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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As part of installing the scripts needed by VideoFX for Zoom 7.2 or below, a configuration file needs to be set up for the installer, as described here. This file holds all parameters needed to be set up for the servers in a VideoFX setup. These steps are only used for Zoom versions up to
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Apart from setting up the servers, you also need to set up Zoom Clients to be able to use VideoFX flow. Follow for your Zoom version: Settings from Zoom 7.3 onwards Settings for Zoom versions upto 7.2 From Zoom 7.3 onwards As hook files are not required anymore while setting up VideoFX, so the configuration
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How do I enable Audit Log Mining and Reporting in Zoom? Before enabling audit log reporting in Zoom Wed Administration console, we need to make sure that the Curator search indexing is enabled. Setup Curator Open the Web Management Console for your Zoom MAM Server. Usually, the URL is http://[YourZoomServer]:8443 Locate the Curator Node under the
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While setting up SQL server connection from Zoom Server -> Server Control Panel, If you are seeing some access denied or not able to connect to the SQL server error. Try the below steps to troubleshoot the issue:- Make sure the has
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To allow the certificate to be used for multiple hostnames/IPs, these must be set in the certificate as Subject Alternative Names (SAN). SANs can be present in commercially signed certificates, as well as self-signed certificates. The following describes the steps to create a self-signed certificate for use with Zoom: Create the encryption key and certificate.
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VideoLX 1.0 VideoLX 2.0 VideoLX 3.0 VideoFX 1.0 VideoFX 2.0 Zoom support 7.0.x 7.1 to 7.2.x 7.3.x 5.x to 7.2.x 7.3.x Image and audio file supported as high-res files Not supported Not supported Supported Not supported Supported Include/exclude rules Not supported Only include rules are supported Both include and exclude rules are supported Only
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Zoom VideoFX is a proxy-based high-res asset management that works with a third party transcoding server, Telestream Vantage. It also supports external archives to be integrated into user-defined workflows. At the basic level, a VideoFX setup should have an Ingest Server and a third-party Vantage Transcoder. The Ingest Server runs a few hooks to redirect
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After Video LX has been set up as specified here, all check-ins to the Zoom repository will be screened for high-res assets. Whenever a video asset meets the high-res criteria as specified here, Zoom will treat it as a high-res ingest using VideoLX module. Here is what happens on the Zoom Client, in the Zoom
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VideoLX 2.0 is a lightweight proxy-based media asset management setup that lets Zoom users access high-resolution video files that are saved outside the Zoom repository. It is an upgrade to the previous VideoLX 1.0 with full support for the low-resolution H.264 proxy generation. Prerequisites Ensure you have received a VideoLX license from Evolphin Sales. Ensure
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Technical Support contact information: By Support Ticket or for Critical issues, by phone: The Customer will provide an accurate description of the problem and the severity of the problem, stating the circumstances that lead to the severity condition. The actual severity level may be re-determined by the parties during the problem resolution process, but EVOLPHIN
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You can use add these new system media converters with a Zoom 7.0+ server installation to take advantage of Web Client features such as: Image cropping Image scaling Adding text to an image Extracting an image frame from a video These following converters are now supported: System – Create Image Sprite System – H.264 System
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By default, any Smart Copy or Smart-Link asset will contain all metadata of the source asset. From Zoom 7.0 and above, we can skip any metadata properties. Here are the steps: Open metadataspec.xml for editing from $ZOOM_INSTALL_DIR/conf/metadataspec.xml. Locate the desired metadata field as <field /> under the tag <metadataFields> under the relevant <mdgroup> in <metadatagroups>. Add the attribute inheritedScheme=”NONE” to this field. For
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After the EZ Updater is set up, a lot more features are available for use by the EZ Admin. In the initial setup as shown here, one EZ Admin was registered for the EZ Updater, EZ Updater settings were saved, EZ Client bits were configured and then uploaded on EZ for use by the clients.
