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IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... III WHAT’S NEW? .............................................................................................................. VIII ABOUT THIS MANUAL.................................................................................................... XI 1.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.4.3 Pane Display Icon .................................................................................................................33 4.4.4 Lock Icon...............................................................................................................................34 4.4.5 Loaded Media Field...................................................................................
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.8.9 Display Thumbnails Check Box ............................................................................................54 4.8.10 Grab Thumbnails Button .......................................................................................................54 4.8.11 Owner Field.............................................................................................................
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.20.2 How to Send a Clip to an External Destination .....................................................................89 4.20.3 How to Send a Play-List to an External Destination ..............................................................89 4.20.4 How to Export a Play-List......................................................................................................89 4.20.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 6.7.5 Auxiliary Clip on a Play-List.................................................................................................143 6.7.6 XT Channel On-Screen Display in Play-List Edit Mode.......................................................144 6.8 THE PREVIEW CONTROL PANEL .........................................................................................147 6.8.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 What’s New? N EW F EATURES IN IP D IRECTOR V ERSION 4.3 Metadata on clips Part 1 – section 2.2.5 Main IPD window: metadata menu Part 1 – section 2.7 Main IPD window: metadata profile management Part 2 – section 3.2.6 Metadata in Edit Clip window Part 3 – section 4.7 Metadata in Save Clip window Part 3 – section 4.9 Control Panel: metadata tab Part 3 – section 4.19.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 N EW F EATURES IN IP D IRECTOR V ERSION 4.4 Protect Clip Part 2 – Section 3.2.3 DB Explorer: protected/unprotected clips in clip data Part 2 – Section 3.2.4 DB Explorer: protect/unprotect clip in contextual menu Part 2 – Section 3.2.6 Edit Clip window: protect/unprotect Clip Part 2 – Section 3.4.7 DB Explorer: bin rules Part 2 – Section 3.6.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 I MPROVEMENTS IN U SER M ANUAL V ERSION 4.3 & 4.4 IP Logger: general review + new sections Part 2 – section 1.3 (new) Using keywords with logs Part 2 – section 1.6.2 (new) Fields in the Create a New Log window Part 2 – section 1.6.3 (new) How to Add Keywords Specifically to a Log Entry Part 2 – section 1.6.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C About this Manual This manual is intended to cover all aspects of IP Director. It should be seen as a reference guide that provides a detailed description on the various modules of IP Director, as well as procedural information on how to work with the IP Director system. The user manual for IP Director Version 4.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 P ART 3: I NGEST AND P LAY -O UT The third part contains the following chapters: Chapter Description Recorder Panel This chapter provides information on the Recorder Panel, i.e. the module used to control the recorder channels of an XT Server.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2008 Issue 4.4.B 1. Recorder Panel 1.1 INTRODUCTION The Recorder Panel is the graphical user interface used to control the recorder channels of an XT server. The Recorder Control Panel shows the record status of a channel and can enable channels to start or stop recording depending upon the XT server base configuration.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 An active Recorder panel will show the location and name of the channel and a timecode window with a display of running timecode that the channel is recording. Above is the view of the Recorder Panel when viewing a LSM mode recorder. It cannot be stopped by an IP Director workstation. Above is the view of the Recorder Panel when viewing a Server or Spotbox mode recorder.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 2. Ingest Scheduler 2.1 INTRODUCTION The IP Ingest Scheduler allows for clips to be automatically made on any channel under the control of IP Director at either a time scheduled in advance or entered manually by the user, this means multiple events over a period of time can be autom atically recorded and protected.
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IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 2.3 Issue 4.4.C HOW TO SCHEDULE EVENTS USING IP INGEST SCHEDULER The IP Ingest Scheduler can be used to schedule as many events as desired by entering the required parameters into the scheduler window. T IME A REA In the One Shot tab, enter the required date, start time and stop time or duration in the Time area.
Issue 4.4.C 2.4 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Field Description Clip Name Enter a name for the clip(s) that will be created Level Enter a level rating to be added to an event from no stars to three stars (***). Keywords Choose from any opened keyword grids all the keywords to be added per event. Bins Choose a destination bin from the bin directory tree, this is where the clips scheduled to be created will be stored.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 2.4.1 RECORDER CHANNEL STATUS OFF–LINE: connected. the XT server is not READY: the channel is ready to create the clip (record is on) REC OFF: the XT is connected but record is OFF. 2.4.
Issue 4.4.C 2.4.3 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 OTHER ELEMENTS The remaining capacity is shown on the right hand side and depicts the capacity left for recording on the XT channel. The interface moves to the current time and date position. The time line moves around a now line that is fixed at the centre point of the display. The slider placed on the bottom of the display allows the movement to any point is active the in tim e.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 3. VTR Control Panel 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.1.1 PURPOSE The purpose of the VTR Control Panel is to control a VTR (Video Tape Recorder) from IP Director. It is an advanced remote control, from within the IP Director application. Apart from playback and record control, it also allows the extraction of clips from a tape to the XT servers.
Issue 4.4.C 3.2 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 OPENING THE VTR CONTROL PANEL There are several ways of opening the VTR Control Panel: • from Channel Explorer • from the IP Director m ain toolbar The procedures are described in detail on the following pages. 3.2.1 HOW TO OPEN THE VTR CONTROL PANEL FROM CHANNEL EXPLORER To open the VTR Control Panel from Channel Explorer, proceed as follows: 1.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 3.2.2 Issue 4.4.C HOW TO OPEN THE VTR CONTROL PANEL FROM THE TOOLBAR To open the VTR Control Panel from the IP Director Toolbar, proceed as follows: 1. Click VTR Control Panel on the application toolbar. 2. The VTR Control Panel opens, with no VTR device linked. 3. Right-click the blue bar and select the VTR device to link.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 3.3 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 1: TRANSPORT MODE 3.3.1 PURPOSE In Transport Mode , the VTR Control Panel works as a remote control for the VTR, from within IP Director. The VTR device will be available to all users of the IP Director system.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 3.3.2 Issue 4.4.C SCREEN ELEMENTS AND FUNCTIONS The VTR Control Panel screen elements and functions are described below. D EVICE BAR The Device bar shows which device is linked to the VTR Control Panel. A different device can be selected by right-clicking the Device bar and selecting the device in the list that appears. M ODE SELECTOR The Mode selector shows the current state of the window.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The slider can be dragged to the left or to the right with the left mouse button. It returns to the zero state as soon as the mouse button is released. The slider can be "parked" at a fixed position by right-clicking the jog bar at the desired position. To return the slider to the zero state, left-click anywhere in the jog bar.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 3.4 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 2: AUTOEDIT MODE 3.4.1 PURPOSE In Auto-edit Mode , a single clip can be digitized from the VTR to a record channel on an XT server. In the auto-edit process, clips can be sent to different destinations and published to user groups. 3.4.2 SCREEN ELEMENTS AND FUNCTIONS The Transport Mode buttons and controls remain the same in Auto-Edit M ode.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Use the buttons frames. and to go respectively to the Mark IN or Mark OUT R ECORDER BAR The Recorder bar shows the linked recording channel on the XT server. The device can be changed by right-clicking the blue bar and selecting a device from the list that appears or by dragging a record channel from the Channel Explorer.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 3.4.3 Issue 4.4.C Field Name Instructions Keywords Assign clip keywords from the Keyword Grid or from the Dictionary. Publish To Select users and/or user groups to publish the clip to. Send to Select a target for the clip.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Note The recorder channel referred to in step 2 must reside on an XT[2] series of server so that the VTR Engine can obtain VITC/ANC-TC from the video. This enables the auto-edit process to ensure frame accurate clip creations. 3.5 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 3: BATCH DIGITIZE MODE 3.5.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C I MPORT / E XPORT BUTTONS To the right are the Import / Export buttons: 3.5.3 Field Name Instructions Import Imports a Batch List from a file. Help Displays a help window about the file format used to import a Batch List. Export Exports a Batch List to a file. BATCH DIGITIZE PROCEDURE H OW TO C REATE AND P ROCESS A B ATCH L IST To create a Batch List, proceed as follows: 1.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 E DITING A B ATCH L IST There are several ways to edit the Batch List before it is processed. • The Batch List can be edited directly, similar to a spreadsheet. Click the cell you wish to edit and make the required changes.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C I MPORTING A B ATCH L IST The Batch List can be prepared outside IP Director and saved as a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file or a TXT (Text) file. These files can be imported straight into IP Director. To import a Batch List: click the Import button, select the list you wish to import and click Open.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 E XPORTING A B ATCH L IST A Batch List that has been created in IP Director can be exported to a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file. To export a Batch List: click the Export button, select a folder, enter a file name and click Save. In the next window: select which columns from the Batch List should be included in the export file and click OK.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 3.6 Issue 4.4.C VTR CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS In the IP Director main window, the menu Tools > Define Shortcuts in the m enu bar allows the users to define shortcuts for most of the common operations with the IP Director. Shown in the screenshots below are all item s that are available in the VTR Control Panel with shortcuts, the default values are shown.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4. Player Control Panel 4.1 INTRODUCTION The Player Control Panel, referred to as Control Panel in this user manual, is the graphical user interface used to control player channels of an XT server. The Control Panel allows controlling an XT channel and making clips.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.2 Issue 4.4.C OVERVIEW OF THE CONTROL PANEL The Player Control Panel has been designed with various panes allowing its size to be changed depending on the features in use. When fully expanded, the panel window looks like the screenshot below: The following outline details the type of information available in the various panes displayed in the above screenshot.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 T RANSPORT F UNCTIONS P ANE This pane, highlighted in red on the above outline, provides a jog bar to view the duration of the loaded element and move within this element. It contains more transport functions to navigate in the loaded element. For detailed information on the Transport Functions pane, refer to section 4.5 “Transport Functions Pane”, on page 35.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Clip-List Tab The Clip-List tab makes it possible to create simple play-lists and view play-lists created with the Play-List Editor. For detailed information on the Clip-List tab, refer to section 4.11 “Clip-List Tab”, on page 61. 4.3 VIEWS OF THE CONTROL PANEL It is possible to work with the Control Panel using several views depending on the actions you need to perform.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 T RANSPORT F UNCTIONS V IEW The Transport Functions view Transport Functions pane. includes the Channel Media pane and the The left screenshot shows the Transport Functions view without video display, the right one is the Transport Functions view with video display: Note When you launch the Control Panel, the application opens by default with this view if no specific layout is applied.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C C LIP C REATION V IEW The Clip Creation view includes the Channel Media pane, the Transport Functions pane and the Clip Creation pane.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 F ULL V IEW The full view includes the Channel Media pane, the Transport Functions pane, the Clip Creation pane, as well as the right tabbed pane. There are two possible full views without video display: • Full view in a rectangle shape : With this view, the clip information is truncated in the Clip Information tab.
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Issue 4.4.C 4.4 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 CHANNEL MEDIA PANE The Channel Media pane provides the basic functions to load and view clips and record trains. The screenshot below shows the Channel Media pane. It includes a video display if the video display has been activated and linked to an A/V board in the IP Director Configuration module of the Remote Installer. 4.4.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.4.2 CHANNEL FIELD This section displays the name of the player assigned to the Control Panel, i.e. the name of the controlled channel. The “Shuttle” icon this channel. is shown on the left if the ShuttlePRO is associated with If a name has been assigned to the channel on the XT server, this name will be displayed.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Pane to be hidden Required Action Collapse to the Minimal view Click the upper left icon For more information on the available views, refer to the section 4.3 “Views of The Control Panel”, on page 27. 4.4.4 LOCK ICON This icon makes it possible to lock the entire channel, i.e. to prevent any operation from any IP Director user interface.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.4.6 Issue 4.4.C LSM ID FIELD The field on the right of the Loaded Media field displays the LSM ID of the loaded element or train. If the user wants to load a clip num erically from the XNet network, it is possible to enter the LSM ID directly in this field. 4.5 TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS PANE The Transport Functions pane provides a jog bar and more transport functions to navigate in the loaded element.
Issue 4.4.C 4.5.3 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 RIGHT DURATION FIELD The right duration field will have a different meaning and display colour according to the activity being performed on the channel. When a clip is loaded The following table shows the possible colours and values of the right duration field when a clip is loaded.
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Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Play Mode - Loop continuously – plays in a continuous loop Play Mode - Bounce - plays continuously from IN point to OUT point, then from OUT to IN and so on. Note Play-Lists can be played in either normal play or continuous loop but not in bounce mode. 4.5.5 CUSTOM SPEED FIELD The Custom Speed field indicates at which speed the media is played.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.5.7 JOG BAR When a clip is loaded, the Jog bar shows the duration of the clip: • The white section represents the trimmed clip length, i.e. between the IN point and the OUT point that have been defined. • The yellow sections represent the guardbands before the IN point and after the OUT point. • The blue position indicator shows the actual relative position in the clip.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.5.10 FAST REWIND ICON OR OR The Fast Rewind icon makes it possible to rewind the loaded media. The rewind speed is set via the contextual menu available from the Fast Rewind button. It is specified in the Custom Speed field displayed above the jog bar. A default rewind speed is set in the Tools > Settings menu, Transport tab and Speeds section. Please see the section 4.13.
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Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 (not overwritten in the recorder yet). This allows for playback beyond the clip boundaries or to define a new clip from the original record media. 4.5.16 GRAB FRAME OR The Grab Frame button allows the user to grab a picture of the frame that is currently loaded or being played on the Control Panel. Each time the button is selected, a .jpg or .
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 • When you click the Mark IN and/or Mark OUT icons to create a new clip from the train, the fields 2, 4 and 5 in the screenshot below display the new values defined. As long as the clip is not saved, the values 1 and 3 will not be displayed. 1 3 2 4 5 1. Limit IN field: start timecode of the initial guardband 2. Short IN field: timecode of the IN point 3.
Issue 4.4.C 4.6.4 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 MARK IN OR OR When pressing the icon, you set an IN point at the timecode shown on the jog bar of the Control Panel. The timecode of the IN point is then displayed in the Short IN field. 4.6.5 MARK OUT OR OR When pressing the icon, you set an OUT point at the timecode shown on the jog bar of the Control Panel.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.6.7 Issue 4.4.C CLEAR OUT OR If you select the cross next to the Mark OUT icon, the following happens: • The OUT point will be cleared and the Short OUT field reset if an OUT point was marked on a live record chain. • The timecode for the maximum clip OUT value including guardbands is displayed if an OUT point was marked on a clip. 4.6.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Clip Creation setting defined: • The clip is saved without any further dialog. • The Save Clip window opens and allows the user to enter the clip name and clip related information before the clip is created. You can define the Open Save Clip Window setting in the Clip Creation tab available from the Tools > Settings menu. Refer to section 4.13.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.6.12 SYNC FUNCTION OR + OR The Sync function will force other channels linked to the channel controlled to synchronize their timecode position to the same timecode as the current position on the channel controlled.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The 2 n d Controller option is only available if the channel has been configured with IPDP protocol as the main controller in exclusive mode. When the configuration has been set to parallel mode the control of the channel is from either IP Director or the 3 r d Party device simultaneously and the second control feature is inactive.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 For more inform ation on clip creation, refer to section 4.18.1 “How to Create Clips in the Control Panel”, on page 78. Window Overview The Save Clip window is divided into two panes: • The left pane contains the Clip Information, i.e. clip data in general and in relation with IP Director. It is always displayed. • The right pane contains the Clip Metadata, i.e.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Field Description This action is also possible later on from the Send to option in the contextual menu of the Database Explorer or Control Panel. Publish To User groups to which the clip can be published, i.e. made available. Select the user groups to which the clips should be published.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Note In IPDP Spotbox modes, it is not possible to change the “protocol receive page” as mentioned above. In this configuration, the system will obey the previous LSM mode setting the user has defined. 4.7.3 CLIP NAME The Clip nam e can contain up to 24 alphanumeric characters. Only 12 characters of this name can be displayed by LSM systems. 4.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 You will find below a description of the various functions available on the Clip Information tab: Note For the changes in the clip information to be saved, you need to click the Update Clip button. If you do not update the clip, you will be asked whether you want to apply the changes to the clip when you will load another media. 4.8.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.8.4 Issue 4.4.C SOURCE FIELD The Source field is a read-only field that specifies the name of the recorder channel defined on the Channel Name section in the Setup Configuration window on the XT server. If the source is not found in the database, the value “Unknown” will be assigned. 4.8.
Issue 4.4.C 4.8.8 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 LINKED TO CLIPS LIST The Linked to Clips List displays the clips linked to the loaded clip. Clips can be linked to another clip in two ways: • When a clip is created on a channel ganged to other channels, the clips created simultaneously on the ganged channels will automatically be linked to the clip. • When a user manually links a clip to another one.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Thumbnails can also be created automatically when an XFile is specified within the thumbnails configuration in the IP Director Remote Installer. Please see the Technical Reference manual for further details. Note The user must have the right to modify the clip to grab thumbnails. 4.8.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 You can reorganize the columns by simple drag and drop of the column header. You can adjust the column width by moving the separation between two columns. T RANSFER S TATUS Each transfer record is highlighted in a colour specific to the transfer status: • Running transfers are displayed on a transparent background. • Successful transfers are displayed on a green background.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C The following table describes the fields available on the Metadata tab: Field Description Clip Profile Drop-down list in which the user can modify the clip profile to be associated with the clip. Clip Profile fields Fields belonging to the Clip Profile displayed in the Clip Profile drop-down list. The user can modify the values of the clip profile fields.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.10.2 TRANSPORT COMMAND SYNCHRONIZATION ON GANGED PLAYER CHANNELS T RAINS When live or stopped record trains are loaded on ganged player channels, the NEXT and PREVIOUS commands executed on one PGM by means of the ShuttlePRO are only applied on this PGM: • If the train belongs to a group of ganged recorders, the application shifts to the next or previous record train of the group.
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Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 P LAY -L ISTS When play-lists are loaded on ganged player channels, the following commands are synchronized as explained below: • The Play, Go to IN, Go to OUT, Pause and Recue commands executed on one PGM are applied in a synchronized way to the other play-lists of the ganged channels.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.11 CLIP-LIST TAB The Clip-List tab makes it possible to create simple play-lists from the Control Panel. “Simple play-lists” means a list of clips with the same transition applied between all elements.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.11.1 CHANNEL MEDIA PANE The name and ID of the clip that is currently played in the loaded play-list is displayed in the Loaded Media and LSM ID fields. 4.11.2 VIDEO DISPLAY The Video Display shows the clip that is currently played in the loaded play-list, with the transition effects defined. 4.11.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Function Description The play-list will be published to the selected groups on the condition that they have the adequate visibility rights. Delete Deletes the play-list loaded on the Clip-List tab. The option is only available when the play-list is displayed in the Clip-List tab but not loaded on the player channel.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.11.6 PLAY-LIST FUNCTIONS Besides the usual transport functions that can be used for the play-list and are available in the Clip Transport Functions area, several functions specific to the play-list are available in the upper part of the Clip-List tab. RECUE OR When the operator presses the Recue button, the system loads the play-list on the first frame of the first element.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C C LIP T RANSITION – T RANSITION T YPE Note This field is only available when the channel is set in PGM/PRV mode. Otherwise, they are dimmed. The left drop-down list field allows the users to select the clip effect type to be used for transitions between the elements of the play-list. This effect will be applied to the audio and video transitions of all elements of the play-list loaded.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.11.7 ELEMENT LIST The list of clips included in the play-list is displayed in the Elem ent List area. F IELD D ESCRIPTION The following table describes briefly the various fields available: Field Name Description T/C IN Time code of the IN point of the play-list element.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Meaning Colour code Group Record The colour used is defined in the Play-List settings. Selected Record Grey Note The play-list settings for colour codes are available via the menu Tools > Settings, in the Play-List - General tab, Colours Group box. Besides this colour code, the records are successively displayed on a white or on a light grey background.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Note If a group is part of the selection, all elements of the group will be removed. O RGANIZING THE C OLUMNS IN THE E LEMENT L IST The user can change the columns positions in the element list via the Organize command of the Clip-List contextual menu. This command opens a window allowing the organisation of the columns to be displayed and in which order they appear from left to right.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Note The column organisation is only saved if the changes are saved in a layout and when this layout is used. 4.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Option Description Unprotect Unprotects the loaded clip when protected earlier in IP Director. Duplicate Opens a Duplicate Clip window where you can specify the location on an XT server of the XNet Network where a copy of the clip should be stored. Move Opens a Move Clip window where you can specify the location on an XT server of the XNet Network where the clip should be moved to.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C C REATE C LIPS ON A LL S YNCHRONISED R ECORDERS When this setting is selected, clips will automatically be created on all ganged recorders of the recorder on which the user creates a clip. The clip that the user has created will have the extension 00 after the name and the clips created on the ganged recorders will have extension 01, 02, etc. depending on the num ber of ganged recorders.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 A UTOMATICALLY S TART P LAYING C LIP W HEN L OADED ON C ONTROL P ANEL When the user loads a new clip onto the current Control Panel, it immediately begins playback without requiring the user to press play. 4.13.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.14 CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS In the IP Director main window, the menu Tools > Define Shortcuts in the m enu bar allows the users to define shortcuts for most of the common operations with the IP Director. Shown in the screenshots below are all items that are available in the Control Panel with shortcuts, the default values are shown.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.15 ASSIGNING A CHANNEL 4.15.1 HOW TO OPEN AND ASSIGN A CHANNEL TO A CONTROL PANEL There are several methods to assign a player channel to the Control Panel. Some of the methods will directly open an instance of the Control Panel. Others are used when the Control Panel is already open. • Open the Control Panel and assign a channel from the Channel Explorer.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C H OW TO A SSIGN A C HANNEL F ROM THE C HANNEL F IELD To assign a channel from the Control Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Right-click on the Channel field. 2. Select the channel to assign from the contextual menu that displays the available channels. H OW TO A SSIGN A C HANNEL F ROM THE S HUTTLE PRO To assign a channel from the Shuttle PRO, proceed as follows: 1.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.16.2 HOW TO LOAD A CLIP IN THE CONTROL PANEL To load a clip to a channel from the Database Explorer, proceed as follows: 1. Open the Database Explorer from the main menu. 2. Select the requested clip in the Clips pane of the Database Explorer. 3. Drag it to the Control Panel you wish to load it on.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C F ROM THE (M INI ) D ATABASE E XPLORER To load the play-list via the Database Explorer or Mini Database Explorer, proceed as follows: 1. Open the Database Explorer or Mini Database Explorer from the main menu. 2. Select the requested play-list in the element list of the Explorer. 3. Drag it to the Control Panel you wish to load it on.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.17 MOVING WITHIN MEDIA 4.17.1 HOW TO JUMP TO A GIVEN TIMECODE WITHIN THE LOADED MEDIA To jump to a given timecode of a loaded media, proceed as follow s: 1. Enter the time code value from where you want to play the loaded media in the left timecode field. This can also be before the IN point or after the OUT point. 2. Press ENTER.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 See section 4.16 “Loading Media”, on page 75. Note Before creating clips on which you want to apply metadata, ensure that the relevant profile is defined as the current profile. To create a clip in the Control Panel module, proceed as follows: 1.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 • Use window. • Use Clip window. to save a clip without displaying the Save Clip + to save a clip and display the Save 4.18.2 HOW TO RENAME A LOADED CLIP To rename an existing clip in the Control Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Load the clip in the Control Panel. 2. Right-click in a Control Panel pane. The contextual menu is displayed. 3.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 5. From the tree view of the Explorer, select the existing clips or play-list to add to the new play-list. Use CTR L (+SHIFT) for a multiple selection. 6. Drag and drop the clip(s) to the Clip-List tab. See also the section 4.18.8 on the various ways to add elements to a playlist.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.18.6 SELECTING ELEMENTS IN A PLAY-LIST The selection of elements in a play-list follows the selection rules applicable in any Windows-based application. Selecting elements in a play-list is performed as follows: • To select contiguous elements, click the first element, press CTRL+SHIFT and click the last elem ent.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.18.8 ADDING ELEMENTS TO A PLAY-LIST Adding elem ent(s) to a play-list in the Clip-List tab is always performed by dragging and dropping the element(s) to the requested position in the play-list. In the drag and drop operation, the black thick line indicates the position where the element will be dropped.
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IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.18.9 HOW TO REMOVE ELEMENTS FROM A PLAY-LIST To remove one or more elements from a play-list, proceed as follows: 1. Load the play-list in the Clip-List tab 2. Select the clips that you want to remove. For more inform ation, see section 4.18.6. 3. Right-click and select Remove Element from the contextual menu. The following warning message is displayed: 4.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.19 USING KEYWORDS & METADATA 4.19.1 HOW TO ADD A KEYWORD TO A CLIP You can add up to three keywords to a clip from the Control Panel. To add a keyword to a clip, proceed as follows: 1. Open the clip in the Control Panel. 2. Select the full view to display the Clip Information tab. 3. Open the Keyword Grid or Dictionary from the Keyword icon in the Shortcut bar. 4.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.19.3 HOW TO ADD OR MODIFY METADATA OF A CLIP By default, the metadata of the current profile is associated with the new created clips. For this reason, the users need to check the current profile before they start creating clips. For more inform ation on defining a current profile, refer to the Metadata chapter in Part 1 of this user manual.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4.20 PUBLISHING AND TRANSFERRING MEDIA 4.20.1 HOW TO PUBLISH A CLIP TO A USER GROUP The clips’ owner can publish the clips to make them available to other users. To publish a clip to a user group, proceed as follows: 1. Open the clip in the Control Panel. 2. Select the full view to display the Clip Information tab. 3.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.20.2 HOW TO SEND A CLIP TO AN EXTERNAL DESTINATION It is possible to transfer a clip to several external destinations. For more information, see section “Possible Transfers”, on page 55. To send a clip to one of the possible destinations, proceed as follows: 1. Load the clip in the Control Panel. 2.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4. Click OK. The Export Play-List window opens. 5. Select the directory to which you want to export the play-list. 6. Select the format for the play-list in the Save as type drop-down list. 7. Click the Save button. The play-list is exported to a file with the requested form at to the requested folder.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 4.21.3 HOW TO TEMPORARILY UNGANG AND GANG AGAIN ONE OR MORE CHANNELS You can ungang and gang again the ganged player channels in the Ganged Channels tab of the Control Panel. • To temporarily ungang one channel from the group, select the gang symbol in the relevant channel, the symbol will disappear. • To temporarily ungang all channels from the group, select the Ungang All button .
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 5. Fill & Key 5.1 INTRODUCTION Channels of the XT series servers can be ganged together in a specific style called FILL & KEY. This mode manages assignments of clips, and forces them to recall to the appropriate channels, so as to allow the operator to perform synchronised clip recalls in a Fill & Key scenario (sometim es called FILL & Matte) 5.2 INGEST KEY AND FILL CLIPS 5.2.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 5.2.2 Issue 4.4.C AFTER CLIP CREATION The clip type can be modified after the clip creation. To edit the metadata of an existing clip, select the clip from the Database Explorer, right-click on the mouse to show the contextual menu and select edit. The Edit Clip window appears offering the ability to modify the clip type. 5.3 KEY AND FILL CLIPS ASSOCIATION 5.3.
Issue 4.4.C 5.3.2 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 RULES IN KEY AND FILL CLIP ASSOCIATIONS The following rules or principles are applicable in the association process: • If the clips are not Key and Fill clips, the association will automatically convert them into Key and Fill clips. • It is possible to drag and drop a normal clip on a fill clip. The normal clip automatically becomes a key clip.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C If a Fill clip is associated with a Key clip, the corresponding key thumbnail is displayed in the Key thumbnail column. If no key clip is associated, no key thumbnail is displayed. To narrow your search, select the Fill button to view Fill clips only or the Key button to view Key clips only. To see both, select the two buttons.
Issue 4.4.C 5.3.6 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 BROWSING FOR KEY AND FILL CLIPS To browse key and fill clips, assign a channel to Database Explorer. Choose an available channel from the channel explorer window and drag it on to the window area of Database Explorer. K EY CLIPS To browse Key clips only, specify a Search criterion on the Clip type to retrieve only Key clips. The system displays key clips.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 6. Play-List Editor 6.1 INTRODUCTION The Play-List Editor allows multiple play-lists to be made, modified and played to air using an efficient workflow with a great deal of flexibility.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The play-lists constructed, using the Play-List Editor, differ from conventional XT clip-lists in that they can: • contain both clips and sections from record trains (either live or delayed). • be programmed to run to match on-air schedules • be constructed in an off-line state without the requirement to use XT channels.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C When the Play-Lists button is selected from the Display Options area, the corresponding Play-List tree is displayed in the tree view of the interface. Note The option selected in the “View XT Structure” settings in the General tab of the Tools main menu will affect the displayed view.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The new play-list will then appear as an entry in the listing for the contents of the bin with the play-list icon 6.3.2 . OFF-LINE AND ON-LINE PLAY-LISTS A play-list which is off-line has been created by IP Director but has no data has been sent to the XNet server network and it cannot be seen in that network, it can only be seen on IP Director workstations.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C • Dragging it directly onto the on-air area of a Play-List Editor window. This action will remove any existing play-list on the channel and replace it with the off-line play-list and make it on-line. 6.3.3 ON-LINE PLAY-LISTS AND ALTERNATIVE CONTROL PROTOCOLS Once On-Line, a play-list can be accessed using any other protocol that can control an XT server.
Issue 4.4.C 6.4 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 THE PLAY-LIST ZONE The Play-List zone has a tab structure allowing the operator to create as many play-list tabs as required. There is one default tab labelled “New” to permit the addition of play-list tabs. 6.4.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C H OW TO M AKE A P LAY -L IST O N -L INE Right-clicking on the Channel Name field of the tab opens a contextual menu showing the XT channels that are available to the IP Director workstation. Selecting an available channel will show a dialogue box if the play-list is not online on this XT and ask for confirmation. Once confirmed the play-list will be allocated to this channel.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 within the XT server network in an XT play-list number and will still be visible on the XNet. H OW TO MAKE A P LAY -L IST I DLE A play-list tab in Idle state is when it is not loaded to an output of an XT server. All functions are dimmed and inactive with the exception of the channel name function, which can still be accessed.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C • A channel that has been designated as a preview channel in the Channel Explorer If the tab is an on-air play-list a warning will be given before the allocation is allowed.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 I NSERT /R EPLACE A P LAY -L IST ON AN E XISTING T AB ( NO CHANNEL ASSOCIATION ) A play-list can be dragged from a bin or from the Play-List section of the Database Explorer or the Mini Database Explorer and dropped onto a play-list tab.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 6.5 Issue 4.4.C THE AREAS OF A PLAY-LIST TAB Within a Play-List tab there are two distinct areas The On-air area is used to play a play-list and has buttons to control all the required transport controls.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 below, which instantly updates the on-air play-list. This is only allowed when the element is not currently playing or the next item to play as defined by the highlighted elements in the list. Note In the screenshot above, the event on-air is highlighted in dark green; and the next event to air in light green.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 PAUSE OR + OR This stops the playback of an element in the loaded play-list at the current position. GOTO IN OR + OR In EDIT mode (if the play-list is not currently playing), when any of the above commands are used, the system preloads the on-air element on its IN frame. This button is greyed and not active if the play-list has ON AIR selected.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 NEXT OR When the play-list is in PLAY when the operator clicks on the NEXT button, the next element is loaded immediately and played accordingly to its start mode and start effect. When the play-list is in PAUSE, and the operator clicks on the NEXT button, the play-list jumps to the IN of the next element of the play-list but remains paused.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 6.6.3 ON-AIR PLAY-LIST MODES LOCK Changes to OR + + When the operator clicks on the LOCK button, the play-list interface panel is locked, and all buttons on the panel become inactive. If a ShuttlePRO is associated to the on-air channel, its functions will also be inactive. The OSD of the XT channel will also show a key representing that the play-list is locked.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Note In PGM/PRV mode, the PRV could be controlled in PARALLEL with a secondary device, which could take the control of the channel at any time. ON-AIR When the ON-AIR button is pressed, the ON-AIR status of the channel is set. The ON-AIR button background is turned from Grey to Red. The OSD of the channel displays the play-list number in RED.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C If the parameter “Display time till the end of the current element” is unchecked in the play-list settings, the following controls are displayed: Remaining time till the next element starts. The ‘Times till transition’ information (cur and next) is calculated taking into account the current speed.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 XT C HANNEL O N -S CREEN D ISPLAY If the play-list is cued ready for play out on the output of an XT server channel the channel’s OSD display will show all relevant information PL11/03 Nxt Brk 00:17:13 ³ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ PL11/03 Nxt Brk 00:07:13 PL11/03: PL is always displayed. 11/03 corresponds to the LSM ID of the play-list loaded on the channel.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C hh:mm:ss:ff 00:07:13 S pd hh:mm:ss:ff on-air timecode 00:17:13 remaining time till the next element starts. Spd shows the current playback speed ClipName 6.6.5 999/999 ClipName Name of the clip (truncated to 16 characters) if defined. If the clip name is not defined or filled with spaces, the LSM ID (123A/05) will be displayed.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The following table describes briefly the various menu commands: Function Description Send to Provides a list of possible destinations, in a submenu, to which the selected play-list can be sent.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Function Issue 4.4.C Description This is an on-line play-list if a player is specified on the On-Air area. Otherwise, this is an off-line play-list. The user has to specify the play-list nam e before the new play-list is created. The play-list is automatically loaded in the selected play-list tab. Create an off-line copy Creates a new off-line play-list in the current bin (i.e.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 4. Type the T/C to be used in the export file for the IN point of the first playlist element. 5. Click OK. The Export Play-List window opens: 6. Select the directory you want to export the play-list to. 7. Select the format for the play-list in the Save as type drop-down list. 8. When you select the .csv format, the Choose Column to Export window opens.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Note If the play-list to export contains a train element, the following warning message pops up and informs the user that the train element will not be exported: 6.6.7 HOW TO IMPORT A PLAY-LIST You can import a play-list from an .xml file into the Play-List Editor. Note The play-list is imported as an off-line play-list if no controlled channel is defined in the Play-Editor.
Issue 4.4.C 6.6.8 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 HOW TO DELETE UNUSED PLAY-LISTS From the Play-List Editor, you have the possibility to delete all unused play-lists or a selection of unused play-lists on the XN et network. To delete unused play-lists, proceed as follows: 1. Load a play-list in the On-Air area of the Play-List Editor. 2. In the On-Air area, right-click the Play-List Name field. A contextual menu opens. 3.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 6.7 THE PLAY-LIST EDIT AREA 6.7.1 INTRODUCTION Issue 4.4.C The top of the Play-List area has an inform ation section displaying the creation date and time, and the total duration of the play-list in the edit area. It also displays the Auxiliary clip being used if any, and allows for a timecode search to be performed within the play-list.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 To perform the operation on several clips use ctrl+ click to select the clips required D RAG AND D ROP B INS One or more bins can be dragged and dropped into a play-list to insert them.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C M ODIFY P LAYBACK P ARAMETER V ALUES IN A P LAY -L IST The playback parameters of an elem ent or selection of elem ents can be modified either by entering values directly in the list, by using the contextual menu, or by selecting a choice from a pre-defined list box accessed in the parameter area.
Issue 4.4.C 6.7.3 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 USING CONTEXTUAL MENUS TO EDIT A PLAY-LIST There is a comprehensive list of editing features available in a contextual menu in the Play-List Edit Area. To access them, right-click on the mouse from any position within the Play-List Edit area. The functions are separated into seven groups each of which has a section.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C R EMOVE E LEMENT To remove a selected element or elements from the play-list, select remove element from the contextual menu. A confirmation message will be displayed dependant on the status of the play-list being edited: If the play-list is off-line: If the play-list is on-line or on-air: ON AIR is displayed if the play-list is on air.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 D EFINE A UDIO /V IDEO E FFECT When this menu item is selected it allows the user to define the audio and video effects of the selected transition(s) by choosing values from the dialogue box that opens: The values initially shown in the dialogue box are either the values for the first selected elem ent or the default values defined in the play-list settings.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C • Back to default: the duration is reset to the default value defined in the default settings • Three specific values: these values are defined in the playlist settings in the Tools menu area. Refer to the Predefined Effect Duration section on page 159 for more information. S ET S PEED This option is to define the speed of the selected elements.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The values initially shown in the dialogue box are either the values for the first selected elem ent or the default values defined in the play-list settings. For more information on play-list default settings please refer to the section 6.9.3 “Play-List – Default Transition Settings”, on page 156.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C on the corresponding XT server (the one the play-list is to be played on). The GPI number and its trigger mode are defined in the general settings, GPI section. When On GPI is selected, the corresponding GPI, which has been configured to start a PLAY command on the on-air channel associated to the play-list tab, is displayed in the description field.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 A DVANCED I NSERT M ODES It is possible to insert elements other than clips into an IP Director play-list, these can be found in the contextual menu in the Play-List Edit Area: The following sections provide a detailed description of these menu items: • ‘Insert LIVE or DELAY’, on page 130 • 'Modify LIVE or Delay’, on page 132 • 'Insert Tag’, on page 133.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C From Which Feed? The operator selects the feed from the drop-down box of available feeds. The drop-down box displays all trains available on the XNet network. If the corresponding recorder has a defined name, this nam e is displayed in the list otherwise its EVS technical name is displayed (i.e.: 29_XT1_REC1). IN Zone In this zone the IN point of the inserted train can be defined.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 OUT Zone In this zone, the OUT point of the inserted train can be defined. It can have one of the following values: • unknown • a fixed T/C value • a value calculated based on a duration from the IN point Unknown The OUT point of the element is not known, it is an open end element. The element will be played out with the defined delay until an OUT point is entered.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Insert a comment Select this option and type any information into the text field, select a colour for the comment if desired and validate the operation.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Define Element Tags Window When Insert Tag is selected from the contextual menu, the Define Element Tags window is opened: The Define Element Tags window displays the following data: Select Element Zone The selected elem ent position in the play-list, name, T/C IN and T/C OUT are displayed in the Selected Element group box.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C T/C displayed is ‘00:00:00:00’. • The Tag Type box displays: “Select type”. • The description area is empty. Specifying a Timecode for the Tag to be Activated • As soon as Grab PGM T/C is clicked on, the T/C is taken from the PGM channel used. • As soon as Grab PRV T/C is clicked on, the value is taken from a clip in the preview channel.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Mute On When Mute is selected, a popup window is displayed asking for the entry of the duration for the audio mix used in the transition to mute the audio of the elem ent at the timecode specified. When this window is opened, the last value entered is displayed. Limit values are 00s00 to 20s00.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Adding predefined audio swap configurations Initially there will only be one configuration type selectable “Customize”. Additional configurations for a predefined audio swap type are configured in the Tools > settings > Play-List – predefined values tab, please refer to Predefined Audio Swap Configuration, on page 159 for more information.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Note Hide, Mute and Audio Swap tags are automatically reset at the next transition by the XT play-list engine. Conflict between Mute and Swap Audio Tracks Mute and Swap Audio Tracks tags cannot be defined at the same T/C value.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 5. Issue 4.4.C Do one of the following: • To insert the linked clip before the selected element in the list, select the Insert Before option. • To insert the linked clip after the selected element in the list, selection the Insert After option. • To abort the operation, select the Cancel option. The linked clip is inserted at the requested position.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 P REVIEW A LINKED CLIP Note If there is no preview channel allocated this menu will also be inactive. To preview a linked clip, proceed as follows: 1. Select the clip in the play-list for which you want to preview the linked clips. 2. Right-click the Play-List Edit area. 3. Select Preview a linked clip from the contextual menu that is displayed.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C S ELECTING A N EW G ROUP If no group is already present in the selection of elements, when Group is selected from the contextual menu, the selected elements are grouped and the Insert a Group popup window is displayed.
Issue 4.4.C 6.7.4 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 ORGANIZING THE COLUMNS OF THE EDIT PLAY-LIST TAB When Organize is selected from the Edit Play-List contextual menu, a window is displayed allowing the organisation of the columns to be displayed and in which order they appear from left to right. Each Column can be made visible or hidden using its check box.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 6.7.5 Issue 4.4.C AUXILIARY CLIP ON A PLAY-LIST D EFINING THE A UXILIARY C LIP A SSOCIATED TO THE P LAY L IST The Aux Clip option allows you to add a new audio track to play from the start of a play-list.
Issue 4.4.C 6.7.6 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 XT CHANNEL ON-SCREEN DISPLAY IN PLAY-LIST EDIT MODE G ENERAL I NFORMATION If the play-list is in Edit mode and on-line on the output of an XT server channel the channel’s OSD display will show all relevant inform ation about the play-list PL11/03 00:17:13 Nxt Brk V Eff Spd.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 A Eff +ss:ff ss:ff A Eff ss:ff Split A Eff corresponds to the audio effect type defined for the transition of this play-list element : cut/mix ss:ff corresponds to the audio effect duration in seconds and frames. Split +ss:ff ‘Split’ is always displayed.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Mute tag ss:ff Mute Mute When a mute tag is defined on a field, the word ‘Mute’ will appear on that field and the duration of the audio mix defined to mute the tracks. GPI tag GPI #x GPI When a GPI tag is defined on a field , the word ‘GPI’ will appear on that field and the number of the GPI used. Tags placed on the same field.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 6.8 Issue 4.4.C THE PREVIEW CONTROL PANEL The preview control panel is used to preview clips or trains or play-list elements, in order to trim them on a different channel than the one that the play-list is being played to air from. The Preview option will not be present in the ’View’ menu of the play-list editor if the ‘play-list’ code is not activated.
Issue 4.4.C 6.8.1 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 DEFAULT CHANNEL ASSOCIATED TO THE PREVIEW CONTROL PANEL To associate a channel as the default player when a preview control panel is active, right-click on the corresponding channel in the channel explorer than select ‘set as default player” When the play-list editor is opened, the default player channel is automatically associated to the panel.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C and used here. If is being used by the video display window application it will not be available for use in the preview control panel. 6.8.4 LOADING A CLIP ON THE PREVIEW CONTROL PANEL A clip can be loaded on the preview channel by a drag and drop operation from the mini-Database Explorer clip list or from the clip list of the Database Explorer.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 I NSERTING OR A PPENDING A C LIP I NTO A P LAY -L IST A clip can be inserted into the play-list by clicking on the ‘Insert Clip’ button. The clip is inserted before or after the selected elem ent in the list depending on the ‘Insert mode in play-list’ parameter of the play-list settings. The operator can also insert the elem ent in the play-list by a drag and drop operation into the list.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C The Insert Clip and Append Clip buttons are renamed in ‘Insert LIVE’ and ‘Append LIVE’ to be used with the Record Train selected. I NSERTING THE T RAIN ( IN LIVE) I NTO THE P LAY -L IST L IST Insert LIVE A train can be inserted into the play-list by clicking on the ‘Insert LIVE’ button.
Issue 4.4.C 6.8.6 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 LOADING A RECORD TRAIN IN PAUSE OR PLAY A train can be loaded on the preview channel by a drag and drop operation from the control panel. The operation of this method is the same as loading a train as above with the exception that the train being loaded could be in pause. If the train was in pause, the train is loaded on the preview control panel in PAUSE.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Values with Insert and Append Delay The train is inserted in the play-list as a play-list element with the following values: Field Inserted Values Mark IN / OUT Values defined by the operator • If a Mark OUT is not defined, it is considered to be unknown (open end play-list element).
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 6.9 PLAY-LIST SETTINGS IN THE TOOLS MENU 6.9.1 INTRODUCTION The default settings and behaviour for the Play-List Editor application are set using four tabs in the Settings sub-menu of the Tools Menu 6.9.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 the Play-List Editor window by using a right-click on preview icon and selecting a value, this will not change the default for all play-list tabs as changing the default value here will. D ISPLAY W ARNING M ESSAGES Enables or Disables the display of warning messages.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The ‘Times till transition’ information (cur and next) is calculated taking into account the current speed. If the speed is zero, or the play-list is in pause, the remaining time information will be until the end of the play-list if it is played again from this point.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C D EFAULT A/V E FFECT P ARAMETERS FOR T RANSITIONS This area allows the user to define the default audio and video effects of elements added to the play-list using the dialogue box to set the parameters: Link Video and Audio Parameters Option If this option is checked, any change made to a video parameter will also be made to the corresponding audio param eter and vice versa.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 D EFAULT START MODE PARAMETERS FOR TRANSITIONS To define the default start mode of elem ents added to a play-list use the follow ing dialogue settings: Still Mode The still mode setting determ ines if the play-list should stop on the selected element and if it should stop where it stops and how it should behave.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C • On Time, at: the element will start at the defined time. The element will only be started if the element is on-air at the specified time (independently of the date). The elem ent will start playing using the parameters defined in the play-list relating to the element.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 H OW TO A DD A P REDEFINED C ONFIGURATION To add a configuration, proceed as follows: 1. Select the Add button. The Add an Audio Swap Configuration dialog box opens: 160 2. Type a name for the new configuration in the dialog box. 3. Click on a crosspoint on the grid to define the output track each input would be played from. 4.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 6.10 GPI CONFIGURATION 6.10.1 INTRODUCTION The GPI is the General Purpose Interface device that can be connected to the XT server. It allows the operator to send commands directly to the XT server. These commands need to be reflected in the IP Director applications. The GPI keys first need to be configured in the Setup Configuration on the XT server.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 6.10.3 XT SERVER SELECTION PANE The XT server Selection pane displays all the XT servers available on the XNet network. The Settings for GPIs and Auxiliary track audio outputs are made for each XT server being controlled by IP Director. Therefore the XT server must be selected from the list and then have the settings applied.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C 6.10.4 INPUT GPI CONFIGURATION PANE The INPUT GPI settings make it possible to configure the action to be triggered on a given player channel of the XT server when a given key is pressed on a GPI connected to this XT server. Eight GPI inputs can be used on an XT server.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The following actions can be defined on a GPI key: Action Description PLAY Initiates a play command at 100% on the selected channel. PAUSE Initiates a pause command on the selected channel. RECUE Initiates a jump to the IN point of the on air element on the selected channel. If this is a play-list, the jump is performed to the IN point of the first clip of the play-list.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.C Note If the operator selects ‘None’ for one of the fields, all three fields are reset to ‘None’. It is considered that the GPI is not used. D ELAY It is possible to specify a delay between the time the GPI key is pressed and the time the action will be carried out on the XT server. 6.10.
Issue 4.4.C IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 O UTPUT M ODE The output mode field allows the user to define the type of signal that the GPI key will have to send to the third device. The following output modes can be defined: Trigger Mode Description Pulse Rising Edge The GPI signal will be a rising edge pulse. Pulse Falling Edge The GPI signal will be a falling edge pulse. Level High The output level is set to high.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 4.4.C EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 The auxiliary track output can be one of the following: Output Description On PRV audio output The audio track of the auxiliary clip will use the audio outputs normally assigned to the PRV player channel. If no PRV channel is available, the auxiliary track will not be assigned to any audio output.
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