Avid® FastServe | Ingest

User’s Guide

Version 2019.1

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Avid FastServe | Ingest User’s Guide v2019.1 • Created 2/5/19 • This document is distributed by Avid in online (electronic) form only, and is not available for purchase in printed form.

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Contents

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

FastServe | Ingest Recordings and Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2 Working with Pivot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Pivot User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Starting Pivot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting Pivot to the FastServe | Ingest Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The Recordings Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Show Clips from a Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Export a Recording to Share/USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Deleting a Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Stripping a Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Players Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Player Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Playlist View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The Clips Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Creating Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Copying Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Exporting and Importing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Looping Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Show Clip Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Smart Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setting Up Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setting Up Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting Up Smart Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Assigning Smart Events to Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Removing Smart Events from Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Filtering Clips by Smart Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

NetStream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Record Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chunk Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Networking (PlayNet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sending Clips using PlayNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

ISOSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The ISOSync Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Creating a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Rundown View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Copying a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting an Active Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Deleting a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Looping a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Exporting a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Editing a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Enabling the Timeline View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Transfer Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Share Point Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Share Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

nA note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.

cA caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.

wA warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment.

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

(Windows), (Windows only), (Macintosh), or (Macintosh only)

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface items and keyboard sequences.

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

| (pipe character) The pipe character is used in some Avid product names, such as Interplay | Production. In this document, the pipe is used in product names when they are in headings or at their first use in text.

1 Introduction

Avid FastServe | Ingest offers media ingest, editing, and playout capabilities in a single versatile solution. It can capture up to four simultaneous UHD feeds or eight simultaneous HD sources—24/7 if needed. With on-the-fly real-time editing on the video server itself, you can turn around content within seconds, speeding your time to air—ideal for press conferences, political debates, sports highlights, replays, and other live events.

The Avid FastServe | Ingest hardware architecture is robustly built to address the most demanding news, sports, and entertainment production environments. The server is equipped with hot-swappable dual power supplies, dual port network connections, and RAID-protected hard disks running the virus-free and stable Linux operating system.

A versatile production environment offers a better return on investment, and Avid FastServe provides the flexibility you need to meet every production demand. Turning around breaking news stories quickly, Avid FastServe | Ingest can handle the complex and ever-changing needs of modern broadcasters. It also reduces production costs, as only a single operator is required to orchestrate media for a multitude of workflows and needs.

FastServe | Ingest Recordings and Clips

In the FastServe | Ingest system, the terms Recording and Clips are not used interchangeably.

A recording is a complete recorded file stored on the FastServe | Ingest server. For more information on how to work with recordings, see the FastServe | Ingest User Guide.

A FastServe | Ingest clip is a reserved portion of a recording for which you determine the start (In) and end (Out) points. By default, a clip is saved with a few seconds added before its start point and after its end point (safety zone). For more information on working with clips, see the FastServe | Ingest User Guide.

Technical Specifications

The table below table presents the current hardware specification of the FastServe | Ingest system.

Component Version

Available I/O Configurations 4 x UHD channels

8 x HD channels

Video Outputs 1x SDI per video channel clean

1 x SDI per video channel with OSD

Genlock Analog Black Burst / Tri level

Auto detect

Timecode input Internal free run

LTC - XLR

Supported video codecs XDCAM HD, DNxHD SQ/HQ/HQx, DNxHR, SQ/HQ/HQx

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2 Working with Pivot

In this section:

• Recordings

• Clips

• Events

• NetStream

• Networking (PlayNet)

• ISOSync

• Playlists

• Timeline View

• Transfer

• Share Point Preview

Recordings

Pivot User Interface

Pivot is a Windows-based controller for the FastServe | Ingest Server, used to accelerate and support workflows. Multiple users can login simultaneously to facilitate production tasks such as initializing recording, netstreaming, creating and exporting selected footage.

You can tag clips with metadata tags, which can be searched for. Pivot also facilitates management of file transfers.

Continuous recording can be started or carried out even if there is no signal from the inputs. The recorded footage will be entirely black.

Recording with FastServe | Ingest can also be used in an Avid MediaCentral | Capture workflow. MediaCentral | Capture swiftly and accurately manages instant, scheduled, and recurring recordings, providing rapid access to the media and metadata. For more information on MediaCentral | Capture, see the Avid website.

Starting Pivot

During installation, Pivot shortcuts are created on the desktop and in the Start menu

To start Pivot:

t Double-click the Pivot icon on the desktop.

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t From the Start menu, select Programs > Avid > Pivot.

Connecting Pivot to the FastServe | Ingest Server

At first run, Pivot has to be configured to connect to the desired group of FastServe servers.

After launching Pivot for the first time, go to Control > Servers Group.

Port field, represents “Server group IP port” in WebSettings > OVS tab > Maintenance > Network settings.

After changing the port to the same as the desired server is set up with, Pivot will close automatically. It has to be restarted for the settings to be applied.

After restarting Pivot, go to Server > Connect to, and pick the FastServe server to connect.

The Recordings Tab

The Recordings tab displays a list of available recordings. An ongoing recording is presented using a red font.

Sync recoding means that the recording is started on all selected channels, by sending single record command. Every action will be applied on all selected channels.

Independent recording means that all inputs create a separate file for the recordings.

To display additional operations that can be applied to a recording, right-click on the selected item.

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Show Clips from a Recording

To display clips from a recording:

t Right-click on the selected recording and click on Show clips.

The available clips are displayed in a new tab.

Export a Recording to Share/USB

To export a recording to Share/USB:

t Right-click on the selected recording and click on Export to share/ Export to USB. The status of the exported recordings can be viewed in the Transfer tab. For more information, see “Transfer Tab” on page 40 on page 82.

Deleting a Recording

To delete a recording:

1. In the Recordings tab, select the recording to delete.

2. Click the Bin icon.

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Right-click on the selected recording, and press Delete.

The recording is deleted from the Recordings tab.

To protect a recording from being deleted or stripped:

t In the Recordings tab, select the recording and click the Lock icon.

or

t Right-click on the selected recording, and press Lock/ Unlock.

The recordings is now protected, and an indicator is displayed in the Status column.

n When deleting data from the server via the Maintenance tab, locked recordings are deleted as well.

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Stripping a Recording

Stripping of a recording allows you to delete recorded footage while preserving any clips that you have marked, freeing additional storage space.

To strip a recording:

1. In the Recordings tab, select the recording to strip.

2. Click the Strip icon.

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3. Right-click on the selected recording, and press Strip.

Clips

The Players Tab

The Players tab contains panels representing output channels of the server. Various controls are used to play or switch to E2E mode, and to mark sub-clips. The timeline displays clip progress when playing a clip. There are two types of the Players tab: simple Players and a Playlist Players (PLPlayers) tab.

n Having both types of Players tabs open simultaneously is not supported. You can have multiple Players windows open, but they need to be of the same type.

To assign a channel to a panel:

1. Open the Players or PLPlayers tab from the View menu, and click Select.

A list of channels defined for the Server is displayed.

2. Select the channel to display in the current panel.

The channel is displayed.

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3. For a clip or a playlist, you can an enable a Loop.

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Player Controls

The following controls are available in each panel in the Players tab:

Setting Description

Save Save a clip with the specified in- and out-points.

Store Save an updated clip directly on a playlist.

In Click IN to mark an in-point on the current recording.

GoTo Select a clip, then click GoTo in/out, to jump to the in- or out-point of the selected clip.

Out Click OUT to mark an out-point on the current recording.

Cues Click the purple icon to mark a cue, or use the arrows to jump between cue points.

Rewind Rewind the clip.

Previous Frame Go to the previous frame.

Stop Stop playing the clip.

Play Play the loaded clip.

Next Frame Go to the next frame.

Fast Forward Fast Forward the clip.

Record Start recording (according to the selected channels in E2E mode).

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Playlist View

The Playlist view is different for the Players tab and the PLPlayers tab.

When working with the PLPlayers tab, the loaded playlist and clips are attached directly to the panel (as illustrated below). In a stressful playout environment, such as news or sports productions, this functionality can be especially useful to emphasize which playlist is running on which output.

If the output is empty, the PLPlayers tab provides a list of recent playlists. Double-click on one of the playlists to open it.

When working with the simple Players tab view, the playlist is presented in a separate tab (below the Players tab).

If more than one playlist is loaded, additional playlist tabs can be opened simultaneously and at the same spot, and provide information about the active playout on the tab itself.

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If a Playlist is loaded, quick keys are assigned to the outputs, to make life easy for studio productions:

The Clips Tab

You can display clips from all recordings, or from a particular recording.

Out 1 F1 - Play

F2 - Freeze

F3 - Recall

F4 - Next Item

Out 2 F5 - Play

F6 - Freeze

F7 - Recall

F8 - Next Item

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To display additional operations that can be applied to a clip, right-click on the selected item.

Creating Clips

To create a clip:

1. For the required channel, in the Players tab, move the marker on the timeline or roll to the required in-point.

2. Click IN.

3. Move the marker on the timeline or roll to the required out-point.

4. Click OUT.

5. Click SAVE to save the clip and display in the Clips tab.

Copying Clips

To copy clips on the server:

1. In the Clips tab, select the clip to copy.

2. Click the Duplicate icon.

The selected clip is duplicated on the server in the first available slot.

Exporting and Importing Clips

You can export a clip to, or import a clip from a configured computer location (Share-point) or USB. The share-point is configured in the Pivot server, and the USB must be connected to the server.

g When importing clips, make sure that the clip has a supported format for the current codec.

To export a clip:

t In the Clips tab, right-click the clip and select export to USB / export to share.

or

t Click the Export icon and select a share-point or USB as the destination.

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t Clip transfer progress is displayed in the Transfer tab

To import a clip:

1. In the appropriate Share tab, right-click the clip to import.

2. Select Import.

Deleting Clips

To delete a Clip:

1. In the Clips tab, select the clip or clips to delete.

2. Click the Bin icon.

The clip is deleted.

To protect a clip from deletion:

t In the Clips tab, click the Lock icon.

The clip is locked from deletion, and an indicator is displayed in the Status column. (Click again to unlock.)

Looping Clips

You can set a clip to play in a loop until you play another clip or playlist.

To loop a clip:

t In the Clips tab, click the Loop icon.

After loading to an output channel, the clip will be played in a loop. An indicator is displayed in the Status column. (Click again to unloop.)

Show Clip Thumbnails

You can display thumbnails for Clips. Once enabled, they appear in the Status column.

To show clips thumbnails:

t Right-click on any clip and select Show thumbnails.

g The width and the order of the columns are adjustable. For example, you can move the Status column next to the clip name for better comfort.

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Events

Smart Events

Smart Events are used for tagging a clip according to metadata keywords that you set. For a tagged clip, the tag is displayed alongside the clip name, in the Clips tab. For example, you can tag a clip as a goal, or by player.

Smart Event groups are saved in the Server database with the .SEG extension to allow loading a group to any FastServe | Ingest Controller. In Pivot, you can create as many groups as necessary (and load up to six groups in the FastServe | Ingest Controller). Each group can contain up to six pages with 25 events each, 150 in total.

The Smart Events tab is used for setting up groups, pages, and events, and for applying them to clips. Setting group, page, and event names is done in Edit mode.

To switch to edit mode:

t Click Edit in the Smart Events tab.

Setting Up Groups

To add a group:

1. In the Smart Events tab, in the Edit mode, click the + button next to Group.

A new group name is displayed.

2. Type in the required group name and press ENTER.

The newly created group becomes the active group. After creating more than one group, set the active group by selecting it from the list.

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To remove a group:

1. In the Smart Events tab, in the Edit mode, select the group to remove from the Group list.

2. Click the - button.

The group is removed.

g Use Refresh (next to Group) to update the list of pages, when pages are added from multiple computers.

Setting Up Pages

You can create an unlimited number of pages.

To add pages:

1. In the Smart Events tab, in the Edit mode, select a group.

The first page is selected by default, but you can select any page.

2. Right-click under Pages and select New.

A new page is added to the list of pages.

3. Double-click the new page name, and type in a new name, as required.

n Pages are saved as .SEP files and are available for all groups.

4. Drag the new page to a page space.

The page is active (and viewable from a FastServe | Ingest Controller). The Smart Event spaces are enabled for editing.

To clear a page from a page space:

t In the Smart Events tab, in the Edit mode, right-click the page space and click Clear.

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The page is cleared from the page space and no longer viewable from a FastServe | Ingest Controller. The page is still available in the Server database, and can be re-used or in used a different group.

Pages in the Server database retain their Smart Event tags and cannot be deleted unless their Smart Event tags are removed first.

To delete a page from the Server database:

1. Verify that the page has no Smart Event tags.

For more information, see “Removing Smart Events from Clips” on page 24.

2. In the Smart Events tab, in Edit mode, clear the page from its assigned space (if any) as described above.

3. Right-click the page name under Pages and select Remove.

Setting Up Smart Events

Smart Event names are the metadata tags that can be applied to each clip. You can create an unlimited number of Events (in the list of Smart Events), but only 25 can be active at once.

To create a Smart Event:

1. In the Smart Events tab, in Edit mode, select a page in a Page space.

2. Double-click an empty Smart Event space and type in an event tag.

3. Press ENTER.

n You can also right-click under Smart Events, select New, and rename the new event. The event is created, but not available in the Controller until you drag it to an empty Smart Event space.

The Smart Event tag is displayed in the list.

To clear a Smart Event from its space:

t Right-click the space and select Clear.

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To delete a Smart Event from the list of events:

1. Verify that the event is not assigned to a space, as described above.

2. Right-click the event in the list of Smart Events and select Remove.

n When deleting data from the server via the Maintenance tab in the WebSettings (Clean or Repair DB options), Smart Events are deleted as well.

Assigning Smart Events to Clips

Assign metadata tags to clips using the Smart Events. You can assign one or more events to a clip, as required. After tagging the clips, you can filter them easily according to their events.

Assigning Smart Events to a clip is done in Log mode.

To switch to Log mode:

t Click Log in the Smart Events tab.

To assign a Smart Event to a clip:

1. In the Clips tab, select the clip or clips to which to assign a Smart Event.

g Hold SHIFT and select a sequence of clips or hold CTRL and select individual clips

2. In the Smart Events tab, in Log mode, click the required Smart Event.

The selected clips are tagged.

The tag/s are displayed in the Clips tab in the Name/Tags column.

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To set a Smart Event to be assigned to new clips:

t In the Smart Events tab, in Log mode, click the required Smart Event or events twice.

A red background is displayed for the event, and all clips created are tagged with the selected event (until cleared).

Removing Smart Events from Clips

To remove Smart Event(s) from clip(s):

1. In the Clips tab, select the clip or clips from which to remove a specific tag.

2. In the Smart Events tab, in Log mode, under Current Events, right-click the event to remove and select an appropriate option:

Filtering Clips by Smart Event

You can filter displayed clips by Smart Event to add them to a playlist or for export.

Parameter Specification

Remove Remove the event selected in the list from the selected clip(s).

Remove All Remove all events from the selected clip(s).

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To filter clips:

1. Click Search in the Smart Events tab to switch to Search mode.

2. Select one or more Smart Events.

Only clips with the selected event or combination of events are displayed in the Clips tab.

NetStream

A NetStream is an export of a recording to a selected mount when the recording process is still in progress.

Record Tab

In the Record tab you can define the channel on which the recording is to be started. It also allows to enable the NetStream functionality.

n Before you can use NetStream, you need to enable it under Control > NetStream.

NetStream can be started together with a recording or manually.

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To start NetStream automatically:

t Enable the Start with Recording option.

Now, each time a recording is started, NetStream will start as well.

To start NetStream manually:

t While the recording is on, select Stream Channel and click on Start NetStream.

From this point on, the recorded video will be exported to share point in real time. The speed of the export depends on the system and network configurations.

You can also use ISOSync to start NetStream. For more information, see “The ISOSync Tab” on page 32.

When NetStream is being performed, the background of the recording channel’s icon changes to dark-red. If recording without NetStream is performed, the background color changes to bright-red. Green color means that there is no recording on the input.

n When the Hi-res + Proxy option is enabled in the FastServe | Ingest WebSettings (WebSettings > OVS > Import/Export > NetStream), starting a NetStream recording will also initiate a parallel Proxy recording. The Proxy format can be customized in the FastServe | Ingest WebSettings. The Proxy files will be exported to the same locations as the NetStream ones. The AAF files will be kept in a /Proxy subfolder in the AAF share subfolder (as set in WebSettings > OVS > Import/Export > Interplay Settings).

To monitor the NetStream status:

1. Open the Transfer tab and select the Export view.

2. The NetStream progress is presented in the Status column:

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If NetStream is active, this column shows the progress in percentage. If NetStream is not real-time, the number of delayed frames is presented next to the percentage value.

n This number represents only the NetStream delay. Proxy delay is not shown here.

Chunk Stream

Chunk Stream is a functionality that allows to divide exports into separate parts. For example, a recording can be set to register for an hour, but the exported clips will have a 10 min duration. The chunk size can be defined in the WebSettings.

n Chunks are not supported in a Proxy workflow.

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Networking (PlayNet)

Introduction

PlayNet allows for a direct exchange clips between FastServe | Ingest servers in one group. It allows to send multiple clips to multiple FastServe | Ingest of the same group. You can only send complete files. It is not possible to send growing files using the PlayNet functionality.

n Clips can only be displayed by receiving servers with corresponding Video Standard and Codec parameters.

To allow network operations between servers, enable the PlayNet mode in the WebSettings and make sure that all needed servers are on the same group port.

In order to have a Networking environment, all required servers must be connected to a common switch.

Sending Clips using PlayNet

To send a clip to multiple servers using PlayNet:

1. Go to the Clips tab, right-click on the chosen clip(s) and select Send to.

2. Select the servers to which the clip is going to be sent and click OK.

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3. To view the transfer status, go to the Transfer tab.

The PlayNet Send view provides information about the sending status.

While the PlayNet Receive view allows to check on the progress of the receiving servers.

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To copy clips between servers:

1. Clips can also be copied with a simple drag and drop operation between Clips tabs of different severs.

2. o open an additional Clips tab, go to View > Add Clips Tab.

3. In this Clips window, select the receiving server in the bottom right corner and then drag and drop the clip there.

To send remote clips directly to local playout:

1. You can also use Clips from a remote server for playout at a local server.

2. In the Clips window, select the remote server in the bottom right corner, choose the remote clip there and then drag it to the Players tab.

3. The remote clip will be played out at your local output and you can view its buffering status in the Transfer tab (PlayNet Receive).

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ISOSync

The ISOSync Tab

The ISOSync functionality lets you start / stop recording and NetStream on multiple servers simultaneously.

To open the ISOSync tab, go to View > ISOSync.

The Server and Server name columns inform about the details of the servers available in the group. The values for these server parameters can be changed in the Web Settings. For more information, see the FastServe | Ingest Administrator’s Guide.

The All/A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H columns allow to select the available inputs from all servers in the group and inform which inputs have an ongoing recording or NetStream. An ongoing recording changes the background of the input icon to red. NetStream is indicated by a dark-red background color.

The Status column shows the format (Video Standard and Codec) of the server.

Once you have selected the inputs, you can set additional options:

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Once all the options are set, you can start the recording by clicking on Start. To finish recording, click on Stop.

Playlists

Creating a Playlist

The Playlists tab displays a list of available playlists. Playlists are created in the Playlists tab. By default, there is always one playlist available.

To create a new playlist:

t In the Playlists tab, click the + button.

Parameter Specification

Recording name Enter a name template for the recordings.

Exported file name Enter a name template for the networking.

Start with recording Enable this option to start NetStream (or NetStream + Proxy) together with the recording.

Chunk duration Select the length of the NetStream chunks.

c Chunks in IsoSync are not supported in version 2019.1.

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A new playlist is added and numbered sequentially.

To change the playlist name, double-click the name in the Name column and type in a new name. This name is displayed when the playlist is displayed in its own tab.

The Duration column shows the complete duration of the clip, together with the transitions.

To display a playlist:

t Drag the playlist from the Playlists tab to any workspace in the main window.

or

t Right-click on the selected Playlist and click Open Playlist.

A tab is created for the playlist.

Rundown View

You can also open a rundown view of a Playlist that is currently loaded in the Players tab by going to View > PL:[Playlist Name] / [Channel Name].

Here you can see all items loaded in the Players panel and which clip is currently being played.

If a Playlist is loaded, quick keys are assigned to the outputs, to make life easy for studio productions.

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Copying a Playlist

To copy a playlist:

Setting an Active Playlist

Set a playlist as Active to allow you to use the Add to active playlist option.

To set the active playlist:

Deleting a Playlist

To delete a playlist:

1. In the Playlists tab, select the playlist to delete.

2. Click the Bin button.

The playlist is deleted from the Playlists tab.

To protect a playlist from deletion:

t In the Playlists tab, or in an individual playlist tab, click the Lock icon.

The playlist is locked from deletion, and an indicator is displayed in the Status column. (Click again to unlock.)

Out 1 F1 - Play

F2 - Freeze

F3 - Recall

F4 - Next Item

Out 2 F5 - Play

F6 - Freeze

F7 - Recall

F8 - Next Item

- In the Playlists tab, click the Duplicate button.

- In the Playlists tab, click the Set Active button.

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Looping a Playlist

To loop a playlist:

t In the Playlists tab, click the Loop icon.

The playlist will be looped, and an indicator is displayed in the Status column. (Click again to unloop.)

Exporting a Playlist

You can export a playlist to a configured computer location (Share-point) or USB. The share-point is configured in the FastServe | Ingest server, and the USB must be connected to the FastServe | Ingest server.

To export a playlist:

1. In the Playlists tab, click the Export button.

2. Select a share-point or USB as the destination.

Clip transfer progress is displayed in the Transfer tab.

When the export is complete, the playlist is displayed in the Share tab (as a folder).

Editing a Playlist

You can open any playlist in its own individual tab for editing. Sort the clips (by timecode), add or remove clips, and drag the playlist to a Player channel for loading.

To display a playlist:

t Drag the playlist from the Playlists tab to any workspace in the main window,

or

t select the playlist the Playlists tab, right-click and select Open Playlist.

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The following options are available after opening a playlist:

- Speed - to change the speed of a clip, right-click on the Speed column and select the preferred speed.

- Effect - to apply a transition effect (Cut, Dissolve, Freeze, Wipe), right-click on the Effect column and select the preferred effect.

n To set a default transition effect and duration, go to Control > Playlist > Default transition.

To delete clips from a playlist:

1. In the required playlist tab, select the clip to remove.

2. Click the Bin button.

The clip is removed from the playlist..

To copy clips within the playlist:

1. In the required playlist tab, select the clip to copy.

2. Click the Duplicate button.

The selected clip is duplicated within the playlist.

To sort the clips in a playlist by time stamp:

t In the required playlist tab, click the Sort button.

c Clip sorting cannot be undone.

To set a new IN/OUT point on a Clip in a Playlist:

1. Select the Clip in the Playlist and drag it to the Players tab.

2. There, if the new mark is in the existing range, choose the new time code.

3. If the new In/Out point is not in the range, then right-click on the IN and OUT points of the Clip and select Clear. You can now set new IN/OUT points.

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Timeline View

Enabling the Timeline View

To enable the Timeline layout:

t Go to View > Timeline layout.

To open a Timeline view:

t Double click on a Playlist in the Playlists tab.

From the Clips tab, drag the desired clips over to the timeline. You can trim a clip directly on the timeline, change order of clips, play the final playlist and edit transition effects.

Clips displayed in the Timeline view can also be edited or removed. To edit the in and out points, left-click on the edges of the clip. To reset these parameters to their initial values, right-click on the clip and select Reset IN/ Reset OUT. To delete a clip, right-click on it and select Remove.

When you run a playlist in the Timeline view, you can see the progress of the clip on the progress bar.

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You can change the size of the clip icon on the Timeline view using the magnifier or the mouse scroll.

As mentioned above, you can also change or remove transition effects between clips on a playlist.

To change transition effects:

1. Go to the Timeline view, and right-click on a transition effect to view the options.

2. Click on Remove to delete a transition. Click on Edit to view further options.

Select the transition effect and set the transition duration.

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Transfer

Transfer Tab

While the clips are exported, imported or NetStreamed, their progress can be tracked in the Transfer tab. By right clicking on an ongoing export or import, the task can be canceled.

You can select between four views: Export, Import, PlayNet Send and PlayNet Receive.

The following options are available when right-clicking on a clip in the Transfer tab:

• Cancel export

• Cancel all exports

• Set high priority

• Show all

• Show active/pending

• Show done

• Show failed/canceled.

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Share Point Preview

Share Tab

The Share tab allows to verify the share point destination folder. Share points can be defined in the WebSettings.

Use the Refresh button to update the view each time after Share point options have been changed in the Web Settings.

Using the drop-down list or by going to the Share menu, you can switch between four views: share 1, share 2, usb1, usb 2.

You can also right-click on a clip or group of clips and choose import the files to your local server.

In the bottom-right corner you can also check the amount of available free storage of your FastServe | Ingest server. It is presented in MB with a 100 MB precision.

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