................................................................ 11
3.3.4 VTR Area .............................................................................................................................. 11
3.4 SCHEDULER ............................................................................................................................. 12
3.4.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................. 12
3.4.2 Timeline View Settings .......................................................................................................... 12
3.4.3 Timeline Content ................................................................................................................... 14
3.5 RECORDING TC VERSUS MEDIA TC ...................................................................................... 16
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What’s New?

The following table descr ibes the sections updated to reflect the new a nd modified features on Xedio Ingest Organizer from Xedio Suite 4.2 (compared to Xedi o Suite
4.1).
In the user manual, the icon has been added on left margin to highlight information on new and updated features.
Click the section number (or the description) in the table to jump directly to the corresponding section.
Section Description
3.2.2 The rule for the selection of the encoded file video ratio has changed.
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1. Introduction

The Xedio Ingest application allows a user to control encoder channels to digitize any incoming video into high resolution, low resolution or both simultaneously (a panel of different codecs is available). The Xedio Ingest application can control multiple incoming feeds simultaneously and offers a VGA monitoring feed of the incoming video as it is being encoded.
As a fully integrated part of the Xedio Suite of applications the files are entered into the database as they are being ingested and can be used by other applications in the S uite even before the encod ing process has been compl eted.
The Xedio Ingest is a server/client based system and therefore consists of two elements:
Xedio Ingest (server) – Software which runs on the hardware encoder to enable the control of the in gest process.
Xedio Ingest Organizer (client) – Software which runs on any workstation within the Xedio environment and controls the ingest process of all encoders that are part of the system.
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2. Xedio Ingest - Server

The Xedio Ingest (server) application running on a hardwa re encoder is usually set up to auto start when the computer is switched on. If however it is not set up in this way the program can be started manually. Click on the Xedio Ingest icon on the desktop to start the a pplication.
A dialogue box will then appear and ask the user to start the application. At this point a password can be set up and ticking the check box can set the auto start option.
When the application is started the message window shows the progress of the connection to the Client application and displays any problems it may have in the set up.
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