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Copyright
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Disclaimer
The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to
change without notice. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information
contained in this user manual is accurate, up-to-date and reliable, EVS Broadcast
Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this
publication.
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Help > About menu in the user interface.
You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end
of this user manual (for manuals on hardware products) or at the following page on the EVS
website: http://www.evs.com/contacts
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... III
WHAT’S NEW? ............................................................................................................ IV
1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................. 5
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Network Architecture Description ................................................................................ 5
1.3 Hardware and Software Requirements ....................................................................... 6
1.3.1 Minimal Requirements ............................................................................................................ 6
2. PROCEDURE ......................................................................................................... 7
3. CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Configuration of Local XSquare/XTAccess .................................................................. 9
3.2 Configuration of Remote XSquare/XTAccess .............................................................. 9
4. LICENSING .......................................................................................................... 11
4.1 XSecure Manager ..................................................................................................... 11
5. USER INTERFACE ................................................................................................ 12
5.1 Storage and Processing Device Selection ................................................................. 13
5.2 Server List ................................................................................................................. 14
5.3 Channels Area .......................................................................................................... 15
5.4 Commands and Status .............................................................................................. 15
5.4.1 Area Description ...................................................................................................................15
5.4.2 Timecode Edition Rules ........................................................................................................16
5.5 Settings ..................................................................................................................... 17
5.5.1 Wrapper Selection ................................................................................................................17
5.5.2 Destination Selection ............................................................................................................19
5.5.3 Auto Filename Definition ......................................................................................................19
5.5.4 Maximum Duration Setting ...................................................................................................20
5.6 The About Window .................................................................................................... 20
6. OPERATION ......................................................................................................... 22
6.1 How to Record Streams ............................................................................................ 22
6.2 How to Retry Streaming Jobs One by One ................................................................ 24
6.3 How to Preview Files? ............................................................................................... 25
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Section
Description
3.1
XSquare support
6.3
XViewer integration
What’s New?
The following table describes the sections updated to reflect the new and modified
features on 1.02 (compared to 1.01).
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.
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XSquare/XTAccess is restricted to file transfer with wrapping when required,
but cannot perform any format transcoding.
1. Product Overview
XFly Streamer is a software dedicated to the backup of streams from one or several EVS
video servers (XT 2, XT2+, XT3, XS, XTnano). XFly Streamer manages the backup and
transfer of all streams selected by the operator.
This manual describes the configuration interface, which is easy to use and
straightforward.
XFly Streamer acts as a user interface for the XSquare/XTAccess file transfer application
running in the background. XFly Streamer sends its commands to XSquare using the
SOAP jobs files.
Please refer to the XSquare Suite documentation for detailed instructions about this
application.
1.1 Introduction
We recommend to install the XFly Streamer user interface on the same computer as the
XSquare/XTAccess file transfer application, so that XSQ Suite is dedicated to XFly
Streamer and is not used by any other application.
XFly Streamer is able to communicate only with one single XSquare application at a time,
but it manages the backup of streams from multiple EVS servers.
XFly Streamer creates SOAP files corresponding to the backup of streams, grabs jobs
requested by the operator, and sends these files to the local XSquare application.
1.2 Network Architecture Description
XFly Streamer must be installed on the same computer as the XSquare/XTAccess
applications. The streams to be archived are located on one or several servers and
storage units connected to the same network. Two networks are used for the various
communications and the transfer of files, as illustrated below. Physically, these networks
can be one and the same, or separate for the sake of performance:
The MTPC network is used to detect EVS servers, to identify them, and to
transfer the list of REC channels to be backed up.
The HCTX network is used to transfer the streams data between the XFly
Streamer and XTAccess computer, the EVS servers and the storage unit.
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100BT PC LAN (MTPC Network)
1.3 Hardware and Software Requirements
1.3.1 Minimal Requirements
The guidelines for the minimum software and hardware requirements are:
OS: Windows 7 Pro
Software: Framework .NET 4.0
Motherboard: I5 660 - 3.3 GHz dual core
DRAM: 4 GB (1 GB shared with graphic card)
Graphic: Chipset Intel G965 Express or equivalent dedicated graphic card
(Nvidia/AMD)
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2. Procedure
To install XFly Streamer, proceed as follows:
1. Double-click the XFly Streamer installer, and follow the steps of the setup wizard.
2. Click Next to continue.
3. Select I accept the agreement and click Next.
4. Browse to an installation folder destination and click Next.
5. Browse to a folder where to save the AV files and data (for instance, drive S: for
XFLY device), and click Next.
6. Select the components to install, and click Next:
XFLYRegister: detection of XFly box via Bonjour protocol
XSquare suite (Recommended)
XViewer application for A/V preview
7. Select the Start Menu folder in which the application shortcuts will be saved, and click
Next.
8. Check or not the desktop icon creation, and click Next.
9. All components and related tasks/options are ready to be installed. Click Install to
start the installation.
10. All files are installed in silent mode.
The installation process continues with the BONJOUR services installation, with the
.NET Framework 4, the XFLY registration to Bonjour protocol, and then with XSquare
suite installation.
Refer to XSquare suite documentation for detailed information of all its components.
11. To complete the XFly Streamer installation, the computer needs to be rebooted. Click
Finish.
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Important
When you first start XTAccess, the application modifies or adds the
TcpAckFrequency key in the Windows registry. This key allows better backup
performances. XTAccess needs then to be re-started.
After the installation, the following shortcuts are added to your desktop:
XSquare and XTAccess are automatically associated and XTAccess is
automatically launched at start-up and minimized in the task bar.
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