User's Manual Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Disclaimer
- Improvement Requests
- Regional Contacts
- Part 1: General Workspace
- Part 2: Logging
- Part 3: Browsing
- Part 4: Ingest
- Part 5: Playout – Control Panel
- Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel
- Part 7: Editing
- 1. Player Control Panel
- 1.1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.2 USER INTERFACE
- 1.2.1 Opening of Control Panel
- 1.2.2 Overview of the Control Panel
- 1.2.3 Views of The Control Panel
- 1.2.4 Channel Media Pane
- 1.2.5 Transport Functions Pane
- Time Information Group Box
- Left Timecode Field
- Right Duration field
- Play Mode Button
- Browsing within Video Material with the ShuttlePRO
- Jog Bar
- Playlist Element Tags
- Play Button
- Custom Speed Field
- Pause Button
- Fast Rewind Button
- Fast Forward Button
- E/E Button
- Direct Access Buttons to the Trains on the ShuttlePRO
- Snap Button
- Ret Button
- 1.2.6 Clip Creation Pane
- 1.2.7 Clip Information Tab
- 1.2.8 Metadata Tab
- 1.2.9 Ganged Channels Tab
- 1.2.10 Clip-List Tab
- 1.2.11 Control Panel Contextual Menu
- 1.2.12 Settings
- 1.2.13 Control Panel Shortcuts
- 1.3 ASSIGNING A CHANNEL OR THE SOFTWARE PLAYER
- 1.4 LOADING MEDIA
- 1.5 MOVING WITHIN MEDIA
- 1.6 CREATING MEDIA
- 1.7 EDITING MEDIA
- 1.7.1 How to Rename a Loaded Clip
- 1.7.2 How to Modify Playlist Information or Rename a Loaded Playlist
- 1.7.3 How to Edit a Clip Duration
- 1.7.4 Modifying a Playlist Element
- 1.7.5 How to Move Elements Within a Playlist
- 1.7.6 Adding Elements to a Playlist
- 1.7.7 How to Remove Elements From a Playlist
- 1.7.8 Applying a Macro Command on a Playlist Element
- 1.8 DELETING MEDIA
- 1.9 USING KEYWORDS & METADATA
- 1.10 PUBLISHING AND TRANSFERRING MEDIA
- 1.10.1 How to Publish a Clip to a User Group
- 1.10.2 How to Send a Clip to an External Destination
- 1.10.3 How to Send a Playlist to an External Destination
- 1.10.4 How to Export a Playlist
- 1.10.5 How to Export a Part of an Element to a target From the ShuttlePro
- 1.10.6 How to Export a Part of an Element to a target From the Control Panel
- 1.10.7 How to Import a Playlist
- 1.10.8 How to Restore a File to an EVS Video Server
- 1.11 USING GANGED CHANNELS
- Software Player
- Video Display

IPDirector Version 5.8
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User Manual
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Part 5: Playout
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Player Control Panel
EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010
Issue 5.8.B
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1.4 LOADING MEDIA
Note:
When a lo-res element, without corresponding hi-res element, is loaded
on a player channel or on the Software Player, a warning icon is
displayed in the Loaded Media field.
1.4.1 LOADING A TRAIN IN THE CONTROL PANEL
There are several methods to load a train in the Control Panel:
• Open the Control Panel and load a train from the Channel Explorer.
• Open the Control Panel and load a train from the Database Explorer.
• Open the Control Panel and load a train from the E/E button
HOW TO LOAD A TRAIN FROM THE CHANNEL EXPLORER
To load a record train in the Control Panel from the Channel Explorer, proceed as
follows:
1. Open the Control Panel and assign a player channel or the Software Player.
2. Open the Channel Explorer from the main menu.
3. Select the requested record train (recorder channel) in the structure of the
XNet network.
4. Drag it to the Loaded Media field of the Control Panel.
The train is loaded in the Control Panel at the current timecode.
HOW TO LOAD A TRAIN FROM THE DATABASE EXPLORER
To load a record train in the Control Panel from the Database Explorer, proceed
as follows:
1. Open the Control Panel and assign a player channel or the Software Player.
2. Open the Database Explorer from the main menu.
3. In the Clips view, select the requested record train from the grid.
4. Drag it to the Loaded Media field of the Control Panel.
The train is loaded in the Control Panel at the current timecode.










