User`s guide

72 Playlists
Example Playlist
i,1,L6,37,w,-,415,+,5,60 <
The Playlist is a list of numbers representing the file numbers of video or audio
clips. The list can also contain special control codes or symbols to govern
playback. The list can be arranged all on the same line, as shown above, or
vertically as shown below.
I
1 ;You can comment your Playlist file by using
L6 ;semicolons. All text after a semicolon is
37 ;ignored until the end of the line where a
w ;carriage return is encountered.
-
415 ;The non-digit characters you see are special
+ ;control commands which are described below.
5
60
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The “ i” character places the Digital Video Machine 2 into “ interruptible” mode,
which means that the unit will respond to discrete Resume inputs and serial play
commands by jumping immediately to the next entry in the list. The unit
remains in interruptible mode until a “ u” character is encountered, which in this
example is never – the entire list is interruptible.
Clip numbers may
be 1 - 5 digits long.
Leading zeroes are
ignored.
Next, the unit plays clip #1. This clip will be interrupted by clip #6 if the user
presses the Resume button or issues a serial Play command.
When clip #1 is done, the unit loops clip #6 continuously until the user presses
Resume or issues a Play command.
After the Resume, clip #37 plays. When the clip is complete, the “ w” causes the
Digital Video Machine 2 to wait for another Resume input or Play command.
Upon Resuming, the video gets blacked out by the “-“ character, then clip #415
plays (we hear audio only), and the video is restored by the “+” character.
The unit continues straight into clip #5 followed by clip #60, at which point the
list loops back to the beginning, continuing straight into clip #1.