User`s guide

Playlists 71
Play
Lists
Commands may be entered into the Playlist in either upper or lower case. All
text following a semicolon (;) is interpreted as comments, until the next carriage
return. You may put anything you want in comments, including the special
command characters normally used in the Playlist.
The discrete Resume
input and serial Play
command change
functions when using a
Playlist.
When the Digital Video Machine 2 is processing a Playlist, the discrete
Resume input and the serial play command take on different meanings,
depending upon whether the unit is playing, paused, stilled or waiting.
Here is how the discrete Resume input and serial play command behave:
Mode Interruptible Uninterruptible
Playing Immediately play next file Ignored
Paused (black screen) Play from current frame Play from current frame
Stilled (still frame) Play from current frame Play from current frame
Waiting Play next file Play next file
One thing to be cautious of is the unintended endless loop. For example, if a
Playlist contains a U followed by an L command, it doesn’t matter how many
more clips may occur in it, there is no way to get to them! When using the U
command, always include an I command before the next L, unless this is the
desired behavior. Of course, you can always terminate the loop with a stop
command, or by selecting a different file.
Playlists may contain references to other Playlists, but as soon as such a
reference is encountered the new Playlist begins execution, and the old one is
abandoned.
Playlists can be called from inside a Schedule.