Cisco Cisco MXE 3500 (Media Experience Engine)

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Transcoded videos are editable in the Cisco Show and Share video editor. 

After you complete the Cisco MXE 3500 and Cisco Show and Share integration, the end user workflow 
to upload and transcode a video is as follows:

User uploads a video to the Cisco Show and Share video portal.

Cisco Show and Share submits the video by using FTP to the Cisco MXE 3500 for transcoding.

Cisco Show and Share uses the MXE API to submit and poll the status of the job it submitted. When 
the Cisco MXE 3500 completes transcoding the video, Cisco Show and Share uses FTP to copy the 
transcoded video to the Cisco Show and Share video portal.

The user publishes the transcoded video.

The following guidelines and limitations apply to Cisco MXE 3500 integration with 
Cisco Show and Share:

You can only configure one Cisco MXE 3500 or Cisco MXE 3500 cluster in Cisco Show and Share.

There is no co-location requirement for Cisco Show and Share and Cisco MXE 3500 hardware. The 
appliances can be deployed anywhere in the network provided that they can communicate by using 
FTP (TCP port 21) and HTTP (TCP port 80). Cisco Show and Share uses FTP to submit user videos 
to Cisco MXE 3500 and retrieve transcoded versions, and uses HTTP to submit transcoding job 
requests. If network loading or bandwidth are a concern with large video files, 
Cisco Show and Share and the Cisco MXE 3500 should be co-located.

The Cisco MXE 3500 licenses, Standalone and Resource Manager, both work for this integration. 
Other than the functional differences between the two licenses, there are no specific configuration 
limitations. 

When using the Standalone license, the Cisco MXE 3500 will continue to perform network 
transcoding jobs in addition to those submitted from Cisco Show and Share. When using the 
Resource Manager license, you can integrate the Cisco MXE 3500 with Cisco Show and Share by 
using one of these scenarios:

Add Cisco Show and Share-specific profiles to the Cisco MXE 3500 system default profiles.

Create separate profiles and use these in place of the system default profiles.

Cisco MXE 3500 does not include the workflow profiles: encoder, output, preprocessor, for 
integration with Cisco Show and Share. You must download and install the profiles from Cisco.com.

When integrating Cisco Show and Share with a Cisco MXE 3500 cluster (resource nodes managed 
by a resource manager), observe these guidelines:

Verify that the resource nodes (RNs) have full control access to the c:\dms shared folder on the 
resource manager (RM).

When configuring the host setting, we recommend using the IP address for the RM. Verify that 
the RNs can reach the RM IP address.