Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 242)

Working with the Media Watcher
Note:
• To be able to manage the copying of media files to an Output Server cache, the Media
Watcher must have network access rights to the Media folder on the Cache volume of
the Output Server.
Registering of Licenses
For the scheduling services (TXPlay and TXEdit) on any Output Server machine to operate, the
machine must have a License dongle fitted and the License must be registered in the System
Database. The same applies for the Encode Server on an Encode Server machine.
The Media Watcher registers Licenses by copying the information stored in License files, placed
in the Inbox folder, to the System Database.
Note:
• The iTX system software includes a variety of optional services. Some of these services
are only available if your system has the necessary software Licenses; e.g. the Missing
Materials Manager, the XML Adaptor.
Deleting files
The OPUS Service handles all requests to delete assets from the System Database. The Media
Watcher responds to asset deletions by deleting files when they are not referenced by any
asset.
Sometimes, the Media Watcher cannot immediately delete a file – for example, when the file is
locked, or loaded in a Preview Window. In such a case, the Media Watcher creates a text file
with a .DEL extension in the Inbox. It continues to try to delete the file. If you restart the Media
Watcher before it completes this task, the .DEL file causes it to retry the deletion until it is
successful.
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