Grass Valley iTX SmartClient v.2.6 - Manual (Page 10)

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About SmartClient
The SmartClient User Interface
The SmartClient User Interface
You interact with SmartClient through a Web-based user interface that connects to a
SmartClient server, on which the SmartClient services run . You view the user interface in a
Web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer on a Windows PC or Safari on a Mac).
Starting from the SmartClient home page, you can navigate to any of a number of
SmartClient pages - called workspaces - which are specially equipped with the features you
need for particular tasks.
Playing of Media Files
Some workspaces contain a Media Viewer. In this, you can preview low-bit-rate versions of
media files that are registered in iTX. The Media Viewer can play complete files with the
.mp4, .wmv or .ism filename extension. It can also play files while they are being recorded
with Microsoft Live Smooth Streaming technology.
Note: An .ism file is a Smooth Streaming file that contains details of the
video and audio content of a media file.
The SmartClient Home Page
You start SmartClient by entering the Web address of the SmartClient server in your Web
browser. You may need to ask your system administrator for this address.
The SmartClient home page appears:
The home page has two distinct areas: the title bar at the top and the Dashboard below it.
About the Dashboard
The Dashboard contains a set of buttons for navigating to the various SmartClient
workspaces. It may also contain other items (or "widgets"), such as a clock or service
monitors. The availability and arrangement of these items depends on how your system
administrator designs your Dashboard.