User's Manual Instruction Manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Disclaimer
- Improvement Requests
- Regional Contacts
- User Manuals on EVS Website
- 1. Introduction
- 2. User Interface
- 2.1 OPENING OF DATABASE EXPLORER
- 2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE DATABASE EXPLORER
- 2.3 DATABASE EXPLORER TOOLBAR
- 2.4 TREE VIEW
- 2.5 ELEMENT GRID AND SEARCH OPTIONS
- 2.6 STATUS BAR
- Clips, Clip Elements and Nearline Files
- 4. Clips View
- 4.1 INTRODUCTION
- 4.2 UNDERSTANDING CLIP STRUCTURE ON AN EVS VIDEO SERVER
- 4.3 VIRTUAL LSM ID / REAL LSM ID
- 4.4 CLIP TREE STRUCTURE
- 4.5 CLIP DATA COLUMNS
- 4.6 CLIP CONTEXTUAL MENU
- 4.7 DELETING A CLIP
- 4.8 EDITING A CLIP
- 4.9 COPYING OR MOVING A CLIP
- 4.10 SENDING A CLIP TO A DESTINATION TARGET
- 4.10.1 Send To Menu
- 4.10.2 How to Send a Clip to the Default Archive
- 4.10.3 How to Send a Clip to a Destination Folder (Destination Target)
- 4.10.4 How to Add a Destination Target
- 4.10.5 How to Delete a Destination Target
- 4.10.6 How to Send a Clip to an XStore Workstation (Running CleanEdit Applications)
- 4.10.7 How to Send a Clip to an Avid System Using the AVID Transfer Manager
- 4.10.8 Transfer Monitoring
- 4.11 HOW TO MODIFY THE T/C IN OR THE DATE OF A CLIP
- 4.12 PUBLISHING A CLIP
- 4.13 LINKING CLIPS
- 5. Clip Elements View
- 6. Playlists View
- 7. Timelines View
- 8. Bins View
- 9. Logs View
- 9.1 INTRODUCTION
- 9.2 LOGS TREE STRUCTURE
- 9.3 HOW TO CREATE A LOGS DIRECTORY
- 9.4 HOW TO RENAME A LOGS DIRECTORY
- 9.5 HOW TO DELETE A LOGS DIRECTORY
- 9.6 HOW TO PUBLISH A LOG DIRECTORY OR A LOG SHEET
- 9.7 HOW TO VIEW THE LOG DIRECTORY OR LOG SHEET PROPERTIES
- 9.8 HOW TO DELETE A LOG DIRECTORY OR A LOG SHEET
- 9.9 HOW TO EXPORT A LOG SHEET FROM THE TREE
- 9.10 HOW TO EXPORT A LOGGING PROFILE FROM THE TREE
- 9.11 PRINTING A LOG SHEET
- 9.12 LOG EVENT COLUMNS
- 10. Media Files View
- 11. Searching the Database
- 12. Loading and Playing Media from the Database Explorer
- 13. Database Explorer Shortcuts

IPDirector Version 5.9
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User Manual
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Part 3: Browsing
EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011
Issue 5.9.B
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Chapter Description
Keyword
Management
This chapter covers the management of keywords, i.e. the
creation and setup of the various tools which allow the users
to assign keywords to logs, clips, playlists or timelines in a
unified manner. Assigning keywords to logs, clips, playlists
or timelines make it possible to search on the video material
stored on the XNet network and easily find it back.
PART 3: BROWSING
The third part contains the following chapter:
Chapter Description
Database Explorer
This chapter explains the Database Explorer module, which
has been designed to allow the users to organize and
search all media or data available in the XNet network, as
well as to search for off-line nearline files.
PART 4: INGEST
The fourth 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
EVS video server.
Ingest Scheduler This chapter covers the Ingest Scheduler module that
allows for clips, or streams, to be automatically made on
any channel under the IPDirector control at a time
scheduled in advance.
VTR Control Panel
This chapter describes the VTR Control Panel module that
allows the users to control a VTR from IPDirector and to
extract clips from a tape to an EVS video server.
PART 5: PLAYOUT – CONTROL PANEL
The fifth part contains the following chapters:
Chapter Description
Player Control
Panel
This chapter explains in details the Player Control Panel,
i.e. the module used to control player channels of an EVS
video server and to make clips and simple playlists.










