VBrick VOD-WM Server Admin Guide
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Chapter 5
Adding Content
VBrick strongly recommends that you use the EtherneTV Portal Server exclusively to ingest all
VOD-WM content.
With the ETV Portal Server you can add individual files or you can FTP
or copy pre-recorded content to the ETV Portal Server for easy ingestion to the VOD-WM
server. The ETV server periodically (every 5 minutes) polls certain folders for presence of
content and if found ingests the content onto multiple VOD-WM servers. This process is
called Automatic Content Ingestion or Auto-ingestion. The content is placed in a pre-defined
subfolder under the FTP root folder. This pre-defined folder is called the auto-ingest root
folder. Content can also be added by using the
Add Video
function in ETV Portal Server or
by recording a live stream. See the
Portal Server Admin Guide
for more information.
Topics in this chapter
Content Backup and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Content Backup and Recovery
VBrick strongly recommends that all stored VOD-WM video content be backed up to an
external storage system, a Storage Area Network (SAN), or a tape backup system. Backing up
video content onto an external system is insurance against the failure of one or more of the
VOD-WM disk drives.
Best Practices
After adding a new video to the EtherneTV system using the Portal Server, it may take a few
minutes or longer after ingestion before new video appears in the Portal Server content
directory. Use the
Sync Now
function to make the content available immediately.
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To sync the server with new content:
1. On the ETV Portal Server, go to
Global Settings > Global Assignments > Assign VOD
Polling Interval.
2. Click
Sync Now
. Do not enter anything else.
