Grass Valley K2 Media Client System Guide v.3.3 - Manual (Page 59)

June 9, 2009 K2 Media Client System Guide 59
Streaming video between K2 systems
redirects to the K2 Media Server, which is the correct transfer source/destination. Use
this technique with caution, as it can mask transfer problems and hamper your ability
to troubleshoot and find the root cause.
To see an example of a K2 Media Client configuration setup and hosts file, refer to
the
“Sample K2 Media Client configuration and hosts file” on page 60 . Otherwise,
proceed with the following steps to set up your hosts file.
On each K2 system, set up the hosts file as follows:
1. Open the following file using Notepad or some other text editor.
c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
2. Enter text in two lines for each K2 system that is a transfer source/destination.
a. Type the IP address for the control network, then use the TAB key or Space bar
to insert a few spaces.
b. Type the machine name, such as K2-MediaClient. This sets up the host file for
resolving the machine name on the control network. The machine name cannot
have any spaces in it.
c. On the next line, type the IP address for the FTP/streaming network, then use the
TAB key or Space bar to insert a few spaces.
d. Type the machine name followed by the characters “_he0”. Be sure to use the
zero character, not the letter ‘o’. Refer to the following example:
10.16.42.10 K2-MediaClient
10.0.0.10 K2-MediaClient_he0
3. If you choose to add the “error correction” aliasing to the FTP/streaming network
line for a K2 Media Server, do so as in the following example:
10.0.0.22 K2-MediaServer-1_he0 K2-MediaClient-1_he0 K2-MediaClient-2_he0
4. For systems that are not a transfer source/destination, the second line (for the FTP/
streaming network) is not required.
5. If there are UIM systems on the FTP/streaming network, make sure you follow the
UIM naming conventions. Refer to the UIM Instruction Manual.
6. Once you have added the host names for the all the systems on the networks for
which the host file provides name resolution, save the file and exit the text editor.
7. Copy the new hosts file onto all the other machines to save you editing it again.
8. Proceed to “Add network hosts names for streaming” .