VBrick Systems ETV v3.1 Additional ETV Components

Introduction

ETV Portal Server Administrator Guide 5

• Access Control - allows administrators to allow/deny access to specific functions of the

ETV Portal Server server. Access control functionality can use the local ETV Portal

Server database or authenticate to an LDAP directory server.

• Clustering support – multiple EtherneTV-NXG Video-on-Demand servers can be

clustered to increase total throughput. The ETV Portal Server will automatically load

balance all servers defined in ETV Portal Server; no additional configuration is necessary.

See Servers on page 17 for more.

• SSL/TLS security – the ETV Portal Server server can be set up to provide encrypted

access to the Administrative pages, the Login pages, or all pages. See Configuring for SSL

on page 61.

• Customer defined URLs – can be entered into the system and displayed in the ETV

Portal Server interface. The URLs can point to video assets or other assets such as PDFs

or PowerPoint documents.

• Autoingestion to the EtherneTV-NXG server – content placed in autoingestion folders

on the ETV Portal Server will be automatically transferred and ingested into the

EtherneTV-NXG server.

• Customized global messages can display on the ETV Portal Server interface.

• Channel numbers can be assigned to live streams.

• Define a startup channel for STBs – the STB will automatically tune into this channel

when users select the Live TV option.

• Emergency broadcasts – can define pre-configured emergency broadcast templates that

can be launched instantaneously. See Emergency Broadcast on page 32 for more.

• Status window – shows the status of videos being added, recorded, or ingested.

• Diagnostics window – displays a complete log of system events by source, time, and IP

address.

• Custom fields and streams – the ability to add customized information and search

parameters to live and stored streams.

Additional ETV Components

The EtherneTV Video on Demand (VoD) server provides the ETV Portal Server with a list

of available video content organized in folders. The VoD content is displayed on the ETV

Portal Server, along with the duration of the video and associated descriptions, key words, and

other custom information entered by an administrator. The user plays content from the VoD

server by selecting it by program name from the ETV Portal Server interface. The ETV

Portal Server currently supports NXG and VOD-W on demand servers. The configuration is

essentially the same (see Servers on page 17) and there is no difference in functionality for

end users.

EtherneTV-STBs access the ETV Portal Server through a web browser within the Set-Top

Box. Using the Set-Top Box remote control, users can navigate and search for specific on-