Pinnacle Systems Interplay Media Services - 3.1 User Manual

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Pinnacle Systems Interplay Media Services - 3.1 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