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ETV Portal Server v3.2
User Guide

VBrick Systems, Inc.
12 Beaumont Road

February 6, 2006

Wallingford, Connecticut 06492

4410-0097-0004

VBrick
EtherneTV Portal Server

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Page 1: ...ETV Portal Server v3 2 User Guide VBrick Systems Inc 12 Beaumont Road February 6 2006 Wallingford Connecticut 06492 4410 0097 0004 VBrick EtherneTV Portal Server ...

Page 2: ...ly available at http www vbrick com opensource About VBrick Systems Founded in 1997 VBrick Systems an ISO 9001 certified vendor is a privately held company that has enjoyed rapid growth by helping our customers successfully introduce mission critical video applications across their enterprise networks Since our founding VBrick has been setting the standard for quality performance and innovation in...

Page 3: ... Channels 7 Browse Video Library 8 Customizing Stored Videos 9 Scheduled Programs 11 Menu Commands 11 Emergency Broadcast 13 Create Thumbnail 14 Add Video 14 Status 16 Options 16 Help 17 Logout 17 2 Using the Scheduler Introduction 19 Viewing the Schedule 20 Scheduling an Event 20 Scheduling a Live Broadcast 24 Scheduling a Stored Broadcast 26 Scheduling a Video Conference 28 Scheduling a Recordin...

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Page 5: ... provides a low cost standalone decoder for DVD quality MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 video assets VBrick Hardware Encoders Decoders Rugged reliable video appliances that can reside anywhere on your network to provide either distributed or high density centralized encoding decoding of MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 video Organization Using the ETV Portal Server explains how to use all of the major functional...

Page 6: ...e magnification box at the bottom of the Acrobat Reader window ETV Portal Server User Guide T To save or print a PDF document 1 Click once to open the PDF document in Acrobat Reader 2 On the Acrobat Reader toolbar click Save or Print EtherneTV Portal Server Administrator Guide EtherneTV ETV Portal Server Release Notes EtherneTV STB User Guide EtherneTV STB Quick Start Guide EtherneTV NXG 1 2 VoD Q...

Page 7: ...st part the operation of the Portal Server is the same from a Windows based PC an Apple Macintosh see note below or an STB but there are some subtle differences The majority of this document is written from a PC perspective so certain screen shots may be slightly different for Macintoshes or STBs For example the Macintosh client uses QuickTime Player to display the video so the player window will ...

Page 8: ...Username and Password Depending on your user privileges all ETV Portal Server functionality and commands are available from this page T To launch the ETV Portal Server Home Page 1 Open an Internet Explorer browser ETV Portal Server supports Internet Explorer 5 5 and above No other browsers are supported 2 Enter the ETV Portal Server hostname or IP address e g http mcsservername in the address bar ...

Page 9: ...tion section The channel appears as a number in a column to the left of each live stream To launch a live broadcast simply click on any live channel and it will launch in the Preview Window Watch live broadcasts View live streams available on the network Browse video library View pre recorded content available from the EtherneTV VOD Video on Demand server Scheduled Programs View scheduled programs...

Page 10: ...ogram listing go to MENU Watch Live Broadcasts Selection To select a video to preview position the cursor button over the desired entry and use the left mouse button click once to select This launches the video in the Preview Window the embedded video player area at the right side of the window Scroll Up Down The scroll bar on the right of the table of available videos allows the user to scroll up...

Page 11: ...ser Guide 5 Preview Window The embedded video player area at the right side of the window In certain instances where the video links to a non MPEG video file an external player such as Windows Media Player Real Player or QuickTime Player may launch ...

Page 12: ...l Selecting the icon changes the view to Full Screen To exit Full Screen press Esc on the keyboard Volume Use slider to adjust volume Mute Click to mute volume Launch External Player Launches the player in another browser window along with the control buttons Once the window is launched subsequent selections will play in the external player The launched window can be moved or resized Closing the m...

Page 13: ...record or autoingestion in progress See Status on page 16 for more information Customizing Live Channels Live streams can only be customized by administrators See the ETV Portal Server Administrator Guide for details Live streams that have been customized will have an Info button that displays additional information about the stream For example it may have a description or keywords that can be use...

Page 14: ...ted by an administrator The results of the search are displayed in the program listings area the main area of the window To return to the program listing go to MENU Video on Demand Folders This information is obtained from EtherneTV VOD server The folders are listed in alphabetical order by default Folders may contain subfolders Files The Video on Demand folders contain files that can be requested...

Page 15: ...t was previously stopped Pause Pauses the video stream until restarted Stop Stops the video from playing Rewind MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 only Forward MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 only Full Selecting this icon changes the view to Full Screen To exit full screen press Esc on keyboard Volume Use slider to adjust volume Mute Click to mute volume Launch External Player Launches the player in another browser window along...

Page 16: ...tomize a stored video 1 Click on the Info button to the right of any stored video 2 Click Modify Info to display the customization page 3 Change the Name or Folder and add a Description and Keywords as appropriate 4 Click Add New link to create a link to a web page or a file a Enter a Link Title and Link Type b Click Add Link when done Repeat as many times as necessary Note Users with Content Publ...

Page 17: ...he MENU page has unique commands like Add Video and Create Thumbnail and it also makes it easy to get back to the Home page from anywhere in the application Some of MENU commands like Watch Live Broadcasts are shown on the Home page and explained elsewhere in this manual The command for the current page is not shown For example if you are on the Options page the Options command will not be shown o...

Page 18: ...ed emergency broadcast that preempts all other video content Create Thumbnail If you have publishing permissions you can create a thumbnail for stored videos If you do not have publishing permissions this button will not appear Add Video If you have publishing permissions you can publish an MPEG or WM video that you recorded using a VBStar or StreamPlayer Plus Status Check the record and publishin...

Page 19: ...e information T To launch an emergency broadcast 1 Go to MENU Emergency Broadcast 2 Select a template name 3 Enter a Duration in minutes or click No Limit 4 Click Start Emergency Broadcast and confirm A message will indicate the broadcast is in progress Any stream currently in progress will be preempted and replaced by the emergency broadcast When done click Stop Emergency Broadcast T To stop an e...

Page 20: ... the existing thumbnail if any Repeat until you are satisfied or click DELETE IMAGE to return to the default video icon T To upload a thumbnail 1 Select Create Thumbnail from the MENU page 2 Click the Upload Thumbnail tab 3 Browse to the graphics file jpg or gif only you want for a thumbnail and click UPLOAD IMAGE 4 Click DELETE IMAGE to return to the default video icon Add Video If given permissi...

Page 21: ...eo on Demand server until the closed caption track is removed See the ETV Portal Server Administrator Guide for details Source File Browse to the folder on your PC or a network drive that have the video you wish to add Destination Choose a folder that you would like to publish the video to Only the folders to which you have permission to publish will display Video Name Enter the name you want disp...

Page 22: ...h captions they can be set on or off if a video stream is not encoded with captions captions will not be displayed regardless of this setting If set to ON captions are displayed for all caption enabled streams subsequently launched from the Portal Server until turned OFF Advanced Shown only when user has Expiration Privileges Use to set either Expiration Date or Viewing Period Expiration Date cont...

Page 23: ...eed To navigate in the help window use the tree controls on the left to expand a topic and the navigation buttons at the top to move to a different page Logout This command logs you out of the application and lets you log back in as a different user This may be necessary to gain access to certain functionality For example some users may not be allowed to create thumbnails and you may want to login...

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Page 25: ...scheduled event including one that s running click on the event on the calendar page then click Delete When using the Scheduler be aware that all VBrick encoder decoder resources must be available at the date and time of the scheduled event When creating a schedule the ETV Portal Server verifies that the resources are currently present on the network but there is no way to determine if these resou...

Page 26: ... a VBrick encoder or stored files on an VOD Video on Demand server or a VBStar You access the Schedule Programs page from the ETV Portal Server Home page or from the MENU Any scheduled programs currently in progress will display a message and can be viewed from the Schedule Programs page or from the Live broadcasts page They can also be viewed from a PC if VBrick StreamPlayer is installed The firs...

Page 27: ... MUST click on a specific hour 3 Enter a Schedule Name and complete the Start and End fields Click in the date and time fields and use the calendar and dropdown list respectively to avoid format errors Depending on the view you selected above these fields may be pre filled Schedule Name Alphanumeric no special characters must be unique Maximum 128 characters ...

Page 28: ...pulate a device You can also configure a Recurrence schedule and Advanced Settings for VBricks or STBs When done you verify the scheduling information is correct and click Create Schedule to save it in the database and display it on the calendar page Start Use the calendar and the dropdown menu respectively to select start date and time End Use the calendar and the dropdown menu respectively to se...

Page 29: ...s In all cases you can safely ignore the Advanced Settings and use the defaults provided by the ETV Portal Server See the ETV Portal Server Administrator Guide for more information 8 Click Next to page through each wizard 9 Click Finish when done 10 Verify the information and click Create Schedule when prompted or use the Back button to make changes When finished the named schedule is added to the...

Page 30: ...nce pattern see Scheduling an Event 2 For Schedule Type select Live Broadcast and click Next 3 In Select Video Source choose one of the following and click Next Color Description Red Expired The scheduled event is over Yellow Future The scheduled event will occur in the future Green Active The scheduled event is in progress If the event is viewable for example a stored video a TV icon is displayed...

Page 31: ...o Source 1 Select Program Name as the Video Source 2 Select one Program Name and click Next 3 Select the destination VBrick s or STB s that will receive the broadcast and click Finish 4 Verify the information and click Create Schedule The new schedule is added to the calendar T To use Enter Manually as the Video Source 1 Select Enter Manually and click Next 2 Enter the Source and Destination IP Ad...

Page 32: ...ill be verified IP Address Host Name must include Slot number if dual encoder decoder and Management Port URL use HTTP or RTSP format For example http MPEG4Unit1 vbs1d1 sdp rtsp 172 2 3 4 vbrickvideo1 SDP on Flash read the onboard SDP file to make a connection Enter the path to where file resides on the VBrick encoder not in ETV Portal Server for example vbs1d1 sdp Program Name any valid Program N...

Page 33: ...k Create Schedule The new schedule is added to the calendar T To use a VBrick Name as a Source 1 Select VBrick Name a ServerName and click Next 2 Select a stored video on the VBrick VBStar server and click Next or Finish if no destinations are to be specified 3 Select the destination VBrick s or STB s that will receive the broadcast and click Finish 4 Verify the information and click Create Schedu...

Page 34: ...k 1 VBrick at one end of conference For MPEG 4 RTSP conferencing the RTSP ports must be set to 554 the default on each VBrick In IWS go to Configuration System Security RTSP Server Port Private Limited to the specified participants Configure for Unicast using the Advanced Settings Public Available to any participants Configure for Multicast using the Advanced Settings Note Advanced Settings are av...

Page 35: ...deo on Demand page to authorized users for viewing T To schedule a recording 1 Select a schedule name dates and optionally recurrence pattern see Scheduling an Event 2 For Schedule Type select Record and click Next To select a different stream manually clear the field before you press Back 3 Select a Record Source and click Next Recording by Program Name T To use a Program Name as the Record Sourc...

Page 36: ...o be shown on VoD server Can be the same or different from Filename above If you append d or t to title it will include the date and time in mmddyy and hhmm format For example if you enter the record title as history d t mpg the recorded title will be history0608051105 mpg if the recording started at 11 05 AM on 06 08 05 Location Folder in which the recording will be saved Keywords Text for Keywor...

Page 37: ...ding by Manual Entry T To use Manual Entry as the Record Source 1 Select Manual Entry and click Next ServerName VBrick VBStar that will save the recording Filename Filename of new recording If you append d or t to filename it will include the date and time in mmddyy and hhmm format For example if you enter the record filename as history d t mpg the recorded file will be history0608051105 mpg if th...

Page 38: ...006 VBrick Systems Inc 2 Select MPEG 1 MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 and other information and click Next MPEG 1 Enter IP Address or Program Name MPEG 2 Enter IP Address or Program Name MPEG 4 Enter URL or Program Name ...

Page 39: ...he network and must be available at the runtime of a scheduled event See the ETV Portal Server Administrator Guide for a discussion of how to define script devices and create scripts T To schedule a script execution 1 Select a schedule name dates and optionally recurrence pattern see Scheduling an Event 2 For Schedule Type select Script and click Next Filename Name of file to be recorded VOD Inges...

Page 40: ...34 2006 VBrick Systems Inc 3 Select a previously defined script and click Finish 4 Verify the information and click Create Schedule The new schedule is added to the calendar ...

Page 41: ...ntroduction 1 19 L live streams 3 Login Logout 17 M MCS Home Page 2 Menu Commands 11 O Options 16 Overview 19 R Recording by Manual Entry 31 Recording by Program Name 29 Recording Live Channels 7 S Scheduled Programs 11 Scheduling a Live Broadcast 24 Scheduling a Recording 29 Scheduling a Script 33 Scheduling a Stored Broadcast 26 Scheduling a Video Conference 28 security requests 2 Status 16 V vi...

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