Media Administrator is a console application, where you can run the following commands:

• add <clipname> <index>: Adds a clip manually to the list of clips currently monitored. Typically used to test the installation.

• delete <index>: Deletes a monitored clip with the given index.

• dumpclips <filename>: Outputs a list of all monitored clips in an XML format. Outputs to console if no filename is given.

• dumpprofiiler: Shows timing information. Typically used to test the installation.

• exit: Exits the Media Administrator.

• flushactionqueue: Flushes the internal action queue of all pending actions.

• help: Outputs all available commands.

• listactionqueue: Outputs the pending list of actions to be executed.

• listclips: Outputs a list of all monitored clips.

• listservers: Outputs a list of all configured media servers.

• mmhost <hostname>: Sets the hostname of the Manus Administrator. Default: localhost.

• postroll <roll>: Sets/displays the current value of the post roll.

• reconnect: Reconnects to all configured media servers. Typically only one video server is connected.

• reconnectadmin: Reconnects to the Manus Administrator.

• refresh <n>: Refreshes the status for all monitored clips <n> times (by making a request io the server for all clips). Typically used to test the installation. Default <n> = 1.

• search <regex>: Issues a clip search to the video server. The regex is a regular expression for clip names. Typically used to test the installation.

• set <property>=<value>: Sets a property value. If no property is given, a list of all supported properties is displayed. The following properties are available:

  • NextClipAttemptDelay: Delay in seconds when to automatically verify presence of non-existing clips. Note that most video servers support asynchronous notifications making this functionality not necessary.

  • NextServerAttemptDelay: Delay in seconds when to try to reconnect to a video server. When the connection to a video server is not successful, this delay determines the time to wait before a new connection attempt.

  • NextPingDelay: Delay in seconds when to ping the connected video servers, to detect whether the servers are valid.

  • MonitorClipInterval: Interval for monitoring clips. A clip is polled for changes as long as any of its attributes changes.

• settings: Opens the Media Administrator Properties Editor.

• verbose: Toggles verbose output. In verbose mode, more information is logged to the console.

• version: Outputs Media Administrator version and some system information.