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User’s ManualVersion 2.12 - July 2009Archive / Storage & Gateway Solutions

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 9 network if more archive copies are required. The XFile can a

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 99 3.10.3 HOW TO COPY/MOVE CLIPS TO OTHER XFILE FOLDERS Imp

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 100 3.10.4 MAINTAINING FOLDERS IN THE XFILE PATHS In the folde

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 101 3.11 PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE 3.11.1 INTRODUCTION ACCESS Cli

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 102 3.11.2 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYLIST MAINTENANCE WINDOW The Pla

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 103 MEDIA INFO AREA The Media Info area contains the same info

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 104 3.11.3 SETTINGS FOR PLAYLISTS ACCESSING THE PLAYLIST SETTI

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 105 MEDIA FILE SETTINGS Filename Format String The following

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 106 CSV contents file generation If you tick this check box, th

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 107 HOW TO CREATE A BACKUP PLAYLIST To create a backup playlis

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 108 HOW TO LOAD A BACKUP PLAYLIST You will load a backup playli

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 10 2. Software Installation Important The XFILE 2.12 installe

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 109 3.11.5 EXPORTING A BACKUP PLAYLIST INTRODUCTION Exporting

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 110 3.11.6 RENDERING AN XT PLAYLIST INTRODUCTION Rendering a p

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 111 3.12 DISK MAINTENANCE Note The Disk Maintenance mode is

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 112 3.13 JOB STATUS 3.13.1 PURPOSE The Job Status window give

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 113 XNET AREA This area displays the number of clips already s

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 114 Modifying the Priority of Backup and Restore Jobs The order

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 115 JOBS DONE AREA This area displays all the jobs done with t

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 116 Completion Time Displays the list of jobs done during •

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 117 3.14 STATISTICS Charts of statistics for restore and back

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 118 4. XStream All operations of XStream are concentrated in a

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 11 3. Select the items to install in the Selection Components

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 119 4.1 SCHEDULER AND QUICKSTART MODES The users can perform

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 120 4.2 INFORMATION & MENU AREA The Information & Menu

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 121 4.2.3 TRANSFER RATE The counter displays the current tra

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 122 4.3 TIME GRID 4.3.1 INFORMATION DISPLAYED IN THE TIME GRI

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 123 The following sections provide screenshots to show which

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 124 QUICKSTART MODE When a job is launched in the QuickStart mo

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 125 XT Time Code LTC time code of the first camera available

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 126 4.5 STATUS AREA The different operations are divided into

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 127 4.5.2 GENERAL TAB The GENERAL tab displays the informati

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 128 4.6 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Modify the system configuration b

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 12 5. In the Contiguration Parameters window, select the RESET

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 129 NUMBER OF DISKS Specifies the number of disks assigned to

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 130 SELECT DEFAULT OUTPUT MODE Six different output formats are

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 131 Default TM Media Format In this group box, you need to sel

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 132 FORMAT STRING An automatic file name can be given to each f

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 133 4.6.3 ADVANCED PARAMETERS TAB RECORD GRID START UP OPTIO

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 134 EDIT JOB DIALOG OPTIONS This option specifies the time afte

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 135 4.7 RECORD GRID MENU The Record Grid menu contains severa

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 136 CLEAN OPTIONS The Clean commands from the Record Grid menu

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 137 LOAD JOBS The Load Jobs command from the Record Grid menu

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 138 4. If you want some of the displayed jobs not to be loade

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 13 3. XFile Module Note XFile and XStream applications work s

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 139 Colour Codes in the Jobs List The jobs displayed as record

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 140 4.8 CONTEXTUAL MENU IN THE SCHEDULER Different contextual

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 141 4.8.2 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE CAMERA NAMES AREA This co

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 142 4.8.3 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE GRID OF A CAMERA This cont

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 143 4.8.4 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM THE RIGHT OF THE SERVER NAME

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 144 4.8.5 CONTEXTUAL MENU FROM A JOB This contextual menu ap

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 145 4.8.6 CHECK TIMECODE INTEGRITY Every 5 minutes, the appli

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 146 4.9 CREATING AND EDITING JOBS IN SCHEDULER MODE Create a n

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 147 4.9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION The following fields displayed

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 148 4.9.2 IN/OUT TAB IN/OUT Defines the starting time of the

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 14 3.1.1 NETWORK SETUP XFILE IDENTIFICATION ON THE NETWORK Sta

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 149 Note Prior to start recording files, check the disk capac

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 150 4.9.3 OUTPUTS TAB XStream Multitarget allows creating thre

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 151 the expected values for the fields included in the filenam

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 152 4.10 CREATING JOBS IN QUICKSTART MODE The QuickStart mode

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 153 The selected cameras are displayed on a bright green backg

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 154 Field / Button Description XT Number and Name Displays th

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 155 4.10.3 SETUP IN QUICKSTART MODE The settings defined in t

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 156 These settings will have priority on the default settings d

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 157 4.10.5 STORAGE TAB The Storage tab allows the user to d

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 158 5. External modules The different external modules are avai

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 15 VarID Uniticy (Global / Local) This parameter is available

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 159 5.2 EDITING A CLIP Currently, you can edit clips/files ba

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 160 Note The Nb Videos field is the only way to identify the

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 161 TC MODE The TC Mode field allows selecting the time code t

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 162 BUTTONS The first series of buttons gathers the GRAB &

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 163 5.2.3 GRAB OPTIONS From the IN-OUT tab of the Edit Clip

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 164 5.2.4 EXPORT OPTION The Export option makes it possible t

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 165 5.2.5 CLIPNAME – KEYWORDS TAB In the Clipname –Keyword Ta

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 166 5.2.6 HD PREVIEW TAB When editing an HD clip, the HD Previ

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 167 5.3 SHUTTLEPRO USE IN EDIT CLIP MODULE From XFile version

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 168 The Import Settings window opens: 4. Select the file XFil

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 16 COMBINED MODE GBE + XNET This combined mode permits the tran

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 169 5. Click APPLY to confirm that the XFile settings are to

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 170 5.3.2 SHUTTLEPRO COMMANDS IN THE EDIT CLIP MODULE The draw

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 171 The following table describes the action that can be perfo

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 172 ShuttlePRO Dommand Keyboard Shortcut Command Description ba

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 173 5.4 XFILE CLIP INFO EXPORTER The XFile Clip Info Exporter

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 174 5.4.1 HOW TO EXPORT DATA TO AN XML, TXT OR CSV FILE You ca

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 175 5.4.2 CONFIGURING THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER Configuring the

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 176 5.4.3 FIELDS IN THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW The following tab

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 177 Field Description Button to export the selection of metad

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 178 The file is generated in the folder C:\Program Files\EVS Br

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 17 CUSTOM CONFIGURATION When you select the Custom radio butto

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 179 5.5 STORYBOARD In the XFile List of the Maintenance mode,

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 180 The HTML output file will be similar to the screenshot belo

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 181 Appendix 1: XF[2] Hardware HARDWARE DESCRIPTION The XFile

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 182 INSTALLING A NEW HARD DISK The aim of the following procedu

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 183 CREATING A PARTITION ON THE STORAGE DISK 1. From the desk

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 184 HARD DISK CONFIGURATION EVS provides the following hard dis

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 185 CREATING AND REINSTALLING A GHOST OF YOUR SYSTEM The aim o

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 186 HOW TO CREATE A NEW GHOST IMAGE OF YOUR SYSTEM 1. Reboot t

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 187 Notes

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 188 Regional Contacts AMERICA (NORTH & LATIN) EVS Americas

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 18 This information is highlighted in red when the number of c

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 189 EVS Middle East Tel: +971 4 365 4222 Fax: +971 4 425 3501

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 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 1 COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2003-2009. A

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 19 3.1.4 STORAGE AREA DISK MODE (SINGLE DISK / DUAL DISK) Opt

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 20 3.2 STARTUP At first start the upper part of the window di

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 21 If the values are coherent, press START: the System Config

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 22 3.3 SESSION CONFIGURATION Once the XFile application is sta

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 23 3.3.1 TAB 1 - AUTOBACKUP SELECTION The Autobackup Selectio

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 24 SELECTION LIST This selection list is only active while the

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 25 PREF Cams The Pref Cams criterion makes it possible to incl

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 26 Criteria Combination The criteria Camera selection, PREF Cam

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 27 Note For the AirBox and SpotBox servers, all cameras must

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 28 Note The Default XFile setting allows the user to initiate

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 2

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 29 VALIDATION LIST In the right area, the Autobackup Validatio

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 30 3.3.2 TAB 2 – MXF METADATA This area displays the current

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 31 HOW TO DEFINE A USER SESSION DATE Two session date fields a

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 32 3.3.3 TAB 3 – XFILE SESSION FOLDERS Session Folder It spec

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 33 3.3.4 TAB 4 – FILE FORMAT Parameters for Output File Form

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 34 In both cases, the following formats are available: • EVS

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 35 Important Always activate this parameter if your backup fi

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 36 Disk Writing Mode The available options in the Disk Writing

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 37 How to Modify the Default Filename Format String To modify

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 38 3.3.5 TAB 5 – GRAB The Multicam operator from his remote

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 3 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 39 Note No compression artifact is added to this file creatio

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 40 3.3.6 TAB 6 – EXPORT All clips backed up by the XFile can

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 41 Default TM Host Name Enter the host name of the default Avi

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 42 3.3.7 TAB 7 – XML A few operations made by XFile as backu

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 43 XML Load balancing Jobs Root Folder The load balancing pro

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 44 Example of XML file for backup command Backup Clip 112 A fro

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 45 XML Default Parameters It can occur that some XML parameter

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 46 3.3.8 TAB 8 – USER PARAMETERS Parameters for Automatic Pro

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 47 Parameters for Confirmation Messages Confirm Manual Backup

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 48 3.4 AUTOBACKUP MODE Press to activate the Autobackup Mode

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 4 3.8.1 Accessing the Maintenance Mode Window ...

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 49 Note Other modes (backup, restore and maintenance) are als

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 50 3.4.2 XNET LIST The XNet tab has two possible display modes

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 51 3.4.3 XFILE LIST The XFile List area includes the followin

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 52 Clip Information Description Keyword 1 Displays the first

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 53 3.4.4 NETWORK STATUS The icon displayed in the center of t

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 54 3.4.6 STATUS AREA The transfer rate of the Backup and Resto

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 55 SCHEDULED JOBS STATUS DISPLAY The Scheduled Jobs status dis

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 56 DEFINING COLUMNS Use the right-click button of the mouse (i

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 57 FILTERS The upper part of the XFile list displays a list o

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 58 Creation date Note The Creation date and the backup tim

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 5 4.8.1 Contextual Menu from the XNet Label ...

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 59 1. For date selection, do one of the following: • In the

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 60 In Autobackup mode, the Folders filter displays this selecti

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 61 folder will appear in the Name bar at the bottom of the win

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 62 The following principles are applicable in this dialog box:

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 63 Clipnames Clicking on the icon on the right side opens t

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 64 Keywords Clicking on the icon on the right side opens the

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 65 OK / Cancel Press OK to confirm your selection and to quit

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 66 VarID Clicking on the right icon will display the VarID f

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 67 Media / Clips The MXF file is the file containing all d

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 68 The following options are available for selection: Option De

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 6 What’s New in Versions 2.11 and 2.12? The changes linked to

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 69 Camera label Clicking on the icon on the right side opens

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 70 Filter Based on Prefix The Filter based on Prefix field al

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 71 COUNTERS A counter of clips is available in all modes in th

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 72 3.5 BACKUP MODE Press to enter the Backup mode.

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 73 3.5.1 HOW TO START MANUALLY THE BACKUP OF A FILE To start

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 74 3.5.2 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR MANUAL BACKUP To

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 75 4. If applicable, select the requested output format from

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 76 3.6 RESTORE MODE Press to enter the Restore mode. The XF

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 77 3.6.1 HOW TO RESTORE A FILE To restore a backed up file on

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 78 Note While moving/copying a clip, the ID-material is prese

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 7 Section 4.6.2 System Configuration – Jobs Tab. XStream: Sup

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 79 3.6.2 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION FOR RESTORE To sele

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 80 Restore Destination Mode The destination mode in the XFile M

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 81 3.7 PUBLISH MODE Press to enter the Publish mode. The Pu

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 82 3.7.2 HOW TO PUBLISH CLIPS To publish a clip stored on the

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 83 • If the selected location is already filled, the clip de

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 84 Important The Fast Publish command will disconnect the XFil

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 85 3.8 MAINTENANCE MODE 3.8.1 ACCESSING THE MAINTENANCE MODE

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 86 3.8.2 MAINTENANCE FEATURES Four different maintenance sub-m

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 87 Disk Maintenance In Mirroring mode, the Disk Maintenance m

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 88 3.9 CLIP MAINTENANCE From XFile version 1.14, you can back

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 8 1. Introduction Digital Archiving on removable media The XFil

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 89 3.9.2 MEDIA INFO AREA When you click the Clip Maintenance

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 90 THUMBNAILS The thumbnails defined for each file are extracte

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 91 HD clips are displayed with 16:9 aspect ratio. FILE AND CL

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 92 Note Depending on the time code and video systems, the time

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 93 3.9.3 DELETING BACKUP CLIPS AND FILES As several clips may

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 94 HOW TO PERFORM A MULTI-SELECTION TO DELETE CLIPS 1. Press

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 95 3.9.4 CONVERTING BACKUP FILES From Multicam version 9.00,

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 96 3.9.5 TRANSFERRING BACKUP FILES TO EXTERNAL SYSTEMS From th

XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 Issue 2.12.D 97 3.9.6 IMPORTING FILES FROM THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS Files from

Issue 2.12.D XFile Version 2.12 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009 98 3.10 DISKS-FOLDERS MAINTENANCE 3.10.1 INTRODUCTION ACCESS