Archive Service; Configuring The Service - AMX Vision 2 Operation/Reference Manual

Archive Service

The Vision
system. Thumbnails for the videos are automatically-generated. You can attach metadata to each video.
The archive can be accessed by means of Video on Demand and also provides the source for a Producer
service, which provides a scheduled multicast TV channel. The Archive service supports four types of video
files: WMV, MPEG2, MPEG4, and Flash Video (FLV). All four type of video files are supported for Video on
Demand, however, Video on Demand can only support one file type at a time.

Configuring the Service

When you select Configure Service from the Archive Service menu, the following page appears (FIG. 80):
FIG. 80 Master Archive Service
The top panel on the page deals with the settings for the service itself and consists of the following options:
Configure Archive Options
Service Name
Base Service URL
Archive Path
Content Archive
Base Video URLS
Filenames should only contain the characters A-Z, 0-9, spaces and underscores. If a
filename is imported that contains the special character, it could cause error.
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Archive service provides a multi-format, multi-bitrate storage system for videos within the
The name of the service as it appears in the services menu
The URL to the Web Services interface for this service. This value is
automatically generated and should not be edited unless instructed by AMX.
This is the physical path to the root folder of the archive. Please do not modify
this setting unless instructed to do so by AMX.
This is the relative path the root folder if the archive. Please do not modify this
setting unless instructed to do so by AMX.
These settings define the protocols and paths used to access the content in the
archive. Please do not modify this setting unless instructed to do so by AMX.
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