Pinnacle Systems Interplay Media Services - 3.1 User Manual

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Interplay®| Media Services

Setup and User’s Guide

Version 3.1

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Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide • 0130-07633-05 Rev J • July 2014 • Created 7/22/14 • This document is distributed by Avid in online (electronic) form only, and is not available for purchase in printed form.

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Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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

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

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

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

Chapter 1 Working with the Interplay Media Services System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Understanding the Media Services System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Media Services Engine Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Understanding the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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

Understanding the Various Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Check Lists for Setting Up and Using Service Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Support for Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Support for Group Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Mounting Workspaces for Interplay Transcode and Other Media Services . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 2 Interplay Media Services Engine Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . 25

Check List for Setting Up the Media Services Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Registering the Media Services Engine in an Interplay Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuring the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 3 Using the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the Jobs Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Jobs Page Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Customizing the Reporting of Service Job Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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

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

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

Exporting the Jobs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using the Providers Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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

Customizing the Providers Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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

Deleting Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using the Services Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Opening the Services Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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

Deleting a Media Services Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Opening the Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Setting Up User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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

Deleting User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 4 Installing Services and Registering Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Managing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Registering Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Registering a Service Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Configuring a Provider for the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Verifying That a Service Provider Is Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Chapter 5 Working with Media Services Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Understanding Media Services Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Creating a Service Provider Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting Audio Formats for Copy, Move, and Deliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Modifying Multiple Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Modifying Changed or New Options in a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chapter 6 Working with the Transcode Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Understanding the Transcode Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Check List for Transcoding Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Registering the Transcode Service with the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting the Transcode Provider to the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Starting the Transcode Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating an Interplay Transcode Service Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Transcode Profile Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Mapping Audio Tracks in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes 88

Mapping Multichannel Audio Tracks in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSS-

RATE Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Support for Surround Sound Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Understanding the Transcode Services Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Understanding MIXDOWN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode with Two Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Understanding CROSSRATE Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Understanding DATAEXTRACT Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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

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

Transcoding OMF Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Working with an Auto Transcode Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Preparing the Workgroup for Auto Transcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Identifying an Auto Transcode Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Transcoding Avid Assets Using an Auto Transcode Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Location of Automatically Transcoded Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Stereoscopic 3D Support in Interplay Transcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Chapter 7 Working with the Archive and Restore Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Understanding Archive and Restore Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Archive Configuration and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Registering the Archive or Restore Service with the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . 122

Configuring an Archive Provider or Restore Provider for the Media Services Engine . 123

Configuring the Archive Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Specifying the Archive Server, Segment Size, and Restore Process . . . . . . . . . . 125

Archiving Duplicate Versions of Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Adding AAF Metadata to an Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Defining the Maximum Number of Simultaneous Jobs for Archive and Restore . . 128

Overriding Metadata When You Archive an Asset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Connecting to the Archive Database and Creating Folders in Interplay Access. . . . . . 130

Working with Interplay Archive and Interplay Restore Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Creating an Interplay Archive or Interplay Restore Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Interplay Archive Profile and Interplay Restore Profile Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Locating the Partition Value for an Archive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Archiving Assets from an Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Consolidating Clips and Sequences Before an Archive Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Deleting Online Media After an Archive Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Archiving Assets Using Avid Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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

Preparing the Workgroup for Auto Archive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Configuring Auto Archive Using the Avid Service Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Verifying That the Auto Archive Service is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Setting Up an Auto Archive Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Archiving Assets Using an Auto Archive Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Location of Automatically Archived Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Searching the Archive Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Restoring a Clip from the Archive Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Working with Partial Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Performing a Partial Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Relinking Partially Restored Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Viewing Partially Restored Reference Tracks in Interplay Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

How the System Defines the Size of a Partially Restored File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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Configuring a Workgroup to Use Multiple Archive Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Check List for Configuring and Using Multiple Archive Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Required Software for Multiple Archive Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Terminology for Multiple Archive Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Creating Profiles for Multiple Archive Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Configuring Asset Tracking for Multiple Archive Engines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Chapter 8 Working with the Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Understanding the Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Workflow for Copying Metadata and Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Check List for Copying Assets to Another Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Registering the Copy Service with the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Configuring a Copy Provider for the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Using an Interplay Copy Service Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Creating an Interplay Copy Service Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Interplay Copy Service Profile Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Copying Assets and Media to Another Workgroup Using Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . 188

Copying Assets and Media to Another Workgroup Using an Avid Editing Application . 192

Copying Assets During Ingest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Setting Registry Keys for Copying During Ingest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Defining the Maximum Number of Simultaneous Jobs for Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Chapter 9 Automatically Copying Assets to Another Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Understanding the Auto-Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Check List for the Auto-Copy Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Installing the Interplay Auto-Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Configuring the Auto-Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Verifying the Auto-Copy Service is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Understanding the Auto-Copy Folder Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Rules of Auto-Copy Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Identifying an Auto-Copy Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Auto-Copying of Subfolders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Automatically Copying Assets To Another Workgroup Using an Auto-Copy Folder . . . 210

Automatically Backing Up the Complete Database and Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Changing the Number of Auto-Copy Replication Jobs Submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

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Resetting the Auto-Copy Replication Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Chapter 10 Working with the Move Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Understanding the Move Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Workflow for Moving Media to Another Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Check List for Moving Assets to Another Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Registering the Move Service with the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Configuring a Move Provider for the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Creating a Interplay Move Service Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Moving Media to Another Workspace Using Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Defining the Maximum Number of Simultaneous Jobs for Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Chapter 11 Working with the Delivery Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Understanding the Delivery Service and Delivery Receiver Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Check List for the Delivery Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Registering the Delivery Receiver in an Interplay Production Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . 234

Registering the Delivery Service with the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Configuring a Delivery Provider for the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Creating an Interplay | Delivery Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Creating Profiles for Specific Delivery Providers and Specific Delivery Receivers 242

Specifying User Credentials in a Delivery Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Transferring Assets Through Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Transferring Assets through an Avid Editing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Viewing the Transfer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Relinking Partially Delivered Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Verifying the Delivery Receiver Service is Running Using Avid Service Framework . . 250

Monitoring the Health of the Interplay Delivery Receiver Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Overriding Delivery of Already Existing Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Allowing Third-Party Providers to Directly Connect to the Interplay Delivery Service. . 253

Defining the Maximum Number of Simultaneous Jobs for Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Chapter 12 Exporting and Transferring Long GOP OP1a Media in the Background . 255

Understanding Long GOP OP1a and STP Encode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Workflow for Background Processing of Long GOP Splicing and Transferring of Long GOP

OP1a Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Check List for Transferring Long GOP OP1a Media in the Background. . . . . . . . . . . . 259

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Registering the STP Encode Service with the Media Services Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Connecting the STP Encode Provider to the Media Services Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Starting the STP Encode Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Connecting to the Media Services Engine From Interplay Assist or an Avid Editing Applica-

tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Connecting to the Media Services Engine from Interplay Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Connecting to the Media Services Engine from an Avid Editing Application . . . . . 266

Performing Send-to-Playback as a Background Process from Interplay Assist . . . . . . 267

Performing Send-to-Playback as a Background Process from an Avid Editing Application .

269

Chapter 13 HD 23.976p and HD 24p Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Interplay Production Support for Native HD 23.976p and HD 24p Formats . . . . . . . . . 271

Interplay Production Support for HD 23.976p and HD 24p Proxy Resolutions . . . . . . . 275

Chapter 14 Troubleshooting Interplay Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

General Troubleshooting for Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Checking Media Services Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Troubleshooting Using Avid Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Archive and Restore Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Finding Solutions to Specific Archive and Restore Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Compatibility of Archive and Restore Services and Third-Party Software . . . . . . . 284

Getting Information About an Archive or Restore Job from the Jobs Page . . . . . . 284

Getting Information About an Archive or Restore Job from a Log File. . . . . . . . . . 285

How the Media Services Status Tool Reports Archive and Restore Operations . . 285

Archive and Restore Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Manually Updating the Status of Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Using a HOSTS File for Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Understanding the HOSTS File (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Updating the HOSTS File (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Appendix A Media Supported by Partial Restore and Partial Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Appendix B AVC-Intra Resolutions Supported by the Interplay Media Services. . . . . 295

Appendix C Target Resolutions for Media Services Transcode, Version 3.1. . . . . . . . 297

Appendix D Maximum Number of Simultaneous Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

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Using This Guide

Revision History

Date Revised Changes Made

July 19, 2014 Updated to restore information about Interplay Transcode as

application, for final GA release of Interplay Production V3.1.

June 20, 2014 Original publication

Congratulations on your purchase of the Interplay® Media Services system consisting of the Media Services Engine, the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool, and the Interplay Media Services.

The installation program for Interplay Production v3.1 uses the new product name

Interplay |Production 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 through many channels — often at the same time. 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 processes. This software infrastructure manages all of the Interplay Media Services. As Avid develops new Media 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 operating systems. The majority of screen shots in this document were captured on a Windows system, but the information applies to both Windows and Mac OS X systems. Where differences exist, both Windows and Mac OS X screen shots are shown.

and Mac OS® X

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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

Symbols and Conventions

> 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.

| (pipe character) The pipe character is used in some Avid product names, such as

Interplay | Production. In this document, the pipe is used in product names when they are in headings or at their first use in text.

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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

are shipped 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 media 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

www.avid.com/support.

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 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions.

www.avid.com/support. Online services are available 24

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Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay Portal

You can quickly access the Interplay Help, PDF versions of the Interplay guides, and useful external links by viewing the Interplay User Information Center on the Interplay Portal. The Interplay Portal is a web site that runs on the Interplay Engine.

You can access the Interplay User Information Center through a browser from any system in the Interplay environment. You can also access it through the Help menu in Interplay Access and the Interplay Administrator.

The Interplay Help combines information from all Interplay guides in one Help system. It includes a combined index and a full-featured search. From the Interplay Portal, you can run the Help in a browser or download a compiled (.chm) version for use on other systems, such as a laptop.

To open the Interplay User Information Center through a browser:

1. Type the following line in a 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 web page.

To open the Interplay User Information Center from Interplay Access or the Interplay Administrator:

t Select Help > Documentation Website on Server.

Avid Training Services

Avid makes lifelong learning, career advancement, and personal development easy and convenient. Avid understands that the knowledge you need to differentiate yourself is always changing, and Avid continually updates course content and offers new training delivery methods that accommodate your pressured and competitive work environment.

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

www.avid.com/support and follow the Training links, or call Avid Sales at

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1 Working with the Interplay Media

Services System

The following topics provide an overview of the Interplay Media Services system:

Understanding the Media Services System

•

• Media Services Engine Components

• Understanding the Various Media Services

• Check Lists for Setting Up and Using Service Providers

• Configuration Requirements

• Support for Restrictions

Understanding the Media Services System

The Media Service system is a software infrastructure on which various services are layered. Interplay Media Services uses the concept of service providers. A service provider (or provider) is a software service that can perform a particular job, such as transcoding media or archiving assets. The Interplay Media Services Engine serves as a broker for services in an Interplay workgroup.

Avid editing applications allow you to work with clips of any frame rate or field motion type

(interlaced or progressive) in a project. Clips that do not match the frame rate or field motion type of the project are known as mixed-rate clips. Interplay supports working with mixed-rate clips and sequences with mixed-rate clips.

Media Services Engine Components

The software used to manage service providers is composed of two major components: the Media Services Engine and the Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

The following topics describe these components:

Understanding the Media Services Engine

•

• Understanding the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

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Understanding the Media Services Engine

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. Individual providers select jobs that they are able to process according to the service they provide.

For example, a Media Composer system (a client) needs a clip transcoded. It sends a request to the Media Services Engine (the server) with information about the job. The Media Services Engine places the information in a queue. When a Transcode provider is available to do the transcoding, it selects the job, gets the information from the Media Services Engine, and transcodes the media. The Media Services Engine provides status on the job through the Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

The Media Services Engine should not reside on the same computer as an Avid editing application. A provider can be installed on the same computer as the Media Services Engine, depending on the individual provider and the workload and memory usage of the particular computer.For specific information on configuration requirements, see the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

The Interplay Media Services window opens when you start the Media Services Engine. The 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 Engine Components

The following illustration of the Interplay Media Services window shows the host name DocMS, which is the host name of the computer on which the Interplay Media Services Engine is installed.

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Media Services Engine Components

The Interplay Media Services window provides access to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool through the Admin Tool button. See “Understanding the Interplay Media Services and

Transfer Status Tool” on page 18

The Interplay Media Services window also provides access to Interplay Media Services settings through the Settings button. See

“Configuring the Media Services Engine” on page 28.

For information on starting the Interplay Media Services Engine, see

Media Services Engine” on page 31

“Starting the Interplay

Understanding the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

The Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool communicates with the Interplay Media Services Engine to let you manage Interplay Media Services. The Media Services and Transfer Status tool is installed with the Interplay Media Services Engine software.

The Media Services and Transfer Status tool also includes a tab for monitoring transfers that use Interplay Transfer. For more information, see the Interplay | Transfer Setup and User’s Guide.

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Understanding the Various Media Services

The Media Services and Transfer Status tool is installed with the Media Services Engine. You can install it on another computer from the Individual Optional Installers page of the Interplay Server Installer or the Interplay Client Installer, so that you can manage Interplay Media Services from that computer. The tool is also installed with Interplay Access, but you need to open the Media Services Status tab and the Transfer Status tab as separate windows.

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 rights (see “Using the Users Page” on

page 52

• Register and delete providers

• View details on any job

• Delete jobs submitted by any user

• Purge the jobs list

). Administrators can perform the following tasks:

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

For more information, see

“Using the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33.

Understanding the Various Media Services

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

When you install an Interplay Production service on a computer, the installation program installs provider software for that service. You can install the same service on more than one computer in an Interplay workgroup, and as a result have multiple providers for the same service.

After you install a service, you use the Media Services and Transfer Status tool to register the provider of the service. In a workgroup with multiple providers, you need to register each provider.

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.

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Understanding the Various Media Services

Interplay Production Service Providers

Service Description

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 75

Interplay Archive service Avid Interplay Restore service

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

Interplay Move service Lets you move media files from one Avid ISIS workspace to

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

Interplay Auto Production Service

• 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 Interplay Transfer Engine. For more information, see

Services” on page 117

workgroup to another. For more information, see

the Copy Service” on page 175

another. For more information, see

Service” on page 215

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

“Working with the Delivery Service” on page 231.

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.

For installation instructions, see the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

“Working with the Archive and Restore

“Working with

“Working with the Move

Interplay STP Encode service Lets you offload time-consuming processing involved in

exporting and transferring of Long GOP OP1a media, during a send-to-playback request from the Avid editing application or Interplay Assist. For more information, see

Transferring Long GOP OP1a Media in the Background” on page 255

“Exporting and

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Check Lists for Setting Up and Using Service Providers

Interplay Production Service Providers (Continued)

Service Description

Interplay Media Services Automation (MediaCentral only) Handles the logic of chaining a Consolidate

job and a Delivery job. It triggers a Consolidate job and monitors its status. If the Consolidate job is successful, it triggers a Delivery job. For more information, see the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Installation and Configuration Guide.

Interplay Consolidate (MediaCentral only) Uses the In and Out marks specified for a

loaded clip or subclip to create a new media and asset.For more information, see the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Installation and Configuration Guide.

Check Lists for Setting Up and Using Service Providers

The following table provides a list of the various Interplay Production service providers with a reference to the specific check list for each service. These check lists provide a list of the steps to set up and use the various services.

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

Up the Media Services Engine” on page 25

Interplay Production Service Provider Documentation

Interplay Transcode service “Check List for Transcoding Assets” on page 76

Interplay Archive service Interplay Restore service

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

Interplay Move service “Check List for Moving Assets to Another Workspace” on page 219

Interplay Delivery service “Check List for the Delivery Service” on page 233

Interplay STP Encode service “Check List for Transferring Long GOP OP1a Media in the

“Check List for Archiving and Restoring Assets” on page 119

page 180

Background” on page 259

“Check List for Setting

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Configuration Requirements

An Interplay workgroup enables collaborative workflows by allowing multiple editors to share media. For specific information on configuration requirements, see the Interplay | Production

Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

For any configuration issues that are not included in the published documents, see the Interplay

Media Services ReadMe or the Interplay | Production ReadMe.

Support for Restrictions

A restriction is a type of locator that Interplay Assist and Interplay Central users can add to a clip to indicate that use of the clip is restricted in some way, such as a requirement to pay for its use. Previous versions of Interplay preserved restrictions when you used an Avid editing application to check out and check in a clip before sending it to an Interplay Production service. For Interplay v3.0 and later, checkout and checkin is no longer required, and you can send clips to Interplay Media Services from Interplay Access, Interplay Assist, or an Avid editing application.

Interplay v3.0 and later supports preservation of restrictions for clips processed through all Interplay Media Services, including:

Configuration Requirements

• Interplay Access

• Interplay Archive

• Interplay Restore

• Interplay Transcode

• Interplay Copy

• Interplay Move

• Interplay Delivery

• Interplay Transfer

Workgroup-to-workgroup transfers processed through Interplay Access v3.0 require Interplay Access v3.0 on the receiving Transfer Engine.

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Note the following limitations:

• A restriction includes a color value (used for its markers) and the username of the creator. These values are supported in the local workgroup. However, after a clip is transferred to another workgroup or restored from archive, the values default to color = white and username = the login name of the user requesting the job.

• A sequence that includes a master clip with restrictions uses a copy of the master clip. If a user later changes the restriction on the master clip, the copy used in the sequence is not updated.

Support for Group Clips

Group clips are created in Media Composer and other Avid editing applications by using MultiCam features to sync a group of clips based on common source timecode, auxiliary timecode, or marks placed in the footage. A user working in an Avid editing application can check group clips in to and out from an Interplay Production database. Interplay Access users can view information about group clips, including master clip relatives.

Starting with Interplay v3.0, group clips and sequences that contain group clips are supported by Interplay Transfer and by the following Media Services:

Support for Group Clips

• Interplay Archive v3.0

• Interplay Restore v3.0, including Partial Restore

• Interplay Copy v3.0

• Interplay Move v3.0

• Interplay Delivery v3.0, including Partial Delivery

• STP Encode v3.0

• Interplay Transcode v3.0, with the following limitations:

- You cannot use CROSSRATE mode to transcode group clips.

- You can use MIXDOWN mode to transcode a sequence with group clips, but only the

camera angle selected in the Avid editing application timeline is included in the mixed-down master clip.

Subclips created from group clips, group clips composed of subclips, and multigroup clips are

not currently supported by Interplay Transfer or Interplay Media Services.

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Mounting Workspaces for Interplay Transcode and Other Media Services

To use Interplay Transcode and other Interplay Media Services, you must mount at least one workspace for each shared-storage system that you use for reading and writing on the provider system. You can mount the workspace as a UNC drive or a lettered drive.In most cases, you do not need to mount each workspace that you use, but there is no harm in doing so. For Interplay Transcode, if you use lettered drives, you must mount the target workspace.

Note the following:

• Starting with version 2.6, the Interplay Transcode service and the STP Encode service require you to choose during installation how ISIS workspaces are mounted: by drive letter or by UNC path. For multiple ISIS workgroups, select UNC paths if the number of workspaces required for the client exceeds the available drive letters. Mount the workspaces before you start the service.

You use the ISIS Client Manager Connection Manager to mount drives. For more information on mounting workspaces, see the Avid ISIS Client Manager Help.

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2 Interplay Media Services Engine

Installation and Configuration

The following topics describe installation and configuration of the Media Service Engine:

Check List for Setting Up the Media Services Engine

•

• Registering the Media Services Engine in an Interplay Workgroup‘

Configuring the Media Services Engine

•

• Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

For details on setting up the Media Services system in an Interplay workgroup environment, see the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

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 an Interplay workgroup.

Setting up the Media Services Engine Check List

Task Section Reference

Add the Interplay Media Services server to the



Interplay workgroup.

Make sure an Interplay Media Services



administrator account is set up on Avid shared-storage.

Make sure the Media Services application key



is connected to the server.

See the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

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Registering the Media Services Engine in an Interplay Workgroup

Setting up the Media Services Engine Check List (Continued)

Task Section Reference

Install the Media Services Engine software



and the supporting software.

• Avid Service Framework for Client

• Interplay Access

• Media Services Engine



Interplay workgroup.

Configure the Media Services Engine.



• Setup e-mail notifications

• Identify the workgroup’s Interplay Engine system

• Setup auto-purging of jobs

Start the Interplay Media Services Engine



software.

See the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

See “Registering the Media Services Engine in an

Interplay Workgroup” on page 26

See “Configuring the Media Services Engine” on

page 28

See “Starting the Interplay Media Services

Engine” on page 31

After you set up the Media Services Engine, install and configure the Interplay Media Services providers. See “Check Lists for Setting Up and Using Service Providers” on page 21

Registering the Media Services Engine in an

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.

To register the Media Services Engine in an Interplay workgroup:

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

The Avid Interplay Administrator opens.

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Registering the Media Services Engine in an Interplay Workgroup

2. Log in to the server for the workgroup in which you want to register the Media Services Engine.

3. 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.

4. 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

Interplay Production Workgroup” on page 234.

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Configuring the Media Services Engine

5. (Option) 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 Interplay Assist applications use this setting to locate the Media Indexer that is used to monitor shared storage.

a. 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.

b. Click Check MediaIndexer to check whether the Media Indexer that monitors shared

storage is running.

If the Media Indexer is running, the system displays the message “Connected to Media Indexer successfully.”

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

Configuring the Media Services Engine

After installing the Media Services Engine software, you can configure the Media Services Engine for the following optional settings:

• Send e-mail notifications about the status of jobs.

• Identify the workgroup’s Interplay Engine system.

By identifying the Interplay Engine system, when you log in to the Media Services Engine, the Media Services user information is updated with the user information in the Avid Interplay Administrator. As a result, you do not need to manage a separate user database for Media Services. See

• Automatically purge Media Services jobs to improve the performance of the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool. There are two different types of auto-purge processes you can set:

- An auto-purge process that runs once a day based on the start time and types of jobs that

you select. You can set a start time for the auto-purge to begin within 15 minute intervals.

- An auto-purge process that starts at an interval that you select, checks the number of

jobs, and purges the jobs based on the job count and types of jobs that you select.

You can select either process or both processes. The auto-purge settings take effect immediately; you do not have to restart the Interplay Media Services Engine. If you want to cancel a scheduled auto-purge process, you must cancel the process before it starts. After an auto-purge process begins you cannot cancel the process.

“Using the Users Page” on page 52.

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Configuring the Media Services Engine

When scheduling the auto-purge process, you should choose a low activity time. The auto-purge process might impact the server’s performance and the ability to connect.

The History area on the Interplay Media Services Engine window provides information about the auto-purge settings, such as any changes made to the settings.

To configure the Interplay Media Services Engine settings:

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

The Interplay Media Services window opens.

2. Click the Settings button.

The Interplay Media Services Engine Settings dialog box opens.

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3. Type the computer name of the local host in the Database Computer Name text box.

4. In the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Server text box, type the name of your local mail server (for example, mail.mycompany.com). If you don’t know the name of your local mail server, ask your network administrator.

5. In the From Address text box, type an e-mail address for the Media Services Engine. For example, broker@mycompany.com.

6. (Option) You can configure an SMTP Username and SMTP Password if your network supports secure e-mail. These settings give the Media Services Engine a name and password so that is can successfully send e-mail notification. If a network does not use secure e-mail, the settings do not apply and are disregarded.

The Clean Start option is reserved for future use. Make sure it is set to No.

7. In the Interplay Engine Hostname text box, type the host name of the Interplay Engine system.

If this text box is left blank, the Media Services user information in the Avid Interplay Administrator is not used for authentication during login.

8. (Option) If you want to use the once-a-day auto-purge, select On from the auto-purge Enabled list, then select the following settings:

Configuring the Media Services Engine

- Purge Start Time—Select a time to start the auto-purge (15 minute intervals).

- Purge PENDING Jobs?—Yes, purges all pending jobs for all service providers.

- Purge CANCELLED Jobs?—Yes, purges all cancelled jobs for all service providers.

- Purge COMPLETED Jobs?—Yes, purges all completed jobs including jobs with the

Warning status (question mark icon) for all service providers.

- Purge ERROR Jobs?—Yes, purges all error jobs for all service providers.

For the chosen job type, all jobs for all service providers, and for all users are purged. Therefore,

you cannot purge jobs for a specific service provider, such as Interplay Transcode.

9. (Option) If you want to schedule an interval auto-purge, select On from the Interval Auto Purge list, then select the following settings.

- Purge PENDING Jobs?—Does not apply to interval auto-purge.

- Purge CANCELLED Jobs?—Yes, purges all cancelled jobs for all service providers.

- Purge COMPLETED Jobs?—Yes, purges all completed jobs including jobs with the

Warning status (question mark icon) for all service providers.

- Purge ERROR Jobs?—Yes, purges all error jobs for all service providers.

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Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

- Purge Interval Time: Enter the number of minutes between runs of the auto-purge

interval timer. The auto-purge interval timer checks if there are a sufficient number of jobs to purge (see the next option). For example, if you enter 50, the auto-purge interval timer starts every fifty minutes. The default value is 60. The minimum value is 15 and the maximum value is 1,440 minutes (24 hours).

- Purge Job Count: Enter the number of jobs that cause an auto-purge process to run. If

the number of jobs in the Media Services queue is greater than or equal to this number when the interval timer runs, Media Services will purge the jobs you have selected for purging (cancelled jobs, completed jobs, or error jobs - pending jobs are not included). The default value is 5000. The minimum value is 100 and the maximum value is 15,000.

For both these options, if you enter a number below the minimum value, the Media Services Engine will use the minimum value. If you enter a number above the maximum value, the engine will use the maximum value. If you enter nothing or enter an invalid value in the field, the engine will use the default value.

For the chosen job type, all jobs for all service providers, and for all users are purged. Therefore,

you cannot purge jobs for a specific service provider, such as Interplay Transcode.

10. Click OK.

The Interplay Media Services Engine Settings dialog box closes.

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.

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Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

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3 Using the Media Services and Transfer

Status Tool

The following topics explain how to use the Media Services and Transfer Status tool:

Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

•

• Media Services and Transfer Status Tool User Interface

• Using the Jobs Page

• Using the Providers Page

• Using the Services Page

• Using the Users Page

For an overview of the Media Services and Transfer Status tool, see “Understanding the

Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 18

Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

The Media Services and Transfer Status tool can be used on any computer that has an internet connection to a computer running the Media Services Engine.

The Media Services and Transfer Status tool is installed with the Media Services Engine. You can install it on another computer from the Individual Optional Installers page of the Interplay Server Installer or the Interplay Client Installer. The tool is also installed with Interplay Access, but you need to open the Media Services Status tab and the Transfer Status tab as separate windows.

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Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

To open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool:

1. Do one of the following:

t From the Interplay Media Services window, click Admin Tool.

t For a standalone application, click Start and select Programs > Avid > Avid Media

Services and Transfer Status.

t From Avid Interplay Access, select View > Interplay Media Services Status.

t From the Avid Interplay Administrator, in the Site Settings area, click the Interplay

Media Services icon.

2. Type your username and password. See “Using the Users Page” on page 52

If you opened Media Services Status from Interplay Access or the Interplay Administrator, access is controlled by the information you used when you logged into Interplay Access or the Interplay Administrator.

3. Type the host name of the system on which the Media Services Engine resides in the Media Services Host text box.

The Media Services host name is the name of the computer that the Media Services Engine runs on. You can find the host name in the Name field of the Interplay Media Services window. Previously typed host names are available from the Media Services Host menu.

4. Click the Login button.

If the username and password are accepted, the Jobs page opens.

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Media Services and Transfer Status Tool User Interface

The Media Services and Transfer Status tool user interface is made up of five pages. The tab selected determines which page of the Media Services and Transfer Status tool is displayed. The page displayed determines the Media Services and Transfer Status tool’s functional mode and which of the mode-related controls — also referred to as pages — are displayed. The pages are described in the following table:

Media Services Status Administration Tool Pages

Page Description Section Reference

Jobs Displays the status and other information about jobs

submitted to the Media Services Engine. Lets you cancel or retry jobs, depending on your level of privilege.

“Using the Jobs Page” on

See

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Using the Jobs Page

Media Services Status Administration Tool Pages

Page Description Section Reference

Providers Displays information about systems that are running

Media Services provider software. Lets you register and delete providers, depending on your level of privilege.

Services Displays a list of services and service information.

Lets you install and delete services.

Users Displays a list of user accounts. Lets you create and

delete accounts, depending on your level of privilege.

Profiles Lets you create templates to use when performing an

operation.

Using the Jobs Page

The Jobs page displays information about Media Services jobs and lets you cancel, delete, and retry jobs. The Jobs page opens by default after you log in to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

The following topics describe the options available from the Jobs page:

Jobs Page Information

•

• Customizing the Reporting of Service Job Status

“Using the Providers Page”

See

on page 47

See

page 50

See

page 52

See

Services Profiles” on page 67

“Using the Services Page” on

“Using the Users Page” on

“Working with Media

• Customizing the Jobs Page Columns

• Filtering the Jobs List

• Viewing Details About a Job

• Purging the Jobs List

• Prioritizing a Job

• Canceling a Job

• Deleting a Job

• Retrying a Job

• Exporting the Jobs List

For information about the Auto-Purge feature, see “Configuring the Media Services Engine” on

page 28

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Jobs Page Information

The Jobs page displays information about jobs submitted to the Media Services Engine. You can specify how the status of the various service jobs are reported, see

of Service Job Status” on page 38

The following table describes the information displayed on the Jobs page.

Jobs Page Column Description

Status The colors and icons in the display indicate the status of the job:

• Yellow bar with no icon = Job is processing.

• Green bar with Check Mark icon = Job is completed.

• Gray bar with Stop icon = Job has been canceled.

• Caution icon = Job has failed with an error.

• Gray bar with no icon = Job is pending or is in a queue.

For information on changing the status reporting of jobs, see

Reporting of Service Job Status” on page 38

Using the Jobs Page

“Customizing the Reporting

“Customizing the

Service The name of the service to which the job was sent.

Job Name The file name submitted by the client to the Media Services Engine. This might have a

suffix — determined by the particular service — appended to it.

Administrators can view information about all jobs. Users without

administrator privileges can view all jobs, but can see only the user name and job name of their own jobs.

Job ID A number automatically generated by the Media Services Engine.

User The name of the user who submitted the job.

Administrators can view information about all jobs. Users without

administrator privileges can view all jobs, but can see only the user name and job name of their own jobs.

Progress (%) The percentage of the job completed.

Priority The priority of the job, as submitted by the client.

Submit Time The date and time the job was submitted by the client to the Media Services Engine.

Start Time The date and time that the provider started the job.

End Time The date and time that the provider reports the job is complete.

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Jobs Page Column Description

Profile Name Indicates if a profile was used and displays the profile’s name.

Customizing the Reporting of Service Job Status

You can customize the status reporting for the following Media Services:

• Archive service

•Restore service

• Copy service

• Move service

•Delivery service

For example, during an archive operation, if one of the media files cannot be found, you can set the reporting to the Jobs tab of the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool to display one of the following status indicators:

Using the Jobs Page

Job Status Display Description

Green with check mark icon Job completed

Green with question mark icon Job completed with a warning

Caution icon Job failed with an error

This section describes how to use the Avid Service Configuration tool to set which reporting status displays with the various conditions of service jobs.

Avid Service Configuration is an application that is included with the Avid Service Framework services. It lets you set and change parameters for each of the different Avid services and applications in your workgroup environment. For more information about Avid Service Framework, see the Avid Service Framework User’s Guide.

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Using the Jobs Page

To customize the job status displays for various Media Services services:

1. On any system running the Avid Service Framework services, click Start and select Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework > Avid Service Configuration.

The Select Workgroup dialog box opens.

The Select Workgroup dialog box does not open if the check box specifying to always select and

use this workgroup option was previously selected. When you select this option, the Select Workgroup dialog box no longer opens when you start the application. The default workgroup is selected, and the Avid Service Configuration window opens. To change this option and display the Select Workgroup dialog box, click the Login tab of the Avid Framework Workgroup Properties application and clear the check box for the option.

2. (Option) If the Select Workgroup dialog box opens, select the workgroup you want to connect to and click Select.

The Avid Service Configuration window opens.

3. In the Directory pane, click the Processes tab and verify that the service is running.

If the service does not appear in the Avid Service Configuration window, the service is not

running or the system it runs on is not properly connected to the workgroup. Click the Hosts tab and make sure that the Avid Service Framework services displays the name of the system that the service is running on.

4. On the Processes tab, expand the service entry, such as Archive Service.

The system displays the name of the computer running the service.

5. Click the computer name.

The Administrator Password Needed dialog box opens.

6. Type the Avid Service Framework Administrator password and click OK.

By default, Avid Service Framework does not require a password. When a password is used, it is

set through the System Configuration Service. Check with your system administrator for the correct password.

The system displays the setting tab for the service.

Depending on the service you selected, different conditions are available for you to customize.

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The following example shows the Archive Service settings.

7. Select the type of status you want to display for each job condition.

Option Job Status Display / Description

OK Green with check mark icon / Job completed

Warning Green with question mark icon / Job completed with a warning

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Error Caution icon / Job failed with an error

8. Click Apply.

Customizing the Jobs Page Columns

The Media Services and Transfer Status tool provides options to customize the columns displayed on the Jobs page.

To customize which columns display on the Jobs page:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. For more information, see “Opening the

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

The Jobs page opens by default after you log in to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

2. In the Tools area, click Customize columns.

The Choose Columns dialog box opens.

3. Select the name of the columns you want to display.

4. Click OK.

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The columns change to show the selections.

5. (Option) Click a column heading and drag it to a new location.

Filtering the Jobs List

By default, the Jobs list displays all jobs that the Media Services Engine is currently monitoring. You can customize your view to show only your jobs, to show jobs for a specific service, or to show only jobs in a selected state.

Users with Administrator privileges are allowed to cancel or delete any job. Users without

administrator privileges can only cancel or delete jobs submitted by that user.

To customize the Jobs list:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. For more information, see “Opening the

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

The Jobs page opens by default after you log in to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

2. In the Filters area, click the Service menu, and select a service.

3. In the Filters area, click the User menu, and select All Users or a specific user name.

Using the Jobs Page

4. In the Filters area, click the Status menu, and select one of the following:

- All — Displays all jobs with their current status.

- Processing — Displays only jobs that are currently being processed.

- Completed — Displays only jobs that have been successfully processed.

- Canceled — Displays only jobs that have been canceled by a user with administrator

privileges.

- Error — Displays only jobs that have stopped with an error.

- Pending — Displays only jobs that are waiting to be processed.

5. In the Filters area, click the Priority and select one of the following:

- ALL — Displays all priority jobs.

- > — Displays all priority jobs greater than the number indicated.

- < — Displays all priority jobs fewer than the number indicated.

- = — Displays all priority jobs equal to the number indicated.

The Jobs page displays jobs that meet the criteria you selected.

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Viewing Details About a Job

You must be logged in as the job owner or as an administrator to view a job’s details.

To view details about a job:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. For more information, see “Opening the

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. On the Jobs page, select the job that you want details about.

3. Click the Details button.

The Job Details window opens.

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Job Details Window

The following table provides descriptions of the type of job information displayed in the Job Details window.

Entry Description

Job Information

Name The name of the file submitted by a client to Media Services Engine. It might

Service The Media Services service for which the job was submitted; for example,

State The current state of the job.

Submitted By: The user name associated with the job, as submitted by the client.

Priority The priority of the job, as submitted by the client.

Provider The name of the provider, as registered with the Media Services Engine.

Using the Jobs Page

include information appended to the file name, depending on the service requirements.

Interplay Archive Service.

Requested Provider The name of the provider requested (not currently supported)

Job ID A number automatically generated by the Media Services Engine.

Batch ID The number of the batch containing the job.

Profile Name The name of the profile used for the job, if a profile is used.

Submit Time The date and time the job was submitted by the client to the Media Services

Engine.

Start Time The date and time the provider picked up the job.

End Time The date and time the job was reported as complete by the provider.

Progress The percentage of the job that has been processed.

Notification Displays whether notification of job completed or job error is enabled or

disabled.

Input Parameters The list of Input parameters varies for each service.

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Purging the Jobs List

The purge function is available only to users with administrator privileges.

You can set the Media Services settings to allow for auto-purging of jobs. See “Configuring the

Media Services Engine” on page 28.

To purge the Jobs list:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool and log in as a user with administrator privileges. For more information, see

Status Tool” on page 33

2. On the Jobs page, click the Purge button.

The Purge Jobs dialog box opens.

Using the Jobs Page

“Opening the Media Services and Transfer

3. Click the Service menu, and select the applicable service.

4. Click the Submitted By menu, and select a particular user or All, depending on the jobs you want to purge.

5. Select which states of jobs you want to purge.

6. Click the Purge button.

The Jobs list no longer contains the jobs you selected. If a purge fails, a dialog box opens with a list of the jobs that failed to delete and a reason for the failure.

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Prioritizing a Job

You can prioritize the order of the pending jobs. The priority number assigned to a job indicates the job’s position in the queue for a specific provider. This setting lets you order jobs in a desired sequence and also move a job to the top of the queue. Priority numbers range from 1 (highest priority) through 100 (lowest priority). The default priority number assigned to each job is 50.

When you assign a priority number to a job, the actual order in the queue depends on the following:

• Priority numbers are relative only to jobs within a given service. For example, a transcode job set with priority 1 might not execute before an archive job with priority 100.

• If the same priority number is assigned to several jobs of a specific provider, then all these jobs have an equal chance of executing.

To prioritize a job:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. On the Jobs page, select the job you want to prioritize.

3. Click the Priority button.

Using the Jobs Page

The Set Job Priority dialog box opens.

4. Click the arrow button to select a priority number.

The default is 50. The priority range is 1 (highest priority) through 100 (lowest priority).

5. Click OK.

The Priority column displays the new priority for the job.

Canceling a Job

Jobs can be canceled during the Pending or the Processing state. A user can cancel only jobs that have been submitted under his or her Media Services user name. An administrator can cancel any job.

Providers periodically check the Media Services Engine for jobs that might need to be canceled. When a job is canceled, it might take a short time for the job to actually stop and the status change to be reflected. It is also possible that a job might finish before it can be canceled. In this case, a dialog box might open stating that the Media Services Engine was unable to cancel the job.

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To cancel a job:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. On the Jobs page, select the job that you want to cancel.

3. Click the Cancel button. A dialog box opens and asks if you are sure you want to cancel the job.

4. Click OK to cancel the job.

The job remains in the Jobs list, but the state changes to canceled.

Deleting a Job

To delete a specific job or all jobs on the Jobs page:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. On the Jobs page, select the specific job you want to delete.

3. Click the Delete button. A dialog box opens and asks if you are sure you want to delete the job.

4. Click OK to delete the job.

Using the Jobs Page

Retrying a Job

You can retry a job that is in the canceled state or error state.

To retry a job:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. On the Jobs page, select the job you want to retry.

3. Click the Retry button.

The Media Services Engine changes the state to Pending and places the job in the queue for the next available provider.

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Exporting the Jobs List

You can export the current Jobs list from the Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

To export the Jobs list:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. For more information, see “Opening the

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

The Jobs page opens by default after you log in to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

2. In the Tools area, click Export list.

A Save dialog box opens.

3. Select a location for the Jobs list file.

4. Type a name for the Jobs list file.

5. Click Save.

Using the Providers Page

The Providers page displays information about computers that are running provider software and are registered with the Media Services Engine. You can also view specific provider details and capabilities.

Using the Providers Page

The following topics provide information about using the Providers page:

Opening the Providers Page

•

• Customizing the Providers Display

• Viewing Details About a Provider

• Deleting Providers

A provider is automatically registered the first time it connects to the Media Services Engine.

Opening the Providers Page

To open the Providers page:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Providers tab.

The Providers page opens.

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Using the Providers Page

The following table describes the information displayed on the Providers page.

Providers Page Description

Status Indicates whether or not the provider is connected to the Media Services Engine.

Provider The name of the service provider, as registered with the Media Services Engine.

Service The Media Services service for which the provider has been registered.

Host The computer name of the provider.

Application The name of the service provider application.

IP The IP address of the computer of the provider.

Customizing the Providers Display

By default, the Providers page displays all providers that are registered with the Media Services Engine. You can customize your view to show only the connected providers or providers of a particular service.

To customize the Providers display:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Providers tab. The Providers page opens.

3. In the Filters area, click the Service menu, and select the applicable service.

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4. In the Filters area, click the Status menu, and select the applicable condition.

The Providers page displays providers that match your selections.

Viewing Details About a Provider

To view details about a provider:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. On the Providers page, select the provider that you want details about.

3. Click the Details button.

The Provider Details window opens.

The following table provides descriptions of the type of provider information displayed in the Provider Details window.

Providers Page Description

Name The name of the service provider, as registered with the Media Services Engine.

Service The Media Services service for which the provider has been registered.

Using the Providers Page

Host Name The computer name of the provider.

Application The name of the service provider application.

IP Address The IP address of the computer of the provider.

Connected Indicates whether or not the provider is connected to the Media Services Engine.

Deleting Providers

If a provider is connected to the Media Services Engine, the provider cannot be deleted until it has been disconnected and all processing jobs are stopped. You must be logged in as an administrator to delete any providers.

To delete a service, see software, use the Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel on the provider system.

To delete a provider:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Providers tab. The Providers page opens.

3. Select the provider, and click Delete.

“Deleting a Media Services Service” on page 52.To delete the provider

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A dialog box opens and asks if you are sure you want to delete the provider.

4. Click OK.

The provider is no longer registered with the Media Services Engine. To register it again, see

“Configuring a Provider for the Media Services Engine” on page 62

Using the Services Page

The Services page displays information about the services that are installed and lets the user install new services, upgrade existing services, or delete services that were previously installed.

Using the Services Page

For information about installing a service, see

The following topics provide information about the Servers page:

Opening the Services Page

•

• Displaying Details About a Service

• Deleting a Media Services Service

Opening the Services Page

To open the Services page:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Services tab.

The Services page opens.

“Registering Services” on page 57.

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Displaying Details About a Service

To display information about a specific service:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Services tab. The Services page opens.

3. Select the service about which you want information.

4. Click Details.

The Service Details page opens.

Using the Services Page

The specific information displayed on the Service Details page differs for each installed service.

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Deleting a Media Services Service

Deleting a Media Services service from the Services page deletes the information required for the service to operate. If one or more providers have been registered for the service on the Providers page, you must first delete the providers for the service. For more information, see

“Deleting Providers” on page 49.

To delete the provider software, use the Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel on the provider system.

To delete a service:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool and log in as a user with administrator privileges. For more information, see

Status Tool” on page 33

2. Make sure all providers for the services that you are deleting have been deleted prior to deleting the services themselves. See

3. Click the Services tab. The Services page opens.

4. Select the service you want to delete.

5. Click Delete.

Using the Users Page

“Opening the Media Services and Transfer

“Deleting Providers” on page 49.

The service is removed. To add the service again, see

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Using the Users Page

The Users page lets you create and manage user accounts. The default login for the Media Services and Transfer Status tool is the user name Administrator, without a password. Avid recommends assigning a password to this account after installing the Media Services Engine. For more information, see

The Users page displays information based on the user’s login profile. A user logged in as an Administrator can view information about all jobs, whereas users without administrator privileges can view all jobs, but can only see the username and clip names of their own jobs.

There are two methods for managing Media Services users:

• Using Interplay authentication

If you set a host name in the Avid Interplay Media Services Engine Settings dialog box, the Media Services Engine authenticates user names and passwords with the Avid Interplay Engine (see need to manage a separate user database for Media Services. If a host name is set, when you

“Reassigning Passwords” on page 55.

“Configuring the Media Services Engine” on page 28). As a result, you do not

“Registering a Service Manually” on

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Using the Users Page

attempt to log in to the Interplay Media Services Engine, and the login is successful, the user name and password are added to or updated in the Media Services database user’s table. The user name and password appear on the Users page.

Adding or changing users on the Users page has no effect if a host name is set in the Interplay Engine Hostname setting in the Avid Interplay Media Services Engine Settings dialog box.

• Managing a separate user database

Managing Media Services users through a separate database can be useful if you want to give administrator privileges to users who do not have administrator privileges in the Interplay database. However, if you do not use Interplay authentication, make sure any user name and password exactly matches a user name and password in the Interplay database, because Media Services operations usually require login by a valid Interplay user.

The following topics describe the Users page:

• Opening the Users Page

• Setting Up User Accounts

• Reassigning Passwords

• Deleting User Accounts

Opening the Users Page

To open the Media Services Users page:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Users tab.

The Users page opens with user accounts listed in the User name column.

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Setting Up User Accounts

To set up a user account:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the Media

Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

Using the Users Page

2. Click the Users tab. The Users page opens.

3. Click the Add button. A dialog box opens.

4. Type a user name in the Username text box.

User names and passwords are case sensitive and can contain only letters, numbers, and underscores. They can be up to 255 characters.

5. (Option) You can assign a password by typing a password in the Password text box, then typing it again in the Retype Password text box. Passwords are not required.

6. Type the applicable information about the user in the other text boxes.

7. (Option) If this user is an administrator, select the “is Administrator” option.

8. Click Save.

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Reassigning Passwords

If a user forgets his or her password, a new one must be assigned. If you forget the Administration password, it must be reset. Contact Avid Customer Support.

To reassign a user password:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool and log in as a user with administrator privileges. For more information, see

Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Users tab. The Users page opens.

3. Select the user that you want to change the password.

4. Click the Edit button. A dialog box opens.

5. Type a new password in the Password text box, then type it again in the Retype Password text box.

6. Click Save.

Deleting User Accounts

You must be logged in as an administrator to delete user accounts.

Using the Users Page

“Opening the Media Services and Transfer

The user “Administrator” cannot be deleted. If you try to delete Administrator, you receive an

error message.

To delete a user account:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool and log in as a user with administrator privileges. For more information, see

Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Users tab. The Users page opens.

3. Select the User Name for each account you want to delete.

4. Click the Delete button.

A dialog box opens and asks if you are sure you want to delete the user account.

5. Click OK.

The user account is deleted.

To re-create user accounts, see

“Opening the Media Services and Transfer

“Setting Up User Accounts” on page 54.

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4 Installing Services and Registering

Providers

This chapter provides general procedures for installing services, registering a provider, and connecting it to the Media Services Engine. For specific information about each service, see

“Understanding the Various Media Services” on page 19 and the chapter that provides

information about the service.

The following topics provide information about the required tasks:

Managing Services

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• Registering Services

• Registering a Service Manually

• Configuring a Provider for the Media Services Engine

• Verifying That a Service Provider Is Connected

• Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles

Managing Services

Starting with Media Services v3.1, most Media Services operate as Windows services, and can be managed like other Windows services.

Interplay Transcode and STP Encode operate as Windows applications, not as Windows services.

Media Services as Windows services are started automatically and restart automatically after a system reboot or crash. They are listed with other Windows services in the Services tab of the Computer Management window. The following illustration shows the Interplay Delivery service installed and running.

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Registering Services

The Archive and Restore services require a third-party vendor dll. By default the services run

under the Local System account. If the third-party vendor dll needs more privileges than Local System, the vendor must change the services to use the appropriate credentials.

Prior to Media Services v3.1, services operated as Windows applications, and needed to be started manually. An advantage to this new feature is that all services are started automatically and restart automatically after a system reboot or crash.

Because service providers are no longer applications, they are no longer listed in the Start menu and no longer have a user interface window. Information that was displayed in the dialog box is included in the service .ini file or in log files.You also edit the .ini file to register the provider with the Media Services Engine. For more information, see

Media Services Engine” on page 62

“Configuring a Provider for the

Registering Services

The Media Services Engine requires configuration files for each service. These files are called service description files and are contained in a .zip file (called a service package). For example, Interplay Copy requires the service package CopyMedia.zip.

In earlier versions of Media Services, you needed to open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool, click the Install/Upgrade button, then locate and open the correct .zip file on the provider system. In Media Services v3.0 and later, the .zip files are installed on the Media Services Engine system when you install the Media Services software. The first time the Media Services Engine runs after a new installation, it checks which services and versions were installed. It then automatically upgrades registered services or registers new services.

You only need to install service descriptions once, even if you configure multiple providers.

If necessary, you can use the manual procedure as documented in

Manually” on page 58

“Registering a Service

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Registering a Service Manually

If you try to connect from a provider to the Media Services Engine before the latest service is

registered, the Status line in the Transcode Service dialog box reads: Error From Broker! UNKNOWN_SERVICE.

To register services:

1. Install the Media Services Engine software from the Interplay Production Servers installer.

2. Restart the Media Services Engine.

The services are listed in the Services tab of the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool.

Registering a Service Manually

Prior to Interplay v3.0, you needed to open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool and install the service description. This procedure is now automatic (see

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You only need to install a service description once, even if you configure multiple providers.

). If necessary you can use the following procedure.

“Registering Services” on

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Registering a Service Manually

The following table provides a list of Media Services services and the name of each service package.

Service File Name of Service Package

Interplay Archive Archive.zip

Interplay Copy CopyMedia.zip

Interplay Consolidate ConsolidateService.zip

Interplay Delivery PTFService.zip

Interplay Media Services Automation MediaServicesAutomation.zip

Interplay Move MoveMedia.zip

Interplay Restore Restore.zip

Interplay STP Encode LongGOPExport.zip

Interplay Transcode TranscodeService.zip

You do not use the Media Services Engine to configure the Auto Archive, Auto Transcode, and

Auto Copy services. Instead, use the Avid Interplay Administrator and the Avid Service Framework services. For more information, see “Configuring Auto Archive Using the Avid

Service Configuration” on page 147.

To install a Media Services service description:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool and log in as administrator, as described in

“Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33.

2. Click the Services tab.

The Services page displays the currently configured services.

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3. Click Install/Upgrade.

The Install/Upgrade Service dialog box opens.

Registering a Service Manually

4. Click the Browse button and navigate to the folder containing the service package (.zip file). Make sure you have access to the folder.

The following is an example of the location of a service package. In this case, the service package is for the Transcode service.

- C:\Program Files\Avid\Interplay Transcode\TranscodeService

You can use the Microsoft Windows Search tool to help you locate the folder that contains the service package. For a list of package file names, see “Registering a Service Manually”

on page 58

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Registering a Service Manually

5. In the folder, select the service.zip file.

The following illustration shows the TranscodeService.zip file selected.

6. Click Save.

The path to the file appears in the Install/Upgrade Service dialog box.

7. Click Install/Upgrade.

The service and its description appear on the Services page. The following illustration shows the Transcode Service added to the Services page.

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Configuring a Provider for the Media Services Engine

After the service descriptions are registered (see “Registering Services” on page 57), you need to configure a provider for the Media Services Engine.

Prior to Media Services v3.1, you used a dialog box to connect a provider to the Media Services Engine. Starting with Media Services v3.1, you edit an .ini file.

Interplay Transcode and STP Encode require you to use a dialog box to connect a provider. See “Connecting the Transcode Provider to the Media Services Engine” on page 78 and

“Connecting the STP Encode Provider to the Media Services Engine” on page 261.

Note the following:

• If you are upgrading from a previous version, the existing .ini file is copied to the

• If you are performing a new installation, the installed .ini file uses “localhost” as the name of

• The .ini file includes an automatically generated provider name. You can change the

appropriate new folder. If the associated Media Services Engine remains the same, no further configuration is needed.

the associated Media Services Engine. This is appropriate if you are installing the service on the same system as the Media Services Engine. If you are installing the service on a different system, you need to change the default hostname by editing the .ini file.

provider name if you want.

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Configuring a Provider for the Media Services Engine

The following procedure can be used for any service. For specific information for a service, see the chapter for that service.

The Media Services and Transfer Status tool includes a Register button, which opens the Register

Provider dialog box. This dialog box is no longer needed.

To configure a provider for the Media Services Engine:

1. Locate the .ini file for the service and open it in a text editor, such as Windows Notepad.

The following table lists the Media Services with the path for the .ini file and the log files.

Service Path for .ini File and Log Files

Interplay | Archive C:\ProgramData\Avid\Archive Service\DMSArchive.ini

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Archive Service\log

Interplay | Consolidate C:\ProgramData\Avid\Consolidate Service\DMSConsolidate.ini

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Consolidate Service \log

Interplay | Copy C:\ProgramData\Avid\Copy Service\DMSCopyMedia.ini

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Copy Service\log

Interplay | Delivery C:\ProgramData\Avid\Delivery Service\DMSIDService.ini

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Delivery Service\log

Interplay | Media Services Automation

Interplay | Move C:\ProgramData\Avid\Move Service\DMSMoveMedia.ini

Interplay | Restore C:\ProgramData\Avid\Restore Service\DMSRestore.ini

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Media Services Automation\DMSCMService.ini C:\ProgramData\Avid\Media Services Automation\log

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Move Service\log

C:\ProgramData\Avid\Restore Service\log

2. Substitute the hostname of the Media Services Engine.

Following is an example of a Copy service .ini file with the default hostname “localhost”:

#Mon May 05 11:34:54 EDT 2014 @5%?MaxJobs=1 @2%tMedia_Services_Engine_Hostname=localhost @1%tProvider_Name=a51-dev_Copy_4080

Following is the same .ini file, edited to use the hostname “a51-ms_engine.”

#Mon May 05 11:34:54 EDT 2014 @5%?MaxJobs=1 @2%tMedia_Services_Engine_Hostname=a51-ms_engine @1%tProvider_Name=a51-dev_Copy_4080

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Verifying That a Service Provider Is Connected

Existing .ini files include the line @3%yAutomatically_Connect=TRUE. This line is no longer

applicable, because all services are now automatically connected.

3. A default name for the provider is automatically created by the provider software using the following syntax:

The provider name in the previous example is a51-dev_Copy_4080.

Accept the default name or type a new name. This name appears in the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. The provider name in the previous example

4. Save and close the .ini file.

The service automatically reads the .ini file and tries to connect to the Media Services Engine. If the service fails to connect, it continues to try to connect. The re-connect interval grows from 5 seconds to 10 minutes, depending on the amount of time that the service tries to connect.

Verifying That a Service Provider Is Connected

To verify that a service provider is running and connected:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. See “Opening the Media Services and

Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Providers tab.

The system displays the status of the Media Services providers. In the following illustration, the Transcode service is connected, indicated by a check mark in the Status column.

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Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles

Auto services, such as Auto Archive, do not appear in this list. Use the Avid Service Framework

Configuration window to verify that an Auto service is running. See “Verifying That the Auto

Archive Service is Running” on page 150.

Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles

When you are upgrading a Media Services service you need to perform the same procedures as a new installation, such as installing the service description, registering the service provider and connecting the provider to the Media Services Engine. However, before and after you upgrade a service you need to follow a few rules:

• You need to log in with a user account that has administrator privileges.

• You should perform the upgrade of the service during a low usage time or when the Media Services engine is offline.

• You can only install a newer version of an existing service.

• The Media Service Engine only supports one version of a service at a time.

• Make sure the service providers are disconnected, by verifying the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status tool’s Providers page shows Stop in the Status column.

You do not need to delete the service profiles or unregister the service before performing the

upgrade, as was required in versions prior to v2.0. However, if you want to delete a service completely, you need to first delete all the profiles and providers, and then delete the service.

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Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles

• During the service upgrade, you cannot cancel the upgrade, however you can continue to work.

• When upgrading any of the Media Services services, all existing profiles are saved. However, because the new version of the service might contain new or modified profile settings, you must review your profiles after the upgrade. New and modified settings are marked with a caution icon (yellow triangle) in the Parameters area of the profile. These marked settings require you to either set a valid value or leave the text box blank, depending on the requirements for the new or modified profile setting.

For information about the various profile settings, see “Working with Media Services

Profiles” on page 67

You can modify multiple profile setting values using the Profiles page. For information, see

“Modifying Multiple Profiles” on page 72.

• On the Profiles page, after the service is upgraded, a caution icon displays next to any profile settings that were removed in the new version of the service. You need to check each existing profile to make sure it meets your needs. The existing profile retains the older profile settings to provide backward compatibility, however these older settings are not used with the new version of the service.

• On the Profiles page, after the service is upgraded, a caution icon displays next to any profile settings that the values were modified by the new version of the service. You need to check each existing profile to make sure it meets your needs. The existing profile retains the older profile setting values to provide backward compatibility, however these older setting values are not used with the new version of the service.

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5 Working with Media Services Profiles

The following topics provide information about working with Media Services profiles:

Understanding Media Services Profiles

•

• Creating a Service Provider Profile

• Modifying Multiple Profiles

• Modifying Changed or New Options in a Profile

Understanding Media Services Profiles

Profiles let you set up templates to use when performing an operation. For example, you can create a profile to use with the Interplay Transcode service. When you select the profile, the Transcode service automatically performs the transcode operation using the specified target resolution, stores the new media on the specified workspace, and stores the new asset in the designated target folder, as defined in the profile.

Profiles are required if you request a service from an Avid editing application. If you request a service from Interplay Access, some services require a profile, and others provide the option of using a profile or setting the parameters for the current operation.

You can update the values set in multiple profiles at the same time by using the Multiple Profile Select mode. To use this mode, the profiles must be of the same type. For example, you can select multiple Transcode service profiles and then change the Workspace value to update the values in all the selected Transcode service profiles. For more information, see

Multiple Profiles” on page 72

Before you upgrade a service you can preserve existing profiles by following the rules listed in

“Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles” on page 65.

“Modifying

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Creating a Service Provider Profile

This chapter provides an example of how to create a profile. For specific procedures to create profiles for the various services, see the references in the following table.

Service name Documentation

Interplay Transcode Service “Creating an Interplay Transcode Service Profile” on page 82

Interplay Archive Service

Interplay Restore Service

Interplay Copy Service “Using an Interplay Copy Service Profile” on page 184

Interplay Move Service “Creating a Interplay Move Service Profile” on page 223

Interplay Delivery Provider “Creating an Interplay | Delivery Profile” on page 238

You do not need to create a Media Services profile for the STP Encode service. The service

requests profile information directly from the Transfer Engine during the STP Encode workflow.

If a profile includes a target workspace on an ISIS system that is configured in a multiple ISIS workgroup, and the workspace is on a remote ISIS system, the workspace path must include the hostname of the ISIS System Director and the name of the workspace, in the standard UNC format:

\\hostname\workspace_name

For more information, see “Workgroups with Multiple ISIS Systems” in the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

“Creating an Interplay Archive or Interplay Restore Profile” on page 134

Creating a Service Provider Profile

This section gives an example of how to create a service provider profile. It uses the Transcode service as an example.

To create a profile:

1. Open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. For more information, see “Opening the

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Profiles tab.

3. In the Service menu, select a service, for example, Avid Interplay Transcode Service.

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4. Click Add in the Profiles area.

The Add Profile dialog box opens.

Creating a Service Provider Profile

5. Type a descriptive name for the new profile in the Add Profile dialog box. This is the name that users see when they right-click an asset and select a service, for example Transcode.

6. Click OK.

The name appears in the Profiles list and an empty template appears in the Parameters area.

7. In the Parameters area, set a value for each option as needed.

8. Click Save in the Parameters area.

The Save Profile dialog box opens.

9. Click Yes to save your changes.

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Selecting Audio Formats for Copy, Move, and Deliver

You can define several operations under one main profile name. For example, you can add subjobs to transcode several resolutions using one profile. The system processes each subjob in turn.

To add subjobs:

t Click Add in the Sub Jobs area.

Selecting Audio Formats for Copy, Move, and Deliver

In earlier versions of Interplay Copy, Interplay Move, and Interplay Delivery, transfer of audio files depended on whether the Include Audio option was selected in the profile. With the option selected, all audio associated a video clip was transferred with the clip. If the option was not selected, no audio was transferred with the clip.

Starting with version 3.1, you have the option of selecting which audio formats you want to include in the operation.

If you are performing a Copy or Move operation from Interplay Access, and you do not use a

profile, the behavior is not changed. Transfer of audio files depends on whether you select the Include Audio option. A Delivery operation requires a profile.

The following illustration shows the Move profile settings, with a new setting named AudioQuality. The default option is All.

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Selecting Audio Formats for Copy, Move, and Deliver

Option Audio Formats Included

All All audio formats associated with the selected asset or assets.

None No audio included with the selected asset or assets.

Uncompressed Only high-quality audio formats associated with the selected asset or assets,

for example, PCM or WAVE.

Proxy Only proxy-quality audio formats associated with the selected asset or assets,

for example, MPEG1 Layer 2.

Note the following:

• For audio-only clips, the TargetVideoQuality setting is not applicable. The selection is ignored.

• The AudioQuality setting is supported when the Media Services provider is connected to a Media Services Engine v3.1 or later. The setting is also supported in the Media Services Status tool in Interplay Access v3.1 when Access is connected to a Media Services Engine v3.1 or later.

• If a pre-v3.1 version of Interplay Access is connected to a Media Services Engine v3.1, Service Description files are already installed on the Media Services Engine, but the AudioQuality setting is only displayed if you upgrade to v3.1 of Interplay Access.

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• After the components are upgraded to v3.1, the AudioQuality setting will be displayed in any existing Copy, Move, or Delivery profiles. It will be marked by a caution icon (yellow triangle with exclamation point) until you make a selection from the menu and save the profile.

• Data tracks (D tracks) are always included in a Copy, Move, or Delivery job.

Modifying Multiple Profiles

From the Profiles page of the Media Services and Transfer Status tool, you can select multiple profiles to batch modify option values at the same time. When you select more than one profile in the Profiles list, the Parameters area changes to multi-select mode with the title “Parameters for All Selected Profiles.”

For example, you can select several Transcode profiles, and then change the Workspace value once in the parameters area for all the selected profiles.

This feature is useful after you upgrade a service provider and you need to modify your existing profiles to correct any values that are not supported with the new version of the service provider. In the Parameters area of the profile, a caution icon (yellow triangle) indicates which profile settings require attention. This feature is also useful for setting the parameters of multiple profiles after installing a new Media Services service.

Modifying Multiple Profiles

To modify multiple profiles at the same time:

1. Open and log in to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool:

t From the Interplay Media Services window, click Admin Tool.

t From the Avid Interplay Administrator, in the Site Settings area, click the Interplay

Media Services icon.

When you open the Media Services and Transfer Status tool from the Avid Interplay

Administrator, the name is “Interplay Media Services.”

2. Click the Profiles tab.

3. In the Service menu, select a service. For example, Avid Interplay Transcode Service.

4. In the Profiles list, select all the profiles you want to batch modify the setting values.

The Parameters for All Selected Profiles displays in the parameters area.

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Modifying Multiple Profiles

5. In the Parameters for All Selected Profiles area, click the option with the value you want to change.

The option’s value field displays.

6. Type or select a new value for the option.

7. Click Save All.

Only the options displaying their value field are updated for all of the selected profiles.

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Modifying Changed or New Options in a Profile

If you upgrade a service provider, you might need to modify your existing profiles to correct any values that are not supported with the new version of the service provider, or to add a value for a new option. In the Parameters area of the profile, a caution icon (yellow triangle) indicates which profile settings require attention.

To remove the Caution icon for a new profile value:

t Make any change to the option value.

In some cases, you might need to enable and then disable an option to remove the icon.

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6 Working with the Transcode Service

The following topics provide information about working with the Transcode service:

Understanding the Transcode Service

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• Check List for Transcoding Assets

• Registering the Transcode Service with the Media Services Engine

• Connecting the Transcode Provider to the Media Services Engine

• Starting the Transcode Provider

• Creating an Interplay Transcode Service Profile

• Understanding the Transcode Services Modes

• Transcoding an Asset from Avid Interplay Access

• Understanding CROSSRATE Mode

• Understanding DATAEXTRACT Mode

• Transcoding an Asset from an Avid Editing Application

• Transcoding OMF Clips

• Wo r k i n g w i t h a n A uto Transcode Folder

• Stereoscopic 3D Support in Interplay Transcode

Understanding the 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. You can also use the Interplay Transcode process to mix down the video and audio tracks during the transcode.

If you are using the Transcode service to transcode a clip with multiple resolutions, the Transcode service relinks to the Highest Quality resolution and then performs the transcode. The Highest Quality resolution is determined by the Dynamic Relink feature of the Avid editing system. For more information, see “Using MultiRez and Dynamic Relink” in the Interplay Help or in the documentation for your Avid editing application.

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Before you can use the Transcode service, you need to check that the Transcode service is installed and connected. For a list of the steps to prepare for transcoding, see “Check List for

Transcoding Assets” on page 76

Interplay Transcode v3.0 and later is qualified to run as multiple instances on the same server. Up to four providers are supported, depending on the total amount of CPU used. For more information, see “Installing Multiple Transcode Providers on the Same Server” in the

Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

When accessing an Interplay Transcode system remotely, you should use the Microsoft Windows

Remote Desktop Connect command instead of VNC. The Remote Desktop Connect feature requires setup on the Interplay Transcode system. For information, see the Microsoft Windows documentation.

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 shared-storage environment, and configuring an Avid editing system. The check list also provides references where to find more information about each step.

Check List for Transcoding Assets

Transcoding Assets Check List

Task Section Reference

Check your configuration. See “Configuration Requirements” on



Make sure the Interplay Media Services application



key (dongle) is connected to a USB port. If a Transcode provider is not running on the Interplay Media Services server, you must also connect an application key to a USB port on the server running the Transcode provider.

An application key can be configured for up to four Transcode providers, depending on your license.

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Transcoding Assets Check List (Continued)

Task Section Reference

Make sure the Media Services Engine software and



the supporting software are installed and configured in the workgroup.

• Avid Service Framework for Client

• Interplay Access

• Media Services Engine

• Interplay Transcode service (install this on each server used as a provider)

Starting with version 2.6, the Interplay

Transcode service and the STP Encode service require you to choose during installation how ISIS workspaces are mounted: by drive letter or by UNC path. For multiple ISIS workgroups, select UNC paths if the number of workspaces required for the client exceeds the available drive letters. Mount the workspaces before you start the service.

(Option) Install the Interplay Auto Media Services



service, which includes the Interplay Auto Transcode software.

Make sure the Interplay Transcode service is



registered.

See Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide and

“Interplay Media Services Engine Installation and Configuration” on page 25

“Preparing the Workgroup for Auto

See

Transcode” on page 109

See “Registering the Transcode Service with

the Media Services Engine” on page 78

Connect the Interplay Transcode service provider to



the Media Service Engine.

Mount workspaces by drive letter or UNC path,



depending on how you installed Interplay Transcode.

Start the Interplay Transcode service provider. See “Starting the Transcode Provider” on



Verify the Interplay Transcode service is connected. See “Verifying That a Service Provider Is



(Option) Create a Interplay Transcode profile. See “Creating an Interplay Transcode



See “Connecting the Transcode Provider to

the Media Services Engine” on page 78

See “Mounting Workspaces for Interplay

Transcode and Other Media Services” on page 24

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Connected” on page 64

Service Profile” on page 82

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Transcoding Assets Check List (Continued)

Task Section Reference

Perform a transcode using Interplay Access. See “Transcoding an Asset from Avid



Interplay Access” on page 103

Perform a transcode using an Avid editing system. See “Transcoding an Asset from an Avid



Editing Application” on page 105

You do not use the Media Services Engine to configure the Auto Archive, Auto Transcode, and

Auto Copy services. Instead, use the Avid Interplay Administrator and the Avid Service Framework services. For more information, see “Configuring the Auto Transcode Service” on

page 110.

Registering the Transcode Service with the Media Services Engine

After installing the Transcode provider software, you need to make sure that the current Transcode service is registered with the Media Services Engine. The service should be listed on the Services tab of the Media Services and Transfer Status tool. Registration is automatic but takes place only after you restart the Media Services Engine. See

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“Registering Services” on

Connecting the Transcode Provider to the Media Services Engine

After making sure the service is registered, register the provider by connecting to the Media Services Engine.

If you try to connect to the Media Services Engine before the latest service is registered, the

Status line in the Transcode Service dialog box reads: Error From Broker! UNKNOWN_SERVICE.

If necessary, you can manually register the provider. See “Registering a Service Manually” on

page 58

To connect the Transcode provider to the Media Services Engine:

1. Click Start and select Programs > Avid > Avid Interplay Transcode.

The Transcode Service dialog box opens.

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2. Click Settings.

The Provider Settings dialog box opens.

3. Do the following:

a. Provider Name — A default name for the provider is automatically supplied. Accept the

default name or type a new name. In this example, the name is Transcode_01.

b. Media Services Engine Host Name — Type the name of the system running the Media

Services Engine application.

c. Automatically Connect — Select Yes to automatically connect the provider to the Media

Services Engine when the application starts. To prevent automatic connection, select No.

The following illustration shows the Provider Settings dialog box with the values filled in for the Transcode provider.

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4. Click OK.

5. Click Connect in the Service window.

The Transcode Service dialog box now shows that the service is connected and shows the name of the provider you connected.

The Provider page in the Media Services and Transfer Status tool now shows that the service is connected, indicated by a check mark in the Status column.

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Make sure you have mounted at least one drive before you start the provider. See “Mounting

Workspaces for Interplay Transcode and Other Media Services” on page 24

To start the Transcode provider:

1. Click Start and select Programs > Avid > Avid Interplay Transcode.

Depending on the service settings, one of the following happens:

- Automatically Connect—Yes, the service dialog box opens for the service you selected and is connected to the service.

- Automatically Connect—No, the service dialog box opens for the service you selected and displays Idle. Click the Connect button to connect to the service.

The service provider dialog box displays the start date and start time of the providers based on

the Microsoft Windows time.

After the connection is made, the Status line in the service dialog box reads “Checking for Jobs,” and the History window displays the message “Connection Established.” The Connect button changes to a Disconnect button.

Starting the Transcode Provider

The following example shows the Transcode Service dialog box as connected.

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If the provider cannot connect to the Media Services Engine, the Status line reads “Connection

Error.” Ensure the Media Services Engine is running, the service is registered, the provider is registered, and then click Connect again.

Starting with Interplay 3.0.5, all Media Services (Transcode, Copy, and so on) are displayed as

two processes in the Processes tab of the Windows Task Manager of the provider system. This is as designed. The tool that creates the services automatically creates a second process for each service to ensure that the service shuts down smoothly. This change is visible only in Task Manager.

Each service is listed only once in the Services tab.

Creating an Interplay Transcode Service Profile

You must create a profile to use when performing a Transcode or an Auto Transcode operation. You select a Transcode profile after selecting an asset in Interplay Access or in an Avid editing application.

Transcode profiles let you define the following:

• The portion of the Avid asset that is transcoded

• Job priority

• Resolution and format

• Workspace for the media files

To create a transcode profile:

1. Open and log in to the Media Services and Transfer Status tool as described in “Opening the

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool” on page 33

2. Click the Profiles tab.

3. In the Service menu, select Avid Interplay Transcode Service.

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4. Click Add in the Profiles area.

The Add Profile dialog box opens.

5. Type a descriptive name for the new profile in the Add Profile dialog box. This is the name that users see when they right-click an asset and select Transcode.

6. Click OK.

The name appears in the Profiles list and an empty template appears in the Parameters area.

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7. In the Parameters area, select a Mode as follows:

- WHOLE: Transcodes the entire clip.

- CONSOLIDATE: Transcodes only the portion of a clip used to create a subclip or

portions of clips used to create a sequence.

- MIXDOWN: Transcodes and mixes down the video and audio to create one master clip.

- DUALMIXDOWN — Transcodes the selected asset twice to create a single master clip

with two resolutions associated with it.

- CROSSRATE — Creates a master clip in a project format different from the project

format of the original clip.

- DATAEXTRACT — Extracts the D1 track as a separate MXF file when you transcode

DNxHD media that contains embedded ancillary data.

For more information, see “Understanding the Transcode Services Modes” on page 94

8. In the Parameters area, define the other values you want in the profile for the selected mode.

“Transcode Profile Parameters” on page 85.

See

9. Click Save in the Parameters area.

The Save Profile dialog box opens.

10. Click Yes to save your changes.

You can define several transcode operations under one main profile name. For example, you can add subjobs to transcode several resolutions using one profile. The system processes each subjob in turn.

To add subjobs:

t Click Add in the Sub Jobs area.

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Transcode Profile Parameters

All transcode profile parameters are displayed for any mode that you select, but some parameters are applicable only to particular modes. The following table describes all parameters with notes about specific modes.

Transcode Profile Settings

Parameter Description

Interplay Checkin Folder (MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, CROSSRATE,

DATAEXTRACT only) Specify the folder where the transcoded assets are stored in the Interplay database. Use a forward slash. For example,

/Catalogs/CheckinFolder/Test

Do not set the Interplay Checkin Folder as a top-level

folder under AvidWG. Instead, create the check-in folder at least one level down from the top-level folder.

Mode • WHOLE: Transcodes the entire clip. See “Understanding

the Transcode Services Modes” on page 94

• CONSOLIDATE: Transcodes only the portion of a clip used to create a subclip or portions of clips used to create a sequence. See

Modes” on page 94

• MIXDOWN: Transcodes and mixes down the video and audio of a sequence to create one master clip. See

“Understanding MIXDOWN Mode” on page 95.

• DUALMIXDOWN: Transcodes and mixes down the video and audio of a sequence to create a one master clip with two resolutions associated with it. See

“Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode” on page 97.

• CROSSRATE: Creates a master clip in a project format different from the project format of the original clip. See

“Understanding CROSSRATE Mode” on page 99.

• DATAEXTRACT: Extracts the D1 track as a separate MXF file when you transcode DNxHD media that contains embedded ancillary data. See

DATAEXTRACT Mode” on page 101

“Understanding the Transcode Services

“Understanding

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Parameter Description

Priority Select a priority. This value allows you to assign job priorities

to different profiles. Priority numbers range from 1 (highest priority) through 100 (lowest priority). The default priority number assigned to each job is 50.

TargetAspectRatio Select the desired aspect ratio.

TargetAspectRatio Dual (DUALMIXDOWN mode only) Select the aspect ratio for the

second transcode

TargetAudioQuality Select an audio resolution for the transcode or select None.

• None

(MIXDOWN or DUALMIXDOWN mode only) The mixed-down clip does not include the audio tracks.For example, if you select None from the TargetAudioQuality menu, then the audio tracks are not mixed down during the Interplay Transcode operation.

• MPEG1 Layer 2: Digital audio compressed to the MPEG1 Layer 2 specification at 96 Kb/s.

• Uncompressed PCM: 16-bit 48-kHz digital audio

• Uncompressed PCM 24-bit: 24-bit 48-kHz digital audio

TargetAudioQualityDual (DUALMIXDOWN mode only) Select an audio resolution

for the second transcode.

• None

The mixed-down clip does not include the audio tracks. For example, if you select None from the TargetAudioQualityDual menu, then the audio tracks are not mixed down during the Interplay Transcode operation.

• MPEG1 Layer 2 - digital audio compressed to the MPEG1 Layer 2 specification at 96 Kb/s.

• Uncompressed PCM: 16-bit 48-kHz digital audio

• Uncompressed PCM 24-bit: 24-bit 48-kHz digital audio

If you select a dual target, you should also select a

primary target.

This parameter is ignored for other Transcode modes.

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Transcode Profile Settings (Continued)

Parameter Description

TargetAudioTrackMapping (MIXDOWN or DUALMIXDOWN mode only) Lets you

identify the mapping of source audio tracks to the output (target) audio tracks. See “Mapping Audio Tracks in

MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes” on page 88

modes.

TargetProjectType (CROSSRATE mode only) Select the project type to which

you want to transcode. See

Mode” on page 99

transcode to a different project type. This parameter is ignored for other Transcode modes.

TargetVideoQuality Select a video resolution for the transcode. Select None if you

do not want the transcoded clip to include a video track.

TargetVideoQualityDual (DUALMIXDOWN mode only) Select a video resolution for

the second transcode. Select None if you do not want the transcoded clip to include a video track.

This parameter is ignored for other Transcode modes.

. This parameter is ignored for other Transcode

“Understanding CROSSRATE

. Select None if you do not want to

If you select a dual target, you should also select a primary target.

VideoTimeCodeFormat Not used - for future use.

Workspace Type the name of the Avid shared-storage workspace that will

hold the new media files.

If the workspace is part of a multiple-ISIS workgroup: Existing profiles will work correctly with the workspaces as currently defined, but new or edited profiles that specify a workspace on a remote ISIS system must include the hostname of the ISIS System Director.

\\hostname\workspace_name

WorkspaceDual (DUALMIXDOWN mode only) Type the name of a second

Avid shared-storage workspace that will hold the new media files. See

Two Workspaces” on page 98

This parameter is ignored for other Transcode modes.

“Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode with

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Mapping Audio Tracks in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes

When you create a Interplay Transcode profile for mixing down the source audio (in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE modes), you can also specify how the source audio tracks map to the target audio tracks. The TargetAudioTrackMapping text box lets you identify the source audio tracks and how you want them mapped to the target audio tracks.

Use the following rules in the TargetAudioTrackMapping text box:

AudioMode[S or A]TargetAudioTrack=SourceAudioTrack+SourceAudioTrack;

For example, S1=1+2; performs a stereo mapping of the source audio track 1 to the target audio track 1 and the source audio track 2 to the target audio track 2.

If you leave the TargetAudioTrackMapping text box blank, then the default audio track mapping is used: S1=0; which is stereo mode with all source audio tracks mapping to target audio tracks 1 and 2.

You can enter a series of output (target) track mapping specifications. The following table explains the specifications:

TargetAudioTrackMapping Text B ox Rule

AudioMode Type S for stereo mode that uses two target audio tracks and applies

balancing.

Type A for mono mode that uses one target audio track and does not include balancing.

Type O to specify surround sound 5.1

Type Q to specify surround sound 7.1. For more information, see

“Support for Surround Sound Audio Tracks” on page 92.

The letters S, A, O, and Q are not case sensitive.

TargetAudioTrack Type the target audio track number.

• For stereo mode the target audio track must be an odd number. The second stereo target audio track is automatically set using the number you type +1. For example, if you type S1 then the target audio tracks are audio track 1 and audio track 2.

= You must type an equal sign after the Target Audio Track before

specifying the source audio tracks.

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TargetAudioTrackMapping Text B ox Rule

SourceAudioTrack Type a source audio track number.

• Type a specific source audio track number or a series of track numbers separated by a + (plus sign).

•Type 0 to include all available source audio tracks.

•Type -1 to include all odd numbered source audio tracks.

•Type -2 to include all even numbered source audio tracks.

; You must type a ; (semicolon) as a terminator after the source audio

track numbers.

The following table provides some common uses of the audio track mapping process.

TargetAudioTrackMapping Text Box Explanation

A0=0; Mono mode, all available source audio tracks are mapped to equal

number of target audio tracks, such as source audio track 1 maps to target audio track 1, source audio track 2 maps to target audio track 2, and so on.

A1=0; Mono mode, all available source audio tracks are mapped to target

audio track 1.

A1=-1; Mono mode, all available odd numbered source audio tracks are

mapped to target audio track 1.

A2=-2; Mono mode, all available even numbered source audio tracks are

mapped to target audio track 2.

S1=0; Stereo mode, all available source audio tracks are mapped to target

audio track 1 and target audio track 2. This is the default result if the text box is left blank.

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The following table provides an example of using audio track mapping with multi-language source clips.

Source Audio Tracks

Track 1 and 2 - music

Track 3 and 4 - English voice over

Track 5 and 6 - French voice over

TargetAudioTrackMapping text box Results

S1=1+2+3+4; Stereo mode

• source audio track 1 is mapped to target audio tracks 1 (music odd track)

• source audio track 2 is mapped to target audio tracks 2 (music even track)

• source audio track 3 is mapped to target audio target track 1 (English odd track)

• source audio track 4 is mapped to target audio track 2 (English even track)

S3=1+2+5+6; Stereo mode

• source audio track 1 is mapped to target audio track 3 (music odd track)

• source audio track 2 is mapped to target audio track 4 (music even track)

• source audio track 5 is mapped to target audio track 3 (French odd track)

• source audio track 6 is mapped to target audio track 4 (French even track)

Override for default panning in Transcode mixdowns: The default audio panning behavior for stereo mixdowns is center pan. This has been the behavior since Interplay v2.5 and matches the behavior of Avid editing applications. (Previously the default panning was odd tracks left and even tracks right.)

You can override this default to pan all odd tracks left and all even tracks right. To use this override, enter P0=0; in a profile's TargetAudioTrackMapping text box, followed by the desired track mapping. For example, to pan all odd tracks stereo left and all even tracks stereo right, enter P0=0;S1=0;

If you enter only P0=0; the following error message is displayed: “No output track descriptors

found.”

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Mapping Multichannel Audio Tracks in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes

Avid editing applications let users create and work with multichannel audio tracks. For example, for a clip, you can combine audio tracks A1 and A2 into a single stereo track.The Interplay Transcode Mixdown option (in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE modes) lets you specify how stereo tracks map to target audio tracks.

For example, you might want to transcode and mixdown a sequence that includes two tracks (A1 and A2), each of which is a stereo pair.

Clip 1 Clip 2

If you are using the Transcode Mixdown option, and you want to preserve the two tracks as stereo pairs, use the following mapping:

S1 = 1;S3 = 2;

This mapping specifies that:

• For stereo output track 1 (S1), use source track 1

• For stereo output track 3 (S3), use source track 2

For stereo mode, the target track must be an odd number, because it represents two stereo tracks.

The transcoded, mixed-down sequence preserves the two tracks as stereo pairs, as shown in the following illustration:

Clip 1 Clip 2

Transcode Mixdown

A1 & A2

Clip 1.new

A3 & A4

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Other mappings will combine the stereo pair to a single track. For example, A0 = 0 will create two mono tracks, as shown in the following illustration.

Transcode Mixdown

Clip 1 Clip 2

If you are using the Transcode Mixdown option with stereo tracks, make sure that your audio track mapping is correct for the output that you want. The Transcode Mixdown service uses the track information as labeled in the sequence, not as labeled in the original master clips.

Support for Surround Sound Audio Tracks

Interplay v2.5 supports an end-to-end workflow for clips and sequences that include surround sound audio tracks. Track groups are preserved when you check objects in and out of the Interplay database and process them Interplay Media Services and Interplay Transfer.

If you want to use the Transcode MIXDOWN, DUAL-MIXDOWN, or CROSSRATE mode with surround sound audio, you need to create a profile that includes mapping information in the TargetAudioTrackMapping text box.

Interplay Media Services v2.5 and later includes two letters to use for mapping surround-sound audio:

• Use the letter O to specify surround sound 5.1

Clip 1.new

• Use the letter Q to specify surround sound 7.1

You use an Avid editing system to configure audio tracks for the surround sound mix. By default, the Avid editing system arranges the surround sound mix as follows. Tracks are relative to the output starting track number.

Track 5: 1 7:1

First Left Front Left Front

Second Center Center

Third Right Front Right Front

Fourth Left Rear Left Center

Fifth Right Rear Right Center

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Track 5: 1 7:1

Sixth Low Frequency Left Rear

Seventh Right Rear

Eighth Low Frequency

For additional information on surround sound, see the What’s New guide for your Avid editing application.

You can create a Transcode profile that specifies which tracks to use in the mixdown. The surround sound mix is preserved in the mixdown. The following table shows several examples of what to type in the TargetAudioTrackMapping text box.

Format Result

O1=0;

Q1=0;

O1=3+4+5+6+7+8;

Q1=2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9;

Limitation

Interplay Assist cannot play sequences created in an Avid editing system that contain surround sound clips if the Audio Monitoring Mix Mode is set to Direct Out. Workaround: Set the Audio Monitoring Mix Mode to Mono or Stereo.

Interplay Assist can play surround sound clips as Direct Out, and can create and play shotlists

that contain surround sound clips.

All source tracks are included in a 5.1 mix and are mixed down to tracks 1through 6.

All source tracks are included in a 7.1 mix and are mixed down to tracks 1 through 8.

Tracks 3 through 8 are included in a 5.1 mix and are mixed down to tracks 3 through 8. Use this if there are tracks that are not included in the surround sound mix. In this example tracks 1 and 2 are not included.

Tracks 2 through 9 are included in a 7.1 mix and are mixed down to tracks 2 through 9. Use this if there are tracks that are not included in the surround sound mix. In this example, track 1 is not included.

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The Transcode profile lets you select various modes to perform different types of transcodes.

• WHOLE — The transcode process creates new media for an entire clip. For sequences or subclips, the complete source clips that make up the sequence or subclip are transcoded. All audio tracks and video track V1 are transcoded. Effects are not transcoded. No new clip is created.

• CONSOLIDATE — For subclips, the transcode process creates new media only for the portion of the clip that makes up the subclip. For sequences, the transcode process creates new media only for the portion of the clips that are contained in the sequence. This process creates partially online media for the related clips. Relevant portions of all audio tracks and video track V1 are transcoded. Effects are not transcoded. No new clip is created.

• MIXDOWN — The transcode process mixes down the audio and video of a sequence to create new media and a new master clip. Profile settings let you control if the audio and video are included in the mixed-down master clip. See

on page 95

The new master clip is named clipname,xcode mix,n, where n is the number of Transcode jobs run since the last start of the service (for example, MyClip,xcode mix,2). It is created in the same folder as the source sequence.

“Understanding MIXDOWN Mode”

• DUALMIXDOWN — The transcode process mixes down the audio and video of a sequence to create two sets of new media and a new master clip associated with both sets of media. Profile settings let you control if audio and video are included in the mixed-down master clip and if resolutions are stored in separate workspaces. See

Mode” on page 97 page 98

• CROSSRATE — The transcode process creates new media and a new master clip in a project format different from the project format of the original clip. See

CROSSRATE Mode” on page 99

The new master clip is named clipname,crossrate,n, where n is the number of Transcode jobs run since the last start of the service (for example, MyClip,transcode,3). It is created in the same folder as the source master clip.

• DATAEXTRACT — The transcode process extracts the D1 track as a separate MXF file when you transcode DNxHD media that contains embedded ancillary data. See “Understanding DATAEXTRACT Mode” on page 101.

and “Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode with Two Workspaces” on

“Understanding DUALMIXDOWN

“Understanding

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The Interplay Transcode service can mix down the audio and video during the transcode process of sequences. You can set up an Interplay Transcode profile in the Media Services and Transfer Status window for the type of mixdown you want to perform. Then you can use Interplay Access or an Avid editing system to select the items to transcode and select the profile to use for the transcode and mixdown.

When performing a mixdown the following items are preserved in the mixed-down master clips, if they are available in the original sequence:

• Locators and column property values

• Restrictions on any portion of the sequence

• Headframes are generated if the source sequence contained them

The metadata of the newly created mixed-down master clip contains a reference to the original sequence.

Video mixdown supports all target resolutions available in the TargetVideoQuality list in the Transcode profile tab. Audio mixdown supports all target formats in the TargetAudioQuality list.

“Creating an Interplay Transcode Service Profile” on page 82.

See

Understanding the Transcode Services Modes

You can set up the Interplay Transcode profile to map the source audio tracks to various target audio tracks. For information about mapping the audio tracks, see

MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes” on page 88

An Interplay Transcode profile that is set up for audio mixdown can be used with sequences or

clips that do not contain audio. Therefore, you do not need a specific profile for video-only mixdowns. This is also true for video mixdowns: a profile set for video mixdown can be used with sequences that do not contain video. In both cases, the mixdown finishes as expected.

Effects Support

If the sequence you send to the Transcode Mixdown service contains Avid real-time effects (including RTAS audio effects), the effects are rendered as part of the Transcode Mixdown process.

If the sequence you send to the Transcode Mixdown service includes any of the following effects, you need to render them in your Avid editing application before starting the Transcode Mixdown process:

• Non-real-time effects (blue-dot effects)

• Third-party 3D effects

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• AudioSuite plug-in effects

• Third-party audio plug-in effects

If you revise the sequence after transcoding, you might need to render the effects again.

To make sure all effects are transcoded and mixed down correctly, consider rendering all effects before starting the Transcode Mixdown process.

Interplay Transcode Mixdown and Avid Editing Mixdown

The Mixdown mode in the Interplay Transcode service functions differently from the Avid editing application’s mixdown features. The following table lists the differences between the Interplay Transcode Mixdown mode and an Avid editing application’s mixdown feature.

When selecting the target audio quality in the profile, Uncompressed PCM is for 16 bits/sample

rate.

Interplay Transcode Mixdown Mode

Mixdown type Mixes down a sequence to audio only,

video only, or can include both audio and video in the mixdown.

Effects Limited effect support:

Avid real-time effects (including RTAS effects) are supported for rendering. Other audio plug-in effects are not supported for rendering.

Non-real-time effects (blue-dot effects), third-party 3D effects, AudioSuite and third-party audio plug-in effects must be rendered before the mixdown.

Video support Additional target resolutions are

available, including proxy resolutions.

Audio support MP2 audio support. You can select

48 kHz sample rate and 16 bits.

PCM audio support. You can select 48 kHz sample rate and 16 or 24 bits.

Avid Editing Application Mixdown Feature

Mixes down a sequence to audio only or video only. Cannot mix down both audio and video in the sequence.

Mixdown supports full effects.

Limited target resolutions, cannot create proxy resolutions.

MP2 audio not supported.

PCM audio support. You can select sample rates (32, 44.1 or 48 kHz) and 16 or 24 bits.

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The Interplay Transcode service uses the DUALMIXDOWN mode to create one master clip with two resolutions. For example, you can use DUALMIXDOWN mode to create a master clip that contains both low-resolution and high-resolution media files of a selected asset. The low-resolution proxy files are available for use while the high-resolution is being generated. You can use profile settings to determine if the video and audio are included in the mixed-down master clip.

For information about the Interplay Transcode profile settings used for mixing down the audio

and video in DUALMIXDOWN mode, see “Transcode Profile Parameters” on page 85.

Transcoding with DUALMIXDOWN mode is useful in workflows that include streaming playback of assets in Interplay Access.

When performing a dual mixdown the following items are preserved in the mixed-down master clip, if they are available in the original sequence:

• Locators and column property values

• Restrictions on any portion of the sequence

• Headframes are generated if the source sequence contained them

Understanding the Transcode Services Modes

The metadata of the newly created mixed-down master clip contains a reference to the original sequence.

Video mixdown supports all target resolutions available in the TargetVideoQuality lists in the Transcode profile tab. Audio mixdown supports all target formats in the TargetAudioQuality lists. See

You can set up the Interplay Transcode profile to map the source audio tracks to various target audio tracks. For information about mapping the audio tracks, see

MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes” on page 88

An Interplay Transcode profile that is set up for audio mixdown can be used with sequences or

clips that do not contain audio. Therefore, you do not need a specific profile for video only mixdowns. This is also true for video mixdowns: a profile set for video mixdown can be used with sequences that do not contain video. In both cases, the mixdown finishes as expected.

“Creating an Interplay Transcode Service Profile” on page 82.

“Mapping Audio Tracks in

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Understanding the Transcode Services Modes

Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode with Two Workspaces

If you use the DUALMIXDOWN mode in the Interplay Transcode service to create two resolutions for a single sequence or clip, you can save the media files in two different workspaces. For example, if you mix down a sequence to a low-resolution version and a high-resolution version, you can save the low-resolution media files in one workspace and store the high-resolution media files in another. Using two workspaces can help you manage shared-storage disk space and deletion workflows.

For Interplay v2.4, a Transcode profile now includes an option labeled WorkspaceDual. In the following illustration, the result of the Transcode operation will be low-resolution media (MPEG1Layer2 audio and H.264 video) created in workspace d_ws1 and high-resolution media (Uncompressed PCM and DNxHD 1080) created in workspace d_ws2.

Note the following:

• The WorkspaceDual field is ignored unless the profile mode is set for DUALMIXDOWN.

• If the profile mode is set for DUALMIXDOWN:

- If either of the workspace fields is empty, the workspace in the other field will be used to

store media for both mixdowns.

- If the workspace fields are the same, the workspace listed will be used to store media for

both mixdowns.

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- If the workspace fields are different and a secondary video or audio target is specified

without a corresponding primary target, the following error is displayed in the Details window:

“Dual video selected without a primary selected” or “Dual audio selected without a primary selected.”

- If the workspace fields are different and a primary video or audio target is specified

without a corresponding secondary target, the mixdown is performed as usual and the media is stored in the primary workspace.

- If there is a problem storing the media in one of the workspaces (for example, the

workspace is full), the mixdown job fails.

Understanding CROSSRATE Mode

You can use the Interplay Transcode service to transcode master clips and subclips from one project type to another, even if the frame rate does not match. Previously, you could use Transcode only for rate-compatible project types, such as NTSC 30i to 1080i/60. Now you can use Transcode for project types that have different frame sizes or rates, such as transcoding a 720p/60 clip to a 1080i/60 clip, or a 25i PAL clip to a 30i NTSC clip.

Transcoding a clip from one project type to another creates a new clip and media. Transcoding a subclip creates a new master clip associated only with the media used in the subclip.

Understanding the Transcode Services Modes

For Interplay v2.4, a Transcode profile includes the following new options:

• From the Mode list, select CROSSRATE.

• From the TargetProjectType list, select the project type to which you want to transcode. This parameter is ignored for other Transcode modes.

CROSSRATE mode uses the same audio processing as MIXDOWN mode. By default, a new clip is created with a stereo pair of audio tracks. If you want a different result, specify the audio track mapping in the TargetAudioTrackMapping field of the CROSSRATE profile. For example, A0=0; specifies mono mode in which all available source audio tracks are mapped to an equal number of target audio tracks. For more information, see

MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes” on page 88

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Understanding the Transcode Services Modes

The following illustration shows the new options. The result of a Transcode operation using this profile is a 1080i/60 clip with XDCAM-EX media and uncompressed PCM audio.

The following project types are qualified as targets:

Frame Rate Project Type

25 PAL 25i, 1080i/50

29.97 NTSC 30i, 1080i/60

23.976 720p/23.976

50 720p/50

59.94 720p/60

23.976 1080p/23.976

24 1080p/24

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Pinnacle Systems Interplay Media Services - 3.1 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay Portal

Avid Training Services

Understanding the Media Services System

Media Services Engine Components

Understanding the Media Services Engine

Understanding the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

Understanding the Various Media Services

Check Lists for Setting Up and Using Service Providers

Configuration Requirements

Support for Restrictions

Support for Group Clips

Mounting Workspaces for Interplay Transcode and Other Media Services

Check List for Setting Up the Media Services Engine

Registering the Media Services Engine in an Interplay Workgroup

Configuring the Media Services Engine

Starting the Interplay Media Services Engine

Opening the Media Services and Transfer Status Tool

Media Services and Transfer Status Tool User Interface

Using the Jobs Page

Jobs Page Information

Customizing the Reporting of Service Job Status

Customizing the Jobs Page Columns

Filtering the Jobs List

Viewing Details About a Job

Job Details Window

Purging the Jobs List

Prioritizing a Job

Canceling a Job

Deleting a Job

Retrying a Job

Exporting the Jobs List

Using the Providers Page

Opening the Providers Page

Customizing the Providers Display

Viewing Details About a Provider

Deleting Providers

Using the Services Page

Opening the Services Page

Displaying Details About a Service

Deleting a Media Services Service

Using the Users Page

Opening the Users Page

Setting Up User Accounts

Reassigning Passwords

Deleting User Accounts

Managing Services

Registering Services

Registering a Service Manually

Configuring a Provider for the Media Services Engine

Verifying That a Service Provider Is Connected

Rules for Upgrading a Service and Preserving Profiles

5 Working with Media Services Profiles

Understanding Media Services Profiles

Creating a Service Provider Profile

Selecting Audio Formats for Copy, Move, and Deliver

Modifying Multiple Profiles

Modifying Changed or New Options in a Profile

6 Working with the Transcode Service

Understanding the Transcode Service

Check List for Transcoding Assets

Registering the Transcode Service with the Media Services Engine

Connecting the Transcode Provider to the Media Services Engine

Starting the Transcode Provider

Creating an Interplay Transcode Service Profile

Transcode Profile Parameters

Mapping Audio Tracks in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes

Mapping Multichannel Audio Tracks in MIXDOWN, DUALMIXDOWN, and CROSSRATE Modes

Support for Surround Sound Audio Tracks

Understanding the Transcode Services Modes

Understanding MIXDOWN Mode

Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode

Understanding DUALMIXDOWN Mode with Two Workspaces