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The figure shown below is the main window of Metus Control Center before the Metus Ingest is added.
To connect any Metus Ingest to Control Center, the user clicks Add Ingest from the Project sub-menu as seen on the figure below. To detect the Ingest from MCC, the user should type the computer name that the Ingests runs, to Add Ingest window.
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On the figure seen below, the ingest running on the computer with the name demo-pc is added. You can also Enable Sound Alerts in case of any errors during Ingest recording. The sound alerts can be enabled on any warning, error and alarm.
On the figure shown below, the ingest is added to MCC, but has not been started yet.
Metus Ingest Status and General System Performance Frame
When you click the Run button, the Metus Ingest is automatically started, as seen on the figure shown above. The state of Ingest: changes from Not Running to Running. The state of Connection: also changes from Disconnected to Connected.
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You also see the general system performance of the computer that Metus Ingest and the Control Agent run. In case when the encoders become blasted, some of the system performance values increase enormously. To detect this problem, you should watch system performance of the computer that Metus Ingest runs.
MCC has a feature to detect the errors during Ingest recording. Using Get Screen Capture option, the user gets the screen view of the remote computer that the Ingest runs. Whenever the user clicks to Get Screen Capture button, the screenshot appears instantly on the screen.
By clicking Open Screen Watcher button, the user can get this screenshot on the different window as seen on the figure shown above. The user can adjust image size, get the screenshots at the certain time intervals and retrieve instant screenshot at any time by using controls at the top bar.
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Ingest Control Center can directly receive stream from Ingest encoders/sources, for preview purposes. Please see How to set Ingest Control Center to receive and show Ingest encoder stream ?
Encoders & Profiles Frame
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As if the user changes the recording modes and starts/stops the encoders on the Ingest application, he can do all the actions on the MCC main window by activating the related encoder. On the figure shown above, Encoder 1 with the four profiles (DV PAL, H264 HD mp4 PAL, MPEG-2 PAL and VCD PAL) .
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We set the Enable alarm option from System Performance Settings on Metus Content Agent if the CPU usage is 80%. As you see, the CPU usage is 85% on the MCC window and therefore an alarm appears on the Alarms list.
Other Controls on the Top Menu of Ingest Control Center