User Manual Owner manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- What's New?
- 1. Introduction
- 2. User Interface
- 3. Managing Channels
- 4. Loading Media
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Possible Loading Actions
- 4.3. Loading a Train or a Recording Ingest
- 4.3.1. How to Load a Train from the Channel Explorer
- 4.3.2. How to Load a Train or a Recording Ingest from the Database Explorer
- 4.3.3. How to Select a Train or a Recording Ingest from the Panel
- 4.3.4. How to Reload the Last Loaded Train or Recording Ingest
- 4.3.5. How to Load the Source Media of a Clip
- 4.3.6. How to Load the Train from the Previous or Next Recorder Channel
- 4.3.7. How to Select a Train with the ShuttlePRO
- 4.3.8. How to Snap back to the Last Loaded Train or Recording Ingest
- 4.4. Loading a Clip
- 4.5. Loading a Playlist
- 4.6. Loading a Timeline
- 4.7. Loading a Media with the Take Function in PGM/PRV Mode
- 5. Moving through Media
- 6. Creating Media
- 7. Editing Media
- 8. Publishing a Clip
- 9. Transferring Media
- 10. Exporting and Importing Playlists
- 11. Settings
- 12. Control Panel Shortcuts
User
Interface
Element
Description
Name User-defined name for the clip. It can contain up to 24 alphanumeric
characters.
Only 12 characters of this name can be displayed by LSM systems.
A prefix name can be defined in Tools > Settings > Autoname/Clip.
VarID VarID is a 32-character ID with variable length and format. It is
automatically assigned to new clip. It is mainly used to ensure
redundancy on the system. It can be unique for a clip on the EVS server
level or on the XNet network level, depending on EVS video server
settings.
LSM ID LSM ID, i.e. location where the clip will be stored on the XNet network.
This numbering is based on the numbering of the LSM operational mode.
Tape ID This identifies the tape on which the clip is stored.
UmID Unique Material Identification. UmID is a fixed length 8โcharacter ID. The
EVS server automatically assigns a UmID to each new clip. It is used for
the unique identification of a clip on an XNet network.
Protect /
Unprotect
Button that allows the user to protect or unprotect the clip. When the clip
is protected, a message will warn the users in IPDirector or in Multicam
not to delete the clip.
A Protect icon appears on the right of the Protect button when the clip
is protected by the IPDirector protocol.
Keywords The Keyword area allows you to assign up to five keywords to a clip to
qualify its content.
To add a keyword, select it from the Keyword Grid or Keyword Dictionary
or type its first letters and select it from the Autocomplete list. See the
General Functions user manual for more information on how to assign
keywords to media.
Clip Type Type of clip in relation with the Fill and Key function.
The possible values are Normal, Fill, and Key.
Interest
Level
User-defined rating of the clip.
Possible values are: no star, one star, two stars, and three stars.
Send To Destinations where the clip can be transferred to, except near line
directories.
Select the check boxes corresponding to the requested destinations.
This action is also possible later on from the Send to option in the
contextual menu of the Database Explorer or Control Panel.
Backup
to
Nearline
Only displayed when a XT hi-res clip is present in the clip.
Nearline directories destinations where the clip can be transferred to.
Restore
to XT
Only displayed when no XT hi-res clip is present in the clip.
Lists all the hi-res EVS servers and their pages.
If you select the root of a server, the clip is restored to the default page.
If you select a specific page, the clip is restored to that page.
Publish User groups to which the clip can be published, i.e. made available.
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