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CHAPTER 15

Content Management Application (CMA)

Archiving User Content

An Archive/Image is a compressed file used to store media files, folders and object files along with valid identification DMX values. This Content Archive is used to backup User Content that can be restored to any media server.

Using Local Archives to Prepare Content Offline

You can create a Local Archive of files stored on your harddrive to be deployed to a server at another time. This lets you work on organizing files for a specific show offline and then upload it to a server at a later date.

Creating a Local Archive

For CMA Running Windows XP

1.Under the FILE menu, select Create Local Archive to launch the archiving wizard.

2.Click on Add Media Folder. This will add a media folder to the left- hand column named “MyMedia0”. Each successive media folder will be named “MyMedia1, MyMedia2, and so forth. You can rename these folders by single clicking on the name of the folder

3.After creating a folder and renaming it (if you wish), highlight the folder to add media files.

4.Click Add Media. This will bring up a file browser window that will allow you to navigate to the spot on your hard drive containing the media you want to add. You can add single files or multiple files. To add multiple files, hold down shift and select multiple media files with your mouse.

5.Click Add Objects if you wish to add custom 3-D objects to the archive. This will again bring up a file browser window to navigate to you 3-D objects. Any 3-D objects added will appear in the right hand column of the wizard. 3-D objects do not get added to folders.

6.Click Next at the bottom of the wizard. This will take you to another screen where you choose where to save and what to name your archive.

7.Click Browse to navigate to where you want to save and name your archive.

8.Click Next. Your archive will then be created.

176	Axon Media Server User Manual

AXON specifications

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