Storage Models Zoom has two storage models for assets as described here. Please familiarize yourself with these before proceeding with the steps below. With VideoLX or VideoFX modules, both storage models are used in a Zoom deployment. Direct Ingested Assets – To archive/restore these assets in the Zoom Asset Browser (VAB), use the VAB > Selected […]
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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
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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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
6.x Named Web license versus 7.x Web Concurrent license Based on customer feedback, ALL web app licenses in 7.x have transitioned to the concurrent or floating license model. What that means is that in 7.x we restrict the number of simultaneous users accessing the Zoom Web apps. For example, in a five-user concurrent use Web
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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
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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As a media manager, you may decide that assets from some projects in Zoom may be less relevant and could be archived to low-cost tape storage, while assets from other projects may have to be kept more accessible on a fast SAN. You could achieve this out of the box starting with Zoom 7.1 and
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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
If any Perl module fails to install with a cpan command, it is usually due to a dependency on some other module or software. For example, if your cpan Crypt::SSLeay module fails to install on Linux, then try installing with a package manager like yum, as shown below: sudo yum install perl-Crypt-SSLeay
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The Vantage Server uses workflows to guide the flow of assets between servers and manage user intervention in that flow. Before proceeding with setting up the Vantage Server workflows, please make sure that these prerequisites are met if you are using Zoom version before 7.3: Skip the Prerequisites and Validating Zoom Client sections for Zoom
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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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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
This post is about adding archive/restore functionality to an existing VideoFX setup. If you have to set up VideoFX first, then check here for details. Zoom offers a built-in internal archive system. It also allows extending the internal module by using external archive modules like SGL, S3, and DIVA. With VideoFX, we can only use
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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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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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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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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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There are number of analytics available in Zoom Web Management Console for the administrators. These are located under the left navigation panel: Many of the reports require Adobe Flash to be enabled in the Web Browser to work. These are marked with an asterisk (*). Tracking Lock Activity To quickly see who has what files
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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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