Document Outline

• Copyright
• Disclaimer
• Improvement Requests
• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: Logging and Browsing
• Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out
• Part 4: System Management and Troubleshooting
• 1. Recorder Panel
  • 1.1 INTRODUCTION
    • Recorder panel Use Depending on XT Mode
    • How To open a recorder panel associated with a channel
  • 1.2 RECORDER PANEL SHORTCUTS
• 2. Ingest Scheduler
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 HOW TO OPEN INGEST SCHEDULER
  • 2.3 HOW TO SCHEDULE EVENTS USING IP INGEST SCHEDULER
    • Time Area
    • Clip area
  • 2.4 TIMELINE
    • 2.4.1 Recorder Channel Status
    • 2.4.2 Clip Status
    • 2.4.3 Other Elements
• 3. VTR Control Panel
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
    • 3.1.1 Purpose
    • 3.1.2 Overview of the Display Modes
  • 3.2 OPENING THE VTR CONTROL PANEL
    • 3.2.1 How to Open the VTR Control Panel From Channel Explorer
    • 3.2.2 How to Open the VTR Control Panel From the Toolbar
  • 3.3 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 1: TRANSPORT MODE
    • 3.3.1 Purpose
    • 3.3.2 Screen elements and functions
      • Device bar
      • Mode selector
      • Time code field
      • Preroll field
      • Jog bar
      • Transport buttons
      • Status bar
  • 3.4 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 2: AUTO-EDIT MODE
    • 3.4.1 Purpose
    • 3.4.2 Screen elements and functions
      • Mark IN - Duration - Mark OUT
      • Mark IN / Mark OUT buttons
      • Recorder bar
      • Clip Information fields
    • 3.4.3 How to Make a Clip in Auto-edit Mode
  • 3.5 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 3: BATCH DIGITIZE MODE
    • 3.5.1 Purpose
    • 3.5.2 Screen elements and functions
      • Batch List management buttons
      • Import / Export buttons
    • 3.5.3 Batch Digitize Procedure
      • How to Create and Process a Batch List
      • Editing a Batch List
      • Managing Batch Lists
      • Importing a Batch List
      • Exporting a Batch List
  • 3.6 VTR CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS
• 4. Player Control Panel
  • 4.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2 OVERVIEW OF THE CONTROL PANEL
    • Channel Media Pane
    • Linked Video Display Pane
    • Transport Functions Pane
    • Clip Creation Pane
    • Tabbed Pane
      • Clip Information Tab
      • Metadata Tab
      • Ganged Channels Tab
      • Clip-List Tab
  • 4.3 VIEWS OF THE CONTROL PANEL
    • Minimal View
    • Transport Functions View
    • Clip Creation View
    • Full View
  • 4.4 CHANNEL MEDIA PANE
    • 4.4.1 On-Air Button
    • 4.4.2 Channel Field
    • 4.4.3 Pane Display Icon
    • 4.4.4 Lock Icon
    • 4.4.5 Loaded Media Field
    • 4.4.6 LSM ID Field
  • 4.5 TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS PANE
    • 4.5.1 Time Information Group Box
    • 4.5.2 Left Timecode field
    • 4.5.3 Right Duration field
      • When a clip is loaded
      • When a record train is loaded
      • When a play-list is loaded
    • 4.5.4 Play Mode Icon
    • 4.5.5 Custom Speed Field
    • 4.5.6 Browsing within Video Material with the ShuttlePRO
    • 4.5.7 Jog bar
    • 4.5.8 Play Icon
    • 4.5.9 Pause Icon
    • 4.5.10 Fast Rewind Icon
    • 4.5.11 Fast Forward Icon
    • 4.5.12 E/E Icon
    • 4.5.13 Direct Access Buttons to the Trains on the ShuttlePRO
    • 4.5.14 Snap Icon
    • 4.5.15 Ret Icon
    • 4.5.16 Grab Frame
  • 4.6 CLIP CREATION PANE
    • 4.6.1 Time Information
    • 4.6.2 Goto IN Icon
    • 4.6.3 Goto OUT Icon
    • 4.6.4 Mark IN
    • 4.6.5 Mark OUT
    • 4.6.6 Clear IN
    • 4.6.7 Clear OUT
    • 4.6.8 Update Clip Icon
    • 4.6.9 New Clip Icon
    • 4.6.10 Last Clips Created List
    • 4.6.11 Gang Function
    • 4.6.12 Sync Function
    • 4.6.13 Take Function
    • 4.6.14 Secondary Control mode
    • 4.6.15 Clip Status
  • 4.7 SAVE CLIP WINDOW
    • Window Overview
    • Later Access to the Data
    • 4.7.1 Fields in the Save Clip Window
    • 4.7.2 Clip Location
    • 4.7.3 Clip Name
  • 4.8 CLIP INFORMATION TAB
    • 4.8.1 Keyword List
    • 4.8.2 Interest Level Icons
    • 4.8.3 Clip Type Icons
    • 4.8.4 Source Field
    • 4.8.5 On XT Field
    • 4.8.6 Creation Date
    • 4.8.7 Published to Check Boxes
    • 4.8.8 Linked to Clips List
    • Display Thumbnails Check Box
    • 4.8.10 Grab Thumbnails Button
    • 4.8.11 Owner Field
    • 4.8.12 Clips Sent to List
      • Possible Transfers
      • Transfer Information
      • Transfer Status
      • Viewing Detailed Transfer Information
  • 4.9 METADATA TAB
  • 4.10 GANGED CHANNELS TAB
  • 4.11 CLIP-LIST TAB
    • Off-line and On-Line Play-Lists
    • Distant and Local Play-Lists
    • 4.11.1 Channel Media Pane
    • 4.11.2 Video Display
    • 4.11.3 Clip Transport Functions
    • 4.11.4 Clip-List Menu
    • 4.11.5 Play-List Name and LSM ID
    • 4.11.6 Play-List Functions
      • RECUE
      • Times Until Transition
      • NEXT
      • SKIP
      • Clip Transition – Transition Type
      • Clip Transition – Transition Duration
    • 4.11.7 Element List
      • Field Description
    • 4.11.8 Colour Code in the Element List
    • 4.11.9 Contextual Menu
      • Cut/Copy/Paste an element
      • Remove Element / Remove All Elements
      • Organizing the Columns in the Element List
  • 4.12 CONTEXTUAL MENU
  • 4.13 SETTINGS
    • 4.13.1 Clip Creation Settings
      • Guardbands
      • Default Clip Duration
      • Open Save Window
      • Create Clips on All Synchronised Recorders
      • Automatic Clip Creation based on Logs
      • Default XT for Partial Clip Restore
      • Last Clips Created List
      • Back to Default
    • 4.13.2 Transport Settings
      • Speeds
      • Automatically Start Playing Clip When Loaded on Control Panel
    • 4.13.3 Take Effect Settings
      • Default Effect Type
      • Default Effect Duration
    • 4.13.4 Image Capture Settings
      • Default Path for Captured Images
      • Capture Images on all Ganged Recorders or Linked Clips
  • 4.14 CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS
  • 4.15 ASSIGNING A CHANNEL
    • 4.15.1 How to Open and Assign a Channel to a Control Panel
      • How to Open the Control Panel and Assign a Channel From the Channel Explorer
      • How to Open the Control Panel and Assign a Channel From the Main Menu
      • How to Assign a Channel From the Channel Field
      • How to Assign a Channel From the ShuttlePRO
  • 4.16 LOADING MEDIA
    • 4.16.1 How to Load a Train in the Control Panel
    • 4.16.2 How to Load a Clip in the Control Panel
    • 4.16.3 How to Load a Play-List in the Clip-List Tab
      • In the Clip-List Tab
      • From the (Mini) Database Explorer
  • 4.17 MOVING WITHIN MEDIA
    • 4.17.1 How to Jump to a Given Timecode of the Loaded Media
    • 4.17.2 How to Play a Train with a Delay
  • 4.18 CREATING AND EDITING MEDIA
    • 4.18.1 How to Create Clips in the Control Panel
    • 4.18.2 How to Rename a Loaded Clip
    • 4.18.3 How to Create a Play-List in the Control Panel
    • 4.18.4 How to Delete a Play-List in the Clip-List Tab
    • 4.18.5 How to Rename a Loaded Play-List
    • 4.18.6 Selecting Elements in a Play-List
    • 4.18.7 How to Move Elements Within a Play-List
    • 4.18.8 Adding Elements To a Play-List
    • 4.18.9 How to Remove Elements From a Play-List
  • 4.19 USING KEYWORDS & METADATA
    • 4.19.1 How to Add a Keyword to a Clip
    • 4.19.2 How to Delete One or More Keywords From a Clip
    • 4.19.3 How to Add or Modify Metadata of a Clip
  • 4.20 PUBLISHING AND TRANSFERRING MEDIA
    • 4.20.1 How to Publish a Clip to a User Group
    • 4.20.2 How to Send a Clip to an External Destination
    • 4.20.3 How to Send a Play-List to an External Destination
    • 4.20.4 How to Export a Play-List
    • 4.20.5 How to Import a Play-List
  • 4.21 USING GANGED CHANNELS
    • 4.21.1 How to Play a Ganged Channel
    • 4.21.2 How to Synchronise The Timecode on All Player Channels
    • 4.21.3 How to Temporarily Ungang and Gang Again One or More Channels
    • 4.21.4 How to Remove a Channel from the Group
• 5. Fill & Key
  • 5.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2 INGEST KEY AND FILL CLIPS
    • 5.2.1 At Clip Creation
    • 5.2.2 After Clip Creation
  • 5.3 KEY AND FILL CLIPS ASSOCIATION
    • 5.3.1 How to Associate Key and Fill Clips
    • 5.3.2 Rules in Key and Fill Clip Associations
    • 5.3.3 How to Disassociate Key and Fill Links
    • 5.3.4 How to View Key and Fill Associations
    • 5.3.5 How to View Key Clip Information
    • 5.3.6 browsing for key and fill clips
      • Key clips
      • Fill clips
      • Fill & Key clips
• 6. Play-List Editor
  • 6.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 THE MENU BAR
  • 6.3 THE EXPLORER
    • 6.3.1 How to Create a Play-List using the Explorer zone
    • 6.3.2 Off-line and On-Line Play-Lists
    • 6.3.3 On-Line Play-Lists and Alternative Control Protocols
  • 6.4 THE PLAY-LIST ZONE
    • 6.4.1 Creating a Tab for a Play-List
    • 6.4.2 Removing a Tab from the Play-List Zone
    • 6.4.3 Removing all Tabs from the Play-List Zone
    • 6.4.4 Play-List Status and naming conventions
      • Initial Tab Status
      • How to Make a Play-List On-Line
      • How to make a Play-List Idle
      • Change the Channel Allocated to the Tab.
      • Play-List management in case of an XT disconnection
      • Insert/Replace a Play-List on an Existing Tab (no channel association)
      • Inserting or Replacing a Play-List on an Existing Tab with associated channel with an on-line play-list
  • 6.5 THE AREAS OF A PLAY-LIST TAB
  • 6.6 THE ON-AIR AREA
    • 6.6.1 How to Cue up a play-list to the On-Air Panel
    • 6.6.2 Play-List Transport Controls
      • PLAY
      • PAUSE
      • GOTO IN
      • GOTO OUT
      • RECUE
      • NEXT
      • SKIP
      • LOOP
      • PREVIEW TRANSITION
    • 6.6.3 On-Air Play-List Modes
      • LOCK
      • 1 PGM / PGM-PRV mode
      • ON-AIR
    • 6.6.4 On-Air Displays
      • Information Display Settings
        • Times to transition
        • On-air time Display
        • Display options in the elements area
      • XT Channel On-Screen Display
    • 6.6.5 Contextual Menu From the Play-List Name
    • 6.6.6 How to Export a Play-List
    • 6.6.7 How to Import a Play-List
    • 6.6.8 How to Delete Unused Play-Lists
  • 6.7 THE PLAY-LIST EDIT AREA
    • 6.7.1 Introduction
    • 6.7.2 Drag and drop in the Play-List Edit Area
      • Drag and Drop Clips
      • Drag and Drop Bins
      • Drag and Drop Trains
      • Move Elements around in a Play-List
      • Modify Playback Parameter Values in a Play-List
      • Values Modified By Direct Entry
      • Values Modified By Selection
    • 6.7.3 Using Contextual Menus to edit a Play-List
      • Cut/Copy/Paste an element
      • Remove Element
      • Modify Element Playback Parameters
      • Define Audio/Video Effect
        • Link video and audio parameters
        • Video Effect and Audio Effect zones
      • Set Speed
      • Define Start Mode
        • Still Mode
        • Start Mode
        • Manual Override on Start mode settings
      • Reset transition to default
      • Advanced Insert Modes
      • Insert LIVE or DELAY
        • From Which Feed?
        • IN Zone
          • Delay
          • T/C IN
        • OUT Zone
          • Unknown
          • T/C OUT
          • Duration
      • Modify LIVE or Delay
      • Insert/Edit Comment
        • Insert a comment
        • Edit a comment
      • Insert Tag
        • Introduction
        • Define Element Tags Window
          • Select Element Zone
          • Tab Configuration Zone
        • Specifying a Timecode for the Tag to be Activated
        • Tag Types
          • GPI
          • Hide On
          • Hide Off
          • Mute On
          • Mute Off
          • Swap audio tracks
      • Swap Audio Tracks Window
        • Adding predefined audio swap configurations
        • Using the Customize Option to Set up an Audio Swap Tag Type
        • Conflict between Mute and Swap Audio Tracks
      • Linked Clips
      • Insert a Linked Clip
      • Replace by a linked clip
      • Preview a linked clip
      • Group Elements
      • Selecting a New Group
      • Adding Elements to an Existing Group
      • Ungrouping Elements
    • 6.7.4 Organizing the Columns of the Edit Play-List Tab
    • 6.7.5 Auxiliary Clip on a Play-List
      • Defining the Auxiliary Clip Associated to the Play-List
      • Adding an Auxiliary Audio Clip to a Play-List
      • Removing the Auxiliary Clip Associated to the Play-List
    • 6.7.6 XT Channel On-Screen Display in Play-List Edit Mode
      • General Information
      • Tag information
        • Swap audio tag
        • Hide tag
        • Mute tag
        • GPI tag
        • Tags placed on the same field.
  • 6.8 THE PREVIEW CONTROL PANEL
    • 6.8.1 Default channel associated to the preview control panel
    • 6.8.2 Associating a Channel to the preview control panel
    • 6.8.3 Video display management
    • 6.8.4 Loading a Clip on the Preview Control Panel
      • Browse and Redefine IN and OUT Point of the Element
      • Inserting or Appending a Clip Into a Play-List
    • 6.8.5 Loading a Record Train in LIVE Mode
      • Inserting the Train (in LIVE) Into the Play-List List
        • Insert LIVE
        • Append LIVE
        • Delay With Insert or Append
    • 6.8.6 Loading a Record Train in PAUSE or PLAY
      • Inserting the Train (in PAUSE or PLAY) Into the Play-List
        • Insert DELAY
        • Append DELAY
        • Values with Insert and Append Delay
      • Creating a clip from the preview control panel
    • 6.8.7 Loading and Modifying a play-list element from the play-list tab
  • 6.9 PLAY-LIST SETTINGS IN THE TOOLS MENU
    • 6.9.1 Introduction
    • 6.9.2 Play-List – General Settings
      • Insert Mode in Play-List
      • Action Taken when the Channel is Set to IDLE
      • Default Pre-Roll Duration
      • Display Warning Messages
      • Display 3rd time information in the on-air Panel
      • Default Play-List Colours
    • 6.9.3 Play-List – Default Transition Settings
      • Default Speed For Elements
      • Default A/V Effect Parameters for Transitions
        • Link Video and Audio Parameters Option
        • Video Effect and Audio Effect Zones
      • Default start mode parameters for transitions
        • Still Mode
        • Start Mode
    • 6.9.4 Play-List – Predefined Values Settings
      • Predefined Effect Duration
      • Predefined Audio Swap Configuration
      • How to Add a Predefined Configuration
  • 6.10 GPI CONFIGURATION
    • 6.10.1 Introduction
    • 6.10.2 Overview of the GPI and Auxiliary Tab
    • 6.10.3 XT server Selection Pane
    • 6.10.4 INPUT GPI Configuration Pane
      • Example
      • Action
      • Channel
      • Trigger Mode
      • Delay
    • 6.10.5 OUTPUT GPI Configuration Pane
      • Example