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User’s ManualVersion 2.13 - July 2010Archive / Storage & Gateway Solutions

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 1 1. Introduction Digital Archiving on removable media The XFi

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 91 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION TO DELETE CLIPS 1. Press

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 92 3.10.4 CONVERTING BACKUP FILES From Multicam version 9.00,

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 93 3.10.5 TRANSFERRING BACKUP FILES TO EXTERNAL SYSTEMS From

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 94 3.10.6 IMPORTING FILES FROM THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS Files from

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 95 3.11 DISKS-FOLDERS MAINTENANCE 3.11.1 INTRODUCTION ACCESS

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 96 3.11.3 HOW TO COPY/MOVE CLIPS TO OTHER XFILE FOLDERS Impor

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 97 The Result column mentions where each file is present.

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 98 3.11.5 MAINTAINING FOLDERS IN THE XFILE PATHS In the folder

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 99 3.12 PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE 3.12.1 INTRODUCTION ACCESS Clic

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 100 3.12.2 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE WINDOW The Pla

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 2 All Super-motion clips, created on any networked EVS video se

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 101 MEDIA INFO AREA The Media Info area contains the same info

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 102 3.12.3 SETTINGS FOR PLAYLISTS ACCESSING THE PLAYLIST SETTI

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 103 MEDIA FILE SETTINGS Filename Format String The following

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 104 CSV contents file generation If you tick this check box, th

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 105 HOW TO CREATE A BACKUP PLAYLIST To create a backup playlis

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 106 HOW TO LOAD A BACKUP PLAYLIST You will load a backup playli

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 107 3.12.5 EXPORTING A BACKUP PLAYLIST INTRODUCTION Exporting

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 108 3.12.6 RENDERING A SERVER PLAYLIST INTRODUCTION Rendering

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 109 3.13 JOB STATUS 3.13.1 PURPOSE The Job Status window giv

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 110 XNET AREA This area displays the number of clips already sa

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 3 2. Software Installation Important The XFILE 2.13 installe

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 111 Note Users cannot cancel Gigabit jobs while they are bein

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 112 JOBS DONE AREA This area displays all the jobs done with th

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 113 • A period of time: a range of date & time can be de

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 114

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 115 4. XStream All operations of XStream are concentrated in a

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 116 4.1 SCHEDULER AND QUICKSTART MODES The users can perform b

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 117 4.2 INFORMATION & MENU AREA The Information & Men

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 118 4.2.3 TRANSFER RATE The counter displays the current tran

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 119 4.3 TIME GRID 4.3.1 INFORMATION DISPLAYED IN THE TIME GR

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 120 The following sections provide screenshots to show which

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4 3. Select the items to install in the Selection Components w

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 121 QUICKSTART MODE When a job is launched in the QuickStart m

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 122 Note When time code jumps occur in the recorded train, the

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 123 4.5 STATUS AREA The different operations are divided into

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 124 4.5.2 GENERAL TAB The GENERAL tab displays the informatio

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 125 4.6 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Modify the system configuration

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 126 NUMBER OF DISKS Specifies the number of disks assigned to t

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 127 DEFAULT JOB DURATION (default: 1 hour) SELECT DEFAULT OUTP

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 128 Options Endless Max Duration When selecting any output form

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 129 24 bits samples can be down converted to 16 bits by select

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 130 4.6.3 ADVANCED PARAMETERS TAB RECORD GRID START UP OPTION

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 5 5. In the Contiguration Parameters window, select the RESET

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 131 EDIT JOB DIALOG OPTIONS This option specifies the time aft

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 132 4.7 RECORD GRID MENU The Record Grid menu contains several

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 133 CLEAN OPTIONS The Clean commands from the Record Grid men

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 134 LOAD JOBS The Load Jobs command from the Record Grid menu m

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 135 4. If you want some of the displayed jobs not to be load

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 136 Color Codes in the Jobs List The jobs displayed as records

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 137 4.8 CONTEXTUAL MENU IN THE SCHEDULER Different contextual

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 138 4.8.2 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE CAMERA NAMES AREA This con

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 139 4.8.3 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE GRID OF A CAMERA This con

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 140 4.8.4 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE RIGHT OF THE SERVER NAME T

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 6 3. XFile Module Note XFile and XStream applications work sim

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 141 4.8.5 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM A JOB This contextual menu a

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 142 4.8.6 CHECK TIMECODE INTEGRITY Every 5 minutes, the applic

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 143 4.9 CREATING AND EDITING JOBS IN SCHEDULER MODE Create a

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 144 4.9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION The following fields displayed a

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 145 4.9.2 IN/OUT TAB IN/OUT Defines the starting time of the

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 146 Note Prior to start recording files, check the disk capaci

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 147 4.9.3 OUTPUTS TAB XStream Multitarget allows creating thr

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 148 If the filename is not filled in, the default filename will

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 149 4.10 CREATING JOBS IN QUICKSTART MODE The QuickStart mode

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 150 5. Click the Record button to start the job. This QuickS

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 7 3.1.1 NETWORK SETUP XFILE IDENTIFICATION ON THE NETWORK Sta

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 151 Field / Button Description XT Number and Name Displays t

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 152 4.10.3 SETUP IN QUICKSTART MODE The settings defined in th

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 153 These settings will have priority on the default settings

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 154 4.10.5 STORAGE TAB The Storage tab allows the user to de

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 155 5. External modules The different external modules are ava

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 156 The list box in the right area displays all clips saved in

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 157 TC MODE The TC Mode field allows selecting the time code

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 158 TIMELINE The timeline at the bottom of the window allows yo

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 159 Note The ShuttlePRO can be used to perform the commands c

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 160 Note No compression artifact is added to this file creatio

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 8 VarID Uniticy (Global / Local) This parameter is available fr

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 161 5.1.5 CLIPNAME – KEYWORDS TAB In the Clipname – Keyword T

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 162 5.1.6 HD PREVIEW TAB When editing an HD clip, the HD Previ

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 163 5.2 SHUTTLEPRO USE IN EDIT CLIP MODULE From XFile version

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 164 The Import Settings window opens: 4. Select the file XFile

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 165 5.2.2 SHUTTLEPRO COMMANDS IN THE EDIT CLIP MODULE The dr

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 166 The following table describes the action that can be perfor

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 167 ShuttlePRO Dommand Keyboard Shortcut Command Description G

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 168 5.3 XFILE CLIP INFO EXPORTER The XFile Clip Info Exporter

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 169 5.3.1 HOW TO EXPORT DATA TO AN XML, TXT OR CSV FILE You c

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 170 5.3.2 CONFIGURING THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER Configuring the

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 9 COMBINED MODE GBE + XNET This combined mode permits the tran

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 171 5.3.3 FIELDS IN THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW The following ta

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 172 Field Description Button to export the selection of metada

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 173 5.3.5 HOW TO IMPORT THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER CONFIGURATION

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 174 5.4 STORYBOARD In the XFile List of the Maintenance mode,

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 175 The HTML output file will be similar to the screenshot bel

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 176 Appendix 1: XF[2] Hardware HARDWARE DESCRIPTION The XFile

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 177 INSTALLING A NEW HARD DISK The aim of the following proced

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 178 CREATING A PARTITION ON THE STORAGE DISK 1. From the deskt

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 179 HARD DISK CONFIGURATION EVS provides the following hard di

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 180 CREATING AND REINSTALLING A GHOST OF YOUR SYSTEM The aim of

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 10 CUSTOM CONFIGURATION When you select the Custom radio button

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 181 HOW TO CREATE A NEW GHOST IMAGE OF YOUR SYSTEM 1. Reboot

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 182 Notes

To learn more about EVS go to www.evs.tvEVS Broadcast Equipment Liège Science Park16, rue Bois St JeanB-4102 OugréeBelgiumCorporate Headquarters+32 4

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D I COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2003-2010. A

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 11 If you assign more channels than supported in the defined c

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 12 3.2 STARTUP At first start the upper part of the window di

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 13 If the values are coherent, press START: the System Config

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 14 If all these stages are successful, the XFile is ready to o

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 15 3.3 SESSION CONFIGURATION Once the XFile application is st

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 16 SELECTION TABS To allow a secondary selection and a third s

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 17 Server Selection When a server is selected, it is displayed

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 18 Archive Flag The Archive Flag criterion (α ) makes it possib

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 19 How to Select the Material to Autobackup To select the mate

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 20 Three conditions are required to validate the Archive status

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 II

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 21 The Time Range filter requires a start date and time, as we

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 22 Generating an XML Metadata File When the AutoBackup Output

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 23 Important Prior to modify the Disk Writing Mode, it is str

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 24 Second Output Parameters This field group can only be used

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 25 AUTOBACKUP VALIDATION TAB In the Autobackup Validation Tab,

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 26 3.3.2 TAB 2 – MXF METADATA This area displays the current

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 27 HOW TO DEFINE A USER SESSION DATE Two session date fields a

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 28 3.3.3 TAB 3 – MANUAL BACKUP Output File Format The follow

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 29 • Avid MXF OPAtom • MXF OP1a (Std SMPTE) Generating an

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 30 Backup Folder Refer to section ‘Backup Folder’ on page 23 fo

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D III Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 31 5. Click the APPEND button to add the selected item at the

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 32 3.3.4 TAB 4 – SCAN FOLDER AUTO RESTORE The Auto Restore fu

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 33 Scan Folder This field defines the folder to scan for backu

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 34 The following color code is used: Background colour Meaning

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 35 AutoImport This parameter allows the extraction of metadata

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 36 3.3.5 TAB 5 – GRAB The Multicam operators, from their rem

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 37 Note No compression artifact is added to this file creatio

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 38 3.3.6 TAB 6 – EXPORT All clips backed up by the XFile can

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 39 Default Ingest Device Media Format The Default Ingest Devi

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 40 3.3.7 TAB 7 – XML A few operations made by XFile as backu

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 IV 3.8.3 How to Un-publish a Clip ...

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 41 To use this option, proceed as follows: 1. Select the Scan

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 42 Subfolders Created Four subfolders are automatically created

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 43 <Job_Src_Id_Material>9YYabjA0</Job_Src_Id_Mater

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 44 3.3.8 TAB 8 – USER PARAMETERS Parameters for Automatic Pro

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 45 Parameters for Confirmation Messages Confirm Manual Backup

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 46 3.4 USER INTERFACE 3.4.1 OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN WINDOW The s

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 47 3.4.2 XFILE LIST The XFile List area includes the followin

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 48 Clip Information Description Keyword 2 Displays the second

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 49 SELECTING COLUMNS IN THE XFILE LIST Use the right-click bu

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 50 FILTERS The upper part of the XFile list displays a list o

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D V 4.6.3 Advanced parameters Tab ...

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 51 Creation date Note The Creation date and the backup ti

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 52 1. For date selection, do one of the following: • In the

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 53 In Autobackup mode, the Folders filter displays this select

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 54 • The user must double-click a folder to select it for use

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 55 The following principles are applicable in this dialog box:

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 56 Clipnames Clicking on the icon on the right side opens th

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 57 Keywords Clicking on the icon on the right side opens th

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 58 OK / Cancel Press OK to confirm your selection and to quit t

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 59 VarID Clicking on the right icon will display the VarID

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 60 Media / Clips The MXF file is the file containing all da

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 VI What’s New in Version 2.13? The changes linked to new featur

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 61 The following options are available for selection: Option D

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 62 Camera label Clicking on the icon on the right side opens

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 63 Filter Based on Prefix The Filter based on Prefix field a

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 64 COUNTERS A counter of clips is available in all modes in the

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 65 The icon displayed in the lower part of the screen notices

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 66 Refining the Selection Filters Use these filters to refine t

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 67 SCHEDULED JOBS STATUS DISPLAY The Scheduled Jobs status dis

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 68 3.5 AUTOBACKUP MODE PURPOSE Press to activate the Autobac

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 69 Note Other modes (backup, restore and maintenance) are als

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 70 Note Working with copies of clips can affect the value of t

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D VII XFile: Priority given to XML file when metadata have been

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 71 3.6.2 HOW TO START MANUALLY THE BACKUP OF A FILE To start

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 72 3.6.3 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR MANUAL BACKUP To

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 73 5. If required, select the appropriate Disk Writing Mode,

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 74 3.7 RESTORE MODE Press to enter the Restore mode. The XF

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 75 3.7.1 HOW TO RESTORE A FILE To restore a backed up file on

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 76 The clips being restored on an EVS video server are seen in

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 77 3.7.2 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR RESTORE To sele

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 78 Restored clips are displayed in the XNet list: Restore Dest

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 79 3.8 PUBLISH MODE Press to enter the Publish mode. The Pu

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 80 3.8.2 HOW TO PUBLISH CLIPS To publish a clip stored on the

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 81 7. You may switch to the Fast Publish mode by pressing th

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 82 FAST PUBLISH To publish clips with Fast Publish, you first n

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 83 3.9 MAINTENANCE MODE 3.9.1 ACCESSING THE MAINTENANCE MODE

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 84 3.9.2 MAINTENANCE FEATURES Four different maintenance sub-m

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 85 3.10 CLIP MAINTENANCE From XFile version 1.14, you can bac

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 86 3.10.2 MEDIA INFO AREA When you click the Clip Maintenance

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 87 THUMBNAILS The thumbnails defined for each file are extract

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 88 HD clips are displayed with 16:9 aspect ratio. FILE AND CLI

XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 2.13.D 89 Note Depending on the time code and video systems, the tim

Issue 2.13.D XFile Version 2.13 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 90 3.10.3 DELETING BACKUP CLIPS AND FILES As several clips may