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Version 4.1 - December 2011

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Xedio Manager

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User’s Manual Version 4.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D 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 in this m anual i s furn ishe d for i nf ormati onal u se onl y and subjec t to chang e witho ut not ice .
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Issue 4.1.D II Xedio Suite Version 4.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III WHAT’S NEW? ............................................................................................................. VII 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 2.
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Issue 4.1.D 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 6. Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 VTR MANAGER .........................................................................................................................25 SWITCHER MANAGER .............................................................................................................26 ARCHIVE SERVER MANAGER .......................................................................................
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D 9.2.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................68 9.2.2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menu ................................................................................69 9.2.3 List of Parameters ...........................................................................................70 9.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 11.3.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................125 11.3.2 Contextual Menus ...............................................................................................................125 11.4 LICENSE MANAGER ...................................................................................................
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 What’s New? The fol lowin g tab le des cr ibes th e sect ions u pdat e d to refl ect t he new a nd modifi ed featu res on Xed io Mana ger from Xe dio Sui te 3. 02 and 4.0 1 (comp ared to Xedio Suite 3.0 1). In the user man ual , the icon has been adde d on left margi n to highl ight inform atio n on new and u pdated fe atur es.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D 1. Introduction An in stal lat ion of Xedi o Suite can in clud e a si ngl e wor ksta tion pr ovid ing a sin gle fast and easy edit ing f acili ty o r a r ange of w orksta tion s ru nnin g th e vario us applic ati ons inc luded i n the suite to pr ovide a com plete new sroom or s p orts centr e video prod ucti on s olu tion .
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 2. User Interface 2.1 OPENING XEDIO MANAGER To star t the Xedi o Man a ger app lica tio n, cl ick o n the Xed io Man ager icon on t he d eskt op. 2.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 2.2.1 MENU BAR T OOLS MENU The Tools men u gives a c cess to the Med ia File C leaner t ool. Th is tool sh ows the list of all t he media f iles presen t on the Xed io me dia serve rs but no t refere nced in the da taba se ( orph an f ile s). Fr om th e Med ia F ile Cleane r win dow, it is po s sible to delet e th ese orph an f iles .
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 The wi ndow give s th e f oll owing info rmat ion: 4 Informa tion Item Meaning Applic ation Versio n nu mber of Xedi o Manage r. Execut e Fol der Folder Pat h wh ere X edio Manage r is ins tall ed. PlugIn s List of the in stal led p lug -in. Whe n the u ser se lec ts a plug in name from the l ist , the c orre spond ing v ersion is displa yed next to the fie l d.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 2.2.2 Issue 4.1.D THE OUTLOOK BAR The Ou tloo k ba r pr esen t s nin e ta bs. They cor res pond to t he a reas man a ged b y Xedio Mana ger. When Xed io Mana ger is start ed for t he fi rst ti me, only the M edia a nd Use rs tabs are sho wn. Y ou ne ed t o creat e a med ia s erver before bei ng ab le to see all th e tabs. See sec tion 6.2 ‘Me dia Se rver s’ o n pa ge 3 4.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Subjec t Purpose Users Manage s us ers and acce ss rig hts . Each cat egory p rovi des access to a ser ies of items. Onc e a categ or y tab is select ed, its s peci fic ite ms are s hown as ic ons. Selec t any of t hese ic ons to displa y i ts r elev ant inte rf ace i n th e Wor k ar ea.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3. Encoders 3.1 INTRODUCTION Encode rs are p hysic al de vices wh ich al low the d ig itiza tion o f incom ing au di o/vid eo feeds in to mul tipl e file f ormats . Most of t he mod els are co nfig ured t o en code lores or hi- res f eed. The y can be log ical ly g roup ed to as soci ate phys ical e ncoder s handl ing t he sam e fee d, eithe r in hi -res or in lo-r es.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Item Descri ption Schedul er Displa ys blo cks co rres p onding to the s ched ule d inges t alread y pl anne d f or e nco ding. Previe w Displa ys the curr ent vi deo i nput wh en the en coder is record ing medi a. 3.2 PHYSICAL MANAGER 3.2.1 INTRODUCTION You mu st d efin e an d co nf igure a p hysic al encod er before you can use it .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3.2.2 CREATING PHYSICAL ENCODER To crea te a nd c onfi gure a phys ical enco der, comp lete t he f ollo wing fie lds a nd the n click on the C reat e bu tto n. The enc oder n ame i s add ed to th e lis t on t he le ft side of the w indow and ‘ Channe l 1’ app ears unde rnea th.
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Issue 4.1.D 3.2.3 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 SETTING UP THE ENCODING PARAMETERS Select a c hanne l (’Ch a nnel 1’, o r ‘Chan nel 2’ with CDM[3] PC X3) to set the encodi ng p aram eter s. The enc odin g para mete r s field s dis play ed on th e right depe nd on the encode r model.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D Settin g Descri ption Video B itra te Video en codi ng bi trat e, entere d as a bi t/sec number . For exampl e, 8 Mb/s is ente re d as 80000 00. TC Conf ig Define s th e t imeco de i ns erted in the enco ded file : • vitc: the t imeco de is b ased on the vid eo sour ce si gnal . Select vitc for al l encode rs in a lo- res + hi-r es confi gura tion .
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 The av aila ble para mete rs for C DM[2] an d CDM[ 3] are t he f ollow ing : Settin g Descri ption Profil e Encodi ng p rofi le u sed by the e ncode r. The prof iles come fr om a list of xm l fil es sto red o n the sto rage server ( in the Pr ofi les/C DM2 folde r). Th ese fi les define th e codecs /for mats and the ir parame ters .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3.3 LOGICAL MANAGER 3.3.1 INTRODUCTION Issue 4.1.D When you cl ick th e Lo gical Man ager bu tto n, the Logi cal En coder s Manager window is disp layed in t he Work are a, a llow ing you t o lo gica lly group p hysica l encode rs as bei ng pa rt of th e sam e cha nnel . Possib le c onfi gura tion s use two encode rs i n hi -res and l o-res or o ne e ncod er i n hi-re s on ly.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Field Descri ption Physic al L ow Bitrat e Enc oder Select the l ow bit rate ( if applic able ) phys ical enc oder to b e part of t he l ogic al e ncod e r. With a XED IO I/O e nc oder mod el, se lec ting one of th e physic al enc oder ch anne l s automa tica lly al loca tes the other channe l of the p hysic al encode r to t he co rres p onding low bitra te o r hi gh b itra te f iel d.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 E XPORTING AND I MPORTING E NCODER P ROPERTIES A contex tua l menu is ava ilabl e when no encod er i s selec ted an d you ri ght- click i n the e ncode r l ist area . Menu It em Descri ption Export Encod ers Export s the list and c onfig urat ion o f enco der s in a readab le file (.e nc f ormat ). In the Sa ve As win dow, s elect t he fol der to e xpor t the file to.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3.4 GROUP MANAGER 3.4.1 INTRODUCTION When y ou clic k th e Gr o up Man ager but ton , th e Logica l E ncod er G roup Manage r window is disp laye d in t he Wor k ar ea, allow ing you t o gr oup toge ther multip le logica l e ncode rs. A grou p of enc oders w ill t hen be v isib le on ly to a pred efin ed X edio Inges t Organi zer wor ksta tion .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D Note 1 A group of lo gica l chann els rest rict s the amou nt of avail able c hanne ls for specif ic Xedi o I nges t Or g anizer wor ksta tion s. Ther e is one def aul t gr oup, called GLOBAL , tha t al lows a Xe dio In gest Or ganize r work stat ion t o “s ee ” all chan nels whe n i t is sele cted .
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Issue 4.1.D 3.6 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 PREVIEW When you cl ick th e Prev iew butt on, t he Prev iew window di spla ys simu lta neousl y the v ideo curr ent ly u nder proce ssin g an d en codi ng at a ll e ncod ers inpu ts. The on ly a vail able par am eter is t he Re fres h Rat e defin ed i n se cond s.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4. LinX and Direct Access 4.1 INTRODUCTION Xedio “Add -On ” for EVS Video Serv er i s bas ed o n LinX prot ocol and XT G ateway . The LinX Ap plic ati on Pro grammin g Inte rfac e is an integra ted AP I used t o access the EV S fa mily vid eo s er vers t hrou gh E ther net/ IP connec tion . Xedio ca n acce ss EVS video se rver d isks ( e.g.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 • XedioB roke r Add ress : se t the IP a ddre ss wi th p ort 8762. Exampl e: 1 72.2 2.23 .9:8 7 62 4.3 EVS VIDEO SERVER 4.3.1 INTRODUCTION All t he EVS Vide o Se rv ers y ou w ant to acce ss thro ugh Lin X pr otoc ol must be refere nced in thi s ca tego ry. The Disco ver but ton he lps you to “d iscov er ” a utomat ical ly all th e EV S Video Server avai lab le on your netwo rk.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4.3.2 EVS SERVER PARAMETERS To set EVS vide o serve r paramete rs, comp let e th e follow ing fie lds and th en click on th e Sa ve b utto n. Field/ Butto n Descri ption Server Name Name of t he ser ver t o be access ed by Xe dio , as y ou want it to be disp laye d in th e i nterf ace. Descri ption Option al text to desc ribe the EV S Se rver .
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Issue 4.1.D 4.3.3 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Field/ Butto n Descri ption I/O Ch annel Displa ys t he list of reco rder c hann els from the select ed EVS se rver . Button Descri ption Delete Delete s th e se lect ed E VS serve r fr om t he t ree stru cture . Refresh Checks whe ther the EVS video serv er is r eacha ble . If yes, the s erver con figu rati on is re tri eved .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4.4 EVS VIDEO SERVER GROUP When yo u cl ick t he EV S Video S erve r Grou p bu tt on, th e EVS Vide o Ser ve r Group Manage r win dow is d ispl a yed i n th e Wor k ar ea. To set a group of EV S video serv er, comp lete the follow ing fie lds , se lect the server s yo u wan t t o gr ou p and the n cl ick on t he C reate but ton.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 5. Machines 5.1 INTRODUCTION Extern al dev ices c an b e connec ted t o the Xe dio Sui te. Th eir pa rame ters are confi gured fro m th e Ma ch ines tab. Four item s are ava ilab le in the Mach ines c ateg ory . They are de tail ed in th e table below. 24 Item Descri ption VTR Man ager Define s se tup para meter s for a co ntro lled VTR.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 5.2 VTR MANAGER A VTR can b e used as a source of ing est . T he VTR vid eo ou tput m ust be connec ted to the enco der vide o in put. When you clic k t he VTR Manager bu tton , the VTR Mana ger wind ow is disp l ayed in the Wo rk a rea. To set VT R para mete rs, comple te th e fol lowin g fi elds an d the n cli ck on t h e Save butto n.
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Issue 4.1.D 5.3 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 SWITCHER MANAGER When y ou c lick the Swi t cher M anage r bu tto n, t h e Swit cher Man ager win dow is displa yed in the W ork are a. You can i ndir ectl y cont rol a switch er thr ough the s ystem.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 The pro toco l used betw e en Xedi o Ing est Se rver and the “swit chin g dev ic e ” uses the f ollow ing comma nds: Commands sen t fro m Cl eanGes t Ser ver to the swi tchin g de vice Descri ption Used b efor e st arti ng a re cord Used a t th e en d o f a reco rd.
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Issue 4.1.D 5.4 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 ARCHIVE SERVER MANAGER When an Arc hive S erver is atta ched t o a Xedio i n stall atio n, it mus t be ref erence d in th e da taba se. When you c lick the Ar chives Serve rs Man ag er butt on, t he Arc hive Server s window is disp laye d in th e Work are a. To set arch ive serv er pa ramete rs, c ompl ete the f ollowi ng f ield s an d th en click on the Sa ve butt on.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 5.5 XFILE MANAGER XFile can be use d t o re c eive and sen d me dia in fi le fo rmat or for th e r end ering of files to an E VS v ideo ser ver. When y ou c lick the XFi le Manage r b utto n, t he X Fi le Man ager win dow i s d is played in th e Wor k ar ea. To set XFil e par amet ers, comple te t he f ollow ing fi elds a nd th en c lick on t h e Save butto n.
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Issue 4.1.D 5.6 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 IPDIRECTOR It is pos sibl e to syn chro n ize t he X edio dat abas e w ith t he I PDire ctor da taba se. The IPD Ga teway i s a Wi ndows se rvic e used t o s ynchro nize d atab ase in fo rmatio n from I PDire ctor to Xed io. It su bscr ibes to IPDir ecto r Noti fica tion Ser ver.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Field Descri ption TCP Por t IPD ga teway TCP por t (d efaul t is 808 0) Domain User ‘.\’ Domain Pass word Windows Doma in P asswo rd for th is u ser IPDire ctor Noti fica tion Server IP Addr ess IP add ress of the mach in e wher e th e IP D API is in stall ed. TCP Por t IPD AP I TCP por t.
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Issue 4.1.D 5.7 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 MODIFYING OR DELETING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE To modi fy th e prop erti e s of one of th e pre vio us exte rnal devi ces, ex cept a switch er, se lect i t in th e list, e nter n ew val ues in the rel evan t fiel ds, an d c lick th e Update but ton.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6. Media 6.1 INTRODUCTION From the Med ia cat egor y you can def ine th e media sto rage t ree str uct ure an d media clas ses, you can i mport and manag e me dia file s. Five ite ms are av aila ble in the Media s cate gory . They are det aile d in th e table below.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6.2 MEDIA SERVERS 6.2.1 INTRODUCTION A Media Serv er is the lo c ation whe re all th e media used withi n a Xedio in st allat ion will b e s tored . When you clic k the M edia > S erver s but ton , the Med ia Ser vers w i ndow is displa yed in the W ork are a, al lowin g yo u t o de fine a medi a se rver . 6.2.2 ADDING A MEDIA SERVER To add a m edia ser ver, p roceed as fol lows: 34 1.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3. Domain Name Field autom ati call y fi lled when a n IP addr ess is entere d Backup IP IP add ress of the backu p stora ge s erve r, wh en a redund ant netw ork is u se d. Click Next . The ne xt p age disp lays t he dr ives capa city of the new med ia serve r. 4. Click Next . 5.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Menu It em Descri ption Delete Medi a Se rver Delete s the medi a serv er view in the Med ia Server s window . Modify Medi a Se rver Descri ption Opens th e Medi a Serve r Modific atio n wind ow all owing to update th e la bel or d escr i ption of the medi a se rver . Media File Cle aner Opens the Med ia F ile Cle aner w indo w.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6.2.4 Issue 4.1.D SETTING THE CDM ENCODER MAPPED DRIVE The phy sica l enc oder i s usuall y con figu red t o sto r e the en code d fil es on a specif ic mapped dr ive, u sual ly ca lled “G ” or “H ”. Thi s ma pped dri ve let ter als o ha s to be stored in the dat abas e in the CDM Mapp ing colum n. To set or chan ge the enc oder m appe d dr ive, pro ce ed as fol lows: 1.
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Issue 4.1.D 6.3.2 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS A contex tual men u is ava ilabl e when no cla ss is s elect ed and you ri ght- clic k in the Media Class Man ager win dow. Menu It em Descri ption New Roo t Create s a new class of m edia. A cont extu al m enu is av a ilabl e whe n yo u se lect a Class in t he l ist and then ri gh tclick : 6.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D • RTD tab To imp ort vide o co ntai nin g tra nsit ions • EVS Se rver tab To impor t med ia fi les a v ailab le on a n EVS serve r on the s ame n etwor k as the Xedio su ite . In th is cas e, Xedio do es not impor t t he file c onte nt in to the X edio storag e syst em, but cr e ates a refe renc e to the server fil es in the X e dio databa se.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6.5 RTD MANAGER 6.5.1 INTRODUCTION When y ou c lick th e RTD Manager bu tton ,the RTD Manag er w indo w is di spl ayed in the Work a rea, a llow ing y ou to impo rt or ma nage t he tran siti on seq uenc es. The lis t displa ys the avai labl e ef f ects s tore d i n th e sy stem . 6.5.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6.6 MEDIA MANAGER 6.6.1 INTRODUCTION Issue 4.1.D The Med ia Ma nage r to ol is des igne d to give an o v erview of t he d atab ase c onten t, to ed it some med ia p rop erties an d t o de let e me dia f iles fr om t he data b ase a nd from the sto rage se rver( s). Diffe rent se arch to ols can be applied t o the d atabas e conten t t o he lp u sers to f ind s peci fic m edia .
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 • The To day tab: the el eme nt gr id s hown the medi a with ‘ crea tion da te = tod a y’. Addit iona l ta bs ar e di spl ayed w hen the users ha ve sav ed f ilte rs a ppli ed to t he databa se. Refe r to sec tio n ‘Usi ng S aved Fil ters ’ o n page 53 for more det ail s. Media item s ar e di spla ye d in colum ns. 6.6.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Menu It em Descri ption Set Aud io T rack Assignm ent Allows to s et or upd ate the audio tr ack ass ign ment for select ed me dia (8 audi o or 5.1) . Ref er to s ecti on ‘How to Define New D efau lt A udi o Chan nel A ssig nment ’ on pag e 72 fo r ex plan atio n. Propert ies Displa ys th e pro pert ies for th e sele cted medi a.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Menu It em Descri ption Used By Opens a win dow to sho w in which pro jects a nd e dits the select ed m edia is used in : G ENERATE L OW R ESOLUTION M EDIA F ILES When se vera l fi les a re s elect ed fr om th e li st an d you s elec t th e Gen era te Lo w Resolut ion M edia Fil e o ption , se vera l ca ses c an occur. 1.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 not b e ap plie d on the ot her f iles and all the ex is ting lo-r es f iles wil l be genera ted. • Press NO t o av oid the re placem ent of e xist ing lo-r es fi les. If the Do this f or all se lected me dia op tion is s elect ed, the c heck wi ll not be app lied o n the ot her fil es and on ly the o f fline l o- res f iles w ill be genera ted. 3.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Q UICK T EXT S EARCH Introduction The Qu ick Text Se arch fiel d i s a lways ava ilab le on th e t op o f t he d atabas e conten t l ist: It al lows sear chin g fo r a string in the dis play ed c o lumns. The Quic k Text Searc h o ption o beys s peci fic r ule s which c an be ac cess ed via the Help b utto n next to the Quick Text Sear ch f iel d.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D Quick Text Search Rules The s tring th at y ou ente r in t he Q uick Tex t Se arc h fie ld i s an alyz ed accor ding to the fol lowin g set of ru les , which can b e acces sed via the He lp butt on 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 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Filter Activation Show/Hide Filter Button To dis play , or hid e, t he Filter ext ende d ar ea, cli ck the Show /Hide Fil ter butt on over the grid . 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.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Filter Fields Under the Cr iter ia Com binati on fiel d, the use rs will be able to sel ect a s many filte r para mete rs as t he y want an d to ch oose s pecif ic val ue(s ) for t hes e filte r parame ters . Th e us e of F ilter fie lds is e xpla ined i n the nex t se ctio n. Filter Fields The Fi lter fie ld p rovi des the list of all the para m eters on w hich a s earc h c an be perfor med.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Interf ace Eleme nt Descri ption Used t o re move the corr e spondi ng filt er l ine. Used t o ad d a new filt er l ine. Search Fields Types Accord ing to the sel ecte d fi lter par amet er, dif fer ent t ypes of se arch fie ld s wil l b e displa yed. The y ar e de tai led i n th e ta ble belo w.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Filter Par amete r Type Issue 4.1.D Displa yed C rite ria Fiel d s • Search bas ed on a sp eci fic d ate (e. g. w ith =…) : a cal enda r will b e d ispla yed for the select ion of a da te. • Search bas ed o n an int er val (e .g. with […] (bet we en)…): two 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.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Filter Par amete r Type Displa yed C rite ria Fiel d s month,…) : n o ot her fiel d appear 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.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 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 ed as f ollow s: 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 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 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 Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6.6.4 Issue 4.1.D DELETE & PURGE The Delet e Media (s) & Purge fun cti on all ows th e user to rem ove un use d media from t he m edia ser ver w h ile d elet ing the medi a fr o m the data base . There are four opt ions av ailab le wh en u sing th is f u nctio n: 1. Delete dat abas e re fere nc es: r emove s en trie s fr om the d atab ase only 2.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 7. Metadata 7.1 INTRODUCTION Metada ta i s cu stome r-de f ined d ata whic h can be a ssocia ted with medi a or edits to descri be o r cl assi fy t hem . Metada ta us er fi elds ca n be cre ated and a ssoc iated into prof iles w ithi n Xedio Manage r.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 7.2 Issue 4.1.D PROFILE MANAGEMENT When you cli ck the Profil e Manage ment b utton , the Meta data Profil es Managem ent w indow is displa yed i n the Work a rea, al lowi ng yo u to d efi ne user field s an d to ass ocia te t h em int o pr ofi les. It is d ivi ded i nto thre e ar eas: 1. Availa ble Meta data Fie ld s 2. Metada ta P rofi le I nfor mat ion 3.
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Issue 4.1.D 7.2.1 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 MANAGING USER FIELDS C REATING U SER F IELDS To cre ate a u ser fie ld, pr ess t he A dd Ne w Fi eld b utton in the Ava ilab le M e tadat a Fields are a, c ompl ete the foll owing fi elds and the n clic k on the OK b utt on. Field Descri ption Field Name Name yo u wa nt t o g ive to the user fie ld. Type Six typ es o f user fie lds a re avai lab le.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 7.2.2 MANAGING METADATA PROFILES C REATING A M ETADATA P ROFILE To creat e a meta data p ro file, c omple te th e foll owi ng fiel ds in th e Meta data Profil e Inform atio n are a and t h en clic k on th e Save Profil e but ton. It wil l t hen be displa yed in the M etad at a Prof iles are a. Field Descri ption ID Automa tica lly fill ed by t h e syst em.
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Issue 4.1.D 7.3 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 MEDIA PROFILE ASSOCIATION When you cli ck the Medi a Profile As soci ation bu tton, th e Media Me tada ta Profile Table Asso cia tion win do w is disp laye d i n t he W or k are a, allow ing you to s elect the profi les you w ant to m ake avai labl e to the use rs.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Field Descri ption Defaul t Pro file Allows the s elec tion of a profi le, f rom th e lis t of Select ed Profil es, to b e used as defau lt pro file wh en a u ser will associ ate meta data to a media. The Sa ve b utto n mu st b e press ed to sa ve c hang es . 7.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Field Descri ption Remove butt on. Each us er fi eld f rom t he sele cted prof iles co uld be displa yed in ad dit iona l column in To ols > Edi ts Manage r from t he Xe dio M anag er and in the Edi t Man ager tab fr om the Xe dio Clea nEdi t.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 8. Playouts 8.1 INTRODUCTION The ser vers whic h wil l b e used for payo ut mus t be def ined and thei r par ameter s must b e s et i n X edio Manage r. T hey will th e n be avai labl e i n th e Playou t Organi zer appl icat ion. Two items ar e avai labl e in the Pla yout s categ ory . They are de tail ed in th e tabl e below.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 8.2 SERVERS MANAGER 8.2.1 INTRODUCTION When you c lick t he Ser v ers Manag er but ton , the Playou t Serv ers Man ager window is dis play ed i n th e Wor k area, allo wing you to d ef ine ea ch p hysi cal m achi n e to b e used for playo ut. 8.2.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 8.2.3 MODIFYING THE PLAYOUT SERVER PROPERTIES To mod ify the prop erti es of a play out serv er, sele ct it in the lis t, ente r new valu e s in th e re leva nt f ield s, a nd clic k th e Upd ate butt on. 8.2.
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Issue 4.1.D 8.3.2 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 CREATING A GROUP OF PLAYOUT SERVERS To crea te a g roup of pl a yout se rver s, com ple te t he fol lowin g fie lds a nd t hen cl ick on th e Cre ate butt on. The gr oup name is adde d to t he l ist on the left sid e of the wind ow. Field Descri ption Label Give a nam e to the gro up of p layo ut s erve rs. Descri ption Option al text to desc ribe the g roup of play out serv ers.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 9. Softwares 9.1 INTRODUCTION The pa rame ters spec ific to t he v ario us ap pli cati ons of th e Xed io S uite can be stored in to d iffe rent pro fil es. Th ese prof iles can th en be sel ecte d fo r us e by users . Keyboa rd sh ortc uts c an also be def ined and s tor ed int o pro file s. Th ese profi les are l inked to the work stat ion.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 9.2 PARAMETER PROFILES 9.2.1 INTRODUCTION When yo u cli ck t he Pa ra meter P rofi les b utto n, t he Sof tware s Par amet er Profil es window is disp laye d in th e Work are a. I t is div ided into thr ee a reas : Nr Area Descri ption 1 Applic ation Sel ecti on ar ea This ar ea d ispla ys t he a pplica tio ns ic ons for which i t is possi ble to manag e parame ters and pro file s.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 9.2.2 POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU A cont extu al me nu i s av ailab le wh en an app lica ti on is sele cted in t he A p plica tion Select ion area and you ri ght-cl ick in the Prof ile Se lecti on Ar ea: Menu It em Descri ption New Opens th e New Param Profile wi ndow wh ere you can enter a n ame f or t he new prof ile in t he L abel fie ld.
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Issue 4.1.D 9.2.3 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 LIST OF PARAMETERS The GEN ERAL prof ile giv es acc ess to the foll owin g lis ts o f pa rame ters (tab s). Genera l Auto R efre sh F ilte ring When se lect ed: each tim e a new cri teri on i s add ed to a filte r, the se arch is au to matica lly st arted wi tho ut pressi ng Return or push ing the Se arch b utto n.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Genera l XedioB roke r ad dress Free te xt fi eld to defi ne the IP a ddres s and p ort number of Xed io B roke r. 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.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment It is pos sibl e to def ine ne w defa ult aud io c hanne l a ssignm ents . You wi ll b e ab le to d efin e conf igur atio ns wi th: • up to 8 s tere o pa irs • up to 5 s tere o pa irs and one 5 .1 g roup • up to 2 s tere o pa irs and t wo 5.1 gro ups. To do so, proc eed as foll ows. 1.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4. Issue 4.1.D Select one of the opt ions : • 2.0 Two au dio chan nels are u sed • 5.1 Six au dio chan nels are u sed 5. Repeat ste ps 3 and 4 for the r emain ing chan nels . 6. If requ ired , you can r e-a ssigne d the or der of t he channel s insi de a gro up . Follow ste ps 6 and 7. Right- clic k an aud io c han nel f ield . The fo llow ing cont extu al menu a ppea rs: • 2.0: • 5.1: 7.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 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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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Import Use Lo ng C lip N ame % SDDAY Shooti ng Number % GUID Clip GU ID Dat e – 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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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Cefilt ermgr Max Da te I nter val Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date parame ter (0 = no limi t). Max Res ult Set Size Field t o def ine th e maxi mum numbe r of it ems w hich wi ll be disp laye d in th e res ult lis t aft er a se arch f i lter ha s been a ppl ied (0 = no limi t ).
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Schedul er record fro m th e Sc hedu le r. Possib le valu es a re: pub l ished , no t p ubli shed or p reviou s state . Schedu ler ReadO nly 9.2.5 When s elec ted: res tric ts the Sched uler acc ess t o read only; reco rds cann ot b e c reated or modi fied . LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO CLEANEDIT The Cl eanEd it prof ile giv es acc ess to the foll owin g lis ts o f pa rame ters (tab s).
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Archiv e lowest pri orit y an d 10 0 = highes t p rior ity. Archiv e Hi Res When se lect ed: a rchi ves high r esolu tio n fil es w hen an archiv ing is r eque sted . Archiv e Lo w Res When se lec ted: arch ive s low reso luti on f iles when a n archiv ing is r eque sted . Delete Hi R es When sele cted : archiv ing.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Browser Video stan dard select ion When s elec ted: ena bles t he se lect ion of t he v ideo standa rds. Cefilt ermgr Allow Chang e Ed it Proper ties When sel ecte d: al lows th e user to c hang e edi t pr opert ies in Ed it Ma nage r. Allow Chang e Me dia Proper ties When sele cted : all ows the proper ties in Medi a Ma na ger.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Cemedia impor t XT When s elec ted: All ows im port of s erver cl ips Cerende ring 2 Availa ble XTNr Free text f ield to en t er a comma-se para ted list of number s for avai labl e EV S video ser ver. If t he fie l d is left empty, all num bers betw e en 1 and 30 a re a llowe d. Id RTP rof Agen t Field to en ter th e DB ID of RTProf age nt.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Player Browsi ng I nter val Accura cy Field to e nter t he int erv al, in mse c, in whi ch th e media player bro wsin g tr ies to b e fram e ac cura te. WARNING: hig h va lues r equire a high ban dwidt h. Enable Dei nter lace Menu When se lec ted: enab les the D eint erla cer m enu (hi-r es mode o nly) .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Recorde r RollLe ft When s elec ted: ena bles t he le ft r olle r to ol RollRi ght When s elec ted: ena bles t he ri ght roll er t ool RollTu rn When s elec ted: ena bles t he cl ip r olle r to ol Schedul er Read O nly When s elec ted: res tric ts the Sched uler acc ess t o read only; reco rds cann ot b e c reated or modi fied .
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Timeli ne Block Font Name Option li st t o se lect the t ext f ont name in timel ine block. Can Ac cele rate When s elec ted: ena bles f ast mo tion . Clips Move Field to e nter th e num b er of fie lds to s hift the select ed clips , to the l eft or to the right , whe n use d in com binat ion with + or – ke y.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Timeli ne Max Dis play DB Field t o ent er th e maxi mum disp laye d val ue fo r audio level . Max Fa st Mo tion Speed Field to en ter the ma xi mum allowe d value i n the Fast Motion spee d dial og box (in p erce nt) if the ‘CanAc celer ate ’ pa ramet er is set to 1.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 TL Butt ons Afx When sele cted : disp lay s the AFX butt on abo ve the timeli ne. Align Lef t When s elec ted: di spla ys the A lign Left bu tton ab ove t he timeli ne. Align Righ t When sel ecte d: di spla ys the Ali gn Righ t butt on a bove th e timeli ne. Blank Clea r When se lect ed: d ispl ays the Bl ank Cl ear butt o n abov e the t imel ine.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 TL Butt ons timeli ne. Move Fr ame When s elec ted: ena bles t he Mov e Fr ame e dit zone . Overwri te When sel ecte d: dis play s the Ins ert/ Overw rite button above the time line. Render ing When s elec ted: dis play s the Re nder ing b utt on a b ove t he timeli ne. Split When sel ecte d: di spla ys the Clip S plit butt on a bove th e timeli ne.
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Issue 4.1.D 9.2.8 Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO BROWSE The Xe dio Brows e pr ofil e gives acc ess to the foll o wing l ists of para mete rs. Genera l Text M ask Field t o ent er th e def au lt base name for a n ew virtua l media. Player 9.2.9 Jog Ra nge H I Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in hi- res. Jog Ra nge LO Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in lo- res.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 9.2.10 LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO APPROVAL The Xe dio Appr oval pro fil e giv es ac cess to the fol l owing list s o f par amet ers . Automat icRes tore Restor e Pr iori ty E dit Clip Field to ent er a v alue corr espo ndin g t o t he Restor e Priori ty w hen an e dit play date is m odi fied .
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Cemedia impor t Still s When s elec ted: all ows im port of im age (sti lls fil es) . Still s Key s When s elec ted: all ows im port of s till s wi th k ey f ile s. Video When s elec ted: all ows im port of v ideo fil es. Wave When s elec ted: all ows im port of f iles wit h wav e f or mat. XDCam When s elec ted: all ows im port of f iles wit h XDC am format .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Cefilt ermgr Allow Cha nge Med ia Proper ties When sele cted : allows the user to ch ange th e media proper ties in Medi a Ma na ger. Max Da te I nter val Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date parame ter (0 = no limi t).
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Cefilt ermgr Allow Cha nge Med ia Proper ties When sele cted : allows the user to ch ange th e media proper ties in Medi a Ma na ger. Max Da te I nter val Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date parame ter (0 = no limi t).
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Storybo ard Playli st playl ist. Allow Voic e Ove r Allows to inse rt v oice ove r tex t 9.2.14 HOW TO EDIT A PARAMETER PROFILE To edi t t he p arame ters v alues of a pr ofil e, p roce e d as foll ows: 1. In th e Ap plic ati on S el ectio n ar ea, sele ct the appl icat ion in whic h a parame ter prof ile shou ld be ed ited . 2. Select th e pr ofil e in the P rofil e Se lect ion area . 3.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 9.3 KEYBOARD PROFILES 9.3.1 INTRODUCTION When you cli ck the Key board Prof iles bu tto n, t he Softwa res Key board Profil es window is di spla yed in t he Work area . It is div id ed into th ree are as such as the Softwa res Param eter Pr o files win dow. Ref er to s e ction 9.2 ‘P arame ter Pro f iles’ on page 6 8 f or mo re i nfor ma tion.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Note The prof ile can also be edit ed. 9.3.4 LIST OF XEDIO CLEANEDIT KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS The Cle anEd it ke yboa rd profi le gi ves a cces s to t he fol lowi ng li sts of pa r ameter s (tabs) .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Recorde r Roll L eft Adds o ne frame to the left par t o f th e ri ght clip of a transi tio n, f rom its sourc e fil e Match Frame Loads the cur rent fi le a nd pi ctur e in th e pl ayer windo w from i ts o rigi nal medi a Match XT Tr ain Loads, in th e Pla yer, t he EVS Se rver r ecor d t rain th at conta ins the image dis pla yed i n th e Rec orde r.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Voiceo ver Mark IN Sets a mar ker for the sta rt of voi ce o ver Mark OU T Sets a mar ker for the end of v oice ove r Play from IN o f la st V O Plays f rom th e beg inni n g of the last voic e ove r recor d (with Prer oll) Play from OUT o f l ast Plays fro m the end of the last vo ice ove r rec ord (with VO Prerol l) 9.3.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 9.4 KEYBOARD MACHINES 9.4.1 INTRODUCTION The pro file s tha t are c reated for k eyboa rd as signme nts ca n be as si gned to workst atio ns t hrou gh t hei r IP addre ss b y th e Ke yb oard M achi nes tool . When y ou c lick th e Ke yb oard M achin es butt on, t he So ftwar es K eybo ard Machin es window is disp laye d in th e Work are a. I t is div ided into thr ee a reas : 1.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 9.5 VIDEO FX 9.5.1 INTRODUCTION The Vide o FX to ol set s the name and de faul t pa ramete rs for the tr ansi ti on, cli p and co nver sion eff ects . When you cli ck the Vi d eo FX butto n, the Vi deo FX window is dis play ed in the Work ar ea. 9.5.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 10. Tools 10.1 INTRODUCTION From the To ols ca tego r y, you can ma nage p roj ects, cl ips , edit s, pla yli sts and broadc aste d it ems, and y ou can de fine cla sses . Nine item s are av aila ble in the Tool s categ ory. They are de tai led in th e table below. Item Descri ption Program Cla ss Manager Allows t o defi ne cla sse s to ca tego rize the edi ts.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 10.2 PROGRAM CLASS MANAGER 10.2.1 INTRODUCTION This to ol is u sed t o def i ne and ma nage the cl as ses str uctu re of t he da ta base. I t allows th e c lassi fica tio n of th e e dits an d t ells th e sys tem that th e e dit h as be en made f or a par ticu lar pro ducti on.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D 10.3 PROJECTS / CLIPS / EDITS / PLAYLISTS MANAGER 10.3.1 INTRODUCTION The Pr ojec ts, Clip s, Ed it s and Play list s Ma nage r tool s ar e des igne d t o s how an overvi ew of t he da taba s e conte nt. T hey mak e it possib le to e dit p rope rt ies and remove und esire d i tems from the data base . Ed i ts may als o be rec over ed af ter delet ion by a use r.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Projects Manager Projec t Men u It em Descri ption Hidden Stat e Allows to chan ge t he “h id e ” st atus . Delete d Sta te Allows to chan ge t he “d el ete ” stat us. Delete Pro jects Allows t he de leti on of the sel ecte d proj ects . T his wil l automa tica lly de lete t he edits a nd cli ps cont aine d in the projec t.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Clip M enu I tem Descri ption Delete Cli p(s) & Purge See se ctio n 10 .3. 4 ‘De let e & Pu rge’ on page 119 . Force D elet e Delete s a cli p with a ll t he refe rence s of it s use in the databa se. I f it is u sed in an edit , this w ill c ause “h oles ” i n the e dit. This o ptio n mu st b e us ed very caut ious ly. Create Miss ing Thumbna ils Create s thumb nail s IN and OUT.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Edit M enu I tem Descri ption Import Edit (s) Allows to im port an e dit: in the Import wi ndow , ri ght-cl ick the Fo lder (s) fiel d an d s elect Add F olde r(s) . Play Opens a p laye r wi ndow i n whic h t he s elec ted edi t can be viewed in low or h igh bitr ate. Show Us ed F ile( s) Shows the list of fil es u s ed by the edi t. Convert Rat io Allows to chan ge t he v ide o rat io.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D 10.3.3 SEARCHING THE DATABASE The Xed io Sui te of fers s everal ways t o fil ter t he databa se. T hey a re des c ribed i n sectio n 6 .6.3 ‘Se arch ing t he Dat abas e’ o n pa ge 4 5. Filter s y ou have de fine d can b e s aved to be app li ed la ter on in one cl ick. Saved Filter s op tio ns ar e de scri bed i n th at s ecti on a s we l l. 10.3.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 10.5 SCRIPT MANAGER A seri es o f scr ipts is ava ilabl e fro m Xed io M anag er and can be a ctiv ated f rom th e Script Man ager . When y ou clic k th e S cript Manag er butt on, the S crip t Ma nage r wi n dow is displa yed in the W ork are a.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D To enable a sc ript , selec t it in the Avai labl e scrip t s list and pre ss the >> b utton to move i t in th e App lie d scr ipts list . 10.6 MONITORING When you clic k the M oni toring b utto n, th e Mon it oring w indow is dis play e d in the Work ar ea. It give s an ov erview of the data base c onten t an d th e di sks cap acity .
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 11. Users 11.1 INTRODUCTION The use rs au thori zed t o access the Xe dio S uite are def ined in Xe dio M anager , under the User s ca tego ry . Three i tems are a vail abl e in th e Use rs ca tego ry. They ar e de tail ed in th e tabl e below. 122 Item Descri ption Manager Manage s th e us ers and a ccess righ ts. Origin Mana ger Manage s th e us er g roup s .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D 11.2 USER MANAGER 11.2.1 INTRODUCTION Login a nd ac cess righ ts have to be de fine d and stored into the d ata base before being abl e to use any of t he Xed io S uite so ftwar e. When y ou c lick the Us ers > Mana ger butt on, the Users Man ager wi ndow i s displa yed in the W ork are a.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 11.2.2 CREATING A USER To cre ate user , co mple te the f ollow ing fie lds and t hen c lick on the A pply b utton . The us er n ame is a dded t o the lis t on the le ft s ide of th e wi ndow. Field Descri ption Check L ocke d Enable s to ch eck ac tive users, i .e. u sers a ssoc iated t o exist ing m edia , pr ojec ts, edits , cl ips or p layl ists .
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager Issue 4.1.D EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 11.3 ORIGIN MANAGER 11.3.1 INTRODUCTION This tool is used to def in e and mana ge the user o rigin , whi ch provi des a s t ructur e for e ach user wit hin the Xedio arch itec ture . Wh en a us er a ccou nt i s cr eate d a u se r origin va lue is e nter ed f o r the user . When you clic k the O r igin Man ager b utt on, t he Orig in Man ager w in dow is displa yed in the W ork are a. 11.3.
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Issue 4.1.D Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 11.4 LICENSE MANAGER The Lic ense Manag er IP addres s is r ead b y eac h works tati on so ftwa re when an applic ati on sta rts. The a pplica tio ns con nect to t his add ress a nd ask for a new availa ble con nect ion (l ic ense). I f allowe d, the ap plica tion wil l launc h, oth erwise , an err or m essag e wi ll b e displa yed and the app lica tion w ill not ope n.
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Xedio Suite Version 4.1 - User Manual – Xedio Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.D 12. Media File Cleaner The Med ia F ile Clea ner is a too l th at a llows t he use r to ret riev e an d list the orphan fil es. T hese are f iles t hat are s tore d on th e media serv er b ut th at are no t refere nced in the Xedi o d atabas e. T hese fi les can be vi ewed and dele ted.
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