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:
The following material is covered in this document:
Chapter 1, “Installing VCP-Recorder,” provides a step-by-step description of installing the VCP-Recorder software.
Chapter 2, “Installing the Louth Automation Controller,” describes how to configure the Louth automation controller to work with VCP-Recorder.
Chapter 3, “Installing the Vela Research MPEG-2 Decoder,” describes how to install and configure the Vela decoder.
Chapter 4, “Installing V-LAN Transmitters,” describes how to integrate V-LAN and VCP-Recorder.
Chapter 5, “Starting and Stopping VCP-Recorder,” explains how to start VCP-Recorder.
Chapter 6, “Logging,” describes the diagnostic log messages output by VCP-Recorder.
Chapter 7, “Managing Clips,” describes how to add and remove audio and video media clips from VCP-Recorder.
Chapter 8, “Monitoring the System,” describes how to monitor VCP-Recorder.
This document is written for VCP-Recorder system administrators responsible for installing and monitoring the running of VCP-Recorder.
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
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