User Guide Instruction Manual

ENGSoft v1.5
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Configuring an IPDirector subject
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AvalidconnectiontotheIPDirectorwebserviceshouldbeconfiguredbeforeconfiguringanIPDirectorsubject.Youcan
opentheIPDirectorconfigurationpanelviathe[Options > Configure IPDirector ]menuentry.
Youcanchangethesubject'soptionsbyclickingonthe buttononthetopoftheingestpanel.
Inthe"Destination options"tab,youcanmodifytheIPDirectordestinationoptions.
ForIPDirectordestinationsubjectsyoucanconfigurethedestinationfilenamingrules.Theseruleswillbeappliedasabase
nameforallgenerateddestinationfiles.Youcanalsosettherulesdeterminingwhatshouldbedoneifafilewiththesame
namealreadyexists.
Youcanselectfromamongfourdifferentfilenamingrules:
l "Source clip name"meansthatthebasenameofdestinationfilewillbethesameasthesourcefile.Forexample,if
thesourcefileisMyClip.mxfthenthedestinationbasenamewillbeMyClip.
l "Source user clip name"meansthatthebasenameofthedestinationfilewillbetheuserdefinedclipname(as
storedinthesequencemetadataifthereareany).Ifnouserclipnameisdefined,itisresolvedas"Notfound".
l "Ask me (not available in Auto-Ingest)" meansthatyouwillbepromptedtomanuallyrenametheingestitems
whenyoudropthemtotheingeststack.ThisoptionisnotavailableinAuto-Ingest.See"Manualrenamingdialog"
onpage52.
l "Following basename"meansthatthebasenameofthedestinationfilewillbethetextstringprovided.
Twooptionsarepossibleintheeventofafileconflict:
l "Ask me"meansthatanerrorwillberaisedeachtimethereisaconflict,requestingyoutoselecttheappropriate
action.
l "Automatically increment filename"meansthatanordinalwillbeaddedtothenewdestinationfilebasename.For
example,ifafilenamedMyClip.mxfalreadyexists,thenewdestinationbasenamewillbeMyClip1andsoon.This
optionisautomaticallyselectedifyouuseafixedbasename,thusallowingyoutoingestorderedlistsofingests
(MyClip1,MyClip2...MyClipNlist).
Inthe"Destination start timecode"groupyoucanredefinethestarttimecodeoftheingestedfiles.See"Starttimecode
redefinition"onpage43.
Inthe"Audio configuration"tabyouwillbeabletocustomizetheaudioroutingparametersofthesubject.See"Audiorout-
ing"onpage43.
Figure 69: IPDirector 'Destination options' tab panel
Inthe"Metadata options"tab,youcandefinetheattributestoassigntotheIPDirectorclip.
IPDirectormetadatacanbeoffollowingtypes: