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MvTv Channel Scheduler (Client): |
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Hardware Requirements: |
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Pentium 4 1.5 GHz CPU with 128 MB RAM, enough free space for your videos (1
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Software Requirements: |
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Microsoft Windows XP (Pro recommended), 2000 (Pro recommended).
Microsoft dot Net 2.0 |
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Installation Notes: |
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1.
Click on this link:
http://4mvtv.com/downloads/MvTvSchedulerClientInstall.zip , then
click open. You should see setup.exe in the zip folder. Double-click
on it. |
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2. At the Welcome screen Click Next.
At the Setup Installation Folder screen, Click Next.
At the Confirm Installation screen Click Next.
Follow these
instructions if you're using our MvTv Scheduler Server for the
demonstration (skip to 2A if you're going to install the MvTv
Scheduler Server on your own PC) :
On the MvTv Admin
Config Editor screen:
Click On Generate Configuration File, then Click on OK
Click on Close Editor
In the Installation Complete screen, click on Close.
2A.
If the MvTv Scheduler Server is not on the same PC as the Administrator, then
change the Server URL to the name or IP Address of the Server, after the
prefix http://
If the
MvTv Scheduler Server is on the same PC as the Administrator,
then do not change the Server URL, but leave it as:
http://localhost .
Change the MvTv Server Port number to the port number that the MvTv Scheduler Server is
set on.
Once you've set the Port number, select Generate Config File, then close the
editor. |
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3. If you
will have more than 1 Channel (different content playing at
different times), change the Channel ID to the
appropriate Channel ID in the text box. (For the demo, leave the
Channel ID as 1). |
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4. Trace listening is for debugging... by default it should be off. |
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5. Click on Generate Config File, then Close the Editor, to complete the
installation. |
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6. An MvTv
Scheduler icon should be placed on your desktop. When
double-clicked, it should launch the MvTv Channel. If configured properly,
it will start to download the videos scheduled by the MvTv Scheduler
Administrator. When the clips have been downloaded, a playlist file will be
created, and the MvTv Channel will begin playing the playlist content. |
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7. An MvTv
Scheduler icon should be placed on your desktop. When
double-clicked, it should launch the MvTv Scheduler. If configured properly,
it will start to download the videos scheduled by the MvTv Scheduler
Administrator. When the clips have been downloaded, a playlist file will be
created, and the MvTv Scheduler Client will begin playing the playlist content
at the top of the next hour.
NOTE: The MvTv is a remoting program
that communicates with the IP protocol utilizing ports.If you can't
login to the Admin, check to make sure your firewall isn't blocking
all ports. Either turn your firewall off (just for testing) or add
the required port number as an exception (preferred method).
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Notes: |
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1. The MvTv
Scheduler Channel will contact the MvTv Scheduler Server every minute
(by default) to see if there's a new playlist or scrolling text to display. If
there's new video content that's required to be downloaded, the downloads begin
immediately. When all videos that are scheduled to play in the playlist are
downloaded, a new playlist is downloaded, and the new content will play when
scheduled by the new playlist. If the Internet connection to the Client is
broken, downloads will resume when the Internet connection returns. The MvTv
only plays new content once it is stored on the Channel. In this manner,
the playback quality isn't affected by how fast or how slow your Internet
connection is. |
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2. Should you need to make changes to your MvTv
Scheduler Channel configuration,
go to the default configuration file location at: C:\Program Files\MicroVideo
Learning Systems Inc\Scheduler\ClientConfigEditor.exe. |
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3. The MvTv
Scheduler Channel can be launched by double-clicking on the MvTv
Scheduler icon on your desktop.
If client your configuration is incorrect you may receive an error.
Your MvTv Scheduler System must have valid licenses to operate, otherwise
you'll receive the error:
"The system is improperly installed and must be shut down". See the MvTv
Scheduler Server Readme for license info. |
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4. The MvTv
Scheduler Channel is meant to be a stand-alone or remote controlled
device, and should be the only application running in the foreground of your PC
other than during testing. For this reason there's no shut down button. The
application can be closed from the Windows Task Manager. Use "CTRL-ALT-DEL",
then click on the Processes tab from the Windows Task Manager. Select MvTvClient.exe, then the "End Process" button. Also, select
ProcessController.exe, then the "End Process" button. |
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5. The ProcessController.exe is set to restart the MvTv
Scheduler Client at 3:59
am every day, in order to flush out any memory leaks caused by the MvTv Channel playing videos all day. If more than one ProcessController.exe is found
in the Windows Task Manager, the processes should be ended. |
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6.
In a real production setting, make sure you do the following on the MvTv
Channel: |
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a) Turn off the PC's
screen saver |
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b) if the PC will be remote, make
sure you have a way to contact the PC remotely... Windows XP Pro is
recommended as it includes Remote Desktop |
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c) make sure you have a firewall
protecting the PC and only open the ports for MvTv and remote
control. Microsoft's Personal Firewall works well. |
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7. If the MvTv
Repeater Channel will not start playing video, there are 2
possibilities... either the videos are not getting downloaded,
(which means either your firewall is blocking them, or, the
configuration is incorrect) or that you don't have the proper Codecs
installed in your PC to play the
downloaded videos.
In order to check if the videos
have downloaded, look into the
C:\Program Files\MicroVideo Learning Systems Inc\MvTv Repeater
Client\Library folder , you should be able to see some videos if the
Channel configuration was set up properly. Double-click on each of
them and make sure they can play. If there’s a Codec missing, the
Codec should automatically download. If the clips play, then they’ll
play in the MvTv Channel… if not, they won’t.
(Codec means compressions/depression algorithm… the correct
algorithms are needed to decompress and playback the videos). |
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