Administration

EZ Client

The EZ Client requires minimal intervention from the user. Once the user clicks the link to install EZ Client, the download, installation, and upgrade of Zoom Client on that machine are all managed automatically by the EZ Client using the Evolphin Zoom Updater app. Using the EZ Client, the user can check for Zoom updates

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Getting started with EZ

The EZ system is a way to automatically manage the installation and upgrade of Zoom Server and Zoom Clients in a new or existing Zoom setup. Once it is configured, administrators (EZ Admin) only need to approve Zoom builds that are automatically downloaded from Evolphin servers and then installed on client machines. Only Zoom Client

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EZ Client Setup

The last step in setting up EZ is to install it on the EZ Client machines (that will host Zoom Client). The build is shared by your EZ Admin after EZ Updater has been set up. On the client machine, download your OS-specific build from the link shared by your EZ Admin. The link will

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Your Zoom License

Understanding 7.x License Model The following sections detail your license information and the way users and sessions are managed from Zoom 7.x onwards. If you need more information about the types of licenses or would like to get an add-on to your license then please contact the Evolphin Sales team. After successfully adding/updating the license

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How to profile Java Virtual Machine (JVM) used by Zoom Services

Zoom services such as DAM/MAM database service, Preview Service, Curator Service use the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). As the number of files and user load increase the system administrators should periodically instrument the JVM and review the performance graphs. This article describes how the Zoom Server’s JVM can be configured for monitoring & profiling: Hear Memory

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VideoFX in action

Once all the setup for VideoFX is complete as described here, we are ready to see VideoFX flow in action. The VideoFX flow starts from the source file on the Client machine and ends on the low-res proxy checked-in to the Zoom MAM Server. Check here to see the diagrammatic flow. VideoFX flow Check the

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RED Camera Support in Zoom

 Support in Zoom Zoom can support preview & transcoding of  RED raw camera files such as .R3D using the REDLine SDK from RED. To add support for .R3D file: Download the REDLine CLI bundled with REDCINE-X PRO on a Windows Server running the Zoom VideoLX transcoder or Zoom Preview Server: After the install is done, ensure

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Vantage workflows

You can request a sample workflow from Evolphin Support to get started. Hires Ingest Van_convert_flv (not needed if using default converter based on software FFmpeg for preview creation) The exported workflows can be imported into the Vantage Lightspeed server. Metadata groups in high-res ingest workflow Keep a note of the metadata group codes that are

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VideoFX with AWS S3

Archiving/restoring is a necessary requirement in asset management solutions. Zoom also allows archiving of assets using various types of archive modules. It has a built-in basic module that handles simple archiving to a single path on the MAM Server. It also allows integration with many external archive modules. VideoFX manages ingest of high-res assets in

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Types of Archive Modules in Zoom

An archive module allows the Zoom archive manager to delegate the actual archive/restore operation to a specific archive handler. The following are currently supported: Archive Module Type Implemented Description Basic Internal Built-in Supports archiving to a single file system path on the network Path-specific Archive Internal Built-in Similar to basic, plus the ability to map

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Reporting with Asset Browser

Change Navigator report In the Asset Browser, use the ‘Group By’ filter at the bottom to get the custom grouping of change-sets or ingest records. This allows you to navigate assets based on the change history in the Zoom repository. Clicking on a specific change-set brings you a list of assets that were part of

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Server Side Search based Reports

Search and Execute is a new feature available in the Asset Browser (VAB) desktop app that lets super admins execute pre-configured actions on the custom search results. For example, this feature can be used to look for all assets with names matching a certain string and then delete all of them or export them into

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Script installer for VideoFX

For Zoom versions up to 7.2, you have to use scripts to install hooks for various VideoFX functions. These steps are only used for Zoom versions up to 7.2. These are not needed from Zoom 7.3 onwards.   After your servers have the necessary environment for VideoFX, we are ready to run the installer for

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