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XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 9 5. Set the RESET EXISTING SETTINGS if required and press NEXT to continu

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 10 Press INSTALL to load the drivers. 9. Press EXIT to quit the PCX Drivers i

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 11 Creating and Reinstalling a Ghost of your System The aim of this procedur

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 12 How to create a new ghost image of your system 1. Reboot the system on Boo

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 13 Software management NOTE: XFILE and XSTREAM applications work simultane

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 14 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AREA: This field displays the current parameters of t

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 15 STATUS AREA: The aim of this area is to check the hardware validity, the

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 16 System configuration The system configuration window is only available for

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 17 NETWORK AREA Standalone mode: Selects this option allows the operator to

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 18 STORAGE AREA Disk mode: (Single Disk / Dual Disk / Mirroring) Single Disk:

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents _______________________________________

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 19 Session configuration The session configuration window is divided into 7

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 20 2. then Select the camera angles desired to be part of the autobackup proc

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 21 2. Then set the ‘DEFAULT XFILE’ parameter in the Setup menu of your LSM-

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 22 The ‘Time Range’ filter requires a date-time for the beginning and a date-

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 23 AUTOBACKUP VALIDATION: In the right area, the Autobackup validation list

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 24 2. MXF METADATA AREA This area displays the current parameters and values

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 25 3. XFILE SESSION AREA Session Folder: Selects the folder destination t

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 26 4. ADVANCED PARAMETERS Autostart: This option auto-starts the XFILE soft

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 27 Use fixed size font for Clipnames and keywords: Enabling this option will

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 28 5. GRAB The Multicam operator from his remote control panel is able to se

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 2 External modules __________________________________________________87 Preview

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 29 Grab XT/XFILE Filename Format String The default filename automatically

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 30 CleanEdit: The clips backed up can be automatically inserted into the Clean

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 31 6. XML A few operations made by XFile as backup, restore, delete, copy,

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 32 Example of XML file for backup command: Backup Clip 112 A from XT n°11 to

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 33 Autobackup mode Press to activate the Autobackup Mode. In this mode, t

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 34 Note: Other modes (backup, restore and maintenance) are also available du

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 35 Note 1: Working with copies of clips can affect the value of the d

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 36 STATUS AREA The transfer rate of the Backup and Restore processes is perman

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 37 Select one/several items in the list and press ‘Cancel job’, or press ‘C

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 38 REFINING THE SELECTION IN THE XFILE LIST: SORTING CLIPS To sort a column i

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 3 Introduction DIGITAL ARCHIVING ON REMOVABLE MEDIA The XFile has access to

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 39 FILTERS The upper part of the XFILE list displays a list of icons. Thes

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 40 Creation date Note: The Creation date and the backup time are diffe

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 41 4. Enter the second selection window to validate the values for the end li

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 42 manually backed up. In this case only one backup folder is selected and its

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 43 In Restore mode, the Folders filter displays this selection: The differ

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 44 In the ‘External Restore Folder’ field, clicking on the icon on the right si

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 45 Clipnames Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the following

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 46 Keywords Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the following dia

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 47 UmID Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the following dialog

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 48 Media / clips The MXF file is the file containing all data related to a

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 4 The XFile is equipped with 2 removable media, working as mirrored drives: ea

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 49 Video Standards Select the squares representing the different video st

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 50 Session Filters The session information is entered via the Config session

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 51 Clip Markers The clip markers allow to tag clips into a global select

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 52 COUNTERS A counter of clips is available in all modes in the upper side of

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 53 Backup mode Press to enter the Backup mode. Press the Backup button

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 54 3. select the clip from the list 4. press to initiate the transfer. No

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 55 3. The clips selected are listed with the current status. If the ‘clip

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 56 Restore mode Press to enter the Restore mode. The XFile can also be

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 57 To display the page/bank list, press and to display the list of cameras,

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 58 Then, the operator has to use the COPYclip command to initiate the transfer

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 5 Configuration Hardware The XFile software is installed in a workstation

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 59 3. Change the display of the list to find one location and select the firs

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 60 Publish mode Press to enter the publish mode. The Publish mode gives

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 61 2. then change the display of the XNet list to find one location. Select

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 62 If the selected location is free, the clip destination lights green. If th

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 63 Maintenance mode Press to enter the maintenance mode. CLIP INFO C

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 64 The first thumbnail shows the SHORT IN frame and the last is the SHORT OUT f

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 65 The Data: The MXF file is the file containing all data related to a commo

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 66 DELETE CLIP / DELETE FILE: As several clips are linked to a file the delet

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 67 obviously delete all the clips included into this file. 4. Press ‘Delete

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 68 5. Press ‘OK’ to close the message box and to switch to the 'Multi-De

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 6 INSTALLING A NEW HARD DISK The aim of the following procedure is to describe

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 69 Disk/Folders Maintenance Click on the Disk icon to enter this mode.

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 70 Note: Clips are linked to a MXF file. In this mode, the MOVE and COPY comm

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 71 Disk Maintenance Click on the Disk icon to enter this mode. Note: D

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 72 Clicking on the arrows initiates a clip copy from one path to the other,

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 73 XSTREAM mode All operations of XStream are concentrated in a single scree

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 74 INFORMATION / MENU AREA: Press to activate the Scheduler Mode. In this mod

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 75 SCHEDULER GRID: CHANNELS AREA: This area is divided into 6 channel field

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 76 STATUS AREA: The different operations are divided into different tabs. In

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 77 The JOBS SELECTED, JOBS PENDING and JOBS ENDLESS tabs give access to ‘MA

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 78 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: Modify the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION by selecting CONFIGURA

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 7 Software installation IMPORTANT NOTE: The XFILE 1.11.00 installer inc

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 79 Path Channel : Enter the path to save files for each channels. JOBS TA

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 80 Important Note: IMX OP1a format can be used when XT[2] server is operating

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 81 ADVANCED PARAMETERS TAB The settings of the record grid are pre-define

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 82 CREATING/EDITING/MODIFYING A JOB: Create a NEW JOB by selecting EDIT from t

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 83 CAM: Selects the Recording INPUT on the XT server that is recording.

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 84 Note :Prior to start recording files, check the disk capacity informati

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 85 GENERAL TAB: This tab defines the NAME of the clip/file to be made and

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 86 PRIMARY OUTPUT: OUTPUT FORMAT: 4 different output formats are available

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 87 External modules The different external modules are available from bot

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 88 Editing a Clip When selecting a file/clip in the XFile list, use the right-

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 8  Main files which include XFILE and XSTREAM installers  Clip Info Expor

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 89 module. When editing a clip with a corrupted file index, the system automa

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 90 The first line gathers the GRAB & EXPORT functions. The second line of

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 91 File Select the filename and the destination folder to save the JPG/BMP

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 92 File destination Select the filename and the destination folder to save th

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 93 Select a clip in the list and then enter the new clipname or new keyword

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 94

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 95 Export Data to TXT file An external module is available for exporting DAT

Issue 1.0 XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire 96 Export Data to HTML file (Storyboard) Into the XFILE window, in all modes,

XFILE Version 1.11 – User’s Manual Author: M. Lothaire Issue 1.0 97 Notes

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