Viz Mosart Administrator Guide

Version 3.8.1 | Published January 22, 2018 ©

Media Administrator Commands

Media Administrator is a console application, and responds to free text commands. The following table outlines available commands:

  • add <clipname> <index>: To manually add a clip to the list of clips currently monitored. This function is typically used while testing the installation.

  • delete <index>: Deletes a monitored clip with the given index.

  • dumpclips <filename>: Outputs a list of all monitored clips in an XML format. Outputs to console if a filename is not given.

  • dumpprofiiler: For testing only. Shows timing information.

  • exit: Exits the Media Administrator.

  • flushactionqueue: Flushes the internal action queue. I.e. all pending actions are executed.

  • help: Outputs a help messages showing all available commands.

  • listactionqueue: Outputs the pending list of actions to be executed.

  • listclips: Outputs a list of all monitored clips.

  • listservers: Outputs a list of all configured media servers.

  • mmhost <hostname>: Sets the hostname of the Manus Administrator. Default: localhost

  • postroll <roll>: Sets/displays the current value of the post roll.

  • reconnect: Reconnect to all configured media servers. Typically only one video server is connected.

  • reconnectadmin: Reconnects to the Manus Administrator.

  • refresh <n>: Refreshes the status for all monitored clips <n> times. I.e. a request is made to the server for all clips. This function is typically used to test the installation. Default <n> = 1.

  • search <regex>: Issues a clip search to the video server. The regex is a regular expression for clip names. This function is typically used to test the installation.

  • set <property>=<value>: Sets a property value. If no property is given, a list of all supported properties is displayed. Currently the following properties are available

    • NextClipAttemptDelay- Delay in seconds when to automatically verify presence of non-existing clips. Note that most video servers support asynchronous notifications making this functionality not necessary.

    • NextServerAttemptDelay- Delay in seconds when to try to reconnect to a video server. I.e. if connecting to a video server is not successful this delay determines the time to wait before a new connection attempt.

    • NextPingDelay- Delay in seconds when to ping the connected video servers. Pinging is used to detect whether the servers are valid.

    • MonitorClipInterval- Interval for monitoring clips. A clip is polled for changes as long as any of its attributes changes.

  • settings: Opens the Media Administrator - Properties Editor.

  • verbose: Toggles verbose output. In verbose mode, more information is logged to the console.

  • version: Outputs Media Administrator version and some system information.