You need to prepare a space for the small WMV files on the website, A stand alone hard disk for partition D will be better.

A 500GB HDD for 2000 hours 500 kbps wmv clips

For entry level usage, users can store the wmv clips in partition Dat the beginning.

While installing Windows server 2003 for DLS-1000, you may refer to the DLS-1000 installation CD. Follow all the steps of installation and watch the tutorial video on the CD for detail. You may list some check point as bellowed to see if you have a well installed Windows server 2003 for DLS-1000.

1. Windows server 2003 on-line update

3. System backup (more)

Some video formats (e.g. *.vob, *.mov, *.rm) can be processed by the system automatically through wmv encoding only when the needed Codec is installed on the server. You may search on the Internet (on Google, for example) using the suggested keywords below to download the latest version of Codec.

*.mov (search for “quicktimealt”)

Q: I can't find out DLS-1000 web site.

Q: I can't play back wmv on Internet Explorer.

Please check the following things.

1. The “sharing and security” setting of D:\VideoSystem is incorrect.

2. Did not select “obtain an IP address automatically”. Please set fixed IP for this erver.

3. Check if the network disconnected. DLS-1000 runs well only when the system network is enabled.

4. Did not select Media Player->Options -> Player-> “connect to the internet (overwrite other command)”

5. WMV files are damaged, check D:\VideoSystem\Video-File

Q: I can't add new categories for DLS-1000.

Please check if the “sharing and security” setting of D:\VideoSystem is incorrect.. See tutorial video on installation CD for more detail of the setting.

Q: I can't connect DLS-encoder to database.

Please check if the “sharing and security” setting of D:\VideoSystem is incorrect.. See tutorial video on installation CD for more detail of the setting.

Q: How to set remote folders for original files export?

To set remote folders for original files export, log on DLS-web using an account in Administrators group. Go to “management”-> “Export Mgmt.” setting page, Click “Create New Path” button to add path for export.

Q: I did not have too many video imported but the system showed Partition D is full.

Try to clean up temporary files. Go to “management”-> “Import Status” and click “Clean Finished Job”

Q: Tips of T CP /IP setting

1. DLS-1000 needs to set Fix IP.

2. The video service works normally only when the network is enabled.

Q: Setup a file sharing samba protocol for Windows server and Apple OS.

See more information on http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107083

For download original files? How many people?

No limitation of user accounts but the download time accumulated when receiving more requests. 5GB data from NLD-1000 to host hard disks takes about 6 minutes.

For video search? How many people?

The current version supports 30 people to view wmv streaming at the same time.

How to initial new hard disks?

If the amount of disk is not correct, or the capacity of disk is zero, it may be caused by the following reasons.

How many video hours for archive?

It depends on the video formats.

How to calculate the available capacity of an empty hard disk?

For example, to store HDV file with 300kbps wmv and the meta data text file,it will take 11.5 GB per hour. So a box of NLS-1000 with 12 x 500GB HDD, you can store 485 ours of HDV. But the first box has 2 hard disks are used for system security. So the actual hours of HDV are 404 hours. From the second box to the rest you can have 485 hours.