User guide

4-3

Controlling an External Player

overlay or on the upper part of the control area starts or stops a play-

out of the device connected via RS-422.

However, the video overlay normally shows what will be present at the

SDI output(s) of the system. Thus its layout (aspect ratio) is that of the

currently set output video raster (button VIDEO FORMAT… of the selec-

tion area, see section “The Video Format” on page 5-4 and section

“The Video Format” on page 6-2).

The selected SDI output raster may have an effect on the images in the

video overlay, for example, they may get cropped, and you can use the

video overlay to see the effects immediately.

The input images displayed in the overlay can also be assessed regard-

ing their colors. For this the video overlay provides video scopes that

show the color distribution of the images. To activate a video scope se-

lect one from the context menu of the upper part of the control area:

Figure 4-2: Activating video scopes

Further information about the video scopes and how to use them can

be found in the “CLIPSTER Edit Tool” user guide.

4.1.2 The Information Area

Below the video overlay several useful information are provided indi-

cating the actual settings and the state of the DVS system. Here you

can find the information groups Video, Audio and Timecode as well

as further items mostly concerned with the state of the system. The in-

The input video raster has to match the incoming signal, i.e. the

set video raster for the input must be of the same raster as the

incoming signal.

Furthermore, to see the input signal as it is truly available at the

inputs of the DVS system, you should lock the SDI output video

raster to the input video raster (check box Lock to Input).

In case you want to view the input signal in the VTR task mode,

make sure that the live mode is switched on (button EE, see

section “The Timeline Controls” on page 7-24).