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Flashback 8

HANDBOOK

Summary of Contents for Flashback 8

Page 1: ...Manufacturers of audio video products for radio TV broadcasters Flashback 8 HANDBOOK ...

Page 2: ...art of the vendor Sonifex Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording information storage and retrieval systems for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use wi...

Page 3: ...stallation 2 Important Notes 2 Operation 3 Overview 3 Copying from the Log 6 Keyboard Operation 6 Skimming Flashlog 6 7 and 8 option 7 Electronic Programme Guide Flashlog 7 8 with DAB 7 Registry Settings 9 Troubleshooting 9 Copyright Notices 11 Windows Media Audio 11 MP2 Audio Decoder 11 Reed Solomon Error Correction 11 aacPlus v2 Audio Decoder 11 Lame MP3 Audio Decoder 11 Figures Fig 3 1 Flashbac...

Page 4: ...tware for any purpose except as expressly provided herein Licensee may transfer rights under this Agreement on a permanent basis provided all copies of the Software and all written materials are transferred and the recipient agrees to the terms of this Agreement c If Licensee fails to comply with the provisions of this Agreement the License is automatically terminated d Except for the rights expre...

Page 5: ...CIATED WITH THE SOFTWARE SONIFEXS SOLE LIABILITY AND LICENSEE S SOLE REMEDY IS SET FORTH ABOVE 5 Object Code Licensee shall not attempt to reverse translate de compile or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the Software In the event any source code is explicitly licensed to Licensee as part of the Software such limitation will not apply to such source code Licensee shall not alter or re...

Page 6: ...OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SONIFEX PRODUCT EVEN IF SONIFEX HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ANY CASE SONIFEXS ENTIRE LIABILITY UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE 7 Copyright The Software is owned by Sonifex and is protected by United Kingdom copyright laws international treaty provis...

Page 7: ...ion of the log to the Windows clipboard or to a wave wav Windows Media wma or MP3 file Playback from Flashback 8 is independent of the local playback function on the logger unit itself and both may be used simultaneously without any disruption or interaction Multiple workstations can also be used simultaneously subject to Windows file sharing limitations and the available bandwidth on the network ...

Page 8: ...dia Format 11 be installed before installing Flashback itself On Windows XP run WMFDist11 WindowsXP X86 ENU exe to do this rebooting if required Windows Vista and later systems already have the required Windows Media version and don t need to be updated Run Flashback 8 msi to install Flashback itself Follow the installer prompts to complete the installation When the installation is complete click ...

Page 9: ...3 Operation 3 Operation Overview Fig 3 1 Flashback Window Page ...

Page 10: ...t mouse button and dragging the ruler bar at the bottom of the display The span of the waveform display can be set to one minute ten minutes one hour or one day and the cursor can be moved forward or backward one span width using the left and right arrow buttons located either side of the span selection buttons The cursor position can also be moved using the up down buttons on the time display win...

Page 11: ...ayback volume This affects only the audio level from Flashback and doesn t interfere with other applications or change the sound card mixer settings When playing from a Flashlog 7 or Flashlog 8 fitted with DAB capture the transmitted DLS text information is displayed in the box at the bottom left of the window while transmitted images appear in the box at the bottom right Where multiple image type...

Page 12: ... range playback will stop at the end of the range and the cursor will return to the starting point However if the starting point is set outside the selected range playback will run continuously In this mode the highlighting of the selected range is dulled to grey The marked section can be copied to a file or the Windows clipboard by clicking on the respective buttons located to the right of the Ma...

Page 13: ...cking on Play will play them through sequentially The Move to start and Move to end buttons step forwards and backwards respectively through the selected events When copying multiple events to the clipboard or a file a half second gap is inserted between each event Skimming events can be individually deselected by holding down the Control key while clicking on the event or they can all be deselect...

Page 14: ...8 3 Operation Fig 3 3 DAB EPG Service Page ...

Page 15: ...ications Troubleshooting There are a number of conditions which can cause the Flashback software to fail and or report an error message These conditions are now described Unable to open connection to FLnnnn there can be several causes for this including inability to find the logger on the network failure of the Flashlog recorder service on the logger itself or file sharing not enabled on the logge...

Page 16: ...nd Windows Vista both limit the number of concurrent network connections to ten while on Windows 7 and 8 the limit is twenty Flashback maintains a connection to the logger whenever a channel is selected If simultaneous playback on more workstations is necessary it will be necessary to upgrade the Flashlog operating system to the equivalent server version and purchase the required number of CALs No...

Page 17: ... Phil Karn KA9Q used under the terms of the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 1 February 1999 The library source code and licence text is included on the Flashback 8 distribution CD or ZIP file aacPlus v2 Audio Decoder FAAD2 aacPlus v2 Decoder Copyright 2003 2005 M Bakker Nero AG used under commercial licence Lame MP3 Audio Decoder Originally developed by Mike Cheng www uq net au zzmchen...

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Page 20: ...www sonifex co uk t 44 0 1933 650 700 f 44 0 1933 650 726 sales sonifex co uk ...

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