Pinnacle Systems Interplay Capture - 1.0 Installation Manual

Avid® Interplay® Capture

Installation and Administration Guide

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Avid Interplay Capture Installation and Administration Guide • 0130-30666-01 Rev A• Created 4/20/11 • This document is distributed by Avid in online (electronic) form only, and is not available for purchase in printed form.

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

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 1 Introduction to Avid Interplay Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Architecture and Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Support Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chapter 2 Capture Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Gather Site Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Prerequisite and Optional Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Checklist: Prepare the Interplay Capture Server Operating System . . . . . . . . . 34

Configuring Network Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

AirSpeed Multi Stream Network Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Adrienne Timecode Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Checklist: Set up the VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Configuring the Digi Serial Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Digi Port Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Serial Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Serial Device Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

COM Port Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

VTR Channel Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Checklist: Interplay Capture Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Avid Service Framework Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing Avid License Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Installing Capture Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Plug-in Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Capture Client Installation on the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Router Control Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Capture Database in Interplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Chapter 3 Capture Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Checklist: Capture Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configuring the Capture Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configuring the Avid Interplay Shared Storage Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Interplay Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Configuring the Avid Route Engine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Route Confidence Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Manual Routing of a Source to an External Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Assign an External Monitor to a Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Route the First Source to Default Source Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configuring the Avid Time Synchronization Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Configuring the Interplay Capture License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Adding the Temporary Capture License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Generate an Activation File for a Full Capture License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Add the Permanent Capture License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Configuring Device Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

AirSpeed Device Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Low-Resolution Encoder Device Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Low-Resolution Encoder VMOPTIONS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

VTR Device Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Interplay Administrator Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Capture Settings Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

General Settings Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Channels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Channel Pools Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Ancillary Data for Channel Pools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Ingest Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Ingest Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Aspect Ratio Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chapter 4 Capture Workstation Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing Applications and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Installing Client Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Interplay Administrator Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Chapter 5 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Main Interplay Capture Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Avid Interplay Capture Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Avid Interplay Capture Clip Manager Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Avid Interplay Shared Storage Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Avid Route Engine Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Avid Capture Web Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Device Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Avid Service Framework Applications & Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Avid Monitoring Gateway Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Redundancy/Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Service Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Viewing the Status of Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Starting and Stopping Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Chapter 6 Shared Storage Service Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Configuring the Shared Storage Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Viewing Shared Storage Service Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Discovery Status Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Shared Storage Service Overview Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

<Server Hostname> Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Chapter 7 System Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Status Bar Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Record Controller Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Data Store Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Monitoring Service Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Avid Health Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Viewing Capture Service Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Database Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Channels Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

System Data Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Ingest System Information Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Record Controllers Information Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Schedule Information Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Channel Pool Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Device Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Workspace Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Channel Allocation Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Field Validation Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

License Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Viewing Shared Storage Service Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Shared Storage Service Overview Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

<Shared Storage Server Hostname> Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Shared Storage Service Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Viewing Route Engine Service Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Plug-in Information Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Viewing Device Services Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Chapter 8 Capture Web Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Installing Capture Web Service (Remote API) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Changing the Web Service Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Chapter 9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Master Clips and Device Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Master Clip Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Device Clip Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Failed Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Using the Support Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Standard Information to Include Regardless of Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

VTR Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

VTR Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Source VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Clips From Source VTR Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Avid Interplay Capture Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Opening the Monitoring application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Customizing the Interplay Capture Monitor Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Router Crosspoints Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Route Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Channels Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Viewing Details and Clearing Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Channel Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Channel Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Starting the Route Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

System Diagnostics Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of Avid Interplay Capture. Avid Interplay Capture is a newsroom ingest tool that enables automated recordings. It is comprised of individual applications, which allow you to schedule and monitor recordings, and to capture video from a video feed or VTR. Capture stores its schedule and other metadata in the Interplay database, which allows for easy access to the captured material within the Interplay work environment.

This guide contains all the task-oriented instructions, conceptual information, and reference material you need to install and administer your Avid Interplay Capture software.

This guide is intended for those personnel charged with setting up and maintaining the Avid Interplay Capture system.

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1 Introduction to Avid Interplay Capture

The following provides an overview of the Avid Interplay Capture system, its workflow, and user interface.

This chapter contains the following main sections:

• Overview

- Architecture and Workflow

- Features

• The User Interface

• Support Dialog Box

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Overview

Interplay Capture is a newsroom ingest tool that enables automated recordings. It contains individual applications, which allow you to schedule and monitor recordings. Capture stores its schedule and other metadata in the Interplay database, which allows for easy access to the captured material within the Interplay work environment.

The Capture system works with Avid Service Framework applications and services to ensure you always have the best system performance. These applications and services provide health monitoring, diagnostics, and discovery so users and system administrators can monitor the system and sub-system health, as well as the health of connected devices and channels.

As an option, Capture can use Avid Router Control to dynamically route media from sources to destinations. Sources are routed to particular destinations, which may be devices configured to be controlled by Capture, such as Avid AirSpeed, Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream, Avid Interplay Low-res encoders or VTR tape decks.

Architecture and Workflow

The Avid Interplay Capture broadcast news workflow starts with the ability to control the capture of ingest feeds from any source, such as satellite downlinks, microwave relays, field tapes, and studio input. Capture also provides user rights management for ingest. The Capture system includes channel pools and dynamic channel allocation, which helps automate some resource management tasks, and adds another layer of fault tolerance. It has the ability to create pools of channels for specific assignment, such as a channel pool used only for “sports”. A pool could also be specified by format or resolution, such as “720p”. Since Capture has redundant services, mirrored channels, and channel failover, the risk for system failure is minimized.

Capture interfaces with a wide range of industry standard components, allowing for easy, simultaneous control of routers, VTRs and video servers. The Schedule application provides users a way to schedule recordings in advance, on a single day or on recurring days. Users can also perform instant recordings by ensuring the synchronous start of multiple ingest devices—for late-breaking news events.

Overview

Features

The Avid Interplay Capture system provides the features described in the following table:

Feature Description

Shared Interplay Database Capture stores a complete copy of its database, settings, and user

permissions in the Interplay database.

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Feature (Continued) Description (Continued)

Interplay Authentication All Interplay users can log into Capture because Capture uses Interplay

authentication methods. Capture user permissions, such as whether or not a user can modify the recording schedule, are set in Interplay.

Interplay Clip Capture creates its own Interplay clip that groups all resolutions, mirrors,

and recovered clips into one master clip that represents a recording as a whole.

Interplay Master Clip Metadata Updates

Capture can update the metadata in the Interplay master clip. If a change is made to a recording’s name in Capture, the updated name is reflected in the master clip.

Transfer Status Capture reports the transfer status of clips from the ingest device to the

shared storage. Capture reports the transfer status per clip, and as a summary status for all clips, in a recording on the timeline.

Interplay Check-in Status Capture reports the Interplay check-in status of clips from the ingest device

to Interplay. It reports the check-in status per clip and as a summary status for all clips in a recording on the timeline.

Clip Retransfers A user can initiate a retransfer of clips back to Shared Storage (ISIS) and

Interplay from the ingest device.

Automated Clip Deletion Capture can delete clips and media off Interplay and Shared storage (ISIS)

after a set amount of time. Reserved media does not get deleted.

Multi-resolution Recordings Multi-resolution recordings can be enabled, per recording, for proxy editing

workflows. This results in two clips of different resolutions associated with the same master clip in Interplay.

Mirrored Recordings Mirroring can be enabled, per recording, for hot channel redundancy. This

results in two clips of the same resolution associated with the same master clip in Interplay.

Multi-Source Recordings Multi-source, sometimes referred to as Multi-cam, can be enabled, per

recording, for managing multiple sources, which share the same scheduled start and end times, in the same recording. This results in separate master clips for each source. Later, the editor can link the source master clips together to continue a multi-cam workflow.

Recurring Recordings Recordings can be set to recur on a scheduled interval of daily, weekly or

monthly.

Segmented Recordings Recordings can be set to segment at a user defined interval. For instance, a

24 hour recording could be segmented into 1 hour master clips.

Overview

Feature (Continued) Description (Continued)

Recording Templates Templates can be created from recordings that contain some, or all, required

metadata. These templates can be used when making future recordings to populate the saved set of recording metadata.

Recording Favorites Favorites are a per user preference that can be saved and reused.

Instant Recordings Favorites can be setup as instant recordings. Instant recordings begin

recording immediately if there is an available channel for the recording.

Dual Monitor support User preferences set for Capture can remember multiple monitor screen

layouts.

Time Boundaries The Schedule panel in Capture allows scheduling and viewing recordings

over midnight and other common time boundaries.

Quick Recording Turnaround Capture recordings can be scheduled as near in the future as the user

requests. No artificial two minute block for schedule recordings.

Workspace Steering Users can specify, per recording and per channel, the workspace to which

media is transferred. This is dynamically set from Capture and does not require pre setting destination templates on the ingest device.

Cloned Recordings Recordings can be cloned, or copied. When cloning a recording, all metadata

for the recording is duplicated to another recording. This enables a user to quickly setup a recording, when one already exists, which contains all metadata they need.

Interplay Capture Monitor Interplay Capture Monitor is an administrative application for monitoring all

channels and crosspoints configured in the Capture and Router Control environment.

Recording Health Capture reports problems to users by recording health. Recording health is

indicated to the user by displaying a warning or critical icon. Examples of recording health include invalid metadata or over allocation of channels.

Channel Pool Health Capture reports problems with channels through channel pool health.

Channel pool health is indicated to the user by displaying a warning or critical icon. Examples of channel pool health include channel offline, ingest device disk space low, or missing router destination.

Shared Storage Health Capture reports problems with shared storage workspaces through shared

storage health. Health is indicated by a warning or critical icon. Shared storage health indicates when disk space on workspaces is low.

System Health Capture reports problems with the overall system through system health.

System health is indicated by a warning or critical icon. System health includes a summary of all other health as well as additional system functions like data store and record controller connectivity.

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Feature (Continued) Description (Continued)

System Diagnostics Capture uses the Avid Service Framework Diagnostic application to store all

logs.These granular logs are extremely useful when troubleshooting any issues.

Recording Clip History Each Capture recording keeps a history of all of the clips it checked into

Interplay.

Channel Pools Capture groups channels together in channel pools. When it starts, a

recording automatically selects a healthy channel from the pool.

Channel Pool Conflict Resolution If a channel failure were to occur during a recording, an available healthy

channel from the pool is started and continues the recording.

VTR Destination Capture can be configured to have a VTR as a destination. This is designed

to be a backup ingest option.

Capture Service Redundancy The Capture service,which contains the data store and record controller, uses

the Avid Service Framework redundancy. Avid supports up to two Capture services in the Interplay workgroup.

Shared Storage Service Redundancy

Route Engine Service Redundancy

Capture Web Service The Remote API allows third party applications to create, modify, and delete

The Shared Storage service uses the Avid Service Framework redundancy. framework. Avid supports up to two Shared Storage services in the Interplay workgroup.

The Route Engine service uses the Avid Service Framework redundancy. Avid supports up to two Route Engine services in the Interplay workgroup.

recordings. As well receive notifications of updates to recordings.

The User Interface

The Capture user interface contains panels, menus, status bar, and convenient controls some of which are shown in the following example.

The User Interface

The following shows an example of the Avid Capture Monitor application user interface.

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Panels

Panels are components that appear in the application and provide information in various ways as well as tools and controls, which help you use the panels effectively. The Capture window contains panels that you can dock, undock, move, resize, or even hide from view. You can autohide the panels on a side of the window, where they can appear if you move the mouse pointer that area. Each panel is easily identified by the name appearing in its title bar as shown in the following Alerts panel example.

The User Interface

Another panel available in the Avid Capture Schedule application is the Interplay directory panel, shown in the following illustration.

For more information about the panels, including the Interplay directory panel, see the Avid Interplay Capture User’s Guide.

Menu Bar

Each Capture application has a menu bar that contains some or all of the following menus:

• File

•View

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• Tools

•Help

The following table describes the menus, options and shortcut keys for the Avid Interplay Capture Schedule application.

Schedule Application Menu Submenu Shortcut Keys Description

File New Ctrl+N Opens the Schedule Item Detail panel.

New Default Ctrl+Shift+N Opens the Schedule Item Detail panel but

skips the template chooser dialog box (Same as selecting File > New and pressing the Skip button on the template chooser dialog box.) The Schedule Item Detail panel opens with default values in some of the fields.

Save Ctrl+S Saves changes to the currently selected

recording.

Save as Template Saves this recording as a template to use for

other recordings.

Exit Closes the Capture application.

View Alerts Ctrl+Shift+A Displays the Alerts panel.

Calendar Ctrl+Shift+D Displays the Calendar panel.

Clock Ctrl+Shift+K Displays the Clock panel.

Favorites Ctrl+Shift+F Displays the Favorites panel.

Interplay Ctrl+Shift+I Displays the Interplay directory panel.

Schedule Ctrl+Shift+T Displays the Schedule timeline panel.

VTR Session Displays the VTR Session panel.

Sources Ctrl+Shift+R Displays the Sources panel.

Channel Pools Ctrl+Shift+P Displays the Channel Pools panel.

Control Ctrl+Shift+C Displays the Control panel.

VTR Sources Displays the VTR Sources panel.

Status Bar Displays the Status Bar.

The User Interface

Schedule Application Menu

Tools Options Opens the Options dialog box. These

Help Help Displays the help system.

Submenu (Continued) Shortcut Keys Description (Continued)

options apply to the current user only. They do not affect other users or the behavior of the system.

Diagnostics Displays the Diagnostics panel.

Support Opens the Support dialog box.

About Display information about Avid Capture.

The following table describes the menus and options for the Avid Interplay Capture Monitor application.

Monitor Application Menu Submenu Description

File Exit Closes the Capture application.

View Alerts Displays the Alerts panel.

Router Crosspoints Displays the Router Crosspoints panel.

Channels Displays the Channels Panel.

Help Help Displays the help system.

Support Opens the Support dialog box.

About Display information about Avid Capture.

Diagnostics Displays the Diagnostics panel.

Status Bar

The Status bar shows connectivity and health of the Capture system and subsystems, including, in the following graphic from left to right, workspace health, record controller connectivity, data store connectivity, and overall system health.

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The following table describes the possible icons that appear on the Status bar.

Health Status Icon Description

Normal, good health status

Unknown

Warning health status

Critical, failure health status

Record Controller not connected

Data store not connected

Whether or not the Status bar appears in the user interface is customizable.

To show or hide the display of the status bar:

1. Select View > Status Bar.

2. Do one of the following:

t Select the Status Bar check box to display the status bar in the Capture window.

t Deselect the Status Bar check box to hide the status bar in the Capture window.

Support Dialog Box

Capture provides a Support dialog box for users to log support information—from the application’s diagnostic logs—about any issues encountered, which might require contacting Avid for additional support.

To log support information:

1. Select Help > Support.

2. Enter a description of the issue in the Support dialog box.

3. Click the Save button. The Save support zip dialog box opens.

Support Dialog Box

4. Select the name and location where you want the zipped file to be saved.

5. Click the Save button.

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The system saves your comments inside a zipped file that also contains other vital information, such as system settings and software versions, which enable support personnel to troubleshoot the issue. This file can then be e-mailed to Avid.

6. E-mail the aforementioned zipped file to Avid.

2 Capture Server Installation

The Avid Interplay Capture Server stores its schedule and other metadata in the Interplay database, which allows for easy access to the captured material within the Interplay work environment.

This topic contains information about the following:

• System Architecture

• Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

• Checklist: Interplay Capture Server Installation

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System Architecture

Your Avid Interplay Capture system might include some or all of the following:

• Capture Server — This can be an SR2500 or an AS3000 from Avid.

• AirSpeed Device Service Expansion Server — From Avid.

• Capture Workstation — This computer is supplied by the customer.

• Capture Client — This software is installed on Interplay Assist.

For the most current Capture system hardware and software specifications, see the system requirements listed online for Avid Interplay Capture.

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

Before you start to install software and configure the Interplay Capture Server(s), ensure the following tasks are completed.

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Tasks Refer to...

Gather Site Information “Gather Site Information” on page 33

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Prepare Interplay Capture

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Server Operating System

Configure Network Teaming “Configuring Network Teaming” on page 34

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Install and Configure the

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Adrienne Timecode Card

Set up the VTR “Checklist: Set up the VTR” on page 45

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“Checklist: Prepare the Interplay Capture Server Operating System” on page 34

“Adrienne Timecode Card” on page 38

Gather Site Information

Prior to installing Avid Interplay Capture, collect the following information and keep it readily available for use during the process. For convenience, you can print the following table and fill in the information unique to your site.

Type of Information Needed Site Specific Notes

Interplay Workgroup Name

Interplay Workgroup Lookup service (fully qualified domain names)

Interplay/ISIS administrator account and password

Automated Routing (using Avid Router Control)

Router make, model, and software version

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

Router Group Name

Avid also recommends you have a list of the site’s ingest channels. This listshould include the following information about each ingest channel:

• Channel Index

• Router Crosspoints

• Timecode Source

• Channel Pool Type

Prerequisite and Optional Applications

The following are prerequisite applications required by Avid Interplay Capture:

• Avid ISIS Client (required for the shared storage service)

• Interplay Access (required for the Capture Administrator Plug-in)

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The following are optional applications that you can use with Avid Interplay Capture:

• Interplay Adapter (required for AirSpeed Classic only).

• A separate adapter can be installed on each server for load balancing. The adaptor installer suggests one adapter per 10 AirSpeed Servers. Each Capture Server can run 10 AirSpeed Device services so Avid recommends a separate adapter on each Capture Server. There is no redundancy in the Interplay Adapter.

• NTP Server from http://www.ntp.org. Some sites choose to use NTP as their time synchronization protocol. Bundled with the Capture installers is the NTP server and Avid recommended installation instructions.

Checklist: Prepare the Interplay Capture Server Operating System

Prior to installing or configuring any software on the Capture Servers, ensure the following tasks are completed:

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Task

Set up Time Synchronization (Internet Update, Domain Time, NTP, or the Avid Service Framework, Time Synchronization service).

When using the Avid Service Framework, Time Synchronization service as the method of synchronizing time, disable Windows Time service and also disable "Internet Time" update from clock settings.

Verify that your time zone is correct.

Disable the User Account Control (UAC) setting for the Windows user account.

Disable real time scanning of virus scanners. (Schedule full scans for a time when systems are at minimal use.)

Install any Windows updates.

Match the Windows user account to ISIS and the Interplay Administrator user account. This is recommended to make a unique account on ISIS and Interplay for use with Capture.

Configuring Network Teaming

The recommended network configuration for Avid Interplay Capture is to connect both servers, the primary and backup, to a VLAN30. If your site does not have a VLAN30, then both Capture Servers should be installed in VLAN10 or VLAN20; it is very important that both servers are installed on the same VLAN.

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

Interplay Capture does not support connecting the Capture Servers to more than one VLAN. ISIS networks have two VLANs, and many of the Interplay Production Servers are dual connected to VLAN10 and VLAN20. Interplay Capture does not support this type of configuration.

To help alleviate network failure scenarios, Interplay Capture supports network teaming.

This lets a site connect both network adapters on a server to one or two separate switches. The two adapters share the same IP address.

When using network teaming, Avid recommends setting the receive and transmit buffers of the network adapters used to 1024.

When configuring teaming, ensure the receive and transmit buffers are set on both adapters.

To set the buffers:

1. Open the Properties of one of the network connections.

2. Click the Configure button.

3. Confirm the network driver is version 9.13.12.0. If it is not, upgrade to this version before continuing.

4. Open the Teaming tab.

5. Select the “Team this adapter with other adapters” option.

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6. Click the New Team button.

7. Enter a name for the new team, such as, NIC Team.

8. Click the OK button.

9. Select both adapters to be a part of the new team.

10. Click the Next button.

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11. Select the Adapter Fault Tolerance team type.

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AirSpeed Multi Stream Network Teaming

If an AirSpeed Multi Stream controlled by Capture were to have a network failure on the primary network connection, the AirSpeed Multi Stream device service does not automatically begin communicating on the other NIC. If this happens, re-starting the AirSpeed Multi Stream resolves the issue.

To prevent this situation from happening, your site can set up fault-tolerance network teaming for both VLAN connections at your site. This results in four connected network adapters, two for each VLAN.

To set up fault-tolerance network teaming for both VLAN connections:

1. (Recommendation) Name each network adapter.

2. Open the Properties of one of the network connections.

3. Click the Configure button.

4. Confirm the network driver is version 9.13.12.0. If it is not, upgrade to this version before continuing.

5. Open the Teaming tab.

6. Create a network team. For instance, name the team VLAN10 Team or VLAN20 Team.

It is not important which connections go to which VLANs.

7. Select the adapters to include in the team. These are adapter port numbers, not to be confused with the “Local Area Connection 1” names.

8. Click the Next button.

9. Select the Adapter Fault Tolerance team type.

10. Repeat steps 6 through 9 for the second VLAN team.

Adrienne Timecode Card

The Adrienne timecode card is installed in any slot in the Interplay Capture Server. This is true whether the server is an SR2500, which uses the PCI card or an AS3000, which uses the PCIe card.

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

To configure the PCI Adrienne timecode card for the SR2500:

1. Physically install the PCI card into the SR2500 server.

2. Turn on and log in to the server.

3. Under Administrative Tools, open Server Manager.

4. Navigate to Diagnostics>Device Manager.

5. In the directory tree locate Class for Adrienne PCI-TC devices. If it is not there, you might need to install the drivers in order to locate it. To do this, find the unknown device, right-click and select the Update Driver Software option.

6. Browse to the Adrienne drivers folder, which is included with the Avid Interplay Capture installers.

The finished device in Device Manager looks like the following:

The Avid Time Synchronization service has the capability to get the timecode off this card and apply the time to the local clock. For more information, see “Configuring the

Avid Time Synchronization Service” on page 75.

The

AecPciISR_x64EVENT.exe

important troubleshooting tool. It is a small application that displays the timecode coming into the server. It does not matter where this application is placed on the server but one recommendation to keep it visible is to copy the

To configure the PCIe Adrienne timecode card for the AS3000:

1. Physically install the PCIe card into the AS3000 server.

For specific instructions pertaining to the physical installation of a timecode card into the AS3000 server, see the chapter called, Installing and Removing a PCIe Add-in Card in the Avid AS3000 Setup Guide.

2. Turn on and log in to the server.

3. Open Device Manager.

4. Navigate to Other Devices in the directory tree.

There are three instances of Base Device System displayed under Other Devices.

application included with the Adrienne files is an

.exe

to the desktop.

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mmp

5. Right-click on the first Base System Device and disable it.

A Base System Device warning dialog box opens explaining that disabling this device will cause it to stop functioning and asking, Do you really want to disable it?

6. Click the Yes button.

7. Disable the second and third Base System Device instances as well.

8. In the directory tree, navigate to SD host adapters>SD Standard Compliant Host Controller.

9. Right-click on SD Standard Compliant SD Host Controller and select Update Driver Software.

10. Select the option, Browse my computer for driver software.

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11. Select the option, Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.

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12. Click the Next button.

13. Click the Have Disk button.

The Install From Disk dialog box opens.

14. Navigate to:

C:\Installables\Drivers\Timecode\AecPCIeTCx64DriverPackage

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15. Select

AecPCIeTCx64.inf

and click the Open button.

The Install From Disk dialog box displays.

16. Click the OK button.

17. Select the device driver you want to install from the models provided in the list.

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18. Click the Next button. The Update Driver Warning dialog box opens.

19. Click the Yes button.

20. Click the Next button.

21. Click the Close button.

22. In the directory tree, right-click the Aec PCIe-TC Time Code Device and select the Properties option.

The Aec PCIe-TC Time Code Device Properties dialog box opens.

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

Verify the driver version number and date of the version. These steps have installed the card in the chosen slot. If the card is moved to another slot, the steps must be done again to re-install the card. If you remove the card, and later put it back in the slot into which it was originally installed, the card will reappear in the device manager as the timecode card.

Checklist: Set up the VTR

Avid Interplay Capture allows the use of a VTR as a source or as a destination for recordings. When using the Digi PCI serial card in your VTR setup, make sure you follow the manufacturer’s instructions for installing the Digi serial card. These instructions are found in the installation guide that came with the Digi PCI serial card.

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The set up process for VTR includes the following tasks:

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When setting up the VTR devices, make a note of what port numbers are used by the serial

card.

Configuring the Digi Serial Card

The Digi serial card is installed in any slot in the Interplay Capture Server. This is true whether the server is an SR2500 or an AS3000.

To configure the Digi serial card:

Set up Task Refer to...

Configure the Digi serial Card “Configuring the Digi Serial Card” on page 46

Install the Digi Port Server “Digi Port Server Installation” on page 47.

Configure the Serial Port “Serial Port Configuration” on page 47.

Set up Serial Device Access “Serial Device Access” on page 48.

Verify COM Port Settings “COM Port Verification” on page 51.

Set up the VTR Device Service “VTR Device Service” on page 90.

Configure the VTR Channel “VTR Channel Configuration” on page 51.

1. Under Administrative Tools, open Server Manager.

2. Navigate to Diagnostics>Device Manager.

3. In the directory tree, under the multi-port serial adapters, locate Digi AccelePort. If it is not there, you might need to install the drivers. To do this, find the unknown device, right-click and select the Update Driver Software option.

4. Browse to the Digi drivers folder, which is included with the Avid Interplay Capture installers

The finished device in device manager looks like the following:

The

Digi Port Server Installation

AecPciISR_x64EVENT.exe

Optionally, a Digi Port Server can be used instead of or in addition to the Digi PCI serial card. Follow the instructions in the installation guide, which came with Digi Port Server, to configure the device with an IP address on the network. Avid recommends installing the Digi Port Server in the same IP subnet as the Interplay Capture Server so that discovery can automatically find the Port Server.

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

application included with the Adrienne files is an

.exe

to the desktop.

Serial Port Configuration

After installing the Digi Port Server, the serial ports can be configured.

To configure serial ports:

1. Open a Web page, navigate to the IP address of the server, and log in. The default login username is root, and the password is dbps.

The Web Configuration Tool opens.

2. Use the Web Configuration Tool to configure each of the serial ports you are using as a RealPort.

3. Open Serial Ports under the configuration section of the menu.

4. Open one of the serial ports to use for VTR control.

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5. Select the RealPort profile.

No further customizing of the port settings is necessary. Other settings, such as baud rates and polarity are confirmed when the Interplay Capture VTR device service connects.

Serial Device Access

After configuring the serial ports and adding the new devices, you can access your serial devices over the network. Add the new devices using Digi RealPort

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

To add a new serial device:

1. Run the installer that comes with the port server and select Add a New Device.

2. Click the Next button.

The Setup Wizard finds the device on the network, but if it doesn't, you can manually type in the IP address of the server.

3. Select a device.

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4. Click the Next button.

5. Leave most settings at their defaults, but select where to start your COM ports for the Port Server on the local machine's devices.

6. Click the Finish button.

COM Port Verification

The port server and serial ports are verified using the device manager. Make note of where the COM ports are located. In the following example, the port server has COM ports 21-36.

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

The previous illustration shows the start of a long mapping process to get a serial port from the port server, to Capture for communication. In the illustration, the first physical port on the port server is mapped to COM21 on the Capture Server.

VTR Channel Configuration

In the Interplay Administration application, the Capture Settings plug-in is used to configure VTR channels for Interplay Capture. For more information, see “Plug-in Installation” on

page 58.

To configure VTR channels:

1. Open the Capture Settings plug-in to configure the channel for use in Capture.

2. Open the Channels tab and search for available channels. The VTR channel is displayed. The device is

vtr_<servername>

and the channel is the channel index.

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3. After adding the channel, you can define the channel as a Source VTR or a Destination VTR. The configurations are slightly different.

For a source VTR, you can add a note, the Router source, and default timecode output

method, as shown in the following example.

For a destination VTR, you can add a note, the Router destination, Timecode source (for recording), and Channel pool, as shown in the following example.

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After it is configured, the source VTR shows up in the Source VTR panel in the Capture UI and as a VTR Source Channel. It also appears in the Avid Health Monitor for the Capture service.

Destination VTR channels show up in the Channel Pool in which they are configured.

Checklist: Interplay Capture Server Installation

Determine which computer or computers will serve as Avid Interplay Capture Servers and, if you are installing a redundant system, decide which one will run the primary services; always install on the primary server first, configure everything, and then install and configure the backup server.

Prior to installing Capture Server software on a server, ensure that all of the pre-installation preparations have been completed. For more information, see “Gather Site Information” on

page 33.

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On the Capture Server, complete the following installation tasks in the order that they are listed. You can print this checklist to use as a reference or if you are viewing this checklist online, you can link to a topic that provides procedural details for the task. Return to this main checklist after you have completed each task.

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Install Tasks Refer to...

Install Avid Service Framework

Install Avid License Service

Install Avid Interplay Capture Services

Install Avid Interplay Capture Plug-in

Install the Avid Interplay Capture Client on the Server

Install Avid Router Control (if not already installed)

Create a folder in Interplay in which to store the Capture database

“Avid Service Framework Installation” on page 54.

“Installing Avid License Service” on page 56.

“Installing Capture Services” on page 57.

,“Plug-in Installation” on page 58.

“Capture Client Installation on the Server” on page 59.

“Router Control Installation” on page 59 and the documentation

included with your Avid Router Control software.

“Capture Database in Interplay” on page 59.

After completing the installation tasks on the Capture Server, the installed applications can be configured. Always perform the installation and configuration tasks on the primary server first and the complete the installation and configuration of the backup server. For more information, see “Checklist: Capture Server Configuration” on page 62.

Avid Service Framework Installation

The Avid Service Framework applications and support services are a required installation for the Capture system. These vital applications and services ship with the Avid Interplay Capture software and are the starting point for your Capture system installation.Capture works with Avid Service Framework applications and services to ensure you always have the best system performance.

Checklist: Interplay Capture Server Installation

The Avid Service Framework applications are used to configure and maintain the following services for the Avid Interplay Capture system.

• Avid Interplay Capture Service — For more information, see “Configuring the Capture

Service” on page 62

• Avid Shared Storage Service — For more information, see “Configuring the Avid

Interplay Shared Storage Service” on page 64.

• Avid Route Engine Service — For more information, see “Configuring the Avid Route

Engine Service” on page 68.

• Avid Time Synchronization Service — For more information, see “Configuring the

Avid Time Synchronization Service” on page 75.

• Avid Interplay Capture License — For more information, see “Configuring the Interplay

Capture License” on page 77.

• Device Services

- AirSpeed Device Service — For more information, see “AirSpeed Device Service”

on page 83.

- Low-Resolution Encoder Device Service — For more information, see

“Low-Resolution Encoder Device Service” on page 83.

- AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service — For more information, see “AirSpeed

Multi Stream Device Service” on page 86.

- VTR Device Service — For more information, see “VTR Device Service” on page

90.

To install Avid Service Framework:

1. Run the

ServiceFrameworkSetup.exe

found in the Service_Framework folder

bundled with the Capture installers.

2. During the installation, when prompted for the workgroup name, type in the name for the Capture workgroup. Capture hosts its own workgroup separate from the Interplay workgroup.

3. Start with the typical server installation and then modify the installed applications and services to include all of the following:

- Avid Service Configuration

- Avid Diagnostics

- Avid Health Monitor

- Avid Lookup Service

- Avid Machine Monitor Service

- Avid System Configuration Service

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- Avid Time Synchronization Service

If you opt not to use the Avid Service Framework Time Synchronization service as its time

synchronization system, it is highly recommended you use the Avid Service Framework Time Synchronization service to set the workgroup time to the same timecode as that coming over LTC.

4. Click the Next button and complete the Service Framework installation.

Installing Avid License Service

The Avid License service is another required installation for the Capture Server.

To Install the Avid License service:

1. Run the with the Capture installers.

2. Click the Next button and complete the Avid License service installation.

Avid_License _setup.exe

found in the Service_Framework folder bundled

Installing Capture Services

After installing the Avid Service Framework applications and the Avid License service on the Capture Server, the Capture services can also be installed. The Avid Interplay Capture service is the main Capture service but the Avid Interplay Shared Storage, Avid Interplay Capture Clip Manager, Avid Interplay Capture Web, the Avid AirSpeed device services, and the Avid VTR service are also installed on the Capture Server.

To install the Avid Interplay Capture service:

Checklist: Interplay Capture Server Installation

1. Run the

AvidInterplayCaptureServicesSetup.exe

setup, found in the root of the

Capture installers folder.

2. Start with the typical installation and modify the services to include some or all of the following:

- Avid Interplay Capture Service—This service is the main Capture service and is

required on the Capture Server.

- Avid Interplay Capture Clip Manager Service—This is the service that provides

communication between Capture and Interplay to create master clips and is required on the Capture Server.

- Avid Interplay Shared Storage Service—This is the service that provides

communication between Capture and the shared storage and is required on the Capture Server.

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- Avid Interplay Capture Web Service—This is the API service for Avid Interplay Capture. This service this is not required but can be installed on the Capture Server, or on a separate server. It requires an additional license.

- Avid AirSpeed Device Service—This is the service that provides communication between Capture and AirSpeed devices. This is only required if the site has AirSpeed devices.

The reference in this section referring to AirSpeed does not include AirSpeed Multi Stream.

Up to ten AirSpeed device services can run on each Capture Server. If your site has more than ten AirSpeed device services, an additional server is required to run more device services. For the main Capture Server, select only the number of AirSpeed device services that are required on the Capture Server.

If more AirSpeed device services are required for a site, the same installer program can be

run, but do not select any of the other services; only select the AirSpeed device services. Uncheck all of the main Capture services so they do not start up in a redundant mode.

- Avid VTR Service—This is the service that provides for communication between Capture and VTR devices.

3. Click the Next button and complete the Capture service installation.

Plug-in Installation

After installing the Avid Service Framework applications, Avid License service, and the other Capture services required by the site on the Capture server, the Capture Administrator plug-in can also be installed on that server or any other server in the Capture workgroup.

To install the Avid Interplay Capture Administrator plug-in:

t Run the

the Capture installers folder.

When upgrading Interplay from v1.6 to 2.0 or later and the Capture Administrator plug-in is

already installed, the Capture Administrator plug-in must be uninstalled and then reinstalled to ensure a clean installation.

This plug-in is used to manage the settings for the Capture system. For more information, see “Interplay Administrator Configuration” on page 91.

AvidInterplayCaptureAdministratorSetup.exe

file, found in the root of

Capture Client Installation on the Server

After installing the Avid Service Framework applications, Avid License service, other Capture services required by the site, and the Capture Administrator Plug-in on the Capture Server, the Capture client software may also be installed on the Capture Server.

The client software may be installed on the Capture Server but it is only used for

troubleshooting and must not be left open for long periods of time.

To install the Avid Interplay Capture client on the Capture Server:

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t Run the

Capture installers folder.

For more information about installing the Capture client software on a workstation

computer in a workgroup, see “Installing Client Software” on page 102.

AvidInterplayCaptureClientSetup.exe

Router Control Installation

At this point during the installation process, if Avid Router Control is not already installed and configured, now is the time to complete these tasks. Refer to the Avid Router Control Installation and Configuration Guide for complete instructions. Make sure to note the Router Group name, which is established during this process, so that it is readily available during the Capture configuration process.

Capture Database in Interplay

Capture has its own database located in a folder in Interplay. The Capture database is where Capture stores its channels, pools, user permissions, user preferences, and recording schedule. Before Capture is configured, a folder must be created in Interplay in which to store the Capture database. This Database folder is only accessible to Interplay administrators.

Later, a folder for Device clips is created, which is also only accessible to Interplay administrators. Avid recommends putting both of these in the same folder. Since the Device clips must be located in the Projects folder, this is also an ideal location in which to put the Database folder.

file, found in the root of the

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To create the Capture database:

1. In Interplay, navigate to the AvidWG Interplay Engine database. This is the Interplay database in which metadata for Avid assets, file assets, and source files for file assets are stored.

2. Create a folder under the Projects folder called, _Capture, or use your own custom folder name.

3. Create a folder under the new_Capture folder called, database.

4. (Optional) Create a folder under the _Capture folder called, device clips.

5. Open the Interplay Administrator application and set user permissions on the Capture database to allow only Interplay administrators to read or write to the Capture database.

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Prior to configuring the services on the Interplay Capture Server ensure all of the installation tasks were successfully completed, and that you have the information available needed to configure the services on the Interplay Capture Server. For more information, see

“Checklist: Interplay Capture Server Installation” on page 53.

This topic contains information about the following:

• Checklist: Capture Server Configuration

• Interplay Administrator Configuration

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Checklist: Capture Server Configuration

Always install and configure the Capture software on the primary server first, configure everything, and then install and configure the backup server.

On the Capture Server, complete the following configuration tasks in the order that they are listed. Complete these tasks on the primary Capture Server first before configuring the backup server. If you are viewing this checklist online, you can easily link to a topic that provides procedural details for the task. Return to this main checklist after you have completed each task.

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Configure Tasks Reference

Configure the



CaptureService

Configure the Avid



Interplay Shared Storage Service

Configure the Avid



Route Engine service

Configure Avid Time

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Synchronization

Configure the Avid



Interplay Capture Product License

Configure the Device

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Services

“Configuring the Capture Service” on page 62.

“Configuring the Avid Interplay Shared Storage Service” on page 64.

“Configuring the Avid Route Engine Service” on page 68.

“Configuring the Avid Time Synchronization Service” on page 75.

“Configuring the Interplay Capture License” on page 77.

“Configuring Device Services” on page 82.

For specific device services, see “AirSpeed Device Service” on page

83, “Low-Resolution Encoder Device Service” on page 83, “AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service” on page 86, and “VTR Device Service” on page 90.

Configuring the Capture Service

The Avid Service Configuration application is used to configure the Avid Interplay Capture service. The Avid Interplay Capture service settings are high level settings. These settings are set up during installation, but would rarely need changing after their initial configuration.

To configure the Avid Interplay Capture service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. In the Directory pane, navigate to and select the Avid Interplay Capture service.

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3. In the Configuration pane, on the Ingest Settings tab, enter the following information:

a. Enter a Capture system name. This is an alias name that can be used to identify this

Capture system. The system name is displayed on the client login screen.

b. Enter the hostname of the Interplay Server.

c. Enter the name of the Interplay database. The name is always AvidWG.

d. Enter the Interplay database folder path beginning with the forward slash

(/)character. This is the path to the folder in interplay in which Capture stores its database.

e. The Interplay version is optional and not needed by Capture.

f. Enter the Capture system user. This is the Interplay user account Capture uses to log

into Interplay and create master clips.

Avid recommends this user account is unique to Capture. Don’t use the same account as

AirSpeed Multi Stream, AirSpeed, or any other administrator name. If a unique user account is used, for example Capture searches can be created to find assets created by the Capture system.

g. Enter a Capture password. This is the Interplay password used with the Capture

system user account, which is used to log into Interplay and create master clips.

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4. Click the Apply button.

Configuring the Avid Interplay Shared Storage Service

The Avid Interplay Shared Storage service is used by the Capture service to get a list of workspaces and their health from a supported shared storage system. From this list, the user can see what workspaces are available and choose a workspace to which recordings may be sent. If there is a shared storage server located outside of the network subnet, you can also add it to the list manually.

When the Avid Interplay Capture Server is in the same network subnet as the ISIS system, the Avid Interplay Shared Storage service automatically detects the shared storage server (such as, the ISIS System Director) and adds it to the list of workspaces. If the shared storage server is not automatically discovered, it can be manually added to the list.

If you want to restricted the workspaces which can be used for ingest, those restrictions must be applied to the user account.

To configure the Avid Interplay Shared Storage service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. In the Directory pane, navigate to and select the Avid Interplay Capture service.

Checklist: Capture Server Configuration

3. In the Details pane on the Shared Storage Settings tab do the following:

a. If the Capture Server is in the same network subnet as the ISIS system, the Avid

Interplay Shared Storage service automatically detects the Avid Interplay Shared Storage Server and adds it to the list. If the Avid Interplay Shared Storage Server is not automatically discovered, you can manually add it to the list by clicking the Add button. When you click the Add button, the Input dialog box opens. Enter the name of the new shared storage workspace and click the Ok button. The new name is added to the list of workspaces and you can now configure the username and password settings for this shared storage workspace.

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b. Select that server from the list and provide a username and password with which to

log in. This user account provides Capture with a list of workspaces to which a user can send recordings. If the site needs to restrict the workstations that can be used for ingest, this user account can have those restrictions applied to it.

To remove a shared storage workspace:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. Select the Avid Interplay Shared Storage Service in the Directory pane.

The Shared Storage Settings tab displays in the Details panel.

3. Select the name of the shared storage workspace to remove.

4. Click the Remove button.

Interplay Notifications

In addition to the Clip Manager service polling, the Clip Manager service receives notifications from the Avid Interplay Engine. These notifications enable Capture to recognize when a new device clip is created in Interplay so that Capture can create the master clip for that device clip faster. For more information about the Clip Manager service, see “Main Interplay Capture Services” on page 110.

Notifications can only be installed on Interplay v 2.2 or later.

Enabling Interplay notifications is a two step process. First, notifications must be enabled on the Avid Interplay Engine (on both when the Interplay engine is clustered). This is done by installing the Interplay Capture installers, on the Avid Interplay Engine. If installing in a clustered environment, the installer is run on the ONLINE node only, and the backup receives the update automatically.

After enabling notifications on the Avid Interplay Engine, you must enable notifications on the Capture service.

InterplayEngineSESActivation.exe

executable, which comes with the

To enable notifications on the Avid Interplay Engine:

Checklist: Capture Server Configuration

1. Navigate to the Capture installers folder.

2. Run the executable on the Avid Interplay Engine (on both when the Interplay Engine is clustered).

This installer allows the you to enable, or disable, SES notifications for the Interplay Engine.

InterplayEngineSESActivation.exe

file, which is found in the

After completing the install, no restart of the Interplay Engine is required.

To enable notifications in the Capture service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. Navigate to the Capture service.

Notifications can only be enabled on Capture v1.1 or later.

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3. Do one of the following:

t Accept the default setting. The “Interplay notifications on” option is set to false by

default, which means that Interplay notifications are not turned on.

t Set the option to true, which means that Interplay notifications are turned on.

Configuring the Avid Route Engine Service

Automated routing is an option for the Capture system that uses the Avid Router Control application to automatically route ingest video to the destination channels during a recording. The Avid Router Control application is installed and configured as described in the Avid Router Control Installation and Configuration Guide. Take note of the Router Group Name during the Router Control set up and configuration as you need this information to connect to the Avid Route Engine service during the Capture configuration process. The Avid Service Configuration application is used to connect Capture to the Avid Route Engine service.

To connect Avid Interplay Capture to the Avid Route Engine service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. In the Directory pane, navigate to and select the Avid Route Engine service.

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3. On the Router Group Name tab enter the Router Group Name.

4. Click the Apply button.

Route Confidence Monitoring

Capture contains a feature that allows users to route video sources to dedicated monitors through the Interplay Capture user interface. The monitors are configured in the Avid Route Engine service using the Avid Service Configuration application.This feature is only available in Interplay Capture systems that use automated routing. The route confidence monitoring feature is enabled by default but routing options can be configured or disabled in the Capture Settings section of Avid Interplay Administrator.

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In the following example, three router destinations are designated as route confidence monitors. They are called A Mon, B Mon, and C Mon.

The monitors shown in the previous example are configured and available for use in Capture.

To configure route confidence monitoring:

1. Open Avid Interplay Administrator and navigate to the Capture Settings section.

2. On the General tab, in the routing section, do one of the following:

t Enable automated routing using router group.

t Disable or disable automated routing.

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When this feature is enabled, all of the routing options are also selected, as shown in the following illustration.

The route confidence monitoring options can be changed in the Routing section of the General tab by clicking the corresponding check boxes, to enable or disable each option.

Manual Routing of a Source to an External Monitor

Manually routing a source to an external monitor is done from within the Capture Schedule Sources panel. When enabled, users can select a source and right click to open a context menu, as shown in the following:

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Selecting “Route To Monitor” option from the context menu displays a list of the pre-configured monitors for this system. When the user selects one of the monitors, the selected source is routed to that monitor.

If the Allow users to manually route a source to an external monitor option is not enabled in the Capture Settings in Interplay Administrator, the Route to Monitor menu option does not appear in the context menu.

Selecting the Allow users to manually route a source to an external monitor option in the Capture Settings in Interplay Administrator enables a context menu for recordings in the timeline. As shown in the following:

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This option allows a user to route sources assigned to that recording from the timeline directly to a monitor.

If this option is not enabled in the Capture Settings in Interplay Administrator, routing options do not appear in the context menu.

Assign an External Monitor to a Recording

Assigning an external monitor to a recording enables a Monitor Field in the Schedule Item Detail panel, which is used to create new recordings.

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When the Monitor option in the Schedule Item Detail panel is enabled, a drop-down list of source monitors allows the user to select a source monitor for the recording. In a multi-source recording, the first source in the source list is routed to the monitor. When the recording starts, the source is routed to the designated monitor. This route does not clear at the end of the first recording. It stays in place until another source, from the multi-source recording, is routed to that monitor.

Route the First Source to Default Source Monitor

The third option in the routing menu of the Capture Settings in the Interplay Administrator allows the user to automatically route the first source to the default monitor when the user clicks on a recording in the timeline.

When this option is enabled, recordings clicked in the timeline are automatically routed to a default monitor. The default monitor is set in Capture, under Tools>Options>Workstation Options, as shown in the following:

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The default monitor is saved on the Capture Schedule local workstation and is not saved to the logged in Capture user’s account.

When this option is enabled and a user clicks a recording in the timeline, the source listed in the recording is automatically routed to the specified default monitor. In a multi-source recording, the first source listed in the recording is the one that is routed.

Configuring the Avid Time Synchronization Service

Avid recommends installing the Avid Time Synchronization service on the Capture Server and that you use the timecode card as the source to set the workgroup time. This allows for easier troubleshooting should there ever be any differences between the computer’s local clock and the timecode. It is not required that you use the Avid Time Synchronization service to synchronize the clocks throughout the workgroup. However, you must install this service so that the Avid Service Framework applications can be used during troubleshooting to determine if there is a time synchronization issue. The Avid Service Configuration application is used to configure the Avid Time Synchronization service.

To configure the Avid Time Synchronization service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. In the Directory pane, navigate to and select the Avid Time Synchronization service.

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3. On the Time Synchronization tab, select the Master Mode option.

4. Select the Get Time Sync reference from internal Time Code Reader option,. This ensures the workgroup time is equal to the timecode used by the ingest devices,

5. (Option) If the site does not want to use the Avid Time Synchronization service as their time synchronization tool they can select the Set the Local PC clock to match the Workgroup time and Stop setting if the clock is updated by a different mechanism settings. These optional settings only work with computers in the same Capture Workgroup.

Configuring the Interplay Capture License

Configuring the Capture product license must be accomplished prior to configuring the channels for use with Capture. After installing the Avid License service, you can configure the Capture product license, using the Avid Service Configuration application. For more information about installing the Avid License service, see “Installing Avid License Service”

on page 56.

The Avid Service Configuration application should already be installed on a PC on the same network, but might not necessarily be installed on the same computer as the Capture software or the Avid License service.

A temporary or permanent Capture product license must be applied at this point before

continuing with the installation and setup of the Capture system.

Configuring the Capture product license involves three main tasks:

• Adding the Temporary Capture License

• Generate an Activation File for a Full Capture License

• Add the Permanent Capture License

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Adding the Temporary Capture License

To get you started with Avid Interplay Capture, Avid provides you with a Capture temporary (TEMP) license to use until your get your full Capture license.

To add the temporary license:

1. Save the license file to My Documents on the Capture server.

2. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

3. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the Avid License Service.

4. Click the Add License File button.

5. In the Add Licenses dialog box, select the license file and click the Add Licenses button.

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Your license file information appears in the Licensing Configuration tab.

6. Click the Apply button above the Licensing Configuration tab.

The temporary license Avid provides gives full Capture functionality for thirty (30) days.

Generate an Activation File for a Full Capture License

On systems with redundant configurations, the activation file for a full license must be generated on the primary server.

To generate an activation file:

1. Open the Service Configuration application.

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2. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the Avid License Service.

3. When prompted, enter the system administrator password and click the OK button. If you have not yet created one, leave the space blank and click OK.

4. On the Allow Unrestricted Security dialog, click Yes.

5. Click the Activate button.

The Activate dialog box opens.

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6. Select the I don’t have a Serial Number and would like to activate manually option and click the Next button.

The Create an Activation File dialog box opens.

7. Review and edit the required information, as well as contact information, if necessary. You can also add comments.

Do not remove any information that is already supplied in the fields.

8. Click the Generate Activation File button to create the want to save it on your PC.

.zip

9. Zip the file and then e-mail that Ensure the subject line of the e-mail contains your site name and Capture Activation File.

file to your respective Avid manufacturing site.

.act

file and select where you

Add the Permanent Capture License

To activate the full license:

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1. When you receive your permanent

.lic

file from Avid, save it to My Documents on the

same Capture Server where the activation file was created.

2. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

3. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the Avid License Service.

4. When prompted, enter the system administrator password and click the OK button. If you have not yet created one, leave the space blank and click OK.

5. On the Allow Unrestricted Security dialog, click Yes.

6. Click the Add License File button.

The Add Licenses dialog box appears.

7. Select the full Capture license file, and click the Add Licenses button.

Your licensing configuration details will appear and replace the temporary license information.

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8. Click the Apply button.

9. Restart the Avid License service.

To verify that an installed service is running, you must use the Avid Workgroup Properties

application.

Configuring Device Services

After the temporary or permanent product license is configured for the Avid Interplay Capture system, the device services may be installed and configured. Depending on the site specifications, some or all of the following device services must be installed and configured for Capture.

• AirSpeed Device Service

• Low-Resolution Encoder Device Service

• AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service

• VTR Device Service

AirSpeed Device Service

The AirSpeed device service may not be installed on an AirSpeed so it must be configured on the Capture Server or on an AirSpeed Device Service Expansion Server. The AirSpeed Device Service Expansion Server is an optional server that is only required if the site requires more than 10 AirSpeed ingest channels.

To configure the AirSpeed Device service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the Avid AirSpeed Device Service.

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3. On the Device Settings tab, enter the Host name of the AirSpeed.

4. Manually restart the Device service.

Low-Resolution Encoder Device Service

The low-resolution encoder device service package runs on the low-resolution encoder. The low-resolution device service qualified with Capture is separated from the bootset and is included in the installers.

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To upload the low-resolution encoder device service:

1. Navigate to the Web page for the low-resolution encoder and click the Configuration tab.

2. Scroll to the bottom and click the delete button located next to any older device service that was previously installed.

3. Upload the new device service package by clicking the New button.

4. Select the low-resolution device service from the installers folder included with the Capture installers. The low-resolution device service file has a

The following is an example of a successfully uploaded package.

5. Restart the low-resolution encoder.

To configure the low-resolution encoder device service:

.des

file extension.

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the Avid Interplay™ Low-Res Encode Service.

3. On the Encoder Settings tab, enter the asset manager, asset manager project (database), username, password for that username, and the Shared Storage Server configured for your site as shown in the following example.

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The Enable Avid Interplay CaptureManager setting is only for Avid CaptureManager. Do

not enable this setting. You are installing Avid Interplay Capture.

On the lower portion of the Encoder Settings tab there are tabs representing each channel. On the Recording tab for each channel are some important settings to configure.

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4. Mark the check box Always assume dual-ingest mode to enabled dual-ingest.

This allows you to specify a lead time and delay for the end time.

5. Avid recommends setting the lead and delay values to 5 seconds.

6. The check in time should be set to 30 seconds.

AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service

The AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service runs on the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server, which must be installed in the Interplay workgroup. The installer required for Avid Interplay Capture is bundled with the Capture installers.

To install the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service:

1. On the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server, run the

AvidAirSpeedMultiStreamDeviceService.exe

the Capture installers folder.

If the site needs to configure an AirSpeed Multi Stream to communicate with both iNEWS

Command and Interplay Capture at the same time, use a version of iNEWS Command and Interplay Capture that can use the same version of the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device service.

2. After the Welcome dialog box appears. Click the Next button. The License Agreement appears.

3. Read the License Agreement, accept the terms, and click the Next button.

4. When the Ready to Install the Program dialog box appears, click the Install button.

5. When the installation is complete, click the Finish button.

setup, which is found in the root of

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If the Capture servers are in an isolated workgroup, the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service must be configured to join another workgroup. There are two parts to complete for this type of configuration; the first part is done using the Avid Service Configuration application and the second part is done using the Avid Workgroup Properties application.

To configure the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application.

2. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service.

3. On the Device Settings tab, enable the second workgroup and enter the name of the workgroup.

If you are configuring this Device service for use with both iNEWS Command and Interplay

Capture it does not matter in which order they are configured.

In the following example, Command is the name of the second workgroup. The default is the Capture workgroup.

4. (Option) if a third workgroup is required, enter the information for that workgroup as well.

5. Click the Apply button and close the Avid Service Configuration application.

Next, the lookup locators for the workgroup must be added to the workgroup's properties on the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server. This is done using the Avid Workgroup Properties application.

6. Open the Avid Workgroup Properties application.

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7. On the Lookup tab, click the Add button under the Workgroup section—the far left button at the bottom.

The Add Workgroup dialog box opens on top of the Avid Workgroup Properties widow.

8. Enter the name of the Capture workgroup, it is case sensitive, and click the OK button.

The name you entered appears in the Workgroup section of the Avid Workgroup Properties window. It is important that each workgroup is listed and their lookup locators be added in Workgroup properties.

9. Click the Add button under the Lookup services section (located above the Apply button, not the button on the far left).

The add Lookup Service dialog box opens.

10. Enter the fully qualified domain name of the server running the Lookup service for the Capture workgroup. Leave the port setting and select the Expected check box. then, click the OK button.

11. Click the OK button on the Workgroup Properties window and close the Workgroup Properties application.

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12. Click Yes when prompted to restart all services.

Low-Resolution Encoder VMOPTIONS Settings

The low-resolution encoder needs extra time to setup its video signal before starting to record. If a site is using a low-resolution encoder, Avid recommends setting some VMOPTIONS to insert delays between the route>cue, and cue>record states. These VMOPTIONS are applied to all recordings, manual and scheduled, without regard to the type of channel used for them.

If there are multiple Capture servers, then these VMOPTIONS must be set on each server.

The VMOPTIONS are stored in a file in the following location:

c:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Avid\Interplaycapture\Service\scheduler\state\conf ig\workgroup.properties

To set VMOPTIONS to insert delays:

1. Navigate to the following VMOPTIONS locations:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Avid\Interplaycapture\Service\scheduler\state\config\workgroup.properties

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2. In this file, copy the following three lines (and be sure to include a blank line at the end of the file)

com.avid.automation.ingest.cue.delayafterroute=3000

com.avid.automation.ingest.record.delayaftercue=3000

com.avid.automation.ingest.recordcontrol.controller.time.TimeConstan ts.VTR_PREROLL=2500

The VTRPreroll parameter adjusts how long Capture pre-rolls a VTR prior to batch or quick

recordings. This value is the amount of time the VTR rewinds, not the amount of time on the tape that is pre-rolled. The 2500 setting puts the VTR into rewind for 2.5 seconds and results in the tape backing up 5-6 seconds (depending on the VTR deck). Low-resolution encoders take longer than AirSpeed Multi Stream or AirSpeed to lock to the video signal, so pre-rolling and playing back stable video for a longer period is necessary only for sites that use low-resolution encoder's.

These lines insert a 3 second delay between route and cue and another 3 second delay between cue and record. These additional seconds implement a 6 second delay for manual recordings but additional time might be required for the devices to setup. Due to the additional delays, the configuration for the manual start time offset (in the Interplay Administrator), may be adjusted. The recommended value for sites with these delays would be 10 seconds (sites without the delays are recommended to use 5 seconds). If the site needs to adjust this value for any reason, it is configurable.

VTR Device Service

The VTR Device Service is installed on one of the Capture servers and is not redundant. The service communicates over RS422 so the server on which it is setup must have the a Digi Serial PCI Card installed. For more information, see “Configuring the Digi Serial Card” on

page 46.

To configure the VTR Device Service:

1. Open the Avid Service Configuration application. The channel indexes automatically populate with the total number of serial ports available on the server on which the VTR Device Service located.

2. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the Avid VTR Device Service.

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3. On the Channel & Communication Settings tab, select the COM port next to the channel index. Set the Bitrate, Stopbits, Databits, and parity to the settings shown in the previous example.

4. Click the Apply button.

5. Open Avid Health Monitor application to confirm there is a “live” connection.

Restarting the device service after new serial port installation is required.

Interplay Administrator Configuration

Most of the common Capture administration settings are done from a Capture Settings plug-in located in the Avid Interplay Administrator. The Interplay Administrator plug-ins only work on computers on which the plug-in is installed, and those computers must be in the Capture workgroup. If the plug-in is opened in a workgroup without Capture (For instance, on a client in the Interplay workgroup.) the settings remain disabled because the Interplay Capture Server cannot be found.

The Capture Settings plug-in is used for Capture Settings, Ingest Users, and Ingest

Monitoring.

This section contains information about the following Interplay Administrator configuration tasks for Interplay Capture:

• Capture Settings Section

• Ingest Users

• Aspect Ratio Fields

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Capture Settings Section

The Capture Settings plug-in is found in the Avid Interplay Administrator in the Capture Settings section and is used to administer general settings, channels, and channel pools. Also located in the Capture Settings section are plug-ins for the administration of Capture ingest users, and ingest monitoring.

To access the Capture Settings plug-in:

1. Do one of the following:

t From the Start menu select All Programs > Avid > Avid Interplay Access Utilities>

Avid Interplay Administrator.

t From Interplay Access, select Tools > Open Interplay Administrator

The Avid Interplay Administrator Server Login screen appears.

2. Click the arrow for the server list and select the server name from the list.

3. Enter the Username.

4. Enter the Password and click the Connect button.

The Interplay Administrator window opens.

5. Navigate through the menu options to find the Capture Settings section and the Capture Settings, Ingest Users, and Ingest Monitoring plug-ins.

The Capture Setting plug-in is comprised of three tabs; General, Channels, and Channel Pools with which to administer various settings.

General Settings Tab

The Capture Settings plug-in allows you to administer the general settings for the Avid Interplay Capture system on the General tab.

To configure General Settings:

1. Click the Capture Settings icon.

The Capture Settings plug-in opens displaying the General Settings tab by default.

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2. Configure the following General Settings:

t Maximum clip duration — This setting is the limit Interplay Capture allows a

recording device to record until it is stopped, and a new channel continues the scheduled recording.

t Show device health in recordings — This setting is how long into the future

device health (such as AirSpeed disk space) affects recordings assigned to that device.

t Schedule contributes to system health — This setting is how long into the future

schedule health affects overall system health.

t Device clips folder — This setting creates the folder used by Capture in which

AirSpeed, AirSpeed Multi Stream, and Low-Resolution Encoders write their clips. Capture periodically searches this folder and when a new device clip is found, creates a new master clip in the Interplay folder requested by the user in the recording.

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t Delete device clips after — This setting is how long the device clips stay in the

device clips folder. Capture automatically deletes clips from this folder after this period of time. The media is not deleted though; the media stays associated with the master clip, which is created in the Interplay folder requested by the user in the recording.

t Manual Recording start time offset — This setting affects manual recordings

only. This setting changes the start time that is written to the master clip in Interplay. By default, the offset is 5 seconds.

t Delete schedule meta data —This setting is the amount of time recordings stay in

the Capture schedule database after they finish.

t Delete video clips with schedule meta-data — This setting, when enabled, deletes

clips and all associated media out of Interplay when the recording is purged from the Capture schedule database.

t Automated routing using router group — This setting is used if you have Router

Control v2.0 or later. Enter the router group name for the route system used with this Capture system.

Channels Tab

The Capture Settings plug-in allows you to administer the channel settings for the Avid Interplay Capture system on the Channels tab.

To add channels to the Capture system:

1. Click the Channels tab. This is the tab that allows you to add AirSpeed, AirSpeed Multi Stream, and Low-Resolution Encoder device channels to the Capture system.

The Interplay Capture product license must be configured prior to configuring channels for

use with Capture. For more information, see “Configuring the Interplay Capture License”

on page 77.

2. Click the Search button located at the bottom of the tab to Search the workgroup for all available channels which Capture can use. If the search doesn’t find any channels it means that something is not correctly configured on the ingest device or that the ingest device is not running.

Do not attempt to add channels manually. Do use the Add button for adding channels.

3. After the channel is added, most fields to the right of the Channels table populate with data about that channel. You may optionally add notes or change the timecode source.

Channel Pools Tab

The Capture Settings plug-in allows you to administer the channel pool settings for the Avid Interplay Capture system on the Channel Pools tab. This tab also allows you to enable an ancillary data track for a channel pool, which can be used to embed data, such as timecode or closed captioning, in video signals. The following environment is required when using the ancillary data workflow:

• Interplay Capture v1.0.5 or later (ingest ancillary data)

• Interplay v2.2 or later (manage clips with ancillary data track)

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• AirSpeed Multi Stream v 1.5 or later (ingest ancillary data)

• NewsCutterv 9.0 or Media Composer v5.0 or later (edit clips with ancillary data)

For more information about ancillary data, see “Ancillary Data for Channel Pools” on page

97.

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To assign a device channel to a channel pool:

1. Click the Channels Pools tab. This is the tab that allows you to assign device channels to channel pools for use by the Capture system.

2. To create a new channel pool, click the Add button located at the bottom of the tab.

3. Enter the following information:

t In the Name text box, enter the name for this new channel pool. This is the name

users see displayed in the Capture UI.

t In the Notes text box, enter any notes about this channel pool that you want to

display in the Capture UI.

t In the Shared Storage text box, enter the name of the Avid Shared Storage Server to

which the channels in this channel pool will send media.

t In the Default Mirror Workspace text box, enter the workspace assigned to a

recording when this channel pool is selected. This is the default workspace but this workspace can be changed on a per recording basis. The default mirror workspace is used for mirrored channels.

Avid Interplay Capture can tell devices to which workspace to send media but the device is

required to have write permission to that workspace. If the device does not have write permission to the workspace, the transfer will fail.

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t In the Default Mirror Workspace text box, enter the workspace assigned to a

recording when this channel pool is selected. This is the default workspace but this workspace can be changed on a per recording basis. The default mirror workspace is used for mirrored channels.

4. Click the Add button located on the right side of the Channel Pool tab.

The Add Channels To Pool dialog box appears containing all the channels configured for the Capture system. This includes the channels listed on the Channels tab.

5. Select the channels to include in the channel pool, and click the OK button.

Channel pools are limited by device type (AirSpeed, AirSpeed Multi Stream, low-resolution

encoder). There can be only one device type per channel pool.

6. Set the Allocation Warning.This warning alerts the user when the specified number of channels (or fewer) in the channel pool are available. You can set this warning so the user is warned earlier, when fewer channels are available in the pool.

7. Set the Audio Tracks. This is a setting for administrators to specify how many audio tracks there are in the channels inside this channel pool. Ideally, all channels in the system have the same number of audio tracks. If there is a difference in channels that are a part of the same recording, when Capture creates its master clip, Capture uses the highest number of audio tracks to ensure tracks do not get hidden in the master clip.

Ancillary Data for Channel Pools

Using Interplay Administrator you can also enable an ancillary data track for a channel pool, which can be used to embed data, such as timecode or closed captioning, in video signals.

To enable an ancillary data track for a channel in Interplay Capture:

1. Open the Interplay Administration application.

2. Click the Channel Pools tab.

3. In the Tracks section, click the Enable Ancillary Data Track Check box.

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4. Click the Apply button.

The AirSpeed Multi Stream must also be setup to Capture ancillary data (outside of the

Interplay Capture configuration). If ancillary data is enabled in Interplay Capture, but the AirSpeed Multi Stream does not Capture any ancillary data, then the data track will be empty when opened in the editor.

To use ancillary timecode for a channel:

1. Open the Interplay Administration application.

2. Click the Channel Pools tab.

3. Select the channel on which you want to use ancillary timecode.

4. In the Timecode Source text box, use the dropdown to select Ancillary Time Code (ATC).

5. Click the Apply button.

The AirSpeed Multi Stream must also be receiving ancillary timecode. If the AirSpeed Multi

Stream is not receiving ancillary timecode, recordings may fail to record properly.

Ingest Users

Interplay Capture shares its user database with Interplay. All Interplay users can log into Capture, but they must have permission assigned to them before they can change scheduled recordings or create new recordings. They must be assigned ingest users permissions.

To configure Ingest Users:

1. Click the Ingest User’s icon.

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2. Select a user from the directory tree located on the left side of the window

3. Configure the ingest user permissions for the user.

The managing recordings (ingest) permission may not be assigned to a user group.

Ingest Monitoring

The Ingest Monitoring icon in the Interplay Administrator is a shortcut which opens the Capture Monitoring application.

Aspect Ratio Fields

Capture does not automatically add the custom meta data fields for Aspect Ratio to Interplay. Capture does not add Aspect Ratio meta data to Interplay clips if these fields are not created. If the site does not use Aspect Ratio, they do not need to create these fields in Interplay.

There are two Aspect Ratio fields in Interplay:

• AspectRatioName — This field displays “16:9” for example

• AspectRatioCode — This field displays “10” for example. This field may be used by Assist, Instinct, and Media Composer or NewsCutter to auto change the aspect ratio of the video monitors.

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To add the Aspect Ratio fields to Interplay:

1. Open Interplay Administrator.

2. Navigate to the Property Layout section.

3. Click the Custom Meta Data tab and enter the names of the two Aspect Ratio fields.

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Pinnacle Systems Interplay Capture - 1.0 Installation Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Avid Training Services

Overview

Architecture and Workflow

Features

The User Interface

Panels

Menu Bar

Status Bar

Support Dialog Box

System Architecture

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

Gather Site Information

Prerequisite and Optional Applications

Checklist: Prepare the Interplay Capture Server Operating System

Configuring Network Teaming

AirSpeed Multi Stream Network Teaming

Adrienne Timecode Card

Checklist: Set up the VTR

Configuring the Digi Serial Card

Digi Port Server Installation

Serial Port Configuration

Serial Device Access

COM Port Verification

VTR Channel Configuration

Checklist: Interplay Capture Server Installation

Avid Service Framework Installation

Installing Avid License Service

Installing Capture Services

Plug-in Installation

Capture Client Installation on the Server

Router Control Installation

Capture Database in Interplay

Checklist: Capture Server Configuration

Configuring the Capture Service

Configuring the Avid Interplay Shared Storage Service

Interplay Notifications

Configuring the Avid Route Engine Service

Route Confidence Monitoring

Manual Routing of a Source to an External Monitor

Assign an External Monitor to a Recording

Route the First Source to Default Source Monitor

Configuring the Avid Time Synchronization Service

Configuring the Interplay Capture License

Adding the Temporary Capture License

Generate an Activation File for a Full Capture License

Add the Permanent Capture License

Configuring Device Services

AirSpeed Device Service

Low-Resolution Encoder Device Service

AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service

Low-Resolution Encoder VMOPTIONS Settings

VTR Device Service

Interplay Administrator Configuration

Capture Settings Section

General Settings Tab

Channels Tab

Channel Pools Tab

Ancillary Data for Channel Pools

Ingest Users

Ingest Monitoring

Aspect Ratio Fields