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nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2013. All rights reserved. Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. Overview ..................................................................................................................... 1 General Principles .......................................................................................................
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.10 5.2.11 5.2.12 5.2.13 5.2.14 5.3 Editing Playlists ......................................................................................................... 60 5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 5.3.6 5.3.7 5.3.8 5.3.9 5.3.10 5.3.11 5.3.12 5.4 Focus ....................................................................................................................................70 OSD monitoring in playout mode.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview The main purpose of this document is to explain the nanoAir functionality and to define the GUI elements for operations, as well as constraints and limitations. 1.2 General Principles NanoAir is the interface software dedicated to the clip creation, the playlist creation and the playback of playlists.
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nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 2. Software Installation 2.1 Prerequisites A nanoAir application can only control a single EVS server at a time. You can shift to another server in the start menu. The computer which will host nanoAir is connected to the server by EVS LINX protocol 2.2 ComLayer and Server Management When starting nanoAir application, ComLayer is started in an open status within the same network as the computer equipped with nanoAir.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 If the user connects to another server, the ComLayer will automatically disconnect from the previous server and connect to the new server. Server A ComLayer Server B One computer can open only one ComLayer which should be installed in the same computer, i.e. the ComLayer can only control nanoAir on a single computer.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 2.3 Installing nanoAir Before installing nanoAir, you need to configure EVS serial number on your PC, if your PC has been licensed, you can skip configure EVS serial number part. After configuration, you can preceed installing .NET framework and then installing nanoAir application. To configure EVS serial number, proceed as follows: 1. Run nanoAir installation package and then follow the steps of the Setup wizard. 2.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3. If the computer you are operating now is not an EVS computer, click No and go to the next step. Enter the EVS serial number which is at the back of the computer 4. A progress bar shows the installation progress: 5. The .NET Framework, if not yet installed, will be installed on your computer. 6. You must manually restart your computer.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 To install nanoAir, proceed as follows: 1. Run nanoAir installation package again and then follow the steps of the Setup wizard and click Next. 2. Select “I accept the agreement” and then click Next.
Issue 1.00.B nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3. Select the destination directory to install the new software application and then click Next. The installer proposes a default path for the installation. i.e.: C:\Progam Files\EVSBroadcast Equipment\NanoAir. 4. The following step gives the choice between a full installation in silent mode or an advanced installation with manual selection.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5. Select the components to install, and then click Next. Note XSquare is installed by default as it is required to run nanoAir. If you need to update nanoAir only, you can unselect XSquare and click Next. 6. Click Browse and select a folder in which nanoAir shortcuts are saved, and then click Next. The installer proposes a default shortcut for the installation. i.e.: \EVSBroadcast Equipment\NanoAir.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 7. Select Create a desktop icon to create a shortcut on the desktop. If it is not selected, the shortcut won’t display on the desktop. Click Next. 8. Click Install and wait until the installation is completed. This can last a couple of minutes.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 9. Select the first option to restart you computer now or select the second option to restart your computer later. The first option is highly recommended. And then click Finish to finish installation.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3. StartUp and Configuration The purpose of this chapter is to describe how to start up the server, and configure it. 3.1 Selecting Server 3.1.1 Starting the NanoAir Application You perform the server selection and channel configuration selection after opening the nanoAIR application. Double click the nanoAir icon on the desktop to open the application.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3.1.2 The Server List The EVS server channels are configured in the Server Configuration window. You will access the configuration window from the server list, where all servers are listed in alphabetical order and named with the following pattern: . The current configuration is represented by color icons for the recorder and player channels.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 The server list lists all servers detected via LINX protocol: Area Name Description Title bar Title bar that displays the current nanoAir version and the window name. Server Information Area that shows the server name, server Serial Number and the Multicam version installed.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3.1.3 Selecting the Channels’ configuration To configure channels, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click the nanoAir.exe icon . The server list turns up. 2. Select one server in the list: the server area lights blue and the Configuration button appears. 3.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4. Click the arrow next to the channel configuration field and select the requested channel configuration in the drop-down list. Note Only the config lines defined on the XSNano server appear in the drop-down list. 5. Click OK to validate your selection. The application pops up a window asking you to confirm you want to restart the server.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3.2 Selecting the Server To select the server you want to work with, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click the nanoAir.exe icon . The server list turns up. 2. Click the requested server in the server list. The selected server turns blue. 3. To select a requested server and go to the next step, do one of the following actions: o Click Select at the bottom of the window o Press ENTER.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3.3 Starting ComLayer Manually ComLayer opens automatically as soon as you start nanoAir. If ComLayer however fails to open, you should manually re-start ComLayer. To start ComLayer, double–click the ComLayerUI.exe icon . The ComLayer window opens to connect servers: When the connection is successfully established, the message ‘Successfully’ appears.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4. Operation 4.1 Introduction This chapter explains how to use nanoAir, in ingest or playout mode. Both modes are not available at the same time. The nanoAir window opens as soon as you have clicked the Select button at the end of the Server Configuration process. 4.2 Overview of NanoAir Main Window The nanoAir user interface consists of five main areas, including the Menu bar.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 In the screenshot below, the Playout mode is active, and the playlists are loaded on the playout channel: 5 Area Name Description 1 Menu Bar Area that gives access to mode selection, i.e.: Ingest mode, Libraries, Playlist edition mode, Playout mode. 2 Ingest Pane Dedicated area for clip creation and clip modification.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.3 Pane Description 4.3.1 Menu Bar The Menu bar elements are described from left to right: Area Name Description 1 Ingest Button to make the Ingest mode available or not. Click Ingest to toggle between both modes: Blue button: The Ingest mode is available, and the Ingest pane is displayed. Grey button: The Ingest mode is not available and the Ingest pane unavailable.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 6 22 Lock Shuttle Pro Command to lock Shuttle Pro. All commands coming from the Shuttle Pro are ignored. 7 Setting Command to access the Setting menu. 8 About Command to access the product information, the current version and the user manual. 9 Min/Max Command to minimize or maximize the nanoAir main window 10 Exit Command to exit the nanoAir application. A confirmation is requested.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.3.2 Ingest Pane 1 2 3 5 6 8 7 Area Name Description 1 Eject Button to unload the trains and clips. 2 Timecode Selection Area that shows the timecode type used. 3 Remaining Capacity Area that shows the total remaining capacity on the current server with the format: hour: minute. If the capacity is modified, it will refresh every 3s. Otherwise it will refresh every 30s.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 E/E : return to live mode (record train). The E/E function is disabled when a clip is loaded to the ingest pane. 7 Clip Creation The clip creation commands are described from left to right: Name: The name of the created clip. In: The first frame of the created clip is at the IN position with the IN timecode. Duration: Refers to the period from IN to OUT.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.3.3 Libraries Pane The Libraries pane displays the clips (in the Clip tab) and the playlists (Playlist tab) stored on the XSNano server.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 The Clip pane consists of the main following areas: Area 1 Name Description Icon to show that the window status is in clip mode. Clip 2 Quick Search Tool Area that allows filtering on the clip list. 3 Clip element Area that shows all the clips in database in this server. Name: The name of this clip IN&OUT: The timecode of IN&OUT Duration: The length between IN and OUT.
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nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Area 1 2 Name Playlist Playlist Element Description Selection tab to display the Playlist library Area shows all playlists in database in the XSNano server. Name: The name of the playlist. Duration: The length of the playlist.
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nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Area Name Description 1 Playlist Information Area that show the different information about the current loaded playlist Playlist name Current physical channel name Number of clips 2 Duration information Area that shows the total duration of the current playlist. 3 Clip element Area that edits each clip elements Name Duration Speed Loop Delete : Clip’s name. : The length of clip. : The playing speed of clip.
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nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Area Name Description 1 Playlist Information Area that show the different information about the current loaded playlist Playlist name Current physical channel name Number of clips 2 Time Bar Area that shows the different time parameters of the playing playlist from left to right.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 and play from element to element . Stops on the last frame of previous element . Playing interval between two elements is 2s . Replace : Replace the current clip, This function is only available for single clip selection. 5 Additional Function Area that shows the additional functions in append zone. Select all : Selects all the clips in a selected Playlist. Delete Lock : Removes the selected clip(s).
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.4 Switching Panes Ingest pane opens by default when the nanoAir application starts.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.5 Setting Menu 4.5.1 Servers Configuration During the operations the server configuration is accessible for information only. Do the same operation as the second step of 3.2 to select the requested server. Note Channel configuration function Window.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.5.2 General Settings In this version only one setting is available from the General settings tab. The wait value from the Stop-Wait still modes is 2 seconds by default.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.6 Locking Keyboard and Shuttle Pro Lock Keyboard / Shuttle Pro To lock keyboard/Shuttle Pro, click To release the lock, click , the icon lights orange , the icon turns to gray . . .
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 4.7 About window To view product information of the current software version, you just need to click then a message box pops up: Click on User’s manual link to open the PDF version of the current software version.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5. Operations 5.1 Ingesting Content This section aims at describing all functions available among trains and clips in the Ingest pane. 5.1.1 Loading A/V Content How to Load a RecTrain To load the record train of a record channel, select the corresponding recorder channel. The Rectrain is loaded into the PGM channel.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.1.2 OSD monitoring Player Channel Name Error/Warning Audio Level Current Timecode/ Primary Timecode Clip Name/Recorder Name Player Channel Name This area is used to display the name (or the default name, such as PGM1) of the controlled player channel.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Audio Level This area displays the audio level in a graphical format. For example: 2 audios 4 audios 8audios 16audios Current Timecode This area displays the current timecode according to the current Primary TC of clip or train. The format is hh:mm:ss:ff(.) Clip Name/Recorder Name If clip is loaded, this area displays the clip name. If recorder train is loaded, this area displays the recorder name. 5.1.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.1.4 Updating clip Modifying clip means that MarkIn/ MarkOut point and Clipname can be modified To modify clip data, proceed as follows: 1. Load an existing clip from Library Pane. 2. Modify clip name and /or IN or Out point. Note The clip can only be shorten because the current version does not handle Cli guardbands 3. Click Update Clip to modify the existing clip. 5.1.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.1.6 Changing Playing Mode While playing a clip or a record train, the normal playing mode is playout by one frame. To change the playing mode by 10 frames, press SHIFT, and simultaneously click , or left and right arrow. The bullet moves 10 frames in Pause mode. 5.1.7 Changing Playing Speed The jog bar allows playing the content at different speed must represent the current value of the actual speed.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2 Managing Clips and Playlists The main functionality of this section is to list all operations in managing clips and playlists, including the methods and steps. Some principles are applied to clips and playlist management: The maximum clip number in Clip Library is up to 5400. The maximum playlist number in Playlist Library is up to 90 The maximum elements number in a playlist is up to 999 5.2.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.2 Searching for Clips When the database contains large amounts of clips, it may become difficult to find a specific one. A Quick Search Tool offers an easy way to speed up your search. It is always available on the top of Library Pane. In the Quick Search Tool, you can just enter a word to search for clips whose name includes this word.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.3 Selecting Clip(s) How to Select a Clip Select: Click in the clip area. Or click on the left of a single clip. Unselect: 46 If the clip lights blue, click in the clip area Click to release the selected clip.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 How to Select Multiple Clips Select: Different methods are available to select multiple clips: Click one clip, then press CTRL from keyboard, and simultaneously click other clips one by one to add selection, with this method, all the clicked clips will be selected.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.4 Deleting Clips How to Delete a Single Clip To delete a single clip, proceed as follows: 48 Select a clip. Click either Delete on the lower right corner of the selected clip or on the upper right corner of Library Pane. A message popup, you need to confirm/abort the operation. Click OK or Enter to delete clip(s), or click Cancel to abort this action.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 How to Delete Multiple Clips To delete multiple clips, proceed as follows: 1. Select multiple clips with CTRL or SHIFT keys 2. Click Delete on the upper right corner of Library Pane. Or press Delete from the keyboard. 3. A message popup appears to confirm/abort the operation 4.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.5 Defining Clip Number per Page You can set the clip number per page to adapt to your own browsing habits.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.7 Playlist(s) How to Select Single Playlist Select: Two ways are available to select a single playlist: Single clicking a playlist means selecting this playlist. Or click on the left of a single playlist to select it. Unselect: Click to release the selected playlist.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 How to Select Multiple Playlists Select: Six methods are available to select multiple playlists: Click one playlist, then press CTRL from keyboard, and simultaneously click other playlists one by one to add selection, with this method, all the clicked Playlist s will be selected.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.8 Creating a Playlist 1. Select Playlist in the Library Pane. 2. Click Create Playlist button next to Quick Search Tool. A new playlist is created in the Library, but the playlist is empty. Fill in a playlist name into the playlist name field, a default name with increment is automatically given to all the new playlists.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.10 Deleting Playlists How to Delete a Playlist To delete a single playlist, proceed as follows: 1. Select a playlist. 2. Click either Delete on the lower right corner of the selected playlist or on the upper right corner of Library Pane or the Delete from the keyboard. 3. A popup window is displayed to confirm/abort the operation. 4. Click OK or Enter to delete playlist(s), or click Cancel to abort this action.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.11 Searching for Playlists When the database contains large amounts of playlists, it may become difficult to find a specific one. A Quick Search Tool offers an easy way to speed up your search. It is always available on the top of Library Pane. In the Quick Search Tool, you can just enter a word to search. Example for searching playlists: To clear the search filter, you can press in the Quick Search Tool.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.12 Editing Playlist Name 1. Click the name field of playlist to change to make this area editable. 2. Input the new playlist name. 3. Click any other area except the name field to finish changing or press ENTER from keyboard. To edit playlist name, proceed as follows: 1. Click Edit beside the playlist to edit, the clip is highlighted blue and the name area is activated. 2. Input a new name in the name area. 3.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.13 Importing Clip(s) 1. Click Import button window appears: on the upper right corner of the Library Pane, the import 2. Click Browse to select the clip(s) to import from your local computer. The format of the selected clip(s) must be supported by EVS servers. 3. If you want to delete the selected clip(s), select the clip(s) to delete, and then click Remove button. 4.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.2.14 Exporting Clip(s) To export clip(s), proceed as follows: 1. Select the clip(s) in the Library Pane to export, and then click corner of the Library Pane. on upper right 2. Click the drop-down list in Wrappers selection to select the requested format and click Browse to select a requested path in the local computer to store the clip(s) to store.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 3. Click Export, a progress bar appear to show the progress of exporting clips, or you can click to abort this operation. 4. After exporting action successes, you can see the exported clip(s) at the specific path in your local computer.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3 Editing Playlists The main functionality of this section is to list all operations in editing playlist. 5.3.1 Selecting Clips Several methods are available to select clips among the loaded playlist in Playlist Editing Pane: Click on the upper left corner of each clip in the Playlist Edit Pane to select a single clip.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.3 Looping a Clip How to Loop a Clip The loop clip function will loop the selected clip until the command (stop, pause or next) is received. The loop clip mode is active with the LOOP button placed in the clip area: To loop a clip in a selected playlist, proceed as follows: 1. Select a clip in the playlist. 2. Click the Loop in the upper right corner of the clip area. The Loop button turns blue playlist. .
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.4 Element Speed The speed of clip in the playlist can be changed with the range during 0%~300%, and then the clip of the playlist will be played out with the desirable speed. To change the clip’s speed, proceed as follows: 1. Click the speed area of the clip in the loaded playlist. 2. Input the exact number which is from 0% to 300%, and then click other areas or just press ENTER to validate this change.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.5 Inserting Contents into a Playlist The insert function consists in adding a clip (multiple clips) or a playlist into a selected playlist. The clip number in a playlist is up to 250. How to Insert Clip(s) To insert clip(s) into a playlist in Playlist Editing Pane, proceed as follows: 1. Select a clip from the clip Library.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.6 Removing Clip(s) How to Remove a Clip The remove function consists in removing the undesirable clip from a selected playlist. To remove a clip from the requested playlist in Playlist Editing Pane, proceed as follows: 1. Select a clip to remove. 2. Click Remove at the lower right side of the clip to remove. 3. Click OK to confirm the clip deletion, then the selected clip will be removed.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 How to Remove Multiple Clips To remove multiple clips from the requested playlist in Playlist Editing Pane, proceed as follows: 1. Select the clips you want to remove, and all the selected clips are marked with blue frame. 2. Click Remove located in the upper right corner of Playlist Editing Pane. 3. Click OK to confirm the deletion, then the selected clips will be removed.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.7 Replacing Playlist by another Playlist The playlist replace function is applied to replace the playlist by another playlist from the Playlist Library Pane in playlist edit mode. To replace a playlist by another playlist, proceed as follows: 1. Select a playlist from the Playlist Library Pane. 2. Drag and drop it to the head of the Playlist Edit Pane. 3.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.8 Replacing a Clip by another Clip Two methods are available to replace a clip by another clip, proceed as follows: Method 1: 1. Select a clip in the Clip Library. 2. Find the clip in the playlist to replace, and click , a message box pops up: 3. Click OK to confirm this replacement, the clip to replace will be replaced by the new clip. And the new clip will be in selected mode. Method 2: 1.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.9 Appending Clip(s) How to Append a Clip The append function consists in adding a clip at the last position in a selected playlist. To append a clip, proceed as follows: 1. Select a clip from the clip Library. 2. Drag and drop the clip into the Append zone located at the bottom of the playlist area. The clip is inserted at the end of the selected playlist. The inserted clip is in selected mode in the playlist.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.3.11 Moving Clips How to Move Clip(s) in one Playlist The move function consists in moving clips’ position in a selected playlist. To move multiple clips, use CTRL or SHIFT for a multiselection. To move clips, proceed as follows: 1. Select a clip in the playlist, the outline of the clip is highlighted blue. 2. Drag and drop the clip in the playlist at the requested position.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.4 Playout mode The purpose of the section is to list out all the functionalities about playlist playout, including loading playlist, recuing playlist and ganging playlist. 5.4.1 Focus A blue frame appears around the header of the pane when the focus is set 5.4.2 OSD monitoring in playout mode Player channel name Time until next Break Playlist Name Rem.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 PGM Name This area is used to display the name (or the default name, such as PGM1) of the controlled player channel. Error/Warning Problem OSD Value Power supply error !PSU1 and !PSU2 (1 or 2: number of power supply) Genlock error !Glk LTC in error !TC Disk error !DSK Audio Level This area displays the audio level in a graphical format.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 The format is hh:mm:ss if the remaining time is > 1h Current Timecode (PrimaryTC) Display the current timecode according the current PrimaryTC of the current element. The format is hh:mm:ss:ff(.) Remaining Time The remaining time of the total playlist. The format is mm:ss:ff(.) if the remaining time < 1h The format is hh:mm:ss if the remaining time is > 1h Speed Display the current element speed.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.4.3 Selecting Clips This function is similar with that in Playlist Edit Pane. Note See section 5.6.2 for the shortcuts to select different clips and scroll up and down the current playlist. 5.4.4 Loading a Playlist To load a playlist, proceed as follows: 1. Select the playlist to load in the Library Pane. 2. Drag and drop it into the blank area of the Playout Pane.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.4.5 Element speed This function is similar with that in Playlist Edit Pane, see section 5.3.4 for more details. 5.4.6 Ejecting a Playlist The function of eject command is to clear the playlist from the Playout Pane, and then the playout channel is idle. To eject a playlist, two methods are available: Press the Eject button Use the keyboard shortcut: E from the Transport Function Bar.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.4.9 Gang Mode Gang mode is able to support one or more combinations of groups of ganged PGM channels on EVS server. Any ganged PGM group need to handle all commands frame accurately and synchronously on all the PGM channels of the group. How to Create a Group of Gang Channel NanoAir is able to support one or more combination of gang playlist. With 4-channel EVS server, only 2 combinations are available.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.4.10 Looping a Clip Because this section is similar with that in Editing Playlist, please see section 5.3.3 for more information. 5.4.11 Entire Loop How to Loop the Entire Playlist Looping the entire playlist can be also called Global Loop mode, which will loop the entire playlist indefinitely until the stop/pause command is received.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.4.12 Replacing Playlist by another Playlist The playlist replace function is applied to replace the playlist by another playlist from the Playlist Library Pane in playlist playout mode. To replace playlist by another playlist, proceed as follows: 1. Select a playlist from the Playlist Library Pane. 2. Drag and drop it to the head of the Playlist Playout Pane. 3. Click OK to confirm the action.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.4.14 Transport Commands How to Recue a Playlist To know detailed information about recue, please refer to 5.4.8. How to Play a Playlist The Play command plays the loaded playlist. To play a playlist, two methods are available to play a playlist: Press the Play button green on the Transport Function Bar. The Play button lights when the playlist is on air.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 How to Skip a Clip The Skip function skips the next element during the playout of the playlist so it will not play. If the button is clicked twice, the next 2 elements will be skipped, and so on… The current element and the next element are highlighted (green and blue) on the playing list. The skip command is only active in Playout mode. To skip a clip, press when selected.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.5 Shuttle Pro Management This section aims to describe the shuttle pro management in nanoAir. The shuttle pro is a remote control device connected by USB to the computer workstation that runs nanoAir. The Shuttle Pro driver is installed during nanoAir installation. 5.5.1 Operations in Ingest Mode When nanoAir is in Ingest mode, the shuttle pro is automatically attached to the Player channel used for clipping.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Operations Upper buttons are used to load a recorder on the player: Area Description 1 Button to load recorder1 to the player at the current timecode 2 Button to load recorder2 to the player at the current timecode 3 Button to load recorder3 to the player at the current timecode 4 Button to load recorder4 to the player at the current timecode Note If a recorder channel is not configured (for ex.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 These buttons are used to control the play back of a clip/Rectrain in Ingest Mode: Area Description Play Button to start playing on the player at 100% speed. Pause Fast Rewind Button to pause the player Button to start playing backward at specific speed for the current player. Each time the button is pressed, it toggles between these values: -200%, -300%, -400% and then -200% again.
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nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 Each Jog Wheel step corresponds to movement of one frame backward (anti-clockwise) or forward (clockwise). It the player is not in pause, it is set in pause. The Shuttle wheel contains 7 steps anti-clockwise, 7 steps clockwise and an automatic centered step.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.5.2 Operations in Playout Mode Layout When nanoAir is in playout mode (1, 2, 3 or 4 playlists), the shuttle pro is automatically attached to the Playlist panel that has the focus.
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nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 If you press CTRL+ In button: It corresponds to the Go to Mark In button in the Playlist panel. If you press CTRL+ Out button: It corresponds to the Go to Mark Out button in the Playlist panel.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.6 Keyboard Shortcuts NanoAir provides some shortcuts for Ingest mode and playout mode from keyboard.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.6.1 Ingest Mode All the shortcuts below are only active when nanoAir is in Ingest Mode.
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 (Arrow) Right (Arrow) 90 SHIFT Go to Next 10 frames on PGM1 DEL Delete current selected clip(s) or playlist(s).
nanoAir – Version 1.00 – User Manual Issue 1.00.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2013 5.6.2 Playout Mode All the shortcuts below are only active when nanoAir is in Playout Mode.
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