Installing FlipFactory Installing Digital Asset Manager Video Plug-ins

4-16 Administrators Guide for Conversion ■ Setting the Default Media Location on page 4-20 ■ Defining Video Rendition Sets on page 4-24 ■ Creating and Configuring Factories in FlipFactory on page 4-24 ■ Managing Video Conversion on page 4-27 ■ Enabling Plug-in Debugging Logs on page 4-29

4.4.1 Installing FlipFactory

If you do not already have an instance of FlipFactory installed, follow the instructions included with FlipFactory to install and set up the application to meet your requirements. FlipFactory must be installed on a Windows server.

4.4.2 Installing Digital Asset Manager Video Plug-ins

The monitor, transport, and notification plug-ins that Inbound Refinery uses to communicate with FlipFactory to convert videos are distributed in the idcFlipFactoryPlugin.zip file installed by the DAMConverter component. The idcFlipFactoryPlugin.zip file is located in the refinery IdcHomeDircomponentsDAMConverterVideoManagerFlipFactoryPlugin directory. To install and configure the Digital Asset Manager plug-ins for FlipFactory, perform these steps: 1. Open Services on the Windows server on which FlipFactory is installed.

2. Select the Flip Engine service and then select Actions, Stop.

3. Select the idcFlipFactoryPlugin.zip located in the refinery IdcHomeDircomponentsDAMConverterVideoManagerFlipFactoryPlugin directory, and extract the file to the FlipFactory installation directory. For example: C:TelestreamFlipFactory. Two directories are extracted to the following locations: ■ FlipFactory_install_diridcTools ■ FlipFactory_install_dirPlugins Cautions: FlipFactory installation will fail if installing on a computer with an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or lower. Ensure that SQL Server 2000 or lower is not installed on the computer on which you are installing FlipFactory. FlipFactory requires QuickTime to be installed for QuickTime renditions to be made. Review the FlipFactory documentation for information regarding obtaining and integrating the proper QuickTime version for use with the specific version of FlipFactory your are using, either 6.0 or 6.1. Also, visit Telestream’s site at http:www.telestream.net for the latest information relating to FlipFactory. Due to the demand on computer resources required for rendering video assets, it is recommended that FlipFactory and Inbound Refinery be installed on separate server-class machines. For ease of access, it is also recommended that both servers have a duplicate user list of administrators. Working With Image and Video Conversions 4-17

4.4.3 Ensuring the JDOM Library is Installed for FlipFactory 6.0