User’s Manual Version 5.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B C OPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2005-2010. All rights reserved. D ISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice.
Issue 5.8.B II IPDirector Version 5.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... III WHAT’S NEW? ................................................................................................................ VI ABOUT THIS MANUAL..................................................................................................
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.6.6 Modifying a Playlist Element .................................................................................................64 1.6.7 Adding a Linked Clip to a Playlist ..........................................................................................65 1.6.8 Grouping Elements in a Playlist ..................................................................................
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.3.5 Issue 5.8.B Fill and Key Playlists Editing ...............................................................................................156 Fill and Key Playlists Playout Effects and Parameters ........................................................159 Black Clips Management ....................................................................................................
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 What’s New? The following table describes the sections updated to reflect the new and updated features on IPDirector versions 5.8. In the user manual, the icon has been added on left margin to highlight information on new and updated features. Click the section number (or the description) in the table to jump directly to the corresponding section. Section Description Section 1.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Section Description Section 1.9.5 Playlist Macro Commands Settings: new window for the A/V Effect action; new section for the Freeze action. Section 1.12.1 OSD and virtual elements.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 About this Manual This manual is intended to cover all aspects of IPDirector. It should be seen as a reference guide that provides a detailed description on the various modules of IPDirector, as well as procedural information on how to work with the IPDirector system. The user manual for IPDirector Version 5.8 is divided into 7 parts. This is part 6 of the manual.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Chapter Issue 5.8.B Description the video material stored on the XNet network and easily find it back.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Chapter Description Video Display This chapter describes the configuration of the Video Display and its options to display the media associated to a player channel or the Software Player.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B 1. Playlist Panel 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 PURPOSE AND WORKFLOW The Playlist Panel allows multiple playlists to be made, modified and played to air using an efficient workflow with a great deal of flexibility. Note The Playlist Panel module is a software option, which requires the production playlist license key 50 being imported to XSecure.
Issue 5.8.B 1.1.2 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 PLAYLIST ELEMENT TYPES AND STATUSES P OSSIBLE S OURCE M ATERIAL Whatever the source material included in the playlist, the components of the playlist are referred to as playlist elements. Various types of playlist elements can be inserted into a playlist: • trains, XT clips, growing clips, protect media (clips associated to logs) defined on an EVS server.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.1.3 Issue 5.8.B OFF-LINE AND ON-LINE PLAYLISTS The playlists made up using the Playlist Panel can be created in an off-line state. A playlist is off-line when it has been created by IPDirector, but has not yet been sent to the XNet server network. Such a playlist is only defined in the IPDirector database, and can only be seen in IPDirector.
Issue 5.8.B 1.2.2 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYLIST PANEL P LAYLIST P ANEL O UTLINE The Playlist Panel window is resizable vertically and horizontally.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Refer to section ‘Video Display’ in part 5 of the user manual for more information on the use of the Video Display. Channel Media and Transport Functions Area (1) This area, highlighted in light blue on the above outline, displays the channel name and the playlist name. It provides buttons to control all the required transport functions.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Status Bar (3) This area, highlighted in yellow on the above outline, displays information regarding lock on air position, Auxiliary Clip, End Cue, As run log and Post-Roll.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Display Gang Mode of the Channel When the channel associated to the Playlist Panel is, in one way or another, part of a group of channels, inform ation on the channel association type is displayed in the center of the window title bar. Channel Association Type Display PGM/PRV PGM PRV Fill&Key Fill Key Ganged Number icon indicating the position of the channel in the group.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 C HANNEL N AME F IELD This field displays the name of the channel associated to the Playlist Panel, or displays ‘No Channel’ if no channel is associated to it. The first exam ple is a full channel name when no facility name has been assigned; the second example is a named channel. The ShuttlePro icon with this channel.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Option Issue 5.8.B Description below for more information. M ode Gives access to a sub-menu allowing operations in 1 PGM mode or in PGM/PRV mode. ON AIR Activates the on air display. Set Channel to IDLE Unloads the playlist from the player channel. N one Allows the user to work on a playlist without associating a player channel to it.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1. Using a mouse on the Playlist Panel 2. Using Keyboard Shortcuts 3. Using a ShuttlePRO controller 4.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B PLAY OR OR When the playlist is loaded on a player channel or the Software Player, a click on the Play button, using a keyboard shortcut or the designated key on the ShuttlePRO will send a PLAY command to the EVS server. PAUSE OR OR This stops the playout of an element in the loaded playlist at the current position.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 GoTo an Element Button or The GoTo an Element button is a quick way to exit a partial loop. The Exit Loop mode is selected through the button contextual menu, obtained with a right-click: The selected option is displayed just under the button: ASAP or OUT.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Time Until Transition The Time until transition information is the remaining time till the next elem ent starts. It is calculated taking into account the current speed.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 P LAYLIST C ONTEXTUAL M ENU A contextual menu is available via a right-click on the mouse from the Channel Media and Transport Functions pane in the Playlist Panel. Note As specific contextual menus are dedicated to some buttons or fields, it is recommended to right-click outside buttons or fields to get the Playlist contextual menu.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Option Description Flatten to XT Displays a list of hi-res EVS servers and pages available on the XNet network to which the user can store a consolidated clip out of the open playlist. The flattened clip will have the same VarID as the original playlist.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Option Description deletion of playlists. All the playlists (on all the EVS servers of the XNet network) not used since the reference date will be displayed in the window. All the retrieved playlists or a selection of them can be deleted. For more information, refer to the section ‘How to Delete Unused Playlists’ on page 43.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B duration takes into account the following parameters: video effect, speed, still and start mode.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Option Description displays. Save grid organization Save the organization of the grid as it is displayed. It is saved by user. So, this organization will be retrieved the next time the user logs in and opens the Playlist Panel. Reset grid organization Comes back to the default grid organization.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B If the on-air time cannot be calculated (e.g. due to still and start modes used in the list) ‘--:--:--:--‘ is displayed P LAYLIST E LEMENT C ONTEXTUAL M ENU Right-clicking a grid element displays the playlist element contextual menu.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 S ELECTION OF E LEMENTS The selection of elem ents in a playlist follows the selection rules applicable in any Windows-based application. Selecting elements in a playlist is performed as follows: • To select contiguous elements, click the first element, press SHIFT and click the last element. • To select non contiguous elements, keep CTRL pressed while selecting the elements.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B A UX C LIP N AME A REA This area indicates whether an auxiliary audio clip is associated to the playlist or not. If an auxiliary clip is associated, the area displays the name and LSM ID of the clip. The background of the zone is green. If no auxiliary clip is associated, the area displays “No Auxiliary clip”. The background of the zone is grey. Refer to section 1.7.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 A S R UN L OG A REA The as run log area indicates whether the as run log function is activated or not. An as run log is a file which logs what has been effectively played on a channel and when. If it is activated, the area displays ‘AS RUN LOG: ON’ and the background of the zone is green.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.3 Issue 5.8.B ASSIGNING A PLAYLIST TO A PLAYER CHANNEL A playlist will be created off-line, if it is not associated to a player channel, or online if it is associated to a channel. An off-line playlist can be made on-line afterwards. 1.3.
Issue 5.8.B 1.3.2 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 HOW TO ASSOCIATE A PLAYER CHANNEL TO THE PLAYLIST PANEL When the Playlist Panel is open, a player channel can be selected • by dragging a channel from the Channel Explorer onto the Playlist Panel (in the Channel Media and Transport Functions pane), or • by right-clicking the Channel Name field as described below: 1. Right-click the Channel Name field.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 On-Air Playlist If the playlist is on air and you want to change the channel associated in the Playlist Panel, a warning will be given before the allocation is allowed. 1.3.
Issue 5.8.B 1.3.5 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 PGM/PRV MODE To be able to play a playlist with the effects, the channel mode must be set to PGM/PRV. The preview channel is used to preview clips or trains or playlist elements, in order to trim them on a different channel than the one that the playlist is being played to air from.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.4 ASSIGNING A PLAYLIST TO A SOFTWARE PLAYER 1.4.1 INTRODUCTION Issue 5.8.B From IPDirector V5.8, you can load, browse and play an off-line or on-line playlist on the Software Player. Using the Software Player, you will be able to play all playlist elem ents as long as they are available on an EVS server or on an online nearline via the GigE network.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.5 PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT 1.5.1 OVERVIEW OF THE SECTION This section describes the basics actions which can be performed on playlists, i.e. information on the following topics: 1.5.2 Section Page 1.5.3 ‘Creating Playlists’ 30 1.5.4 ‘Opening and Loading a Playlist’ 34 1.5.5 ‘Moving within a Playlist Element’ 37 1.5.6 ‘Modifying Playlist Information’ 38 1.5.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 C REATING AN O N - LINE P LAYLIST ON AN EVS V IDEO S ERVER The requested clips are present on an EVS server. The playlist to be created will be directly played, and possibly dumped to external drives or tapes. # Action See section 1. Create an on-line playlist on a player channel, and define it as the default playlist. 1.5.3 ‘Creating Playlists’ (page 30) 2.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 C REATING A P LAYLIST WITH V IRTUAL P LAYLIST E LEMENTS In some production workflows, the playlist definition is based on a rundown managed by a Newsroom Computer System (NRCS). The playlist definition is thus automatically imported into IPDirector, whereas the clips themselves are not yet available on the XNet network or on the GigE network.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B 2. If requested, associate the Playlist Panel to the Software Player or to a player channel (for an on-line playlist), as described in the sections 1.3.2, or 1.4.2. 3. Right-click the Playlist Name field. 4. Select New Playlist from the contextual menu. The Create a New Playlist window is displayed.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 C REATE A N EW P LAYLIST W INDOW While creating a new playlist, the Create a New Playlist window will open. This window makes it possible to enter general and customer-defined data (called “metadata”) for the playlist. Window Overview The New Playlist window is divided into two panes: • The left pane contains the playlist information, i.e.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Field Issue 5.8.B Description level, depending on EVS server settings. Keywords Keywords that can be selected from a keyword grid or dictionary file. Refer to section ‘Assigning Keywords to a Media’ in part 2 of the user manual. Playlist Type Type of playlist in relation with the Fill and Key function. The possible values are “Normal”, “Fill” , and “Key”. Refer to section 2.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Field Description menu Metadata > Metadata Profile Management Window is automatically applied with its fields and default values to each new playlist. Refer to section ‘Metadata Management’ in part 1 of the user manual for more information on Metadata Profile management. Metadata Profile fields 1.5.4 The user can modify the values of the playlist profile fields.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B How to Open a Playlist via the Playlist Name Field To open a playlist via the Playlist Name field, proceed as follows: 1. Type the playlist nam e in the Playlist Name field. If the playlist name entered by the operator is found several times in the database, the last playlist created with that name in the database is considered. 2. Press ENTER.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 How to Load a Playlist by a Drag-and-Drop Action To load a playlist by dragging it from the Bins or Playlists tree view of the Database Explorer to the Playlist Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Associate a channel to the Playlist Panel. 2. Select the playlist to open in the Bins or Playlists tree view of the Database Explorer. 3.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 How to Cue up a Playlist to the Player Channel When a playlist is loaded on a channel associated to a Playlist Panel, loading an element type (clip, train, growing clip) on the same channel will unload the playlist from the channel.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 3. Enter the remaining time duration, corresponding to the point you want the system jumps to. 4. Press ENTER. The system jumps to the timecode corresponding to the remaining time duration before the OUT point. H OW TO J UMP TO AN E LEMENT T IMECODE To jump to a specific timecode within an element, proceed as follows: 1. 2. Select a playlist element.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO M ODIFY P LAYLIST I NFORMATION OR R ENAME A L OADED P LAYLIST To modify playlist information via the Playlist Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Load the playlist in the Playlist Panel. 2. Right-click on the Playlist Name field. The Playlist contextual menu opens. 3. Select Edit/Rename from the contextual menu. The Edit a Playlist window is displayed. 4.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 3. To specify the destination, select one of the following: • to copy or move the playlist on-line, select the EVS server on which it should be put on-line. It is possible to specify the destination LSM ID. • to copy or move the playlist off-line, select ‘OFFLINE’. 4. To specify the type of action, select one of the following: • to copy the playlist, select the Copy button.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Overview of Possible Actions in the Copy/Move Window The following table provides an overview on the possible copy and move actions, and specifies the consequences on the LSM ID and the VarID. Initial Playlist Copy … Move … On-line to off-line playlist: to off-line playlist: playlist • No LSM ID This puts the playlist off-line.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 You can find more information on the consequences of the local copy in the section ‘Result of a Local Copy Process’ (page 42). Note In case a playlist element is not on-line on an EVS server, the Copy Clips Locally option will result in restoring the clip on a server. Refer to section 1.6.3 ‘Restoring a Playlist Element’ on page 61.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO D ELETE AN O N -L INE P LAYLIST To delete an on-line playlist from the Playlist Panel, proceed as follows: 1. 2. If the playlist is loaded on a channel, it cannot be deleted. Click the button to unload the playlist. Right-click the Channel Media and Transport Functions Pane. The Playlist contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Delete Playlist.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 3. Select the reference date from which you want the unused playlists to be searched for. All playlists on the XNet network which have not been used after the specified date will be displayed in the window. 4. Do one of the following: • If you want to delete all the playlists, click the Delete The Whole List button.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.5.9 Issue 5.8.B PUBLISHING PLAYLISTS H OW TO P UBLISH A P LAYLIST TO A U SER G ROUP A playlist can be published to make it available to other users. To publish a playlist open in a Playlist Panel to a user group, proceed as follows: 1. Right-click the Channel Media and Transport Functions Pane. The Playlist contextual menu is displayed. 2. Select Publish from the contextual menu.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.5.10 TRANSFERRING PLAYLISTS D ESTINATION T YPES It is possible to transfer a playlist to a destination.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO S END A P LAYLIST TO A T ARGET , B IN OR N EARLINE To send a playlist open in a Playlist Panel to the default bin, a target or an on-line nearline, proceed as follows: 1. Right-click the Channel Media and Transport Functions Pane. The Playlist contextual menu is displayed. 2.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 3. Select the directory you want to export the playlist to. 4. Select the format for the playlist in the Save as type drop-down list. 5. When you select the .csv format, the Choose Column to Export window opens. In this case, select the columns to export in the left list box, and click the right arrow to copy the column names to the right list box: 6. Click OK. 7.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Any jump on time and start on time inform ation present in the playlist is exported in XML format as well. Note If the playlist to export contains a train element, the following warning message pops up and informs the user that the train element will not be exported: H OW TO I MPORT THE P LAYLIST D EFINITION You can import the playlist definition (EDL) from an .
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Note If the user imports a playlist to the IPDirector system and the clips for the playlist are not currently present on the network, the clips appear as ‘MISSING’ in the playlist. 1.5.12 GENERATING CONTINUOUS T/C TRACK This function allows generating a continuous timecode to be able to browse a playlist easily.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. In the Initial T/C Value area, select one of the options available, depending on what has been selected in the Mode area: • From user defined value . The value defined in the general playlist setting Default TC Track Value is filled in by default. You can also enter another T/C value which will be used as initial value. • From LTC IN • From USER T/C IN 5.
Issue 5.8.B 1.6 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 PLAYLIST EDITING This section provides information on the following topics: Section Page 1.6.1 ‘Adding Elements to a Playlist’ 52 1.6.4 ‘Moving Elements within a Playlist ’ 62 1.6.5 ‘Removing Elements from a Playlist’ 63 1.6.6 ‘Modifying a Playlist Element’ 64 1.6.7 ‘Adding a Linked Clip to a Playlist’ 65 1.6.8 ‘Grouping Elements in a Playlist’ 67 1.6.
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Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 L IMITATIONS WITH I NSERTING OR A PPENDING A T RAIN 1. When a train is added to a playlist using a drag-and-drop operation or the APPEND button, it is inserted in the playlist as a DELAY of 2 seconds with an undefined OUT point.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO A PPEND AN E LEMENT AT THE E ND OF A P LAYLIST Dragging the Element onto the Append Zone An element can be appended at the end of a playlist by dragging it onto the Append zone of the Playlist Panel. To do so, proceed as follows: 1. Select the element you want to append to the playlist by clicking it in one of the places listed in section ‘Possible Operations’ on page 52. 2.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Note In both cases (insert or append) the element will take the default values defined for a transition in the Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / Default Transition category. See section 1.9.3 ‘Default Transition Settings’ on page 123 for more information.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B • select the Unknown radio button. • select the T/C OUT radio button and enter a timecode value • select the Duration radio button and enter a duration value 6. Click the OK button. The element is inserted in the list before or after the selected element (depending on the ‘Insert mode in playlist’ parameter of the Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / General category.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Field Description • a value calculated based on a duration from the IN point 1.6.2 OUT Zone – 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. OUT Zone - T/C OUT This defines the timecode until which the train will be played on.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 3. Specify the VarID. 4. Do one of the following: Issue 5.8.B • If you do not precisely know the TC IN and TC OUT of the clip that will replace the virtual element, tick the Use clip boundaries option and type the TC IN and TC OUT, if you want to get an estimation of the playlist duration.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 found, it will replace the virtual element. In the replace process: • The system selects the physical clip element that will replace the virtual element, applying the priorities defined in the table below. • The clip element that replaces the virtual element is not automatically restored, if it needs to.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B 1.6.3 RESTORING A PLAYLIST ELEMENT I NTRODUCTION A playlist element whose corresponding clip does not contain an XT clip has to be restored onto an EVS server if the user wants to play out on a player channel.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Note IPDirector automatically restores playlist elements with status ‘MISSING’ (if hi-res content is available in the corresponding clip) when the user selects the Copy clips locally option in an on-line playlist. Restoring Clips Manually You can restore manually a playlist element as described below if: • You have not restored a playlist element when the playlist was put on-line.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO M OVE E LEMENTS IN A P LAYLIST BY A D RAG - AND D ROP O PERATION In the playlist open in the Playlist Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Select one or more elements within the list (this could be a playlist elem ent, group or comment) Use CTRL + click or SHIFT + click for a multiselection. 2. 1.6.5 Drag it/them at the position where you want to move.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 The element(s) will be removed from the playlist unless the playlist is on air. Note If a group is part of the selection or if the group title line is selected, all the elements of the group will be removed. A playlist inserted in another playlist behaves as a group.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Note If the original record train is still available, pressing the Ret button in the Control Panel will load the media on the same frame than the loaded clip. This will allow retrieving media outside the original clip boundaries. H OW TO M ODIFY A LIVE OR D ELAYED T RAIN If a live or delayed train is present in the playlist, the user can modify it. To do so, proceed as follows: 1.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 A sub menu is displayed including all clips linked to the selected clip. 4. Select the linked clip to insert from the list. A popup window is displayed: 5. Do one of the following: • To insert the linked clip before the selected element in the list, select the Insert Before button. • To insert the linked clip after the selected element in the list, selection the Insert After button.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 5. 1.6.8 Issue 5.8.B Press OK. GROUPING ELEMENTS IN A PLAYLIST I NTRODUCTION When several consecutive elem ents are selected in the playlist, they can be grouped together using dedicated command from the Playlist Element contextual menu. A group of elements can be displayed in a collapsed view or in an expanded view by clicking on the group title line.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. Enter a name for the group and select a background and/or a foreground color for the group, if desired. 5. Validate by clicking the OK button. A new comment line in the playlist is displayed before the elements of the group.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.6.9 Issue 5.8.B INSERTING COMMENTS IN A PLAYLIST P URPOSE Comment lines can be inserted into a playlist. This can be useful in identifying certain transitions or events in a playlist and to improve the clarity of a complex playlist by adding information to it. A comment line or associated color can then be edited by selected the Edit Comment option of the Playlist Element contextual menu.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.6.10 CONVERTING A PLAYLIST TO TIMELINE IPDirector enables the users to convert a playlist to a timeline. They will then be able to edit a playlist in an easy way. The conversion process keeps some parameters from the playlist like video and audio transition effects, speed, audio swap or mute tags, GPIs. Other parameters can be discarded, such as hide tag.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.7 PLAYOUT EFFECTS AND PARAMETERS 1.7.1 OVERVIEW OF THE SECTION This section is intended to describe the effects which can be applied during the playout of a playlist and how they can be achieved. It provides information on the following topics: 1.7.2 Section Page 1.7.2 ‘Adding Audio and/or Video Transition Effects’ 71 1.7.3 ‘Setting the Playout Speed ’ 75 1.7.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Transition category. Refer to section 1.9.3 ‘Default Transition Settings’ on page 123 for details on the settings options. Seven video effects are available. Audio effects depend on the applied video effect. The table below summarizes the possible associations of video and audio effects.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO D EFINE A UDIO AND / OR V IDEO E FFECTS USING THE P LAYLIST E LEMENT C ONTEXTUAL M ENU To define audio and/or video effects using the contextual menu, proceed as follows: 1. Select one or several elem ents in the playlist for which you want to define effects. 2. Right-click one of the elements. The Playlist Element contextual menu opens. 3.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • Back to default: the duration is reset to the default value defined in the default settings, via the Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / Default Transition category. See section 1.9.3 ‘Default Transition Settings’ on page 123. • Specific values. 6. Cick OK.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. Issue 5.8.B To define the duration of the video transition effect and the audio transition effect, modify the value by direct entry in the Video Fx Dur. column or in the Audio Fx Dur. column. A value in seconds and frames up to 1 minute can be used. The same duration will automatically apply to both the audio and the video transition effects.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. Do one of the following: • Choose the desired speed from the list of preset values OR • Select Custom speed from the contextual menu and enter an exact speed value in the popup window which is displayed: The selected speed value appears in the Speed column of the playlist grid.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.7.4 Issue 5.8.B STOPPING AND/OR STARTING AUTOMATICALLY THE PLAYOUT OF A PLAYLIST P URPOSE The purpose of the still/start mode option for elements in a playlist is to give more flexibility in the playout of a playlist. It allows autom atic starts or freezes within a list. It enables external triggers to start the list and elements to be played at a predetermined time.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Jump on Time Characteristics Hereafter are some properties of the jump-on-time option: • It is only valid for playlists, not for clips, trains, growing clips nor timelines. • It can be defined on an off-line playlist, as far as the playlist is loaded on a channel before playout. • It is possible to define a jump-on-time condition for several elements of the same playlist.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B D EFINE S TILL /S TART M ODE W INDOW When right-clicking on a playlist element and selecting Define still/start mode from the Playlist Element contextual menu, the Define Still/Start Mode window opens. Still Mode The still mode setting determines whether the playout should stop within the playlist. The available options are listed below.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • Automatically: an automatic transition to the next element will be applied and the playlist will play from element to element using the defined playlist parameters for each element. • Manually: the selected element must be started manually (by a play or play var command) on the Playlist Panel, keyboard or ShuttlePRO controller.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO D EFINE A S TART - ON -T IME C ONDITION To define a start-on-time condition on a playlist element, proceed as follows: 1. Select the element on which to define a start on time condition. 2. Right-click the element. The Playlist Element contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Define still/start mode from the contextual menu. The Define Still/Start Mode window is displayed.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 The Define Still/Start Mode window is displayed. 4. Select On Time at/jump on time and define either • time only The playout of the elem ent will be triggered at the closest corresponding time in the future. If the playlist remains loaded, the element will be triggered every day at the same time.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B default values, refer to section 1.9.3 ‘Default Transition Settings’ on page 123. Resetting parameters to default can be done in two ways: • Selecting Reset transition to default option from the Playlist Element contextual menu • using a macro command, previously configured to correspond to the option. Refer to section 1.7.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. Do one of the following: • Enter the duration of the Freeze effect in the Duration field. The resulting TC OUT for the Freeze is calculated and shown in the TC OUT field. • Enter the TC value for the end of the Freeze effect in the TC OUT field. The duration of the effect is automatically calculated. 5.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B How to Remove the Freeze Property of a Playlist Element To remove the Freeze property of a Playlist element, proceed as follows: 1. Select the Freeze element in the Playlist. 2. Right-click the element and select Remove Freeze: The Freeze property of the element is removed and it is returned to a normal element state. 1.7.
Issue 5.8.B 1.7.8 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 USING ACTION TAGS INTO A PLAYLIST TO TRIGGER TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS OR PLAYOUT EFFECTS I NTRODUCTION Tags are used to carry out specific actions at a specific timecode when a playlist element is played out. Up to 6 tags can be defined per playlist element.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO A DD A T AG TO A P LAYLIST E LEMENT To add a tag to a playlist element, proceed as follows: 1. In the Playlist Panel, open the selected playlist. 2. Right-click the element you want to add a tag to. The Playlist Element contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Insert / Edit TAG from the menu. The Define Element Tags window opens.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 D EFINE E LEMENT T AGS W INDOW When Insert/Edit Tag is selected from the contextual menu, the Define Element Tags window is opened: Two areas are displayed in the Define Element Tags window: Select Element Zone It mentions the position of the selected elem ent in the playlist, as well as its name, T/C IN and T/C OUT.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Specifying a Timecode for the Tag to Be Activated As soon as the Grab Timecode button is clicked, the current timecode is grabbed and displayed in the timecode field of the tag.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Selecting Mute ON or Mute OFF actions in the Define Element Tags window displays the Audio Mix Duration window This window is described in details in the fram ework of the Playlist Macro Commands Settings. Refer to section ‘Action = Mute ON or Mute OFF’ on page 130.
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Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • Timecode of the tag • Tag type • Additional tag information • GOTO button: by clicking this button, the system will jump to the timecode of the tag on the channel associated to the panel. This allows you to check that the tag is set at the correct position. • EDIT button. Refer to section ‘How to Edit a Tag’ on page 92 for more information. • REMOVE button.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 3. Issue 5.8.B Modify the inform ation you want and press OK. The tag inform ation is updated. H OW TO R EMOVE A T AG To remove a tag, proceed as follows: 1. • In the Playlist Panel where the selected playlist is opened/loaded or • in the Control Panel where the selected playlist element is loaded, click the tag icon or the tag bullet, respectively. The Tag Information window opens. 2.
Issue 5.8.B 1.7.9 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 APPLYING A MACRO COMMAND TO TRIGGER PLAYOUT EFFECTS I NTRODUCTION Some playout effects can be triggered by applying a macro command.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO A PPLY A M ACRO C OMMAND TO A P LAYLIST E LEMENT To apply a macro command to a playlist element, proceed as follows: 1. Select a playlist element. 2. Press the Insert key on the keyboard. 3. On the keyboard, press the key corresponding to the macro command number, from 0 to 9, as configured in Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / M acro commands.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Mute Off, Hide On, Hide Off, Audio swap) is applied to a playlist element, the macro command is not applied on corresponding elements from linked playlists.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 2. Issue 5.8.B Repeat step 1 as many times as you want elements to be skipped. If the SKIP button is pressed twice, the next two elements will be skipped, and so on. Note If the SKIP button is pressed within a loop, the SKIP function takes the loop into account and elements played out remain inside the loop. This does not affect the loop counter. 1.7.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 transition effects, speed, tags. Each time the OUT point of the last elem ent is reached, the counter is decreased. When the counter is null, the element located just after the loop is played taking into account its still/start modes, transition effects, speed, tags.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B R ULES FOR THE U SE OF L OOPS AND G ROUPS • A loop may not overlap a group of elements and vice versa. Trying to do so would provide an error message. • A loop may enclose one or several groups of elements.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • When the group is collapsed, the staple will be displayed on the group line only, to indicate that the group includes a partial loop. How to Activate the Global Loop Mode To loop on the entire playlist, proceed as follows: 1. 2. Open a playlist. Click the LOOP button OR Press the key on the keyboard. The LOOP button changes from to .
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 4. Select one of the following options: • Counter Loop, and enter the number of times to play the loop OR • Infinite Loop 5. Click OK. The loop inform ation is displayed within the grid. To use the shortcut, proceed as follow s: 1. Select one or several elements you want to be included in a loop inside the playlist. 2. To define an infinite partial loop, press the shortcut. 3.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Exit Loop Triggers In case of counter loop, the loop will be automatically exited when the counter is null and the first element after the loop will be played. In case of infinite loop, the loop will “infinitely” be played.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B • Exit as soon as possible to be able to exit the loop immediately when pressing the GoTo Element button OR • Exit on element markOUT to be able to exit the loop as sson as the OUT point of the current element is reached after having pressed the GoTo Element button. The selected option is displayed under the button : 3.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 If the playlist is on-line: 3. Confirm the operation. The selected elem ents are removed from the playlist loop. How to Modify the Type of Loop 1. Select the last element of the loop. 2. Right-click the element. The Playlist Element contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Edit LOOP from the menu. The Modify Loop window is displayed. 4.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B R EMOVING A L OOP When a partial loop previously defined is no more needed, the user may remove the loop condition. This will not remove any element of the loop. In case the loop is part of a group, the group must be expanded to be able to remove the loop it contains. How to Remove a Partial Loop To remove the loop condition, proceed as follows: 1.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 L IMITATION FOR THE U SE OF AN A UXILIARY C LIP It is only possible to play an auxiliary clip when the first 2 channels of an EVS server are being used for playout. If the playlist is loaded on PGM 3 of an EVS server, the Aux track will not be present due to some lim itations of the EVS server hardware.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B 1.7.13 WORKING WITH END CUE P URPOSE Using the END CUE function gives the ability to send a signal (OUTPUT GPI) a certain time, called the END CUE duration, before the playlist stops. The purpose of using the END CUE function is to trigger a countdown in the control room which indicates to the operator when to switch to another device.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Configure END CUE Parameters window is displayed. 3. Enter the END CUE duration, i.e. how long before the break the GPI should be sent, and GPI parameters (number, type and pulse duration). 4. Press the OK button. The END CUE mode is activated for the channel.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B E ND -C UE M ECHANISM When the END CUE mode is activated, the GPI is sent every time the playlist stops, which means: • at the end of the playlist, except if the loop mode is activated and the start mode option of the first element is set to Automatically. • every time a still mode option ( Stop on Last, Stop on Last, Wait, Jum p on First or Stop on First) is set on an element.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 A CTIVATION AND D EACTIVATION The Post-Roll mode can be activated or deactivated through the Post-Roll contextual menu or by double-clicking the Post-Roll area. This Post-Roll area indicates whether a post roll is activated or not. The Post-Roll mode can also be activated for the next transition only. In this case, the option is automatically deactivated after the Post-Roll duration.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B How to Change the Post-Roll Duration To change the Post-Roll duration, proceed as follows: 1. Associate a player channel to the Playlist Panel. 2. Right-click the Post-Roll area. The Post-Roll contextual menu is displayed. 3. Do one of the following: • Select one of the predefined duration values and click OK or ENTER.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 The playout of the playlist element continues after its OUT point for the Post-Roll duration and then stops. Post-Roll Characteristics • The Post-Roll duration is independent of the speed of the playlist. This means that the playlist will continue to be played after the OUT point for the duration of the Post-Roll, whatever the speed of the element may be.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B 1.7.15 USING AS RUN LOG P URPOSE An “as run log” is a file which logs what has been effectively played on a channel and when.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.8 GANGED PLAYLISTS MANAGEMENT 1.8.1 INTRODUCTION If you want to play ganged playlists, you first need to create them one by one and then link them all together in the order you want. Afterwards, you could load them on ganged player channels.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.8.3 Issue 5.8.B LOADING PLAYLISTS ON GANGED CHANNELS When player channels have been ganged and playlists have been linked, loading one playlist of the group on one of the channels will result in the loading of each of the playlists on the different ganged channels.
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IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B In case the playlist loaded on one ganged channel is not linked to other playlists, no operation will be performed on the other ganged channels of the group: 1.8.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • When the operator insert a linked clip after a given playlist elem ent, the system will insert other linked clips of the group after the corresponding element in the other playlists. • If there are more linked playlists than linked clips, nothing will happen on the exceeding playlists.
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Issue 5.8.B 1.9 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 PLAYLIST SETTINGS The default settings and behaviour for the Playlist Panel module can be defined in the Playlist Panel category of the IPDirector Settings window. Click Tools > Settings to open the IPDirector Settings window. Then click a sub-category of Ingest Scheduler. Here you can modify the default settings for Ingest Scheduler. 1.9.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B I NSERT M ODE IN P LAYLIST Defines where a new element will be inserted into the playlist: • before selected element • after selected element.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 The T/C value defined in this setting is used as the default user-defined value for the initial T/C value in the Regenerate Playlist Output Timecode window. A LWAYS V ALIDE T/C T RACK AT B ACKUP If you tick this option, a dialog box pops up each time you request a playlist or timeline backup. The dialog box allows changing the T/C track of the playlist or timeline. 1.9.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.9.3 Issue 5.8.B DEFAULT TRANSITION SETTINGS D EFAULT S PEED FOR E LEMENTS This option is to define the default speed of the elements when they are placed into a Playlist. The field displays a list of preset values.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 If you select for example the second radio button from the top, you define a cut for the default video effect, and a mix for the default audio effect. Select the duration for the video transition effect in seconds and fram es. The same duration will automatically apply to the audio transition effect.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.9.4 Issue 5.8.B AUDIO SWAP SETTINGS This setting allows the user to set up common audio swap configurations in advance to facilitate an efficient way of changing configurations when building playlists. Common configurations can be made, nam ed and added to a list using this set-up area.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 H OW TO A DD A P REDEFINED C ONFIGURATION To add a configuration, proceed as follows: 1. Select Add. The Add an Audio Swap Configuration dialog box opens: 2. Type a name for the new configuration in the dialog box and then press the Add button. 3. Enter the duration in the Swap Mix Duration field. 4.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.9.5 Issue 5.8.B PLAYLIST MACRO COMMANDS SETTINGS In this window, the user can define up to ten macro commands and specify which action, and its related parameters, corresponds to each macro command. To modify a macro command, a double-click in the selected macro command zone will display the macro command parameters dialog box. # Field Macro command number (from 0 to 9).
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Action Field List with the kinds of actions which can be associated to a macro command: All these actions are described here below. Parameters Displays different parameters depending on the type of macro command selected. GPI: GPI number, type and pulse duration, the position the GPI is linked to and the eventual delay or advance.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B # - GPI Number This corresponds to the GPI number in server tag: • From 1 to 4 if TTL GPIs are set as input GPIs in Tools > Settings > Input GPIs • From 1 to 8 if TTL GPIs are set as output GPIs in Tools > Settings > Output GPIs Refer to Settings > GPI Settings in part 1 of the manual.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Option Description Available option None The GPI will be applied on position of the ‘Link to’ option Advance The GPI will be applied with an advance from the ‘Link to’ option. Current position, Mark OUT Delay The GPI will be applied with a delay from the ‘Link to’ option.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Possible options are: ‘Link to’ option Description Current position (default value) Mute macro command will be linked to the current position, i.e. the timecode corresponding to the use of the macro command. Mark IN Mute macro command will be linked to the IN point of the element. Mark OUT Mute macro command will be linked to the OUT point of the element.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Select a Configuration Allows selecting a predefined configuration, as configured in Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / Audio Swap, or defining a new predefined configuration by selecting Customize. Refer to section 1.9.4 ‘Audio Swap Settings’ on page 125.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Possible options are: ‘Link to’ option Description Current position (default value) Audio Swap macro command will be linked to the current position, i.e. the timecode corresponding to the use of the macro command. Mark IN Audio Swap macro command will be linked to the IN point of the elem ent. Mark OUT Audio Swap macro command will be linked to the OUT point of the element.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Effect Duration Allows you defining duration of the audio and video transition effects, in case ‘mix’ or ‘wipe’ has been selected. A CTION = S TILL /S TART M ODE When a Still/Start Mode action is applied to an element, a specific way of stopping and starting the playout of the element is applied.
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Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 It is possible to define an auxiliary clip in the Playlist Panel. The audio track of this auxiliary clip can be played instead of the audio track of the played clip. For more information on the auxiliary track, refer to section 1.7.12 ‘Associating an Auxiliary Audio Clip to a Playlist’ on page 105.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.9.7 Issue 5.8.B OSD SETTINGS S ELECT AN XT S ERVER In the Select an XT server drop-down list, first select the EVS server for which you want to specify OSD settings.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Display Playlist Elements The OSD mentions the following information: • Channel Name • Previous Clip Name • Current Clip Name • Current Clip Name + 1 • Current Clip Name + 2 C LIP I NFORMATION This setting permits to display, or not, the Clip Name and/or the LSM ID. D ISPLAY C URRENT O N -A IR T IMECODE Permits to display, or not, the on-air timecode.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B 1.10 PLAYLIST PANEL SHORTCUTS In the IPDirector main window, the menu Tools > Define Shortcuts in the menu bar allows the users to define shortcuts for most of the common operations with the IPDirector. Shown in the screenshots below are all item s that are available in the Playlist Panel with shortcuts, the default values are shown.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 1.11 EVS SERVER CHANNEL ON-SCREEN DISPLAY The channel’s OSD will depend on the settings defined in the Tools > Settings > Playlists > Playlist / OSD category. Refer to section 1.10.3 ‘OSD Settings’ on page 137 for more information. The sections below give an indication on the place where the information will be displayed on screen. 1.11.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B 1.11.2 EVS VIDEO SERVER CHANNEL ON-SCREEN DISPLAY IN PLAYLIST EDIT MODE If the playlist is in Edit mode and on-line on the output of an EVS server channel the channel’s OSD can show the following information about the playlist: PL11/03 Nxt Brk 00:17:13 V Eff ss:ff Spd.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 2. Fill and Key 2.1 FILL AND KEY CHANNELS Channels of the EVS servers can be ganged in a specific style called Fill & Key. This mode manages assignments of clips or playlists, and forces them to recall to the appropriate channels, so as to allow you to perform synchronised clip or playlist recalls in a Fill & Key scenario (sometimes called Matte & Fill). 2.1.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B The first channel you select will become the Fill and the second the Key. 2.2 FILL AND KEY CLIPS 2.2.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter is intended to highlight specificities of Fill and Key clips. Most of the operations performed on a Fill or a Key clip are done in the same way as for Normal clips.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • Select the Fill button to define the clip as Fill clip. • Select the Key button to define the clip as Key clip. A FTER C LIP C REATION The clip type can be modified after the clip creation. How to Edit the Clip Type from the Database Explorer To edit the metadata of an existing clip from the Database Explorer, proceed as follows: 1. Select the clip in the Database Explorer. 2.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 How to Edit the Clip Type from the Control Panel To edit the metadata of an existing clip from the Control Panel, proceed as follows: 2.2.3 1. Load the clip on the Control Panel. 2. In the Clip Information tab, • select the Fill button to define the clip as Fill clip. • select the Key button to define the clip as Key clip.
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IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO V IEW F ILL AND K EY A SSOCIATIONS To view Fill and Key associations, proceed as follows: 1. Click the List View button in the Database Explorer toolbar. The contextual menu is displayed: 2. Select Fill Key. Once selected, the Thumbnail and Key Thumbnail columns are added in the Database Explorer.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 To narrow your search, click the Show / Hide Grid Filter Bar button on the top of the grid and perform a search on the Type column by selecting Fill and/or Key. Refer to sections ‘Search Options’ and ‘Searching the Database > Grid Filters’ in Database Explorer chapter in part 3 of the user manual.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B Note A thumbnail for the Key clip will only appear if the user has manually defined a thumbnail photo for the original Key clip or thumbnails can be created automatically when there is an XFile or XTAccess designated within the thumbnails configuration in the IPDirector Remote Installer. Please see the Technical Reference manual for further details.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 2.3 FILL AND KEY PLAYLISTS 2.3.1 PURPOSE This chapter is intended to highlight specificities of Fill and Key playlists. Most of the operations performed on a Fill or a Key playlist are done in the same way as for Normal playlists.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B • From the Database Explorer: In the Playlists tree view of the Database Explorer, right-click in the element list. The Playlist contextual menu is displayed. 2. Select New Playlist from the contextual menu. The Create a New Playlist window is displayed. Refer to section ‘Create a New Playlist Window’ on page 32 for more details on this window. 3.
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IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B How to Manually Unlink Two Fill and Key Playlists To manually remove the link between one or several Fill playlists and one or several Key playlists, proceed as follows: 1. In the Database Explorer, select either one playlist of the Fill and Key association or both. You can also select playlists from multiple associations. 2. Right-click one of the selected playlist.
Issue 5.8.B Playlist Type IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Channel Type No channel Normal Fill Key Normal Open Load Warning + black on Key channel Warning Fill Open the Fill PL Load the Fill PL on the channel If Fill PL not linked to Key PL: Warning Load the Fill PL on the Fill channel If Fill PL linked to Key PL: 1. Load the Fill PL on the Fill channel AND 2.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Modifying the Playlist Type Modifying the type of a Fill (or Key) playlist which is linked to a Key (or Fill) playlist is not allowed and the type icons are dimmed in the Edit a Playlist window. If the playlist is not linked to another one, it is allowed to modify its type as follows: • A Normal playlist can be produced from the modification of a Key playlist or a Fill playlist.
Issue 5.8.B 2.3.3 IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 FILL AND KEY PLAYLISTS EDITING A DDING E LEMENTS IN A F ILL OR K EY P LAYLIST How to Insert a Playlist in a Fill or Key Playlist Inserting a playlist into a Fill (or Key) playlist can be done in the same way as for inserting a playlist into a Normal playlist. However, the system will behave differently depending on the type of the two playlists.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Adding Elements in a Fill or a Key Playlist Adding an elem ent by drag-and-drop operation into a Fill (or Key) playlist can be done in the same way as for adding a Normal elem ent into a Norm al playlist. Refer to section ‘How to Insert an Element by a Drag-and-Drop Operation into the Playlist Grid’ on page 54.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Important When the element is appended to the playlist, by using the APPEND CLIP button or the Send to Default Playlist option, both Fill and Key elements will be added at the last position in their respective playlist, even if the playlists do not have the same number of elements.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B G ROUPING E LEMENTS IN A F ILL OR K EY P LAYLIST When the user creates or deletes a group of elements in a Fill (or Key) playlist, the same operation is performed on the corresponding Key (or Fill) playlist. Refer to section 1.6.8 ‘Grouping Elements in a Playlist’ on page 67 for more information on groups. 2.3.
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 • Section 1.7.5 ‘Resetting Playout Parameters to Default’ on page 82 • Section 1.7.4 ‘Stopping and/or Starting Automatically the Playout of a Playlist’ on page 77. L OOPING P LAYLIST E LEMENTS When the user creates or deletes a loop in a Fill (or Key) playlist, the same operation is performed on the corresponding Key (or Fill) playlist. Refer to section 1.7.
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 Issue 5.8.B H OW TO M ANUALLY I NSERT A B LACK C LIP IN A P LAYLIST To manually insert a black clip into a playlist, proceed as follows: 1. In the Playlist Panel, open the selected playlist. 2. Right-click an element. The Playlist Element contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Insert Black Clip from the menu. The Insert Black Clip window opens: 4.
IPDirector Version 5.1 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out Issue 5.1 D EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2008 Index A add new group in playlist ................................................ 67 add elements into playlist ............................................. 52 append element into playlist ................................................. 55 live train into playlist ................................................ 54 append zone .............................................................
Issue 5.8.B tag ............................................................................. 89 I idle state........................................................................ 23 import playlist ...................................................................... 49 insert comment in playlist .................................................. 69 element into playlist ................................................. 54 linked clip in playlist..................................................
IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.8.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 mute off .................................................................... 89 mute on .................................................................... 89 off‐line ...................................................................... 25 on‐air time ................................................................ 18 on‐line..........................................................
Issue 5.8.B IPDirector Version 5.8 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2010 U W ungroup elements in playlist ................................................... 68 window new playlist ..............................................................
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