Cisco Cisco Videoscape Voyager Vantage 3.0
Chapter 5 Configuring the Vantage Client for VOD Entitlement and Poster Art
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Poster Art
If your site does not have a high bandwidth interactive WAN connection, place
poster art images on an inband transport that are to be downloaded by the set-top.
poster art images on an inband transport that are to be downloaded by the set-top.
The poster art images will be transported as a single .tar archive file; this file is the
Poster Art TAR File.
Poster Art TAR File.
The Poster Art TAR file (posterart.tar) will be placed on an in-band BFS data
carousel (/rtnclient/posterart). Given the size of the file and the limited number of
tuners, downloading the file will take several minutes even when a tuner is idle.
The Cisco VOD Client Platform will download the Poster Art TAR File as a
background task, expand archive and then place in a local file directory
(/tmp/VodArt). The background task should be initiated at night when tuners are
likely to be available.
carousel (/rtnclient/posterart). Given the size of the file and the limited number of
tuners, downloading the file will take several minutes even when a tuner is idle.
The Cisco VOD Client Platform will download the Poster Art TAR File as a
background task, expand archive and then place in a local file directory
(/tmp/VodArt). The background task should be initiated at night when tuners are
likely to be available.
Similar to EPG program guide downloads, Poster Art TAR File downloads may pre-
empt video rendering services but will not pre-empt a recording.
empt video rendering services but will not pre-empt a recording.
A single default image (default.jpg) can be placed on the in-band BFS data carousel
(/rtnclient/posterart); this image is the Service Provider Defined Default Poster Art
Image. This default image is to be displayed when the tar file has not been
downloaded or an image is not found in the tar file. This small file will be
downloaded at a high priority when the Cisco VOD Client Platform is initialized. If
defined, the Service Provider Defined Default Poster Art Image will take precedence
over the Platform Default Poster Art Image.
(/rtnclient/posterart); this image is the Service Provider Defined Default Poster Art
Image. This default image is to be displayed when the tar file has not been
downloaded or an image is not found in the tar file. This small file will be
downloaded at a high priority when the Cisco VOD Client Platform is initialized. If
defined, the Service Provider Defined Default Poster Art Image will take precedence
over the Platform Default Poster Art Image.
Before You Begin
Associate Images with Assets
Follow the instructions for your VOD server software to associate poster art images
with assets.
with assets.
Create TAR File for Poster Art
Create a TAR file named posterart.tar that includes the images you have associated
with assets. The images must be in jpg format that are 216 pixels wide by 275 pixels
high. The TAR file must not exceed 15 MB.
with assets. The images must be in jpg format that are 216 pixels wide by 275 pixels
high. The TAR file must not exceed 15 MB.
Copy or move the TAR file to a directory in the DNCS. Record the directory where
you placed the file for use in the procedures that follow:
you placed the file for use in the procedures that follow:
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