User`s guide
176 Chapter 11: Playlist Window
To group elements in a playlist
1. Right-click the Playlist and select Insert Item -> Group from the appearing
Context Menu.
2. Place an element in a group by holding the CTRL key down while performing a
drag and drop operation. An angled arrow indicates that the element may be
dropped.
See Also
• Playlist Columns
• Playlist Concept
• Playlist Time Editor
11.2.1 Playlist Columns
Playlist columns can be displayed or hidden by using the Context Menu. Many of
the columns are presented by default. Dragging and dropping the column
headings changes the order of the columns. When columns are displayed, they
are positioned to the right.
The columns that by default are displayed are; Name, Channel, Status, Available,
Concept, Variant, Finished and Loaded.
Tip: F2 can be used to change the value of a data element’s column setting.
This section contains information on the following topics:
• Context Menu
• To add a transition effect
Context Menu
• Misc: Displays miscellaneous options. Begin, end, time code and duration can
be set directly in the playlist. Some newsroom systems also propagate timing
information to their control applications for monitoring and playout of
newsroom playlists. Such information can for example be sent using the MOS
protocol.
Note: VCP is able to override timing information from newsroom playlists, however,
this is not recommended.
• Begin: Shows the start time of a group. Hence, begin and end times can only
be set for groups and not elements of a group. To set time for elements,
use the Timecode and Duration columns. See also the Playlist Time Editor
section.
• Category: Shows the category the Sub Category resides under. Default
category for Viz Template Wizard templates is the
pilot
category.
• Channel: Shows which output channel an element should be sent to. Various
elements can be sent to different output channels. The output channels can
be set directly in the column. By default the main (program) output channel
is selected, but this can be overruled by setting an alternative channel in a
template (that all data elements made from it will have). This column is
presented by default.