Visual Circuits Mantis MC, User Manual

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Updating Video Playback
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Automatic Updating
Media Update Disc Updating
The benefits of using media update discs are:
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Media update discs require no specialized knowledge to
use. Insert the disc and Mantis performs all the tasks.
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One media update disc can have site-specific information
for multiple unique locations and eliminates the need to
make a different disc for each location.
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Media update discs permit the creation of multi-disc sets in
cases where the size of the content exceeds the capacity of a
single disc.
Creating a Media Update Disc
Creating a media update disc requires the Visual Circuits Media
Messenger application and CD/DVD writer software.
Media Messenger generates an update packet file (.tar), which can
be copied to a CD/DVD using any standard CD/DVD writing
program, such as Nero or Disc Juggler.
1. Using Media Messenger, create a (.tar) file from the playlist
(.fpl) and schedule (.fsc) files. Media Messenger creates the
files necessary for the disc to act as an Autorun program.
2. Using a common CD/DVD writer program, write the (.tar) file
and all of the media, MPEG’s and graphic overlay files, to the
root-level of the CD/DVD. There should be no directories on
the media update disc.
Test Network Speed
If writing a CD/DVD requires transferring files over a network
during the writing process, test network performance to insure
that the transfer rate is fast enough to avoid CD/DVD writer
errors.