Viz Channel Branding User Guide
Version 5.2 | Published June 05, 2024 ©
Logging
Daily Log (As Run)
For information and troubleshooting purposes, a daily log file provides details on every event that was played. The file is located on the Media Sequencer machine at: %ProgramData%\Vizrt\Media Sequencer. Since the file is not set up as part of the installation process, it must be created as part of the installation process described in the Playout section.
The logging file naming convention is ChannelName-YY-MM-DD.log. Each file includes the events played on the calendar day specified, which may not necessarily correspond to a playlist. As such, the events in a playlist that starts at 7 AM and extends till the following day at 6 AM will be saved in two separate files - one for each calendar day.
An example of a log file’s contents is shown below:
2007-12-18 12:06:36: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_14_24_40_681_13_12_2007_823_IM_02007-12-18 12:06:41: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_14_24_40_681_13_12_2007_823_IM_02007-12-18 12:07:15: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_12_06_58_663_18_12_2007_22_PA_02007-12-18 12:08:28: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_14_24_40_681_13_12_2007_823_IM_02007-12-18 12:09:34: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_14_24_40_681_13_12_2007_823_IM_02007-12-18 12:09:39: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_14_24_40_681_13_12_2007_823_IM_02007-12-18 12:09:46: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_12_06_58_663_18_12_2007_22_PA_02007-12-18 12:16:50: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_14_24_40_759_13_12_2007_715_IM_22007-12-18 12:16:53: Running: read on /VizRundown/channels/AD/rundowns/21_11_2005_AD/data/PLAYLIST_DATA_ROMY_12_16_29_344_18_12_2007_319_DR_0Log File Locations
As explained above, all log files in the list below are relative to the log file base directory of C:\ProgramData\Vizrt\Viz Channel Branding\
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Viz Channel Branding Client: .\Client\
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Playlist Importer : .\Playlist Importer\
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Upgrade Tool: .\Upgrade Tool\
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Harris Integration Module: .\Harris Integration\
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Pebble Beach Marina Integration Module: .\Marina Integration\
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Pebble Beach Neptune Integration Module: .\Neptune Integration\
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Promo Server: No log-file on disk, use Windows Event Viewer
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Integrations Hub: No log-file on disk, use Windows Event Viewer
Warning: Care should be taken to set up automatic tasks or manual routines to prune or delete old log files that are no longer needed, otherwise the log files could eventually fill the disk.