VBrick Systems ETV v3.1 manual Additional ETV Components, Administrative Features

Introduction

Administrative Features

•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

EtherneTV Video-on-Demand Server

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-STB Set-Top Box

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-

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