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MvTv Channel Repeater (Client) Help: |
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Hardware: |
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Pentium 4 1.5 GHz CPU with 128 MB RAM, enough free space for your videos (1
GB+). |
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Software
Requirements: |
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Microsoft Windows
Vista (Pro recommended), 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/MvTvRepeaterClientInstall.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 Repeater Server for the
demonstration (skip to 2A if you're going to install the MvTv
Repeater 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 Repeater 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 Repeater 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 Repeater 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 Repeater 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 Repeater
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. The MvTv
Channel will contact the MvTv Repeater 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 in the
order as set in the new playlist. If the Internet connection to the Channel 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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8. Should you need to make changes to your MvTv
Channel configuration,
go to the default configuration file location at: C:\Program Files\MicroVideo
Learning Systems Inc\MvTv Repeater Client\ClientConfigEditor.exe. |
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9. The MvTv
Channel can be launched by double-clicking on the MvTv
Repeater icon on your desktop.
If your configuration is incorrect you may receive an error.
Your MvTv Repeater 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
Repeater Server Readme for license info. |
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10. 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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Tips: |
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1. The MvTv
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 MvTv
Channel 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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2. The ProcessController.exe is set to restart the MvTv Repeater
Channel 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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3.
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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4. 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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