EVS IPDirector Version 4.4 - March 2008 Part 2 User's Manual - Manual (Page 60)

IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 2: Logging and Browsing
EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008
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3.2 CLIPS
One library method used by IP Director is to mimic the hierarchical structure
adopted by the XT range of servers to store media, which is based on the remote
panel design with a limited amount of buttons and desk space
3.2.1 U
NDERSTANDING
XT C
LIP
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TRUCTURE
Each XT unit can store up to 900 clips (with each clip containing up to 6 sub clips,
lettered A to F).
900 clips with up to 6 sub-clips per clip result in 5400 “clip registers” in the
memory. However the maximum number of clips on each XT system is 4096.
This number is displayed in the upper right window of the VGA setup screen
(Shift+F2 from the PC keyboard).
Note
If you are working with IP Director and a number of XT machines in an
XNet network, keep in mind that the total number of clips on the entire
network is limited to 6,000 or 16,000 depending on the network settings
used. This number is displayed in the same area on the XT VGA setup
screen.
The following diagram represents the hierarchy of the XT clip numbering system.
As an example, clip number “129C” is used:
Additionally the number of the XT server within the network structure is also be
added to define the precise location of the clip, for example if clip 129C is stored
on the machine allocated with the network number 2 the clip would be identified as
129C/02.