DVD SelectNet SE

Users/Clients

The DVD SelectNet system can be accessed from any network-based computer running any standard web browser. The computer can be running Mac, Linux or Windows operating system with the Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Firefox, Opera, or Safari browsers. The users' systems need to be able to access the DVD SelectNet host CPU via a network.

DVD SelectNet Host Machine

DVD SelectNet performs many CPU-intensive functions to automatically create your DVDs. This includes video transcoding and standards conversions, video cropping, menu page construction and more. It is possible to deliver improved performance by using faster hardware. This includes faster CPUs, RAM, drives, and network components.

Recommended Configuration

CPU: Dual Intel Xeon Processors 3GHz (or faster)
RAM: 2GB or more
System Storage: dual 72GB drives with 30GB free space
Networking: Gigabit Ethernet
Audio card: Soundblaster audio card
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (32 bit)

Minimum Supported Hardware

CPU: Dual Intel Xeon Processors 3GHz (or faster)
RAM: 2GB or more
System Storage: dual 72GB drives with 30GB free space
Networking: Gigabit Ethernet
Audio card: Soundblaster audio card
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (32 bit)

Internal DVD Recording Devices (Optional)

(DVD-R/W required for recording to internal DVD burner)
The DVD multiplexing engine has been tested against many DVD recording drives. Review the list of certified DVD recording drives before purchasing your CPU.

Media Storage

Media may be stored locally or may be network-attached. DVD SelectNet works with local; NAS; or SAN (SCSI or fibre recommended for faster throughput)

Faster drive speed results in better performance

Control Center for Rimage robotic DVD recorder/printer

DVD SelectNet integrates with the Rimage networked robotic DVD recorder/printers. Most of these units require a computer to serve as its control center for managing the operations of the Rimage device. This CPU must be different than the CPU running the DVD SelectNet application. (In some cases, it might be easiest to share the monitor, keyboard and mouse between the two CPUs, and a simple KVM switch may be a convenient and money saving solution.)

Note: DVD SelectNet distributes the CPU-intensive operations by performing some operations on the control center machine. A high-speed, dual-CPU configuration with good amount of RAM and fast internal drives will improve performance of the entire system, and thus enable you to create more DVDs.