MF Digital DIRECTOR Developers Guide - Manual (Page 7)

DIRECTOR EasiAPI
22nd FEB. 2013
D E V E L O P E R ’ S G U I D E
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N ETWORK I NTEGRATION
Using Windows XP
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the Director can seamlessly integrate into almost any network topology.
Shipping with a 10/100 NIC card Director can communicate with Macintosh, UNIX, Banyan
Vines, all Windows PC's and more TCP/IP based protocols. NWLink allows Director to access
Novell environments. Add a Fiber Channel card to attach to your SAN for faster processing of
source files into images. This can increase performance dramatically, particularly if you are
using a DVD Director.
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HARED
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ETWORK
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ESOURCE
While the Director can run on its own without being attached to a network, it really begins to
excel as a shareable network resource. Multiple users can access the director from either a local
or wide area network. Jobs, which consist of a user defined selection of files available from any
accessible network resource, and user CD artwork, to be printed on the disc for easy
identification, can be launched remotely or locally. Up to eight jobs can be processed at the
same time. Job queuing allows unlimited jobs to be launched and then automatically processed
once an active job is completed.
C LIENT S UPPORT
Included with the Director Series, whether Professional or Office Publisher, is an unlimited-
seat Windows client. The Windows Client allows you to launch jobs from any PC on our
network, whether data, DVD Video from Title Sets, or Audio CDs. You can pre-master data
discs from files, DVD Video from Title sets, or audio form WAV or MP3 files. Below you see
the track editor for the Windows Client.