About This Guide

VCP-Recorder is a digital media data playback and record engine for Silicon Graphics Origin servers and O2 workstations.

VCP-Recorder plays and records digital media data and stores the data in, and retrieves the data from, the MediaHub archive system. For more information about using VCP-Recorder, see the VCP-Recorder User's Guide.

The VCP-Recorder Installation and System Administrator's Guide describes how to install and manage VCP-Recorder in the following sections:

What This Document Contains

The following material is covered in this document:

Who Should Read This Document

This document is written for VCP-Recorder system administrators responsible for installing and monitoring the running of VCP-Recorder.

Related Documentation

Refer to the following documents for related information:

  • VCP-Recorder User's Guide, for information about using VCP-Recorder to play and record digital media data; and store the data in, and retrieve it from, the MediaHub archive system.

  • MediaHub User's Guide, for information about using MediaHub, including the MediaHub Console application and the MediaHub command-line utilities

  • MediaHub Programmer's Guide, for information about using the application programming interface for the MediaHub archive system

Refer to the following documents for supplementary information:

  • IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing (part number 007-1364-nnn) for information about installing software that runs under IRIX, the Silicon Graphics implementation of the UNIX operating system

  • IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation (part number 007-2859-nnn) for information about IRIX system administration tasks

  • IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems (part number 007-2825-nnn) for information about general filesystem concepts and system administration procedures for SCSI disks, XFS and EFS filesystems, logical volumes, and guaranteed rate I/O

Man Pages

VCP-Recorder contains the following man pages:

  • mcclips

  • mccompstats

  • mcpanel

  • mcstat

  • mvcp

  • vcp-recorder-controls

  • vcp-recorder

  • vtrclip

  • vtrd

  • vtrstart

  • vtrstat

  • vtrstop

  • vtrvfutil

  • vvtr

You can list the man pages by entering the following command:

% versions long vcp_recorder_eoe | grep man

Conventions Used in This Document

The following type and symbol conventions are used in this document:

Italics 

used for filenames, pathnames, directory names, emphasis, document titles, variable names, glossary terms, and command-line programs.

Bold 

used for keywords.

Fixed-width 

used for code examples and command syntax.

Bold fixed-width 


used for user input, including nonprinting keyboard keys.

Square brackets ([]) 


surround syntax statement arguments that are optional.

Square bullets (n) 


indicate substeps within a multi-step process.

Ellipsis (...) 

indicate that the preceding is repeated.

Right angle brackets (>) 


indicate a path through menus to a menu option. For example, “File > Open” means “Under the File menu, choose the Open option.”