Checklist: encoder + server stage – Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 User Manual

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Appendix B Legacy systems

time of the record, with a default duration of 30 minutes.

b. Enter a meaningful test clip name

c. Change the duration to one minute. Duration uses the SMPTE timecode format:

hours:minutes:seconds:frames.

d. Click

Add Event

. The event gets added to the Ingest Schedule in the current time

slot and begins recording.

e. Change to List View and track progress until the job reports COMPLETED.

8. Do a scheduled record as follows:

a. On the Ingest page, double-click in the channel column at a time that is ahead of

the current time. The Add Schedule Event window appears.

b. Enter a meaningful test clip name.

c. Change the start time to a time that is a few minutes ahead of the current time.

Start Time uses a 24-hour clock.

d. Change the duration to one minute.

e. Click

Add Event

. The event is added to the Ingest Schedule in the specified time

slot.

f. Change to List View, wait until the recording begins, and track progress until

the job reports COMPLETED. Verify that the job starts at the correct time.

9. Check for the crash record and schedule record material as follows:

a. Click the

browse

tab at the top of the NewsBrowse window.

b. On the find tab, verify that the crash record and scheduled record clips are listed.

c. For each of these clips, select it, then click the

related

tab. Verify that

online

media

and

MPEG Video

are listed.

Checklist: Encoder + Server stage

Use the following check list to verify that the basic configuration and testing of the
single-channel encoder plus NewsBrowse server is complete.

" Clock synched

" Crash record successful

" Scheduled record on time

" New MPEG proxy in system

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