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

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3.3.4 Status of Clip / Clip Elements ................................................................................................ 25
4. CLIPS VIEW ........................................................................................................... 26
4.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 26
4.2 UNDERSTANDING CLIP STRUCTURE ON AN EVS VIDEO SERVER .................................... 26
4.3 VIRTUAL LSM ID / REAL LSM ID .............................................................................................. 27
4.4 CLIP TREE STRUCTURE .......................................................................................................... 28
4.5 CLIP DATA COLUMNS .............................................................................................................. 29
4.5.1 Status Icons .......................................................................................................................... 32
4.5.2 Clip Protection ....................................................................................................................... 32
4.6 CLIP CONTEXTUAL MENU ....................................................................................................... 33
4.7 DELETING A CLIP ..................................................................................................................... 37
4.8 EDITING A CLIP ........................................................................................................................ 38
4.8.1 How to Edit a Clip From Within the Database Explorer ......................................................... 38
4.8.2 Edit Clip Window ................................................................................................................... 38
4.9 COPYING OR MOVING A CLIP ................................................................................................ 42
4.9.1 Copying or Moving a Clip Using Drag-and-Drop ................................................................... 42
4.9.2 How to Duplicate or Move a Clip Specifying an Exact Location ............................................ 43
4.9.3 How to copy a Clip to an EVS video server through the Gigabit Ethernet ............................. 44
4.10 SENDING A CLIP TO A DESTINATION TARGET ..................................................................... 45
4.10.1 Send To Menu ...................................................................................................................... 45
4.10.2 How to Send a Clip to the Default Archive ............................................................................ 45
4.10.3 How to Send a Clip to a Destination Folder (Destination Target) .......................................... 46
4.10.4 How to Add a Destination Target .......................................................................................... 46
4.10.5 How to Delete a Destination Target ...................................................................................... 48
4.10.6 How to Send a Clip to an XStore Workstation (Running CleanEdit Applications) ................. 48
4.10.7 How to Send a Clip to an Avid System Using the AVID Transfer Manager ........................... 49
4.10.8 Transfer Monitoring ............................................................................................................... 51
4.11 HOW TO MODIFY THE T/C IN OR THE DATE OF A CLIP ....................................................... 52
4.12 PUBLISHING A CLIP ................................................................................................................. 53
4.12.1 How to Publish a Clip ............................................................................................................ 53
4.12.2 How to View the Clip Properties ............................................................................................ 54
4.13 LINKING CLIPS ......................................................................................................................... 55
4.13.1 How to Link Clips .................................................................................................................. 55
5. CLIP ELEMENTS VIEW ......................................................................................... 56
5.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 56
5.1.1 Limitations ............................................................................................................................. 56
5.2 CLIP ELEMENTS TREE STRUCTURE ..................................................................................... 57
5.3 CLIP ELEMENTS DATA COLUMNS.......................................................................................... 58
5.4 CLIP ELEMENT CONTEXTUAL MENU ..................................................................................... 60
5.5 DELETING CLIP ELEMENTS .................................................................................................... 60
6. PLAYLISTS VIEW .................................................................................................. 62
6.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 62
6.2 PLAYLISTS TREE STRUCTURE .............................................................................................. 62
6.3 PLAYLISTS DATA COLUMNS ................................................................................................... 63
6.4 PLAYLIST CONTEXTUAL MENU .............................................................................................. 64
6.5 COPYING OR MOVING A PLAYLIST ........................................................................................ 67
6.6 HOW TO DELETE A PLAYLIST ................................................................................................ 67
6.7 PLAYLIST IMPORTS ................................................................................................................. 68










