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Cbox 3 User guide

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This guide contains the following main topics:

About this User Guide___________________________________________________________________ 4

1.1.

Copyright __________________________________________________________________________ 4

1.2.

Disclaimer _________________________________________________________________________ 4

1.3.

Trademarks ________________________________________________________________________ 4

Product Description ____________________________________________________________________ 5

Scope of Delivery _______________________________________________________________________ 6

Specifications __________________________________________________________________________ 7

Safety Instructions______________________________________________________________________ 8

5.1.

System Power ______________________________________________________________________ 8

5.2.

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and ESD Protection ____________________________________ 8

Installation Notices _____________________________________________________________________ 8

Getting Setup __________________________________________________________________________ 9

7.1.

Rear view _________________________________________________________________________ 10

7.2.

Audio/Video Inputs and Outputs ____________________________________________________ 10

7.2.1.

VGA (RGB) Input

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7.2.2.

Dual Head VGA Output

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7.2.3.

Audio Monitor Output

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7.2.4.

Audio Out for Room Sound System

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7.3.

Connecting Accessories ___________________________________________________________ 13

7.3.1.

Mouse and Keyboard

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7.3.2.

Phantom Power Microphone

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7.3.3.

Camera

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7.3.3.1.

Using Video Cameras

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7.3.3.2.

Using a Sony PTZ Camera

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First Time Start of your Cbox 3 _________________________________________________________ 15

8.1.

Automatic Creating Backup Image__________________________________________________ 15

8.2.

Microsoft Windows Mini-Setup _____________________________________________________ 15

8.3.

First Windows Start ________________________________________________________________ 15

Application Software Overview _________________________________________________________ 16

10.

Using CBOX Application _______________________________________________________________ 17

10.1.

Getting Started ____________________________________________________________________ 17

10.1.1.

Logging In

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10.1.2.

How to Begin a New Session

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10.1.3.

Audio and Video Settings

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10.1.4.

Operator / Manager Information

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10.1.5.

SMTP Server Configuration

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10.1.6.

My Information

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10.1.7.

Use Imports/Exports

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10.1.8.

Session Preferences

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10.1.8.1. Media

Stream

Preferences __________________________________________________ 27

10.1.8.2.

Still Image Preferences _____________________________________________________ 28

10.1.8.3. Custom

Properties _________________________________________________________ 29

Summary of Contents for Cbox 3

Page 1: ...User Guide Version 3 3 030 Updated 04 17 2008 ...

Page 2: ...oard ________________________________________________________ 13 7 3 2 Phantom Power Microphone _________________________________________________ 13 7 3 3 Camera _____________________________________________________________________ 13 7 3 3 1 Using Video Cameras ________________________________________________________ 13 7 3 3 2 Using a Sony PTZ Camera______________________________________________...

Page 3: ..._________ 49 10 6 1 Web Publishing______________________________________________________________ 49 10 6 2 Publishing Recordings to CD DVD ____________________________________________ 51 10 6 3 Custom Publishing Manager__________________________________________________ 51 11 Trouble Shooting ______________________________________________________________________ 52 12 System Updates _______________...

Page 4: ...imum extent possible under the law Copyright 2008 by Winnov LP All rights reserved 1 2 Disclaimer Winnov shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product Winnov makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Winnov ...

Page 5: ...ises Companies can deploy Cbox 3 in meeting and conference rooms or bring it to off site events to record and stream live and on demand executive briefings sales training sessions product demonstrations global announcements web and marketing communications employee Cbox 3 accepts and synchronizes feeds from any A V equipment already available microphone camera VCR DVD document camera video confere...

Page 6: ...OX3 Platform USB Keyboard USB Optical Mouse Microphone XLR Cable Male Female Audio Adapter cable VGA cable DVI D VGA cable HD15 M M DVI I to HD15 Adapter VGA Splitter cable AV Adapter cable USB to Serial Adapter see bottom of CBOX3 AC Power cord MS Office Small Business 2007 Software Key MS Windows Server 2003 Software Key Figure 2 Cbox3 Shipment Content ...

Page 7: ...eo balanced Audio Out 1 Stereo XLR balanced Front Panel I O 2 USB 2 0 ports 1 Headphone In 1 Microphone In Firewire IEEE 1394 port Back Panel I O Analog RGB DVI up to 1600x1200 60Hz Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Memory 2GB total 1GB per DIMM Storage 500 GB 3 0GB s Optical Drive 16X DVD CD R RW Dimensions WxLxH 7 9 in x 12 2 in x 7 3 in 200mm x 310mm x 185mm Weight 12lbs 5 5kg Power 250W Input ...

Page 8: ...e please make sure the AC power cord is unplugged before you open the chassis 5 2 Electrostatic Discharge ESD and ESD Protection Static electricity can damage disk drives boards and other parts Before connecting or disconnecting any device to the Cbox 3 appliance we recommend that discharge static by touching a metal part of a grounded PC 6 Installation Notices Do not place the Cbox 3 appliance un...

Page 9: ...es of being carried in The recording starts at the click of a mouse Cbox 3 is a completely preinstalled appliance It doesn t require any software installation from the customer All necessary system applications have been preinstalled Figure 4 Typical Configuration of Cbox 3 The following pages will help you to integrate Cbox 3 within your multimedia environment and describe how to connect your aud...

Page 10: ... to connect audio and video input sources to Cbox 3 and audio output from Cbox 3 Each cable of the A V Adapter has a unique description This description will help you to identify the video and audio sources during setup of Cbox 3 Please connect the A V Adapter cable to the upper slot bracket connector as shown in the following drawing ...

Page 11: ...detection and forces the VGA graphics card of the Presenter computer to enable the digital interface already at boot time Figure 7 VGA RGB Input with and Splitter Cable 7 2 2 Dual Head VGA Output Figure 8 Dual Head VGA Output The Dual Head VGA output can be used with either one or two VGA output devices monitors projectors etc One device is always used to display the operator interface of the Cbox...

Page 12: ...put device is displaying the operator interface The frame rate of the audience view is limited due to the fact that this is the output of the RGB source that has been processed A VGA splitter can be used to connect the VGA source to the RGB capture card and to the projector to provide the full frame to the audience view 7 2 3 Audio Monitor Output The Audio monitor output is very useful for the ope...

Page 13: ...lled for normal operation Use the USB ports when connecting the mouse and the keyboard to the Cbox 3 appliance 7 3 2 Phantom Power Microphone Use a professional balanced Audio cable XLR male and XLR female to connect the microphone to the Audio 1 IN MIC input of the A V adapter cable It is not necessary to use the microphone with a battery the Cbox 3 appliance will by default apply a 48V Phantom P...

Page 14: ... to one of the video inputs Video 3 IN to Video 6 IN of the A V adapter cable The PTZ control feature requires an additional cable connection from the camera VISCA IN to the serial port COM1 provided by the USB to serial adapter when connected to Cbox 3 the drivers for the USB to serial adapter are already preinstalled Many PTZ cameras can be controlled over one single COM port when using a VISCA ...

Page 15: ...ey is found on the bottom of the Cbox 3 All product keys are shipped with the Cbox 3 Appliance The Mini Setup procedure will ask you to enter the administrator user account and the computers name If you are not going to be the administrator for this system it would be wise to consult the administrator before completing the mini setup Once the mini setup is completed the appliance will automaticall...

Page 16: ...as 1 2 3 Record presentations with the click of a button Cbox does the rest While you present as you normally would Cbox captures every slide every video every animation every website referenced and turns it into a rich media presentation Publish lectures dynamic presentations training videos or corporate messages without any post production work Audio and video mixing is handled by Cbox plus your...

Page 17: ...0 1 1 Logging In Launch The Cbox 3 application requires an authentication The default login for the administrator is as follows Username administrator Password password Next follow the procedures outlined in How to begin a new session to get started Figure 13 User Login Interface ...

Page 18: ...ession is completed in the Recordings Manager There also are different session mode options SELECT RESERVATION Begins a new session using a session reservation that was previously configured If the session is going to be broadcasted starting a session reservation is required SELECT PRESENTER Allows the operator to select the presenter who will be in the session from a list set up by the Administra...

Page 19: ...ameras and boost the Cbox performance at its best Click on and set up first the VIDEO STANDARD Figure 15 Audio Video Manager The VIDEO STANDARD should be chosen based on your analog video equipment NTSC and PAL video standards are supported The video standard setting is applied system wide so use equipment that supports the same video standard If your video standard setting and your equipment are ...

Page 20: ...ting devices is optional If you do not create devices all available inputs will be considered enabled and they will all use their default names By adding specific devices to the Devices list you are able to provide custom names and eliminate unused inputs such as micro DVD player or cameras If you are using Sony Camera PTZ you may consult the PTZ camera chapter You can plug at maximum 3 cameras ...

Page 21: ...g a New Operator Click on OPERATOR MANAGER in the Main menu to access its information and click CREATE The OPERATOR EDITOR will appear as follows You may be able to complete the information and put a profile picture to identify your manager The Operator Manager allows you to EDIT or DELETE an operator manager afterwards Figure 17 Operator Manager Interface The operators list can be viewed by DETAI...

Page 22: ...Presenter Click on PRESENTER MANAGER in the Main menu to access its information and click CREATE The PRESENTER EDITOR will appear You may be able to complete the information and put a profile picture to identify your manager The Presenter Manager allows you to EDIT or DELETE presenters You can also choose your preferred player as follows To have a preview of the different players you may consult W...

Page 23: ... Interface To configure your SMTP Server you may go on SYSTEM SETTINGS The SYSTEM NAME and SYSTEM EMAIL ADDRESS are used when Cbox 3 sends out email notifications These do not need to be unique per Cbox 3 but it would be a good idea so those who receive the email know which Cbox 3 has sent it ...

Page 24: ... up to broadcast The assigned operator and presenter will also receive an email notification for session reservations The server name is the address of the SMTP SERVER If required enter the User Name and password the Cbox 3 will log onto the SMTP server Contact your IT department if you are not sure what to put When the server is configured enter any valid email address in the Test group box to ve...

Page 25: ... that the user email address is correct In some cases Cbox 3 will send email to users An example of such a case is when a user starts a broadcast session The address to play back the broadcast is sent to the user via email if you had set up your SMTP configuration The user image is completely optional These images are not distributed in recording or broadcast sessions These images are purely for m...

Page 26: ...category is grayed out and has a line through it You must set up your audio and video devices but you can easily use imports exports existing presets which allows you a one time set up production Click on SYSTEM TOOLS Then you can browse and import a setting path in IMPORTS SETTINGS The Administrator can import previously saved settings to the system This is not system specific That means that the...

Page 27: ...if enabled as well as written to file The video source for the PRIMARY ARCHIVE BROADCAST is a mixture of both the switched analog video inputs and the RGB input The analog video input is basically an overlay on top of the RGB input During a session the operator can control the size location and opacity of the overlay RGB settings The second media stream called the SECONDARY ARCHIVE written to file...

Page 28: ...roadcast playback the Cbox 3 Player displays the captured images synchronized with the rest of the captured media The still image compression quality influences the size in bits and clarity of the images captured If you find that the images captured are taking up too much space or you are having trouble delivering them for playback due to bandwidth issues you may want to reduce the compression qua...

Page 29: ...CUSTOM PROPERTIES to a session CUSTOM PROPERTIES are defined here The operator is prompted to enter custom property values prior to starting a session CUSTOM PROPERTIES can be used to store an application specific value extend the Cbox 3 Player to have additional functionality and or enable a content management system ...

Page 30: ...th your branding To create a new player you must create a new folder under the file folder c Program Files Winnov CBOX CBOX3Pro Skins The name of the folder is the name of the player In this folder all files that comprise your player should be included To start from an existing player copy over all the files from the existing player s folder Customization can be as simple as editing the images and...

Page 31: ...purpose of the Cbox 3 WEB API is to allow remote control of Cbox 3 recording sessions This API will be supported and possibly extended in future Cbox 3 software versions 3 X XXX For further information you may log into Winnov s Collaborative Portal in order to read document about the Cbox 3 WEB API ...

Page 32: ...ars on the primary archive broadcast video screen Screen D is the Video preview If you want to record another video entry you may choose the one you want and click on TO BROADCAST ARCHIVE button It will appear in the secondary archive screen and if you choose so on the primary archive broadcast video screen too Screen E is for the audio controls Screen F manages the presets Button G starts a recor...

Page 33: ... 1 2 2 5 Extract text 1 2 3 Publish to 1 2 3 1 CD DVD 1 2 3 2 Removable Storage 1 2 3 3 Web 1 2 3 4 Custom 1 3 Log Off 1 4 Exit 2 CONTROL 2 1 Record 3 SETTINGS 3 1 View 3 1 1 Swap screens 3 1 2 Dark Environment 3 2 Session Details 3 3 Audio 3 4 Video 3 5 RGB 3 5 1 RGB Settings 3 5 2 Snapshots 3 5 2 1 Auto Snapshot 3 5 2 2 Take Snapshot 3 5 3 Text Extraction 3 5 3 1 Auto Text Extraction 3 5 3 2 Ext...

Page 34: ...various aspects of video capture such as trimming de interlacing inverse filtering and intermediary recompression transparency This chapter will teach you how to record and clean up your video and set you up for final destination as live broadcasting publishing your session into a portable media format or burning it into a CD DVD 10 2 4 Checking the Audio Levels Proper audio level calibration is c...

Page 35: ... The INSET SIZE modify the size of the video output The position of the video click on the right left or up down corners to place your video Figure 32 Using the Inset Alpha Blend Figure 33 Advance RGB Settings Toolbox You may also correct the RGB settings by clicking on SETTINGS then RGB Set the RGB SOURCE SETTINGS SOURCE chooses the input control for an image capture ALIGNMENT controls the orient...

Page 36: ...HOT The image capture is controlled by the BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE MONITORING AUTO SNAPSHOT SENSITIVITY controls the timing of the capture When the TAKE SNAPSHOT button is pressed Cbox 3 will capture the event following the snapshot sensitivity setup Figure 35 Advance RGB Settings 1 ...

Page 37: ...5 2 Video Control PTZ Control If you have multiple video sources each of them is accessible via their tab on the video control user interface and can control or adjust the settings of your different devices To control a camera move your mouse over the video control as follows or through the menu Go to SETTINGS then VIDE The advanced video settings toolbox will appear cf Figure 38 click on PAN TILT...

Page 38: ... image to be in clear and focus EXPOSURE Creates a set point that the auto focus and or auto white balance controls use to establish an output video level When the exposure control is in Automatic the exposure level is determined by the camera analyzing the video level to determine an ideal set point WHITE BALANCE The camera automatically sets white balance to match the true color of the subject B...

Page 39: ...ght the white is HUE Adjusts the predominant color SATURATION Corrects the color intensity SHARPNESS Control systems for image and video acquisition in order to obtain an improved picture quality Color information is transmitted as LUMA brightness and CHROMA color LUMA GAIN is a weighted sum of the RGB colors CHROMA GAIN Short for chrominance The attributes of a color which include its hue and sat...

Page 40: ...ngs Manager pop up window shows a list of your different records Double click on the ID RECORD you would like to watch Figure 40 Recording Manager Your video will appear in a new window Figure 41 Watch a Recording All capture content is searchable from the Cbox 3 keyword search tab Click SEARCH and enter the word or phrase in the search field Figure 42 Search ...

Page 41: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 41 The results will appear in a separate window Clicking n a search result link will take you to that specific point in the recording Figure 43 Search Results ...

Page 42: ...t a recording Figure 44 Edit a Session 10 4 1 Add an Event To add an event use the menu and go to EDIT EVENTS or you can right click on your recording go to EDIT and click EVENTS The EVENTS EDITOR window will appear as follows From the events editory window you can EDIT or DELETE any events Figure 45 Events ...

Page 43: ... 10 4 2 Trim The TRIM option enables you to cut the beginning and the end of a recording Set the BEGIN and END TIME of your content and TRIM To trim a recording set a new begin time and or a new end time If you are only trimming the beginning of a recording there is no need to set the end time Figure 47 Trim Once a recording has been trimmed neither the removed section nor the previous video can b...

Page 44: ...ke a reservation click on RESERVATION MANAGER The reservation stores all information for the planned session start and stop times operator presenter and broadcast information The start and stop times of the reservation are for reference only They do not automatically start and stop the reservation Click on CREATE and follow the steps Step 1 Start and Stop Time Step 2 Assign Operator Step 3 Set Pre...

Page 45: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 45 Step 5 Set Custom Properties Step 6 Select Broadcast Configuration Step 7 Summary ...

Page 46: ...e live encoding situations the streaming server may not be able to coordinate the content feed between the encoder and the server With Server Push you can use the encoder to control the server to send the encoded content to a broadcast publishing point Using server push you will have to log in to the server to distribute your streaming media This is a very handy tool if your encoding computer is s...

Page 47: ...ection resumes In an encoder pull configuration the encoder must be started and encoding content before the Windows Media server can connect to it In order to stream using pull you must have an external static IP address If your encoding computer is behind a router the server would not be able to communicate with the encoder unless you have your router configured to port forward to your encoding m...

Page 48: ...nformation You have two DISTRIBUTION MODES FTP Network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as over the Internet UNC uses a network share to copy files 4 Click on the button Ok to save the broadcast configuration ...

Page 49: ...a web server you may consult the chapter about how to configure your own server Then after setting up your Cbox 3 for Web publishing launch RECORDING MANAGER and select WEB WEB PUBLISHING MANAGER The online publishing configuration manager will appear as follows 1 Click on ADD and fill out the form under the WEB SERVER tab ...

Page 50: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 50 2 Fill out the form under the MEDIA SERVER tab 3 Right click on the recording you wish to publish 4 Select PUBLISH TO WEB CONFIGURATION NAME ...

Page 51: ...3 3 030 51 10 6 2 Publishing Recordings to CD DVD You can publish your recordings on a CD or DVD Click on RECORDING MANAGER and select PUBLISH TO CD DVD 10 6 3 Custom Publishing Manager Figure 48 Custom Publishing Manager ...

Page 52: ...ment mode 1 Click on RGB SOURCE SETTINGS 2 Set up the GAIN in order to light up your BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE MONITORING background Audio video manager error If you get this warning take the following steps 1 Windows system 2 and check your USB PORT If your USB PORT uses COM3 change it to COM1 The Cbox 3 is slow after setting up the Recording manager After playing with events or trimming your stream ...

Page 53: ...he system by opening SYSTEM TOOLS as well as the CBOX version currently available for download If a new version is available clicking Get Update will download and begin the installation of the latest software version Enable Email Notifications will send an email to the administrator when a new update is available ...

Page 54: ...f what can be done using a specific set of resources The following examples use Cbox 3 as the streaming and web server see configuration 1 below You can substitute any Windows Server 2003 based OS given that it supports IIS and or Windows Media Services Basically there are four possible configurations when dealing with online publishing and live broadcasting Configuration 1 Configuration 2 Configu...

Page 55: ...perly configured 13 1 Creating a New User Web Server and Streaming Server A new user account will be created for live broadcasting and online publishing on the streaming and web server Cbox 3 in our case 1 Go to My Computer Manage Local Users and Groups Users 2 Select Users New User 3 Add username and password Encoder Web Server Streaming Server Cbox 3 ...

Page 56: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 56 4 Select Password never expires 5 Review the new account click on Create and then Close ...

Page 57: ...nd media content for live broadcasting and online publishing needs to be transferred to a shared place on a web server and streaming server Cbox 3 in our case 1 Launch Windows Explorer and create for example the following structure for the folders 2 Right click on cboxplace and select Sharing and Security ...

Page 58: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 58 3 Select the Sharing tab and then Share this folder ...

Page 59: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 59 4 Click on Permissions to bring up Share Permissions ...

Page 60: ... 60 5 Click on Add to bring up Select Users or Groups 6 Type the username which was created earlier cbox in Enter the object names and click on Check Names 7 Click on OK 8 The user cbox is added to the list of Group or user names ...

Page 61: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 61 9 Select the user cbox in the list and check the permissions Allow Full Control 10 Click on OK 11 Select the Security tab ...

Page 62: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 62 12 Click on Add to bring up Select Users or Groups 13 Type the username which was created earlier cbox in Enter the object names and click on Check Names 14 Click on OK ...

Page 63: ...heck the permissions Allow Full Control 17 Click on OK 13 3 Web Site Setup Web Server A web site needs to be set up in order to serve the web content for live broadcasting and online publishing on the web server Cbox 3 in our case 1 Go to My Computer Manage Services and Applications Internet Information Services IIS Manager Web Sites ...

Page 64: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 64 2 Right click on Default Web Sites 3 Select New Virtual Directory to bring up the creation wizard ...

Page 65: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 65 4 Click on Next 5 Type an alias and click on Next ...

Page 66: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 66 6 Browse to select the shared directory you created earlier and click on Next 7 Check all the permissions except Write and click on Next ...

Page 67: ...Services Configuration Streaming Server Your Windows Media Services need to be properly configured in order to live broadcast and publish online 1 Go to My Computer Manage Services and Applications Windows Media Services 2 Select your server under Windows Media Services ...

Page 68: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 68 3 Select the Properties tab 4 Select Authorization and enable all the services right click and select Enable ...

Page 69: ... Authorization and select Properties 6 Click on Add to bring up Select Users or Groups 7 Type the username you created earlier cbox and click on Check Names 8 Click on OK 9 Select the user cbox in the Name list 10 Check the permissions Allow Read Allow Write and Allow Create ...

Page 70: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 70 11 Click on OK 12 Select Authentication and enable all the services right click and select Enable ...

Page 71: ...ick and select Enable Note WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol might not get enabled because of a port conflict Follow the steps below to solve the conflict 14 Right Click on WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol and select Properties 15 Select Use other port and type a new port number 8089 for example ...

Page 72: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 72 16 Click on OK 17 Right click on WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol and select Enable ...

Page 73: ...reaming server Cbox3 in our case in order to serve the media content for online publishing This step does not need to be taken if you are doing live broadcast 1 Go to My Computer Manage Services and Applications Windows Media Services Publishing Points 2 Right click on Publishing Points and select Add Publishing Point Wizard to bring up the wizard ...

Page 74: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 74 3 Click on Next 4 Type the name of the publishing point cboxondemand for example and click on next ...

Page 75: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 75 5 Select Files and click on Next 6 Select On demand publishing point and click on Next ...

Page 76: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 76 7 Set the path to the directory you created earlier where you want your on demand media content and click on Next 8 Click on Next ...

Page 77: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 77 9 Click on Next 10 Click on Next ...

Page 78: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 78 11 Uncheck After the wizard finishes and click on Finish 12 A new publishing point has been created to server your media content on demand ...

Page 79: ...box 3 Following the completion of the steps above the live broadcasting configuration needs to be created in the Cbox 3 application Broadcast Manager 1 Launch Cbox 3 application 2 Enter login information and click on Logon 3 Click on Broadcast Manager and click on Create ...

Page 80: ...h the IP address of the streaming server Cbox 3 in our case the push port see WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol in 13 4 and a name for the publishing point 7 Enter the user and password you created earlier on the streaming server 8 Type the playback URL to be used with the IP address of the streaming server Cbox 3 in our case and the name of the publishing point ...

Page 81: ...of your web server Cbox 3 in our case and the place in the shared directory where to transfer the web files see 13 2 12 Enter the user and password you created earlier on the web server 13 Type the playback URL with the IP address of your web server Cbox 3 in our case and the place in the shared directory where the web files are being transferred 14 Click on OK ...

Page 82: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 82 15 The broadcast configuration has been created ...

Page 83: ...ox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 83 16 Click on Reservation Manager 17 Click on Create 18 Follow the steps to create a reservation enabling broadcasting and selecting your broadcast configuration 19 Click on Add ...

Page 84: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 84 20 The reservation has been created 21 Click on Begin New Session 22 Select Select Reservation 23 Click on Go 24 Select your reservation and click on Begin ...

Page 85: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 85 25 Click on Record to start the live broadcast 26 Click on Broadcast Information ...

Page 86: ...Based Player URL to test your live broadcast This information shall be provided to your audience to access the live broadcast Note Any live broadcast will be assigned a unique ID so the web based player URL will change from one live broadcast to another ...

Page 87: ...ation Cbox 3 Following the completion of the steps above the web publishing configuration needs to be created in the Cbox 3 application for on demand Web Publishing Manager 1 Launch Cbox 3 Publisher 2 Select Publish To Web Web Publishing Manager 3 Click on Add ...

Page 88: ... Enter the username and password you created earlier on the web server 9 Select the Media Server tab 10 Check Enable Media Server 11 Type the On Demand Publishing Point Base URL with the IP address of the streaming server Cbox 3 in our case and the on demand publishing point which has been created earlier 12 Select Network Share Copy UNC for the distribution mode 13 Type the UNC Address with the I...

Page 89: ...Cbox 3 User guide V 3 3 030 89 15 Click on OK 16 The web publishing configuration has been created 17 Click on Close 18 Click right on a recording you wish to publish online ...

Page 90: ...3 3 030 90 19 Select Publish To Web configuration name 20 Publishing to Web shall complete successfully 21 Click on View to test your online publishing 22 The web browser starts with the URL to be provided to your audience ...

Page 91: ...dd custom properties to a session Custom properties are defined here The operator is prompted to enter custom property values prior to starting a session Custom properties can be used to store an application specific value extend the Cbox 3 Player to have additional functionality and or enable a content management system F FTP File Transfer Protocol Network protocol used to transfer data from one ...

Page 92: ...X If a profile is found to be incompatible in any way it will be ignored and the default behavior will be used without warning There is also an option to write an MP3 file N NTCS National Television System Committee Analog television system in use in the United States O Operators Operators logon through the Cbox 3 logon page Operators are responsible for controlling and monitoring Cbox 3 sessions ...

Page 93: ...or the Cbox 3 system to send out email notifications an SMTP server is required The Cbox 3 will send out notifications to the administrator when new updates are available hardrive storage is low and when sessions reservations have been set up to broadcast The assigned operator and presenter will also receive an email notification for session reservations The server name is the address of the SMTP ...

Page 94: ... 3 version currently available for download If a new version is available clicking Get Update will download and begin the installation of the new version Enable Email Notifications will send an email to the administrator when a new update is available U UNC Universal Naming Convention or Uniform Naming Convention Common syntax to describe the location of a network resource such as a shared file di...

Page 95: ...pdates when it is connected to the internet The administrator then needs to manually start the update process To obtain help or information associated with your Cbox 3 appliance use the help menus supplied documentation or contact Winnov support via e mail at support winnov com Copyright 2008 by Winnov LP All rights reserved ...

Page 96: ...2 Figure 21 System Information Interface 23 Figure 22 SMTP Server Configuration 24 Figure 23 My Information Summary 25 Figure 24 System Tools Interface 26 Figure 25 Session Preferences Interface 27 Figure 26 Still Image Preferences Configuration 28 Figure 27 Custom Properties Interface 29 Figure 28 Preview of Existing Players 30 Figure 29 Web API Access Configuration 31 Figure 30 Capture Screen 32...

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