Harmonic Spectrum [VCon OG]

The Harmonic Spectrum is a widely used video server that has been supported by Arvato Systems for more than 20 years. For VidiControl, a Spectrum recorder and a Spectrum playout are available.
The main component of a Harmonic Spectrum is the Media Director. On the Media Director, you configure logical objects named players. A player defines a recording port and a recording format and/or a playout port. All communication is performed by opening a connection with the Media Director to control a specific player.

Spectrum Recorder

The Spectrum recorder module is an implementation to perform recordings on a Harmonic Spectrum in a VidiControl system.

Setup

The installation of a Spectrum recorder is done by a dynamic playbook. Below is an example (90_vpms3.recorderspectrum.v2.yaml):

YAML

recorderspectrum:
  playbook:
    name: RecorderSpectrum
    abbreviation: spectrum
  default:
    endpoints:
      http:
        fqdn: "{{ (default_endpoint_scheme + lookup('prepared_config', 'kubernetesPublicEndpoint') + '/' if not lookup('prepared_config', 'kubernetesPublicEndpoint').endswith('/') else '' | string) | urlsplit('hostname') }}"
    helm_chart:
      install: true
      chart_name: recorderspectrum
      chart_subpath:
      chart_folder: VidiControl/Recorders/Spectrum
      chart_category: VPMS
      chart_namespace: "{{ server_config.system.name }}-vctl"
      chart_instance_name: recorderspectrum
      chart_version: 24.4.248597-prerelease
      chart_values:
        hull:
          config:
            general:
              globalImageRegistryToFirstRegistrySecretServer: true
              fullnameOverride: vctlrecorders
              data:
                installation:
                  config:
                    customCaCertificates:
{% for key, value in vpms3.global.system.ssl.custom_ca_certs.items() %}
                      {{ key }}: "{{ (value | singleline) + '\n' }}"
{% endfor %}

            specific:
              ingress:
                controllerClass: "{{ vpms3.global.system.ingress.controllerClass }}"
              recorderspectrum:
                tag: "24.4.248597-prerelease"
                allowedhosts: '"*"'
                devicesettings: '"{\"RECORDER_SPECTRUM_API_STATUS_CHECK_PERIOD_IN_S\":30, \"RECORDER_SPECTRUM_DISABLE_ALL_CHECK_COUNT\":2, \"RECORDER_SPECTRUM_MEDIA_DIRECTOR\":\"10.205.141.144\"}"'
          objects:
            registry:
              vpms3:
                server: "{{ vpms3.global.docker.registry.endpoint }}"
                username: "{{ vpms3.global.docker.registry.user }}"
                password: "{{ vpms3.global.docker.registry.pass }}"

The versions of the Helm chart and the Docker image must be updated to the currently used versions. Additionally, the device settings must be adapted, mainly the RECORDER_SPECTRUM_MEDIA_DIRECTOR. Here, one or multiple (comma-separated) media directors can be configured. The Spectrum recorder will read the available players from the media directors configured for recording and write them to the device table.
For installing the recorder, the preferred installation method with the tag “spectrum” can be used, i.e.

BASH

./prepared.sh --log=vvv --tags=spectrum

Configuration

When started, the recorder reads the possible devices from the media directors. Then the devices have to be connected to a router out port. Router Out Ports

If necessary, the devices can be added to pools Pools and the capabilities Capabilities can be configured.

Spectrum Playout

The Spectrum Playout module is a module that allows control of a Spectrum playout through a web service. Currently, the Spectrum is controlled by the Spectrum Player API, which is a DLL that cannot be directly used by a web browser.

Setup

The installation of a Spectrum playout is done by a dynamic playbook. Below is an example (91_vpms3.playoutspectrum.v2.yaml):

YAML

################################################
# playoutspectrum                                  #
################################################
---
playoutspectrum:
  base:
    default:
      #######################################################
      # App Paths / subpaths / routes                       #
      #######################################################
      app_path_playoutspectrum: '/playoutspectrum'

---
playoutspectrum:
  playbook:
    name: PlayoutSpectrum
    abbreviation: playoutspectrum
  default:
    endpoints:
      http:
        fqdn: "{{ (default_endpoint_scheme + lookup('prepared_config', 'kubernetesPublicEndpoint') + '/' if not lookup('prepared_config', 'kubernetesPublicEndpoint').endswith('/') else '' | string) | urlsplit('hostname') }}"
    helm_chart:
      install: true
      chart_name: playoutspectrum
      chart_subpath:
      chart_folder: VidiControl/Playout/Spectrum
      chart_category: VPMS
      chart_namespace: "{{ server_config.system.name }}-vctl"
      chart_instance_name: playoutspectrum
      chart_version: 24.4.243832-prerelease
      chart_values:
        hull:
          config:
            general:
              globalImageRegistryToFirstRegistrySecretServer: true
              fullnameOverride: vctlplayout
              data:
                installation:
                  config:
                    customCaCertificates:
{% for key, value in vpms3.global.system.ssl.custom_ca_certs.items() %}
                      {{ key }}: "{{ (value | singleline) + '\n' }}"
{% endfor %}
                endpoints:
                  playoutspectrum:
                    uri:
                      playoutspectrum: "{{ default_endpoint_scheme + lookup('prepared_config', 'kubernetesPublicEndpoint') + vpms3.playoutspectrum.base.default.app_path_playoutspectrum }}"
            specific:
              ingress:
                controllerClass: "{{ vpms3.global.system.ingress.controllerClass }}"
              playoutspectrum:
                tag: "24.4.243832-prerelease"
                allowedhosts: '"*"'
          objects:
            registry:
              vpms3:
                server: "{{ vpms3.global.docker.registry.endpoint }}"
                username: "{{ vpms3.global.docker.registry.user }}"
                password: "{{ vpms3.global.docker.registry.pass }}"
            ingress:
              playoutspectrum:
                tls:
                  "{{ lookup('prepared_config', 'kubernetesPublicEndpoint') }}":
                    hosts:
                      - "{{ lookup('prepared_config', 'kubernetesPublicEndpoint') }}"

No special configuration besides the version of the Helm chart and the Docker images is necessary. Setup can be done using the tag “playoutspectrum”.

Then a set of endpoints has been created which need no further configuration as all necessary information can be provided in the calls.