FOCUS Enhancements MANL-1161-04 - Manual (Page 59)

MA Series Media Archive Servers
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Unarchived Content
Preview File Status
The User may determine the status of preview flash file creation for files that have been
uploaded to the MA server but not yet archived. There are four rendering status messages:
• RENDERING
This message appears with a status bar indicating progress. of rendering process.
• PREVIEW OK
Indicates that the preview flash file was rendered successfully.
• PREVIEW FAILED
Indicates that rendering was attempted but terminated. Check to see if file type is
supported.
• OK, FILE TYPE HAS NO PREVIEW
Indicates that the uploaded file is not a video and that a preview file was not generated.
Files that do not have preview files display a generic thumbnail.
Render Preview
To create preview files, select file(s) and click on the Render icon. This places the files at the
end of the current rendering queue.
To view the latest rendering status for listed files, use the browser’s Refresh function to update
the page.
Replace Failed Preview with Generic Preview
Video clips that do not have functional preview files are not automatically archived. The User
may either:
• Attempt to create a functional preview file by re-rendering the high resolution content,
• Delete the content,
• Replace the failed preview file with a functional generic preview file supplied by the MA
server,
To replace the failed preview file with the functional generic MA preview:
1. Go to Tools > Unarchived Content .
This procedure requires Administrator rights.
2. Select the high resolution clip(s) that have failed previews.
3. Click on the Replace Preview with Generic icon at the top of the unarchived content
list.
The MA server can now archive the high resolution video clip.
If Render Fails
The most common reason for the render process to fail is that the file’s format is not supported by the
MA server.