Document Outline

• Copyright
• Disclaimer
• Improvement Requests
• Status on Chapters Updates For IPDirector V 5.6
• Part 1: General Workspace
• Part 2: Logging
• Part 3: Browsing
• Part 4: Ingest
• Part 5: Playout – Control Panel
• Part 6: Playout - Playlist
• Part 7: Editing
• 1. Recorder Panel
  • 1.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.2 OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDER PANEL
    • 1.2.1 Recorder Panel Outline
      • Recorder Channel Pane
        • Recorder Channel Name Field
        • Current Timecode Field
        • Remaining Capacity Control
        • Start Button
        • Stop Button
      • Clip Creation Pane
        • IN Field
        • Duration Field
        • OUT Field
        • Mark IN Button
        • Mark OUT Button
      • Recorder Panel Use Depending on XT Mode
        • LSM Mode
        • IPDP Spotbox mode
    • 1.2.2 Background Color of Window Outline
  • 1.3 ASSIGNING A CHANNEL TO A RECORDER PANEL
    • 1.3.1 Introduction
    • 1.3.2 How to Open the Recorder Panel and Assign a Channel From the Channel Explorer
    • 1.3.3 How to Open the Recorder Panel From the Main Menu and Assign a Channel
    • 1.3.4 How to Assign a Recorder Channel from the Channel Field
  • 1.4 CREATING A CLIP
    • 1.4.1 How to Create a Clip
  • 1.5 RECORDER PANEL SHORTCUTS
• 2. Ingest Scheduler
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
    • General Description
    • Recorder Channels and Ingest Scheduler
  • 2.2 USER INTERFACE
    • 2.2.1 Opening Ingest Scheduler
      • How to Open Ingest Scheduler from the Main Toolbar
      • How to Open Ingest Scheduler from the Channel Explorer
    • 2.2.2 Overview of the Ingest Scheduler window
      • Ingest Scheduler Outline
        • Menu bar
        • Recorder Channels Status
        • Timeline and Ingest Overview
        • Remaining Capacity
      • Background Color of Window Outline
  • 2.3 MENU BAR OPTIONS
    • 2.3.1 New Schedule Button
    • 2.3.2 Display Options
    • 2.3.3 Current Display Filter
    • 2.3.4 Zoom Options
    • 2.3.5 The Nowline
    • 2.3.6 Go to Now
    • 2.3.7 Go to [Date]
  • 2.4 RECORDER CHANNELS STATUS AREA
    • 2.4.1 Channel Name
      • In hi-res/lo-res mode
      • In hi-res only mode
      • Default Stream Target
        • How to Define a Stream Target
    • 2.4.2 Channel Selection
  • 2.5 TIMELINE AND INGEST OVERVIEW AREA
    • 2.5.1 Time Bar Description
      • Time Bar Scale Based on the Zoom
      • Moving Across the Time Bar
    • 2.5.2 Ingest Block Description
      • Ingest Status Colours
        • Partial Block Display
          • Collapsed view:
          • Expanded view:
      • Contextual Menu From an Ingest Block
      • Ingest Block Properties Window
  • 2.6 REMAINING CAPACITY AREA
    • 2.6.1 Start button
    • 2.6.2 Stop button
    • 2.6.3 Rules When Using Start and Stop Buttons
    • 2.6.4 Remaining Capacity
    • 2.6.5 Warning Messages
  • 2.7 CONTEXTUAL MENU
  • 2.8 INGEST SCHEDULER SETTINGS
    • 2.8.1 General Settings
      • Ingest Information Display
      • Warning message when stopping an Ingest
      • Auto-Name Assets
    • 2.8.2 Remaining Capacity Settings
      • Display Remaining Capacity As
      • Remaining Capacity Calculation
      • Capacity Warning Threshold
    • 2.8.3 Advanced Settings
      • Track Size
      • Minimum Mouse Move
  • 2.9 CREATING SCHEDULED INGESTS
    • 2.9.1 Introduction
    • 2.9.2 Channel Association
    • 2.9.3 New Schedule Window
      • Window Overview
      • Fields in the New Schedule window
    • 2.9.4 How to Create a New One-Shot Scheduled Ingest
    • 2.9.5 Magnetize Rules
    • 2.9.6 How to Create a "Repeat" Ingest
    • 2.9.7 How to Create a "Repeat Every" Ingest
    • 2.9.8 Starting a Scheduled Ingest Immediately
      • Limitations for Starting an Ingest Immediately
  • 2.10 CREATING GROWING CLIPS
    • 2.10.1 Introduction
    • 2.10.2 How to Create a Growing Clip Without Using a New Schedule window
    • 2.10.3 How to Create a Growing Clip Using the New Schedule window
  • 2.11 EDITING A SCHEDULED INGEST
    • 2.11.1 Rules and Limitations for Editing TC IN, TC OUT and Duration
    • 2.11.2 How to Edit a One-Shot Scheduled Ingest
      • Limitations
    • 2.11.3 How to Edit all the Blocks of a Repeat Scheduled Ingest
    • 2.11.4 How to Edit a Single Block of a Repeat Scheduled Ingest
  • 2.12 DELETING A SCHEDULED INGEST
    • 2.12.1 Rules and Limitations for Deleting an Ingest
    • 2.12.2 How to Delete a One-Shot Scheduled Ingest
    • 2.12.3 How to Delete Blocks from a Repeat or Repeat Every Scheduled Ingest
  • 2.13 COPYING AN INGEST
    • 2.13.1 Introduction
    • 2.13.2 Rules and Limitations for Copying an Ingest
    • 2.13.3 How to Copy a Scheduled One-Shot Ingest By a Drag-and-Drop Operation
    • 2.13.4 How to Copy a Scheduled Repeat Ingest By a Drag-and-Drop Operation
  • 2.14 MOVING AN INGEST
    • 2.14.1 Possible Methods
    • 2.14.2 Rules and Limitations for Moving an Ingest
    • 2.14.3 How to Move a Scheduled One-Shot Ingest
    • 2.14.4 How to Move a Scheduled Repeat Ingest
  • 2.15 STOPPING AN INGEST
    • 2.15.1 How to Stop a Running Ingest
  • 2.16 WORKING WITH GANGED CHANNELS
    • 2.16.1 How to Gang two or more Ingest Channels from Ingest Scheduler
    • 2.16.2 How to Ungang two or more Ingest Channels from Ingest Scheduler
  • 2.17 WORKING WITH LOG SHEETS
    • 2.17.1 How to Create a Log Sheet From an Ingest Block
    • 2.17.2 How to Associate an Existing Log Sheet to an Ingest Block
  • 2.18 IMPORTING AND EXPORTING INGEST LISTS
    • 2.18.1 How to Import an Ingest List
    • 2.18.2 How to Export an Ingest List
• 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
    • 3.2.3 Background Color of Window Outline
  • 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