EVS OpenCube MXFTK Version 2.6 - October 2013 User Manual - Manual (Page 10)

EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. Issue 2.6.A October 2013
2 Preliminaries
Quit the « License Key Manager » software.
You can know execute the 'MXFTkFrontEnd' software.
> ~/MXFTkFrontEnd/bin/mxftkfrontend
1.2.3 Apple Platform
OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End comes as a self-extractible archive.

Double-click on OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End package to launch the installation.
The default installation path is in the “Applications” directory however you may
choose to install it elsewhere.
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If you have not installed OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End in the default installation
path, you have to set an environment variable:
o MXF_HOME_FRONTEND which should contain the path to the root directory of
your OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End installation directory.
o (installation_directory/MxfTkFrontEnd.app/Contents/SharedSupport/MxfTk).
1.2.4 OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End Activation
OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End requires a valid license key to work. Temporary license
keys for evaluation purpose are available from EVS
OpenCube’s website ( http://www.evs-
opencube.com ). After creating an account there, you will get access to a download area
where you will be able to retrieve a one-month license key file. If you purchased
OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End you should have received a permanent license key file.
To enable your software, you will need to install the OpenCube Key Manager also freely
available for download and load your license file in this application. After agreeing to the
license you will be ready to start working with OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End.
1.3 OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End
Overview
OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End is an application built on top of OpenCube MXFTk® C++
OEM SDK library for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. It enables
wrapping of MXF files embedding your audiovisual material, MXF file unwrapping, partial
restore of MXF files and metadata update. OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End can read and
partial restore all normative files ranging from Op1a to Op3c as well as OpAtom
operational patterns. It can create MXF files following operational patterns Op1a to Op2b
and OpAtom. It also includes support of SONY eVTR, XDCam, Panasonic P2, Panasonic
AVC-LongG and Avid files. OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End was built to demonstrate the
main features of MXF and all of them can be automated using OpenCube MXFTk® C++
OEM SDK library.