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  • Page 1 Venue Player System Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents ClearView Venue Player ..........................5 Quick Start ..............................6 Hardware Configuration ..........................7 1 RU Venue Player Back Panel ........................7 Video I/O ..............................7 2 RU Venue Player Back Panel ........................9 Video I/O ..............................9 Content Ingest.............................
  • Page 3 RGB 8 Bit ............................22 BGR 8 Bit ............................23 ARGB 8 Bit ............................23 BGRA 8 Bit ............................23 Managing Libraries Outside of Venue Player Application ..............24 Examples ............................24 VenuePlayer ..............................25 Graphical User Interface ......................... 25 Configuration Menu ..........................
  • Page 4 Example 1 ............................31 Example 2 ............................31 Example 3 ............................31 Venue Player Manager..........................33 Startup ..............................33 Web Dashboards ............................. 33 Admin ..............................34 Player Control ............................. 36 Player Status ............................37 Previews .............................. 37 Front Panel ..............................37 IPMI Control ..............................

  • Page 5: Clearview Venue Player

    ClearView Venue Player The ClearView Venue Player is a compact, reliable, multiple output video server. Storage of up to eight terabytes allows for hours of playout of 100% uncompressed YCbCr or RGB, 10 bit video and sixteen channels of embedded audio.

  • Page 6: Quick Start

    Quick Start To quickly start playing out video after powering up the unit, and then launching Venue Player you can do the following: 1. Select what type of video you wish to play out. In this example 8 HD videos have been selected.

  • Page 7: Hardware Configuration

    Hardware Configuration 1 RU Venue Player Back Panel 1. Power 2. GPIO Port 3. RS 232 Serial Port 4. IPMI Network 5. USB 2.0 6. USB 3.0 7. Gigabit NICs 8. VGA 9. HDSDI Output/Reference Input 10. LTC Input Video I/O Figure: Venue Player 1RU Board Outputs There are eight 3G-HD-SDI video outputs.
  • Page 8 4K/HD/HD/HD/HD (1,2,3,4) DL/DL/DL/DL DL/DL/DL/HD/HD DL/DL/HD/HD/HD/HD DL/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD Rev. 2.2 Page 8 of 42...

  • Page 9: Ru Venue Player Back Panel

    There are four 3G-HD-SDI video outputs. There is a reference input, but you must use the analog breakout cable included with the system. The HDMI output is not used by the Venue Player application. There are a total of four possible output configurations.

  • Page 10: Content Ingest

    Content Ingest Before you can start using the Venue Player application you must first ingest content on the unit. Clips must be converted using the correct video file format definition, and be known to the Venue Player application after transfer. This can be done using our ClearView Importer application, or a direct render using third party tools.

  • Page 11: Import File

    De-Interlace the sequence. When ClearView Importer de-interlaces a video it combines the lines of field one and the lines of field two into single progressive frame. No interpolation or content modification takes place whatsoever.

  • Page 12: Cs Coefficient

    CS Coefficient It is possible to change the Color Space Coefficient that will be applied for the RGB source file during the decoding process when importing to a YCbCr image format. File Importer offers the following CS Coefficients in the Source Modification selection: •...

  • Page 13: Output Module

    Output Module Figure: Ouptut Module Drop Down The Output Module drop down allows the user to select what type of video format they will import their clip to. The importer supports broadcast resolutions, desktop resolutions, and custom resolutions. Video Format Video Format selection identifies resolution and frame rate in which the video will be decoded according to the “Output Module”...

  • Page 14: Scale

    Scale File Importer scaling functionality provides the ability to scale source video file upon per-pixel width and height adjustment within selected output Video Format. The ‘Scale’ adjustable field requires the following: • W (Width) – per-pixel width scaling of the source file; •...

  • Page 15: Truncate To Legal Broadcast Values

    Truncate to Legal Broadcast Values ‘Truncate to Legal Broadcast Values’ functionality is used in YUV Luma only. Pixel intensity values for the Y Component that are above or below the following values should be truncated to only values within this range. In order to apply truncating, please check the corresponding checkbox before decoding the video.

  • Page 16: Command Line Interface

    Command Line Interface ClearView File Importer provides the ability for the video to be decoded using a Command Line input. CVI.exe can be invoked from the command line for batch processing. Multiple instances of CVI.exe can run in parallel. All settings, available in Graphical User Interface mode are also configurable with specific input commands using the Command Line Interface.
  • Page 17 Set the target scale resolution. For example "1080x720". -scale_algo name Set the scale algorithm. Default is "bicubic". -sequence name Set the name of the ClearView sequence. This must be unique within the library. -shift x,y Set the top left coordinates for a pixel shift. Default is 0,0.

  • Page 18: Command Line Examples

    Command Line Examples Import a file with minimal options: cvi \ -source test.mpg \ -library testlib \ -sequence test1 Import the first 100 frames of a file: cvi \ -source test.mpg \ -library testlib \ -sequence test2 \ -frames 0,99 Import a file starting at frame 100 and specify a target image format: cvi \ -source test.mpg \...

  • Page 19: Supported File Types

    Supported File Types (Partial List) Video Format Import Types Accom YUV CCIR 601 8 Bit ARI Raw Bayer Pattern AVC, AVC I-Frame, AVC-Long GOP Avid AVR, DS HD/SD, DV (*.gen) Avid _DNxHD Avid Meridian &Y’CbCr Avid OMFI (*.omf, *.omfi) AVR, JFIF, JPED, Meridian, RGB, Y’CbCr Cineon (CIN) CineWave Digital Negative (.dng)

  • Page 20: Audio Import Formats Exported File Formats

    Profile GXF Format/SMPTE-360 (*.gxf) QuickTime Movies (*.mov) QuickTime Formats with proper codec, ProRes, etc. RealVideo (*.ra, *.rm, *.ram) Red Camera Stream (r3d) Run-Length encoding (rle) SGI Movie Format (*.mv) Silicon Image Bayer (siv) Sun Raster Sun Raster (*.ras) SGI RGB Targa TGA, ICB, VDA, VST Targa 3000, Pinnacle TIFF, TIF...

  • Page 21: Direct Render

    (eg. width, height, frame rate, etc.) are stored in a separate “sequences” file in the same folder. This folder is called a “library” in ClearView and Venue Player. The video file in conjunction with any associated audio or timecode files comprise a sequence in the library. The video file is named the same as the sequence name.

  • Page 22: Ycbcr 10 Bit

    YCbCr 10 Bit This is the same as the QuickTime ‘v210’ format - 6 pixels in 16 bytes. X = bit not used (2 high order bits per 32 bits are padding) Decreasing Address Order: Byte 3 Byte 2 Byte 1 Byte 0 Cr 0 Cb 0...

  • Page 23: Bgr 8 Bit

    BGR 8 Bit This is 4:4:4 8 bits per component, 24 bits per pixel. Decreasing Address Order: Byte 2 Byte 1 Byte 0 Blue Green 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ARGB 8 Bit This is 4:4:4 8 bits per component, 32 bits per pixel.

  • Page 24: Managing Libraries Outside Of Venue Player Application

    It is written in Python 3.4 and is intended to be portable between Windows and Linux. Consequently, this tool can be executed on some computer other than the Venue Player for offline batch import. usage: libtool.py [-h] [-a NUM] [-i NAME] [-l PATH] [-n NAME] [-p NUM][-r NAME] command...

  • Page 25: Venueplayer

    VenuePlayer VenuePlayer has a graphical user interface, and a command line interface. Both can be used to control the VenuePlayer application. Graphical User Interface Configuration Menu Config Option Description Enable Auido Playback Enables the playback of audio if there is an associated .aud file for the mapped clip Enable Previews Enables a preview of the clip in the GUI...

  • Page 26: Output Module Configuration

    Output Module Configuration Before assigning clips in VenuePlayer you must first select the Output Module Configuration you will be using. There are a total of nine options which are discussed in the Hardware Configuration section. Clip Mapping All clips in VenuePlayer that are assigned to different players within the app need to have compatible clock rates.

  • Page 27: Profiles

    When connecting a show controller you will need to configure the IP address and port of the Venue Player. The Venue Player server uses port 7 by default, but this can be changed by editing the port.txt file located in “C:\Program Files (x86)\Video Clarity\VenuePlayer” on the server. Using a show controller you can leave the port open.

  • Page 28: Commands

    • Click the Environment Variables button. • Under System Variables, select Path, then click Edit. Add the folder in which VPClient.exe, port.txt, and config reside, preferably C:\Program Files\Video Clarity\VenuePlayer (Remember to place a ‘;’ before this new entry). Click Ok. If you need a list of commands that are available you can type “VPClient ?”...
  • Page 29 This command returns the video format of the GetVideoFormatplayerNumber(1-8) sequence mapped to the selected viewportIdx(0,1) player/viewport ReReadLibraries This command notifies the Venue Player to re- ReReadLibraries read the libraries from the registry. SetConfiguration This command sets the configuration which SetConfiguration moduleIdx(0,1)
  • Page 30 SetVideoFormat Changes the video format of a clip. Sequence VideoFormatplayerNumber(1-8) must already be mapped to a player/viewport viewportIdx(0,1) videoFormat(1080i before using this command 59.94 Hz. / 720p 59.94 Hz. / 1080p 60 Hz. / 4x1920x1080p 59.94 Hz..) UnMap This command unmaps the selected players. You UnMap playerNumberList(eg.

  • Page 31: Command Line Examples

    12 vpClient setspeed 12 0 1.00 vpClient play 12 Example 3 On player 1 have the venue player switch back and forth between clips when GPIO port 3 is triggered Command Line Input: vpClient SetConfiguration 0 HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD vpClient Lock 0 vpClient EnableAudio 0 Rev.
  • Page 32 vpClient setLibrary 1 0 F:\1080P_Numbers vpClient setSequence 1 0 Output1 0 vpClient cue 1 vpclient SetSpeed 1 0 1.00 vpClient play 1 :CueLoop vpClient SetNextSequence 1 0 F:\GoDaddy1080P Video1 1 1 vpClient CueNextSequence 1 GPI3 1 1 vpClient SetNextSequence 1 0 F:\1080P_Numbers Output1 1 1 vpClient CueNextSequence 1 GPI3 1 1 goto CueLoop Rev.

  • Page 33: Venue Player Manager

    Venue Player Manager can run on one Venue Player unit, and connect to others via a network connection. Startup To start up the connections between the Venue Player units, and the Manager you will need to run the following. We recommend adding these files to the system’s startup folder. On each managed Venue Player: C:\Program Files (x86)\Video Clarity\VenuePlayer Manager Proxy\StartVenuePlayerManagerProxy.bat...

  • Page 34: Admin

    The default login credentials are admin/admin From the admin page you can add Venue Player units, and create users for the server. Once you have configured the users, and added venue players select the ‘Venue Players’ button to enter the VenuePlayer admin control page as seen below There are a number of admin control options.
  • Page 35 Instructs the hardware to use an external reference clock Internal Reference Instructs the hardware to use an internal reference clock Lock Selected Players Locks the virtual players within the Venue Player together Monitor Selected Players Monitors selected units, and displays status on other Manager Pages Reboot Selected Players...

  • Page 36: Player Control

    Player Control This page is used to control individual players for the different managed Venue Players Rev. 2.2 Page 36 of 42...

  • Page 37: Player Status

    Player Status For each managed Venue Player the Manager will gather information about the system status. Previews A thumbnail is displayed for each of the active players. This can be used as a quick reference to ensure everything is running correctly Front Panel The Front Panel can be used to set the hostname, and IP addresses.

  • Page 38: Ipmi Control

    The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) provides remote access to multiple users at different locations for networking. It also allows a system administrator to monitor system health and manage computer events remotely. IPMI control is only available on the eight port 1RU Venue Player. Configuring BIOS Before configuring IPMI, follow the instructions below to configure the system BIOS settings.
  • Page 39 • Once the Configuration Address Source is set to [Static], the Station IP Address,Subnet Mask and Gateway IP Address fields should be 0.0.0.0, whichis activated for changing. Select each of the three items and enter the values.Press <Enter> when finished. Rev.

  • Page 40: Connecting To The Remote Server

    Connecting to the Remote Server Using IPMIView to Connect to the Remote Server 1. Connect a LAN cable to the onboard LAN1 port or the dedicated IPMI LAN port. 2. Choose a computer that is connected to the same network and open the IPMIView utility. 3.

  • Page 41: To Log In To The Remote Console

    To Log In to the Remote Console Once you are connected to the remote server via IPMI Console Redirection, the following IPMI Login screen will display. 1. Enter your username in the Username box. • The manufacturer default username and password are ADMIN/ADMIN. Once you have logged into the BMC using the manufacturer default password, be sure to change your password for security purpose.

  • Page 42: Launch Console Redirection

    Launch Console Redirection This feature allows you to launch Console Redirection via IKVM (keyboard, video/ monitor, mouse) support. When you click on Console Redirection in the Options window, the following screen will display: 1. Click on the Console Redirection screen to launch the remote console via Java (for the Internet Explorer).

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