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EtherneTV v4.2.1 Portal Server
Admin Guide

May 9, 2008

4410-0118-0008

VBrick
EtherneTV Portal Server

Summary of Contents for Portal Server ETV v4.2.1

Page 1: ...EtherneTV v4 2 1 Portal Server Admin Guide May 9 2008 4410 0118 0008 VBrick EtherneTV Portal Server...

Page 2: ...sted 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 custome...

Page 3: ...VBrick Encoders Decoders 6 ETV VOD Servers 6 ETV Set Top Box 8 ETV Network Video Recorder 8 VB PC Remote Controller 9 Amino Set Top Box 9 WM IP Receiver 10 Portal Server Installation 10 Downloading C...

Page 4: ...Stream 53 Add VOD Content 55 Add Non VOD Content 56 Priority Alert 57 Program Names 61 Manage Playlists 62 Access Logging 63 Extended Logging Properties 64 Using EthernetTV Reporter 65 Using an Excel...

Page 5: ...Servers 97 Allow Access to Specific VOD Servers 97 Allow Access to Specific VOD Content 97 Allow Viewing by Content Type 97 Allow Content Publishing 98 Allow Content Recording 98 Default Content Recor...

Page 6: ...t 116 Configuring an MCS Presentation User 117 Configuring for Live Presentations 117 Configuring for Stored Presentations 119 8 Auto Content Ingestion AutoIngest Content 121 AutoIngest Content via XM...

Page 7: ...3 Verify Installation 144 12 Rebranding the User Interface Customizing the Portal Server 145 Changing the Title and Header Image 145 Rebranding the Portal Server 146 Portal Server 146 Rebranding Other...

Page 8: ...viii Contents Backing Up the Database 161 15 Manual System Backup System Backup 163 System Restore 164 Index...

Page 9: ...side anywhere on your network to provide either distributed or high density centralized encoding decoding of MPEG 1 MPEG 2 MPEG 4 and WM Windows Media video Organization Note The Amino STB is a compac...

Page 10: ...r product documentation is available on the web Go to www vbrick com documentation to search or download VBrick product documentation VBPresenter explains how to configure and launch rich media presen...

Page 11: ...d sans serif font Italics are used to emphasize specific words or phrases Related Documents ETV Portal Server User Guide ETV IPR Receiver Admin Guide ETV STB Admin Guide ETV STB Quick Start Guide ETV...

Page 12: ...xii Preface...

Page 13: ...ive and on demand audio and video over an IP based infrastructure The ETV Portal Server functions as a video portal permitting end users to view live and on demand MPEG 1 MPEG 2 MPEG 4 and WM Windows...

Page 14: ...V Portal Server through a web browser For Windows based PCs on the first access to the server VBrick StreamPlayer software is automatically downloaded to the PC StreamPlayer software lets end users se...

Page 15: ...r groups and administrators can set content to expire Administrators can also assign an Expiration Date or Viewing Period for any stored video using the Modify VOD Content page By default recordings f...

Page 16: ...3 Type mysql uroot pvbrick_18 and press Enter 4 Type set password for root localhost password new_password where new_password in single quotes is the new password and press Enter 5 Type exit Portal Se...

Page 17: ...s Scheduling module Figure 2 ETV Portal Server Live Broadcasts Administrative Features Access Control allows administrators to allow deny access to specific functions of the ETV Portal Server server A...

Page 18: ...or one or two way interactive communications over low or medium bandwidth IP networks The VBrick MPEG 4 encoder decoder can be used for webcasting multicasting transcoding and two way interactive vide...

Page 19: ...rce or vice versa from a LAN source See Assign LAN Internet Address Range in Global Assignments on page 19 You can purchase an Internet based VOD W or VODWM server from VBrick in which case they are c...

Page 20: ...erver are optional components that are purchased and installed separately They have different license files that must be installed separately See Installing Portal Server License Files on page 14 The...

Page 21: ...remote control The VB PC Remote includes an IR Remote Control and an IR Remote Receiver The computer to which it s attached must have an available 1 1 or 2 0 USB port Note that the VB PC Remote is ins...

Page 22: ...fox can play all stream types including MPEG 1 MPEG 2 MPEG 4 and Windows Media For Windows based PC users the Portal Server uses VBrick StreamPlayer software based components to decode video streams o...

Page 23: ...t at High the client will still work with Portal Server if you enable Run ActiveX controls and plug ins Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting and Active scripting Since firewalls on LAN cl...

Page 24: ...the Portal Server for the first time you will see a message in the embedded player window indicating that the appropriate plugins are not installed See Installing Linux Components in the Portal Serve...

Page 25: ...one Port s Protocol Description Internet DMZ 80 TCP Web request from client to MCS Internet DMZ 9876 9878 UDP Management RTSP SAP announce from VBrick to MCS DMZ Internet 21 TCP FTP from MCS to VOD Se...

Page 26: ...d or Remove Programs VBrick Media Control Server Suite 2 Click Change Remove and select the appropriate license file type see below 3 Click Next then browse to the file and click Open 4 When done manu...

Page 27: ...streams If not installed popup message displayed when you try to launch a stream Scheduler Enables the broadcast or recording of future events See the ETV Portal Server User Guide for more information...

Page 28: ...after 20 minutes of inactivity admin is both the default user name and password http myserveraddress admin Modify Host Name or IP Address Lets you auto detect or manually change the Portal Server Host...

Page 29: ...hown above Global Settings Provides system wide configuration parameters to connect to VBrick encoders and VOD servers as well as to customize the look of the ETV Portal Server pages Channels Lets you...

Page 30: ...s Add Video commands ingestion to the VOD server and FTP downloads Expired Content Log Shows all expired content still present on the Portal Server Use Purge All to delete unwanted content Access Cont...

Page 31: ...cs in this chapter Global Assignments 19 Custom Fields 25 Stream Restrictions 26 Servers 27 VBricks 36 Control Devices 38 Set Top Boxes 44 Recorders 46 Script Devices 48 Scripts 50 URLs 53 Priority Al...

Page 32: ...ortal Server on a Set Top Box the message area will not display more than 4 lines of text Define Set Top Box Startup Channel When an STB in ETV Portal Server Start mode accesses the Watch live broadca...

Page 33: ...s If configuring for VBPresenter see Configuring an MCS FTP User Account on page 116 Define a Record Duration Applies to the on demand Record pushbutton only not to scheduled recording Defines the max...

Page 34: ...ll not play MPEG 4 content if this option is selected Assign Multicast Address Range Defines the current multicast IP address range and port range The default multicast IP range is 225 1 1 0 239 128 2...

Page 35: ...rver The Current Presentations Directory defines the virtual directory on the Portal Server where the live presentations are stored the default is Presentations During a new Portal Server installation...

Page 36: ...cintosh or Linux clients any one selection will download all components for all clients MPEG 1 Video Support makes MPEG 1 files playable MPEG 2 1 Video Support makes both MPEG 2 and MPEG 1 files playa...

Page 37: ...publishing permissions T To create a Custom Field 1 Go to Global Settings Custom Fields External Player Mode Windows only Determines whether or not multiple streams can be displayed by launching exte...

Page 38: ...ve stream recordings and the maximum number of concurrent viewers There are no default expiration dates for live streams when a recording is made but administrators can automatically set the content f...

Page 39: ...ver and NVR to the VOD servers This is accomplished using FTP over SSL FTPS protocol Having a client that supports FTPS however is not enough to have secure FTP connections throughout the system The F...

Page 40: ...on for Windows servers only is not sold or supported by VBrick It requires a server wrapper and additional dlls T To install FTP Guardian 1 Go to http www tcpdata com ftpg_license shtml 2 Click and r...

Page 41: ...a VOD D FTP Server on page 34 VOD WM Standard Microsoft Windows Media Server unicast only Requires an FTP server See Creating a VOD WM FTP Server on page 33 VOD WM Enterprise Microsoft Windows Media...

Page 42: ...able HTTP tunneling See Assign LAN Internet Address Range Always use TCP protocol for MPEG 4 content in Global Assignments on page 19 Uncheck if you are using a VOD W server installed before Portal Se...

Page 43: ...OD 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 na...

Page 44: ...Next g Skip through the remaining steps and click Finish when done 3 To create a virtual directory on the WM server for this publishing point a Go to Start Administrative Tools Internet Information S...

Page 45: ...issions read write rename delete etc on the directory specified above If using the VBrick default this account s user name is vbrickuser and the password is vbrickuser Hint use the settings of the ano...

Page 46: ...fault this account s user name is vbrickuser and the password is vbrickuser Hint use the settings of the anonymous account as an example 4 Verify that the directory created in Step 2 above is set to a...

Page 47: ...TP root path is d inetpub ftproot then folders that are created in the Add Modify On Demand content folders will also be created in the d inetpub ftproot mcs autoingest folder Autoingested content can...

Page 48: ...n the ETV Portal Server SAP Session Announcement Protocol announcements are sent to the Portal Server by network connected VBrick devices encoders and or decoders The Select VBrick panel in the next s...

Page 49: ...VBricks shown on the previous page Note The only time you will manually complete the VBrick Configuration fields is when you are defining the configuration for a VBrick that will be added to the netw...

Page 50: ...using a virtual remote control panel as shown in Figure 7 below VBrick currently supports DVDs and VCRs from several different manufacturers as well as the VBrick VBIR remote controller that can be c...

Page 51: ...d VBIRs right Adding Control Devices Use the following windows to define or modify control devices As noted these devices will be displayed on the Live Broadcasts page with a special icon for any user...

Page 52: ...broadcast If the Portal Server does not have a Scheduling license all control devices are available at any time to any user with VBrick access and other permissions See Using the Scheduler in the Por...

Page 53: ...es is explained below You cannot create custom serial port direct connect devices If the source device you wish to control does not have a serial port you must use a VBIR for remote control Source Sel...

Page 54: ...p innotechsystems com Spitfire SpitFire III pdf Be aware that the device codes at this link are not tested or supported by VBrick If you can t find the code you need or have trouble controlling a non...

Page 55: ...ce The emitter is used when there is no direct line of sight to a control device for example when the VCR is in a cabinet and you can t use the remote control On the back of the VBIR be sure the SpitF...

Page 56: ...ernal library file can be learned by other VBIRs through the process of cloning For more information see the application note Learning IR Commands on the VBIR on the www vbrick com documentation page...

Page 57: ...Global Settings ETV Portal Server Admin Guide 45 T To add an STB configuration 1 Go to Global Settings Set Top Boxes 2 Select Add STBs and click Submit...

Page 58: ...ion 1 Go to Global Settings Recorders Note The only time you will manually complete the STB Configuration fields is when you are defining the configuration for an STB that will be added to the network...

Page 59: ...order Configuration window and click Submit This adds the newly configured recorder to the previous window If necessary see Synchronizing the Portal Server and the NVR below Recorder Server IP address...

Page 60: ...pan zoom and tilt commands can be scripted and executed from ETV Portal Server to control the movement of the camera at a specific date time and recurrence Record Path Path and folder where all record...

Page 61: ...llowing fields and click Submit This adds the newly configured script device to the list of devices shown in the previous window To modify a Script Device first delete the device and then repeat these...

Page 62: ...ce You can use a text based script or a binary script to control devices connected to the serial passthrough port COM1 or COM2 on a VBrick encoder You can control devices that require binary input by...

Page 63: ...or ETV Portal Server to populate the panel with a list of devices 4 In Select Device highlight one or more devices and use the arrow buttons to populate the right panel 5 Create the Script Content a F...

Page 64: ...t a brief example If you need help or want more information about using binary scripts please contact VBrick Support Services script send binary 0xc1 0x0d receive 2 send binary 0xc0 0x0d receive 2 sen...

Page 65: ...Server or a stream coming from a hosting provider Additionally this feature lets you enter the addresses of non MPEG streams such as Windows Media and Real Networks Note that the Access Control featur...

Page 66: ...her for most non MPEG streams select WM for swf Flash streams Title Title is what will display to clients in the ETV Portal Server viewing pages Stream Type URL Syntax MPEG 1 MPEG 2 vbricksys ip 239 1...

Page 67: ...e Darwin Server or if there is Windows Media or Real Networks content that needs to be displayed through the Portal Server interface WM http 172 22 2 147 vbs1http asx http 172 22 2 147 vbrickvideo1 Wh...

Page 68: ...video content from an outside source Select type Document for PDFs or Word documents or type Other for PowerPoint presentations Flash demos etc Each content type has a different icon on the Video Lib...

Page 69: ...chedule broadcasts a live or stored video to specified VBricks or set top boxes in case of an emergency The schedule is executed instantly for a specified duration or indefinitely When done or manuall...

Page 70: ...a different wizard depending on the selections you make but basically you select the video source which can be a live or stored broadcast the downstream targets VBricks or STBs to which it will be br...

Page 71: ...the fields explained below Note Advanced Settings are available to configure VBricks and STBs with exceptional configuration parameters It is unlikely you will ever need to change these settings In a...

Page 72: ...name selected above Template MPEG only Screen varies for MPEG 1 2 or 4 Destination Destination 1 Destination 2 RTSP Server Destination Address Enter value Video Port Enter value Audio Port Enter value...

Page 73: ...es Program names are also used to set permissions for live presentations and all defined Program Names are displayed in the Add Modify Live Channel Privileges window You can allow or deny viewing of a...

Page 74: ...s including Folder Title and Owner If Access Control is not enabled the owner for all playlists defaults to MCSClient Note that if Access Control is subsequently enabled any previously created playlis...

Page 75: ...at log entries are written to the log file only after viewing or recording is complete To see what is currently being viewed or recorded open the Logged Programs table in MCS using MySQL Query Browser...

Page 76: ...ort and x duration For best results with log analysis tools do not de select any other fields Enable Access Logging Sets access logging on or off Default off The log files are saved in Program Files V...

Page 77: ...eadsheet You can also use a standard editor like Notepad and the Excel spreadsheet template provided by VBrick to examine the logs The MCSS Access Log xlt template file makes to easy to view and sort...

Page 78: ...ems Inc 5 Once the window is populated with log data Figure 11 you can view or sort any of the columns as necessary 6 Click Pivot Table Wizard and follow the prompts to build a Pivot Table Figure 11 I...

Page 79: ...rick Apache machine that can be used to connect to a third party content provider In this type of scenario the third party provider provides programming data that is shown on the user interface in the...

Page 80: ...id URL in the following format http www server_ip_address Channel Guide Server Security By default password security is enabled Uncheck to disable and then enter and confirm a different password Chann...

Page 81: ...ng stations you can assign or change the Icon Name Channel number etc You can also enter a searchable Description that displays in the View Info popup when you mouseover the channel number in the user...

Page 82: ...dit Programs and Add New Links buttons 7 Add custom programming information see Custom Programs and links see Add New Links as explained below 8 Click Modify Custom Station when done to save your chan...

Page 83: ...er and updated at regular specified intervals see Channel Guide on page 67 for details Name Required Name assigned to the station that will display on the popup when you mouseover the icon on the Live...

Page 84: ...th each live stream T To add a new link 1 Click Add New Link and enter a Link Title and Link Type 2 Enter a Web Page URL or navigate to an upload file an image a Microsoft Word document etc 3 Click Ad...

Page 85: ...Station from this list and then click Add New Custom Program 3 Use the fields explained below to create custom programming for the selected station Click on the header titles as appropriate to sort t...

Page 86: ...ation Name Read only Program Title Desc Program Title is shown in the Channel Guide for example Monday Night Football Description is shown on the popup see Figure 12 when you mouseover the item in the...

Page 87: ...expiration date in the database If the current date is later than this expiration date the content cannot be viewed by a Portal Server user When new content is added for example using Add Video or aut...

Page 88: ...ation date if any Folders Use to navigate to a specific folder Filename Click once on any named content in the list to populate this field Expiration Expiration Date set date in mm dd yyyy 12 00 AM fo...

Page 89: ...t to expand or contract individual entries Click the Cancel icon to the left of each to cancel a recording or ingestion in progress This also cancels the recording on the Live Broadcasts page Valid Li...

Page 90: ...75 and Stream Restrictions on page 26 for more information Access Control Under the Access Control section administrators have the ability to enable Authentication and Authorization which requires use...

Page 91: ...base for authentication using an LDAP database or using both VBrick supports major LDAP vendors but only Microsoft Active Directory Novell eDirectory and OpenLDAP are fully tested and supported If Not...

Page 92: ...your local network you can open ETV Portal Server without re entering your login credentials See below Using Single Sign On Use Independent Group Entries If unchecked the default the user s group memb...

Page 93: ...schema Microsoft Active Directory sAMAccountName Novell eDirectory uid Attribute for Groups Required by ETV Portal Server Attribute to identify the group to which a user belongs The following sample g...

Page 94: ...ans http yourserver is in the Local Intranet Zone while http yourserver yourcompany com or http 199 88 7 11 is in the Internet Zone Configuring IIS for Single Sign On Use the following steps to config...

Page 95: ...root certificate locally on the ETV Portal Server as Trusted Root Certificate Authority 1 Open Internet Explorer 2 In the address bar type https LDAPSERVER 636 where LDAPSERVER is the address of the L...

Page 96: ...rtificate 7 Click Next 8 Click Place all certificates in the following store 9 Click Browse 10 Check Show physical stores check box 11 Click the plus sign next to Trusted Root Certificate Authorities...

Page 97: ...ell as in the configuration of the LDAP Server For example if the information is edirldap vb loc then the address bar should read https edirldap vb loc 636 and the LDAP Path should read LDAP edirldap...

Page 98: ...rver online help system in a new window This online help system provide fast full text search and makes it easy to find the information you need To navigate in the help window use the tree controls on...

Page 99: ...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 thumbnai...

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Page 101: ...ng of content from only specific VOD servers on the network The ability to place bandwidth restrictions for viewing content The ability to limit certain users to only access Multicast or RTSP unicast...

Page 102: ...example a new user needs only to be entered once into the LDAP directory and all future modifications to that user can be done in the same central location Different applications can authenticate and...

Page 103: ...inistrator wants to provide access to live streams via channel number d If security is a concern SSL should be turned on between clients and the ETV Portal Server server This allows User Names and Pas...

Page 104: ...system Administrators should authenticate users with an LDAP Directory server if The organization has an LDAP server that they actively manage to allow products to authenticate The ETV Portal Server a...

Page 105: ...dministrator to quickly provide access to new content to Users and User Groups For example if the organization originally had ten Live Channels on the network and another Live Channel was added the Ad...

Page 106: ...ing the VBrick Database if LDAP authentication is not available or desired Finally in order to assign user PINs to access Set Top Boxes a user assignment is needed see Set Top Box Authentication secti...

Page 107: ...modify users select Users from the navigation bar on the left User User Use this option if the EtherneTV system will be accessed by a PC or Mac user or if Users will be authenticated to STBs via PIN...

Page 108: ...defined Click Resource Groups in the main navigation to the left to create Resource Groups Add Modify Live Channel Privileges A live channel is a live stream that has been modified into a Custom stat...

Page 109: ...the same on both servers only one folder name will show up in the list Allow Viewing by Content Type The Administrator can limit the types of content that a user can view and or limit the bandwidth th...

Page 110: ...r on demand recording You must select a folder above for Allow Content Recording before you can make a folder selection here Administrators can allow a user the ability to record live content to a spe...

Page 111: ...Restrictions and Expiration Privileges when adding stored content or scheduling a recording Note that copyright restrictions apply only to Portal Server initiated playback sessions and not for exampl...

Page 112: ...r Groups and they will inherit the privileges of that group If no Users appear then none have been defined However if LDAP is being used for Authentication no users need to be defined When a user Auth...

Page 113: ...and one Resource Group for each of the user groups Full Access would be assigned to each user group and the Marketing Resource Group would be assigned to the Marketing User Group the Engineering Reso...

Page 114: ...ing Users on page 93 The only difference is that the descriptions will apply to resource groups rather than to individual users Method Description User Interaction Comment User PIN If Access Control i...

Page 115: ...on is enabled but the STB is not defined in the system then Access Management works based on a User PIN This PIN is defined on a per user not per STB basis so Users need to be setup in the system for...

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Page 117: ...e Portal Server and the LDAP Server can be encrypted by enabling encryption on the LDAP server VOD W Server Communication between the Portal Server and a VOD W server can be encrypted by enabling SSL...

Page 118: ...Next Important The common name is one of the most significant pieces of information that ends up in the certificate 12 Enter the appropriate information in the Country Region State Province and City l...

Page 119: ...hen an administrator attempts to access the Administration pages it will also force them to use https ipaddressofserver admin The padlock icon will be visible at the throughout the entire Admin site S...

Page 120: ...the and characters shown below in red Web Security 1 Web Page Security 1 Remove comments around the following section to enable SSL on all Admin Console pages section name secureWebPages type Hyper W...

Page 121: ...es Dedicated platform NVR servers are available on a dedicated hardware platform which eliminates resource contention and guarantees successful recording Software only NVR servers are available as a s...

Page 122: ...dware configuration relative to the number of purchased licenses The license file determines the total maximum concurrent recordings allowed In a standard NVR installation the NVR license file is stor...

Page 123: ...d with the standard Portal Server Admin Console or the Standalone NVR Console records from the Record button or the Scheduler module Supports batch recording where one large file is recorded into mult...

Page 124: ...med using the Recorders pages on the Portal Server s or Standalone NVR s Admin Console See Recorders on page 43 for more information T To configure a standard NVR in a Portal Server Installation 1 Log...

Page 125: ...of simultaneous recording the NVR will support which is less than or equal to the licensed number of recordings The record Path can be set to local hard drive on the NVR machine or to a network drive...

Page 126: ...tion of the Scheduler see Using the Scheduler in the Portal Server User Guide Figure 14 Portal Server Schedule Record Page Note To use a standard NVR the Portal Server and the NVR must be installed an...

Page 127: ...re available from the Video Library page and have a special icon Like other content rich media presentations can only be seen by those viewers who have appropriate permissions This document explains h...

Page 128: ...rded for future use only in VBPresenter they cannot be recorded using the Portal Server Configuring MCS for VBPresenter The following pages explain how to configure the MCS Portal Server to handle liv...

Page 129: ...nt check the appropriate folders c Allow Content Publishing check the appropriate folders 3 Go to Global Settings Global Assignments Assign Presentations and select the user you created above for exam...

Page 130: ...e link will be automatically removed from this page at the end of the presentation If the presentation is terminated abnormally for any reason for example if the presenter exits without going OFFLINE...

Page 131: ...ate to the video name published from VBPresenter and click once to launch it in a browser 3 Mouse over the presentation name to display the Info button to the right Use this popup window to enter Keyw...

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Page 133: ...the ETV Portal Server for easy ingestion to the VOD server s The ETV Portal Server periodically every 5 minutes polls certain folders for presence of content and if found ingests the content onto mult...

Page 134: ...the right inside the Add Modify Folders on Selected Servers box Select the desired folder and then select the target VOD servers to ingest content Press Submit The folder is now created under the auto...

Page 135: ...t be FTPed or copied to this directory and the target video title must contain the fully qualified path to the destination The autoingest user name as configured in the Portal Server Admin Console wil...

Page 136: ...ommand Ingest MCSTitle VODFolder Spiderman Returns MCSTitle Keywords Ingest001 Keywords Description My ingested Video Description Expiration 20060430 1130 Expiration SourceFileName Ingest002 wmv Sourc...

Page 137: ...This file must reside in a folder on the Portal Server The format for this data is absolutepath FullLocPath for example absolutepath c Temp ingest002 wmv Remote FTP MPEG Files only This file resides o...

Page 138: ...lity to remove the closed captions track from an MPEG 4 file if necessary It is installed with ETV Portal Server in c program files vbrick utils T To remove the closed captions track from MPEG 4 files...

Page 139: ...ing key directories and files from a live primary Portal Server to a warm backup secondary MCS server These directories and files are backed up on a scheduled periodic basis and a configurable number...

Page 140: ...te ETV Backup is tightly integrated with the Portal Server and backs up key directories and files VBrick does not support any user customization of this product or any non ETV Portal Server uses of th...

Page 141: ...default the warm backup option is disabled on both servers T To enable a warm backup server 1 On the server machine that will be used as the warm backup go to Start Control Panel Add or Remove Progra...

Page 142: ...S Warm Backup Group These addresses must correspond to the actual IP address of your live Portal Server T To set the profile IP addresses 1 Launch ETV Backup go to Start All Programs VBrick ETV Backup...

Page 143: ...nd enter the password associated with that user 4 Press OK and OK and minimize the application do not exit 5 Reset Database Backup Versioning This step is important Do not omit this step T To reset da...

Page 144: ...the navigation footer The backup should run without errors and a window similar to the one shown below will report a successful backup However if problems occur for example if you entered an invalid...

Page 145: ...backup server 3 If you want viewers to use the same host name for the Portal Server after turning a warm backup into a live server a network administrator will have to change the IP address or DNS en...

Page 146: ...o to Copy Delete Advanced 2 Set the value to whatever is appropriate for your site VBrick recommends leaving this value at zero unless it has an adverse impact on Portal Server users Software Installa...

Page 147: ...control unit to select streams and navigate Portal Server pages after the Amino is configured and running as explained here The Amino does not support the following Portal Server functionality Access...

Page 148: ...ess Alt m on the keyboard 3 Enter the read management password default leaves 4 If a DHCP server is present the Amino IP address is automatically obtained from the DHCP server 5 If a DHCP server is no...

Page 149: ...keyboard and use the steps listed above in Configuring the Amino to set a new IP address 4 Press Ctrl again to toggle off the Default Amino Keys and resume normal operation Configuring a Direct Connec...

Page 150: ...ngs 4 Change the TV Display Format to Widescreen TV 5 Save changes exit Preferences and power cycle the STB 6 Be sure to set the widescreen TV monitor to Full mode T To configure for widescreen using...

Page 151: ...deo Output Widescreen TV 16 9 video plays normally and 4 3 video has black bars left and right pillar box This relies on the TV responding to aspect ratio switching signals on VBI line 23 PAL only On...

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Page 153: ...two industry leading products means that customers with legacy networks can retain their existing network infrastructure and still deploy the latest in video delivery systems The benefits of this prod...

Page 154: ...k Next d For FTP Site Content Directory click Browse and navigate to the directory specified in the StoragePath line whose data is being setup Click OK then Next e In the Access Permissions window cli...

Page 155: ...o and or their representatives Use the following steps to point to the Portal Server manifest file and set other configuration options T To set configuration options and identify the manifest file 1 B...

Page 156: ...ntent added via the ETV Portal Server has been pushed to the ACNS remote content engine s disk storage 3 Open a browser and launch a Portal Server client 4 Launch a stored MPEG 4 or WM video from the...

Page 157: ...nge this title open the Portal Server Admin Console and go to Global Assignments Change Title then enter a new title or leave the title blank by entering at least one space Note that the title is alwa...

Page 158: ...S Images topBanner 1003x50_PS jpg VBrick STB Header image for MCS Portal Server C sfwapp Components WebApp MCS images STB EtherneTV Top STB_PS jpg Header image for MCS Live Portal Server C sfwapp Comp...

Page 159: ...s header_ClientBranding Modify Any attributes for font and color Files to Change css PC_HighRes css css PC_LowRes css Classes workspace Modify Any attributes for margins positioning borders and master...

Page 160: ...Classes timeHeadertableSearch Modify Background color Files to Change css ChanGuide_styles css Classes timeHeadertable timeHeaderCells CHGuidePrevBtn CHGuideNextBtn Modify Background color color fonts...

Page 161: ...ecording Modify Border color background color recording image padding etc Files to Change css PC_HighRes css css PC_LowRes css Classes ContentList Modify Border background color scroll bar Files to Ch...

Page 162: ...s MCS_Styles_stb css layers mainElement background stb inc Classes all Modify Font size color background padding etc HTML Any files in layer directory ending with stb inc Files to Change MCS_Amino css...

Page 163: ...s that the following files be FTPed to the NXG server These files are located in the Portal Server utilities folder at C Program Files Vbrick MCS utils NXGtoVODWMigrationTools VBListAssets awk VBListA...

Page 164: ...he Migration Tool is a Windows based application that is installed with the Portal Server installation and should be run on the Portal Server machine Once you have created an asset file use the follow...

Page 165: ...content migration is complete reset the Transfer Rate to the default 10000 Running the Migration Tool T To migrate video files to the VOD W 1 Launch the Migration Tool Go to C Program Files Vbrick MC...

Page 166: ...Address IP address of source NXG server Ftp User Name FTP user name of NXG server Default vbrickuser Ftp User Password FTP password of NXG server Default vbrickuser Assets Browse to the file nxg_asset...

Page 167: ...ile in the Assets field and repeat the migration Assets Filter Optional Enter an alphabetic substring to search for matching files and click Apply File Names Select the video files to be migrated from...

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Page 169: ...sed during the ingestion procedure The Excel metadata spreadsheet for the package is inside the package folder with a name like 8000 0120 Clearvue HS MPEG Gold 7 17 08 xls You must copy this spreadshe...

Page 170: ...ck Systems Inc 2 Open IIS Manager a Expand the Local server and then the FTP server b Add an FTP site called MassIngest c Map the FTP site to the directory on the LaCie USB drive that has the video to...

Page 171: ...k Change Remove and select Install Replace the EtherneTV Content license file c Click Next then browse to the file and click Open 5 Manually close the window when done See Installing Portal Server Lic...

Page 172: ...he window opens go to Options Initiate Mass Ingestion 3 When the Mass Ingestion utility starts a Set Local Video Content Path to the actual path b The Ingest Source Directory is ftp Portal Server IP A...

Page 173: ...ck to 10 000 Kbps See Configuring a VOD W Server on page 159 Backing Up the Database Once Mass Ingestion is complete it is recommended that you perform a full database backup To ensure a successful da...

Page 174: ...s of the following directories and the Metadata file in C VBrick Backup C Program Files MySQL MySQL Server x x data C Program Files VBrick MCS Images Thumbnails C Program Files VBrick MCS licenses 4 C...

Page 175: ...to the ETV Portal Server and a safe location to store the backup database and files Topics in this chapter System Backup 163 System Restore 164 System Backup To ensure a successful system backup you...

Page 176: ...will show the progress of the Services that will be stopped After the services have stopped minimize the Services window 5 Open My Computer and restore the following directories from the backup locati...

Page 177: ...toIngest Content via XML 123 C Configuring a Presentation User 117 Configuring for Live Presentations 117 Configuring for Presentations 116 Configuring for Stored Presentations 119 Configuring IWS for...

Page 178: ...VBrick Database 90 VBrick Encoders Decoders 6 VBricks 36 W Windows PCs 10 Working with Presentations 116 Z 3 Create User Groups on the Portal Server 92 6 Assign Resources to Users or User Groups 93 A...

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