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UserGuide for Cisco Digital Media Manager5.4.x
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Chapter19 Content Distribution and Delivery
Concepts
CIFS Restrictions
CIFS Usernames
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Neither a DMP 4310G nor a DMP 4400G can mount any WAAS share volume whose CIFS
username contains even one of these forbidden characters (
CSCtx15486
).
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CIFS Passwords
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Neither a DMP 4310G nor a DMP 4400G can mount any WAAS share volume whose CIFS
password contains even one of these forbidden characters (
CSCtx15486
).
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Use of CIFS in General
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There can be only one CIFS mount point, which all DMPs use in common. You cannot set DMPs or
DMP groups to mount any WAAS share except this one.
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Either your DMPs all use CIFS, or none of them do.
Digital Media Designer (DMD)
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We do not support use of the “Cast” plugin for Digital Media Designer with any content distribution
system or network. (
CSCto35473
)
HD Video Playback
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Playback is choppy for HD video that a DMP 4310G renders from a mounted CIFS volume.
However, a DMP4400G can render the identical file without difficulty. (
CSCtj00686
)
ACNS Restrictions
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We do not support use of the “Cast” plugin for Digital Media Designer with any content distribution
system or network. (
CSCto35473
)
Note You must restart your DMP after you switch it from ACNS mode to ECDS mode. Although we recommend generally that you
restart your DMP after you switch its mode from any content distribution method to another, it is mandatory only when you switch
from ACNS to ECDS. (CSCto35473)
Caution Never delete an ACNS channel that Cisco DMS uses. Otherwise, you cannot see, select, edit, or delete in your schedule any
events that use the deleted channel. In this case, content substitution occurs on your DMPs because scheduled events call upon
missing assets. So, before you delete any ACNS channel, be sure that you have deleted from your schedule all events that will be
disrupted by its absence.
ECDS Restrictions
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We do not support use of the “Cast” plugin for Digital Media Designer with any content distribution
system or network. (
CSCto35473
)
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Intra-playlist transitions take longer (by 1or 2 seconds apiece) during playback in ECDS mode tha n
they take in any other mode. Also, a gray screen is visible briefly between videos. (
CSCtl143456
)