User’s Manual Version 4.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.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 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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Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.B Table of content TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................................... III WHAT’S NEW? ............................................................................................................... V 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 2.
Issue 4.1.B 5.2 5.3 5.4 6. 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 IV Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 OVERVIEW OF THE CHANNEL PANE .....................................................................................22 TRANSPORT CONTROLS AND TIMECODE FIELDS ..............................................................22 PLAYLIST CONTEXTUAL MENU ..............................................................................................23 MENU BAR ........
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B 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 Play ou t Organiz er from Xe dio S uite 3.0 2 and 4.0 1 (comp ared to Xedio Suit e 3 .01) . 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.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.B 1. Introduction Playou t Org aniz er all ows a user t o crea te, e dit and more gene rall y man age the broadc ast pl ayli sts. Fr o m databas e items or f ro m MOS rundown s, a pla ylist may be assi gned to o ne or tw o SDI ou tput chan nels all owing t he us er to sta rt a playou t sessio n (all out put cha n nels can be con trol led b y one single Pl ayou t Or ganize r workst atio n).
Issue 4.1.B Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 2. User Interface 2.1 OPENING PLAYOUT ORGANIZER To star t the Xedi o Pla y out Org aniz er ap plic atio n, cli ck on the Xedio Playo ut O rgani zer icon on the desk top. This w ill di spla y a log i n scr een wher e y ou ne ed to en ter you r userna me a nd p asswo rd. 2.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.B Area Nu mber Area Na me 1. Con tent s Pa ne This p ane p rovi des f ilt ers and se arch opt ions . The y will retu rn a lis t o f av aila ble mate ri al pr esen t in th e da taba s e whic h c an be in sert ed i nto a pl ayli st . 2. Pl ayli st P ane This pane is use d t o c reate a new play lis t or to edit an exist ing play list . 3.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3. The Contents Pane 3.1 INTRODUCTION The Cont ents p ane is us ed to fin d and se lect t he elemen ts t hat the user w ants to us e in a p layl ist , or to sel ect and open an exist ing play list . The upper p art of th e pa ne provi des a sele ctio n criter ia are a, fil ters an d search opt ions , whic h can be use d t o na rrow th e resu lts lis t.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3.2 FILTER VIEW 3.2.1 FILTER VIEW ACTIVATION To act ivat e t he F ilte r Vi e w, pre ss t he The bu tton tu rns then red 3.2.2 but ton. and spe cifi c Fi lter fie ld s are disp laye d AVAILABLE FILTER OPTIONS In Filt er vi ew it i s pos sible t o fil ter t he da ta using a combi nati on of variou s criter ia, as deta iled bel o w.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 T YPE OF M ATERIAL • Media: prov ides a l ist of items corr espo ndin g to f iles a s in gest ed or imp or ted into the Xed io sui te envi ronmen t, or crea ted on an EVS Video Ser ver, o r to virtua l me dia crea ted wit h Xedi o Br owse and pub li shed. • Edits are the edit s cr eat ed in Clea nEdi t.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 3.3 SEARCH VIEW 3.3.1 SEARCH VIEW ACTIVATION To act ivat e t he S earch Vi ew, pr ess the The bu tton tu rns then red 3.3.2 but ton . and spe cifi c Se arch fie l ds are dis play ed: AVAILABLE SEARCH OPTIONS The se arch view req uire s an e ntry in the Sear ch f or fie ld to f ind cont ents .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B 3.4 EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 CONTENTS LIST CONTEXTUAL MENU A cont extu al m enu is a va ilabl e whe n yo u ri ght- clic k on a med ia i tem in t he l ist: Menu It em Descri ption Add Med ia to Playl ist Adds the sele cted medi a item to the Play list pa n e, at the curren t po sit ion. Previe w med ia Opens a Pl ayer win dow a nd lo ad t he s elec ted item .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.B 4. The Playlist Pane 4.1 INTRODUCTION The Play list p ane is de si gned to bu ild pl ayli sts. I t is sometim es ref erred t o as the Builde rs w indow . 4.2 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYLIST PANE The upper pa rt of the Playli st pan e displ ays i nforma tion re late d to th e loaded playl ist and prov ides tra n sport but tons and time co de fi elds .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B 4.2.1 EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 TRANSPORT CONTROLS Operat ion User I nter face Butto n Meaning Force Low Resolut ion Forces a p layl ist to be p l ayed o ut in low re solu tion ins tead of the d efau lt high resol uti on. Cue Loads the pla ylis t on the outpu t channe l. Play Starts th e pl ayou t of the playl ist. Play O n Tim e Allows to star t t he p layou t of the playl ist at a pre defi ned ti me.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Operat ion User I nter face Butto n Meaning during th is s hort per iod o f time . 4.2.2 TIMECODE VALUE FIELDS Both t imeco de d ispl ays in th e upp er r ight par t of t he P layl ist p ane can be confi gured indep ende ntly .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B 4.2.3 EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 RESOLUTION COLUMNS DISPLAY I NTRODUCTION The fir st th ree c olumn s, Res, HR a nd LR, give inform atio n on p layl ist e lement resolu tion . As broadc asti ng is a pr iorit y, when hi -res med i a is not avail able , the Playou t Organi zer w ill for ce t he p layou t in lo- res. R ES C OLUMN The col umn is fil led o nly when th e pla ylis t elem ent is cued .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Displa y Meanin g P Some me dia of the edit a re arc hive d an d de lete d ( ARCHIDEL sta tus) . P is used for par tial . D ISPLAY A CCORDING TO M EDIA A VAILABILITY The fo llow ing tabl e gi ves indic ati on on the res olut i on col umns sta tus d epen ding o n the av ail abil ity of t he m edia a nd d epen ding on whethe r th e lo w res olut i on has been force d.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B 4.2.4 EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 PLAYLIST CONTEXTUAL MENU A cont extu al m enu is a va ilabl e whe n yo u ri ght- clic k on a pl ayli st i tem in t he list : Menu It em Descri ption Insert Comme nt Inser t a commen t l ine bef ore t he s elec ted play list i tem. Remove Item Removes the se lect ed it em: play list eleme nt or comment line. View/Ad just ite m Allows trimm ing the s el ected eleme nt.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4.3 PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT 4.3.1 OPENING A PLAYLIST Issue 4.1.B By defa ult, w hen t he s oftwar e is st arte d, an empty p layl ist is open e d in the Playli st pane . A new emp ty playl ist can al so be op ened by sele ctin g New P layli st from t he F ile menu of the main Menu bar . An exi stin g p layl ist can b e open ed in o ne o f th e fo llowin g wa ys: 4.3.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4.4 PLAYLIST EDITING 4.4.1 ADDING ITEMS TO A PLAYLIST The appro val of it ems ma y be mandato ry befo re th eir inser tio n into a pla yli st if the parame ter Fo rce Ap prov al has be en en able d in Xedio Ma nager > Sof t wares > Parame ter P rofi les .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 User i nter face ite ms s pec ific to t his wind ow ar e de scribe d be low. User I nter face Element Descri ption Loads the fir st f rame of t he or igin al p layl ist eleme nt. Loads the las t fr ame o f t he or igin al p layl ist eleme nt. Media B ar The Medi a Bar is th e graphi cal r epre sent atio n of the displa yed cli p wit hin the entir e med ia t he c lip bel o ngs t o.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 User I nter face Element Descri ption Moves the OUT p oint 1 fr ame be hind (whit e) Marks a new IN poin t Marks a new OUT poin t Jumps to t he new Mar k IN point, o r to IN poi n t of the origin al play list elem ent i f it has not been upd ated . Jumps t o the new Ma rk OUT poi nt, o r to OU T poi nt of t he origin al play list elem ent i f it has not been upd ated .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4.4.4 Issue 4.1.B ADDING COMMENTS TO A PLAYLIST You can ins ert com ment s betwee n two item s of a playli st. Th e commen ts appear as a tex t l ine and do not affec t t he p layo ut in any way . R ight -cli ck w here y ou wa nt to in sert a c ommen t an d select Ins ert comme nt f r om the con text ual menu . 4.4.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 4.5 PLAYOUT MANAGEMENT 4.5.1 SETTING THE START MODE Three sta rt mode s are av ailab le by clic king t he ar row in the Sta rt col umn f or each elemen t: Start Mode Behavi or CONTINUOU S When th e Star t mod e of all th e pla ylis t elem ents i s set to CONTINUOU S, the y will be aut omati call y chaine d toget her.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 Issue 4.1.B In th e Out put fiel d, s elec t the har dware hos ting th e Play out serv er : Once t he o pera tion is c omplet ed, you h ave acc ess to the pla y but tons from t he Playli st pane and from th e Chan nel pane . The Ch anne l pa ne i ndic at es th at t he c hann el i s lo c ked by th e us er.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 5. The Channel Pane 5.1 INTRODUCTION The Cha nnel pane sho ws the stat us o f all pl ayout serv ers i ndiv idua l ly. Ea ch playou t s erver cor resp on ds to one out put chan nel. 5.2 OVERVIEW OF THE CHANNEL PANE The up per part of the Channe l pa ne p rovi des transp ort but tons and ti mecode field s.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 5.4 Issue 4.1.B PLAYLIST CONTEXTUAL MENU A cont extu al m enu is a va ilabl e whe n yo u ri ght- clic k on a pl ayli st i tem in t he list : Menu It em Descri ption Open P layl ist Loads the corr espo ndin g playl ist for e dit ing in t he Playl i st pane. T his op tion is ava ilabl e only if the play list is not alread y op ened .
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer Issue 4.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6. Menu Bar 6.1 INTRODUCTION Severa l comman ds are a vailab le from th e Menu B ar at the top of the Xe dio Playout organi zer wind ow. Only t he func tion s sp ecif i c to the Play out orga nize r are desc ribe d he reaf ter. The fo llow ing opti ons are avai labl e fr om t he To ols menu. 6.2 COLORS The colo rs of th e Tools>O ptio n>Col ors.
Xedio Version 4.1 - User’s Manual – Xedio Playout Organizer EVS Broadcast Equipment – December 2011 6.3 Issue 4.1.B DEFAULT START MODE The de faul t s tart mode ca n be set via the menu To ols>Op tion> Optio ns. 6.4 BROADCASTED ITEMS The so ftwa re c an r ecord all i tems bein g p layed ou t in a ta ble with in t he dat abase. To show the tab le, sele ct Broadc asted Mana ger f rom th e Too ls me nu o f th e Menu bar.
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