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User’s ManualVersion 2.14 - January 2011Archive / Storage & Gateway Solutions

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 1 1. Introduction Digital Archiving on removable media The

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 91 3.10.5 TRANSFERRING BACKUP FILES TO EXTERNAL SYSTEMS Fr

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 92 3.10.6 IMPORTING FILES FROM THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS Files fr

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 93 3.11 DISKS-FOLDERS MAINTENANCE 3.11.1 INTRODUCTION ACC

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 94 3.11.3 HOW TO COPY/MOVE CLIPS TO OTHER XFILE FOLDERS Im

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 95 The Result column mentions where each file is presen

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 96 3.11.5 MAINTAINING FOLDERS IN THE XFILE PATHS In the fol

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 97 3.12 PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE 3.12.1 INTRODUCTION ACCESS C

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 98 3.12.2 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE WINDOW The P

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 99 MEDIA INFO AREA The Media Info area contains the same in

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 100 3.12.3 SETTINGS FOR PLAYLISTS ACCESSING THE PLAYLIST SE

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2 All Super-motion clips, created on any networked EVS video

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 101 MEDIA FILE SETTINGS Filename Format String The followi

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 102 CSV contents file generation If you tick this check box,

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 103 HOW TO CREATE A BACKUP PLAYLIST To create a backup play

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 104 HOW TO LOAD A BACKUP PLAYLIST You will load a backup pla

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 105 3.12.5 EXPORTING A BACKUP PLAYLIST INTRODUCTION Export

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 106 3.12.6 RENDERING A SERVER PLAYLIST INTRODUCTION Renderi

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 107 3.13 JOB STATUS 3.13.1 PURPOSE The Job Status window

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 108 XNET AREA This area displays the number of clips already

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 109 Note Users cannot cancel Gigabit jobs while they are b

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 110 JOBS DONE AREA This area displays all the jobs done with

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 3 2. Software Installation Important The XFILE 2.14 insta

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 111 Completion Time Displays the list of jobs done during

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 112 3.15 STATISTICS Charts of statistics for restore and ba

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 113 4. XStream All operations of XStream are concentrated i

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 114 4.1 SCHEDULER AND QUICKSTART MODES The users can perfor

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 115 4.2 INFORMATION & MENU AREA The Information &

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 116 4.2.3 TRANSFER RATE The counter displays the current t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 117 4.3 TIME GRID 4.3.1 INFORMATION DISPLAYED IN THE TIME

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 118 The following sections provide screenshots to show whi

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 119 QUICKSTART MODE When a job is launched in the QuickStar

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 120 Note When time code jumps occur in the recorded train,

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4 3. Select the items to install in the Selection Component

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 121 4.5 STATUS AREA The different operations are divided i

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 122 4.5.2 GENERAL TAB The GENERAL tab displays the informa

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 123 4.6 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Modify the system configurati

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 124 NUMBER OF DISKS Specifies the number of disks assigned t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 125 DEFAULT JOB DURATION (default: 1 hour) SELECT DEFAULT O

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 126 Options Endless Max Duration When selecting any output f

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 127 24 bits samples can be down converted to 16 bits by sel

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 128 4.6.3 ADVANCED PARAMETERS TAB RECORD GRID START UP OPT

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 129 EDIT JOB DIALOG OPTIONS This option specifies the time

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 130 4.7 RECORD GRID MENU The Record Grid menu contains seve

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 5 5. In the Configuration Parameters window, select the RE

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 131 CLEAN OPTIONS The Clean commands from the Record Grid

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 132 LOAD JOBS The Load Jobs command from the Record Grid men

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 133 4. If you want some of the displayed jobs not to be l

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 134 Color Codes in the Jobs List The jobs displayed as recor

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 135 4.8 CONTEXTUAL MENU IN THE SCHEDULER Different context

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 136 4.8.2 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE CAMERA NAMES AREA This

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 137 4.8.3 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE GRID OF A CAMERA This

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 138 4.8.4 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE RIGHT OF THE SERVER NAME

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 139 4.8.5 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM A JOB This contextual men

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 140 4.8.6 CHECK TIMECODE INTEGRITY Every 5 minutes, the app

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 6 3. XFile Module Note XFile and XStream applications work

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 141 4.9 CREATING AND EDITING JOBS IN SCHEDULER MODE Create

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 142 4.9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION The following fields displaye

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 143 4.9.2 IN/OUT TAB IN/OUT Defines the starting time of

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 144 Note Prior to start recording files, check the disk cap

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 145 4.9.3 OUTPUTS TAB XStream Multitarget allows creating

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 146 If the filename is not filled in, the default filename w

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 147 4.10 CREATING JOBS IN QUICKSTART MODE The QuickStart m

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 148 5. Click the Record button to start the job. This Qui

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 149 Field / Button Description XT Number and Name Display

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 150 4.10.3 SETUP IN QUICKSTART MODE The settings defined in

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 7 3.1.1 NETWORK SETUP XFILE IDENTIFICATION ON THE NETWORK

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 151 The Output tab allows the user to define the settings r

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 152 4.10.5 STORAGE TAB The Storage tab allows the user to

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 153 5. External modules The different external modules are

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 154 The list box in the right area displays all clips saved

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 155 TC MODE The TC Mode field allows selecting the time cod

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 156 BUTTONS The first series of buttons gathers the GRAB &am

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 157 5.1.3 GRAB OPTIONS From the IN-OUT tab of the Edit C

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 158 5.1.4 EXPORT OPTION The Export option makes it possibl

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 159 5.1.5 CLIPNAME – KEYWORDS TAB In the Clipname – Keywor

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 160 5.1.6 HD PREVIEW TAB When editing an HD clip, the HD Pr

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 8 VarID Uniqueness (Global / Local) This parameter is availa

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 161 5.2 SHUTTLEPRO USE IN EDIT CLIP MODULE From XFile vers

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 162 The Import Settings window opens: 4. Select the file XF

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 163 5.2.2 SHUTTLEPRO COMMANDS IN THE EDIT CLIP MODULE The

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 164 The following table describes the action that can be per

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 165 ShuttlePRO Command Keyboard Shortcut Command Descriptio

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 166 5.3 XFILE CLIP INFO EXPORTER The XFile Clip Info Export

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 167 5.3.1 HOW TO EXPORT DATA TO AN XML, TXT OR CSV FILE Yo

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 168 5.3.2 CONFIGURING THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER Configuring t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 169 5.3.3 FIELDS IN THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW The following

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 170 Field Description Button to export the selection of met

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 9 COMBINED MODE GBE + XNET This combined mode permits the t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 171 5.3.5 HOW TO IMPORT THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER CONFIGURAT

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 172 5.4 STORYBOARD In the XFile List of the Maintenance mod

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 173 The HTML output file will be similar to the screenshot

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 174 Appendix 1: XF[2] Hardware HARDWARE DESCRIPTION The XFi

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 175 INSTALLING A NEW HARD DISK The aim of the following pro

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 176 CREATING A PARTITION ON THE STORAGE DISK 1. From the de

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 177 HARD DISK CONFIGURATION EVS provides the following hard

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 178 CREATING AND REINSTALLING A GHOST OF YOUR SYSTEM The aim

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 179 HOW TO CREATE A NEW GHOST IMAGE OF YOUR SYSTEM 1. Rebo

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 180 Notes

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10 CUSTOM CONFIGURATION When you select the Custom radio but

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XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B I COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2005-2011

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 11 If you assign more channels than supported in the define

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12 3.2 STARTUP At first start the upper part of the windo

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 13 If the values are coherent, click START: the System Conf

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 14 If all these stages are successful, the XFile is ready t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 15 3.3 SESSION CONFIGURATION Once the XFile application is

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 16 SELECTION TABS To allow a secondary selection and a thir

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 17 Server Selection When a server is selected, it is displa

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 18 Archive Flag The Archive Flag criterion (α ) makes it pos

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 19 How to Select the Material to Autobackup To select the m

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 20 Three conditions are required to validate the Archive sta

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 II

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 21 The Time Range filter requires a start date and time, as

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 22 Generating an XML Metadata File When the AutoBackup Out

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 23 Important Prior to modify the Disk Writing Mode, it is

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 24 Second Output Parameters This field group can only be use

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 25 The clips displayed in a red line will not be taken into

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 26 HOW TO DEFINE A USER SESSION DATE Two session date fields

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 27 3.3.3 TAB 3 – MANUAL BACKUP Output File Format The fo

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 28 • Avid MXF OPAtom • MXF OP1a (Std SMPTE) Generating a

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 29 Backup Filename Format String The default filename auto

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 30 5. Click the APPEND button to add the selected item at t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B III Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 31 3.3.4 TAB 4 – SCAN FOLDER AUTO RESTORE The Auto Restor

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 32 Scan Folder This field defines the folder to scan for bac

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 33 The following color code is used: Background color Mean

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 34 AutoImport This parameter allows the extraction of metada

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 35 3.3.5 TAB 5 – GRAB The Multicam operators, from their

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 36 Note No compression artifact is added to this file creat

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 37 3.3.6 TAB 6 – EXPORT All clips backed up by the XFile

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 38 Default Ingest Device Media Format The Default Ingest De

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 39 3.3.7 TAB 7 – XML A few operations made by XFile as b

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 40 To use this option, proceed as follows: 1. Select the Sc

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 IV 3.8 PUBLISH MODE ...

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 41 Subfolders Created Four subfolders are automatically cre

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 42 <Job_Src_Id_Material>9YYabjA0</Job_Src_Id_Mat

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 43 The user can reset the default filename by clicking the

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 44 Parameters for Confirmation Messages Confirm Manual Back

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 45 3.4 USER INTERFACE 3.4.1 OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN WINDOW T

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 46 3.4.2 XFILE LIST The XFile List area includes the follow

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 47 Clip Information Description Keyword 2 Displays the se

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 48 SELECTING COLUMNS IN THE XFILE LIST Use the right-click

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 49 FILTERS The upper part of the XFile list displays a li

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 50 Creation date Note The Creation date and the backup

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B V 4.6 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ...

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 51 2. For time selection, do one of the following: • In t

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 52 A backup folder can be defined for saving the clips manua

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 53 In the Restore Folders field, clicking on the Folder but

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 54 Only one folder is available for selection. This folder

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 55 the prefixes and the full clip names in the Filter list.

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 56 Filter Based on Existing Keyword At startup all keywords

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 57 When you click the Add button to add the prefix defined

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 58 Click Cancel to come back to the main XFile window withou

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 59 Option Description Group Displays both master clips and

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 60 Filter Based on Prefix The Filter based on Prefix field a

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 VI

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 61 Clip Markers The clip markers allow the users to tag

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 62 3.4.3 NETWORK STATUS The icon displayed in the center of

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 63 3.4.5 JOBS STATUS AREA The transfer rate of the Backup

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 64 Select Columns From the Jobs Done Status area, you can se

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 65 Cancelling Jobs Select one/several items in the list and

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 66 3.5 AUTOBACKUP MODE 3.5.1 PURPOSE Click to activate t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 67 Note Other modes (backup, restore and maintenance) are

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 68 Note Working with copies of clips can affect the value o

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 69 3.6.2 HOW TO START MANUALLY THE BACKUP OF A FILE To sta

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 70 3.6.3 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR MANUAL BACKUP

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B VII What’s New in Version 2.14? The following table describ

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 71 5. If required, select the appropriate Disk Writing Mod

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 72 3.7 RESTORE MODE Click to enter the Restore mode. The

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 73 3.7.1 HOW TO RESTORE A FILE To restore a backed up file

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 74 The clips being restored on an EVS video server are seen

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 75 3.7.3 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR RESTORE To s

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 76 Restored clips are displayed in the XNet list: 3.7.4 RE

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 77 3.8 PUBLISH MODE Click to enter the Publish mode. The

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 78 3.8.2 HOW TO PUBLISH CLIPS To publish a clip stored on t

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 79 7. You may switch to the Fast Publish mode by clicking

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 80 FAST PUBLISH To publish clips with Fast Publish, you firs

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 81 3.9 MAINTENANCE MODE 3.9.1 ACCESSING THE MAINTENANCE M

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 82 3.9.2 MAINTENANCE FEATURES Four different maintenance su

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 83 3.10 CLIP MAINTENANCE From XFile version 1.14, you can

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 84 3.10.2 MEDIA INFO AREA When you click the Clip Maintenan

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 85 THUMBNAILS The thumbnails defined for each file are extr

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 86 HD clips are displayed with 16:9 aspect ratio. FILE AND

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 87 Note Depending on the time code and video systems, the

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 88 3.10.3 DELETING BACKUP CLIPS AND FILES As several clips

XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 2.14.B 89 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION TO DELETE CLIPS 1. Pre

Issue 2.14.B XFile Version 2.14 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 90 3.10.4 CONVERTING BACKUP FILES From Multicam version 9.0