Pinnacle Systems Interplay - 2.0 Installation Manual

Avid® Interplay

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Software Installation and Configuration Guide

Interplay v2.0

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Contents

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Viewing Documentation on the Interplay Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Interplay Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 1 Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using the Interplay Installer DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Upgrading Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installation Check Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Overall Interplay Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Media Indexer Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Check List for Installing Components for Interplay Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Workspace Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Setup and Configuration Documentation . . . . . . . . . 27

Avid Unity ISIS Setup and Configuration Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Time Synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers . . . . . . 30

Creating the Server Execution User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Accounts for Copy Provider and Interplay Stream Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Manually Setting a Target Workspace For Voice-Over Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Accounts for Using Deletion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Accounts for Using AirSpeed Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Service Framework Administrator Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Required Application Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Service Framework Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Software Installed on Interplay Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Software Installed on Interplay Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Software Installed on Interplay Media Services Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Software Installed on Media Indexer Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Different Types of Media Indexers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Replacing 32-Bit Media Indexers with 64-Bit Media Indexers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Shutting Down a Media Indexer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chapter 2 Installing Software on Interplay Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Starting the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installing the Avid Interplay Engine Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing Avid Interplay Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing Avid Interplay Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers. . 62

Installing the Media Services Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Installing the Local Workflow Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Installing the WAN Workflow Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Installing Software on an Interplay Stream Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Before Installing Media Indexer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using UNC Drive Mapping on Interplay ISIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing the Media Indexer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Turning Off Service Framework Services to Conserve System Memory . . . . . 67

Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Tips for Adding a Shared Storage Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chapter 3 Installing Software on Interplay Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Installing Software on Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Running Interplay Assist and Editing Applications on Same System. . . . . . . . . 76

Installing Software on an Interplay Access System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Macintosh Installer for Interplay Access Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Moving Editors Between Interplay Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Service Framework Workstation Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Configuring an Avid Editing System in the Service Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the

Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Using the Processes Tab to Configure Media Indexers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Panasonic DVCPRO P2 and Ikegami NLTEK Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Video Satellite Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Establishing the First Connection Between Pro Tools|HD and Interplay . . . . . . 93

Chapter 4 Installing Optional Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Verifying that the Service Framework Services Are Running. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Disabling Framework Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing Avid Interplay Access or Avid Interplay Media Services and

Transfer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Installing Interplay Media Services Client Updater for Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . 102

Browsing the Interplay Installer DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Chapter 5 Installing and Configuring an Archive Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Installing the Archive Engine Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Installing the Interplay Access Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Installing the FlashNet Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Installing the Interplay Archive Provider Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Setting Up a Failover System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Updating the Archive Engine Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Chapter 6 Additional Configuration Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Using Antivirus Software in an Interplay Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Monitoring the Integration of Journal Files into the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Mounting Drives: Lettered versus Letterless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using Time Synchronization in an Avid Interplay Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Configuring the Time Sync Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Setting the Automatic Restart Feature in the Avid Service Framework . . . . . . . . . 117

Installing the Lookup Service on a Separate Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Configuring Lookup Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring Lookup Servers on Avid Unity ISIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Configuring a Multicast Repeater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Understanding Multicast Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Example of Configuring Multicast Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Determining If You Need to Configure a Multicast Repeater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Checking Whether the System is Recognized by the Service Framework 124

Determining if a System is on a Different Subnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Configuring a Multicast Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Configuring Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Configuring Avid AirSpeed in Avid Interplay Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Configuring Interplay Adapter, CaptureManager, and AirSpeed. . . . . . . . . . . 134

Updating Software on an AirSpeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Appendix A SR2400 and SR2500 Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

SR2400 and SR2500 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

SR2400 Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

SR2500 Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Appendix B Configuring the Copy Provider Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Copy Provider Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Chelsio Adapter Board Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Chelsio Driver Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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ISIS Connections and Client Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Client Manager Preference Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Configure Chelsio as the Default Network Connection on the Copy Provider . . . . 154

Creating Copy Provider User Accounts for ISIS and Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Appendix C Installing and Configuring the Interplay Stream Server. . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Stream Server Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Installing and Configuring the Stream Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Installing the Workflow Engine and Supported Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Uninstalling the Stream Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Removing a Stream Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Moving and Renaming a Stream Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Installing and Configuring Additional Stream Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Appendix D Interplay Maintenance Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Interplay Daily Maintenance Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Interplay Weekly Maintenance Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Interplay Monthly Maintenance Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Avid Unity ISIS Recommended Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Avid Unity ISIS Daily Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Avid Unity ISIS Weekly Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Avid Unity ISIS Monthly Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Available Avid Unity ISIS Administration Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Client Manager Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Status Indicators and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Complete Server Room Shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Appendix E Avid Interplay Port Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of Avid® Interplay®, a powerful system for managing
media in a shared storage environment. This guide contains overview installation
instructions and configuration information for the Interplay components on the Avid
Interplay Installer DVD.

This guide is intended for all Avid Interplay administrators who are responsible for
installing, configuring and maintaining an Avid
Engine (database, server, and all related client connections and user rights) in an Interplay
workgroup.

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your

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system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the
documentation.

Date Revised Changes Made

09/07/09 Updated for Interplay v2.0.

Interplay Engine or Avid Interplay Archive

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

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w

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the

(Windows), (Windows
only), (Macintosh), or
(Macintosh only)

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

A note provides important related information, reminders,
recommendations, and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to
your computer or cause you to lose data.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.
Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when
handling electrical equipment.

order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the
File menu and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list
indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified
operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

items and keyboard sequences.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It
is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation
was published:

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mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

Viewing Documentation on the Interplay Portal

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,
they ship with your application and are also available online.

If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is
supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document
(README_product.pdf) and is also available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe
because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes
available. To view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit

the Knowledge Base at

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are
available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find
answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates,
and to read or join online message-board discussions.

www.avid.com/readme.

Viewing Documentation on the Interplay Portal

You can quickly access PDF versions of the Interplay user guides from any system in the
Interplay environment.

To open the Interplay Portal web page:

1. Type the following line in your web browser:

http://Interplay_Engine_name

For Interplay_Engine_name substitute the name of the computer running the Interplay
Engine software. For example, the following line opens the portal web page on a system
named docwg:

http://docwg

2. Click the “Avid Interplay Documentation” link to access the User Information

page.

Center
The Interplay online Help is also available on the portal. You can also open the

Interplay Help from within Interplay Access or the Interplay Administration tool.

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Interplay Documentation

The following documents describe how to use Avid Interplay:

• Avid Interplay Best Practices — provides an overview of the major Interplay
components, shows sample configuration diagrams, and describes several of the key
features, such as setting up a user database and using the Avid Interplay Archive
Engine.

• Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide — describes how to use
the Avid Interplay Installer DVD to install and configure software on the various
systems that make up a Interplay environment.

• Avid Interplay Engine Failover Guide — describes how to set up a cluster configuration
for the Avid Interplay Engine and the Avid Interplay Archive engine.

• Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide —
describes how to administer your Avid Interplay Engine or Avid Interplay Archive
Engine and Avid Interplay database.

• Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Access to
browse, search, and work with assets in the Avid Interplay database.

• Avid Interplay Assist User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Assist for logging,
archiving, and sending to Playback material in an Interplay environment.

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• Avid Service Framework User’s Guide — describes how to use the logging, monitoring,
and management features of the Avid Service Framework applications.

• Avid CaptureManager User’s Guide — describes how to use CaptureManager™ in a
newsroom environment to coordinate video feeds, schedule feed captures at both high
and low resolutions, and record late breaking events instantly.

• Avid CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide — describes how to set up
and configure CaptureManager.

• Avid Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration — describes how to set up and configure
an Avid Low Res Encode system. Includes information on updating the bootset, root
disk image, and configuring a Low Res Encode system to work with CaptureManager.

• Avid Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay
Transfer to transfer media to and from another workgroup, send finished sequences to a
configured playback device, ingest media from a configured ingest device, and perform
standalone transfers between workstations.

• Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide — Avid Interplay Media
Services lets you control and automate Transcode, Archive, and ProEncode services.

• Avid iNEWS Instinct User’s Guide — describes how to use the Avid iNEWS Instinct
application to write iNEWS stories and put together simple audio and video sequences.

All documents are available in PDF form on the Avid Interplay Online Library DVD and
also on the Avid Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport.

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To learn about Avid's new online learning environment, Avid Learning Excellerator™
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This document describes how to use the Avid Interplay Installer DVD to install the various
Interplay components. This includes the order in which to install items and any special
considerations when you are combining services and applications on the same system.

See the installation check list for a list of the various steps required to install the Interplay
products.

This chapter describes the following topics:

• Using the Interplay Installer DVD

• Upgrading Your System

• Installation Check Lists

• Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System

• Network Considerations

• User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers

• Required Application Keys

• Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

Using the Interplay Installer DVD

You use the Interplay Installer DVD to install Interplay software components on the various
servers and clients. This document describes how to use the Interplay Installer DVD and
also points to appropriate documents for additional configuration information.

For Avid editing applications such as Media Composer, use the individual installer DVDs
for the various Avid editing applications and then use the Interplay Installer DVD to install
the software required to make the Avid editing application a client of the Interplay
environment.

The application software for Avid Interplay Assist and Avid Instinct® is on the Avid

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Additional Installers on the Interplay Installer DVD

The following installers are also on the DVD although not accessible through the Installer
user interface. You can also browse the DVD and select individual installers.

• Avid Low Res Encode software: see “Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low

Res Encoder Software” on page 74.

• Avid Service Framework Workstation Service. See “Service Framework Workstation

Service” on page 79.

• The installer for Mac® OS® X is located on the Avid Interplay Installer DVD in the
following folder:

Installers\JXDK\Mac_Installer
For more information, see “Macintosh Installer for Interplay Access Client” on page 77.

Upgrading Your System

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Before you begin, see the Avid Interplay ReadMe for specific instructions on
upgrading for a particular release.

The following items apply to upgrading the components on your Interplay system:

• Back up your Interplay database and any other user data before you upgrade. For
information on backing up your database, see the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid
Archive Engine Administration Guide.

• Use the Interplay Installer DVD software to uninstall the previous versions of software
components. You do not have to use the Control Panel to uninstall unless specifically
instructed to do so in the Interplay Readme.

• Do not uninstall the Avid Interplay Engine or Interplay Archive Engine software unless
instructed by Avid support. Uninstalling the software could require additional steps to
reactivate your database. When upgrading, the installation software takes care of
removing the previous version of the software.

Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems

Do not install or update Intel NIC drivers on cluster systems after the cluster setup is
complete. Due to the technical aspects of changing resources and devices on a cluster, this
can lead to problems with the cluster software and possible data loss.

The Intel drivers on cluster systems do not require updating for this release. Doing so could
compromise the integrity of the cluster. In general, do not update the hardware drivers on a
cluster system unless instructed to do so by the Interplay Readme or Customer Support.

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Installation Check Lists

This section contains the following checklists:

• Overall Interplay Installation Checklist

• Media Indexer Installation Checklist

• Check List for Installing Components for Interplay Streaming

Overall Interplay Installation Checklist

The following checklist provides an overall view of an Interplay installation.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

Installation Check Lists

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Determine your Media Indexer server configuration. See the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide

and “Software Installed on Media Indexer

Servers” on page 43.

Determine where the Avid Lookup Service will run.
The Lookup service is part of the Service Framework.

If you use AirSpeed® systems to capture media,
determine where you will install the Interplay Adapter.

If you are using Media Services providers such
asInterplay Transcode or an Interplay Archive
Engine, determine where your Interplay Media
Services server will reside and where your Transcode,
ProEncode™, and Archive providers will reside

One Transcode and one ProEncode provider can
reside on the same system as the Interplay Media
Services but an Archive Provider might require its
own server.

Check that your Network environment.See “Network Considerations” on page 27.

See “Service Framework Components” on

page 36. Also see “Software Installed on Avid
Interplay Systems” on page 36, “Installing the
Lookup Service on a Separate Server” on page
119, and “Connecting Systems Directly to the
Lookup Service” on page 121.

See “Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed” on page

133.

See Avid Media Services Setup and User’s
Guide.

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Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

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Set up the Intel servers that will be used in your
Interplay environment.

If you will be setting up a cluster (fail over)
configuration of the Avid Interplay Engine or Avid
Interplay Archive Engine, set up the cluster system,

Set up and configure your Avid Unity™
MediaNetwork or Avid Unity ISIS™ system.

Create a Server Execution User account for the
Interplay Engine.

On the Interplay Engine server, use the Interplay
Installer DVD to install the Interplay Engine and
related software.

Make sure that you obtain and load the

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Interplay Engine license key promptly. The
license key must match the dongle for the
Interplay Engine server. For more information,
see the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive
Engine Administration Guide.

See the following:

• “SR2400 and SR2500 Slot Locations” on

page 139

• “Configuring the Copy Provider Server” on

page 147

• “Installing and Configuring the Interplay

Stream Server” on page 159

• “Avid Interplay Port Usage” on page 183

See the Avid Interplay Engine Failover Guide.

See “Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity

System” on page 26, “User Names and
Passwords Required For Avid Unity and
Product Servers” on page 30 and “Avid Unity
ISIS Recommended Maintenance” on page

176.

See “Creating the Server Execution User

Account” on page 30.

See “Installing Software on the Interplay

Engine Server” on page 48.

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Install and configure your Media Indexers that will
monitor shared storage.

At this point you can install and configure the
following applications in any order:

Review the software components that should be
installed on each Interplay client.

See “Media Indexer Installation Checklist” on

page 24.

See “Software Installed on Interplay Clients”

on page 39.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

Installation Check Lists

• Install the Interplay software components for the

Avid editing applications.

See “Installing Software on Avid Editing

Systems” on page 78. See “Connecting the
Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to
the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage”
on page 81.

• Install the Interplay software components and

application software for Avid Instinct

and Av id

See “Installing Software on an Interplay

Access System” on page 77.

Interplay Assist.

• Install and configure Interplay Transfer.See “Installing Software on the Interplay

Transfer Server” on page 61.

• If your site is using the Media Services Copy

provider, install and configure the Copy Provider

See “Configuring the Copy Provider Server”

on page 147,.

server

• If your site is using the Interplay Stream server,

install and configure the Stream Server and

related software.

See “Installing and Configuring the Interplay

Stream Server” on page 159 and “Check List
for Installing Components for Interplay
Streaming” on page 25.

• Install and configure Avid Interplay Media
Services.

See “Installing Software on the Media Services

and Media Services Provider Servers” on page

62.

• Install and configure CaptureManager
Also set up and configure any Avid Low Res

Encode systems.

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See “Installing Software on the

CaptureManager Server” on page 73. See the

Avid CaptureManager Installation and
Configuration Guide. See “Installing and

™

Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder
Software” on page 74.

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• Install and configure Archive Engine. This is
similar to installing and configuring an Interplay
Engine as described earlier in this section.

Review the ISIS and Interplay maintenance
procedures.

Create Interplay users and folder structures to match
your project workflow and define a delete strategy.

See “Installing and Configuring an Archive

Engine” on page 105.

See “Interplay Maintenance

Recommendations” on page 171.

See “Setting up a Folder Structure and a User
Database” and “Developing a Delete Strategy”
in the Interplay Best Practices Guide.

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Media Indexer Installation Checklist

The following checklist provides the main installation and configurations steps for Media
Indexers in an Interplay Environment.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

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Determine your Media Indexer server configuration.
Then perform the following procedures on the Media
Indexers that will monitor shared storage.

If you are upgrading 32-bit Media Indexers to 64-bit
versions, see the upgrade procedure in the Avid
Interplay Best Practices Guide.

Use the Interplay Installer DVD to install the
appropriate Service Framework software. Do not
install all components on a Media Indexer server.

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software, you must name your workgroup. The
name is case sensitive and should not contain
spaces. You can either choose a useful name or
use the default, AvidWorkgroup. The only time
you are required to supply a unique name is
when you have more than one Interplay
workgroup on the same network. For example,
this could happen at a large customer site.

Verify that the Service Framework is running. See “Verifying that the Service Framework

Install the Media Indexer software. See “Installing Software on an Avid Interplay

See “Configuring Avid Interplay Media
Indexers” in the Avid Interplay Best Practices
Guide.

See “Replacing 32-bit Media Indexers in the
HAG with 64-bit Media Indexers” in the Avid
Interplay Best Practices Guide.

See “Software Installed on Media Indexer

Servers” on page 43.

Services Are Running” on page 100.

Media Indexer Server” on page 66.

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Before you configure the Media Indexer software,
make sure there is an Avid MediaFiles directory on
each workspace that the Media Indexer will monitor.
You can use an Avid editing system to capture or
import media to the workspace. You can also create
the directory manually but, if you do, carefully check
the spelling and case of the text in the folder name.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

Installation Check Lists

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Configure the Media Indexer in the High Availability
Group to monitor your shared storage. You must use
UNC paths to identify the shared storage folders.

Set the Automatic Restart feature in the Avid Service
Framework to ensure that Media Indexer will
automatically restart.

See “Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor

Shared Storage” on page 67.

If you are configuring Media Indexer
delegates or 64-bit Media Indexers, see the
Interplay Best Practices Guide.

See “Setting the Automatic Restart Feature in

the Avid Service Framework” on page 117.

Check List for Installing Components for Interplay Streaming

For streaming play in Interplay Access v2.0, the following table provides a check list of
steps for installing and configuring the various Interplay components. The check list
provides references on where to find more information about each step.

Check List for Installing Components for Interplay Streaming

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Install the Interplay Engine. See “Installing Software on the Interplay

Engine Server” on page 48.

Install Interplay Access on one or more clients.

You do not need to install Interplay Framework

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with Interplay Access.

Use the Access installer from the editing
clients install page or from “Installing

Software on an Interplay Access System” on
page 77.

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Install the Avid Unity client software on the Interplay
Stream servcr.

Install Interplay Framework where needed. Use the Service Framework installer from one

Install the Interplay Stream Server software. You need
to install Interplay Access and Interplay Framework on
the system you use as the stream server. Interplay
Framework is required for the Interplay Auto-Publish
Service and Workflow Engine, which you install on
the same system as the Interplay Stream Server.

See “Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity

System” on page 26.

of the client installer pages. For example, from
this page “Installing Software on Avid Editing

Systems” on page 78

See “Installing and Configuring the Interplay

Stream Server” on page 159.

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Install the Interplay Media Services Engine software
and the Transcode service.

Install the Interplay Stream Publish service. See “Installing the WAN Workflow

Install the Interplay Workflow Engine and
Auto-Publish service on the system where you
installed the streaming server.

Install the Interplay Delivery service and the Interplay
Delivery Receiver service.

See “Installing Software on the Media Services

and Media Services Provider Servers” on page

62.

Components” on page 64. Then see

“Understanding the Interplay Stream Publish
Service” in the Media Services Setup and
User’s Guide.

See “Installing the Workflow Engine and

Supported Software” on page 166. Then see

“Automatically Publishing QuickTime
Reference Movies” in the Media Services
Setup and User’s Guide.

See “Installing the WAN Workflow

Components” on page 64. Then see “Using the

Avid Interplay Delivery Service” in the Avid

interplay Media Services Setup and User’s
Guide

Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System

Before you install Interplay software, install and configure your Avid Unity system for
shared storage. See the Interplay ReadMe for the supported versions of Avid Unity ISIS and
Avid Unity MediaNetwork.

Depending on whether you have Avid Unity MediaNetwork or Avid Unity ISIS, install the
Connection Manager (MediaNetwork) or Client Manager (ISIS) on the client systems.

Workspace Names

Use the following guidelines when creating workspace names in an Interplay environment:

• Do not use special characters or spaces in your workspace names. Workspace names
should only contain ASCII characters.

• Keep workspace name length as short as is reasonable to allow recognition of the
workspace. Longer workspace names add to the path length and can affect performance
in a large Interplay environment.

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Network Considerations

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Setup and Configuration Documentation

The main setup guide for Avid Unity MediaNetwork is the Avid Unity MediaNetwork File
Manager Setup Guide. Depending on your configuration you might also need one of the

following manuals.

For Avid Unity MediaNetwork v4.x:

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork PortServer Setup Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork LANServer EX Setup Guide

For Avid Unity MediaNetwork v5.x:

• Avid Unity Media Engine and Avid MEDIArray XT v5.0 ReadMe

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Administration Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Client Guide

• Avid Unity Media Engine and Avid MEDIArray XT Setup Guide

• Avid Unity Media Engine and Avid MEDIArray XT Site Preparation Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Performance Guide

Avid Unity ISIS Setup and Configuration Documentation

See the following ISIS documentation:

• Avid Unity ISIS System Setup Guide

• Avid Unity ISIS Administration Guide

• Avid Unity ISIS ReadMe

The Avid Unity ISIS System Setup Guide contains a section on upgrading ISIS software. For

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additional information, see

“Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems” on page 20.

Network Considerations

This section contains topics related to setting up your Interplay network environment.

Computer Names

A hostname must comply with RFC 952 standards. For example, you cannot use an
underscore in a hostname. For more information, see “Naming Conventions in Active
Directory for Computers, Domains, Sites, and OUs” on the Microsoft
Base See also,

“Workspace Names” on page 26.

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Verify Entries on the DNS Server

Service Framework can become sluggish and unstable if there are incorrect entries in the
DNS server for any of the computers in the Interplay environment. Symptoms include
excessive CPU usage by the Service Framework Lookup service and Interplay Diagnostics.
The tree view in the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor might also fail to
populate if there are incorrect DNS entries.

Make sure that you correct any errors in DNS entries for name to IP resolution.

Configure The DNS Server to Support Reverse Lookup

If DNS is not configured for Reverse Lookup, Service Framework can not resolve IP
addresses to host names. Symptoms include tree views failing to populate in the Interplay
Service Configuration, Interplay Diagnostics, and Health Monitor.

Make sure the DNS server is configured to support Reverse Lookups.

Non-DNS Environments

In an non-DNS environment, you must configure a host file on all systems, including Avid
Low Res Encode systems. This is necessary so the Service Framework can list the systems
in its client applications, such as the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor.

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Computers with Multiple Network Interfaces

Computers that have multiple network interfaces in use must be entered in DNS so that all
IP addresses have the exact same hostname.

If you have multiple network interfaces on a computer and one is not used, use the Device
Manager to disable the interface. If not, the computer might have problems communicating
with the rest of the Interplay workgroup.

Configuring an Avid Unity ISIS System

On an Avid Unity ISIS system, if your network extends outside of ISIS Zone 1, you must

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configure a router to communicate between the two VLAN

systems.

Know Where Your Subnets Are on the Network

Create a system diagram that identifies the subnets on your Avid Interplay environment.
You have the following choices for allowing Interplay clients to communicate across
subnets:

• Use Unicast Discovery. See “Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service” on

page 121.

• Install and configure the Multicast Repeater software on each subnet. See “Configuring

a Multicast Repeater” on page 123.

Diagnosing Service Framework Problems

Use the System Check tab of the Avid Workgroup Properties tool to detect and diagnose
problems in your Interplay environment.

Time Synchronization

If you already have a system in place to maintain Time Sync on your network, you can
continue to use that system, or you can use the Service Framework Time Synchronization
service to perform the same task.

Network Considerations

The Avid Time Synchronization Service enables time synchronization between different
machines in a workgroup. The Time Synchronization Service can operate in either Master
mode or Slave mode. In Master mode, the service retrieves a reference time from a
configured time source and redistributes it to the Slave services within the workgroup. The
time source can be the local PC clock, an NTP server, or an Adrienne™ timecode card
installed in a server, such as the CaptureManager server. In Slave mode, the Time
Synchronization Service listens for time notifications from the workgroup and (optionally)
sets the local PC clock to match.

It is important to use only one time synchronism mechanism to set the local PC clocks in the
Interplay environment. If a Time Synchronization Slave service is configured to set the local

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PC clock and it detects that some other mechanism (such as Windows

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changes the local clock, then the Time Sync Slave service disables itself to avoid the local
clock from jumping back and forth. The Time Sync slave also posts a Warning in the Health
Monitor.

For more information on Time Sync, see “Using Time Synchronization in an Avid Interplay

Environment” on page 114 and the Service Framework ReadMe at the top level of the

Interplay Installer DVD or on the Knowledge Base.

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Using AirSpeed and Low Res Encode

When using Avid AirSpeed and Avid Low Res Encode to perform a dual ingest, it is
important that you lock your video signal to your timecode source. For example, you can
connect a video feed and a Time of Day timecode device into a sync device to lock the
incoming video and audio with timecode.

It is also important that the two capture devices are in sync. If the captured high-res video
and low-res video are off by a few frames, you should delay the video signal going to one of
the capture devices in order to ensure that the two video signals match. For more
information, see Avid Interplay Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration.This document is
on the Avid Interplay installer DVD. See

Res Encoder Software” on page 74.

“Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers

Some Avid products require user accounts on the Avid Unity system. The user names and
passwords on the Avid Unity system must match the user names and passwords on the
product server. If you are using a PortServer for Avid Unity MediaNetwork, these user
accounts must also have the same accounts and passwords on the PortServer system.

Passwords are case sensitive; the passwords must match exactly.

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Creating the Server Execution User Account

The Server Execution User is a Windows operating system user account that is used only to
run the Interplay Engine processes. You need to specify the user name and password of the
Server Execution User account the first time that you install the Interplay Engine software.
This account must fill the following requirements:

• The account must have local administration rights on the operating system for the
Interplay Engine Server (both nodes on a cluster system). The Interplay Engine
installation software asks you for a user name and password and automatically creates
the account in the Administrator group. In a domain environment, you can use an
existing domain account.

Ideally this should be an account that users do not use to log onto the system. This
prevents accidental changes to the Server User Account during normal administration
duties. For example, if someone changes the password by mistake, users might not be
able to access the Interplay database.

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User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers

For security reasons, do not use the Interplay Engine server operating system
Administrator account. Create a unique account that you use only as the Server
Execution User. For example, you can create an administrative account called
“IPEngine.” Avoiding the word Administrator can help indicate that this account is not
used for normal administrative tasks.

• An account with an identical user name and password must have read/write access to the
Avid Unity workspaces that contain media (including the workspace used for file asset
sources in a split database). Use the Avid Unity ISIS or Avid Unity MediaNetwork
Administration tool to create this account.

The Server Execution User account is different from the Interplay Administrator account.

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The Server Execution User account is used to run the Interplay Engine processes. The
Interplay Administrator account is used to manage users and the database.

You need to create an account with the identical user name and password in two or three
places, depending on your configuration:

• If your Interplay system is part of a domain, create a domain user (for example,
“IPEngine”). In an Interplay Engine cluster configuration, the Server Execution User
must be a domain user. If you want to run the Avid Interplay Engine within your domain
and also want to automatically make use of domain user management, such as Windows
Domain or LDAP, you must specify a domain user as the Server Execution User.

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•On the Avid Unity system, create an account with read/write access to the Avid Unity
workspaces that contain media. Use the Avid
Administration tool to create the account.

• On the Interplay Engine server, create an account during the installation process. The
Interplay Engine installation software automatically creates the account in the
Administrator group. Usually this is a domain account that you already created.

When you install the Interplay Engine or the Interplay Archive Engine, do not select
the default Server Execution User. Create a custom user instead. The default user
account is AVID_WORKGROUP_USER. Do not use this account.

Recreating the Server Execution User

If you have already installed the Interplay Engine and need to change the user name and
password of the Server Execution User account, run the NXNServerUser.exe tool. For
information on using the tool, see “Re-creating the Server Execution User” in the Avid
Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide. The tool is
located in the following directory on the Interplay Installer DVD:

Installers\AssetMgr\Tools\NXNServerUser

Unity ISIS or Avid Unity MediaNetwork

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For information on upgrading a cluster system on which you changed the Server Execution
User, see the Avid Interplay ReadMe.

Accounts for Copy Provider and Interplay Stream Server

See the following sections for details:

• “Creating Copy Provider User Accounts for ISIS and Interplay” on page 156

• “Installing and Configuring the Stream Server Software” on page 161

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces

To allow the Interplay Engine to access the Avid Unity workspaces, you need to set up user
accounts on both the Interplay Engine and the Avid Unity system. The user name and
password for these user accounts must match exactly on both the Interplay Engine and Avid
Unity system. If the user names or passwords are different, the workspaces are not available
in Interplay Administrator settings, such as the Editor Database settings - Voice Over Target
workspace.

The workspaces available from the Interplay Administrator settings depends on the user
account used to log in to the Interplay Administrator. For example, when you log in to the
Interplay Administrator server using the Administrator account, you can access all the Avid
Unity workspaces, provided the users are set up correctly on both the Interplay Engine and
Avid Unity system.

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To access all workspaces:

1. Make sure the Administrator account on both the Interplay Engine and Avid Unity
system have exactly the same password. Passwords are case sensitive.

2. Log in to the Interplay Administrator server using the Administrator account.

To access a limited list of workspaces:

1. Make sure a user account with administrator privileges is created on the Interplay
Engine and the same user name and password are used to create a user account on the
Avid Unity system. These user accounts must have exactly the same user name and
password.

2. Log in to the Interplay Administrator server using this user account.
The Avid Unity user’s workspace access privileges setting determine which workspaces

are available.

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers

Manually Setting a Target Workspace For Voice-Over Assets

If the Interplay Administrator - Editor Database settings - Voice Over Target Workspace
menu displays “No Items to Show,” and the user and password are correctly set, you can
manually set the voice-over target workspace.

To manually set an audio voice-over target workspace:

1. Log into Interplay Access as an Administrator.

2. In the Assets browser, right-click the database node (for example, AvidWG) and select
Advanced > Get/Set Property.

The Get/Set Property dialog box opens.

3. On the Get/Set Property tab, in the Name text box, type:

com.avid.worgroup.settings.VoiceOver.TargetWorkspace

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Make sure you type the Property name exactly, because Property names are case
sensitive.

4. In the Value text box, type the name of the workspace you want to use as the target
workspace for audio voice-over assets.

5. Click Apply.

6. Click OK.

Accounts for Using Deletion

To allow deletion in an Interplay environment, you must set up the following user accounts.
You can use any user name and password for these accounts, but the user name and
passwords must match exactly on all servers.

• Avid Unity system

- Avid Unity user with administrator privileges for Interplay Engine. This user must

not be the Administrator account.

• Interplay Engine server

- Microsoft Windows user with administrator privileges

- Interplay Engine Server Execution user

When installing the Interplay Engine on the Interplay Engine server, select the
Custom User Account option to create the Avid Interplay Engine Execution User.
The Server Execution User is the Microsoft Windows user that runs the Avid
Interplay Engine (the Avid Interplay Engine Execution User). This user needs to

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have administrative access to the file server. The installer makes this user a local
administrator on the Avid Interplay Engine server. For more information, see

“Creating the Server Execution User Account” on page 30.

Accounts for Using AirSpeed Server

When you are adding an Avid AirSpeed server in an Interplay workgroup, the Interplay
Engine server needs a Windows user account (with Admin rights) with the user name

airspeed

additional information, see

132.

and password

avid.

You must use these exact user and password names. For

“Configuring Avid AirSpeed in Avid Interplay Adapter” on page

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer

When you are adding Interplay Transfer into an Interplay workgroup, the Interplay Engine
server requires a user for the Interplay Transfer. Create the following user on the Interplay
Engine server:

• User name: transfermanager

• Password: avid

Service Framework Administrator Password

By default the Service Framework does not have an Administrator password. If you want to
set a password, open the Service Framework Service Configuration tool and set the
password in the System Configuration Service.

To set the Service Framework password:

1. Open the Service Configuration tool and click the Processes tab.

2. Select the System Configuration service and select the system running the System
Configuration service.

3. Set the Administrator password and click Apply at the top of the dialog box.

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Required Application Keys

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct

The following limitations exist for editing clients in an Interplay environment:

• Avid editing applications such as NewsCutter®, Media Composer®, and Symphony™

• Interplay Assist and Instinct have similar limitations: When you install the application,

• In Avid Unity MediaNetwork, do not use the same login to log into Windows and to log

Check the Interplay ReadMe for any changes to the Windows login permissions.

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that are part of an Interplay environment can use a regular Windows User login.

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However, when you install the application, you must first log in as an Administrator,
install the application, and initially launch the application as an Administrator. See the
Avid editing application ReadMe for details.

you must first log in as an Administrator, install the application, and initially launch the
application as an Administrator. You can then subsequently run the application as a
regular User.

into the Connection Manager for Avid Unity. For more information, see the Interplay
ReadMe.

Required Application Keys

The following systems require a hardware application key (also known as a dongle):

• Interplay Engine server - also requires a software application key. For more
information, see “Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server” on page 48.

• Interplay Media Services

• Interplay Stream Server - the Interplay Workflow Engine installed on the Stream Server
requires a software application key. For additional information on the Workflow
Engine, see
the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

• Interplay Transfer

When installing the Interplay Transfer Engine in a standalone environment, a hardware

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application key is not required. The Avid editing software handles the licensing of the
Interplay Transfer Engine.

• Interplay Transcode provider system (for any Transcode provider that is not run on the
Interplay Media Services system)

“Installing the Workflow Engine and Supported Software” on page 166 and

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• Interplay Archive provider (for any Archive provider that is not run on the Interplay
Media Services system)

• Avid editing applications. Note that Interplay v2.0 supports software licensing for Avid
editing applications.

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Do not lose the USB application key. Your software does not function without it. If you
lose your application key, you must purchase another key from Avid at the full market
cost of your software.

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

The topics in this section list the software components installed on the Avid Interplay clients
and servers. The Avid Interplay Installer combines components together to make the
installation straightforward for an individual system. Depending on the size of your
configuration, you need to make decisions regarding the software you will install on the
Interplay Engine and the Media Indexer server.

Graphic Editor

In the client software table, the term Graphic Editor refers to a system used for graphics or
other work that does not involve Avid assets. Examples of these file assets are Adobe
Photoshop
environment. They can be checked into the Avid Interplay database and made available to
other users. Graphic Editor systems use Avid Interplay Access. For more information, see
the Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide.

Service Framework Components

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There are two important steps when you install the Service Framework software:

• Provide the correct workgroup name when prompted.

The Workgroup name is case sensitive. You can use the Avid Workgroup Properties
tool to change the workgroup name after the install if necessary.

• Select the correct services to install on the system.

When you install software on the client systems, the installation program automatically
selects the components that you need for a client system. The following are the basic
services:

• Core Components

• Configuration Utility

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

• Diagnostic Log Viewer

• Health Viewer

• Machine Monitor

• Time Synchronization (see “Using Time Synchronization in an Avid Interplay

Environment” on page 114)

The following services are critical to the Interplay environment and must be installed on at
least one system (usually on the same system).

• Avid Lookup Service - See “Installing the Lookup Service on a Separate Server” on

page 119.

• System Configuration (one per Lookup Service)

If you have more than 10 clients in your Avid Service Framework environment, Avid

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recommends that you put the Service Framework Lookup Service on a separate server such
as a General Purpose Server.

The following services are optional depending on whether you use them in your Interplay
environment:

• Multicast Repeater

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Optional when Interplay clients are on a different subnet from the shared storage Media
Indexer. See

Directly to the Lookup Service” on page 121.

• Email Alerter
The Email Alerter is an e-mail daemon, which sends e-mail notifications to a

configurable list of recipients when any of the health parameters—on systems in the
workgroup—are at warning or critical health level. The Avid Lookup service gathers
the health level information from systems within the workgroup.

The Avid Email Alerter is configured using the Avid Interplay Service Configuration
application.

The Email Alerter is a resource-intensive application. If you plan to use this service,
don’t install it on the Media Indexer or Interplay Engine servers. If necessary, use the
Workgroup Properties tool to disable the

“Configuring a Multicast Repeater” on page 123 and “Connecting Systems

services.

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Supported Operating Systems

Interplay Platform and Supported Operating System

Windows
XP SP3
32-bit

Windows
Vista SP1
64-bit

Windows
Vista SP1
32-bit

Windows
2003
Server

Windows
2003 Server
R2 64-bit Linux

Avid Interplay Assist X X X

Interplay Engine X

Interplay Access X X X X X

Interplay Admin X X X X

CaptureManager X

CaptureManager Client X X X X

Interplay Transfer standalone X X X

Interplay Media Indexer X X X X X

ProEncode Client X

Interplay Transfer Client X X X X

Interplay Transfer Server X

Interplay Low-Res Encode X

Interplay MS Engine X

Interplay MS Transcode X

Interplay MS ProEncode X

Interplay MS Archive X

Interplay MS Restore X

Interplay Copy X

Interplay Delivery X

Interplay Stream Publish X

Interplay Stream Server X

Interplay Framework X X X X X

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Software Installed on Interplay Clients

The following table shows the software that is installed on the Interplay client systems.

In the following tables, X indicates a required component and O indicates an optional

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component.

Software Installed on Interplay Clients

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

Software Instinct

Interplay Assist

Interplay
Assist

XO

Interplay
Access

Avid
Editor

a

Graphic
Editor

application

Avid Unity client X X O X O

Instinct application X

Editing application X

CaptureManager
application

Interplay Access X X X X

Media Indexer X

Interplay Transfer client X

Service Framework

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b

a

X

O O

Core Components X X O X X

Avid Lookup service

Configuration Utility O

d

O O X X

Diagnostic Log Viewer O O O X X

CaptureManager
Client

X

Health Viewer O O O X X

Machine Monitor O O O X X

System Configuration

Time Synchronization X X O X X

Interplay Media Services

ProEncode Client X(O)

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a. Do not run Assist and an Avid editing application at the same time on the same computer.
b. Installed automatically on Avid Assist and Instinct as part of the software application install.
c. For additional information, see “Service Framework Components” on page 36.
d. On a large system, you might want to disable optional Framework services on Instinct and Assist clients.

Software Installed on Interplay Servers

Software Installed on Interplay Servers (excluding Media Indexers
and Media Services)

Interplay

Software

Interplay
Engine

Archive
Engine

Interplay Engine X

Interplay Access X X X

Interplay Adapter X

Interplay Archive

a

X

Engine

CaptureManager
server

Interplay Transfer X

Interplay Transfer
client

Media Indexer O

a

Service Framework

Core Components O

Avid Lookup

d

d

O

Service

Configuration

d

O

Utility

Diagnostic Log

d

O

Viewer

Health Viewer O

Machine Monitor O

d

d

Interplay
Transfer
Engine

Capture
Manager
Server

b

X

General
Purpose
Server

O

X

c

X

X X O

O

X X O

XXO

X X O

XXO

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Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

Software Installed on Interplay Servers (excluding Media Indexers
and Media Services) (Continued)

Software

System

Interplay
Engine

d

O

Interplay
Archive
Engine

Interplay
Transfer
Engine

Capture
Manager
Server

Configuration

Time

d

O

XXO

Synchronization

Multicast Repeater O

d

Interplay Media
Services

ProEncode Provider

Transcode Provider

Archive Provider

a. On a non-cluster system with 10 or fewer Interplay clients. Do not install on a cluster

system.
b. See “Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed” on page 133.
c. Starting at CaptureManager v4.0.4, The Interplay Transfer client is not required on a

CaptureManager server.
d. Do not install Service Framework software on a cluster or on a single engine system

with more than 10 clients.
e. Install only one System Configuration service per Lookup server. Additional services

can affect performance.

General
Purpose
Server

e

O

O

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Software Installed on Interplay Media Services Servers

Software Installed on Interplay Media Services Servers

Software

Interplay Media

Media Services
Engine

X

Copy
Provider

InterplayStream
Server

Services Engine

Interplay Stream

X X

Server

Interplay Copy

X

Provider

ProEncode Provider O

Transcode Provider O

Archive Provider O

Interplay Access X X

Service Framework

Core Components X X X X

Avid Lookup
Service

Configuration

XXX X

Utility

Media Services
Provider

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Diagnostic Log

X X X X

Viewer

Health Viewer X X X X

Machine Monitor X X X X

System
Configuration

Time

X X X X

Synchronization

Multicast Repeater

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

Software Installed on Media Indexer Servers

The following table lists the software installed on different servers depending on the Media
Indexer’s use in the Interplay environment.

Software Installed on Avid Media Indexer Servers

Software

On Same System as
Interplay Engine

Member of a High

a

Availability Group

Delegate Media
Indexer

Interplay Engine X

Interplay Access X

Interplay Adapter X

b

Media Indexer X X X

Service Framework

Framework Core X X X

Lookup service X

c

Configuration Utility X X X

Diagnostic Log Viewer X X X

Health Viewer X X X

Machine Monitor X X X

System Configuration X

c d

Time Synchronization X X X

Multicast Repeater

Email Aleter

e

f

O O

a. This configuration is intended for systems with fewer than 10 clients. For larger systems, do not install the Media

Indexer on the Interplay Engine.
b. Only on a system with 10 or fewer clients. Do not install on an Interplay Engine cluster system.
c. Only on a system with 10 or fewer clients. Do not install on an Interplay Engine cluster system.
d. Install one per Lookup service and install on the same system as the Lookup service.
e. An option when you have multiple subnets. You can alternatively use Unicast Discovery.
f. Email Alerter is a resource intensive application. Do not install the service on a Media Indexer, Avid Interplay

Engine, or Interplay Archive Engine.

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Different Types of Media Indexers

Starting at Interplay v1.4, you can use one or two 64-Bit Media Indexers to monitor shared
storage. One 64-bit Media Indexer can monitor 2.4 million files and support up to 250
clients. You can add a second 64-bit Media Indexer for redundancy. For additional
information and for a procedure for replacing existing 32-bit Media Indexers with a 64-bit
Media Indexer, see the Interplay Best Practices Guide.

There are four basic ways to configure a Media Indexer:

• The leader of a High Availability Group. The leader (also known as the President) can
index shared storage and it can also monitor other Media Indexers. On a small
configuration, the Media Indexer software might be installed on the Avid Interplay
Engine. In this case, configure a High Availability Group with one member configured
on the Interplay Engine.

You always need a High Availability Group to monitor shared storage, even if it is a group

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of one.

• Additional members of a High Availability Group. Members that you add to a High
Availability group (HAG) provide redundancy and load balancing for the leader. If you
are using 32-bit Media Indexers, adding additional members in the HAG allows you to
support additional clients. For example, if you have more than 50 clients in your
Interplay environment and you are using 32-bit Media Indexers, then you should have
two Media Indexers in the High Availability Group: one configured as the leader and a
second added for load balancing.

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• Delegates.If you have a large number of files and are using 32-bit Media Indexers, you
might want to assign different Media Indexers to monitor specific portions of shared
storage. In this case the group leader monitors the delegates. For more information on
configuring delegates, see Avid Interplay Best Practices.

• The Media Indexer on each Avid editing application system. These local Media
Indexers connect to the High Availability Group.

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automatically connect to the High Availability Group in the Interplay environment. You use
the Server Hostname Settings view in the Interplay Administrator tool to identify the
Workgroup name. The system automatically connects to the High Availability Group for the
workgroup. The workgroup name is case sensitive and must match the workgroup name
identified in the Workgroup Properties tool.

For information on the maximum number of files that a Media Indexer can monitor, see Avid
Interplay Best Practices and the Avid Interplay ReadMe.

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

Replacing 32-Bit Media Indexers with 64-Bit Media Indexers

For a procedure for replacing existing 32-bit Media Indexers with a 64-bit Media Indexer,
see the Interplay Best Practices Guide.

Shutting Down a Media Indexer System

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Do not shut down the Media Indexer while it is scanning files. If you do, the Media
Indexer might have to rebuild its cache when it starts up again. This can take a long
time on a large system. You can use the Health Monitor to determine whether the
Media Indexer is scanning files.

In a small configuration (10 or fewer users), you can have the Media Indexer that monitors
shared storage on the same system as the Avid Interplay Engine. If the Media Indexer needs
to rebuild its cache on this type of configuration, the Interplay Engine might become
unresponsive during the operation. Note that this does not happen when the Media Indexer is
scanning drives, only when it needs to completely rebuild its cache.

To determine whether a Media Indexer is scanning files:

1. Launch the Health Monitor and navigate to the system that is running the Media Indexer
that you want to shut down.

2. Click Avid Interplay Media Indexer

3. Open the Avid Interplay Media Indexer pane.

4. Check the value of the “Pending Files (scan)” field.
If the Media Indexer is not scanning files, then it is safe to shut it down.

5. To shut down the service, use the Avid Workgroup Properties tool.

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The following topics describe the installations of the Interplay software on the servers:

• Starting the Installation

• Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

• Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer Server

• Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers

• Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

• Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server

• Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software

For information on the order of installation and configuration, see “Installation Check Lists”

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Starting the Installation

To start the Interplay Installer:

1. Insert the Interplay Installer DVD and double-click Launch.exe.
The Main Menu window opens.

The Main Menu window allows you to select the installers required by a particular Interplay
component. The list is divided into Interplay clients, servers, and individual optional
installers.

Items with three dots open a new window. Items without three dots start an installer.

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These instructions are for a system with a single Interplay Engine or Interplay Archive
Engine. If you are installing software on a system with cluster services, see the Avid
Interplay Engine Failover Guide.

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If you are upgrading an Interplay Engine, see the Interplay ReadMe before
proceeding. The Readme contains any specific instructions for upgrade the Interplay
Engine for a particular release.

To install the Interplay Engine Server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Servers > Avid Interplay Engine

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Interplay Engine The full Interplay Engine software. See “Installing the Avid Interplay

Engine Software” on page 49.

Avid Interplay Access Required to communicate with the Interplay Engine database. Installing

Interplay Access also installs the Interplay Administrator. See

“Installing Avid Interplay Access” on page 60.

Avid Interplay
Adapter

Avid Interplay Auto
Archive, Auto
Transcode, and Auto
Transfer.

(Option) Required for capturing with AirSpeed. Only install on an
Interplay Engine if there are fewer than 10 clients in your Interplay
environment. Do not install on a cluster system. See “Installing Avid

Interplay Adapter” on page 60“.

(Option) Used by the Interplay Media Services to create special folders
for automating routine operations. Only install on an Interplay Engine if
there are fewer than 10 clients in your Interplay environment. Do not
install on a cluster system. For more information, see the Avid Interplay

Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

It is important to determine where to install the Interplay Adapter. See “Interplay Adapter

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and AirSpeed” on page 133. Do not install the Interplay Adapter on an Interplay Engine

cluster system or on an non-cluster Engine that has more than 10 Interplay clients.

3. Perform the installation in the order shown in the above list. You have to reboot the
server after the Interplay Engine installation.

Installing the Avid Interplay Engine Software

The first time you install the Avid Interplay Engine software, you must select Custom
installation. Selecting Custom installation lets you specify the Server Execution User and
other configuration information correctly.

If you are upgrading, you can select Typical installation, which uses the existing settings.

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If you installing or upgrading a cluster system, see the Interplay ReadMe and the Av id

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Interplay Engine Failover Guide.

To install the Avid Interplay Engine software:

1. Before you begin, do the following:
t Make sure that the Interplay Engine application key is installed on the server

system. For more information, see “Required Application Keys” on page 35.
The Interplay Engine also requires a software license. Install this license after

installing the Interplay Engine software, as described at the end of this procedure.

t Make sure you have created matching accounts on the Interplay Engine system and

the Avid Unity system. You need to type the user name and password during
installation to create the Server Execution User. See “Creating the Server Execution

User Account” on page 30.

t Close all Windows programs.

2. Insert the Interplay Installer DVD into the DVD drive on the Interplay Engine system.
The Main Menu window opens.

3. Click Servers.
The Install Servers window opens.

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4. Click Avid Interplay Engine.
The Install Avid Interplay Engine window opens.

5. Double-click Avid Interplay Engine.

6. In the Welcome dialog box, read the information about the installation of the Apache
server. Click Next.

7. Read the license agreement information and then accept the license agreement by
selecting “I accept the agreement.” Click Next.

The Specify Installation Type dialog box opens.

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8. Select one of the following and click Next:
t If this is a new installation, select Custom. This ensures that you identify the Server

Execution User required by the Interplay Engine.

t If this is an upgrade, select Typical and proceed to step 18. (Both the Typical and

Custom installation use the existing settings.)
The Specify Destination Location dialog box opens.

9. Specify the destination folder and click Next.

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The Destination Location is the folder in which the Avid Interplay Engine program files
are installed. In most cases, keep the default, which installs the files in an Avid Interplay
Engine subfolder in the Program Files folder.

The Specify Default Database Folder dialog box opens.

10. Accept the default folder and click Next.
The database folder is the folder in which the database is created and stored. This

location must be local, that is, the database folder must be installed on the Interplay
Engine server. No other configuration is supported. By default the database folder is
created at the root of the D: drive as D:\Workgroup_Databases. All access rights are set
automatically.

If you previously installed the Interplay Engine software, this field displays the share
name that appears in the next dialog box.

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files for file assets on a shared storage workspace rather than a local drive. To do this, you
must perform extra steps after the installation. See “Configuring Interplay for a Split
Database” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administrator’s

Guide.

The Specify Share Name dialog box opens.

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11. Accept the default share name and click Next.
By default, the share name is “WG_Database$.” The “$” at the end makes the share

invisible if you browse through the network using Windows Explorer. For security
reasons, Avid recommends keeping the default setting and using a “$” at the end of the
share name. With this default setting, the folder “D:\Workgroup_Databases” on the
Avid Interplay Engine computer is shared under the name “WG_Database$.”

The Specify Configuration Server dialog box opens.

12. Select the Interplay Engine you want to use as the Central Configuration Server and
click Next.

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The Central Configuration Server (CCS) is an Interplay Engine with a special module
that is useful if you are working in an environment that includes more than one Interplay
Engine (including an Interplay Archive Engine). However, even if you are working in
an environment with one Interplay Engine, you need to specify a CCS.

Select one of the following:
t This Avid Interplay Engine: Specifies that the Interplay Engine that you are

installing should be the CCS. Click Next.

t Another Avid Interplay Engine: Specifies that a previously installed Interplay

Engine should be the CSS. An additional dialog box opens. Type the name of the
Interplay Engine to be used as the CCS and click Next.

If you want to specify another Interplay Engine, you must specify an Interplay Engine
that is already installed. If you have not yet installed the desired Interplay Engine,
specify the current Interplay Engine, install the desired Interplay Engine, and then
change the CCS through the Interplay Administrator. See “Using a Central
Configuration Server” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine

Administration

Guide.

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If you specify an Interplay Engine that is not yet installed, you might not be able to log
onto the system. See “Troubleshooting Log-in Problems” in the Avid Interplay Engine

and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration

The Server Execution User dialog box opens.

13. Select Custom user account and click Next.

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The Server Execution User is a Windows account that has administrative access to the
Avid Interplay Engine. This account also needs to have administrative access to the
shared storage workgroup. Avid requires that you create a custom user account. For
more information, see

The Specify Server User dialog box opens.

“Creating the Server Execution User Account” on page 30.

a. Type a local user, for example, “IPEngine,” or type a domain user, such as

“MYDOMAIN\IPEngine.” Make sure this user name exactly matches the user
name of an Avid Unity account with administrator privileges.

b. Type the password. The installer cannot check the password you type in this dialog

box. Make sure that the password exactly matches the password for the Avid Unity
user with administrator privileges. If the user name and password do not match
those of the Avid Unity user, the Avid Interplay Engine will not run properly.
Confirm the password.

You can change the Server Execution User after installation. See “Troubleshooting the

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Server Execution User Account” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive
Engine Administration Guide.

c. Click Next.

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14. Specify the server name as it appears on the network and click Next.
By default, the computer’s name is specified as the server name. Interplay clients use

this name to identify the server. If there are clients in your network that are unable to
resolve hostnames to IP addresses, you have to specify the server’s IP address here. In
this case, the server needs a static IP address; be sure to configure your DHCP server
accordingly.

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underscore in a hostname. For more information, see “Naming Conventions in Active
Directory for Computers, Domains, Sites, and OUs” on the Microsoft Support Knowledge
Base.

The server name entered should not be more than 15 characters. Server names longer than
15 characters will be truncated and might cause problems with client connections if there is
more than one machine in the network with the same truncated name.

The Specify Preview Server Cache dialog box opens.

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15. Accept the default location and click Next.
Interplay Access lets you view a thumbnail image or other representation of a file asset.

This feature requires a special cache folder. The default folder for the preview server
cache is named PreviewServer and is installed in the default database folder.

The Enable E-mail Notification dialog box opens.

16. Enable email notification and click Next.

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The email notification feature sends emails to your administrator when special events,
such as “Disk Full” and “Out Of Memory,” occur. See “Configuring the Server Event
Manager” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine
Administration Guide for details on configuring the email notification.

The E-mail Notification Details dialog box opens.

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17. Supply the following information:
a. Type the administrator’s email address and the email address of the server that is

the sender. If an event such as “Disk Full” occurs on the server, the administrator
receives an email from the sender’s email account explaining the problem, so that
the administrator can respond to the problem.

b. Type the static IP address of your SMTP server. The notification feature needs the

SMTP server in order to send emails. If you do not know this IP address, ask your
administrator.

c. (Option) If you also want to inform Avid Support automatically through email if

problems arise, select the option “Send critical notifications also to Avid Support.”
d. Click Next.
The installer modifies the file Config.xml in the

Interplay Engine\Data\Server\Config directory with your settings. The Ready to

Avid
Install dialog box opens.

18. If you are ready to complete the installation, click Next.

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All necessary components are installed. It might be necessary for the installation
program to install additional components, such as Adobe Reader.

If any system libraries on your machine need to be upgraded to complete the installation
process, the installation program asks you to reboot your machine. Save all your open
documents, close all applications, and then click the OK button to reboot.

The installation finishes and the Installation Completed dialog box displays the success
or failure of each installation.

19. Click Finish.

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A dialog box requesting a reboot opens. A message with instructions on how to fix any
installation problems also appears.

20. Click OK to reboot the machine.

21. Enable a permanent license key. See “Managing Licenses” in the Avid Interplay Engine
and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide for instructions. Make sure that you
obtain and load the Interplay Engine license file promptly. The license key must match
the application key (dongle) for the Interplay Engine server.

Installing Avid Interplay Access

You must install Avid Interplay Access on the Interplay Engine. Avid recommends that you
accept the defaults. If users at your site will be checking in Microsoft Office or Adobe
Photoshop assets (file assets), you can optionally select these options as part of the install
set. For more information, see the Avid Interplay Integration Guide for Adobe Photoshop

and Microsoft Office.

Installing Avid Interplay Access also installs the Avid Interplay Administrator.

To install Interplay Access:

1. In the Install Avid Interplay Engine window, double-click Avid Interplay Access.
After the installer starts, the Introduction dialog box opens.

2. Close down all other programs, then click Next.

3. Complete the installation by accepting the defaults. If you want to install the Microsoft
Office and Adobe Photoshop plug-ins, accept the default paths.

4. When you finish the installation, the installation program might require you to reboot
the system.

Installing Avid Interplay Adapter

When you install Interplay Adapter (also known as the MMAdapter) on the Avid Interplay
Engine system, it automatically connects to the Interplay Engine on that system.

If you use CaptureManager, Avid recommends that you install the Interplay Adapter on the
CaptureManager server to improve performance on the Avid Interplay Engine system. For
additional information on where to install the Interplay Adapter, see

AirSpeed” on page 133.

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Do not install Interplay Adapter on an Avid Interplay Engine cluster system.

If you install Interplay Adapter on a system other than the Interplay Engine, you must
manually edit a file to identify the Interplay Engine system.

“Interplay Adapter and

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To configure Interplay Adapter to recognize Interplay Engine on a different system:

1. Use an application such as Notepad to edit the following file:
C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Interplay

Adapter\jakarta-tomcat\omm\RAM\mmserver.ini

2. Edit the following line, by replacing the text “localhost” with the computer name of the
system running the Avid Interplay Engine:

env.ABServer=localhost
For additional information on configuring an Interplay Adapter with AirSpeed and

CaptureManager, see

“Configuring Avid AirSpeed in Avid Interplay Adapter” on page

132.

Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer
Server

To install Interplay software on the Interplay Transfer server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Servers > Avid Interplay Transfer Engine

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service
Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Interplay
Transfer Engine

Avid Interplay Media
Services and Transfer
Status

Avid Interplay
Transfer Cache

The installer automatically installs the components required for an
Interplay Transfer application.

For information on configuring the Interplay Transfer server and the
Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status application, see the Avid
Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide.

(Option) Lets you monitor Interplay Transfer jobs as well as Interplay
Media Services jobs from any computer in the network.

(Option) Lets you install only the Interplay Transfer Cache. The
Transfer Cache Engine runs in the background and allows you to
monitor transfers in the workgroup.

See the Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide for details on installing and
configuring the Interplay Transfer software.

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Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers

This section provides an overview of installing the Media Services and Media Services
Provider servers. The following illustration shows the initial installer screen.

Installing the Media Services Engine

The first screen links to the installers for the Interplay Media Services Engine.

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Services Engine is installed. After the installation of SQL Server 2005 Express, you need to
configure it. For configuration procedures, see “Configure Microsoft SQL Server 2005” in
the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide or Interplay Help.

To install Interplay Media Services Server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services > Install Avid Interplay Media Services
The Install Avid Interplay Media Services window opens.

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2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service
Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Interplay Media
Services

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Transcode service or Archive service.

The installer automatically installs the components required for
Interplay Media Services. When the system asks for a workgroup name,
type the name of the workgroup you set up on the Interplay Engine.

Required software to configure the Media Services Engine with the
Avid Interplay server.

Installs the Interplay Media Services Engine.
During the installation, if an Avid Interplay Media Services database

already exist on the server, the “Avid Interplay Database” dialog box
opens. Select one of the following:

• Upgrade exiting database (default)—to use the existing database.

• Overwrite current database—if you want to remove all users,
providers, and services.

You might have to re-create some profiles after upgrading your software. See the Avid
Interplay Media Services ReadMe.

3. Register the Media Services Engine in an Interplay workgroup, see the Avid Interplay
Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

Installing the Local Workflow Components

Use this installer screen to install the local workflow providers. For additional information,
see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

To install the Local Workflow Components:

1. On the system that you want to install the provider, select the following from the
Interplay Installer Main Menu.

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services > Install Local Workflow Support
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2. You can install the following software on the Interplay Media Services system or on
another system to improve performance:

Component Description

Avid Interplay
Transcode

Avid Interplay
Archive Provider

Avid Interplay Media
Services and Transfer
Status

Avid Interplay
ProEncode Provider

(Option) Avid
Interplay Auto
Archive, Transcode,
Transfer, and Copy

The Transcode service provider. Allows you to define profiles and
launch transcode jobs from Access or the Avid editing application.

The Archive provider. Typically installed on its own server. See

“Installing the Interplay Archive Provider Software” on page 107.

Lets you monitor Interplay Transfer jobs as well as Interplay Media
Services jobs on a standalone system. You don’t need to install this
software on the Media Services system as the function is built into the
Media Services Engine software.

For information on installing ProEncode, see the Avid Interplay Media
Services Setup and User’s Guide.

Installs the Avid Interplay Auto Media Services. The Avid Interplay
Auto Archive installation includes the Auto Archive, Auto Transcode,
Auto Transfer, and Auto Copy services.

For information on configuring Interplay Media Services providers, see the Avid Interplay
Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

Installing the WAN Workflow Components

Use this installer screen to install the WAN workflow server and providers. These services
allow you to browse the Interplay database and play clips on a computer in your local-area
network (LAN) or from anywhere in a wide-area network (WAN) through the Interplay
Stream Server. For additional information, see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and
User’s Guide.

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You also install the Interplay Stream server as part of the WAN workflow. See “Installing

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and Configuring the Interplay Stream Server” on page 159.

To install the Media Service WAN Workflow Components:

1. On the system that you want to install the provider, select the following from the
Interplay Installer Main Menu.

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services > Install WAN Workflow Support
The Install Avid Interplay Media Services WAN Workflow window opens.

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2. You can install the following software on the Interplay Media Services system or on
another system to improve performance:

Component Description

Avid Interplay Stream
Publish

Avid Interplay
Delivery Receiver

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For information on the Stream Publish service and the Delivery and Delivery Receiver
providers, see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

The Interplay Stream Publish service. The Avid Interplay Stream
Publish service creates QuickTime reference movies that refer to
MPEG-4 video files and MPEG1 Level 2 audio files. After the service
creates a QuickTime reference movie for a selected asset, it checks the
file into the Interplay database as part of the selected asset’s metadata.
You can then play the asset in the Interplay Access v2.0.

The Interplay Delivery Receiver service. The Delivery Receiver service
lets the workgroup receive transfers from a workgroup with the
Delivery service.

Installing Software on an Interplay Stream Server

For details on installing and configuring the Interplay Stream Server, see “Installing and

Configuring the Stream Server Software” on page 161.

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Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

For information on the different types of Media Indexer systems, see “Different Types of

Media Indexers” on page 44.

Before Installing Media Indexer Software

The following are important for a successful Media Indexer configuration:

• Before you configure Media Indexer, install the Service Framework software and verify
that it’s running. For additional information, see “Verifying that the Service Framework

Services Are Running” on page 100.

• Before you configure Media Indexer to monitor your Avid Unity workspaces, the
workspaces must have an Avid MediaFiles folder. To create the folder, you can either
use an Avid editing application to capture or import media to the workspace or you can
manually create an Avid MediaFiles folder.

• Do not use spaces or special characters in your workspace names.

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the Interplay Readme for information about the ISIS client software to load on the Media
Indexer server.

Using UNC Drive Mapping on Interplay ISIS

On Avid Unity ISIS, you must select the “Use UNC (Letterless) Drive Mapping” option on
the Media Indexers that monitor shared storage.

To set UNC Drive Mapping:

t In the ISIS Client Manager window, select Preferences and select the letterless option.

For more information, see “Mounting Drives: Lettered versus Letterless” on page 113
and “Installation Check Lists” on page 21.

Installing the Media Indexer Software

To install the Media Indexer Server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Servers > Avid Interplay Media Indexer

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2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service
Framework for Server

Avid Interplay Access Allows for easy access to the Interplay Engine. This also installs the

Avid Interplay Media
Indexer

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complete. Restart the installer to perform the installation.

Perform the installation on primary and secondary shared storage Media
Indexers.

Interplay Administrator.

Installs the Media Indexer software.

Turning Off Service Framework Services to Conserve System Memory

The Service Framework for Server installer installs all components except for the Email
Alerter. Those are resource-intensive services that you should not install unless you
specifically require them. You can turn off services to conserve system memory depending
on the type of Media Indexer you are going to set up on this system. For more information,

“Disabling Framework Services” on page 101.

see

For information on which services should be installed (and running) on various systems, see

“Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems” on page 36.

Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor Shared Storage

This procedure describes how to configure a Media Indexer be the leader of a High
Availability Group and how to monitor shared storage. This is the basic configuration for a
small system with only one Media Indexer. The basic procedure is as follows:

1. Identify the Media Indexer as the leader of a High Availability group.

2. Identify the shared storage locations for that Media Indexer to monitor.
For more information on using Media Indexer, see the Avid Service Framework User’s

Guide and Avid Interplay Best Practices.

Before you configure the Media Indexer, verify that the Service Framework services are
running on the Media Indexer system. For more information, see

Indexer Software” on page 66.

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To configure the Media Indexer to monitor shared storage:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Service Framework >
Interplay Service Configuration.

Avid

2. If more than one workgroup appears in the list, click the triangular opener next to your

Workgroup name to open the Workgroup list.

3. On the Hosts tab, select the system that contains the Media Indexer you want to use to

monitor shared storage, and select Avid Media Indexer.

4. Click OK when the system prompts you for the Service Framework administrator

password. By default, there is no password. For additional information, see

Framework Administrator Password” on page 34.

A message box opens asking if you want to allow the service to run with unrestricted
security.

5. Click Yes.

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The system displays the Media Indexer information in the Avid Interplay Service
Configuration dialog box.

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6. Click Join High Availability Group and type a name for the group.
Perform this step even if there is only one Media Indexer for shared storage. The Media

Indexer that monitors shared storage must be part of a High Availability group even if
there is only one Media Indexer in the group.

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7. Click the Apply button.

8. Click the Configure button.
The system opens the Configure Storage dialog box. The following illustration shows a

Media Indexer that is already configured to monitor folders on two workspaces.

9. Click the Add button.
The Add Storage dialog box opens.

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10. Select the Media Files Location option and click OK.
The Media Files Location dialog box opens.

11. Type the UNC path to a folder within the workspace. For example,
\\computer_name\workspace_name\folder_name.

The following illustration shows the UNC path for the Avid MediaFiles folder on
workspace3. The system name in this example is avid-6c85183baf.

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MediaFiles folder or another folder in the workspace that you know contains valid Avid
media files. This way you will avoid attempting to index non-Avid files.

12. Click Apply and click OK.
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The message “Normal” indicates that the drive has been scanned and is currently
indexed. The message “Normal - Scanning” indicates the Media Indexer is now
scanning the storage area.

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because it runs as a background service.

13. (Option) Click Add and repeat the process to add any additional folders.

14. Click Apply and click OK to close the Configure Storages dialog box.

The first time that you configure a storage folder, the Media Indexer automatically indexes
the media in the folder. This might take a while depending on the amount of media in the
folder.

For information on configuring the Media Indexer on an Avid editing application system to
communicate with this shared storage Media Indexer, see

an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 81.

For more information, see “Different Types of Media Indexers” on page 44.

Tips for Adding a Shared Storage Workspace

“Connecting the Media Indexer on

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If the Media Indexer Configure Storages dialog box shows Storage Not Found in the
pathname you type, verify that you are using the UNC pathname to a folder containing Avid
media files.

To check the name to use in the UNC path:

1. Open My Computer on the Media Indexer system.

2. Check the name of the computer and workspace in the display.
The following illustration shows the name for the computer and workspace names used

in this example.

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Workspace and
computer name
for workspace1

This example requires the following UNC path for the Avid MediaFiles folder on
Workspace1:

\\avid-6c85183baf\Workspace1\Avid MediaFiles

Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server

If this is the first time you are installing the CaptureManager software, you need to install
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard before you install the CaptureManager software. For
installation procedures, see the Avid CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide
and the Avid CaptureManager ReadMe.

To install software on the CaptureManager server:

1. Click Servers on the Main Menu window, and then click CaptureManager Server.
The system launches the CaptureManager Server installation software.

2. Install CaptureManager software.
For information on installing and configuring CaptureManager, see the Avid

CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide.

3. (Option) Install the Interplay Transfer client software.

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Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software

The software for updating the Avid Low Res Encoder is on the Interplay Installer DVD. The
following are in the Avid_Low_Res_Encoder folder at the top level of the DVD:

• Files for updating the root disk image in the Avid_Low_Res_Encoder\rootdiscupdate
folder

• One file for updating the bootset that begins with the characters avid.ipv.mxf.

To access the files:

1. Navigate to the DVD drive in the Windows Explorer.

2. Right-click the DVD name, and select Explore.
For information on updating the software on the Avid Low Res Encode system, see the

Avid Interplay Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration Guide. This file is on the
Installer DVD in the same folder as the bootset and is also on the Avid Knowledge
Base.

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The following topics describe the Interplay software installation on Interplay clients:

• Installing Software on Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct Systems

• Installing Software on an Interplay Access System

• Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems

• Panasonic DVCPRO P2 and Ikegami NLTEK Media

• Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client

• Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

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Installing Software on Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct Systems

This section describes how to install Interplay Assist or Instinct software.

To install Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct software:

1. Select one of the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Install Client Support > Avid Interplay Assist
Install Client Support > Avid Instinct

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service
Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Assist Installs the Assist application software. For more information, see the

Avid Instinct Installs the Avid Instinct application software. For more information,

The installer automatically installs the components required for the
application. When the system asks for a workgroup name, type the
name of the workgroup you set up on the Interplay Engine. The name is
case sensitive.

Avid Interplay Assist User’s Guide.

see the Avid Instinct User’s Guide.

Running Interplay Assist and Editing Applications on Same System

The following limitations apply to running Assist and an editing application (such as
NewsCutter, Media Composer

• Because the two applications share the same libraries, the Assist release and the editor
release must be from the same “bundle”. This means that for a given editor release you
must install the corresponding R release of Assist ().

• Do not run Interplay Assist and an Avid editing application on the same computer at the
same time. Performance and functionality are not guaranteed in this combination
because the applications are not designed to share the computer resources.

• If you uninstall one of the applications you will uninstall some shared .dlls. In that case
you must reinstall the application that you want to use.

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, or Avid Instinct™) on the same computer:

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Installing Software on an Interplay Access System

You can install Interplay Access on any system that you want to use to work with the

Interplay Engine. Besides installing Avid Interplay Access, this installation also

Avid
installs the Avid

To install Interplay Access software:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Install Client Support > Avid Interplay Access

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Interplay Administrator.

Avid Service
Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

The Service Framework is optional for an Interplay Access system.

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For information on using the Avid Interplay Access and the Avid Interplay Administrator,
see the following manuals:

• Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide

• Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide

(Option) The installer automatically installs the components required
for the application. When the system asks for a workgroup name, type
the name of the workgroup you set up on the Interplay Engine. The
name is case sensitive.

Macintosh Installer for Interplay Access Client

Interplay Access is supported on Mac OS X. On the OS X platform, support is limited to
operations relating to file assets (not Avid sequences, clips, and so on). For more
information about using Access with Mac OS X, see the Avid
Guide.

The installer for Mac OS X is located on the Avid Interplay Installer DVD in the following
folder:

Interplay Access User’s

Installers\JXDK\Mac_Installer

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To run the Macintosh® installer for Interplay Access:

1. Open the DVD on a Windows system.

2. Copy the installer.zip file to your Macintosh system.

3. Unzip the file and run the installer.
The installation software installs Interplay Access in the following folder:
Applications\Avid\Avid Interplay Access

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems

Use the Avid Editor window to install Interplay components on the following systems:

• Avid NewsCutter Adrenaline and Avid NewsCutter XP

• Avid Media Composer

• Avid Symphony Nitris

Each of these Avid editing applications has its own installation DVD for the Avid editing
application software. This section describes how to install the components that are required
by the Interplay environment.

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To install Interplay components on an Avid editing system:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Install Client Support > Avid Editor Support

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service
Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Interplay Media
Indexer

The installer automatically installs the components required for the
application. When the system asks for a workgroup name, type the
name of the workgroup you set up on the Interplay Engine. The name is
case sensitive.

You configure this Media Indexer to communicate with the Media
Indexer monitoring shared storage. For more information, see

“Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the
Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 81. You can also

configure the Media Indexer to index your local drives. For more
information, see “Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local

Drives” on page 86.

Component Description

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Avid Interplay
Transfer Client

Avid Interplay
ProEncode Client

If the editing system is on a different subnet from the system running the Service
Framework Lookup service, you must use Unicast Discovery to allow the editor to locate the
Lookup Server or install a MultiCast Repeater on at least one system on that subnet. For
more information, see
and “Configuring a Multicast Repeater” on page 123.

The Avid editing applications must have either an Avid Unity MediaNetwork Connection

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Manager or Avid Unity ISIS Client Manager installed and configured to connect to shared
storage.

(Option) Install this software to take advantage of Interplay Transfer
features such as Send to Playback and workgroup to workgroup
transfers. For information on configuring the Interplay Transfer client,
see the Help for your Avid editing application or the Avid Interplay
Transfer Setup and User’s Guide.

(Option) Install this software if you are using ProEncode services with
your Interplay Media Services server.

“Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service” on page 121

Moving Editors Between Interplay Systems

Each editor has a matching Interplay release. The release contains the qualified Interplay
components for that editor. You can connect an editor to different Interplay environments
but you must always install the qualified set of Interplay components on the editor.

Service Framework Workstation Service

You have a choice of installing the regular Service Framework services or installing the
Workstation Service. The Workstation Service combines the following three services into
one service:

• Avid Service Starter

• Avid Time Synchronization

• Avid Machine Monitor

This Service should only be installed on Avid editing application systems. If the three
Framework services are already present, the installer replaces them with the Workstation
Service. The installer is on the Avid Interplay Installer DVD in the following location:

Installers\wgframework\Avid_Framework_Workstation

For additional information, see the Avid Service Framework User’s Guide.

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Configuring an Avid Editing System in the Service Framework

After you complete the installation on each Avid editing system, verify that the Service
Framework services are running on that system.

To verify that the Service Framework services are running:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework

Workgroup Properties.

> Avid
The Avid Workgroup Properties window opens.

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2. If your Workgroup name doesn’t appear in the Workgroup field, click the Edit button
and type the name of the Workgroup.

The Workgroup name can be different than the name of the computer that the Workgroup

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database is running on. This depends on how your Workgroup was originally configured. In
this example, the Workgroup name is the same as the machine name.

If there is a green check mark next to the “Status” field, all services are running.

3. If the check mark is not green, click the Advanced button.
The Avid Interplay Services dialog box opens.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems

This dialog box allows you to view all services that are monitored by the Avid Service
Framework.

4. If necessary, select a service and click Start.

To verify that your system is listed in the Service Framework:

1. On any system that has the Avid Interplay Service Configuration tool installed, click the
Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework > Avid
Service Configuration.

The Avid Service Configuration window opens.

2. See if the system you want to verify is listed.

3. If the system is in the list, then it is part of the Service Framework. You can optionally
click the triangular opener next to the name and check which services are running on the
system.

4. If the system you want to verify is not listed, it might be on a different subnet than the
system running the Service Framework Lookup service. In that case, you need to use
Unicast Discovery to allow the editor to locate the Lookup Server or install a MultiCast
Repeater on at least one system on the other subnet. See

to the Lookup Service” on page 121 and “Configuring a Multicast Repeater” on page

123.

“Connecting Systems Directly

Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage

An administrator can configure the Media Indexers for the Avid editing applications on any
system running the Interplay Service Configuration component of the Service Framework
software.

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To configure the Media Indexer for an Avid editing application:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework
> Avid Service Configuration.

2. If more than one workgroup appears in the list, click the triangular opener next to your
Workgroup name to open the Workgroup list.

3. Locate the Avid editing system in the list and select the Avid Interplay Media Indexer
service.

The following illustration shows an Avid editing system named techpub8200n.

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The system prompts you for the Service Framework administrator password. By default,
there is no password. For additional information, see

“Service Framework

Administrator Password” on page 34.

4. Click Yes, when the system displays a message asking if you want to allow the service
to run with unrestricted security.

5. Click Configure.
The Configure Storages dialog box opens.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems

6. Click Add.
The Add Storage dialog box opens.

7. Select Avid Interplay Media Indexer and click OK.

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The Avid Interplay Media Indexer dialog box opens.

8. Do the following:
a. Select Connect to a High Availability Media Indexer Group.
b. Select your group from the Group Name menu.

Ask the Interplay system administrator for the name of the High Availability Group.

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c. Select Load Balanced from the Mode menu.

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d. Click Apply, and then click OK.
The system displays the high availability group in the Configure Storages dialog box.

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If you click the triangular opener, the system displays the storage locations associated with

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the Media Indexer on shared storage.

9. Click Apply, and then click OK to close the Configure Storages dialog box.

Using the Processes Tab to Configure Media Indexers

Rather than selecting systems individually on the Hosts tab, you can also select the
Processes tab on the Interplay Service Configuration window and configure the Media
Indexers for all the systems on the Interplay environment from that tab.

To use the Processes to configure the Media Indexers:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework
> Avid Service Configuration.

2. Click the Processes tab and select the Avid Interplay Media Indexer service.

3. Select the Avid editing system.

4. Click Configure and connect the system to the High Availability Group as described in

“Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer
Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 81.

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The following illustration shows the Processes tab with the Media Indexer for shared
storage selected.

For more information on the Media Indexer, see Avid Service Framework User’s Guide and
the Avid

Interplay Best Practices.

Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local Drives

To configure the local Media Indexer to index your local drives:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework
> Avid Service Configuration.

2. If more than one workgroup appears in the list, click the triangular opener next to your
Workgroup name to open the Workgroup list.

3. Locate the Avid editing system in the list and select the Avid Interplay Media Indexer
service.

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The following illustration shows an Avid editing system named techpub8200n.

4. Click OK when the system prompts you for the Service Framework administrator
password. By default, there is no password.

5. Click Yes, in the a message box asking if you want to allow the service to run with
unrestricted security.

6. Click Configure.
The Configure Storages dialog box opens. In the following illustration you can see that

this Media Indexer is already connected to the shared storage Media Indexer.

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Browse button.

7. Select the Media Table icon and click Add.
The Add Storage dialog box opens.

8. Select Media Files Location and click OK.
The Media Files Location dialog box opens

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9. Click the Browse button.

You can use the Browse button when you configure local storage but you must type a UNC

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path when you configure shared storage drives.

The Open dialog box opens.

10. Navigate to the location of your Avid MediaFiles folder.
The following illustration shows the Avid MediaFiles folder on a MediaDock storage

device.

11. Click Open.
The Media Files Location dialog box opens and displays the new location.

12. Click Apply and then click OK.
The Configure Storages dialog box opens and displays the new location.

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Local
storage

13. (Option) Click the Add button to add any additional storages.

14. Click Apply and then click OK to close the Configure Storages dialog box.

15. Click Apply in the Avid Service Configuration window, and then close the window.

To instruct Media Indexer to automatically recognize local drives:

1. Start the Avid editing application.

2. Select Tools > Media Creation.

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Panasonic DVCPRO P2 and Ikegami NLTEK Media

The Media Creation window opens.

3. On the Drive Filtering and Indexing tab, click the “Auto-index local drives as they come
online” button.

The local Media Indexer automatically configures Avid media files on your local drives.

If you don’t want the Media indexer to automatically scan your local drives, deselect the

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Auto-index option.

4. (Option) Click Manual Storage Scan to start a scan.

5. (Option) Select one of the warning options. The warning occurs if the Media indexer
has problems scanning files on the local drive.

Panasonic DVCPRO P2 and Ikegami NLTEK Media

Interplay supports Panasonic® DVCPRO® P2 equipment and Ikegami® NLTEK equipment.
For information on using the equipment in an Interplay environment, see the latest version
of the Interplay ReadMe on the Knowledge Base.

Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client

To install CaptureManager client software on a CaptureManager client:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Install Client Support > CaptureManager Client

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The system begins the installation.

For information on installing CaptureManager and using the CaptureManager client, see the
Avid CaptureManager User’s Guide and

Adapter” on page 132.

“Configuring Avid AirSpeed in Avid Interplay

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

The Pro Tools Interplay Client installer allows you to install Interplay Access and the

Tools Interplay Option on a Pro Tools|HD system (Windows only). The Pro Too ls

Pro
Interplay Option allows you to use Interplay to pass audio files back and forth between Avid
video editing systems and Pro

To install Pro Tools Interplay Client software:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:
Install Client Support > Pro Tools Interplay Client

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Tools® editing systems.

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Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Pro Tools Interplay
Option

3. Before you use the Pro Tools Interplay Option, you must start Interplay Access one time
to establish a connection to the Interplay database. See

Connection Between Pro Tools|HD and Interplay” on page 93.

The next time you launch Pro Tools|HD, the following menu options are available:

• File > Import > Sequence from Avid Interplay

• File > Export > Selected Tracks to Sequence in Avid Interplay

For information on using the Pro Tools Interplay Option, see Avid Interplay Best Practices.

You can also install this option on another system in order to make it more convenient for

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the Interplay administrator to configure the Import and Export settings.

This installs the following components into the Interplay Administrator
application: “Editor Export Settings for Pro Tools” and “Pro Tools
Import Settings.”

“Establishing the First

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

Video Satellite Support

Interplay supports the Pro Tools|HD Video Satellite option. Video Satellite allows you to
synchronize playback and capture between Pro Tools|HD and either an Avid editing
application or MediaStation|PT.

The following Pro Tools|HD releases support the Video Satellite option:

• Pro Tools|HD v8.0cs1 supports the following:

- Interplay v1.2.3 and greater

- Avid Media Composer v3.1.2 and greater

• Pro Tools|HD v7.4 supports the following:

- Interplay v1.1.4 and greater

- MediaStation|PT v2.7

Pro Tools|HD v8.0cs1 does not support MediaStation|PT v2.7.

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For additional information, see the Video Satellite Guide Version 8.0.

Establishing the First Connection Between Pro Tools|HD and Interplay

After you use the Interplay Installer DVD to install the Pro Tools Interplay Option and
Interplay Access on your Pro Tools|HD system, you must use Interplay Access to establish a
connection to the Interplay database that you will be using. This is a one-time requirement
that establishes the connection between your Pro Tools|HD system and Interplay. Simply
logging on to the Interplay Engine database from Access will establish the connection. Then
you can exit Access and start using Pro Tools|HD with Interplay.

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available license on the Interplay Engine. For example, if you have 10 Access licenses and
all 10 are being used, one person must log out of Access while you establish this initial
connection.

For information on licenses and for information on using Pro Tools|HD in an Interplay
environment, see the Pro Tools Avid Interplay guide and the Avid Interplay Best Practices
guide.

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You can run individual optional installers as described in the following sections:

• Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software

• Installing Avid Interplay Access or Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status

• Installing Interplay Media Services Client Updater for Interplay Access

• Browsing the Interplay Installer DVD

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Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software

The Service Framework is used to monitor and configure the Media Indexer and the optional
Interplay Auto Archive service. It also lets you monitor the health of other components that
have the Service Framework installed and to view logs on the systems. For more
information, see the Avid Service Framework User’s Guide.

You install different components of the Service Framework software on different systems in
the Avid Interplay environment. The individual installation windows automatically install
all the components needed for the clients and servers. This installer lets you select and install
specific components.

For a list of the Framework components that should be installed on different systems, see

“Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems” on page 36.

To install the Service Framework software:

1. Click Individual Optional Installers in the Main Menu window.
The Optional Installers window opens.

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2. Click Avid Service Framework Custom.
The Introduction window opens.

3. Click Next.
The Choose Install Folder window opens.

4. Accept the default values and click Next.
The Join a Workgroup window opens.

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5. Type the name of your Workgroup and click Next.

Use the same Workgroup name on all Interplay clients. You can either use the default
value or type a name for your Workgroup. The name is case sensitive.

If you are updating the Service Framework software, the installer remembers the last
installed value. If the workgroup name was changed after the install, the installer will
not be aware of the change.

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The Options window opens.

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6. Select the type of Framework installation you wish to make. For more information, see

“Service Framework Components” on page 36.

7. Click Next.
The Custom Setup dialog box opens. This dialog box displays the components that will

be installed.

Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software

The following illustration shows the default components for a Framework Client install.

If this is not the correct set of components, do one of the following:

t Click the Back button and select a different group.
t Select or deselect components from the list in the Custom Setup dialog box.

Don’t add components that you don’t need. This can affect system performance.

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8. Click Next and follow the installation instructions to complete the installation.
The installer might require that you restart your system to complete the installation.

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Verifying that the Service Framework Services Are Running

You must perform these steps on each system running the Service Framework Services.

To verify that the Service Framework Services are running:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Service Framework >
Workgroup Properties.

Avid
The Avid Workgroup Properties window opens.

If there is a green check mark next to the “Status” field, all services are running.

2. To view the services, click the Advanced button.

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The Avid Interplay Services dialog box opens.

This dialog box lets you view all services that are monitored by the Service Framework.

3. If necessary, select a service and click Start.