EVS IPDirector Version 4.4 - March 2008 Part 1 User's Manual User Manual

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Issue 4.4.B

IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 1: Introduction

EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008

workflow.
IP Director can control channels of several XT servers. Each workstation sees the
XNet network as one large server whose storage is divided into various volumes
accessible by any channel from any XT within the XNet network.

In the Diagram below, different areas of the production workflow are identified:

RECORD

LOGGING

ARCHIVE

PLAY OUT

BROWSE

EDITING

Conventionally, in a simple show a recording is made, logged on paper sheets and
then edited or played into the final production or to Air, making reference to the
logs. The desired media will then be archived, generally by compiling onto a new
tape and a new log is created to match the new recording.

The diagram below shows which application within IP Director is designed to

assist in each stage of the workflow, not only to produce an integrated database
with video, audio, and time code information for each clip created, and also all
metadata associated with that clip such as: name, keywords, description, creation
date, original location (server s/n, clip position, etc), but also to control the
ingest, manipulation and play out of the media.

RECORD

LOGGING

REPLAY