Pinnacle Systems Interplay Media Services - 1.2.4 User Manual

Avid® Interplay® Media Services

Setup and User’s Guide

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Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide • 0130-07633-02 Rev C • June 2008 • 6/4/08 •

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Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Viewing Documentation on the Interplay Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System . . . . . . . . . . 15

Media Services Software Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Understanding the Media Services Engine Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool. . . 17

Understanding the Standalone Media Services and Transfer Status Tool. . . . . 18

Understanding the Various Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Avid Interplay Archive Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Avid Interplay Transcode Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Avid Interplay ProEncode Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

International Character Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Check List for Transcoding Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check List for Using ProEncode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 2 Interplay Media Services Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installing the Media Services Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Registering the Media Services Engine in an Avid Interplay Workgroup . . . . . . . . . 31

Configuring the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 3 Using the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the Jobs Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Jobs Page Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Customizing the Jobs Page Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Filtering the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Viewing Details About a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Job Details Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Purging the Jobs List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Prioritizing a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Canceling a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Deleting a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Retrying a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Exporting the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Understanding the Providers Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Opening the Providers Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Customizing the Providers Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Viewing Details About a Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Deleting Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Understanding the Services Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Opening the Services Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Displaying Details About a Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Deleting a Media Services Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Understanding the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Opening the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Setting Up User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Reassigning Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Deleting User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 4 Installing Services and Registering Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing a Media Services Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Registering the Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Connecting a Provider to the Service Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Starting the Media Services Service Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Verifying a Service is Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring the Archive Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Archiving Duplicate Versions of Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Additional Archive Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Defining the Maximum Number of Simultaneous Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring Auto Archive Using the Avid Interplay Service Configuration . . . . . 73

Verifying the Auto Archive Service is Running Using Interplay Framework. . . . 76

Verifying the Auto Archive Service is Running Using Computer Management . 78

Connecting to the Archive Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Chapter 5 Creating Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating a Transcode Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating an Avid Archive or Avid Restore Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Creating an Archive or Restore Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Archive Profile and Restore Profile Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Locating the Partition Value for an Archive Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Creating a ProEncode Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 6 Using the Transcode Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Transcoding an Asset from the Avid Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Transcoding from an Avid Editing Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Connecting to the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Performing a Transcode from within the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Working with an Auto Transcode Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Preparing the Workgroup for Auto Transcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Identifying an Auto Transcode Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Transcoding Avid Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Location of Automatically Transcoded Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chapter 7 Using the Archive Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Archiving from the Avid Editing Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Connecting to the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Performing an Archive from within the Avid Editing Application. . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Archiving Assets Using the Avid Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Working with an Auto Archive Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Preparing the Workgroup for Auto Archive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Identify an Auto Archive Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Archiving Assets Using an Auto Archive Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Location of Automatically Archived Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Searching the Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Restoring a Clip from the Archive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Understanding Partial Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Performing a Partial Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Partial Restore Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Viewing Partially Restored Media Files in Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

How the System Defines the Size of a Partially Restored File . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Chapter 8 Using Avid Interplay ProEncode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

ProEncode Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Setting Up ProEncode Client and Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Configuring the ProEncode Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

ProEncode Provider Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Setting Up a ProEncode Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Installing the ProEncode Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Configuring a ProEncode Client on an Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Setting up a Standalone ProEncode Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Encoding a Clip or a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Sharing Folders in an Avid Unity Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Sending a Clip or Sequence to ProEncode from an Avid Editing

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Adding a File to ProEncode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Monitoring the Encoding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

ProEncode Provider Post-to-Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Check List for ProEncode Provider Post-to-Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Configuring Telestream FlipFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Creating a FlipFactory Administrator Account for ProEncode. . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Creating a Factory for the ProEncode Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Preparing Java for Avid NewsPoller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Appendix A Installing Encoding Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Anystream Agility Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Check List for Installing Anystream Agility Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Installing the Anystream Agility Workgroup Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Uninstalling the GLOBEtrotter FlexID and Sentinel Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Telestream FlipFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Installing Telestream FlipFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Configuring Telestream FlipFactory for Avid Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Appendix B Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Verify That Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express is Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Remove SQL Server Desktop Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Configure Microsoft SQL Server 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Appendix C Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Finding Solutions for Specific Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

General ProEncode Troubleshooting Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Checking Media Services Jobs Using Avid Interplay Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Troubleshooting the Progress of Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Additional Installation and Configuration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Name Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Updating the HOSTS File (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the Avid® Interplay® Media Services system consisting of the Interplay Media Tool, and the media services.

The Media Services Engine lets you take advantage of a network environment and pass compute-intensive tasks to other workstations on your network. This allows video editors to stay focused on their editing tasks.

For example, today’s production houses face a rising demand for translating media into formats suitable for distribution via the Web, DVD, or CD-ROM — often at the same time. The encoding operation is a critical part of this work. By moving or distributing this operation to lower cost, dedicated workstations, editing workstations are free to perform other tasks allowing you to generate two streams of revenue-producing work in parallel.

The Interplay Media Services Engine and its Media Services and Transfer Status Tool are the keys to managing these resource-intensive process. This software infrastructure manages all of the Interplay Media

Services Engine will manage those services as well.

Media

This guide is intended for all Interplay Media Services users, from beginning to advanced.

Services Engine, the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status

Services. As Avid develops new Media Services services, the

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows® XP and

OS® X operating systems.The majority of screen shots in this document were captured

Mac on a Windows XP system, but the information applies to both Windows XP and Mac OS X systems. Where differences exist, both Windows XP and Mac OS X screen shots are shown.

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

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

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

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

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

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

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

Courier Bold font

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

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

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

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

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

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

items and keyboard sequences.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

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

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

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

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

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

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,

they ship with your application and are also available online. If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document (README_product.pdf) and is also available online.

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

the Knowledge Base at

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

If You Need Help

www.avid.com/readme.

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

Viewing Documentation on the Interplay Portal

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

To open the Interplay Portal web page:

1. Type the following line in your web browser http://Interplay_Engine_name For Interplay_Engine_name substitute the name of the computer running the Interplay

Engine software. For example, the following line opens the portal web page on a system named docwg:

http://docwg

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

page.

Center

Accessing the Online Library

The Avid Interplay Online Library DVD contains all the Avid Interplay product documentation in PDF format.

You will need Adobe® Reader® to view the PDF documentation online. You can download

the latest version from the Adobe web site.

To access the online library from the Online Library DVD:

1. Insert the Online Library DVD into the drive.

2. Double-click the Mainmenu file.

The Interplay Online Library contains several multimedia feature presentations. This multimedia content is an excellent first resource for learning how to use an application or for understanding a particular feature or workflow.

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To learn about Avid's new online learning environment, Avid Learning Excellerator™ (ALEX), visit

For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and books, please visit (800-949-2843).

http://learn.avid.com.

www.avid.com/training or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID

Revision History

The following table lists changes made to this guide after the v1.2.4 release.

Section modified Reason for change

See “Installing Microsoft

SQL Server 2005 Express” on page 155

Changed the installation order of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express components

1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media

Services System

The Interplay Media Services system uses the concept of service providers. The Media Services Engine manages the various providers. A provider is a software program that can perform a particular service for an Avid editing application, such as transcode, archive, and restore of assets.

You can use the Interplay Media Services in a workgroup. A workgroup enables collaborative workflows by allowing multiple editors to share media. For diagrams showing typical shared-storage workgroup configurations, see Avid Interplay Best Practices.

This chapter provides an overview of the Interplay Media Services system and contains the following topics:

• Media Services Software Components

• Understanding the Various Media Services

• Configuration Requirements

• International Character Support

• Check List for Transcoding Assets

• Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets

• Check List for Using ProEncode

• Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

Media Services Software Components

The software used to manage media services is composed of two major components: the Media Services Engine and the Media the standalone Media services from another system on the network.

The Interplay Media Services server and any clients need the Avid Interplay Access software

and the Avid Interplay Framework for Client software installed.

Services and Transfer Status tool software that lets you manage media

Services and Transfer Status tool. Also available is

1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System

Host name of the system where the Interplay Media Services Engine resides.

Avid Interplay Media Services window

For details on each component, see the following topics:

• Understanding the Media Services Engine Software

• Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Too l

• Understanding the Standalone Media Services and Transfer Status Too l

Understanding the Media Services Engine Software

The Media Services Engine matches jobs and their corresponding settings with suitable providers. The Media Services Engine is a repository of job and provider information. It lets individual providers choose jobs that they are able to process according to the service for which they are configured.

The Media Services Engine should not reside on the same computer as an Avid editing application. The Media Services Engine might be installed on a provider system, depending on the individual provider, and workload and memory usage of the particular computer.

The Avid Interplay Media Services window displays current information about the status of the Media Services Engine, including the host name for the system on which the Media Services Engine resides. The Media Services Engine uses the host name to identify itself on the network.

Media Services Software Components

The Avid Interplay Media Services window provides access to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. For information about using the Media tool, see

You can also set Interplay Media Services settings from the Avid Interplay Media Services window. For information on setting the Interplay Media Services settings, see

the Media Services Engine” on page 33.

For a procedure on starting the Interplay Media Services Engine, see “Starting the Interplay

Media Services Engine” on page 26.

“Using the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 35.

Services and Transfer Status

“Configuring

Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

The Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool communicates with the Avid Interplay Media Services Engine to let you manage media services. The Media Transfer Status tool installs with the Interplay Media Services software. Media services, such as Avid Interplay Transcode, are layered on the software infrastructure known as Interplay Media Services.

Services and

1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System

The Media Services Engine and the Media Services and Transfer Status tool manage all media services. The Media functions:

• Provides detailed information about Media Services, based on lists of jobs, encoders, profiles, and users.

• Provides controls for managing services and registering providers.

• Provides controls for managing Media Services such as canceling jobs, deleting provider software, creating or deleting profiles, and creating or deleting users.

The functions you can perform depends on your user’s rights. Administrators can perform the following tasks:

• Register and delete providers

• View details on any job

• Delete jobs submitted by any user

• Purge the jobs list

Regular users can perform administrative tasks only on their own jobs.

For information about the Media Services and Transfer Status tool, see “Media Services and

Transfer Status Tool User Interface” on page 38.

Services and Transfer Status tool performs three types of

Understanding the Standalone Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

The standalone Media Services and Transfer Status tool software communicates with the Interplay Media Services to let you manage media services from any system that has the

Services and Transfer Status tool software installed.

Media

Understanding the Various Media Services

Media services can be distributed to dedicated workstations in a networked environment, thereby freeing computer resources to perform other tasks.

The following table lists the services managed by the Media Services Engine.

The services managed by the Media Services Engine are not limited to the services listed in

this table.

Service Description

Understanding the Various Media Services

Avid Interplay Archive service Avid Interplay Restore service

Avid Interplay Transcode service Lets you transcode Avid assets from one Avid-supported

Avid Interplay ProEncode™ service Provides integration to AnyStream™ and Telestream for

When you install Avid Interplay Archive services or Avid Interplay Transcode services on a computer, the installation program also installs a provider software program for each service. After you install the services, you use the Media Services Engine to register the providers that you want to use on a particular computer.

Avid Interplay Archive Service

Provides access to archive and restore features. The Avid Interplay Archive and Restore services manage the process of moving data, instead of using the Avid Interplay Transfer Engine. For more information, see

“Avid Interplay Archive Service” on page 19.

resolution to another. For example, you can use the Avid Interplay Transcode service to create a low resolution version of a sequence or master clip. For more information, see “Avid Interplay Transcode Service” on

page 20.

non-Avid format transcode services (for example, transcoding from an Avid resolution to Windows Media File format). For more information, see “Avid Interplay

ProEncode Service” on page 20.

The archive process lets you create an offline copy of clips, sequences, and other file assets.You typically set up an Avid Interplay Archive Server and archive database that is similar to the Avid Interplay Server and database. One major difference is that the files managed by the Archive Engine are usually stored on an external storage device. The Archive database keeps track of the files that you store on the external storage device and lets you restore the files to your online system when they are needed.

For example, you might have high resolution and low resolution versions of a clip. To save disk space, you can archive the high resolution version and edit with the low resolution version. When your sequence is finished, you can restore the high resolution version from the archive and relink your sequence to the high resolution version.

1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System

The Avid Interplay Auto Archive service lets you create auto archive folders. Any assets placed in an auto archive folder are archived according to the Archive settings. For example, you can create an auto archive folder for each media server (such as an AirSpeed assets captured by the AirSpeed are placed in the associated auto archive folder and are automatically archived.

You can also restore any archived assets.

Avid Interplay Transcode Service

Transcoding Avid assets from one resolution to another resolution is available with the Avid Interplay Transcode service and Avid Interplay Auto Transcode service. For example, you can use the Avid Interplay Transcode service to create a low resolution version of a sequence or master clip.

To transcode non-Avid assets, use the Avid Interplay ProEncode provider.

Avid Interplay ProEncode Service

The Avid Interplay ProEncode provider accepts the job from the Media Services Engine and passes the information about the sequence to the encoding software. The provider monitors the progress of the encoding operation and reports the progress to the Media Services Engine. When the job is complete, the Interplay ProEncode provider copies the new files to the proper location and notifies the Media Services Engine that the job is complete. You can monitor the job using the Media

Services and Transfer Status tool.

). Any

For example, an Avid Interplay ProEncode provider runs on a system containing encoding software such as Anystream™Agility™ Workgroup™. ProEncode uses the encoding software to transform media into different formats that are suitable for delivery on the Web, DVD, or CD-ROM.

In a typical scenario, an Avid editor would send a sequence to the Media Services Engine using the File > Send to > Encoding > Avid Interplay ProEncode command. This tells the Media Services Engine that the editor wants to send the selected sequence to ProEncode for processing.

Configuration Requirements

A workgroup enables collaborative workflows by allowing multiple editors to share media. For diagrams showing typical shared-storage workgroup configurations, see Avid

Best Practices.

For any configuration issues that were noted after the document went to print, see the Avid

Interplay Media Services ReadMe file.

Interplay

International Character Support

Media Services Engine, Avid Interplay ProEncode, and your Avid editing applications contain international character support (ICS). ICS allows you to display and input characters in languages other than English. Media Services Engine and Interplay ProEncode support ICS for French, Spanish, German, and Italian only.

For the latest information on ICS, search for the International Character Support document on the Avid Knowledge Base. You can access the Knowledge Base from Avid’s main web

www.avid.com.

page:

Check List for Transcoding Assets

For the transcode process, the following table provides a check list of steps for installing and configuring the Interplay Media Services system in an Avid Unity™ environment, and configuring an Avid editing system. The check list also provides references where to find more information about each step.

If the Transcode provider is not running on the Interplay Media Services system, you must

connect an application key to a USB port on the Transcode provider system.

International Character Support

Transcoding Assets Check List

Task Section Reference

Check your configuration. See “Configuration Requirements” on page 20.



Make sure the Interplay Media Services



application key is connected. If the Transcode provider is not running on the Interplay Media Services system, you must also connect an application key to the Transcode provider system.

Install the Interplay Framework for Client



software.

Install the Avid Interplay Access software. See the Avid Interplay Software Installation



Install the Interplay Media Services Engine



software.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation

and Configuration Guide.

See “Installing the Media Services Software”

on page 27.

1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System

Transcoding Assets Check List (Continued)

Task Section Reference

Install the Avid Interplay Transcode service



software.

(Option) Install the Interplay Auto Archive



and Interplay Auto Transcode service software.

Make sure an Interplay Media Services



administrator account is setup on Avid Unity.

Mount workspaces. See Avid Interplay Best Practices.



workgroup.

Set e-mail notification for the Interplay



Media Services Engine and let the Avid Interplay Administrator authenticate users during login.

Install Interplay Transcode service. See “Installing a Media Services Service” on



Connect the Provider to the Service. See “Connecting a Provider to the Service



See “Installing the Media Services Software”

on page 27.

See “Preparing the Workgroup for Auto

Transcode” on page 95.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

See “Registering the Media Services Engine in

an Avid Interplay Workgroup” on page 31.

See “Configuring the Media Services Engine”

on page 33.

page 57.

Software” on page 64.

Start the Interplay Transcode service



software.

Verify the Interplay Transcode services are



connected.

(Option) Create a profile. See “Creating Profiles” on page 81.



Configure the Avid editing system. See “Connecting to the Media Services



Perform a transcode. See “Using the Transcode Service” on page 91.



See “Starting the Media Services Service

Software” on page 66.

See “Verifying a Service is Connected” on

page 68.

Engine” on page 93.

Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets

For the archiving process, the following table provides a check list of steps for installing and configuring the Interplay Media Services system in an Avid Unity environment and configuring an Avid editing system. The check list also provides references for where to find more information about each step.

You must connect the application key to a USB port on the Avid Interplay Archive provider

system.

Archiving and Restoring Assets Check List

Task Section Reference

Set up and configure an Avid Interplay



Archive Server and associated external storage library for archiving.

Check your configuration. See “Configuration Requirements” on page 20.



Make sure the Interplay Media Services



application key is connected to the Interplay Media Services system.

Install the Interplay Framework for Client



software.

Install the Avid Interplay Access software. See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and



Install the Interplay Media Services server



software.

Install the Interplay Archive service software



and, if needed, install the Auto Archive services.

Make sure an Interplay Media Services



administrator account is set up on Avid Unity.

Mount workspaces. See Avid Interplay Best Practices.



See the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

Configuration Guide.

See “Installing the Media Services Software”

on page 27.

See “Installing the Media Services Software”

on page 27.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.



Engine in a workgroup.

See “Registering the Media Services Engine in

an Avid Interplay Workgroup” on page 31.

1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System

Archiving and Restoring Assets Check List (Continued)

Task Section Reference

Set e-mail notification for the Interplay



Media Services and let the Avid Interplay Administrator authenticate users during login.

Install Avid Interplay Archive and Avid



Interplay Restore services.



Connect the Provider to the Service. See “Connecting a Provider to the Service



Start the Interplay Archive and Restore



Service software.

Verify the services are connected. See “Verifying a Service is Connected” on page



Configure the Interplay Archive services in



Avid Interplay Framework

Create a profile. See “Creating Profiles” on page 81.



Connect to the Interplay Archive database. See “Connecting to the Archive Database” on



Configure the Avid editing system. See “Connecting to the Media Services Engine”



See “Configuring the Media Services Engine”

on page 33.

See “Installing a Media Services Service” on

page 57.

Software” on page 64.

See “Starting the Media Services Service

Software” on page 66.

68.

See “Configuring the Archive Services” on

page 69.

page 78.

on page 102.

Perform an archive or restore of assets. See “Using the Archive Service” on page 101.



Check List for Using ProEncode

For the encoding process, the following table provides a check list of steps for installing and configuring the Interplay Media Services system in an Avid Unity environment. The check list also provides references where to find more information about each step. For additional information about installing encoding software, see

page 149.

ProEncode Check List

Task Section Reference

Check your configuration. See “Configuration Requirements” on page 20 and



the Avid Interplay Best Practices.

“Installing Encoding Applications” on

Check List for Using ProEncode

Make sure the Interplay Media Services



application key is connected to the Media Services server.

Install the Interplay Framework for Client



software.

Install the Avid Interplay Access software. See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and



Install the encoding software. See “Installing Encoding Applications” on page



Install the Interplay Media Services server



software.

Install the ProEncode provider software. See “Installing the Media Services Software” on



Make sure an Interplay Media Services



administrator account is setup on Avid Unity.

Mount workspaces. See Avid Interplay Best Practices.



in a workgroup.

Set e-mail notification for the Media Services



Engine and let the Avid Interplay Administrator authenticate users during login.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and

Configuration Guide.

149.

See “Installing the Media Services Software” on

page 27.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

See “Registering the Media Services Engine in an

Avid Interplay Workgroup” on page 31.

See “Configuring the Media Services Engine” on

page 33.

Install the ProEncode service. See “Installing a Media Services Service” on page



57.

1 Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System

ProEncode Check List (Continued)

Task Section Reference



Connect the Provider to the Service. See “Connecting a Provider to the Service



Software” on page 64.

Start the ProEncode Service software. See “Starting the Media Services Service



Software” on page 66.

Verify the ProEncode service is connected. See “Verifying a Service is Connected” on page 68.



Create a profile. See “Creating Profiles” on page 81.



Install Avid Interplay ProEncode Client. See “Setting Up a ProEncode Client” on page 126.



Perform an encode. See “Using Avid Interplay ProEncode” on page



123.

Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

To start the Interplay Media Services Engine:

t Click Start and select Programs > Avid > Avid Interplay Media Services.

The Avid Interplay Media Services window opens.

2 Interplay Media Services Installation

and Configuration

This chapter describes how to:

• Installing the Media Services Software

• Registering the Media Services Engine in an Avid Interplay Workgroup

• Configuring the Media Services Engine

Installing the Media Services Software

Before you install the Interplay Media Services software and related software, see the check lists provided in

If this is the first time you are installing the Media Services Engine, you need to install

Microsoft installation procedures, see

To install the Interplay Media Services and related software:

1. Insert the Avid Interplay Installation DVD into the DVD drive on the Media Services server.

“Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services System” on page 15.

SQL Server™ 2005 Express before you install the Media Services Engine. For

“Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express” on page 155.

The Main Menu window opens.

2. Click Servers.

2 Interplay Media Services Installation and Configuration

3. Click Avid Interplay Media Services on the Install Servers window. The Install Avid Interplay Media Services window opens.

4. Click Avid Interplay Media Services. The second Install Avid Interplay Media Services window opens.

Installing the Media Services Software

5. Install the following components on the Interplay Media Services server:

- Avid Interplay Framework for Client — the installer automatically installs the components required for the Media Services Engine. When the system asks for a workgroup name, type the name of the workgroup you set up on the Avid Interplay server.

- Avid Interplay Access — required to configure the Media Services Engine with the Avid Interplay server. This also installs the Avid Interplay Administrator software.

- Avid Interplay Media Services — installs the Interplay Media Services Engine. This installation requires a restart of the system, so you might want to install it last.

During the installation, if an Avid Interplay Media Services database already exist on the server, the “Avid Interplay Database” dialog box opens. Select one of the following:

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

- Upgrade existing database (default)—to use the existing database.

If you are performing an upgrade, you do not have to register existing media services, such

as Interplay Transcode. However, if you are upgrading from v1.x, you must uninstall the Archive service using the Admin Tool on the Avid Interplay Media Services window. To uninstall the Archive service, first remove all archive profiles and providers after you install the new version. You can then reinstall and register the provider, and re-create the profiles. For information, see

“Installing Services and Registering Providers” on page 57.

6. Restart the system.

2 Interplay Media Services Installation and Configuration

7. After you restart the system, return to the Install Servers window and click Avid Interplay Media Services.

The first Install Avid Interplay Media Services window opens.

8. Install the following software on the Media Services system, as needed:

To improve performance you can install these software components on another system.

- Avid Interplay Transcode — installs the Transcode service software.

- Avid Interplay ProEncode Provider — before installing the ProEncode provider

software on an encoding system, you must first install the encoding software. This installation requires a restart of the system.

- Avid Interplay Auto Archive, Auto Transcode, and Auto Transfer — installs the

Avid Interplay Auto Media Services service that includes the Auto Archive, Auto Transcode, and Auto Transfer services.

- Avid Interplay Archive — installs on Archive provider. You can install the Archive

provider on the same system as the Interplay Media Services Engine, because the SQL 2005 software is used. This installation requires a restart of the system.

- Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool — installs on a standalone

system to let you monitor both Avid Interplay Transfer and Media Services Engine jobs. You don’t need to install this software on the Media Services system as the function is built into the Media Services Engine software.

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Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Viewing Documentation on the Interplay Portal

Accessing the Online Library

Avid Training Services

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Media Services Software Components

Understanding the Media Services Engine Software

Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

Understanding the Standalone Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

Understanding the Various Media Services

Avid Interplay Archive Service

Avid Interplay Transcode Service

Avid Interplay ProEncode Service

Configuration Requirements

International Character Support

Check List for Transcoding Assets

Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets

Check List for Using ProEncode

Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

Installing the Media Services Software