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Administration Guide

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Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 1 Interplay Central Administration and System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The Administrator Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Signing In to Interplay Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Configuring System Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Configuring for Send to Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Understanding the Send-to-Playback Components and Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Creating or Editing a Send-to-Playback Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Send-to-Playback Profile Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring Settings in the Interplay Production Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 2 Interplay Central User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Opening the Users Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Users Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Understanding Users and Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Available Layouts: Administrators and Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Managing Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Importing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Creating a New User or Editing User Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Creating a New Group or Editing Group Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Adding a User to a Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing a User from a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing Groups from Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Adding or Removing Group Membership Through Selection in a Window . . . . . . . 49

Understanding the Unassigned Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Deleting Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Changing Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating and Deleting Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Assigning Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Displaying Information in the Details Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Searching for Users or Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Chapter 3 Scheduling and Restoring Backups for the Users Database . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Modifying Settings for Backup of the Users Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Restoring the Users Database from a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter 4 Monitoring and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Troubleshooting Mixdown Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Checking the Health of the User Management High-Availability Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Appendix A User Management Utilities Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Interplay Central Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using This Guide

This guide is intended for all Avid®Interplay® Central administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining an Avid Interplay Central system. This guide describes product features and administrative procedures, such as Interplay Central system settings and user management.

For initial installation and configuration, see the Avid Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

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1 Interplay Central Administration and

System Settings

The following topics provide information about configuration of Interplay Central components:

• The Administrator Account

• Signing In to Interplay Central

• Configuring System Settings

• Configuring for Send to Playback

• Configuring Settings in the Interplay Production Administrator

The Administrator Account

During Interplay Central installation, a user named Administrator is created. This user is a member of the Administrator group by default, and as a result has administrator privileges.

During installation, you are required to set a password for the default Administrator account. The first time a user signs in with the user name Administrator, the user must supply this password. An administrator can later change the password. For more information, see “Changing

Passwords” on page 53.

After the first sign-in, the Administrator must configure system settings such as information about the Avid iNEWS and Interplay Production systems. For more information, see “Signing In

to Interplay Central” on page 12 and “Configuring System Settings” on page 13.

Additional Administrator Accounts

An administrator can add other users to the Administrators group. All members of the Administrators group have the same administrator privileges. For more information, see

“Creating a New Group or Editing Group Details” on page 46.

Layouts Available Only to an Administrator

Administrator tasks are performed in Interplay Central layouts. The following layouts are available only to an Interplay Central administrator:

• System Settings

•Users

Signing In to Interplay Central

To access an Avid iNEWS database and an Interplay Production database, an Interplay Central user or administrator needs to have a user name and password set in the iNEWS and Interplay Production sections of the User Settings dialog box.

The first time a user or administrator signs in to Interplay Central, you are asked to confirm or supply the user name and password of an Avid iNEWS account and an Interplay Production account. These credentials provide you with the appropriate access and rights to the iNEWS and Interplay Production databases, and enables you to supply only the Interplay Central user name and password at future sign-ins.

To sign in to the application:

Signing In to Interplay Central

1. Open a supported browser and type the URL of your Interplay Central server.

The URL is the computer name of the Interplay Central middleware server.

2. At the sign-in screen, type your user name and password.

3. Click Sign In, or press Enter or Return (Macintosh).

After a few moments, the Interplay Central application opens and displays the last layout that you used.

When you sign in to Interplay Central, you are automatically signed in to your iNEWS newsroom

computer system and Interplay Production system. If, however, the security settings for one of these integrated systems is inaccurate, you might see a warning similar to this:

If you get a message like this, click the link provided and verify your security settings.

4. (Optional) If the layout you want is not displayed, select the one you want from the Layouts menu.

To sign out of the application:

t Click Sign Out in the application menu.

Configuring System Settings

The Interplay Central administrator needs to specify configuration information before users can use Interplay Central. You specify these settings in the System Settings layout, which is only available to administrators. The System Settings layout includes a Settings pane, in which you select the group of settings, and the Details pane, in which you specify the settings.

Configuring System Settings

To configure Interplay Central system settings:

1. Sign in to Interplay Central as an administrator.

2. Select System Settings from the Layouts drop-down menu.

The System Settings layout opens.

3. In the Settings pane select a settings group, for example, General.

The Details pane displays the settings in that group.

4. In the Details pane, specify one or more settings, as described in the table at the end of this procedure.

5. Click Apply to save your new settings or click Revert to replace changed information with the previously saved settings.

Configuring System Settings

The following table describes the settings in each group.

Settings Group Setting Description

General Search Pane: Maximum Number The maximum number of items listed in a pane.

To view more items, click the Show More Results button. The range is 5 to 1000 items.

iNEWS iNEWS Server: Hostname The computer name of the server that hosts the

iNEWS database. If the computer name includes a suffix such as -a, do not include it. Not including the suffix allows for load balancing and failover.

Location for Script Sequences: Path A path for a folder in the Interplay Production

database to store the sequences created as part of an iNEWS script. Select whether you want sub-folders created by Queue name, Date, or Story name.

Pagination: Maximum Number The maximum number of items listed in the

Queue/Story pane or the Project/Story pane. To view more items beyond the number displayed, click the Show More Results button. The range is 5 to 255 items.

Interplay Production

Interplay Production Server: Hostname The computer name or the IP address of the

server that hosts the Interplay Production database.

Interplay Central Distribution Service: Service URL

A secure URL for the server that hosts the Interplay Central Distribution Service, which is used for send to playback. Provide the URL in the following format, including the port number: https://hostname:port. For example, https://localhost:8443. You can use an IP address instead of a hostname.

Assets Pane: Maximum Number The maximum number of items listed in a pane.

To view more items, click the Show More Results button. The range is 5 to 1000 items.

Modules (Reference only) Modules used in Interplay Central. Name,

version, location, state, fragment.

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Settings Group Setting Description

Player Server: Hostname The computer name or the IP address of the

server that hosts the Interplay Common Playback service. For an Interplay Common Playback Service cluster, use the virtual computer name or IP address.

For more information on configuring the playback server, see the Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

User Name and Password The user name and password for a user that you

created during the Interplay Central middleware installation. This user account is a generic backend user account that the Interplay Central middleware server uses to connect to the Interplay Common playback server.

Send to Playback See “Creating or Editing a Send-to-Playback

Profile” on page 19.

Configuring for Send to Playback

The video and audio sequence that a user creates in the Interplay Central script editor is called the script sequence. When the script sequence is finished, the user can transfer it to a playback device or playout server for viewing or broadcast. This process is called send to playback, or STP. Users can also send to playback a sequence stored in an Interplay Production database to a playback device.

The following topics describe administrator tasks for sending a sequence to a playback device:

• “Understanding the Send-to-Playback Components and Process” on page 16

• “Creating or Editing a Send-to-Playback Profile” on page 19

• “Send-to-Playback Profile Examples” on page 23

The following topic provides troubleshooting information:

• “Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems” on page 66

For information about how users send to playback, see the “Sending to Playback” chapter in the Avid Interplay Central User’s Guide.

Configuring for Send to Playback

Understanding the Send-to-Playback Components and Process

An Interplay Central system and an Interplay Production system are required for the send-to-playback process.

Required Components

Make sure the following components are correctly installed and configured:

• Interplay Central

- Interplay Central middleware server

- Interplay Central Distribution service. This component is installed on the Interplay

Central middleware server. It coordinates and monitors send-to-playback and mixdown operations. It determines if there is any preprocessing required. If it determines an audio mixdown is required, it submits a Transcode Mixdown request. If Long GOP media is required, it submits an STP Encode request.

The Interplay Central Distribution Service communicates with other Interplay Media Services,

but it is not an Interplay Media Service itself.

For information about installing and configuring these components, see the Avid Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

• Interplay Production

- Interplay Media Services Engine. This component serves as a broker for all Media

Services. The Interplay Transcode service and the STP Encode service are used for Interplay Central send-to-playback operations.

For installation and configuration information for the Media Services Engine and Media Services, see the Avid Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

- Interplay Transcode service. This service mixes down audio for script sequences and

checks the sequence in to the Interplay Engine. No video mixdown is required when sending a script sequence to a playback device.

- STP Encode service. This service exports and encodes Long GOP media, then passes

the media to the Transfer Engine for a send-to-playback operation. The STP Encode service supports various XDCAM media formats.

- Interplay Engine. This component manages the Interplay database. Sequences that are

sent to playback are checked into the Send to Playback folder in the Interplay database.

- Media Indexer. This component is used to store information of all available resolutions

for an Interplay asset. It enables relinking of a clip to a particular resolution (Dynamic Relink).

Configuring for Send to Playback

Interplay Central Client (Browser)

eer

ISIS Shared Storage

Media Indexer

Interplay Central Middleware Server

Media Services Engine

Playback Server

ASF

Interplay Central Distribution Service

Interplay Transcode

Interplay Transfer

- Avid System Framework (ASF). This component is used for various Interplay

interactions. For send-to-playback, it identifies the high-availability group (HAG) that includes the Media Indexer used for relinking .

- Interplay Transfer Engine. This component sends the sequence to the playout device. If

you are sending to an Avid AirSpeed or Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream server, you do not need a separate Interplay Transfer Engine, because it is included as a component of the AirSpeed Multi Stream server. For installation and configuration information, see the Avid Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide.

• Playback Servers

- AirSpeed Multi Stream. A playback server that can handle different formats, including

HD media. It includes a Transfer Manager as an installable component.

- AirSpeed (Classic). A playback server that can handle different formats but only one at

a time. There is no HD support.

- Other playback servers, for example, Omneon or K2.

Send-To-Playback Workflow: I-Frame Sequences

The following illustration shows a typical send-to-playback workflow for I-frame (non-Long GOP) sequences.

1. When the user starts an STP process in Interplay Central, the Interplay Central Middleware server (ICMS) creates an STP job and sends it to the Interplay Central Distribution Service (ICDS). ICDS performs an analysis of the sequence to determine if it needs an audio mixdown, a video mixdown, or both.

2. The ICDS uses ASF and MI to dynamically relink the sequence to media in the target resolution.

3. The ICDS sends a request for any required mixdowns to the Media Services Engine, which then sends the jobs to the Interplay Transcode provider.

Configuring for Send to Playback

Interplay Central Client (Browser)

eer

ISIS Shared Storage

Media Indexer

Interplay Central Middleware Server

Media Services Engine

Playback Server

ASF

Interplay Central Distribution Service

Interplay Transcode

Interplay Transfer

STP Encode

4. Interplay Transcode performs the mixdowns and saves the media on the Avid ISIS system.

5. ICDS initiates a transfer to the playback server, through Interplay Transfer.

6. Interplay Transfer transfers the sequence to the playback server.

Send-To-Playback Workflow: Long GOP Sequences

The following illustration shows a typical send-to-playback workflow for a Long GOP sequence.

- If an audio mixdown or video mixdown is needed, the ICDS will send a Transcode

mixdown job to the Media Services Engine, which sends the job to the Interplay Transcode provider.

- If no transcoding is required, the ICDS will send an STP Encode job to the Media

Services Engine, which sends the job to the STP Encode provider.

2. The ICDS uses ASF and MI to dynamically relink the sequence to media in the target resolution.

3. The ICDS sends a request for any required mixdowns to the Media Services Engine, which then sends the jobs to the Interplay Transcode provider.

After sending the Transcode jobs, the ICDS periodically checks the Media Services Engine to determine when to send the encoding job to the STP Encode provider.

4. Interplay Transcode performs the required jobs and saves the media on the Avid ISIS system.

5. When the transcode jobs are complete, ICDS sends an encoding job to the STP Encode provider.

6. STP Encode creates Long GOP OP1a media, stores it on the ISIS system, and initiates a transfer to the playout server, through Interplay Transfer.

7. Interplay Transfer transfers the sequence to the playback server.

Sending a Mixed-Resolution Long GOP Sequence to a Playback Device

In most cases, all media used in the sequence must be available in the target resolution to start an STP operation.

However, when you select a Long GOP resolution as a target resolution, you can mix media of different resolutions if the frame rates match. For example, if the target resolution is XDCAM-HD 1080i, you can include both XDCAM 1080i clips and DV25 411 NTSC clips in the same sequence. Both use an actual frame rate of 29.97 fps.

The DV25 clips do not need to be transcoded to XDCAM 1080i before the STP operation begins. For Long GOP sequences, any necessary transcoding takes place during the STP operation.

For more information, see “Sending a Mixed-Resolution Long GOP Sequence to a Playback Device” in the Avid Interplay Central User’s Guide.

Creating or Editing a Send-to-Playback Profile

Configuring for Send to Playback

A send-to-playback operation requires a profile, which an Interplay Central administrator creates in the Send to Playback settings Details tab.

The values displayed in some fields are retrieved from the Interplay Production system. Make sure the send-to-playback configuration in Interplay Production is done correctly before creating profiles in Interplay Central.

The following procedure provides general steps in creating or editing a send-to-playback profile. For more information, see “Send-to-Playback Profile Examples” on page 23.

The first time you sign in, information might not be available to create a profile. In this case, sign

out and sign in again to Interplay Central. Interplay Central can then get the send-to-playback information from the Interplay Production engine, and you can create a send-to-playback profile.

To create or edit a send-to-playback profile:

1. Sign in to Interplay Central as an Administrator.

2. Select System Settings from the Layouts list.

The Settings pane and Details pane open.

3. In the Settings tab, select Send to Playback.

Configuring for Send to Playback

The top part of the Details pane lists the send-to-playback profiles, and the bottom part lists the profile details.

If the menus do not display any values, the connection to Interplay Production might not be working. Try signing out and signing back in, or check the configuration between Interplay Central and Interplay Production. For more information, see the Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

4. Do one of the following:

t To create a new profile, click the + (plus) button in the Send to Playback Profiles

section.

A profile named “New Profile” is created in the Send to Playback Profiles section.

t To edit an existing profile, select the profile in the Send to Playback Profiles section.

5. In the Details tab, specify the required settings, as described in the table at the end of this procedure.

Configuring for Send to Playback

6. Click Apply to save the profile. If you are editing a file, click Revert to return to the original settings.

The following table describes the settings in each group.

Send to Playback Setting Description

Name A name for the profile. Choose a meaningful, descriptive name because

this name is displayed to users.

Individual Device or Studio Specifies if the profile applies to a single playout server or to an

AirSpeed Studio.

If you select Individual Device, the following fields are displayed:

• Servers. Select the Transfer Engine server for the profile. This list includes all Interplay Transfer Engines, AirSpeed Transfer Engines, and AirSpeed Multi Stream Transfer Engines in the Interplay Production workgroup. See “Selecting a Transfer Server” on

page 23.

• Playback Device. Select the playback device for the profile. This list includes device profiles created on an Interplay Transfer Engine as well as individually named AirSpeed and AirSpeed Multi Stream servers. This list can also include individual devices in an AirSpeed Studio if the following option is selected in the Interplay Transfer Settings view in the Interplay Administrator: “Show individual studio hosts in Send to Playback choices.”

If you select an AirSpeed Multi Stream server, you have a choice of a playback device with the name of the server and a playback device with the name of the server followed by -HD. Use the HD device for XDCAM-HD Long GOP media only. See “Selecting a Playback

Device” on page 24.

If you select Studio, the following fields are displayed:

• Studio. Select the AirSpeed Studio group for the profile. This list displays the AirSpeed Studio groups in the Interplay workgroup.

• Playback Device. Select the playback device for the profile. You have a choice of a playback device with the name of the server and a playback device with the name of the server followed by -HD. Use the HD device for XDCAM-HD Long GOP media only.

Configuring for Send to Playback

Send to Playback Setting Description

Video Options Long GOP: Select Long GOP if this profile will be used to transfer Long

GOP media (for example, XDCAM HD). Long GOP media is transferred through the STP Encode service.

AirSpeed: Select AirSpeed if this profile will be used to transfer to an Avid AirSpeed or AirSpeed Multi Stream server.

Accelerated STP: If you select both Long GOP and AirSpeed, the Accelerated STP option is activated. Select this option if this profile will be used with an AirSpeed Multi Stream server version 1.7 or later. This feature allows an AirSpeed Multi Stream user to play media while it is being transferred.

Video Target Resolution Select the resolution for the sequence that you want to send to the

playback device. This list includes video resolutions that are supported in the Interplay Production workgroup.

If you select Long GOP as a video option and a Long GOP (XD CAM) resolution, the Interplay Central Distribution Service uses the Interplay Dynamic Relink technology to link to media in a similar resolution (closest match) if media is not available in the target resolution.

If you do not select Long GOP as a video option, and media is not available in a target resolution, the send-to-playback operation fails with an error message.

In both cases, audio is linked to a similar resolution (closest match).

Video Frame Rate Select a frame rate that matches the selected video target resolution.

Some resolutions specify a frame rate and others do not. The frame rate is also a more exact value. For example, for XDCAM-HD 50 mbps 1080i 60, select 59.94.

Audio Target Sample Rate 48 Hz (this is the only choice)

The audio target format is always PCM

Audio Target Bit Depth Select 16 bit or 24 bit.

Audio Target Mixdown Mode Select Stereo or Direct Out. The maximum number of audio tracks

supported for send to playback is 16.

Interplay ISIS Workspace Select a workspace for storing media that results from an audio

mixdown or an STP Encode operation.

To delete a profile, select the profile you want to delete and click the minus (-) button in the Send to Playback Profiles section.

For information about performing a send-to-playback operation, see the Interplay Central User’s Guide.

Send-to-Playback Profile Examples

The following examples of send-to-playback profiles show settings for different resolutions and different playback servers.

Selecting a Transfer Server

When you select a server in an STP profile, the Servers list includes all Interplay Transfer Engines, AirSpeed Transfer Engines, and AirSpeed Multi Stream Transfer Engines that are specified in the Interplay Production workgroup. The following illustration shows the Servers list and the corresponding Interplay Transfer Settings in the Interplay Administrator.

Configuring for Send to Playback

Individual AirSpeed Multi Stream servers in a studio are listed because the option “Show individual studio hosts in Send to Playback choices” is selected

Configuring for Send to Playback

Selecting a Playback Device

When you select a playback device in an STP profile, the Playback Device list includes the playback devices that are associated with the Interplay Transfer server you selected.

• For AirSpeed servers, there is only one selection that matches the server name.

• For AirSpeed Multi Stream servers, there might be two types of selections:

- One selection that matches the server name. Select this playback device for all resolutions except for XDCAM-HD Long GOP media.

- One selection that adds -HD to the server name. The -HD suffix indicates that the AirSpeed Multi Stream server is equipped with an HD board. Select this playback device for XDCAM-HD Long GOP media.

• For Interplay Transfer Engine servers, the list includes all devices that have been configured for the selected Interplay Transfer Engine server. The following illustration shows the Playback Device list for an Interplay Transfer Engines server and the corresponding list in the Interplay Transfer Engine Configuration window.

Configuring for Send to Playback

XDCAM-HD on AirSpeed Multi Stream

This profile, named AMS1-XDCAM1080i60_50mb, specifies settings for an AirSpeed Multi Stream server that supports XDCAM-HD media.

Note the following:

• Servers: Airspeed Multi Stream includes a Transfer Engine, so A51-WG1-AMS1 is the computer name for the AMS server.

• Playback Device: Because this profile supports XDCAM-HD Long GOP media, the playback device name includes the -HD suffix.

Configuring for Send to Playback

• Long GOP and AirSpeed must be selected for this profile. With these options selected Accelerated STP (Send to Playback) becomes available, and can be used in this case because the AirSpeed MultiStream server is version 1.7 or later.

• The remaining media options specifically describe the target video and audio resolutions. The Mixdown Mode is set for Stereo, and the specified ISIS workspace will hold the mixed-down media.

XDCAM-HD on AirSpeed Multi Stream Studio

The following profile, named AMS_studio, is similar to the previous profile but is configured for an AirSpeed Multi Stream Studio.

Configuring for Send to Playback

Note the following:

• Studio: The Studio option is selected and the Servers list is replaced by the Studio list. A51-WG1-AMS[3] is the computer name for the AirSpeed Multi Stream Studio group.

• Playback Device: Because this profile supports XDCAM-HD Long GOP media, the playback device name includes the -HD suffix.

• The remaining media options specifically describe the target video and audio resolutions. The Mixdown Mode is set for Direct Out, and the specified ISIS workspace will hold the mixed-down media.

SD on AirSpeed Multi Stream

The following profile, named AMS2, specifies settings for an AirSpeed Multi Stream server that supports DV 25 SD media.

Configuring for Send to Playback

Note the following:

• Servers: A51-WG1-AMS2 is the computer name for this AirSpeed Multi Stream server.

• Playback Device: Because this profile supports SD media, the playback device name matches the server name and does not include the -HD suffix.

• AirSpeed must be selected for this profile.

• The remaining media options specifically describe the target video and audio resolutions. The Mixdown Mode is set for Stereo, and the specified ISIS workspace will hold the mixed-down media.

Generic FTP Profile

The following profile, named Omneon, specifies settings for a third-party server configured for Generic FTP settings through an Interplay Transfer Engine server.

Configuring Settings in the Interplay Production Administrator

Note the following:

• Servers: A51-WG1-TM2 is the computer name for the Interplay Transfer Engine server.

• Playback Device: a51-wg1-tm2:6534/OMN_SD is the third-party server configured through the Interplay Transfer Engine.

• The remaining media options specifically describe the target video and audio resolutions. The Mixdown Mode is set for Stereo, and the specified ISIS workspace will hold the mixed-down media.

Configuring Settings in the Interplay Production Administrator

The Interplay Production Administrator application includes settings that apply to Interplay Central. The initial configuration of these settings is described in the Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide. After the initial configuration, you might want to modify these settings.

To check or modify Application Database settings in the Interplay Administrator:

1. Start the Interplay Administration application and log in to the server for the appropriate Interplay Production workgroup.

2. In the Editing Settings section of the Interplay Administrator window, click the Application Database Settings icon.

3. Click the Editing Settings tab and select the desired settings.

4. Click Apply.

The following table describes settings that are applicable to Interplay Central.

Section Setting Description

Audio Patching Natural Sound What you choose in the Audio Patching section determines how

many channels are shown (for NAT or SOT) in the context menu options for audio when a user right-clicks on a clip within the Script Editor’s Sequence Timeline.

This setting is the channel count for natural sound. Options include: 1-Channel or 2-Channel.

Sound on Tape This setting is the channel count for sound on tape. Options

include: 1-Channel or 2-Channel.

Configuring Settings in the Interplay Production Administrator

Section Setting Description

Audio - Track labels

Audio - Source audio patching

Audio - Storyline audio patching

Natural Sound label

This setting determines the wording or character(s) used as a label for the natural sound track control in the Audio pane as well as the header for the natural sound column in the Script Editor’s Sequence Timeline. By default, NAT is used.

Sound on Tape label

This setting determines the wording or character(s) used as a label for the sound on tape track control in the Audio pane as well as the header for the sound on tape column in the Script Editor’s Sequence Timeline. By default, SOT is used.

Voice Over label This setting determines the wording or character(s) used as a

label for the voice over track control in the Audio pane as well as the header for the voice over column in the Script Editor’s Sequence Timeline. By default, VO is used.

Natural Sound tracks 1 & 2

Sound on Tape tracks 1 & 2

These settings determine which two tracks are used for natural sound from the source media.

These settings determine which two tracks are used for sound on tape from the source media.

Voice Over track This setting determines which track is used for voice over audio

from the source media.

Natural Sound tracks 1 & 2

These settings determine which two tracks are used for natural sound on the output sequence. Each track for natural sound and sound on tape must be unique. For instance, do not set the first track for natural sound to A1 if the first track for sound on tape is already set to A1.

Audio - General settings

Sound on Tape tracks 1 & 2

These settings determine which two tracks are used for sound on tape on the output sequence. Each track for natural sound and sound on tape must be unique. For instance, do not set the first track for sound on tape to A1 if the first track for natural sound is already set to A1.

Voice Over track This settings determines which track is used for voice over audio

on the output sequence.

Media Creation workspace

This is the name of the location on ISIS where Interplay Central creates voice over files.

Sample bit depth Set this to 16 for Interplay Central.

Ducking [-db] When audio must be ducked because of overlapping tracks, this

setting (in decibels) is what determines the reduction in audio level.

Configuring Settings in the Interplay Production Administrator

Section Setting Description

Dynamic Relink Dynamic Relink

Enabled

Audio Effects Dissolve Duration

[frames]

Center-Panned Sound on Tape and Voice Over

This setting is not configured for Interplay Central in this location of the Interplay Administration application. Instead, this setting is configured on the Interplay Common playback server. For more information, see the Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

Brief dissolves between audio tracks are used to make audio edits sound smooth. Set this to the number of frames you want dissolves between audio edits to last.

This setting is not used for Interplay Central.

2 Interplay Central User Management

The following topics provide information about managing Interplay Central users and groups:

• Opening the Users Layout

• The Users Layout

• Understanding Users and Groups

• Available Layouts: Administrators and Users

• Managing Users and Groups

• Creating and Deleting Roles

• Displaying Information in the Details Pane

• Searching for Users or Groups

Opening the Users Layout

The Users layout is a layout that an Interplay Central administrator uses to import, create, and manage users and groups.

To open the Users layout:

1. Sign in to Interplay Central as an administrator.

2. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

The Layout drop-down menu includes the name of the role for the signed-in user, along with the layouts that role can access.

The Users Layout

The Users layout consists of four major panes: User Tree, Roles, Details, and Search. The following illustration identifies these panes and other controls. In this illustration, the group Journalists is selected and the Details pane shows information about the group.

The Users Layout

1 Menu bar 5 Search pane

2 Message bar 6 Layouts selector

3 User Tree pane 7 Details pane

4 Roles pane

You can adjust the size and location of the panes in the same way as you do in other Interplay Central layouts. For more information, see the Interplay Central User’s Guide or the Interplay Central Help.

The following sections describe areas of the Users layout.

Menu Bar

The Users layout includes the same Menu bar as other Interplay Central layouts. The contents of the Panes menu depends on the current layout.

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Message Bar

The Users layout includes the same message bar as other Interplay Central layouts.

User Tree Pane

The User Tree pane displays the contents of the user database in a hierarchical arrangement of groups and users. Each entry in the hierarchy is represented by an icon, as shown in the following illustration.

1 User Tree toolbar 4 Group

2 Top-level group (Users) 5 User Tree pane menu

3 User (default Administrator)

The User Tree pane includes a pane menu that you open by clicking the pane menu arrow. The menu items depend on the selected entry in the user tree, as listed in the following table.

Selected Entry in the User Tree:

Top-Level Group Group User

Refresh Refresh Refresh

Create User Create User Create User

Create Group Create Group Create Group

Remove from Group (child groups only)

Expand All Expand All

Collapse All Collapse All

Delete (except for Administrators, Import, and Unassigned)

Remove from Group

Delete

Understanding Users and Groups

Selected Entry in the User Tree:

Top-Level Group Group User

Import Users Import Users Import Users

Help Help Help

Roles Pane

The Roles pane lists the default roles and any roles you created. For more information, see

“Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles” on page 53.

Search Pane

The Search pane lets you enter criteria to search the user database for users and groups. For more information, see “Searching for Users or Groups” on page 59.

Layouts Selector

The Layouts selector includes the same options as other Interplay Central layouts, but only administrators have access to the Systems Settings and Users layouts. For more information, see

“Available Layouts: Administrators and Users” on page 38.

Details Pane

The Details pane displays information about the group or user you double-click in the user tree. If you double-click the top-level group (Users), the pane lets you specify information about the selected Authentication Providers. For more information, see “Importing Users” on page 39.

Understanding Users and Groups

Users and groups are the basic entities that you manage in Interplay Central. The following are concepts about users and groups that you should understand:

• Interplay Central User Management is a service that provides the ability to do the following:

- Create users and groups

- Manage users and groups

- Authenticate users across iNEWS and Interplay Production

- Manage which Interplay Central licenses a user has access to

Interplay Central User Management is a Windows service that is listed in the Windows Computer Management window.

Understanding Users and Groups

•A user is an entity that represents a real-world user. Users are authenticated through the Interplay Central User Management service.

•A group is an entity that represents a collection of users. For example, the group named Administrators is a collection of users that have administrator privileges. The Administrators group and the Administrator user are created by default. For more information, see

“Creating a New Group or Editing Group Details” on page 46.

• A user is a member of a group. The group to which the user belongs is referred to as the parent group. A new user is created as a member of the top-level group (Users) and can be assigned to one or more groups. For more information, see “Creating a New User or Editing

User Details” on page 44.

• A group can be a member of another group. The group to which the group belongs is referred to as the parent group.

• A user can be a member of more than one group, and a group can be a member of more than one group. Users and groups are considered members only of their immediate parent groups.

The following illustration shows the relationships that are allowed.

1 User X is a member of Groups A and B. 2 Group C is a member of Groups A and B.

A user or a group can be a member of more than one group in a single subtree. In the following illustration, user X can be a member of both group B and group C.

Understanding Users and Groups

1 User X can be a member of both Group C and Group B.

Relationships are hierarchical. Cyclical relationships, as in the following illustration, are not permitted.

1 Group C is a member of Group A. 2 Group A is a member of Group B. 3 Group B cannot be a member of Group C.

• If a user or a group is removed from all parent groups, the user or group is moved to the Unassigned group. For more information, see “Understanding the Unassigned Group” on

page 52.

• Users and groups have properties. Properties are defined fields that describe a user or a group. Only the values of properties can be changed. Examples of properties are group name, user first name and last name, and description.

Available Layouts: Administrators and Users

Which layouts are available in Interplay Central depends on the group to which a user belongs.

• Administrators group: A user in the Administrators group can access the System Settings and Users layouts and perform administrative actions that are available in the layouts. An Administrator can also access any other layout.

• Other groups: A user in a group other than the Administrators group can access only the Basic, Logging, and Video layouts.

The following tables lists the available layouts:

Layout Available To...

Basic All users based on license type

Logging All users based on license type

System Settings Administrators only

Users Administrators only

Video All users based on license type

An administrator assigns license type and available layouts to a role. For more information, see

“Creating and Deleting Roles” on page 54. For more information on license types and how to

install them, see the Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

Managing Users and Groups

Interplay Central requires its own database of users. You can import users from a Windows domain, individually create users, or both.

The Interplay Central user database is independent of the Interplay Production user database and the Avid iNEWS user database. However, the Interplay Central database, through the Interplay Central User Management service, serves as a password manager that authenticates the Interplay Central user against the Interplay Production and iNEWS user databases.

When a user first signs in to Interplay Central, the user needs to accept or change the displayed credentials to access the iNEWS database and the Interplay Production database. For more information, see “Signing In to Interplay Central” on page 12.

The following topics describe tasks for managing users and groups:

• “Importing Users” on page 39

• “Creating a New User or Editing User Details” on page 44

• “Creating a New Group or Editing Group Details” on page 46

• “Adding a User to a Group” on page 47

• “Removing a User from a Group” on page 47

• “Removing Groups from Groups” on page 48

• “Adding or Removing Group Membership Through Selection in a Window” on page 49

• “Deleting Users and Groups” on page 52

• “Changing Passwords” on page 53

Importing Users

If you enable Windows Domain authentication, you can import groups from a Windows domain. Users imported from a Windows domain can use their Windows domain user names and passwords to sign in to Interplay Central. Importing users is a two part process:

• Supply information about the authentication provider.

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• Perform the actual import.

During the import process authentication requests cannot be handled. Currently signed-in users might not be able to complete their work. Other users will not be able to sign in. You should inform active users that the system will not be available.

Interplay Central does not support importing of single users. To facilitate administration, Avid recommends that you align the Interplay Central group structure with the Active Directory group structure.

New users added to the Windows domain are not continually imported to the Interplay Central user database. To add new users, you need to perform another import.

Users deleted from the Windows domain are not automatically deleted from the Interplay Central user database and they are not deleted if you perform another import. A user deleted from the Windows domain cannot be authenticated and thus will not be able to sign in. If you want to delete that user’s account, you need to delete the account manually.

Some large organizations might use a hierarchical domain structure called a “forest root domain.” Interplay Central domain authentication does not support this structure. If you select a domain for authentication, users from other forest domains will be removed from the group during the import process.

Managing Users and Groups

To supply information about an authentication provider:

1. Sign in to Interplay Central as an administrator and select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. In the user tree, double-click the top-level group Users.

3. In the Authentication Providers section of the Details pane, select the option Windows Domain Authentication.

4. In the Server section, supply the following information:

- (Optional) If the Active Directory uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology, select

Use SSL Connection.

- Type the hostname of the Windows domain server on which the user database is stored.

- Type the port for the domain server. The default port is 389. For an SSL connection, the

default port is 636.

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- Type the Base DN (root location) where the import of the user tree should be started.

When you begin the import procedure, the user tree is displayed and you can select the subgroups you want to import.

How you type the Base DN depends on how your Active Directory is configured. For example, a domain in a company named “company.com” might be divided into the domain components DC=company and DC=com. Type these entries separated by a comma, but no space:

DC=company,DC=com

5. In the Sign-In Credentials section, do one of the following:

- Select Use Anonymous Access. If you select this option, the User Name and Password

fields in this section are inactive and not required.

- Type the user name and password of a domain user who has access to the domain server.

How you type the user name depends on how your Active Directory is configured. For example, you can specify the user “Administrator” in the group “Users” by typing the following, separated by a comma, but no space:

CN=administrator,CN=Users

Your Active Directory can also be configured to use only a user name, for example:

administrator

By default the password is represented by asterisks. To display the password, click the Show button.

6. Click Apply.

Clicking Apply saves the settings but does not import users.

To import users from a Windows domain:

1. From the User Tree pane menu, select Import Users.

The Import Users dialog box opens.

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If you did not specify an authentication provider, the following message appears: “You have no authentication providers configured.” Click the Go to Authentication Providers button to display the Details pane and then complete the previous procedure.

2. Select whether you want to overwrite existing users that have the same user names.

In most cases, especially when reimporting, select “Do not overwrite existing users that have the same names.” This option preserves any existing user settings.

3. Click the Load User Tree button.

A bar displays the progress while the user tree is loading. When the loading is complete, the root of the user tree appears.

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4. If necessary, click the triangle to expand a group and display subgroups. You can also use the maximize icon to expand the pane. Select the groups that you want to import, and click Import.

A message box displays the progress of the import.

- If the import process fails for any reason, such as a failure to connect to the Active

Directory server, a message box describes the problem and gives you an option to retry.

- If the import process is successful, a message box informs you how many users were

successfully imported and how many were not. Click OK.

The message box also displays users for which the import failed.

- If you selected “Do not overwrite existing users that have the same names,” existing

users will be listed as “Failed to import” because a user with the same name already exists.

- If there is a problem with access restrictions, a message is displayed in the Import Users

dialog box. At the end of the import process, users who could not be imported due to access restrictions are listed with the details “Insufficient access rights.” Check with the Active Directory administrator to resolve the problem.

At the end of a successful import, the selected group is imported in the user tree, in the folder named Users/Import/Microsoft/full_qualified_name. You can then assign imported users to other groups.

Creating a New User or Editing User Details

You can create individual users instead of importing a group of users. You can assign a user to one or more groups, including the Administrators group.

To create a new user:

1. Sign in to Interplay Central as an administrator and select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. (Optional) In the user tree, select a group to which you want to add a new user.

You can also add a user to a group after you select Create User. If you do not add a user to a group, the new user is added to the top-level Users group.

3. From the User Tree pane menu, select Create User or click the Create User button.

4. In the Details pane, type the properties for the new user.

User Name, Password, and Confirm Password are required fields and are marked by small white stars. Other fields and settings are optional.

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Note the following restrictions:

- Passwords are case-sensitive.

- Minimum length of user names and passwords: 1 character

- Maximum length of user names and passwords: 255 characters

- Passwords cannot contain only spaces.

5. Select the options you want, such as “User must change password at next sign-in.”

6. (Optional) Add the new user to a group.

If you selected a group and then selected Create User, the group you selected is listed in the Groups section. To add the user to another group, drag the group icon from the user tree to the Groups section or click the Edit button (see “Adding or Removing Group Membership

Through Selection in a Window” on page 49).

If you do not assign a user to a group, the user is added to the top-level group (Users).

7. (Optional) Assign one or more roles to a user.

By default, a user inherits the role of the assigned group. This default role is not displayed until you save the new user.

For more information, see “Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles” on page 53.

8. If you do not want to create the user, click Cancel.

This action clears the Details pane.

9. When you are satisfied with the information, click Save.

The user is added to the groups that you specified. If you did not specify a group, the user is added to the top-level group (Users).

If you navigate away from the Details pane without clicking Cancel or Save, a message box asks if you want to apply your changes. Click Yes to apply changes, click No to ignore the changes, or click Cancel to go back to the details pane and make additional changes.

To edit user details:

1. In the user tree, double-click a user.

2. Change the properties, options, membership, or roles.

3. If you want to cancel your changes and return to the last set of saved information, click Revert.

4. When you are satisfied with the information, click Apply.

Creating a New Group or Editing Group Details

To create a new group:

1. Sign in to Interplay Central as an administrator and select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. (Optional) In the user tree, select a group.

You can also add a group to a group after you click Create Group. If no items are selected in the user tree, the new group will be added to the top-level Users group. If you select a user, the new group will be created in the group that contains the selected user.

3. From the User Tree pane menu, select Create Group, or click the Create Group icon.

4. In the Details pane, type the properties for the new group.

Group Name is a required field (marked by a white star). Other fields are optional.

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5. Add members to the new group by dragging users from the user tree to the Members section. To remove a member from the group, click the Edit button, deselect the member, and close the dialog box (see “Adding or Removing Group Membership Through Selection in a

Window” on page 49).

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6. Assign one or more roles to the group.

By default, the group inherits the roles assigned to the parent group, unless the parent group is the top-level Users group. The top-level group cannot be assigned a role.

By default, members of the group inherit the roles assigned to the group. For more information, see “Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles” on page 53.

7. (Optional) If you want to make the group a member of another group, drag the new parent group from the user tree to the Groups section. To remove the parent group, click the Edit button, deselect the parent group, and close the dialog box (see “Adding or Removing Group

Membership Through Selection in a Window” on page 49).

8. If you want to clear and close the Details pane before creating the group, click Cancel.

9. When you are satisfied with the information, click Save.

To edit group details:

1. In the user tree, double-click a group.

2. Change the properties, membership, or roles.

3. If you want to cancel your changes and return to the last set of saved information, click Revert.

4. When you are satisfied with the information, click Apply.

Adding a User to a Group

To add an existing user to a group, do one of the following:

t In the user tree, double-click a user, drag the group to the Groups section of the Details pane,

and click Apply.

t In the user tree, double-click a group, drag the user to the Members section of the Details

pane, and click Apply.

Removing a User from a Group

If you remove a user from a group, and the user is not a member of any other groups, the user is moved to the Unassigned group. You can reassign a user from the Unassigned group to another group or to the top-level group (Users). For more information, see “Understanding the

Unassigned Group” on page 52.

To remove a user from a group by using a menu command:

1. In the user tree or search results list, click the turn-down arrow to open the group from which you want to remove the user.

2. Select the user you want to remove.

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3. From the User Tree pane menu, select Remove from Group.

To remove a user from a group by using the user’s details:

1. In the user tree or search results list, click the turn-down arrow to open the group from which you want to remove the user.

2. Double-click the user you want to remove.

3. In the Groups section of the Details pane, select the group from which you want to delete the user.

4. Click the Edit button in the upper left of the section, deselect the group, and click the close button.

5. Click Apply.

To remove a user from a group by using the group’s details:

1. In the user tree or search results list, double-click the group from which you want to remove the user.

2. In the Members section of the Details pane, select the user you want to remove from the group.

3. Click the Edit button in the upper left of the section, deselect the user, and click the close button.

4. Click Apply.

Removing Groups from Groups

If you remove a group from a group, and the group is not a member of any other groups, the group is moved to the Unassigned group. You can reassign a group from the Unassigned group to another group or to the top-level group (Users). For more information, see “Understanding the

Unassigned Group” on page 52.

To remove a group from a group by using a menu command:

1. In the user tree or search results list, click the turn-down arrow to open the group from which you want to remove the group.

2. Select the group you want to remove.

3. From the User Tree pane menu, select Remove from Group.

To remove a group from a group by using the group’s details:

1. In the user tree or search results list, double-click the group you want to remove.

2. In the Groups section of the Details pane, select the group from which you want to delete the group.

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3. Click the Edit button in the upper left of the section, deselect the group, and click the close button.

4. Click Apply.

To remove a group from a group by using the parent group’s details:

1. In the user tree or search results list, double-click the group from which you want to remove the group.

2. In the Members section of the Details pane, select the group you want to remove from the group.

3. Click the Edit button in the upper left of the section, deselect the group, and click the close button.

4. Click Apply.

Adding or Removing Group Membership Through Selection in a Window

The Details pane in the Users layout now includes an Edit button in the Members and Groups sections. Clicking the Edit button opens a window in which you can select or deselect users or groups.

To add a user or a group to a group (“Members” section):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. In the User Tree pane, double-click the group to which you want to add members.

3. In the Members section of the Details pane, click the Edit button.

The Add or Remove Users or Groups window opens.

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4. In the Add or Remove Users or Groups window, select the users or group you want to add to the group by doing one of the following:

t Open the Users folder or the Groups folder if necessary, and select the check box for the

user or group you want to add.

t In the Search bar, type the name of the user or group you want to add. For each letter

that you type, the list or users and groups is reduced to names that contain those letters. You might need to open the Users folder or the Groups folder to view the search results. Then select the check box for the user or group you want to add.

5. Click the close button in the Add or Remove Users or Groups window.

The user or group is added to the Members list.

6. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

To remove users or groups from a group (“Members” section):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. In the User Tree pane, double-click the group from which you want to remove members.

3. In the “Members” section of the Details pane, click the Edit button.

The Add or Remove Users or Groups window opens.

4. Select the users or group you want to remove from the group by doing one of the following:

t Open the Users folder or the Groups folder if necessary, and deselect the check box for

the user or group you want to remove.

t In the Search bar, type the name of the user or group you want to remove. For each letter

that you type, the list or users and groups is reduced to names that contain those letters. You might need to open the Users folder or the Groups folder to view the search results. Then deselect the check box for the user or group you want to remove.

5. Click the close button in the Add or Remove Users or Groups window.

The user or group is removed from the “Members” list.

6. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

Managing Users and Groups

To add a user or a group to a group (“Groups” section):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. In the User Tree pane, double-click the user or group you want to add to a group.

The Details pane displays information about the user or group.

3. In the Groups section of the Details pane, click the Edit button.

The Add or Remove Groups window opens.

4. Select the group to which you want to add the user or group by doing one of the following:

t Open the Groups folder if necessary, and select the check box for the group to which

you want to add the user or group.

t In the Search bar, type the name of the group to which you want to add the user or

group. For each letter that you type, the list of groups is reduced to names that contain those letters. You might need to open the Groups folder to view the search results. Then deselect the check box for the group to which you want to add the user or group.

5. Click the close button in the Add or Remove Groups window.

The user or group is added to the Groups list.

6. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

To remove a user or a group from a group (“Groups” section):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. In the User Tree pane, double-click the user or group you want to remove from a group.

The Details pane displays information about the user or group.

3. In the Groups section of the Details pane, click the Edit button.

The Add or Remove Groups window opens.

4. Select the group from which you want to remove the user or group by doing one of the following:

t Open the Groups folder if necessary, and deselect the check box for the group from

which you want to remove the user or group.

t In the Search bar, type the name of the group from which you want to remove the user or

5. Click the close button in the Add or Remove Groups window.

The group is removed from the Groups list.

6. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

Understanding the Unassigned Group

A group labeled Unassigned is included by default as a member of the top-level group (Users). The Unassigned group holds users and groups that have been removed from all other groups.

The Unassigned group is a system group and thus you cannot rename it, move it, delete it, or make it a member of another group. You cannot manually add or remove users or groups. You can reassign the users or groups in the same way that you assign users and groups to other groups. (For more information, see “Creating a New User or Editing User Details” on page 44 and “Creating a New Group or Editing Group Details” on page 46.) After you reassign the users or groups, they are removed from the Unassigned group.

If a group is moved to the Unassigned group, the group and its members are moved to the Unassigned group. Members of this group can be members of other groups. In other words, only the group is unassigned.

Deleting Users and Groups

When you delete a user or a group, the user or group is permanently deleted from all groups of which it is a member. If you delete a user that was imported, the user can be reimported during the next import sync operation.

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If you delete a group, members of the group are not deleted. Members that belong to other groups remain as members of the other groups. Members that are not members of other groups are moved to the Unassigned group.

If you delete a group that contains one or more subgroups, the subgroups remain in the user tree. A subgroup might remain as a member of a different group or, if the subgroup is not part of a different group, it is moved to the Unassigned group.

If you imported users from a Windows domain, users deleted from the Windows domain are not automatically deleted from the Interplay Central user database and they are not deleted if you perform another import. You need to disable or delete the accounts manually.

To delete a user:

1. Do one of the following:

t In the user tree, select a user.

t In the search list, double-click a user, so that the user is selected in the user tree.

2. Select Delete from the User Tree pane menu, or click the Delete button.

If one user is selected in the user tree, and a different user is displayed in the Details pane, the

user selected in the user tree is deleted.

To delete a group:

1. Do one of the following:

t In the user tree, select a group.

t In the search list, double-click a group, so that the group is selected in the user tree.

2. Select Delete from the User Tree pane menu, or click the Delete button.

If one group is selected in the user tree, and a different group is displayed in the Details pane, the

user selected in the user tree is deleted.

Changing Passwords

To change a user’s password:

1. In the user tree or search list, double-click the user whose password you want to change.

2. In the Details pane, click Change Password.

3. In the Change Password dialog box, type the new password, and then type it again in the Confirm Password text box.

Note the following restrictions:

- Passwords are case-sensitive.

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- Minimum length of passwords: 1 character

- Maximum length of passwords: 255 characters

- Passwords cannot contain only spaces.

4. Click OK.

Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles

The Users layout includes a pane labeled Roles.

In Interplay Central, a role is a set of features, privileges, and layouts that are assigned to a user by an Interplay Central administrator. An administrator can create Interplay Central roles based on roles within an organization.The following topics describe how to manage roles:

• Creating and Deleting Roles

• Assigning Roles

Creating and Deleting Roles

Interplay Central includes three default roles, with assigned layouts:

• Administrator: Basic, Logging, System Settings, Users, Video

• Journalist: Basic, Video

• Media Logger: Logging

You cannot rename or delete the Administrator role. You can add create additional roles

To create a role:

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. Click the Roles pane.

3. Do one of the following:

t Click the Pane Menu button and select Create Role.

t Click the New Role button.

4. In the Details pane, type a name for the role.

This field is required.

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5. (Optional) Type a description of the new role.

6. Select one of the following license types for the role:

-Basic

- Browse Media (default)

- Edit Media

For more information on license types and how to install them, see the Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

7. In the Layouts section, click the Edit button.

The Add or Remove Layouts window opens.

Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles

8. Select the check box for the layout or layouts you want to assign to the role.

9. Click the close button in the Add or Remove Layouts window.

The layout is added to the Layouts list.

10. Click Save.

The role is added to the list in the Roles pane.

To delete a role:

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. Click the Roles pane.

3. Select the role you want to delete.

4. Click the Pane Menu button and select Delete Role.

A confirmation box asks if you want to delete the selected role.

5. Click Yes.

The role is deleted.

Assigning Roles

You can assign roles in two ways:

• In the Role Details pane

• In the User or Group Details pane.

You can assign roles by selecting from a list, or by dragging and dropping.

To assign a role in the Role Details pane (selecting from a list):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

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2. In the Roles pane, double-click the role that you want to assign to a user or group.

Information about the role is displayed in the Details pane.

3. In the Users and Groups section of the Details pane, click the Edit button.

The Add or Remove Users or Groups window opens.

4. Select the user or group to which you which you want to assign the role by doing one of the following:

t Open the User or Groups folder if necessary, and select the check box for the user or

group to which you want to add the role.

t In the Search bar, type the name of the user group to which you want to assign the role.

For each letter that you type, the list of users and groups is reduced to names that contain those letters. You might need to open the Users or Groups folder to view the search results. Then select the check box for the user or group to which you want to assign the role.

5. Click the close button in the Add or Remove Users or Groups window.

The user or group is added to the Users and Groups list.

6. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

To assign a role in the Role Details pane (drag and drop):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. In the Roles pane, double-click the role that you want to assign to a user or group.

Information about the role is displayed in the Details pane.

3. Click the User Tree pane.

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4. Select the user or group to which you which you want to assign the role and drag it to the Users and Groups section of the Details pane.

5. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

To assign a role in the User or Group Details pane (selecting from a list):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

2. In the User Tree pane, double-click the user or group to which you want to assign a role.

Information about the user or group is displayed in the Details pane.

3. In the Roles section of the Details pane, click the Edit button.

The Add or Remove Roles window opens.

4. Open the Roles folder if necessary, and select the check box for the role you want to assign.

5. Click the close button in the Add or Remove Roles window.

The role is added to the Roles list. The From Group column shows if the role is assigned directly (“Assigned to user directly”) or inherited from a parent group. The name of the parent group is a link that opens the Details pane for the group.

6. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

To assign a role in the User or Group Details pane (drag and drop):

1. Select Users from the Layouts drop-down menu.

Displaying Information in the Details Pane

2. In the User Tree pane, double-click the user or group to which you want to assign a role.

Information about the user or group is displayed in the Details pane.

3. Click the Roles tab.

4. Select the role you want to assign to the user or group and drag it to the Roles section of the Details pane.

5. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

Displaying Information in the Details Pane

You can double-click users, groups, or roles in the Details pane to select the item in the User Tree pane or Roles pane, and display information about the item in the Details pane. For example, in the following illustration, if you double-click Administrator, the Roles pane is displayed with Administrator selected. Information about the role is displayed in the Details tab.

Similarly, you can double-click a user or group to select it in the User Tree pane and to display information about it in the Details pane.

Searching for Users or Groups

If you want to display details about a user or group but you do not want to navigate the user tree, you can use the Search pane.

To search for a user or group:

1. In the Search pane, type a sequence of one or more characters that are contained in the name of a user or group.

The search is not case-sensitive. You can use an asterisk as a wild card. For example, typing “a*i” could result in names that include both “Avid” and “admin.”

2. Click the Search icon (magnifying glass) or press Enter or Return (Macintosh).

Users and groups that match the criteria are listed in the search results list.

3. To display information about a user or group, double-click the name in the search results list.

The user or group is selected in the user tree, and information is displayed in the Details pane.

Searching for Users or Groups

3 Scheduling and Restoring Backups for

the Users Database

The following topics describe the backup and restore functions of the Interplay Central User Management Service:

• Modifying Settings for Backup of the Users Database

• Restoring the Users Database from a Backup

Modifying Settings for Backup of the Users Database

By default, the Interplay Central Users database is backed up once a day, in the following location on the Interplay Central User Management Service server:

C:/ProgramData/Application Data/Avid/Avid Interplay Central User Management Service/db_backup

in the following format:

yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm.zip

Avid recommends that you change the default path so that the backup is located on a remote network server. This location preserves the backup in case of a hard drive crash on the Interplay Central User Management server.

You can also change the frequency and other settings for the backup.

To modify the settings for backup of the users database:

1. Open the following file in Wordpad or another text editor:

drive:\Program Files\Avid\Interplay Central User Management Service\conf\uls.properties

The following illustration shows the section of the file that is related to backups.

Modifying Settings for Backup of the Users Database

2. Edit the file to set your preferences. The following list describes the settings you can edit:

- The storage location of the users database backups:

uls.db.backup.path=<pathname>

The following is the default path:

C:/ProgramData/Application Data/Avid/Avid Interplay Central User Management Service/db_backup

Avid recommends changing the location to a remote network server. You can use a UNC path, for example:

uls.db.backup.path=\\network_server\folder

- The maximum number of backup files to keep:

uls.db.maxfiles=<number>

When the maximum number is reached, the oldest file is removed so that the newest file can be added. The default is 10.

- The frequency of the backup in months, days, and hours:

uls.db.backup.period.month=<number> uls.db.backup.period.day=<number> uls.db.backup.period.hour=<number>

The following default values create a backup once a day:

uls.db.backup.period.month=0 uls.db.backup.period.day=1 uls.db.backup.period.hour=0

Restoring the Users Database from a Backup

To create a backup once a week, edit the settings as follows:

uls.db.backup.period.month=0 uls.db.backup.period.day=7 uls.db.backup.period.hour=0

Settings for the three time periods are cumulative. For example, to create a backup every five weeks (one month plus one week), edit the settings as follows:

uls.db.backup.period.month=1 uls.db.backup.period.day=7 uls.db.backup.period.hour=0

- The format for the name of the backup file:

uls.db.backup.filename.format

yyyy

In the default setting,

=second.

=year, MM=month, dd-day, HH=hour, mm=minute, and

=yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss

3. Save and close the file.

Restoring the Users Database from a Backup

If you need to restore the users database from a backup, run the IPUMUtils.exe tool.

Backups are stored as SQL scripts in a .zip archive. You do not need to open the archive to restore the database.

To restore the users database from a backup:

1. Open a Command Prompt window.

2. Navigate to the following location:

C:\Program Files\Avid\Interplay Central User Management Service\bin

3. Run the IPUMUtils.exe tool from the command line, with the desired backup file as a parameter. For example:

IPUMUtils.exe -rdb C:/ProgramData/Application Data/Avid/Avid Interplay Central User Management Service/db_backup/2011-10-12_11-12-15.zip

For help on the command, type one of the following:

IPUMUtils.exe HELP -rdb

IPUMUtils.exe HELP --restore-db

Restoring the Users Database from a Backup

You can use the IPUMUtils.exe tool for other functions, such as checking the health of an

Interplay Central User Management high-availability cluster. For more information, see

“Checking the Health of the User Management High-Availability Cluster” on page 70 and “User Management Utilities Tool” on page 72.

4 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

The following topic includes information that you can use for monitoring and troubleshooting:

• Log Files

• Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems

• Troubleshooting Mixdown Problems

• Checking the Health of the User Management High-Availability Cluster

Log Files

Interplay Central Service

Log files for Interplay Central service are located in the following folder on the Interplay Central middleware server:

C:\ProgramData\Avid\AvidInterplayCentralService\log

There are several sets of log files, which are described in the following table.

Log File Description

interplay_central_n.log Contains the main log messages. The folder contains a

maximum of ten files, numbered from 0 (most recent) to

10.

pc_name-java-yyyymmdd.nnnnnn.00.alf ALF (Avid Log File) equivalent to the

interplay_central_n.log file

jetty-yyyy_mm_dd.request.log Contains logs of all HTTP requests to Jetty.

performance\performance.yyyy-MM-dd.csv.log performance\performance.yyyy-MM-dd.csv.tree.log

config\pc_name-java-yyyymmdd.nnnnnn.00.alf ALF for specific configuration messages

Contains HTTP performance statistics when enabled. Logging is disabled by default; contact Avid for instructions for enabling. The folder contains log files for the last 7 days.

(com.avid.configuration.AvidFileHandler)

Log Files

Log File Description

\health-check\health-check-yyyy-mm-dd.0.log Contains health monitoring / heartbeat check details.

The content of the ALF files is shown when you open the Avid System Framework Diagnostics tool and select “AvidInterplayCentralService.”

Interplay Central User Management Service

Log files for the Interplay Central User Management service are located in the following folder on the Interplay Central middleware server:

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Avid Interplay Central User Management Service\Logs

These logs are described in the following table.

Log File Description

cluster.log Contains information about cluster setup, failure, and recovery.

importer.log Contains information about import issues

service.log General log output and issues for the user management service

session.log User session related information.

Interplay Central Distribution Service

Log files for the Interplay Central Distribution service are located in the following folder on the Interplay Central middleware server:

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Interplay Central Distribution Service

These logs are described in the following table:

Log File Description

STPService_nn.log Contains log messages from the Interplay Central Distribution Service

STPTimerTask_nn.log Contains log messages from the Interplay Central Distribution Service’s automatic

clean-up of job status.

Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems

Interplay Common Playback Server

Log files for the Interplay Common playback server are located in the following folder on the playback server:

/var/log/avid

The most useful logs are described in the following table:

Log File Description

edit.log Contains information about the streaming service.

isis.log Contains information about access to ISIS shared storage.

jips.log Contains information about the Interplay gateway.

spooler.log Contains information about the dynamic resolver service.

Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems

The following information will help you solve Send to Playback problems. See the following sections:

• “Problems and Error Messages” on page 66

• “Interplay Central Send to Playback Configuration Check List” on page 68

• “Information to Provide to Support” on page 69

First check the table of problems and error messages for a possible solution. Then check the configuration check list. Finally, if necessary, gather the information needed for Avid support.

Problems and Error Messages

Problem or Error Message Probable Cause Solution

Message: “STP service is not available.”

Message: “Failed to find mediaIndexer host null”

The Interplay Central system cannot find the Central Distribution Service.

The Interplay Central system did not find a Media Indexer host in the Avid System Framework (ASF)

Check the server name for the Interplay Central Distribution Service in the Interplay Production System Settings.

Check the ASF configuration. The workgroup Media Indexer should be displayed when you start the ASF configuration application on the Interplay Central middleware server.

Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems

Problem or Error Message Probable Cause Solution

Message: “Remote STP process failed: net.nxn.JXDK.MonikerNotFoundEx ception: ID/Moniker:nnnn”

The STP progress seems to hang and there is no error message

Message: “Remote STP process failed: java.lang.RuntimeException: Relink process time out after 60000 ms (in “preprocess” phase)”

The sequence you want to send to playback cannot be found in the Interplay Production database.

Check if the sequence exists in the Interplay Production database. You can run a search for the sequence or browse to the location of the sequence. When you save a story, the related sequence is saved in the Interplay Production database location for script sequences, for example, projects/iNEWSsequences. This location is defined in the iNEWS System Settings.

No specific cause. Check the status of the related

Interplay Media Services job. Connect to your Media Services Engine using the Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool and check the jobs list.

No specific cause. On the server running the Interplay

Central Distribution Service check if the Windows process “STPDR” is running. If not, check if it is possible to start it by double-clicking the exe file.

Message: “Remote STP process failed: Unable to connect to media services: (in “started” phase)”

Message: “Unable to map TM Profile AirSpeed_name on TM Server AirSpeed_name to a resolution/project ID”

The Central Distribution Service cannot connect to the Interplay Media Services Engine.

• The Interplay Transfer server could be down.

• You selected an STP profile that does not use the playback device with the -HD option when attempting to send to playback an HD sequence.

Check the connection between the middleware server and the Media Services Engine server.

• Make sure Interplay Transfer is correctly configured and running on the AirSpeed server.

• For AirSpeed Multi Stream with the HD option there are usually two choices for Playback Device: one is the Airspeed_name and the other one is the Airspeed_name with -HD appended. For HD target resolutions you need to specify Airspeed_name-HD as the Playback Device in the STP profile.

Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems

Interplay Central Send to Playback Configuration Check List

Task Section Reference



Install the following components on the Interplay Central middleware server:

• Avid Service Framework Installed from the Interplay Production installation media.

• Avid ISIS client Installed from the Avid ISIS installation media or server.

• Interplay Central User Management Service Installed from the Interplay Central installation media.

• Interplay Central Service Installed from the Interplay Central installation media.

• Interplay Central Distribution Service Installed from the Interplay Central installation media.

Make sure the following Interplay Production components are installed, configured, and running correctly:

• Interplay Engine

• Interplay Media Services Engine

• Interplay Transcode

• STP Encode Service (for Long GOP formats)

• Interplay Transfer (if not using an AirSpeed or Air Speed Multi Stream server)

Avid Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide

Avid Interplay Installation and Configuration Guide and other Interplay

Production documentation.



Make sure iNEWS is correctly installed, configured, and running.

Make sure the playback server is installed, configured, and running correctly (AirSpeed, AirSpeed Multi Stream, or other)

Avid iNEWS documentation.

AirSpeed or AirSpeed Multi Stream documentation or third-party documentation.

Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems

Task Section Reference



Information to Provide to Support

Make sure the Send to Playback profiles are correctly, for example,

• Make sure the ISIS workspace is correct

• For XD CAM (Long GOP) make sure the Long GOP option is selected.

“Configuring for Send to Playback” on page 15.

If you cannot solve the problem, provide the following information to Avid support for further analysis.

Error message: The error message that is shown in Interplay Central after the failed STP job. Alternatively, the amount of progress when the STP job stops and times out without error.

Collect Tool: Run the Collect tool (one of the Avid System Diagnostic Tools):

1. Restart the Interplay Central Distribution Service in the Windows Service Manager. This will start a new log file STPService_00.log.

2. Note your system time.

3. Reproduce the problem.

4. Run the Collect tool and send the output along with the time the problem was reproduced.

If the Collect Tool is not available: If the Collect tool is not available, provide the following:

• Version numbers:

- Interplay Central: Sign in to the web application and select Home > About.

- Interplay Central Distribution Service: Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Avid\Interplay

Central Distribution Service.” Right click on the file STPService.exe and select Properties > Details tab.

- Interplay Central User Management: Go to “C:\Program Files\Avid\Interplay Central

User Management Service\bin.” Right click on the file UserManagementServices and select Properties > Details tab.

• The Interplay Central Distribution Service log from “C:\Program Files (x86)\Avid\Interplay Central Distribution Service\logs\STPService_00.log”

- Restart the Interplay Central Distribution Service in the Windows Service Manager.

This will start a new log file STPService_00.log.

- Note your system time

Troubleshooting Mixdown Problems

- Reproduce the problem

- Send the STPService_00.log from the above path and the system time you noted.

Troubleshooting Mixdown Problems

Use the following table to help you solve Interplay Central sequence mixdown problems.

Problem or Error Message Probable Cause Solution

Message: “Not all source media found or n eeded transcoding.”

The Interplay Transcode profile specifies a Transcode mode other than Mixdown

Use a profile that specifies Mixdown mode.

Checking the Health of the User Management High-Availability Cluster

If your facility is using a high-availability cluster to host the Interplay Central User Management service, you can use the IPUMUtils.exe tool to check the health of the cluster and the User Management service.

To check the health of the User Management cluster:

1. Open a Command Prompt window.

2. Navigate to the following location:

C:\Program Files\Avid\Interplay Central User Management Service\bin

3. Run the IPUMUtils.exe tool from the command line, using the following syntax:

IPUMUtils.exe -ch [master-hostname] [slave-hostname] [admin-password]

For help on the command, type the following:

IPUMUtils.exe HELP restore-db

Checking the Health of the User Management High-Availability Cluster

The following example checks the health of the cluster nodes named IPC_Host and IPC_Slave. The administrator password is 12345. The results of the command show that IPC_Host is running, the Interplay Central User Management service is running, and the host is running in standalone mode (not as a cluster). IPC_Slave is not running, which indicates a problem.

C:\Program Files\Avid\Interplay Central User Management Service\bin>IPUMUtils.exe -ch IPC_Host IPC_Slave 12345

Start testing...

HostName[IPC_Host]

HostAlive[true]

ServiceAlive[true]

Mode[standalone]

HostName[IPC_Slave]

HostAlive[false]

WARNING! At least one of the hosts is dead.

You can use the IPUMUtils.exe tool for other functions, such as restoring backups and resetting

an administrator’s password. For more information, see “User Management Utilities Tool” on

page 72.

A User Management Utilities Tool

The Interplay Central User Management Utilities tool is a multi-purpose program that an administrator runs from a Windows Command Line on the server that is running the User Management service. The tool is installed in the following location:

C:\Program Files\Avid\Interplay Central User Management Service\bin\IPUMUtils.exe

Syntax

IPUMUtils.exe [command] [option(s)]

Be careful when using special characters in path names and when resetting the administrator

password using this command line utility. Some characters will not be processed correctly.

Commands

Command Description

-cc,--create-cluster

-sc,--stop-cluster

-ch,--cluster-health

-rap,--restore-admin-password

-rdb,--restore-db

Creates the Interplay Central User Management Service cluster. For more information, see the Avid Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

Stops the Interplay Central User Management Service cluster. For more information, see the Avid Interplay Central Installation and Configuration Guide.

Checks the health status of the cluster nodes and the Interplay Central User Management Service. For more information, see

“Checking the Health of the User Management High-Availability Cluster” on page 70.

Resets the Interplay Central User Management Service Administrator's password.

Restores the Interplay Central User Management Service database from a backup file. For more information, see “Restoring the Users

Database from a Backup” on page 62.

For more information on a specific command, type the following:

IPUMUtils.exe HELP <command-name>

Interplay Central Glossary

Administrators group

A default group used for Interplay Central user management that contains users with administrative privileges.

asset

An object that you can use to create stories and sequences. There are different types of assets, such as video media, audio media, graphics, images, and text. Asset usually refers to objects or also lists of objects, such as rundowns, that are stored in an asset management database.

Asset mode

If you click the Asset button in the Media pane, you can view media for the currently loaded asset and use controls that apply specifically to assets, such as controls for setting In and Out points. Compare with the definition of Output mode.

Assets pane

A pane in the client application that displays assets. These assets can result from a search or from browsing. Assets are displayed in a folder hierarchy, if applicable to the assets displayed.

authentication provider

A server that checks the credentials (user name and password) of a user and allows access. An Interplay Central administrator designates an authentication provider for imported users, such as a Windows Domain server.

Basic layout

A layout that a journalist uses to edit and create stories. You can view media in this layout but you cannot add video or audio to the story.

Contacts list

In the Message bar, a list of iNEWS users from which you can select a recipient of a message.

Cue List

The area in the Script Editor in which the journalist adds or edits production cues and machine control events, such as those for a character generator (CG).

Details pane

A pane in the Users layout and the System Settings layout that displays information and settings for a selected item.

drop zone

The part of an area into which you can move a pane. Each area has five drop zones: center, top, bottom, left, and right.

edit while capture (EWC)

See Frame Chase editing.

Frame Chase editing

A feature that lets you view and edit media while it is being captured from a line feed or ingest device. Also known as edit while capture (EWC).

Imported group

A default group used for Interplay Central user management that contains users imported from a Windows domain.

in-progress clip

A clip that is in the process of being captured. You can use in-progress clips in Frame Chase editing.

Interplay Central middleware server

A Web-application server used to manage communications between Interplay Central workstations and back-end systems.

Interplay Central Distribution service

A service used to coordinate jobs with Avid Media Services for sequence mixdowns and send to playback.

Interplay Central User Management service

A service that provides the ability to create and manage users and groups and authenticate users across multiple systems.

Interplay Common Playback Server (ICPS)

A Linux® based server that runs the Interplay Common Playback service. It concurrently reads multiple media assets and sequences residing on an ISIS, and compresses that media for playback on Internet-connected clients.

J-K-L play

The J-K-L keys on the keyboard allow you to play and shuttle through media at varying speeds. This feature is also referred to as three-button play or variable-speed play.

Launch pane

A pane in the client application from which you navigate to various locations. This pane displays remote file systems, local files systems, and other locations for assets.

Layout

A collection of panes designed for a specific purpose, such as a layout for journalists or a layout for administrators.

Layout selector

A list from which you select the layout that you want to work in.

L-cut

locator

logging

A split edit between two clips in which the video transition and the audio transition do not occur simultaneously. The audio transition can occur before the video transition or the video transition can occur before the audio transition.

See marker.

Adding information to clips, subclips, and sequences. This information includes markers, restrictions, and text, which can be used for reference during story creation and media editing.

marker

An indicator added to a selected frame to mark a particular location in a clip, subclip, or sequence. Markers can be different colors and can be associated with user-defined text. Locators are displayed in the Media Timeline and locator text is displayed as an overlay in the Media viewer. Formerly called locator.

Markers layout

A layout that a media logger or journalist uses to view and create markers.

master clip

A media object that contains pointers to media files in which the actual digital video and audio data is stored.

Match Frame

A feature that lets you load a source clip, a portion of which is contained in a sequence.

Media controls

In the Media pane, controls that let you play and move through an asset and edit an asset for use in creating a sequence. Which controls are displayed depends on the selected asset.

Media pane

A pane in the client application in which you can view and edit media assets, using the Media controls.

Media viewer

The section of the Media pane used to view an asset.

Media Timeline

In the Media pane, a graphical representation of the length and time spans of an asset or sequence.

Message bar

A section of the client application in which you can send and receive messages. The Message bar consists of the To field, the Message field, and the Send button.

Menu bar

A section of the client application from which you can select various menu options.

Message History

In the Message bar, arrow buttons are provided to let you read recent messages. A numerical indicator appears when multiple unread messages exist.

metadata

Data that describes an asset. Metadata includes properties, reservations, restrictions, and other information.

mixdown

A process in which multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, and effects are combined into a new master clip with one video track and a reduced number of audio tracks.

NAT (natural sound)

Audio recorded at the same time as the video, often by a microphone built in to a camera. Compare with the definition of SOT (sound on tape).

Output mode

If you click the Output button in the Media pane, you can view media for the currently loaded script sequence and use controls that apply specifically to script sequences, such as voice-over controls. Compare with the definition of Asset mode.

pagination

A system setting the specifies the maximum number of items listed in the Queue/Story pane or the Project/Story pane.

pane

An area can contain one or more panes. Multiple panes are layered within an area with the names of each pane appearing on tabs that the user can select to view.

position indicator

A vertical bar in the Media Timeline that indicates the location of the frame displayed in the Media viewer. You can drag the position indicator to scrub through a clip or sequence.

Progress pane

A pane in the client application that displays the progress and status of Interplay Central processes such as sequence mixdown and send to playback.

Project/Story pane

A pane in the client application that displays the contents of a project, its facets, and any associated stories.

Queue/Story pane

restriction

role

rundown

A pane in the client application that displays the contents of a queue with the contents of the story, including the story form.

A set of two markers that indicate clips whose use is limited in some way, such as through intellectual property rights management or content compliance.

A set of features, privileges, and layouts that are assigned to a user by an Interplay Central administrator. An administrator can create Interplay Central roles based on roles within an organization.

A lineup or timed list of scripts indicating the order in which they will be aired during a news program.

Script Editor

A section of the Queue/Story pane in which a journalist creates and organizes the elements of a script. There are four sub-sections of the Script Editor: Story Form, Cue List, Story, and Sequence Timeline.

script

A compilation of elements that include the story that is sent to the teleprompter and read on the air, any video and audio that is broadcast with the story, as well as production cues and machine control instructions associated with the story.

script sequence

A series of video, audio, and images that you compose in the Script Editor and play in the Media pane. Script sequences are saved in the Interplay Production database and can be sent to a playback device.

Search bar

A section of the client application in which you can conduct a search for assets that match specific criteria.

Search pane

1. A pane in the Basic or Video layout that lets a user search for information and assets.

2. A pane in the Users layout that lets an administrator search for Interplay Central groups and users.

Send button

In the Message bar, the button you click to send a message.

segment

1. In a rundown, a portion of the show aired between commercial breaks.

2. A portion of the story body/text. A journalist uses segments to time the text and integrate it with video, audio, and production cues. Multiple timed segments are combined to form the overall story.

send to playback (STP)

The process of transferring a sequence to a playback device or playout server for broadcast.

sequence

Video, images and audio clips, or any combination, arranged in a series.

Sequence Timeline

The area of the Script Editor in which a journalist adds, rearranges, or removes video and audio clips associated with the story.

Settings pane

A pane in the System Settings layout from which you can select a group of settings to view or edit.

shuttle

To view media at speeds slower or faster than real time. In Interplay Central you can use the J, K, and L keys to shuttle through a clip or sequence.

sightline

The yellow bar in the Sequence Timeline that acts as a position indicator when playing a script sequence in the Media pane.

SOT (sound on tape)

Audio recorded at the same time as the video, often by a microphone separate from the one built in to a camera. Compare with the definition of NAT (natural sound).

source clip

A video clip or audio clip that is used as part of a sequence.

story

The text that is read on air. Also, the Story section is part of the Script Editor in which a journalist writes a story or views the text of an existing story.

Story Form

A section of the Script Editor that provides story information in fields that are predetermined by the iNEWS system administrator for each queue in the database.

STP (send to playback)

The process of transferring a sequence to a playback device or playout server for broadcast.

subclip

A clip created by marking IN and OUT points in a master clip and saving the frames between the points. The subclip does not contain pointers to media files. The subclip references the master clip, which contains pointers to the media files.

System Settings layout

A layout that an Interplay Central administrator uses to specify various configuration settings.

Timecode displays

In the Media pane, displays that provide timecode information for the loaded asset or sequence.

Timing taglines

Horizontal lines with pale yellow tags that appear in the Sequence Timeline to display estimated read times for story segments.

trim indicator

In the Sequence Timeline, a mark that appears at the beginning or end of a clip in the video column or audio column when hovering over that area with the mouse pointer. You can trim video and audio together, or you can trim them separately to create an L-cut.

Unassigned group

A default group used for Interplay Central user management that includes users that were removed from a group but are not members of any other groups.

User Management service

A service that provides administrators with the ability to create and manage users and groups, and authenticate users across multiple products with a single user name and password.

User Tree pane

A pane in the Users layout that displays groups and users in a hierarchical layout.

Users layout

A layout for Interplay Central user management that an Interplay Central administrator uses to import, create, and manage users and group.

Video layout

A layout that a journalist uses to edit and create stories that include video and audio.

Voice-over controls

Controls that let you record a voice over and adjust its volume.

window

The primary user interface element of the application.

zoom bar

In the Media pane, a control located below the Media Timeline that lets you enlarge a section of the Media Timeline so you can work more easily with long clips.

Index

Administrator

available layouts 11 default account 11

AirSpeed Multi Stream

sending to 16

Authentication provider

specifying 39

Avid

online support 9 training services 10

Backups

modifying settings 60 using to restore users database 62

Details pane

displaying information in 58

Groups

adding to 49 creating 46 deleting 52 described 35 editing details 46 managing 38 removing from a group 48, 49 searching for 59

High-Availability cluster

checking health 70

Interplay Central Distribution Service

described 16

Interplay Central User Management service

described 35

Interplay Media Services

described 16

Interplay Production

configuring settings 29

Interplay Transcode service

described 16

Interplay Transfer Engine

described 16

IPUMUtils.exe utility 72

Layouts

access to 38 administrator 11 System Settings 13 Users 32

Licenses

assigning to roles 54

Log files 64

Media Services

described 16

Index

Online support 9

Passwords

changing 53

Roles

assigning 55 creating 54 defined 53 deleting 54

Script sequence

sending to playback 15

Search pane

in Users layout 59

Searching

for users or groups 59

Send to playback (STP)

configuration 15 described 16 profile 19 profile examples 23

workflows 16 Signing in 12 STP Encode service

described 16 System settings

configuring 13

Unassigned group 52 User Management service

described 35

User Management Utilities Tool

options 72

User Tree pane

described 33

Users

adding to a group 47 changing password 53 creating 44 deleting 52 described 35 editing details 44 importing 39 managing 38 removing from a group 47 searching for 59

Users layout

described 33 opening 32

Windows domain

importing users from 39

Training services 10 Transcode service

described 16 Transfer Engine

described 16 Troubleshooting 9

Pinnacle Systems Interplay Central - 1.2 Administrator’s Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Avid Training Services

The Administrator Account

Signing In to Interplay Central

Configuring System Settings

Configuring for Send to Playback

Understanding the Send-to-Playback Components and Process

Creating or Editing a Send-to-Playback Profile

Send-to-Playback Profile Examples

Configuring Settings in the Interplay Production Administrator

2 Interplay Central User Management

Opening the Users Layout

The Users Layout

Understanding Users and Groups

Available Layouts: Administrators and Users

Managing Users and Groups

Importing Users

Creating a New User or Editing User Details

Creating a New Group or Editing Group Details

Adding a User to a Group

Removing a User from a Group

Removing Groups from Groups

Adding or Removing Group Membership Through Selection in a Window

Understanding the Unassigned Group

Deleting Users and Groups

Changing Passwords

Creating, Deleting, and Assigning Roles

Creating and Deleting Roles

Assigning Roles

Displaying Information in the Details Pane

Searching for Users or Groups

Modifying Settings for Backup of the Users Database

Restoring the Users Database from a Backup

4 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Log Files

Troubleshooting Send to Playback Problems

Troubleshooting Mixdown Problems

Checking the Health of the User Management High-Availability Cluster

A User Management Utilities Tool

Interplay Central Glossary

Index