VBrick Systems ETV v4.1 manual Administrative Features, ETV Portal Server Home

Introduction

•Set-Top Box users can use familiar Channel Up/Down keys and other hot keys on the IR remote control to navigate through video listings.

•Users can search through the list of Live or On-Demand videos by Title, Keyword, Description, or other custom fields defined by an ETV Portal Server administrator.

•Users can record and store videos on the EtherneTV-VOD Video-on-Demand server via ETV Portal Server.

•Users can publish pre-recorded content and thumbnails directly to the VOD server.

•Users can view closed caption text (Windows-based PCs and set-top boxes only).

•Users can launch pre-configured emergency broadcasts. (Optional. Requires Scheduling module.)

•Users can schedule recordings or broadcasts. (Optional. Requires Scheduling module.)

Figure 2. ETV Portal Server Home Page

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-VOD 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 31 for more.

•SSL/TLS security – the ETV Portal Server can be set up to provide encrypted access to the Login pages and/or the Admin pages. See Configuring for SSL on page 93.

•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.

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