Document Outline

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose
  • 1.2 RAPID Encoder Presentation
  • 1.3 RAPID GUI Version
  • 1.4 Contact
• 2 System Overview
  • 2.1 RAPID Setup
• 3 Launching the RAPID
• 4 Encoding Overview
  • 4.1 Encoding From a File Source
    • 4.1.1 File Naming and Numbering Convention
    • 4.1.2 Audio Files
  • 4.2 Encoding From a File Source
    • 4.2.1 To Edit the Default Settings
  • 4.3 Stopping the Encoding Job
  • 4.4 Encoding From HD-SDI
    • 4.4.1 Supported Formats
    • 4.4.2 Default and Custom File Names
      • 4.4.2.1 Video HD-SDI Captures
      • 4.4.2.2 Audio HD-SDI Captures
  • 4.5 Encoding From a HD-SDI Source
  • 4.6 HD-SDI Timecode
    • 4.6.1 Timecode for Video Streamer
  • 4.7 Real-Time and Non-Real Time Capture
    • 4.7.1 RAPID
    • 4.7.2 RAPID 2X
  • 4.8 Color Space Conversion for File and HD-SDI Capture
    • 4.8.1 Default Profiles for Color Space
  • 4.9 Sample Space Conversion for HD-SDI Capture
    • 4.9.1 Obtaining a 4:4:4 Signal From HD-SDI Capture
• 5 Output Tab
  • 5.1 Destination Directory
  • 5.2 Number of Frames
  • 5.3 Video Standard
    • 5.3.1 How to Form and Crop the Image's "active area"
      • 5.3.1.1 How to Format and Crop an Image At 4k (4096x2160)
      • 5.3.1.2 How to Format and Crop an Image At 4k ("active area")
      • 5.3.1.3 How to Upscale HD Scope Image (1920 pixels x 804 lines to 2048 pixels x 858 lines):
      • 5.3.1.4 How to Upscale HD Flat Image (1920 pixels x 1038 lines to 1998 pixels x 1080 lines):
  • 5.4 Customizable Label for HD-SDI Capture
    • 5.4.1 Default Label
    • 5.4.2 Custom Label
  • 5.5 Embedded Logo
• 6 Compression Tab
  • 6.1 Coarse Stepsize Option
• 7 VTR Control Tab
  • 7.1 External Device Control Button
  • 7.2 Automatic Control of VTR Button
    • 7.2.1 Main Function
    • 7.2.2 Automatic Commands Sent To Server
    • 7.2.3 VTR Shuttle Button
• 8 Job Manager Tab
  • 8.1 How to Schedule Multiple Jobs (File Source Only)
  • 8.2 How to Reorder and Delete Jobs
• 9 Report Tab
  • 9.1 Heading Tab Functions
  • 9.2 Saving Settings
  • 9.3 Preferences Menu
    • 9.3.1 How to Change the Default Settings from the Preferences Window
• 10 RAPID Player
  • 10.1 Overview
  • 10.2 Presentation
  • 10.3 Supported Formats
  • 10.4 Launching the RAPID Player GUI
  • 10.5 Editor Tab
    • 10.5.1 Reel Composition
    • 10.5.2 Reel Manager
  • 10.6 Playback Tab
    • 10.6.1 Playback Functions
  • 10.7 Report Tab
• 11 Software and Firmware Upgrades
  • 11.1 How to Perform a Software or Firmware Upgrade From a USB
• 12 File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • 12.1 FTP Server on RAPID
  • 12.2 FTP Client on RAPID
  • 12.3 gFTP Server on RAPID
    • 12.3.1 How To Access a "gFTP" Client From the RAPID
• 13 Network File System (NFS)
  • 13.1 Setting an NFS Server
    • 13.1.1 How To Access NFS From a Linux Desktop
  • 13.2 Setting an NFS Server on the Client
• 14 Samba Directory for Windows
  • 14.1 Setting a Server
    • 14.1.1 How To Create A Samba Shared Directory For Windows Users
    • 14.1.2 How To Create A New Samba Share Directory
  • 14.2 Connecting to a Samba Network
• 15 Useful Commands
  • 15.1 LS
  • 15.2 DU
  • 15.3 DF
  • 15.4 MOUNT
  • 15.5 FDISK
• 16 Trouble Shooting
• 17 Acronyms
• 18 Document Revision History