EVS XTAccess Version 1.10 - July 2009 User Manual - Manual (Page 7)

Issue 1.10.D XTAccess Version 1.10– User’s Manual
Author: Serge Comes - EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2009
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1. Introduction
The Gigabit connection on XT[2] server makes it possible to transfer video and
audio material from the XT[2] servers to external systems via the TCP/IP network.
The external systems can be the following ones:
• A storage system or an archiving system, such as XStore, XFile or a 3 r d party
storage.
• A non-linear Editing system, such as EVS CleanEdit, Apple Final Cut Pro or
Avid.
• Another XT[2] server
However, the external systems cannot read the raw files coming from the XT[2]
servers. For this reason, XT Access is used as a “gateway” between the XT[2] and
the IT world. It takes up the role of gateway used so far by XFile/XStream as it
creates file formats compliant with external systems.
XT Access is directly connected to the XT[2] servers through the Gigabit network.
It runs on an XP workstation and is mainly controlled by the external systems (no
user interface) via XML files or other processes.
The Gigabit connection fulfills the following functions in relation with the XT[2]