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Chapter 3 ’Web User Graphical Interface’ — Workflow Library
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- you shall indicate the LAN used to communicate with the
remote Web server
If the syntax is

http://remote_web_server_ip/path/publishing_point.isml
- you do not have to configure the DNS
- you shall set the address directly in the Remote Web
server IP address

Connection to remote server : select One single
connection for all profiles or One connection per
profile depending on the remote web server requirements.
 Traffic smoothing : indicate if you want to smooth the traffic
generated by the chunk transmission to the remote web server
and the
Maximum traffic overhead accepted ( 30% to 500% ).

The overhead is calculated on the theoretical broadcast bitrate.
It means that with an maximum overhead set to 100% the traffic
bitrate will not exceed two times the estimated bitrate.

Authentication type : set the server authentication type
( auto , basic or digest ) if the remote Web server requires an
authentication, and enter the User name and Password .
 Use local Web server : if set to true , the chunks are available on the
device’s Web server. In this case, set the following parameters:

Local Web server IP address : virtual IP address. A player
can receive the chunks from this address. This address must be
part of a Electra VS LAN, otherwise job creation will be refused.
 Folder : folder where the manifests and chunks are stored on
the local Web server.

Max clients number : expected maximum number of clients
for this output stream. This parameter is used to check that the
device has the resource to process the requests for this stream.
 Available stream duration : depth of chunks that are available on
the Web server. The minimum duration must be equal to the length of
at least two chunks.
 Encrypt files : if set to true , DRM is activated. Set the following
parameters:
 Algorithm : two algorithms are available:
- AES CBC
- AES CTR

Key server connection : select the conditional access server
to which Electra VS should connect to get the key from the
drop-down list.
If set to None , Electra VS generates the key itself. You must set