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Version 4.00 - July 2011

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User’s Manual Version 4.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B C OPYRIGHT EVS Br oadca st E quip men t – Co pyri ght © 20 10-2 01 1. Al l ri ghts res erved . D ISCLAIMER The inf ormat ion i n thi s m anual i s fur nish ed for inf ormati onal use on ly an d subjec t to chang e with out no tice .
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Issue 4.0.B II Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III WHAT’S NEW? ............................................................................................................... V 1. 1.1 1.2 2. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................
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Issue 4.0.B 4.8.1 4.8.2 4.8.3 4.8.4 4.8.5 4.8.6 4.8.7 4.8.8 4.8.9 4.8.10 5. Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Overview ...............................................................................................................................44 Video Display ........................................................................................................................46 Player Track Selection Buttons .........................................
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 What’s New? The fol lowi ng tab le de scr ibes th e sec tion s upda te d to ref lect the n ew and modifi ed featu res on Xe dio Disp at cher from Xedi o Su ite 4.0 (comp ared to Xedi o Su it e 3.1 ). In th e u ser manua l, the icon has be en a dded o n lef t ma rgin to hig hli gh t inform atio n on new and u pdated fe atur es.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 1. Introduction 1.1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Xedio Di spat cher is a s o ftware p rodu ct use d for i mporti ng A/V f i les , rough -cutt ing and ex port ing roug h-cu ts to mul tip le d esti nati ons a nd fo rmats . Xedio Di spat cher a utom a tical ly det ects c onne cted device s (such as P2, X D CAM or XDCAM EX dev ices) , an d inst ant ly di spla ys t heir conte nts.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 (IMX-D1 0 30 /40/ 50) • Panason ic P 2 hi -res (DV25, DVCPR O25, DVC PRO50) • AVI (DV25, DVCPR O25, DVC PRO50) • QuickT ime (DV, DV CPRO2 5, DV CPR O50, IMX-D1 0 30/40 /50, MJPEG ) • Raw DV (DV, DV CPRO2 5, DV CPR O50) • EVS (DVCPRO5 0, M JPEG, IM X-D10 30/4 0/50 and Supermo tio n) • PCM (wav a udio fil es) • WM9 • H.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 • Apple P roRes • Avid DN xHD Support ed co decs for ex port • EVS (AVC I ntra 100 , MJP EG & proxy , Av id DNxHD®) • QuickT ime (AVC I ntra 100 , DVCP RO 100, A vid DNxHD® ) • XDCAM HD (422, 420) • Panason ic P 2 hi gh-re s (AVC I ntra 50/ 100, DVCP RO100) • H.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 2. Installation 2.1 PREREQUISITES Here i s th e li st of p rere q uisit es t o th e in stal lat ion of Xed io D ispa tche r: 2.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 S OFTWARE R EQUIREMENTS Xedio Dis patc her ha s to be insta lled o n a comput er runni ng Wind ows XP Pro SP3 32 bi ts o r Win dows 7 3 2 or 64 bit s. 2.3 LICENSES 2.3.1 LICENSE CODES REQUIRED The XSecu re appl icat ion needs to be in stal led on t he workst atio n.
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Issue 4.0.B 2.4 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE A Setu p wi zard gui des yo u thr ough the ins tall atio n of X edio Disp atch er. To ins tal l Xed io D ispa tch er, pr ocee d as fo llows : 1. Copy t he i nsta lla tion fil e FullXedioDispatcher_4.0x.xx.exe loc ally . This i s t he f ull inst alle r f i le, wh ich you need to use for a fi rst inst alla tio n. U se the X e d i o D i s p a t c h e r _ 4 . 0 x . x x .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B 5. Click Inst all on t he R ead y to Inst all wind ow. When t he a ppli cati on i s i nstal led, you nee d to res t art t he c omput er. The Xed io Dis patc her i nstal ler wi ll th en pe rfor m some fi nal i nsta lla tio n steps before you can la unch th e app lica tion .
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 3. Configuration and Customization 3.1 EXPORT TARGET PROFILES 3.1.1 DEFINITION An Expor t Targe t Profi le (also cal led ‘RTP rof’ ) i s an .xml fil e that c onta ins the defin itio n for ren deri ng t he story boar d creat ed in Xedio Disp atch er into a single file on a giv en d esti nati o n or into a c lip on a giv en EVS s erve r.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B The Ta rget wiza rd o pens . 3. In th e Tar get Type dia log bo x, s elec t t he t yp es of tar gets you want to genera te, eit her file s st or ed on the netw ork, or cli p s on E VS s erve rs: Click Next 4. If yo u hav e as ked to g en erate hi-r es f iles , t he Hi gh Reso luti on Fi le C rea tion dialo g bo x wil l b e di spla y ed.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Click Next 5. If you ha ve as ked to g enerat e lo- res fi les, the Proxy/L oRes F ile Cre a tion dialo g bo x wil l b e di spla y ed. Specif y t he sa me i nfor ma tion for the low reso luti on file s as for the hig hresolu tion fi le.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B Click Next 6. If you ha ve ask ed to g e nerate clip s, the E xport to EVS Vid eo Serv er di alog box d ispla ys. Specif y bo th IP a ddres se s of the EVS v ideo ser ver , the cod ec u sed on t he server , th e FT P lo gin and passw ord, the def ault pa ge on whic h th e ge nera te d clip w ill be stor ed.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Click Fini sh t o co nfirm th e Targ et P rofi le D efin itio n. The ta rget pro fil e yo u ha ve cre ated is now avai lab le fo r us e in the Tar get fi eld of th e Ex port Tool in Xed i o Disp atch er. 3.2 KEYWORD GRIDS The keyw ords g rids u s ed in Xed io Dis patc her are stor ed as . xml fi les in C:\Program Grids\*.xml.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 3.3 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS 3.3.1 PARAMETER PROFILES I NTRODUCTION You can acce ss the p aramet er prof iles in Xe dio Dispa tche r, via the menu Paramet ers > Pa rame ter Profi les. The para mete rs tha t are not des crib ed bel ow are not use d in th e curr ent v ersion of Xedio Disp atch er.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Genera l XT Cli p cr eati on defau lt c lipn ame Free te xt fi eld t o def in e the de faul t cli p nam e when creati ng an XT cli p. Audio Defaul t Dow n Conver sion Rule Define s the de faul t dow nconve rsio n rule f or 5. 1 audio outpu t.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Audio channe ls a re h andl ed. Automat ic Re stor e Restor e Ty pe Option list to se lect th e resto re ty pe to be u sed for automa tic rest ore proc es s. Possib le v alue s: • Full R esto re: rest ores the whole med ia • Partia l R esto re: res tores only th e u sefu l s ecti on of t he media used in the edi t fo r which a r esto re i s re que sted.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Import Use Lo ng C lip N ame % SDMONTH Shooti ng Number % SDDAY Shooti ng Number % GUID Clip GU ID D ate Dat e – Mon t h – D ay When s elec ted: the lon g clip name is u sed as m ed ia la bel. Vumeter Bottom lev el o f Vumete r Field to defi ne t he d b va l ue of vu-m eter bot tom lev el.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 LIST OF MEDIA DISPATCHER PARAMETERS Genera l EVS Se rver Gang ing Type Field to ente r a val ue c o rrespo ndin g to a camer a gangin g type.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Device Filt er DaysBe foreM edia Purg e Delay betw een two u nuse d medi a pu rge DelayB etwee nVol ume Check Time i n se cond s be tween autom atic res can on r em ovable disk if t here is a ch ange Extens ions List of d efau lt file ext ensi ons su ppor ted by X edio Dispat cher dur ing the me dia r efere ncin g f rom a dri ve. This p arame ter is used a s def ault val ue d urin g th e drive creati on.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Media List MaxResu ltSe lSiz e Field to defi ne t he m axim um numb er o f i tems whic h will be di splay ed in t he r esul t list aft er ( 0 = no limit ). Player Auto C lip IN This p arame ter will be us ed in fut ure vers ion. Amount of fie lds befo re the entr y p oint of a c l ip whe n using the aut o-cl ippi ng t o ol (Al t+Sp ace bar) .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Storybo ard AllowA udioG uide Trac k Enable s the A udio G uide Track fe atur e. If t his pa ramete r is activ e and if th e req uired li cens e key is ins t alled in XSecur e, the Audi o Guid e Track b utto n will be a vailab le in t he S tory board pl ayer .
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Issue 4.0.B 3.3.2 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 KEYBOARD PROFILES I NTRODUCTION You ca n acc ess the k eyboar d pr ofil es i n Xe dio Di spat cher , via the menu Paramet ers > Ke yboar d Profil es.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Player Drop No wLin e Drops the clip , de fin ed i n the play er, into the st ory board.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Recorde r Play/S top Starts /sto ps window load ed st oryboa rd Play F orwar d Plays forw ard at v ario us speed. Play from N ext Transi tion Plays f rom ne xt tr ansi t ion (in regar d to t he select ed tracks ) (w ith Prero ll) Previe w Pre viou s Transi tion Previe ws pr evio us t rans ition (in rega rd t o t he select ed tracks ) (w ith Prero ll) Play R evers e Plays reve rse at v ario us speed.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4. User Interface 4.1 STARTING XEDIO DISPATCHER To st art Xedi o Di spat che r, se lect the Xed io D isp atcher ap plic atio n vi a t h e menu Start > All Pro grams > EVS Broadc ast Equi pm ent > Xedio Dis patch er > Xedio Dispat cher OR d oubl e-cl ick t he X edio Disp atch er shortc ut on t he d eskt op: 4.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Area Descri ption 1. Men u Ba r The men u ba r gi ves ac cess t o ge nera l comm a nds an d to confi gura tion para mete rs. 2. Sou rce Devi ce This ar ea di spla ys th e pl ugged- in de vice s and the media that has bee n aut omat ical ly detec ted on the d evic es , as wel l as media from driv es an d f olders whi ch ha ve b een scann ed b y the u sers .. See al so the sect ion 4.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.3 Issue 4.0.B MENU BAR The Me nu b ar g ives acce ss to the fol lowi ng c omm ands: Menu it em Descri ption File Exit Closes Xed io Di spat cher View Status Bar Displa ys/h ides the sta tus bar at t he b otto m of the window Help About Provid es inf orma tion o n the appl icat ion ve rsio n , the sup port phone numb er, etc.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.4 SOURCE DEVICE AREA 4.4.1 INTRODUCTION When you ope n Xedi o Dispatch er, th e appl ic ation au toma tica lly det ects the plugge d-in SD or HD d ev ices (P 2, XDCAM or XDC AM EX supp orts ), an d se arches for me dia pres ent on t hes e supp orts . USB de vice s an d XF dr ives can be s cann ed, s o the ir c onte nt is a vail able for browsi ng, logg ing, rou gh- cut a nd e xpor t. 4.4.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.5 WORKSPACE AREA 4.5.1 INTRODUCTION In th e Wor kspac e ar ea, y ou wil l li st, appl y fi lter s, browse and edi t th e med i a usin g one o f th e fo ur p ossi ble v iews. The user i nter face el eme nts in the Wo rksp ace ar ea diff er depe ndin g on t he view mode. 4.5.
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Issue 4.0.B 4.5.3 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 THUMBNAIL VIEW IN THE WORKSPACE AREA P URPOSE You will wor k in this vi e w to select th e camera s source cl ips you wa nt to use to create st orybo ard elem en ts.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.5.4 Issue 4.0.B LIST VIEW IN THE WORKSPACE AREA P URPOSE You wil l pref erab ly us e t his vie w to se e the clip s metad ata wh en you w ork wit h drives / fold ers in t he D e vice a rea. O VERVIEW The L ist view di spla ys th e lis t o f a ll clip s p rese nt in t he s elec ted med ia, an d the ir associ ated met adat a. D iff erent fil ers can be a ppli e d to rest rict the lis t.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 User I nter face Element Descri ption See al so … 1. Sea rch Tools Provid es a Quick Te xt Search fi eld and Advance d Fil ters fie lds to res tric t th e lis t to specif ic data . Sectio n 5 .3.3 (pp.62 and 63) 2. Sav ed F ilte rs Tabs Allows to s ave filt ers a nd to appl y the m la ter on. Sectio n 5 .3.3 (p.69) 3.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.5.5 Issue 4.0.B CLIP PLAYER VIEW IN THE WORKSPACE AREA P URPOSE You wi ll w ork in t his view to p erfo rm th e f ollow ing actio ns: • Playin g the sour ce cli ps displa yed i n the thumb na il view or cor resp ondi ng to a storyb oard ele ment . • Prepar ing sub- clip s to be added to the sto rybo ard.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 User I nter face Element Descri ption See al so … 1. Vid eo D ispl ay & Audio Mete rs It di spla ys t he me dia l oaded on t he P laye r. Parame ters rel ated to th e disp lay are ava ilab le via a con text ual m enu. Sectio n 4 .8.2 (p.46) The aud io me ters s ho w the le vels of th e variou s audi o track s of the clip t hat is be ing played . 2.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.5.6 Issue 4.0.B STORYBOARD PLAYER VIEW IN THE WORKSPACE AREA P URPOSE You wi ll w ork in t his view to p erfo rm th e f ollow ing actio ns: • Play a st orybo ard to s ee the f inal res ult befo re e x porti ng i t. • Add an aud io guide tr ack over the story boar d.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 The f ollow ing tab le p rovi des a sho rt descr ipt ion on th e va riou s ar eas hig hligh te d in the Stor yboar d Pla ye r view. You w ill f ind m ore de tail ed in forma tion in the sectio n 4 .8 ‘C lip Play er a nd Sto rybo ard Play er’, on page 44: User I nter face Element Descri ption See al so t he … 1. Vid eo D ispl ay & Audio M eter s It dis play s the vide o mat erial loade d on t he Player .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.6 TOOLS AREA 4.6.1 ACCESSING THE TABS IN THE TOOLS AREA Issue 4.0.B The To ols area con tai ns sever al tabs tha t a re o rganiz ed horiz onta lly . Cl ick t he Tools tab to expa nd t he T ools area . 4.6.2 LOGGER I NTRODUCTION The Lo gger is t he p anel from w hich you will cre ate a log, .
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Logger with Associated Keyword Grids The f ollow ing tab le p rovi des a sho rt descr ipt ion on th e va riou s ar eas hig hligh te d in th e Lo gger ta b. Y ou will fin d mo re d etai led info rmat ion in t he sect ion 5 .6 ‘Addin g Lo gs to a Clip ’, o n page 75 : User I nter face Elem ent Descri ption 1. Key word Grid Sel ecti on Field This f iel d is onl y pr ese nt if keyw ord grid s ar e stored as .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 User I nter face Elem ent Descri ption Equipment\XedioDispatcher\Keyword Grids, this area is not avai labl e. 3. Ran king Butto ns Button s th at al lows you t o assi gn a r anki ng to the log, in or der to hi ghli ght import ant mom ents in t he clip. The log wi ll hav e a diff erent co lor de pend ing o n the r anki ng as sign ed. 4.6.3 4.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 O VERVIEW The f ollow ing tab le p rovi des a sho rt descr ipt ion on th e va riou s ar eas hig hligh te d in th e Ex port To ol t ab. You wi ll find mor e d etai l ed in forma tio n in th e se ction 5.9 ‘Expor ting the Sto rybo ard ’, on pag e 81 : User I nter face Elem ent Descri ption 1.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 4.7 STORYBOARD AREA 4.7.1 OVERVIEW In the St oryb oard a rea, you can s ee all s tory bo ards you have c reat ed i n Xedio Dispat cher . Each s toryb oard is di spla yed as a tab (1) na med acc ordi n g to the storyb oard nam e.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 T RANSPORT AND E DITING Z ONES IN THE C LIP P LAYER User I nter face Elem ent See al so … 1. Tra ck S elec tion Butto ns Sectio n 4 .8.3 2. Jog and Medi a Ba rs Sectio n 4 .8.4 3. Edi ting Fie lds Sectio ns 4 .8. 7, 5 .5.1 4. Log Butt ons Sectio ns 4 .8. 8, 5 .6 5. Tra nspor t Fi elds Sectio n 4 .8.6 T RANSPORT Z ONES IN THE S TORYBOARD P LAYER User I nter face Elem ent See al so … 1.
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Issue 4.0.B 4.8.2 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 User I nter face Elem ent See al so … 5. Tra nspor t Fi elds Sectio n 4 .8.6 VIDEO DISPLAY The vi deo disp lay is c om mon to the Cli p Pl ayer an d Stor yboa rd P laye r. A DJUSTING THE P LAYER V IDEO D ISPLAY You ca n adj ust the Pla yer vi deo d ispl ay v ia a conte xtua l men u. Y ou call t he contex tua l men u by rig ht- clicki ng the Vide o Dis pla y zone on the Pla yer are a.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 M AKING THE P LAYER A REA F ULL S CREEN To vie w th e Pl ayer are a a s a f ull- scree n im age, pre ss F9 on the k eybo ard. Press agai n F9 to reve rt t o the norm al d ispl ay. 4.8.3 PLAYER TRACK SELECTION BUTTONS All the a vail able a udio source s from a me dia are disp laye d belo w the Video Displa y Cl ip P layer . Th e Track Sele ctio n bu tton s a re spe cif ic t o th e Cl ip P la yer.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 A UDIO M ONITORING S ELECTION The radio bu tto ns disp la yed betwe en each pa ir of stere o audio ch anne l butto ns allow y ou t o sel ect w hi ch aud io tr ack y ou wa n t to mo nito r whe n you play t he loaded cl ip i n th e Cl ip P l ayer. Audio m eter s loc ated o n the r igh t sid e of th e Vide o Dis play repr es ent th e monito red trac k. Db val ues a re d ispl ayed on ea ch s ide.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B M EDIA B AR The t op a rea on the bar repres ents th e me dia, or a p orti on o f i t, curre ntly load ed on the Play er. T he ma rk IN, mar k OUT a nd n owlin e are d ispl ayed on t his t op are a (See t he s ecti on ‘Nowl ine , Mark IN and M ark OUT’, on p age 49). The midd le ar ea in clud e s a dark g rey z one.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 IN and OUT Points When the sour ce clip is l oaded fro m t he T humbn a il v iew into th e Cl ip Play er, the IN poi nt and O UT p oint c orresp ond to the sourc e c lip b ound aries . When the so urce c lip is l oaded fr om the S toryb oa rd view in t o the Cl ip Pla yer, the IN poi nt and O UT p oint c orresp ond to the story bo ard cl ip bound arie s.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Field/ Butto n Keyboar d Functio n Name an d Des cripti on Shortcu t The bu tton cha nges to a Stop i con w hen the media is b eing pla yed. Go to IN - Moves from the curre nt posit ion to th e Mar k IN point . Go to O UT - Moves from the curr ent p ositi on t o th e Ma rk OU T point . Fast F orwar d Plays the medi a fo rward at a pres et f ast spee d.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Field/ Butto n Keyboar d Functio n Name an d Des cripti on Shortcu t Previo us 1 0 Fra mes - Moves 10 f rames bef ore t he cur rent pos iti on i n Pause mode . or + Next 1 0 Fr ames - Moves 10 f rames af ter th e curr ent posi tio n in Pause mode . or + Playin g a cli p fr om ma rk I N to m ark O UT - Playin g a cli p in loo p fr o m mark IN t o ma rk OU T + TC OUT of t he l oade d cl i p.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Note: The us er c an defi ne t h e key board sh ortcu ts i n Xed io Ma nage r t o perfor m tr ansp ort cont rol comma nds. The key s me ntion ed b elow are the defau lt s etti ngs. Field/ Butto n Keyboar d Functio n Name an d Des cripti on Shortcu t Play/S top (space bar ) Start /sto ps p layi ng t he s t oryboa rd. The bu tton cha nges to a Stop i con w hen the media is b eing pla yed.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Field/ Butto n Keyboar d Functio n Name an d Des cripti on Shortcu t Previo us 1 0 Fra mes - Moves 10 f rames bef ore t he cur rent pos iti on i n Pause mode . or + Next 1 0 Fr ames - Moves 10 f rames af ter th e curr ent posi tio n in Pause mode . or + Go to N ext Trans itio n (S torybo ard Play er o nly) Moves to t he n ext stor yb oard c lip . Go to Prev .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes the vari ous fiel ds t h at ar e us ed t o cr eate cli p s: Field/ Butto n Keyboar d Functio n Name an d Des cripti on Shortcu t Mark I N or Sets a mar k IN poi nt a t t he now line pos itio n on the me dia bar: • A time code val ue i s ad de d in M ark IN TC fi eld.
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Issue 4.0.B 4.8.8 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 LOG BUTTONS The Lo g bu tto ns ar e co m mon to the Cli p Pl ayer an d Stor yboa rd P laye r. The logs ar e refer ence point s to a speci fic fra me in a video seq uenc e. Their purpos e is to mark poi nt s of intere st on the med i a. The log is ide ntif ied b y a TC value , and re lat es to a n action in a gi ven ev en t. It is assoc iat ed to k e ywords and/or a rank ing in Xedi o Disp atch er.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5. Operation 5.1 GENERAL WORKING PROCESS When you want to cre a te and e xpor t a st orybo ard, yo u wil l usua lly a p ply the follow ing st eps. Th ese st eps are exp lai ned as si mple pr oc edur es in th e f ollowi ng sectio ns. Clic k on the st e p to jump dire ctly to the c orresp ondi ng s ecti on. 1. Creati ng a n em pty stor yb oard, on page 57 2. Select ing medi a, o n pa ge 59 3.
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Issue 4.0.B 5.2.2 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 OTHER POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON STORYBOARDS The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes the vari ous acti ons y ou can per form on a st or yboard : Action Descri ption Opening a storybo ard Click on t he tab of t he r e queste d s toryb oard : Renamin g a storybo ard The tab name i s unde rlined a nd the st orybo ard cli p s are displa yed in the tab as t h umbnai ls.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Action Descri ption sectio n 5 .9 ‘ Expor tin g th e Story boar d’, on p age 81. 5.3 SELECTING RELEVANT MEDIA 5.3.1 DISPLAYING FOLDER CONTENT IN THE SOURCE DEVICE AREA XF driv es or U SB de vice s cont aini ng med ia ba ck ed up f rom EV S vid eo se rvers o n an eve nt loca tion can be used in Xe dio Disp atch er .
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 M ANAGING THE F OLDERS A right -cli ck on a fol der opens a menu provi ding optio ns to add a s can f o lder, to rescan t he sele cted f old er, to cha nge the pr oper ties of th e selec ted fo ld er or to delet e th e se lect ed f olde r . 5.3.2 LISTING CLIPS IN THE WORKSPACE AREA You wi ll crea te the stor y board cli ps o n t he basi s of sour ce c lips in clud ed in the availa ble medi a.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.3.3 Issue 4.0.B SEARCHING FOR CLIPS WITHIN THE LIST VIEW I NTRODUCTION When the Xed io Disp atch er displ ays lar ge amou nt s of clips , it may beco me difficu lt to fin d a sp ecif ic e leme nt.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 These sear ch t ools are e xplain ed in d etai l be low. All thes e search t ools ca n be combine d and they c an be saved fo r later us e . These Saved Filt ers can then b e app lied in one clic k. Q UICK T EXT S EARCH Introduction The Qu ick Text Sear ch f ield is a lways ava ilab le o n the top of the con tent li st: It al lows sear chin g fo r a string in the dis play ed c o lumns.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B Quick Text Search Rules The s trin g t hat you ent er in the Quic k T ext Sear ch fi eld is ana lyzed ac co rding to the fol lowin g set o f rules , which ca n be acc essed via the He lp but ton the Qu ick Text Sea rch fi eld. next to The fr ee text sear ch is n ot a case sen siti ve o pera tion.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Filter Butt on D ispla y Meaning (dimme d) The S how/H ide Filt er b utton is dimm ed when all filt er criter ia are h idde n. C ons equent ly, the fil ters are i nactiv e. (red) The Show /Hid e Fil ter butto n is r ed whe n th e filt er extend ed ar ea is vi sib le, even if n o fil teri ng cri t erion i s appli ed.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Filter Fields The Fi lter fi eld prov ides the lis t of al l th e p aram eters on whic h a sear ch can b e perfor med. T he fol lowi ng screen shot is an ex ample of such a l ist. T he op tio ns may diffe r be tween th e ap plic ation s of the Xed io S uite . Once a par amet er h as b e en se lect ed, an e ntir e li n e is disp laye d. Interf ace Eleme nt Descri ption 1 Select ed filt er p arame ter.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Search Fields Types Accord ing to the se lec te d filter pa ramet er, di ffer ent type s of searc h field s will be displa yed. The y ar e de tai led i n th e ta ble belo w.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Filter Par amete r Type Issue 4.0.B Displa yed C rite ria Fiel d s • Search base d on an i n terval (e. g. wi th b etwe en…): t wo calend ars are disp laye d f or th e se lect ion of t wo d a tes. • Search ba sed on a sp eci fic date c alcu late d from t he curre nt date ( e.g. with tomo rro w, las t mont h,…): no other fiel d appear s. Time Severa l Da te S earch fi lte rs exi st. They are des crib ed be low.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Filter Par amete r Type Displa yed C rite ria Fiel d s Number Such a s DB Id Select a l ogic al o pera to r in the firs t fi eld and then ente r a number in the seco nd f iel d. Note <> mea ns ‘ diff ers from ’ Option List Select a condi tio n in the first fie ld Such a s Vi deo Standa rd Click th e butto n to dis pl ay the lis t of op tion s avai lable f or the s elec ted filt er p arame ter.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 How to Perform a Search through Filter Fields To ent er s earc h va lues in the Filt er f ield s, p roce e d as foll ows: 1. 2. Choose the col umns you wish t o pe rfor m a searc h on. Click the Show/ Hide Fil t er bu tton The fo llow ing Filt er a rea is di spla yed: 3. Select a crit eria comb inat ion f rom t he list : 4. Select a filt er p arame ter from t he f ilt er p arame ter list.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Menu Op tion Descri ption Create New Filt er Allows to crea te a new fil ter t ab. Save F ilte r As Allows to cre ate a new filte r tab in whi ch th e curren t search fi lter will be save d. Filter Pro perti es Allows to ch ange the name an d/or descr ipt ion of the select ed filt er t ab. Reset Filt er Removes all sea rch crit er ia on the sel ecte d fi lter t ab.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Issue 4.0.B 5.4 LOADING A SOURCE CLIP ON THE CLIP PLAYER 5.4.1 PURPOSE A clip can be load ed on t he Clip Play er in diff eren t ways. You can th en cre ate subclips fro m t he s ourc e clip and inc lude th em into the st orybo ard. Fo r more inform atio n, refe r to the sectio n 5.5 ‘Ad ding Cl ips or Sub-Clip s to the Sto r yboard ’, on pag e 7 3. 5.4.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.5 ADDING CLIPS OR SUB-CLIPS TO THE STORYBOARD You ca n cre ate sub-c lips of th e sou rce clip s in t he Cli p Pla yer, or t ake over t he source cli ps, and add the m to the open sto ryboa rd . 5.5.1 HOW TO CREATE A SUB-CLIP AND ADD IT TO THE STORYBOARD To cre ate a su b-cl ip a nd add i t to the sto rybo ard, procee d as fol lows : 1.
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Issue 4.0.B 5.5.2 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 HOW TO ADD SOURCE CLIPS TO THE STORYBOARD To add a sou rce cl ip to t he story boar d, you c an d rag it fr om the T h umbn ail view or from the L ist vie w of th e workspa ce and dr op it at the requ este d place in the Storyb oard are a. To add se vera l sour ce c lips at a time , you ca n select them t hank s to th e usual command s, a s de tai led in sect ion ‘Sel ecti ng Te chn iques’ on pag e 32 .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.6 ADDING LOGS TO A CLIP 5.6.1 INTRODUCTION Wheneve r you w ant , you can add logs to th e mate rial lo aded in th e Cli p Pl ayer, o r in the Sto rybo ard P laye r . Even if y ou a dd t he lo g in t he S toryb oard Play er, th e logs are in f act adde d to the s ource cl ip. A cue poin t i s a log with o ut as socia ted meta data .
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 A colo red tria ngle is dis pl ayed o n t he me dia bar. • In the Lo gger t ab of th e Tools are a, ent er some text in th e free t ext fi el d to add f ree text to the log , A whit e tr iang le is d ispl a yed on th e med ia b ar. • If keyw ords g rids h ave b een det ecte d by Xe dio D ispatc her, they a re av ail able from t he L ogge r to ol. The n, pr oceed as fol lows: 1.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.6.3 Issue 4.0.B LOG AND METADATA DISPLAY The log cr eate d is add ed to the med ia bar , but t he log and i ts ass ocia ted me tadat a are d ispla yed in diff eren t ways in t he u ser int erfac e.
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Issue 4.0.B 5.6.4 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 OTHER POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON LOGS The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes s hort ly othe r pos sib l e act ions on logs : Action Descri ption Moving from one log to the other • Click th e Go to Prev . Lo g button to move to the l og p osit ione d on the left of t he n owli ne. • Click the Go to Ne xt Lo g button to move to the l og p osit ione d on the right of the nowl ine.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.7 RECORDING AN AUDIO GUIDE TRACK 5.7.1 INTRODUCTION You h ave the poss ibi lity to recor d a voi ce-o ver sequ ence on one tra ck of the storyb oard . You can on ly rec ord on e audio g uide t rack f or one stor yboa rd. On ce th e audio guide tr ack has b een cre ated, yo u cann ot modi fy it. If you wa nt to ch ange it, you need to d elet e it and rec ord a new one.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.8 CHECKING THE STORYBOARD 5.8.1 INTRODUCTION Once the st orybo ard is cr eated , you can che ck the result by loa ding t he sto ryboar d in th e St oryb oard Play er. 5.8.2 HOW TO LOAD A STORYBOARD IN THE STORYBOARD PLAYER To loa d a stor yboa rd i n t he Sto rybo ard Play er, pr oceed as foll ows: 1. Click the Stor yboar d Pl a yer bu tto n to op en t he S torybo ard Play er. 1.
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.9 EXPORTING THE STORYBOARD 5.9.1 INTRODUCTION Issue 4.0.B Once y our sto ryboa rd is f inali zed, you can ex port i t to mult iple de stin atio ns and t o multip le forma ts a t th e s ame ti me. The dest inat io n fol ders and form ats are defi ned in the targ et p rofi les y o u can s elec t bef ore y ou launc h the expo rt pr oc ess.
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Issue 4.0.B Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 o Drag t he s tory boar d ta b t o the Lis t of exp ort jobs i n the Expo rt tool : 4. The st oryb oard name is a dded to t he l ist of expor t jobs. 5. Click Star t at the bot tom of th e Ex port too l. The st oryb oard is expo rte d as defi ned in t he s elec t ed ta rget pro file .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 5.9.3 EXPORTING CLIPS AND SUB-CLIPS You can also e xpor t ind ividua l sou rce c lips , or sub-cl ips u sing the Ex p ort too l. Procee d in the sam e way as f or s tory board s f or ex porti ng c lips and sub- cli p s. To add a s ourc e clip , dr ag the t humbn ail o f the source clip from t he Thu mbnail view or fr om the L ist vi e w of the wor kspac e to th e list of e xpor t jobs i n th e Export tool.
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Issue 4.0.B 84 Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Action Descri ption Renamin g an item in the list of exp ort jobs To rename a n item w ith in the ex port l ist, s elec t the Na me f ield and typ e a new name .
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Xedio Dispatcher – Version 4.0 – User’s Manual Issue 4.0.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – July 2011 Glossary Term/Ac ronym Defini tion/ Expl anat ion Cue Po int Refere nce poi nt to a spec ific fr ame in a vide o sequen ce. Th eir pu rpose is to mark po ints o f int erest on the me dia. T he cue p oint is o nly i dent ifie d by a TC value . Event Event tha t is ass ocia ted to a pro duct ion show .
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