VBrick Systems ETV v3.1 manual Additional Portal Server Components, VBrick Encoders/Decoders

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demand content or live video streams, select a stream, and begin viewing television-quality video. Set-Top Box users can also record video directly on the ETV Portal Server using the remote control or the wireless keyboard.

VBrick Encoders/Decoders

VBrick's VB4000-5000-6000 Series MPEG-2 network video appliances provide DVD quality video and CD quality audio at 1–15 Mbps of bandwidth. MPEG-2 is the world's most popular digital compression technology and is used to encode DVDs as well as Digital Cable and Digital Satellite broadcasts. VBrick's VB4000-5000-6000 Series MPEG-4 encoders and decoders are versatile and reliable video appliances for one or two-way interactive communications over low or medium bandwidth IP networks. The VBrick MPEG-4 encoder/decoder can be used for webcasting, multicasting, transcoding, and two-way interactive video. Designed for streaming over the Internet at lower bit rates (56K, 128K, 384K0 and over a LAN at higher rates (1Mbps and above).

Additional Portal Server Components

The ETV Network Video Recorder and the ETV Live Portal Server are optional components that are purchased and installed separately. They have different license files that must be installed separately. See Portal Server License Files on page 7.

ETV Network Video Recorder

The ETV Network Video Recorder lets you off-load all recording tasks from the ETV Portal Server machine to a separate "recorder server" machine. This optimizes recording performance as well as ETV Portal Server performance. The Network Video Recorder uses ETV Portal Server components and requires two machines: the ETV Portal Server is installed on one machine; the Network Video Recorder software is installed on a different machine. Once installed, the NVR machine is used for all ETV Portal Server recording tasks. The NVR has no GUI and runs continually as a background service. You simply install the NVR software and change the Recorder Server configuration to match the new server. See the ETV Network Video Recorder Release Notes for more details and installation instructions.

Note A standard ETV Portal Server permits two concurrent recording operations. If you

purchase and install a Network Video Recorder, the number of concurrent recording operations is fixed by the terms of your licensing agreement with VBrick.

ETV Live Portal Server

The ETV Live Portal Server provides ETV functionality that is limited to scheduling and viewing live streams. It does not integrate with a VoD server and there is no functionality for browsing the video library.

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Contents VBrick EtherneTV Portal Server Copyright About VBrick SystemsContents Access Control Auto Content Ingestion Contents Organization Font ConventionsRelated Documents Printer-FriendlyOverview Downloaded ComponentsMySQL ETV Portal ServerServer Requirements Desktop RequirementsEnd User Features Windows PCsEtherneTV Video-on-Demand Server Administrative FeaturesAdditional ETV Components EtherneTV-STB Set-Top BoxETV Network Video Recorder Additional Portal Server ComponentsVBrick Encoders/Decoders ETV Live Portal ServerPortal Server License Files Live Portal Server User InterfaceLicense File Description License Errors Administrator Login Administrator OptionsOption Description Global Settings Global AssignmentsFunction Description Only be done if advised by a VBrick technician or Network Custom Fields Customize Streams Add Link Servers Add/Modify Video On-Demand ServersAdd/Modify On-Demand Content Folders VBricks Select Add VBricks and click Submit To Configuration System Securit y IWS Server Port Advanced Settings Set Top BoxesAdministration To add a Recorder configuration RecordersSelect Add Recorders and click Submit Script Devices Scripts Select Add Scripts and click Submit URLs Add/Modify a URL for a Live Video StreamVOD Content URLNon-Video to Content PC Users Only Emergency Broadcast Administration VBrick Systems, Inc Administration Modify VOD Content Access ControlAdministration Required by ETV Portal Server. Case sensitive. Must begin Using Single Sign-On Using Ldap Servers with SSL Installing the Root CertificateClick Browse Diagnostics Resolving Other Security AlertsStatus Help LogoutAccess Control DefinitionsVBrick Database AuthenticationAuthorization Resources and Resource GroupsSTB Authentication Authentication by PINAuthentication by IP Address Setup and Configure the EtherneTV SystemChoose an Authentication Method Ldap Directory Server Create User Groups on the Portal ServerCreate Resource Groups on the Portal Server Assign Resources to Users or User Groups UsersCreate Users on the ETV Portal Server VBrick Systems, Inc Add/Modify User Information Assigning Privileges to UsersAdd/Modify Users Resource Group Assignments Allow Access to Specific VOD ServersAdd/Modify Users Group Assignments Add/Modify Live Channel PrivilegesAllow Content Publishing Allow Access to Specific VOD ContentAllow Viewing by Content Type Allow Content RecordingUser Groups Add/Modify Groups Resource Assignments Add/Modify Group InformationAdd/Modify Groups User Assignments Resource Groups Add/Modify Resource Group Information Add/Modify Users Resource AssignmentsVBrick Systems, Inc Configuring for SSL Generate a Certificate RequestInstall the Certificate Submit a Certificate RequestConfigure Resources for SSL VBrick Systems, Inc Auto Content Ingestion Removing Closed Captions To remove the closed captions track from MPEG-4 files VBrick Systems, Inc Index Index ETV Portal Server Administrator Guide Index Page VBrick Systems, Inc Beaumont Road Wallingford, Connecticut
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