• Vizrt recommends that customers contact their local Vizrt representative before upgrading.

  • Tools are available to assist upgrade from previous versions of Viz Channel Branding.

IMPORTANT! The Upgrade Tool that ships with Viz Channel Branding must be used to:

  • Upgrade/update any Viz Channel Branding installation to a later version.

  • Upgrade an existing installation of the legacy Viz Multichannel 2.6.2 (or higher) to Viz Channel Branding.

To upgrade Viz Channel Branding for each version, follow the instructions below.

Upgrading Viz Channel Branding

All versions of Viz Channel Branding

Viz Channel Branding includes an upgrade tool located at C:\Program Files\Vizrt\Viz Channel Branding\Upgrade Tool\. This utility must be used to perform any upgrade/update.

To upgrade Viz Channel Branding

  1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Vizrt\Viz Channel Branding\Upgrade Tool\.

  2. Double-click the program to open it.

  3. Fill out Media Sequencer IP address or hostname.

  4. Click Connect.
    A list of existing channels is displayed. Channels in the list that can be upgraded are shown with an Upgrade button.

  5. To begin, click Upgrade.

  6. Upgrade Status becomes Fully Upgraded when the upgrading process is completed.

Migrating Viz Channel Branding

Legacy Viz Multichannel from 2.6.2+ to 4.x and
Migrating to Viz Channel Branding 5.0+

The bundled Upgrade Tool supports migrating of Viz Multichannel channels to Viz Channel Branding.

To migrate Viz Multichannel channels to Viz Channel Branding

  1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Vizrt\Viz Channel Branding\Upgrade Tool\.

  2. Double-click the program to open it.

  3. Fill out Media Sequencer IP address or hostname.

  4. Click Connect.

  5. Select the tab Migrate from Viz Multichannel.
    A list of channels available for migration is displayed.

  6. For the relevant channels, click Upgrade and Migrate.
    This both migrates the the content and upgrades it to version 4.99.0 (a preparation version).

  7. Select the tab Upgrade Viz Channel Branding channel data to view the list of channels in Viz Channel Branding.

  8. On any channel that is listed and marked with a red button, click Upgrade!
    This finalizes the migration and upgrading of the channel(s).

Legacy Viz Multichannel older than 2.6.2

  • If upgrading from a version older than Viz Multichannel 2.6.2 you will must use the Upgrade Tool shipped with the Viz Multichannel 2.6.2 installer.