ClearView Venue Player Parts list manual

Venue Player
System Guide

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Table Of Contents
ClearView Venue Player................................................................................................................................ 5
Quick Start .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Hardware Configuration ............................................................................................................................... 7
1 RU Venue Player Back Panel .................................................................................................................. 7
Video I/O................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 RU Venue Player Back Panel .................................................................................................................. 9
Video I/O................................................................................................................................................... 9
Content Ingest............................................................................................................................................. 10
ClearView Importer................................................................................................................................. 10
Graphical User Interface .....................................................................................................................10
Import File.......................................................................................................................................11
MPTS Program Selection................................................................................................................. 11
De-Interlace Imported Video ..........................................................................................................11
Rate Change .................................................................................................................................... 11
CS Coefficient .................................................................................................................................. 12
Source Crop.....................................................................................................................................12
Sequence Name ..............................................................................................................................12
Library ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Output Module ............................................................................................................................... 13
Video Format ..................................................................................................................................13
Image Format.................................................................................................................................. 13
Frame Range ...................................................................................................................................13
Scale ................................................................................................................................................14
Canvas Location .............................................................................................................................. 14
Custom Shift....................................................................................................................................14
Truncate to Legal Broadcast Values................................................................................................ 15
Use Audio ........................................................................................................................................15
Importing Video ..............................................................................................................................15
Command Line Interface..................................................................................................................... 16
Command Line Examples ................................................................................................................18

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Supported File Types...........................................................................................................................19
Video Format Import Types ............................................................................................................ 19
Audio Import Formats Exported File Formats ................................................................................20
Direct Render .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Video Frames ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Video Frame Image Formats ...............................................................................................................21
YCbCr 10 Bit.....................................................................................................................................22
YCbCr 8 Bit....................................................................................................................................... 22
RGB 10 Bit .......................................................................................................................................22
RGB 8 Bit ......................................................................................................................................... 22
BGR 8 Bit ......................................................................................................................................... 23
ARGB 8 Bit .......................................................................................................................................23
BGRA 8 Bit .......................................................................................................................................23
Managing Libraries Outside of Venue Player Application ..................................................................24
Examples .........................................................................................................................................24
VenuePlayer................................................................................................................................................ 25
Graphical User Interface .........................................................................................................................25
Configuration Menu............................................................................................................................25
Output Module Configuration ............................................................................................................26
Clip Mapping .......................................................................................................................................26
Cue ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
Playing Clips ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Profiles ................................................................................................................................................ 27
Command Line Interface......................................................................................................................... 27
Show Controllers.................................................................................................................................27
VPClient............................................................................................................................................... 27
Config .................................................................................................................................................. 27
Port......................................................................................................................................................27
Path ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
?...........................................................................................................................................................28
Commands ..........................................................................................................................................28
Command Line Examples ....................................................................................................................31

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Example 1............................................................................................................................................ 31
Example 2............................................................................................................................................ 31
Example 3............................................................................................................................................ 31
Venue Player Manager................................................................................................................................ 33
Startup ....................................................................................................................................................33
Web Dashboards..................................................................................................................................... 33
Admin.................................................................................................................................................. 34
Player Control ..................................................................................................................................... 36
Player Status ....................................................................................................................................... 37
Previews .............................................................................................................................................. 37
Front Panel.................................................................................................................................................. 37
IPMI Control................................................................................................................................................ 38
Configuring BIOS .....................................................................................................................................38
Connecting to the Remote Server...........................................................................................................40
Using IPMIView to Connect to the Remote Server............................................................................. 40
Using the Browser to Connect to the Remote Server.........................................................................40
To Log In to the Remote Console............................................................................................................ 41
Launch Console Redirection.................................................................................................................... 42

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ClearView Venue Player
The ClearView Venue Player is a compact, reliable, multiple output video server. Storage of up
to eight terabytes allows for hours of playout of 100% uncompressed YCbCr or RGB, 10 bit
video and sixteen channels of embedded audio.
Multiple Venue Player units can be frame-synchronized and controlled from a single
management dashboard or seamlessly integrated into existing control environments.
Venue Player Key Features
- Four or Eight 3G-HD-SDI simultaneous video outputs
- Sixteen channels of embedded audio per video
- 100% uncompressed 10 bit, YCbCr/4:2:2 or RGB/4:4:4 outputs
- Genlock input for multi-unit frame synchronization
- LTC input to apply timecode event triggers for multi-unit synchronization
- Two gigabit NICs for control/status redundancy
- Front panel LCD display and keypad for network setup
The included File Importer application provides decode and import of most any file format such
as uncompressed BMP, DPX, QuickTime, TIFF and also compressed file formats such as J2K,
H.264, H.265, or ProRes. Video import includes audio decode support for AAC, WAV, and Dolby
Digital.
Operational Note: ClearView Venue Player also includes the standard ClearView Player
application for HDSDI record operations and simple playback operations. Please refer to the
ClearView Player System Guide for application operation information.

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Quick Start
To quickly start playing out video after powering up the unit, and then launching Venue Player you can
do the following:
1. Select what type of video you wish to play out. In this example 8 HD videos have been selected.
2. Select which player you will be assigning a video to.
3. Select the library that contains the sequence you will be assigning to the player.
4. Single click to see the properties of a sequence, then double click to assign it to a player. Repeat
steps two though four until all players have sequences mapped to them.
5. Begin playback of sequences.

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Hardware Configuration
1 RU Venue Player Back Panel
1. Power
2. GPIO Port
3. RS 232 Serial Port
4. IPMI Network
5. USB 2.0
6. USB 3.0
7. Gigabit NICs
8. VGA
9. HDSDI Output/Reference Input
10. LTC Input
Video I/O
Figure: Venue Player 1RU Board Outputs
There are eight 3G-HD-SDI video outputs. One reference input, and one LTC timecode input. There are
a total of nine possible output configurations.
Table 1: Output Configurations
Output Module Configuration
Physical Connector on Module
Player number in VenuePlayer
Application
4K/4K (1,2,3,4)
(5,6,7,8)
1
2
4K/DL/DL (1,2,3,4)
5
7
1
2
3
4K/DL/HD/HD
(1,2,3,4)
5
7
8
1
2
3
4

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4K/HD/HD/HD/HD (1,2,3,4)
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
DL/DL/DL/DL
1
3
5
7
1
2
3
4
DL/DL/DL/HD/HD 1
3
5
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
DL/DL/HD/HD/HD/HD 1
3
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
DL/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD 1
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD/HD 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

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2 RU Venue Player Back Panel
•Power
•Serial Ports (not used)
•VGA output
•Display Port output
•HDMI output
•2 x 1 Gig Nic adapters
•4 x USB 3.0
Video I/O
Figure: Venue Player 1RU Board Outputs
There are four 3G-HD-SDI video outputs. There is a reference input, but you must use the analog
breakout cable included with the system.The HDMI output is not used by the Venue Player application.
There are a total of four possible output configurations.
Output Module Configuration Physical Connector on Module Player number in VenuePlayer
Application
4K
(1,2,3,4)
1
DL/HD/HD (1,2)
3
4
1
2
3
HD/HD/DL 1
2
(3,4)
1
2
3
HD/HD/HD/HD 1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4

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Content Ingest
Before you can start using the Venue Player application you must first ingest content on the unit. Clips
must be converted using the correct video file format definition, and be known to the Venue Player
application after transfer. This can be done using our ClearView Importer application, or a direct render
using third party tools. If you render directly an additional step is required after transferring over the
clip. You must tell the application a new clip is available for playback, and it has been rendered using
the correct video file format definition.
ClearView Importer
The ClearView Importer application has a graphical user interface, and a command line interface. Both
can be used for file importation
Graphical User Interface
Figure: ClearView Importer Graphical User Interface