EVS XT2 - Backup of Clips

XT Series DISK RECORDER – Version 9 - Hardware Technical ReferenceIssue 5.00
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – April 2008
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The Gigabit connection fulfill the following functions in relation with the
XT[2] servers:
• Backup of clips from an XT[2] server
• Restore of clips to an XT[2] server
The sections below briefly present the backup and restore of clips
through the Gigabit connection. Please refer to the XT Access technical
manual for full information about the possible workflows with third-party
systems.
2.9.1 BACKUP OF CLIPS
The following schema shows how the backup of clips is performed with
the Gigabit connection and XT Access:
Workflow
1. An external system, for example IP Director, sends an XML file to XT
Access to request the backup of a given clip created on an XT[2] server.
2. XT Access processes the XML file:
a. It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from the XT[2]
server.
b. It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the
external system (no transcoding feature, only native codec). The
following formats are supported: EVS MXF, MXF OP-1A, Quick Time