In order to enable the out of the box Ingest functionality carry out the following steps:
Set account for IPV Services |
Set all IPV Services to run as a user. |
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| Change MySQL Options | If you have not yet configured the MySQL Options File, you should update it to improve connectivity and performance. |
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| Enable HTTPS in IIS | In IIS setup HTTPS binding on a chosen port and select the required SSL certificate. |
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Modify the Curator Service Administrator web.config (if needed) |
Additional web.config modification is needed in systems running Curator 3.4 or newer with CSA version 1.6 where the TSL1 has been removed as is possible from Curator 3.4 onwards. This will be automatically set from CSA 2.0 (scheduled for Curator 3.6) The CSA 1.6 web.config needs to be modified where TSL1 is not available. You will need to add the following two lines to the CSA web.config file: <add key="AppContext.SetSwitch:Switch.System.Net.DontEnableSchUseStrongCrypto" value="false" /> <add key="AppContext.SetSwitch:Switch.System.Net.DontEnableSystemDefaultTlsVersions" value="false" /> |
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| Curator Gateway Setup | Make changes to the Appsettings file and setup Sysadmin through Curator Gateway. |
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| Create Curator Folder Share | Curator needs a storage area in which to create all of its required resources. The resources include but are not limited to transcode and conform presets, Curator proxy video files and High-Resolution files (before they is set to Archive). The accounts that the services are running as need write access to this storage area. |
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| Run First Time Setup Process |
The First Time Setup Process covers:
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| Set optional MediaStores as needed | This is necessary where the site requires non-default settings.
Configure image Essence generation for Clip SelectThis is only needed in Curator 3.5. In future Curator versions the support for Clip Select and image essence will be withdrawn in favor of Clip Link with extended features. Navigate to Process Engine Monitor in a browser, select the MediaStores tab and scroll down to "Proxy MediaStores", select PROXY-IMAGE. Click Edit and in the new screen change the value for StoreEssenceBlob toTrue:
Click Save Changes and confirm:
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| Set up Devices in Device Director | Device Director will create a default set of required devices on server startup for new databases; configure the endpoints for these services. |
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| Configure XCode profile for Alpha channel decoding | As of XCode 4.1, where ProRes 4444 with Alpha needs to be decoded, you will have to manually set a Control Switches value of renderalpha in the Device Director profile used (this will be HLS-FMP4-D1 by default). On previously configured system this value can also be added to any existing ones (comma separated).
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| Configure XCode profile to ignore edit lists | For the 4.1 XCode release, in order for HLS proxies to show the correct number of frames on output you will need to manually enable the Control Switches value of disableqtelst in the Device Director profile used (this will be HLS-FMP4-D1 by default). Please refer to the screenshot above, setting disableqtelst where render alpha is shown. Where both or additional properties are required use comma separated entries e.g: renderalpha,disableqtelst . |
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| Set up Curator File Service |
Curator File Service securely fetches HiRes material for Curator applications. |
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| AME Setup | For AME to work there must be a temp directory at the root of C:\. |
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| Configuring IIS Streaming | IIS is used as a streaming service for the web application. |
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| Curator Clip Select web.config | Set the required service endpoint and video playback configuration to get Clip Select up and running. |
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| Curator Clip Link web.config | Set the required service endpoint, video playback, and image preview configuration to get Clip Linkgoing. |
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| Restart Ingest Plugin | Take the plugin config file from the inetpub directory and place it under Curator Server's plugin folder structure. This step enables the plugin for administrators only. |
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| Required Firewall Ports | These are required firewall ports not configured automatically. Both SpectreView Server and SVUtils require their ports to be configured here. |
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| Test Ingest | Place an asset into the Ingest to Curator watchfolder and check the output in Curator Clip Link. |
