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Database traits may also be assigned to queues or directories via the Directory/Queue
Properties dialog box at an iNEWS Workstation. For more information, see “Viewing Database
Traits” and “Changing Database Traits” in the Avid iNEWS Setup and Configuration Guide.
To find out which directories or queues have the Media Index attribute:
t From the console, type the list command in the following format:
list flags=m d
The system will display a line that shows the database traits flags
(SRPlo-LIsUGQSXWFiTMm) and some column headers. Each line underneath the header
line represents either a queue or directory, as indicated by the Q or D to start each line of
text. A dash appears when the attribute is not assigned to the queue or directory. The
lowercase “m” is the last flag, coming before the sortfield column, and indicates the
directories or queues with the Media Index attribute assigned to them.
SRPlo-LIsUGQSXWFiTMm sortfield purge dis mbox directory
D-------Is----X-Fi--m TITLE P1 D7 - SHOWS
Q-R-----I-----XW-iT-m TITLE P3.0 D1 - WIRES.ALL
Activating the mediaindex Program
After completing all other steps in this chapter, you need to activate the mediaindex program,
which acts as the sync agent for Media Index. To do this, you need to know the device number
for the program, which will vary by site.
To get the device number for mediaindex, use the following command:
t Type: list c mediaindex .
The system will display information similar to this example, in which case the device
number is 122, located in the NOTIFY column:
DEV DEVICE_TYPE COMPUTER NOTIFY OPTIONS DEVNAME
S122 mediaindex B 122
To activate mediaindex:
t Use the restart console command in the following format:
restart <device number>
For example: select the appropriate server at the console, and type: restart 122
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(Optional) Use the stop command to stop the program, such as # stop 122 .