User’s Manual Version 5.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B C OPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2005-2011. All rights reserved. D ISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice.
Issue 5.9.B II IPDirector Version 5.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... III WHAT’S NEW? ................................................................................................................ VI ABOUT THIS MANUAL...................................................................................................
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.6.6 Modifying a Playlist Element .................................................................................................71 1.6.7 Adding a Linked Clip to a Playlist ..........................................................................................73 1.6.8 Grouping Elements in a Playlist ...............................................................................
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.3.5 Issue 5.9.B Fill and Key Playlists Editing ...............................................................................................171 Fill and Key Playlists Playout Effects and Parameters ........................................................174 Black Clips Management ....................................................................................................
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 What’s New? The following table describes the sections updated to reflect the new and modified features on IPDirector from version 5.9 (compared to version 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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 5.9 is divided into 9 parts. This is part 6 of the manual.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B Chapter Description Software Player This chapter provides information on the use of the Software Player. 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 P ART 9: E DITING The ninth part contains the following chapter: X Chapter Description Edit While Playout This manual describes the Edit While Playout mode of the IPEdit application. This mode allows playing out a timeline while the same timeline is being editing in IPEdit.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B 1.1.2 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.1.3 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B 1.2.2 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYLIST PANEL P LAYLIST P ANEL O UTLINE The Playlist Panel window is resizable vertically and horizontally.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Playlist Grid Area (2) This area, highlighted in dark blue on the above outline, displays all playlist elements in columns.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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 5.9.B 1.2.3 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 CHANNEL MEDIA AND TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS AREA L OCK B UTTON ↔ OR + + When the operator clicks on the LOCK button, the playlist interface panel is locked, and all buttons on the panel becom e inactive. If a ShuttlePRO is associated to the on-air channel, its functions will also be inactive.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B On-Air Display This functionality is used to show that the player channel is on air and to inform other users that they should not perform any action on the on-air channel. To activate the on-air status, right-click the Channel Name field and select On Air from the menu. The field background will then flash alternately red.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Playlist Panel. This feature allows switching the control between IPDirector and the other device, when the port and protocol settings have been assigned to work in Exclusive mode. The 2 n d Controller option is only available if the channel has been configured with the IPDP protocol as the main controller in exclusive mode.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Preview Transition Button OR This button allows the users to preview a transition within the playlist. The users are also enabled to select a pre-roll time to the transition by right-clicking the button and selecting a value from the list provided. Pressing the PRV button starts the play before the element transition, for the duration of the pre-roll.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 PAUSE OR OR This stops the playout of an element in the loaded playlist at the current position. NEXT OR If the operator clicks on the NEXT button when the playlist is in PLAY, the next element is loaded immediately and played accordingly to its start mode and start effect.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B Element button or the corresponding keyboard shortcut, the system jumps on the selected elem ent in the playlist, according to the selected Exit Loop mode, i.e. as soon as possible or when the OUT point of the current element is reached. LOOP Button Changes to OR When the operator clicks on the LOOP button, the playlist will loop when it reaches its end.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 This field can be used in two ways, depending on the Remaining Time Information setting defined in the Playlist General settings: • The Time until next break information is the remaining time till the next break in the playlist. If the playlist has no break, the remaining time till the end of the playlist is displayed.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Option Issue 5.9.B Description indicating an XT clip that is distant to the playout channel. indicating an XT clip that is present locally on the EVS server where the playlist playout channel is located. Convert to Timeline Opens the Make a Timeline Online window and converts the selected playlist into a timeline which could then be managed through IPEdit.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Option Description on the condition that they have adequate visibility rights. Edit/Rename Opens the Edit a Playlist window in which the users can modify the name or information of the playlist associated to the Playlist Panel. Regenerate T/C Output Allows generating a continuous timecode to be able to browse a playlist easily.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.2.4 Issue 5.9.B PLAYLIST GRID The playlist grid represents the playlist being constructed, with one row representing one element of the list and a custom izable set of columns to display element data and information about the transitions and values being assigned to the playlist.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 The playlist element is not available on an EVS server. It only exists as a file stored on a nearline folder, or as a virtual element. You need to restore the playlist element of type ‘file’ to be able to play it out on a player channel. You can however play it on the Software Player. However, the ‘PLAYING’ status will not be applied to the missing elements.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B Each column can be made visible or hidden using its check box. The columns can also be ordered using a drag and drop operation within the Organize window to move them left or right within the displayed list. This drag-and-drop operation can also be performed directly within the playlist grid.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 This menu makes it possible to perform actions on the follow ing topics: • Removing elements • Defining or resetting playout effects such as: audio/video effect, still/start mode (e.g.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.2.5 Issue 5.9.B STATUS BAR L OCK O N -A IR P OSITION B UTTON changes to This option is used to keep the on-air element always visible in the playlist panel. The ‘lock on-air position’ mode is activated or de-activated by clicking the Lock on-air button. When activated, the button background color becomes orange.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 A PPEND Z ONE The Append zone can be used to append elements such as clips, growing clips or playlists to the playlist associated to the Playlist Panel. This is done by a dragand-drop operation from the Database Explorer. This cannot be used to append timelines to a playlist. E ND C UE A REA This END CUE area indicates whether the END CUE mode is activated or not.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B P OST R OLL A REA This area indicates whether a post roll is activated or not. The post roll is the ability to play an element a few seconds after its defined OUT point, as far as there is enough A/V material in the guardband. If it is activated, the post roll duration is displayed and the background of the zone is green.
Issue 5.9.B 1.3 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.3.2 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.3.5 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.4 ASSIGNING A PLAYLIST TO A SOFTWARE PLAYER 1.4.1 INTRODUCTION 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.5 PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT 1.5.1 OVERVIEW OF THE SECTION Issue 5.9.B 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’ 32 1.5.5 ‘Moving within a Playlist Element’ 40 1.5.6 ‘Modifying Playlist Information’ 41 1.5.7 ‘Copying and Moving a Playlist’ 42 1.5.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 32) 2.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B 1.5.3 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 CREATING PLAYLISTS I NTRODUCTION Playlists can be created on-line or off-line, depending on whether a channel is assigned to it or not. • A playlist can be created on-line if a channel has been first assigned to the Playlist Panel. The system immediately puts the playlist on-line on that EVS server.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B To create a playlist from the Database Explorer, proceed as follows: 1. Open the Database Explorer and select the Playlists tree view. 2. Do one of the following: • Right-click the playlists list The Playlist contextual menu opens. OR • right-click the sub-branch (off-line or on-line > XT num ber) in the playlists tree view A contextual menu opens. 4.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Window Overview The New Playlist window is divided into two panes: • The left pane contains the playlist information, i.e. playlist data in general and in relation with IPDirector. It is always displayed. • The right pane contains the playlist Metadata, i.e. playlist data based on customer-specific fields. Clicking the right area in the Pane Display icon pane.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B Field Description Playlist Type Type of playlist in relation with the Fill and Key function. The possible values are “Normal”, “Fill” , and “Key”. Refer to section 2.3 ‘Fill and Key Playlists’ on page 165 for m ore information. Note If the playlist is created from a panel associated to a Fill (or Key channel), the Fill (or Key) type is automatically selected.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 The Playlist Metadata pane contains the follow ing fields: Field Description Current Profile Drop-down list in which the users can select a Metadata profile other than the current one, if they have appropriate user rights. The selected profile will be applied to the new playlist.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B and end of the playlist (initially used for the Tape simulation). The playlist then becomes a standard LSM playlist. 1.5.4 OPENING AND LOADING A PLAYLIST Opening a playlist in the Playlist Panel consists of displaying all playlist information in the Playlist Panel, when no channel is associated to it. It is then in “Idle” state.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 L OADING A P LAYLIST The action of loading a playlist means that a channel must be associated to the Playlist Panel to load a playlist on it. When an off-line playlist is loaded in the Playlist Panel, it automatically becomes on-line on the EVS server of the controlled channel.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 The playlist will then be loaded on the IN point of the first elem ent. If another playlist had previously been loaded in the Playlist Panel, this latter is replaced by the new one on the Playlist Panel. How to Load a Playlist via the Playlist Name or LSM ID You can load a playlist by entering the playlist name or LSM ID. To do so, proceed as follows: 1.
Issue 5.9.B 1.5.5 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 MOVING WITHIN A PLAYLIST ELEMENT Two options enable the users to define a point in time where they want the system to jump to, within a playlist element. This permits the review of a specific part of a subject before it is played out.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.5.6 Issue 5.9.B MODIFYING PLAYLIST INFORMATION V ARIOUS O PTIONS Modifying playlist information, such as name, tape ID, keywords, playlist type, sent to destinations, published to groups, metadata, is allowed either in the Playlist Panel, in the Clip-List tab of the Control Panel or in the Playlist tree view of the Database Explorer.
Issue 5.9.B 1.5.7 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 COPYING OR MOVING PLAYLISTS AND PLAYLIST ELEMENTS C OPYING AND M OVING A P LAYLIST Introduction You can copy or move an off-line or on-line playlist. The copied or moved playlist can be off-line or on-line on an EVS server, whatever the status of the initial playlist.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Initial Playlist Copy … Move … to on-line playlist: to on-line playlist: • LSM ID assigned This puts the playlist on-line.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.5.8 Issue 5.9.B DELETING PLAYLISTS V ARIOUS O PTIONS Deleting playlist is allowed either in the Playlist Panel, in the Clip-List tab of the Control Panel or in the Playlist tree view of the Database Explorer. To modify playlist information via the Control Panel, refer to the section ‘Deleting Media’ of the Control Panel chapter in part 5 of the user manual.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 5. Confirm the operation. If you asked to keep an off-line copy, the playlist is deleted from the EVS server but is kept off-line in the IPD database. It is not removed from bins. If you did not ask to keep an off-line copy, the playlist is deleted from the IPD database and from all bins in which it was included.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 5. The following message asks the user to confirm the deletion operation: 6. Click OK. The playlists are deleted from the XNet network.
Issue 5.9.B 1.5.9 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 1.5.10 TRANSFERRING PLAYLISTS D ESTINATION T YPES It is possible to transfer a playlist to a destination.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 1.5.11 IMPORTING AND EXPORTING THE PLAYLIST DEFINITION H OW TO E XPORT THE P LAYLIST D EFINITION You can export the playlist definition (EDL) in .xml or .csv form ats from the Playlist Panel. To export the information related to a playlist open in a Playlist Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Right-click the Channel Media and Transport Functions Pane.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 6. Click OK. 7. In the Export Playlist window, click the Save button. The playlist definition is exported to a file with the requested form at to the requested folder. By default, the file name is the name of the playlist in IPDirector, except if you have modified it in the Export Playlist window.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B H OW TO I MPORT THE P LAYLIST D EFINITION You can import the playlist definition (EDL) from an .xml file into the Playlist Panel. Note The playlist is im ported as an off-line playlist if no controlled channel is associated in the Playlist Panel. The playlist is imported as an on-line playlist if a controlled channel is associated in the Playlist Panel.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.5.12 GENERATING CONTINUOUS T/C TRACK This function allows generating a continuous timecode to be able to browse a playlist easily. H OW TO G ENERATE A C ONTINUOUS T IMECODE T RACK To generate a continuous T/C track on the playlist output for the playlist open in the Playlist Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Right-click the Channel Media and Transport Functions Pane.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • From LTC IN • From USER T/C IN 5. Select a value in the Generate in fields. The values displayed and the availability of the Generate in drop-down lists depends on the option selected in the Mode area and on the video standard, as detailed below. 6. Press OK. The parameters are saved with the playlist.
Issue 5.9.B 1.6 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 PLAYLIST EDITING This section provides information on the following topics: Section Page 1.6.1 ‘Adding Elements to a Playlist’ 56 1.6.4 ‘Moving Elements within a Playlist ’ 68 1.6.5 ‘Removing Elements from a Playlist’ 69 1.6.6 ‘Modifying a Playlist Element’ 71 1.6.7 ‘Adding a Linked Clip to a Playlist’ 73 1.6.8 ‘Grouping Elements in a Playlist’ 75 1.6.
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Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 56. 2.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 136 for more information.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Field Description • a value calculated based on a duration from the IN point 62 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.6.2 Issue 5.9.B INSERTING VIRTUAL ELEMENTS IN A PLAYLIST I NTRODUCTION You can insert manually a virtual element in the playlist. This makes sense when you already need to have your full playlist run order, but the media corresponding to a playlist element is not yet available on the XNet network (still in postproduction or not yet being restored from the archive, for exam ple).
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 If you need to modify information on the virtual element, select the element in the playlist, right-click and select Modify virtual element from the contextual menu. Note A virtual element is considered as a normal playlist element. Consequently all operations allowed on playlist elements are also allowed on virtual elements.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4. Distant XT clip off-line (in same ID group as local EVS server) Issue 5.9.B • Element automatically available on-line when the EVS server becomes on-line. 5. Nearline file on-line • Automatic replace 6. Nearline file off-line • The user can restore the clip elements via Restore elem. in the contextual menu.
Issue 5.9.B 1.6.3 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
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IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.6.5 Issue 5.9.B REMOVING ELEMENTS FROM A PLAYLIST To remove a selected element or elements from the playlist, proceed as follows: 1. Select the element you want to remove. Use CTRL or SHIFT for a multiselection. 2. Right-click one of the selected element. The Playlist Element contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Remove element OR Press DELETE on the keyboard.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • will be replaced by a virtual element if the playlist is off-line and no corresponding clip element is still present • will be replaced by the file corresponding to the deleted XT clip if the playlist is off-line and a file is still present. For a comprehensive description of the Delete Clip option, refer to section ‘Deleting a Clip’ in part 3 ‘Browsing’ of the user manual.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.6.6 MODIFYING A PLAYLIST ELEMENT M ODIFYING THE V AR ID OF A C LIP When the VarID of a clip used in a playlist is modified, the VarID of the playlist element is not necessarily modified consequently. The behavior of the system can be summarized as follows.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4. Do one or both of the following possibilities: • Define a new TC IN and press the Mark IN button. • Define a new TC OUT and press the Mark OUT button. 5. Press the UPDATE ELEMENT button. The element is modified in the playlist and the corresponding inform ation is updated both in the Control Panel and in the playlist.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.6.7 Issue 5.9.B ADDING A LINKED CLIP TO A PLAYLIST I NTRODUCTION A linked clip is a clip that was created at the same time as the clip already present in the playlist but taken from a different record train.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Note If the selected clip has no linked clip, the sub-menu only displays No linked clip. H OW TO R EPLACE A C LIP BY A L INKED C LIP To replace a clip selected in a playlist by a linked clip, proceed as follows: 1. Select the clip in the playlist that you want to replace by one of its linked clips. 2. Right-click the element. The Playlist Element contextual menu is displayed. 3.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.6.8 Issue 5.9.B 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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 are set to autom atically; refer to section 1.7.4 ‘Stopping and/or Starting Automatically the Playout of a Playlist’ on page 87). Ungrouping Elements It is possible to ungroup all the elements of a group but it is not possible to ungroup only some elements of the groups.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.6.9 Issue 5.9.B INSERTING COMMENTS INTO 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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3. Issue 5.9.B If requested, change the timeline name, type a destination LSM ID, and a start TC track. By default, the original playlist name will be taken over, the LSM ID is assigned automatically, and the Start TC Track is 00:00:00:00. 4. Enter the EVS server where the new timeline will be stored, and if requested, a bin where it can be sent to. 5.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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: 80 Section Page 1.7.2 ‘Adding Audio and/or Video Transition Effects’ 81 1.7.3 ‘Setting the Playout Speed ’ 85 1.7.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.2 ADDING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO TRANSITION EFFECTS I NTRODUCTION The user can define audio and video transition effects between elements of a playlist. Default values are defined in the Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / Default Transition category. Refer to section 1.9.3 ‘Default Transition Settings’ on page 136 for details on the settings options.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 o through the Playlist Element contextual menu o by direct entry/selection in the playlist grid 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B • 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 136. • Specific values. 6. Click OK.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4. 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.3 Issue 5.9.B SETTING THE PLAYOUT SPEED The default speed value is defined in the Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / Default Transition category. Refer to section 1.9.3 ‘Default Transition Settings’ on page 136 for details on the settings options. The users can define a different playout speed for each element of a playlist or they can set a custom speed only for the air-element.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 The selected speed value appears in the Speed column of the playlist grid. Note If an unknown speed is allocated to one playlist element, it will be played out at the speed defined on the channel when the element comes to air, for example the speed at which the previous element on-air played at.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.4 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 H OW TO D EFINE A J UMP - ON -T IME C ONDITION To define a jump on time condition on a playlist element, proceed as follows: 1. Select the element on which to define a jump on time condition. 2. Right-click the element. The Playlist Element contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Jump on time from the contextual menu. The Define Still/Start Mode window is displayed. 4.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.5 Issue 5.9.B RESETTING PLAYOUT PARAMETERS TO DEFAULT It is possible to reset the following playout parameters to the default values specified in the Tools > Settings > Playlist > Playlist / Default Transition category: • speed, • still mode, start mode, • A/V effect for all the selected elements. For more information on the values defined as default values, refer to section 1.9.
Issue 5.9.B 1.7.6 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 INSERTING A FREEZE EFFECT IN A PLAYLIST ELEMENT I NTRODUCTION You can insert a Freeze effect in a playlist elem ent, at a certain time code. The frame on which the Freeze is inserted will become a still im age for the specified duration. H OW TO I NSERT A F REEZE IN A P LAYLIST E LEMENT To insert a freeze in a Playlist element, proceed as follows: 1.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B Insert: The freeze is added to the element images, so the total duration of the element is increased with the duration of the freeze. 6. Select the desired Freeze type: Freeze on field: The freeze will be applied to the image field. Freeze on frame: The freeze will be applied to the image frame. 7. Click OK to confirm.
Issue 5.9.B 1.7.7 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 ADJUSTING AUDIO LEVELS Introduction The audio level of selected playlist elements can be increased or decreased by step of +/- 1 db. The audio level ranges from -100 db to +20 db. The default value is 0 db. How to Adjust the Audio Level of Playlist Elements To adjust the audio level of playlist elements, proceed as follows: 1.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.8 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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 143.
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IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B • 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 103 for more information. • REMOVE button.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3. 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.9 Issue 5.9.B APPLYING A MACRO COMMAND TO TRIGGER PLAYOUT EFFECTS I NTRODUCTION Some playout effects can be triggered by applying a macro command.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B Transition Effect Macro Command When a macro command corresponding to a transition effect action (define audio/video transition effect, define Still/Start mode, reset transition to default) is applied to a playlist element, the macro command is applied on corresponding elements from linked playlists.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.10 SKIPPING AN ELEMENT IN THE PLAYLIST It is possible not to play one or several elements from the playlist, by skipping it/them once during the playout of the playlist. H OW TO S KIP E LEMENTS O NCE D URING P LAYOUT You can decide to skip one or more elements during playout. Proceed as follows: 1.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 1.7.11 LOOPING PLAYLIST ELEMENTS DURING PLAYOUT P URPOSE It is possible to define a loop on a series of consecutive elements of a playlist. This enables the playout of this set of elements several times without any intervention. The user can choose if the loop must be played a number of times or indefinitely. He can also select the way the loop will be exited.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Note Nested loops are not allowed in IPDirector. In this manual, nested loops can mean that • one loop is totally included in another one • the first or the last element of one loop is the first or the last element of another one • one loop is partially included in another one, i.e. one loop overlaps the other one. Trying to do so would provide an error message.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B • Exit as soon as possible to be able to exit the loop immediately when pressing the GoTo Element button OR • Exit on element markOU T to be able to exit the loop as soon 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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 If the playlist is on-line: 3. Confirm the operation. The selected elem ents are removed from the playlist loop. How to Modify the Loop Parameters To modify the type of loop or the number of occurrences, proceed as follows: 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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, Jump on First or Stop on First) is set on an element.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.7.14 WORKING WITH POST-ROLL P URPOSE The Post-Roll is the ability to play an element a few seconds after its defined OUT point, as far as there is enough A/V material in the guardband.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B This menu makes it possible to • Activate or deactivate the Post-Roll mode permanently • Activate or deactivate the Post-Roll mode for the next transition only • Select a predefined Post-Roll duration • Customize the Post-Roll duration P OST -R OLL D URATION Predefined post-roll duration values are available from the post-roll contextual menu.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 mode option of the first element is set to Automatically. • every time the still mode option Stop on Last or Stop on Last, Wait, Jump on First is set on an element. Refer to section ‘Define Still/Start Mode Window’ on page 89 for more information on these options.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.8.3 Issue 5.9.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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B 130 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • When the operator insert a linked clip after a given playlist element, 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 5.9.B 1.9 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 PLAYLIST SETTINGS The default settings and behavior 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 ALIDATE 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.9.2 Issue 5.9.B COLORS SETTINGS The Default colors used within the Playlist area can be set using a color palette to any colors desired. Click a Define Foreground button or a Define Background button to open the color palette.
Issue 5.9.B 1.9.3 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B 1.9.4 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B 1.9.5 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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).
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 # - 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 138.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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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IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.9.6 Issue 5.9.B AUXILIARY TRACK SETTINGS 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 117.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Output Description On PRV audio output The audio track of the auxiliary clip will use the audio outputs normally assigned to the PRV player channel. If no PRV channel is available, the auxiliary track will not be assigned to any audio output.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.9.7 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 1.9.7 ‘OSD Settings’ on page 151 for more information. The sections below give an indication on the place where the information will be displayed on screen. 1.11.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.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 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 synchronized clip or playlist recalls in a Fill & Key scenario (sometimes called Matte & Fill). 2.1.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B The first channel you select will become the Fill and the second the Key.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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. References are therefore made to the chapters ‘Control Panel’ and ‘Database Explorer’, describing in details all the procedures about clip management.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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. Right-click the selected clip in the grid. The Clip contextual menu is displayed. 3. Select Edit.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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: 160 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2.2.3 FILL AND KEY CLIPS ASSOCIATION H OW TO M ANUALLY A SSOCIATE T WO C LIPS AS F ILL AND K EY To manually associate two clips in a Fill and Key association, proceed as follows: 1. In the Database Explorer, select a clip 1 (Normal, Fill, or Key). 2. Drag it onto a clip 2 (Normal, Fill, or Key), keeping the CTRL and SHIFT keys pressed.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 H OW TO D ISASSOCIATE F ILL AND K EY L INKS To delete a link between fill and key clips, proceed in one of the following ways: 1. Select the Fill or Key clip in the Database Explorer. 2. Right-click on the selected clip to display the contextual menu. 3. Select Unlink from the contextual menu. The link is deleted. 1. Load the Fill or Key clip in the Control Panel. 2.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2.3 FILL AND KEY PLAYLISTS 2.3.1 PURPOSE Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 33 for more details on this window. 3. Fill in a playlist name and any desired information.
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Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Playlist Type 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 buttons cannot be selected in the Edit a Playlist window.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2.3.3 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 58.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 75 for more information on groups. 2.3.
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 5.9.B • Section 1.7.5 ‘Resetting Playout Parameters to Default’ on page 93 • Section 1.7.4 ‘Stopping and/or Starting Automatically the Playout of a Playlist’ on page 87. 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.
Issue 5.9.B IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 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 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Index A add new group in playlist ................................................ 75 add elements into playlist ............................................. 56 append element into playlist ................................................. 59 live train into playlist ................................................ 58 append zone .....................................................
Issue 5.9.B H hide off tag ........................................................................... 100 hide on tag ........................................................................... 100 I idle state........................................................................ 24 import playlist ...................................................................... 53 insert comment in playlist .................................................. 77 element into playlist ..............................
IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel Issue 5.9.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 insert linked clip........................................................ 73 jump on time ............................................................ 87 linked clip .................................................................. 73 load ........................................................................... 38 loop ............................................................
Issue 5.9.B transport functions Playlist Panel ............................................................. 10 U ungroup 180 IPDirector Version 5.9 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 elements in playlist .................................................. 76 W window new playlist ..............................................................
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