Abekas Mira, User'S Operation Manual

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User Operations Guide—Mira Instant Replay Server
34 Copyright ©2014, Abekas Incorporated Revised: 5 September 2014
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Mira Explorer — Login & Operations
Mira Explorer is a software application included with every Mira server which provides the primary user interface for the server. This
interface is known as a “graphical user interface”; or abbreviated as a “GUI” for short.
The Mira Explorer application is a “high-level” application which runs quite independently of the “low-level” video/audio hardware in Mira.
What this means for the user is that even if the Mira Explorer application is quit, closed or unexpectedly crashes—the underlying
operations of the video/audio hardware in Mira is unaffected. Therefore, all recording and playback operations that are underway when
Mira Explorer is close or quit will continue without any interruption.
This also means that if you intend to halt recording or playback (or both), you cannot do so by simply closing or quitting the Mira Explorer
user interface. You must first stop the recording and playback operations before closing Mira Explorer—if that is what you intend to do.
Included in the Mira Explorer application are: four or eight sets of transport controls with built-in live video preview windows for all server
video channels; a Clip Library used to organize the media clips stored in the Mira server, including clip metadata editing facilities and an
advance Find utility; a built-in Multi-Viewer to display the video outputs of the server; and an Export utility which can export clips stored in
Mira into media files using the most popular wrappers and codecs.
The Mira Explorer application can be installed and run on external computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating systems, to
provide remote control of Mira across an Ethernet network.
This section of the operations guide is divided into several operational procedures; please find the procedure you’re interested in from the
list below, and then go to that page in the document.
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Mira Explorer Login ....................................................................................... Page 35
 Select Video Channel, Load & Unload Clips ................................................ Page 36
 Lock / Unlock Clips ...................................................................................... Page 40
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Expand & Shrink Clip Library Listing ........................................................... Page 42
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Display Clips in Clip Library ......................................................................... Page 43
 Transport Controls in Mira Explorer ............................................................. Page 44
 Record Clips ................................................................................................. Page 48
 New Clip ............................................................................... Page 48
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Append Record .................................................................... Page 56
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Overwrite Record ................................................................. Page 58
 Immediate Recording Shortcut ............................................ Page 60
 Customize Clip Library ................................................................................. Page 61
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Change Column Width ......................................................... Page 61
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Change Column Position ..................................................... Page 62
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Sort on Columns .................................................................. Page 62
 Clip Metadata — Modify .............................................................................. Page 63
 Clip Metadata — Descriptions ..................................................................... Page 68
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Trim Clips ...................................................................................................... Page 74
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Parent/Child Clips ......................................................................................... Page 78
 Find Clips ...................................................................................................... Page 80
 List Play ........................................................................................................ Page 82
 Delete Clips .................................................................................................. Page 106
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Desktop Viewer ............................................................................................ Page 107
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Lock / Unlock Clips ...................................................................................... Page 113
 Administrator Options .................................................................................. Page 116