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Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Avid Interplay Transfer Overview
- Avid Interplay Transfer Installation
- Installation and Configuration Check List
- Turning On the Interplay Transfer Server
- Installing Avid Shared Storage Client Software
- Understanding the Software Required for Performing Transfers
- Installing the Interplay Transfer Engine in a Workgroup Environment
- Installing Interplay Transfer Support Software
- Installing the Interplay Transfer Software in a Standalone Environment
- Interplay Transfer Configuration
- Opening the Avid Interplay Transfer Engine Configuration Tool
- Avid Interplay Transfer Engine Configuration Settings
- Setting the Number of Simultaneous Transfers Allowed by the Interplay Transfer Engine
- Configuring Workgroup Transfer Presets
- Configuring an Avid Interplay Workgroup For Transfers
- Configuring a Remote Workgroup for Workgroup-to-Workgroup Transfers
- Specifying Interplay Transfer Engines For Direct Transfers
- Configuring a Standalone System to Monitor Transfer Status
- Configuring Interplay Transfer in a Standalone Environment
- Configuring the Avid Editing Application for Transfers
- Configuring Capture and Playback of MXF DHM OPIa File Formats
- Configuring an FTP Server Profile
- FTP Server Dialog Box Settings Used to Create an FTP Server Profile
- Setting an Aspect Ratio For Send To Playback
- Configuring a Generic FTP Playback Device into a Workgroup
- Filtering Ancillary Data During Send to Playback
- Configuring a Generic FTP Ingest Device into a Workgroup
- Creating and Editing FTP Directory Profiles on Interplay Transfer Client
- FTP Directory Profile Window Settings
- Configuring the Interplay Transfer Client For Direct Captures
- Configuration for Playing Back to a Sony XDCAM SD Device
- Configuration for Working with XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX Assets
- Configuring a Thunder Production Server
- Configuring Ingest From FTP Deck Devices
- Configuring an Ingest Device Catalog
- Configuring a Playback Device Catalog
- Configuring the AutoTransfer Service
- Transferring Avid Assets
- Media Compatibility Between Avid Applications
- Transferring Avid Assets from an Avid Editing Application
- Transferring Avid Assets from an Interplay Workgroup to Another Workgroup
- Automatically Transferring Assets to Another Workgroup
- Transferring Avid Assets in a Standalone Environment
- Transferring Avid Assets to a Playback Device (Send to Playback)
- Transferring Files From an Ingest Device
- Transferring To and From Generic FTP Servers
- Transferring Files From FTP Deck Devices
- Using Frame Chase Editing
- Monitoring Transfers
- Troubleshooting
- Index
Networking Considerations
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Networking Considerations
For two workgroups to cooperate, some workstations in one workgroup must have access to
services in the other workgroup. If these workgroups are not in the same site, or are
separated by routers or firewalls, you have to establish access to allow these services to work
together.
The main components are an Avid Interplay Engine and two Interplay Transfer Engines. All
these services are TCP/IP based.
• The Avid Interplay Engine leverages the standard HTTP service on port 80.
• The Interplay Transfer Engines use port numbers that are defined in the services file in
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\. As installed, these port numbers are as
follows:
- 6532 - the Interplay Transfer Engine listens on this port for requests from other TM
servers (for example, initiating a workgroup transfer).
- 6535 - This is the default port used by the Interplay Transfer Engine for connecting
to playback servers (for example, AirSpeed Multi Stream).
- 6539 - The Interplay Transfer Engine listens on this port for incoming requests from
the Transfer Client.
Interplay Transfer uses ports 6432 and 6535 to communicate with the sending or receiving
device. After the Transfer Engine establishes the connection, the OS on the external device
assigns a port and notifies the Transfer Engine of the new port number. Then the external
device starts listening on that port. Transfer Engine uses the new port number for sending or
receiving data.
Remote Workgroup Connectivity Rules
For minimal remote workgroup connectivity, the following rules apply:
• Avid editing clients must be able to access the remote Interplay Transfer Engine server
and Avid Interplay Engine services.
• Interplay Transfer Engine servers must be able to access the remote Media Transfer
service. Interplay Transfer Engine servers access only workgroup-local Avid Interplay
Engine services, not remote ones.
• The Avid Interplay Engine must be able to access the remote Interplay Transfer Engine
service.