Pinnacle Systems Interplay Media Services - 2.0 User Manual

Avid® Interplay® Media Services

Setup and User’s Guide

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Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide • 0130-07633-03 Rev A • September 2009 • Created 8/31/09 • This document is distributed by Avid in online (electronic) form only, and is not available for purchase in printed form.

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Viewing User Guides on the Interplay Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 1 Working with the Avid Interplay Media Services System. . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Media Services Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Understanding the Media Services Engine Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Understanding the Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . 21

Understanding the Standalone Media Services and Transfer Status Tool. . . . . 22

Understanding the Various Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Check Lists for Media Services Service Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

International Character Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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

Check List for Setting up the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Registering the Media Services Engine in an Avid Interplay Workgroup . . . . . . . . . 28

Configuring the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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

Configuring the Reporting of Service Job Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Customizing the Jobs Page Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Filtering the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Viewing Details About a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Job Details Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Purging the Jobs List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Prioritizing a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Canceling a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Deleting a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Retrying a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Exporting the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using the Providers Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Opening the Providers Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Customizing the Providers Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Viewing Details About a Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Deleting Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using the Services Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Opening the Services Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Displaying Details About a Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Deleting a Media Services Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Opening the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Setting Up User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Reassigning Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Deleting User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Chapter 4 Installing Services and Registering Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

List of Media Services Service Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing a Media Services Service Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Registering the Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Connecting a Provider to the Service Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Starting the Media Services Service Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Verifying a Service Provider is Connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Chapter 5 Working with Media Services Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Modifying Multiple Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Creating a Media Services Service Provider Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 6 Working with the Transcode Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Understanding the Transcode Services Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Understanding MIXDOWN Mode During the Transcode Process . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Understanding the DUALMIXDOWN Mode During the Transcode Process . . . 81

Check List for Transcoding Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing and Registering the Transcode Service Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Installing the Transcode Service Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Registering the Transcode Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Setting Up the Connection for the Transcode Provider and Media Services

Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Starting the Transcode Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Creating a Interplay Transcode Service Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Transcode Profile Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

WHOLE Mode - Transcode Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

CONSOLIDATE Mode - Transcode Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

MIXDOWN Mode - Transcode Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

DUALMIXDOWN Mode - Transcode Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Mapping of Audio Tracks in MIXDOWN and DUALMIXDOWN Modes . . . . . . 100

Transcoding an Asset from the Avid Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Transcoding an Asset from an Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Connecting to the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Performing a Transcode from within the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . 106

Working with an Auto Transcode Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Preparing the Workgroup for Auto Transcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Configuring the AutoTranscode Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Verifying that the Auto Transcode Service is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Identifying an Auto Transcode Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Transcoding Avid Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Location of Automatically Transcoded Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Chapter 7 Working with the Archive Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Installing and Registering the Archive Service Provider and Restore Service

Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Installing the Archive Provider and Restore Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Registering the Archive Provider or the Restore Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Setting Up the Connection for the Archive Provider or Restore Provider

and Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Starting the Archive and Restore Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Configuring the Archive Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Archiving Duplicate Versions of Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Adding AAF Metadata to an Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Specifying the Archive Server, Segment Size, and Restore Process . . . . . . . 127

Defining the Maximum Number of Simultaneous Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Configuring Auto Archive Using the Avid Service Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Verifying the Auto Archive Service is Running Using Avid Service Framework 131

Verifying the Auto Archive Service is Running Using Computer Management 133

Connecting to the Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Working with an Interplay Archive Service and Interplay Restore Profile . . . . . . . 136

Creating an Interplay Archive or Interplay Restore Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Interplay Archive Profile and Interplay Restore Profile Definitions . . . . . . . . . 138

Locating the Partition Value for an Archive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Archiving Assets from an Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Connecting to the Media Services Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Performing an Archive from within the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Archiving Assets using Avid Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Working with an Auto Archive Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Preparing the Workgroup for Auto Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Identify an Auto Archive Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Archiving Assets Using an Auto Archive Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Location of Automatically Archived Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Searching the Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Restoring a Clip from the Archive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Working with Partial Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Performing a Partial Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Partial Restore Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Viewing Partially Restored Media Files in Interplay Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

How the System Defines the Size of a Partially Restored File. . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Chapter 8 Working with the Stream Publish Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Workflow for Creating Streaming Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Check List for Stream Publish Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Installing and Registering the Stream Publish Service Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Installing the Stream Publish Service Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Registering the Stream Publish Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Setting up the Connection for the Stream Publish Provider to the

Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Starting the Stream Publish Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Creating a Stream Publish Service Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Manually Creating QuickTime Reference Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Chapter 9 Automatically Publishing QuickTime Reference Movies . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Check List for Auto Publish Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Verifying the Workflow Engine Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Allowing Internet Explorer to Access the Avid Interplay Workflow Engine

Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Importing Auto-Publish Flow Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Modifying the Flow Chart Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Chapter 10 Working with the Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Workflow for Copying Metadata and Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Check List for Copying Assets to Another Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Installing and Registering the Copy Service Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Installing the Copy Service Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Registering the Copy Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Setting Up the Connection for the Copy Provider and Media Services Engine 204

Starting the Copy Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Using an Interplay Copy Service Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Creating an Interplay Copy Service Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Interplay Copy Service Profile Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Copying Assets and Media to Another Workgroup Using Interplay Access. . . . . . 211

Copying Assets and Media to Another Workgroup Using an Avid Editing

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Chapter 11 Automatically Copying Assets to Another Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Check List for the Auto-Copy Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Installing the Avid Interplay Auto-Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Configuring the Auto-Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Verifying the Auto-Copy Service is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Understanding the Auto-Copy Folder Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Rules of Auto-Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Identifying an Auto-Copy Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Automatically Copying Assets To Another Workgroup Using an Auto-Copy Folder 226

Automatically Backing Up the Complete Database and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Chapter 12 Working with the Delivery Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Check List for the Delivery Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Registering the Delivery Receiver in an Avid Interplay Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Installing and Registering the Delivery Service Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Installing the Delivery Service Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Registering the Delivery Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Setting Up the Connection for the Delivery Provider and Media Services

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Starting the Delivery Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Creating an Avid Interplay Delivery Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Transferring Assets through Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Transferring Assets through an Avid Editing System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Viewing the Transfer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Verifying the Delivery Receiver Service is Running Using Avid Service

Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Monitoring the Health of the Interplay Delivery Receiver Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Chapter 13 Working with the ProEncode Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

ProEncode Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Check List for Using ProEncode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Setting Up ProEncode Client and Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Configuring the ProEncode Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

ProEncode Provider Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Creating an Interplay ProEncode Provider Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Setting Up a ProEncode Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Installing the ProEncode Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Configuring a ProEncode Client on an Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Setting up a Standalone ProEncode Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Encoding a Clip or a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Sharing Folders in an Avid Unity Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Sending a Clip or Sequence to ProEncode from an Avid Editing

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Adding a File to ProEncode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Monitoring the Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

ProEncode Provider Post-to-Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Check List for ProEncode Provider Post-to-Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Configuring Telestream FlipFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Creating a FlipFactory Administrator Account for ProEncode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Creating a Factory for the ProEncode Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Preparing Java for Avid NewsPoller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Appendix A Installing Encoding Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Anystream Agility Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Check List for Installing Anystream Agility Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Installing the Anystream Agility Workgroup Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Uninstalling the GLOBEtrotter FlexID and Sentinel Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Telestream FlipFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Installing Telestream FlipFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Configuring Telestream FlipFactory for Avid Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Appendix B Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Verify That Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express is Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Remove SQL Server Desktop Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Configure Microsoft SQL Server 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Appendix C Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Finding Solutions for Specific Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

General ProEncode Troubleshooting Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Checking Media Services Jobs Using Avid Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Troubleshooting the Progress of Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Additional Installation and Configuration Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Name Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Updating the HOSTS File (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Archive and Restore Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the Avid® Interplay® Media Services system consisting of the Interplay Media Services Engine, the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status 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. As Avid develops new Media Services services, the Media Services Engine will manage those services as well.

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

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows Mac OS 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.

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

XP and

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 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 www.avid.com/readme.

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

If You Need Help

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 User Guides on the Interplay Portal

You can quickly access 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 Center page.

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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1 Working with 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

• Check Lists for Media Services Service Providers

• Configuration Requirements

• International Character Support

• Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

Media Services Software Components

The software used to manage service providers is composed of two major components: the Media Services Engine and the Avid Interplay Media Services tool. Also available is the standalone Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool software that lets you manage 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 Service Framework for Client software installed.

1 Working with the Avid Interplay Media Services System

For details on each component, see the following topics:

• 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 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.

The following example shows a host name of DocMS that is the host name of the system where the Interplay Media Services Engine resides.

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

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 “Configuring

the Media Services Engine” on page 31.

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

Media Services Engine” on page 25.

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 Services and 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.

1 Working with the Avid Interplay Media Services System

The Media Services Engine and the Media Services and Transfer Status tool manage all media services. The Media Services and Transfer Status tool performs three types of 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.

Understanding the Standalone Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

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

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.

When you install a Media Services 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.

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

Understanding the Various Media Services

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

this table.

Description of Media Services service providers

Service Description

Avid Interplay Transcode service Lets you transcode Avid assets from one Avid-supported 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 “Working with the Transcode

Service” on page 79.

Avid Interplay Archive service Avid Interplay Restore service

Avid Interplay Stream Publish service Lets you create QuickTime reference movies that refer to MPEG-4

Avid Interplay Copy service Lets you copy assets (metadata) and their media files from one

Avid Interplay Delivery service Lets you transfer a clip and its media files or only the portion that is

Avid Interplay Auto Media services

• Auto Archive

• Auto Transcode

• Auto Transfer

• Auto Copy

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 “Working with the Archive Service” on page 113.

video files and MPEG1 Level 2 audio files. The files are checked into the Interplay database so you can play the assets in the Interplay Access. For more information, see “Working with the Stream Publish

Service” on page 161 and “Automatically Publishing QuickTime Reference Movies” on page 179.

workgroup to another. For more information, see “Working with the

Copy Service” on page 193.

used in a subclip or a sequence. For more information, see “Working

with the Delivery Service” on page 229.

Lets you configure folders and subfolders to perform tasks automatically. You can use the Avid Service Configuration settings to configure the various auto media services.

An auto archive and auto transcode operation includes

subfolders. An auto transfer operation does not include subfolders. An auto copy operation maintains the same folder structure as the source workgroup.

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

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

“Working with the ProEncode Service” on page 251.

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Check Lists for Media Services Service Providers

The following table provides a list of the various Media Services service providers with a reference to the specific check list for each service. These check lists provide a list of the setup steps to install and use the various services.

For a check list for setting up and installing the Interplay Media Services Engine, see

“Check List for Setting up the Media Services Engine” on page 27.

Media Services service provider Documentation

Interplay Transcode service “Check List for Transcoding Assets” on page 82

Interplay Archive service Interplay Restore service

Interplay Stream Publish service “Check List for Stream Publish Workflow” on page 164 and

Interplay Copy service “Check List for Copying Assets to Another Workgroup” on

Interplay Delivery service “Check List for the Delivery Service” on page 230

Interplay ProEncode Provider “Check List for Using ProEncode” on page 252

“Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets” on page 114

“Check List for Auto Publish Workflow” on page 180.

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Configuration Requirements

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.

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

Interplay Media Services ReadMe file.

International Character Support

Interplay includes international character support (ICS). ICS allows you to display and input characters in languages other than English. This release of Interplay supports international character support for the following languages:

• Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese

• Japanese

• French, Italian, German, and Spanish

Asian languages are not supported with Interplay Media Services, Interplay ProEncode, or

SGL FlashNet.

For additional information on using ICS, see the Avid Interplay ReadMe and International Character Support on the Avid Knowledge Base.

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.

1 Working with the Avid Interplay Media Services System

2 Interplay Media Services Installation

and Configuration

These tasks are explained in the following topics:

• Check List for Setting up the Media Services Engine

• Registering the Media Services Engine in an Avid Interplay Workgroup

• Configuring the Media Services Engine

For details on setting up the Media Services system in a Avid Unity workgroup environment, see the Avid Interplay Server Installing and Configuring document.

Check List for Setting up the Media Services Engine

The following table provides a list of steps to perform when setting up the Media Services Engine in a workgroup.

Setting up the Media Services Engine in a Workgroup Check List

Task Section Reference

Add the Interplay Media Services server to



the Interplay workgroup.

Make sure an Interplay Media Services



administrator account is setup on Avid Unity.

Mount workspaces. See Avid Interplay Best Practices.



Make sure the Interplay Media Services



application key is connected to the server.

See Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

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Setting up the Media Services Engine in a Workgroup Check List (Continued)

Task Section Reference

Install the Interplay Media Services Engine



software and the supporting software.

• Avid Service Framework for Client

• Avid Interplay Access

• Avid Interplay Media Services

• Additional Media Services service providers



Interplay workgroup.

Configure the Media Service Engine.



• Setup e-mail notifications

• Identify the workgroup’s Interplay Engine system

• Setup auto-purging of jobs

Start the Avid Interplay Media Services



Engine software.

Install and configure any Media Services



service providers.

See the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

See “Registering the Media Services Engine in

an Avid Interplay Workgroup” on page 28.

See “Configuring the Media Services Engine”

on page 31.

See “Starting the Interplay Media Services

Engine” on page 25.

See “Check Lists for Media Services Service

Providers” on page 24.

Registering the Media Services Engine in an Avid Interplay Workgroup

Before you can use any Media Services Engine services, you must register the Media Services Engine in an Interplay workgroup by opening the Avid Interplay Administrator and identifying the system that runs the Media Services Engine. After you register the Media Services Engine, the Media Services and Transfer Status tool automatically connects to the Media Services Engine.

If you are performing an upgrade, you do not have to register existing Media Services

Engines.

Registering the Media Services Engine in an Avid Interplay Workgroup

To register the Media Services Engine for the workgroup environment:

1. Click Start and select Programs > Avid > Avid Interplay Access Utilities > Avid

Interplay Administrator.

The Avid Interplay Administrator opens.

2. Click Server Hostname Settings in the Site Settings area.

The following illustration shows the Site Settings area of the Avid Interplay Administrator.

The Server Hostname Settings window opens.

3. In the Interplay Media Services Settings area, type the name of the system that runs the

Media Services Engine and click Apply Changes.

If your Interplay environment includes the Interplay Delivery workflow, to receive transfers

you must add the hostname and the port number of the system where the Delivery Receiving service is installed. For more information, see “Registering the Delivery Receiver in an Avid

Interplay Workgroup” on page 231.

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While you have the Server Hostname Settings window open, it is a good time to check whether you have entered the name of the workgroup in the Workgroup and MediaIndexer Settings area of the window. The Avid Instinct and Avid Interplay Assist applications use this setting to locate the Media Indexer that is used to monitor shared storage.

4. (Option) Near the center of the Server Hostname Settings window, make sure your Workgroup name is in the Workgroup Name field. Type the workgroup name if necessary. This field is case sensitive.

5. (Option) Click Check MediaIndexer to check whether the Media Indexer that monitors shared storage is running.

If the Media Indexer is running, the system returns the name of the High Availability group that the Media Indexer is associated with and the name of the workgroup.

6. Click Log out and close the Avid Interplay Administrator.

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Pinnacle Systems Interplay Media Services - 2.0 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

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

Check Lists for Media Services Service Providers

Configuration Requirements

International Character Support

Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

Check List for Setting up the Media Services Engine

Registering the Media Services Engine in an Avid Interplay Workgroup