VBrick Systems ETV v3.1 manual Organization, Font Conventions

Preface

This EtherneTV Portal Server Administrator Guide is written for anyone who will be using or evaluating the VBrick EtherneTV Portal Server. This includes system administrators, software developers, network technicians, and others. The ETV Portal Server is a web-based portal for accessing and managing video assets including both live or stored audio and video files. The ETV Portal Server is a key component in VBrick's EtherneTV Media Distribution System. The ETV Portal Server provides a simple, intuitive interface that auto-discovers available media assets in your network. Key components in VBrick's EtherneTV solution include:

•EtherneTV-NXG Video-on-Demand Server – Provides all standard Video-on- Demand (VoD) features including support for MPEG-1,MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 for maximum flexibility.

•EtherneTV-STBSet-Top Box – Leading edge digital set-top box that provides a low- cost standalone decoder for DVD-quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 videos.

•VBrick Hardware Encoders/Decoders – Rugged, reliable video appliances that can reside anywhere on your network to provide either distributed or high-density centralized encoding/decoding of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 video.

Organization

Introduction – provides an overview of the application including server and desktop requirements and an overview of features and functionality.

Administration – provides detailed explanations of all ETV Portal Server global settings and configuration options, as well as diagnostics and status windows.

Access Control – explains how to configure the system for access control. It explains how to create users and groups with specific permissions and access to resources.

Configuring for SSL – explains how to securely configure the system using the Secure Sockets Layer.

Auto Content Ingestion – explains auto content ingestion. This is the process whereby video content is automatically populated on the portal server.

Font Conventions

Arial bold is used to describe dialog boxes and menu choices, for example: Start > All

Programs > VBrick

Courier fixed-width font is used for code elements (C++, HTML) as well as filenames, directories, etc.

Bold Courier fixed-width font is used to indicate user input in keyboard commands, scripts, etc.

Web addresses are displayed as hyperlinks in the format: http://www.VBrick.com

Italics are used to emphasize specific words or phrases.

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