Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 87)

Configuring a Media Watcher
File-store types
File stores for playout are usually one of two types:
• Store. This describes a folder, on a Windows-based machine, to which the Media
Watcher can move media files that are placed in the Inbox; the files are then available
to iTX for playout. A file store of this type is, by definition, an iTX Media Store.
• Search. This type of file store may be one of the following: a folder, containing media
files that iTX can use, on a machine that is not an iTX Media Store; a set of file stores in
another iTX domain; an archive in a Colossus automation system.
A file store of either of these types is identified by a file-store name, which is mapped to the
specified folder, remote domain or clip database.
For resilience, it is possible to use a third type of file store:
• Mirror. This describes a folder to which the Media Watcher adds back-up media files;
these are copies of the media files it moves from the Inbox to a media folder on an iTX
Media Store. iTX does not manage mirror folders; nor does it include them as locations
in assets in the System Database; the files on them are not available to iTX for playout.
File stores of the mirror type are identified by the UNC path of the specified folder.
For each file store, you should set the sharing permissions of the associated folder to Full
Control for all users.
Inbox settings
You specify an Inbox folder and set properties for it in the Source Folder - Inbox panel:
Specify an Inbox folder
1. Click Set Inbox.
The Media Watcher displays the Select Inbox Folder dialog.
2. Do one of the following to select an Inbox folder.
• Enter the folder-path details in the UNC Path box.
• Click Browse to open the Browse For Folder dialog; select the Inbox folder and click OK
to close the dialog.
3. Click OK to close the Select Inbox Folder dialog.
The Set Inbox box shows the folder-path.
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