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End User Features
• Simple, intuitive user interface and unified portal for live and on-demand streams.
• Windows-based PCs, Macintoshes, or STBs (connected to televisions or display
monitors) can all access the Portal Server. Mac support is for MPEG-4 only.
• Users can view video at
Full Screen for a television-like user experience.
• Users can view Video-On-Demand assets with full VCR/DVD control, including
Play,
Pause, Stop, Fast Forward, Rewind, and Seek.
• Video can be viewed in a preview window or launched in an external, re-sizeable player
window (PC and Macintosh).
• Set-Top Box users can use familiar
Channel Up/Down keys and other hot keys on the IR
remote control to navigate through video listings.
• Users can search through the list of Live or On-Demand videos by
Title, Keyword,
Description, or other custom fields defined by an ETV Portal Server administrator.
• Users can record and store videos on the EtherneTV-NXG Video-on-Demand server via
ETV Portal Server.
• Users can publish pre-recorded content and thumbnails directly to the EtherneTV-NXG
Video-on-Demand server.
• Users can view closed caption text (Windows-based PCs and set-top boxes only).
• Users can launch pre-configured emergency broadcasts. (Optional. Requires Scheduling
module.)
• Users can schedule future recordings or broadcasts. (Optional. Requires Scheduling
module.)
Windows PCs
• Windows 98, 2000, XP (SP2) or above. XP SP2 has been tested and is supported.
• 300 MHz Pentium II processor for MPEG-1 streams.
• 500 MHz Pentium III processor for MPEG-2 streams.
• 500 MHz (minimum), 750 MHz Pentium III processor (recommended) for MPEG-4
streams.
• 128 MB RAM.
• SVGA video card 640x480, 256 colors, video card acceleration recommended.
• Windows-compatible sound device.
• Minimum 10 MB hard disk space for installation.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
• DirectX Media Version 8.1 and higher.
Macintosh PCs
• Mac OS X with Safari 1.0 (or higher) or FireFoX for Mac 1.0.4; QuickTime Player 6.0 or
higher. (Internet Explorer is no longer supported.)