User`s guide

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A: The SGI Media Server Control GUIs
Using the Deck Control Window
The File pulldown menu in the menu bar of the Deck Control window gives you access
to the following options:
Close Close the Deck Control window.
Exit Close both the Deck Control window and the control panel from which
it was launched.
The following describes each of the displays and buttons in the Deck Control window:
• The edit points let you set the amount of time to preroll, the in point, the duration,
and the out point. Each of these can be specified in the following format:
hh:mm:ss:ff
The field hh is the hours, mm is the minutes, ss is the seconds, and ff is the frame
number. In drop-frame mode, the final colon is replaced by a period:
hh:mm:ss.ff
See “Changing Cue Points and Edit Points” on page 151 for information about how
to change the edit points.
• The cue point is the location at which you want to position the deck. The cue point
can be specified in the following format:
hh:mm:ss:ff
The field hh is the hours, mm is the minutes, ss is the seconds, and ff is the frame
number. In drop-frame mode, the final colon is replaced by a period:
hh:mm:ss.ff
• The cue button (—>|>) tells the SGI Media Server to search the deck to the cue
point and park it there.