User's Manual Owner's manual

IPDirector Version 5.8
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User Manual
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Part 4: Ingest
EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010
Issue 5.8.B
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... III
WHAT’S NEW? ................................................................................................................ VI
ABOUT THIS MANUAL................................................................................................... VII
1. RECORDER PANEL ................................................................................................ 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDER PANEL .................................................................................. 1
1.2.1 Recorder Panel Outline ........................................................................................................... 1
1.2.2 Background Color of Window Outline ..................................................................................... 4
1.3 ASSIGNING A CHANNEL TO A RECORDER PANEL ................................................................ 4
1.3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.3.2 How to Open the Recorder Panel and Assign a Channel From the Channel Explorer ............ 4
1.3.3 How to Open the Recorder Panel From the Main Menu and Assign a Channel ...................... 5
1.3.4 How to Assign a Recorder Channel from the Channel Field ................................................... 5
1.4 CREATING A CLIP ...................................................................................................................... 6
1.4.1 How to Create a Clip ............................................................................................................... 6
1.5 RECORDER PANEL SHORTCUTS ............................................................................................. 6
2. INGEST SCHEDULER ............................................................................................. 7
2.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 USER INTERFACE ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.2.1 Opening Ingest Scheduler ....................................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 Overview of the Ingest Scheduler window .............................................................................. 9
2.3 MENU BAR OPTIONS ............................................................................................................... 10
2.3.1 New Schedule Button ............................................................................................................ 10
2.3.2 Display Options ..................................................................................................................... 11
2.3.3 Current Display Filter ............................................................................................................ 12
2.3.4 Zoom Options ....................................................................................................................... 13
2.3.5 The Nowline .......................................................................................................................... 14
2.3.6 Go to Now ............................................................................................................................. 14
2.3.7 Go to [Date] ........................................................................................................................... 14
2.4 RECORDER CHANNELS STATUS AREA ................................................................................ 15
2.4.1 Channel Name ...................................................................................................................... 15
2.4.2 Channel Selection ................................................................................................................. 17
2.5 TIMELINE AND INGEST OVERVIEW AREA ............................................................................. 18
2.5.1 Time Bar Description ............................................................................................................. 18
2.5.2 Ingest Block Description ........................................................................................................ 19
2.6 REMAINING CAPACITY AREA ................................................................................................. 23
2.6.1 Start button ........................................................................................................................... 23
2.6.2 Stop button ............................................................................................................................ 23
2.6.3 Rules When Using Start and Stop Buttons ........................................................................... 24
2.6.4 Remaining Capacity .............................................................................................................. 24
2.6.5 Warning Messages ............................................................................................................... 25
2.7 CONTEXTUAL MENU................................................................................................................ 26