Asset management in LightNet

Asset distribution is managed from the Assets window on Primary server.

In the Assets window and in the Asset's Properties, you can see where a particular Asset is assigned to.

Check Asset presence

Check Asset presence checks whether all Assets are distributed across the entire cluster.

Good to know: in most cases LightAct automatically checks presence of all the Assets, however in some cases you might want to click the button to double-check.

If a server that should have a particular asset in its asset repository is missing it, the icon will turn red. In its properties, you'll be able to see on which server the asset is missing.

Transfering Assets

To initiate asset transfer across the cluster, you can either click on the Initiate transfer across cluster button, which will Initiate transfer of all the assets that haven't been transferred yet or click on Initiate transfer buttons at individual assets.

Good to know: even if you initiate transfer for all the assets only the ones that are not yet present on the other machine will get copied over. LightAct doesn't overwrite existing assets.

Always transfer all the assets

If you want to always transfer all the assets to all the machines, you can check this checkbox. This is a required step if you intend to change which asset a particular layer is playing during the show itself. In this case LightAct cannot possibly know which asset will be played on which server.

Good to know: checking this checkbox is for example necessary if you intend to use incoming DMX and Index Manager to swap which asset a particular layer is playing during the show.