Installation and Configuration
Viz Multichannel’s Playlist Importer is a separate installer and can therefore be installed or upgraded without upgrading the core of the full Multichannel installation. PlaylistImporter needs to be installed (or be available as a installed program on a shared disk) on any server where either MSE (Media Sequencer) or SCC (Schedule Collector) runs automated imports of a playlist. For detailed information on how to install Viz Multichannel, see the Setup and Configuration chapter.
Note: The PlaylistImporter (PLI) installer is typically named VizMultichannelPlayListImporter_VERSION.msi where VERSION indicates the version/release and build numbers of the software. There will also be a corresponding <identical_filename>.MD5 file that can be used to check that the downloaded installer has a correct md5-checksum. It is recommended to always check that the downloaded installers have the correct checksum. Normally installers will be downloaded with ftp from download.vizrt.com using your customer support login credentials.
For the Playlist Importer to be launched by the Media Sequencer, the Enable Automatic Import option must be selected in the Automatic Import Settings section.
IMPORTANT! The location of the PlaylistImporter.exe program must be specified in Settings > Channel > Global Settings > Import/Export Settings > Automatic Import > Playlist Importer Folder Path
For this option to work, the PlaylistImporter.exe file must be installed on the Media Sequencer machine. Usually Viz Multichannel is not installed on the Media Sequencer machine, so you must install the PlaylistImporter there. The normal installation directories for PlaylistImporter is:
Windows 32-bit system: C:\Program Files\vizrt\Viz Multichannel
Windows 64-bit system: C:\Program Files (x86)\vizrt\Viz Multichannel