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Creating a VOD-D FTP Server
If you are using a VOD-D (Darwin) server, you must install and configure a standard FTP
server on the VOD-D server as explained below. (For more about Darwin servers see ETV
Video-on-Demand Servers on page 6.)
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To create a Darwin FTP Server:
1. Install a standard FTP server on port 21.
2. Set the default FTP directory to the Darwin server's Media Folder directory (also called
the Publishing Point) or create a virtual directory of the FTP root pointing to the Darwin
server's Media Folder.
3. Create and configure a user account with full permissions (read/write, rename/delete
etc.) on the Add/Modify VOD/FTP Servers page.
Add/Modify Video On Demand Content Folders
Add/Modify Video On Demand Content Folders
can be used to organize content on a
specific Video-on-Demand server. The Portal Server periodically polls certain folders for
presence of content and if found ingests the content onto multiple VOD servers. Any files
FTPed into a particular folder in the Autoingest folder will automatically be ingested into the
corresponding folder on the VOD server(s). You must add these folders using the window
shown below. (See Auto Content Ingestion on page 111 for more about auto-ingestion.)
Existing folder structures on a VOD server will be mirrored in the Portal Server. However
you will still need to associate those folders with other server(s) if the file is to be auto-
ingested onto multiple servers.
User Name VOD-WM-Advanced only. The name of a valid user that has
administration privileges on the VOD-WM server. If the VOD-
WM Server is within a domain, the name entered here will be a
domain user. That domain user must have administration privileges
on the VOD-WM Server. If the VOD-WM Server is part of a
workgroup, the name entered here will be a local user with
administration privileges on the VOD-WM Server. A local user
with administrator privileges having the same name must also exist
on the MCS Portal Server.
Note: The MCS Portal Server and VOD-WM Server(s) must all be
within a domain or part of a workgroup. Any topology that mixes
servers in domains and servers in workgroups will not function.
User Password VOD-WM-Advanced only. The valid password of the user specified
above.
Note It may take up to 20 minutes for new server content to be displayed in the ETV
Portal Server. To make content available immediately, go to
Global Settings > Global
Assignments > Assign VOD Polling Interval
and click
Sync Now
.