Administration
This function is useful for VBrick VBSTAR appliances to easily transfer content from their hard drives to the NXG server. (This feature can also be used for users who acquire content outside of the ETV Portal Server, for example StreamPlayer Plus.) When a folder is created, you must check a box in Add/Modify Folders on Selected Servers to associate the folder with a server for autoingestion. ETV Portal Server checks these folders every 5 minutes and ingests new content if present. This feature only applies to Autoingest; it does not apply to
Record or Add Video.
As the folder structure is created in this section, autoingest folders will be created in the FTP root path. For example, if the FTP root path is c:\inetpub\ftproot, then folders that are created in the Add/Modify
c:\inetpub\ftproot\mcs\autoingest folder.
Autoingested content can go into any folder that has been associated with a server or servers using the Add/Modify Folders on Selected Servers check boxes shown above. If using a VBStar, be sure to associate a folder with a server for autoingest. This enables the folder that the VBStar will FTP files into. This function is not associated with a user or group permission, and is controlled only by the Administrator. See Auto Content Ingestion on page 65 for a more detailed description of the
Note Existing folder structures on an NXG server will be mirorred in the Portal Server. However you will still need to associate those folders with other server(s) if the file is to be
VBricks
All VBricks must be configured in ETV Portal Server before they can be managed and used for scheduled events. (Brick configuration is only required if you be using the Scheduled Programs feature.) Once configured, all VBricks in the system are shown on the following
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