VBrick 6000 series Admin Manual - page 25

MPEG-4 Configuration

VBrick MPEG-4 Appliance Admin Guide

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3. Upload the new logo to the decoder. The file(s) created in the previous step(s) have to be 

FTPed to the VBrick decoder as follows:

a. Open an FTP application, point to the IP address of the VBrick decoder, and login 

using the admin user name and password.

b. Copy the file(s) created in the previous step(s) to the 

Logo

 folder on the appliance. 

Be sure to keep the existing filename(s).

4. Activate by setting the 

Logo Display

 to 

On

 and check the result. To display and verify the 

new logo, reboot the decoder as follows:

a. Log into the decoder with a valid user name and password.

b. In IWS, go to 

Diagnostics

, then click 

Begin Edit

 and 

Reset Box

.

c. Wait until the decoder reboots and verify that the image and location are ok.

d. If you need to make changes, go back to Steps 1 or 2, as appropriate, modify the 

file(s) accordingly, then repeat steps 3 and 4.

Modifying the logo.htm File

The content of the logo.htm file is shown below. You can get this file, via FTP, from the 

Logo

folder in the appliance. The only values you may need to edit are highlighted as follows. The 

coordinates of the top-left corner of the logo are shown by the numbers highlighted in 

Red 

for NTSC

 or 

Blue for PAL

. The first number (

420

/

380

) is the default vertical Offset (from the 

top edge of the screen); the second number (

489

/

489

) is the default horizontal offset (from 

the left edge of the screen).

The value highlighted in 

Magenta

 sets the blending factor. The valid range is 0–255 with the 

default setting being at about 50 per cent. The values highlighted in 

Black

 set the transparent 

color. The default value is (0, 0, 0) for Black. This setting appears in two places: in numeric 

format for the transparent color of the logo image, and in text format where the background 

color of the html page is set.