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Version 10.04 - January 2011

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Operating Manual Version 10.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A C OPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2010-2011. All rights reserved. D ISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for inform ational use only and subject to change without notice.
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Issue 10.04.A II XSense – Version 10.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... III OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 1 1. 1.1 1.2 2. INITIAL CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 5.3 PLAYBACK MODE ....................................................................................................................21 5.4 SYNCHRONISATION MODE (SWITCH TO IN) .........................................................................21 5.5 DEFINITION OF CONTROLLED AND PRIMARY CHANNELS .................................................22 5.5.1 Controlled Channel ..................................
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 9.3.14 Clip Screen – Extended View ................................................................................................59 9.4 USING THE VDR PANEL ..........................................................................................................60 9.4.1 VDR Panel – Lower Section ..................................................................................................60 9.4.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.6.1 How to Name a Playlist From the VGA Playlist Bank Screen................................................91 11.6.2 How to Name the Current Playlist on the VGA Playlist Screen .............................................91 11.6.3 How to Name the Current Element in the Loaded Playlist ....................................................91 11.7 BROWSING WITHIN A PLAYLIST ....................................
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.15.4 Default Duration for the Audio and Video Transitions .........................................................117 11.15.5 Associations of Audio and Video Transition Types .............................................................117 11.15.6 Default Mode for Extending a Transition .............................................................................118 11.15.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 13.3 SELECTING A SERVER ON XNET .........................................................................................145 13.4 OPERATIONS..........................................................................................................................147 13.4.1 How to Recall/Play Back a Remote Clip .............................................................................147 13.4.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Overview The aim of this manual is to familiarize the operator with the Multicam software for EVS High Definition and Standard Definition servers, and its Remote Panel, so as to learn as quickly and efficiently as possible the basic operations. The CLIP & PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT functions allow the operator to keep up to 5400 clips on a server and of course to replay all or some of them.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1. Initial Configuration 1.1 APPLICATION SELECTION The EVS software is used for configuration and maintenance operations. It is also used to select which application configuration to run, since EVS disk recorders have the ability to run various configurations. In the associated AVCFG module, you can also specify the channel configuration you want to use and several audio and video parameters.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.2 Issue 10.04.A CONFIGURATION ON XSENSE REMOTE Before you start using the XSense application, you need to ensure that the parameters are properly defined in the Setup menu of the Remote Panel, and in the Setup Configuration module of the Multicam application. The new parameters are saved as soon as they are modified.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2. Remote Controller 2.1 GENERAL LAYOUT The following diagram shows the Remote Panel along with a brief description of each area.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Note The operational buttons have PRIMARY and SECONDARY functions and are divided into upper and lower sections. By pressing the SHIFT button you gain access to the secondary functions. 1. F-keys & buttons small Multi-purpose keys 2. Soft keys With LCD display, allows the operator to enter the Multicam MENU system 3. Jog dial Used to accurately cue disk recorder 4.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 5. 6. 2.2 Operational Block 2 PLAY Initiates playback NETWORK Enters the XNet menu. (connect to other servers on the network) LAST CUE Re-cues EVS server to previous cue point GOTO TC Allows timecode entry, with «F» keys FAST JOG Used with jog dial for rapid, manual re-cue. This mode is automatically reset after PLAY/LIVE commands. MARK Used to enter re-usable cue point (256 cycling cues).
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2.3 F-KEYS & SMALL BUTTONS F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 MENU SHIFT CLEAR ENTER This button provides access to the Secondary Menu. Also used as CANCEL in some messages when confirmation is required. MENU Note: SHIFT + MENU returns to Main menu Enables use of the secondary key functions. Note: This key remains active even if released, until another key has been hit.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 The LCD display is divided in two menus. • To access the secondary functions in the operational menu ( A’ to D’), press the SHIFT button. • To access the secondary m enu, press MENU from the remote controller. The secondary menu is used to define settings that do not require regular changes, without having to return to the Setup menu. • To return to the operational menu, press the MENU key again.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3. Main Menu I NTRODUCTION After the boot sequence of the Multicam system, the LCD screen of the Remote Control panel will display the Main menu: 2Rec 4Play F1: 1 Remote F2: 2 Remotes F3: 3 Remotes F4: 4 Remotes F5: Char. On/Off F6: F7: F8: F9: F0: Split Paint 1PGM+PRV 3 PGM Server Exit Clear all clips Stop Record Fill Playlist Save Clips+Plist Target Ver:10.03.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 F UNCTION K EYS IN THE M AIN M ENU Select the corresponding Function key (F_ key), and then press ENTER to validate the selection. Function Key Use F1 to F4 If desired, the Multicam system can be run using 1, 2, 3 or 4 EVS Remote Panels. Depending on the num ber of pla y channels available in the current configuration, 1-, 2-, 3- or 4Remote modes will be available from the Main menu.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Function Key Use F9: Fill Playlist «Dump» feature which allows all clips to be «dumped» at the end of the current playlist. This allows the operator to save all material to tape, as a backup feature after a show is complete. You can select in the Setup menu which camera angles have to be included in the Fill Play-List function.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4. Remote Panel Operations 4.1 OPERATIONS 4.1.1 RECORD This key lights red when the system is recording. Pressing this key brings the system in E/E (“live”) mode, and starts the record if necessary (depending on the settings of the Setup menu). The E/E mode is actually playing pictures already recorded by the system, and has a delay of 3 frames compared to the live source, on all audio and video tracks. 4.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4.1.5 Issue 10.04.A IN This function defines the IN point of a clip. The key will light differently depending in the following situations: 4.1.6 Green key The key lights green if an IN point exists but is not the image you see. Red key The key lights red if the on-air image is at this IN point. This point can be entered while recording.
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Issue 10.04.A 4.1.8 XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 FAST JOG When selected, this option enables fast picture search: the actual speed of this fast jog is adjustable in the Setup menu. Starting a play or returning to E2E mode resets the Fast Jog mode. Important The jog dial is active at all times when the system is in play & record.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4.1.13 MENU This function allows the operator to gain access to the secondary menu. SHIFT+MENU on the Remote gains access to the Main menu. Also used as an ESCAPE key to cancel some options and messages. 4.1.14 CLEAR This function clears the IN / OUT/ playlist / CLIPS / CUE points. Note • To clear one CUE point, recall the desired cue point and press CLEAR + MARK key.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 SHIFT+C, enter the date in the following format dd/mm/yy using the F1 to F10 keys and press ENTER on the Remote. 3. To specify a date up to which the search should be executed, press SHIFT+D and enter the date in the following format dd/mm/yy using the F1 to F10 keys and press ENTER on the Remote. 4.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 4.1.18 LOOP It enables the internal loop mode. The button will flash red in this mode and “LOOP” will appear on the OSD of the output monitors. When the user selects the Loop mode, the loop has to be cabled from the HD/SD “clean” output of PGM1 to the Loop In connector.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4.1.21 REBOOTING THE SYSTEM FROM THE XSENSE REMOTE «Hard Reboot» In the event that the system needs to be rebooted, the process can be accomplished from the Remote Panel. Keep in mind that doing this while Multicam is running will of course force the Multicam application to close abruptly, and up t o 1 minute of the material being recorded and not clipped could be lost.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • “7” refers to the clip number (1 to 10) inside the bank Note To identify remote clips when using the XNet SDTI network, the number of the clip is followed by the number of the machine on the network. i.e. Clip 547B/04 SHIFT + F10 = playlist BANK This combination of keys gives access to the playlists’ banks. Within each clip page there are 10 playlists.
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Issue 10.04.A 4.3 XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 CLIP NUMBERING HIERARCHY Multicam can store up to 900 (multiplied by the number of cameras) clips and 100 playlists in its libraries. 900 clips with up to 6 camera angles per clip result in 5400 clips on a server. This number is displayed in the upper right window of the VGA Setup screen ( SHIFT+F2 from the PC keyboard).
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 5. Control Mode Multicam can be set in three different basic modes, depending on commands used. 5.1 LIVE (E2E) MODE This mode selected at start-up can also be selected by pushing the RECORD key. Multicam records the input signal and plays it at the same time on the program output. 5.2 SEARCH MODE This mode is selected by moving the jog dial.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Cue In1 Cue In1 Clip A Cue In2 Cue In2 Clip B Cue In3 Cue In3 Clip C Cue In4 Cue In4 Clip D If a CUE IN point has not been previously defined, Multicam acts as in SW to IN OFF mode (even if SW to IN ON is shown) because the system has no reference to jump to. 5.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 5.6 Issue 10.04.A PREFERENCE MODE (PREF) When this option is ON and a clip is recalled, the preferred camera will be displayed on the main output, even if another camera angle was previously loaded on that output. The preferred camera is the one, which was on the primary output channel when the clip was created.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 6. PGM-PRV Mode 6.1 1PGM+PRV (PRESS A FROM MAIN MENU) PGM1 CAM A Aud.Met. Mix. P.1 B.1 PL 11: < Msg: Rst Cam Cam A *PRV1* CAM B PgmSpd PostRoll Sw to IN Pref Search Clips: LOCAL Records: LOCAL Local Sync Prv 2nd CTRL Cam B Cam C Cam D At least 2 playback channels must be available to run this configuration.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A PgmSpd/VarMax Pressing PgmSpd once enables the Program Speed mode and highlights this function on the LCD. The PLAY key is flashing red while the PgmSpd mode is enabled. • Program Speed mode: In this mode, only the speed value defined in the setup (p.6.1 F3) is available in playback. • Var Max mode: The Var Max mode is not available on EVS servers.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • When a clip is played, it will not stop on the Short OUT point, but will continue to play through the Short OUT point by the Post-Roll duration defined in the Setup Menu. • When a record train is played, the same will happen if the Record Train OUTs parameter is set to “Freeze” in the Setup menu. • When a playlist is played, the Post-Roll will apply only to the last clip of the playlist.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Rst Cam This function restores the position of cameras on the active channels: CAM A on PGM1, CAM B on PRV. Note When a clip/playlist is loaded on a channel, switching back to Live mode will recall the record train, which was last used on that output. This avoids too frequent uses of the RST CAM function.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 7. Multi PGM Mode 7.1 1/2/3 PGM MODES (PRESS A OR B FROM MAIN MENU) Multicam has two modes for its basic operation, 1 PRV/PGM mode or Multi PGM mode: • The 1PGM+PRV mode, as described previously, is the more powerful of the two, allowing for interaction between all outputs. Here, synchronized replays can be rolled and chained between the cameras with either a mix, wipe, or cut between them.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 7.1.2 Issue 10.04.A OPERATIONAL MENU The operational menu in Multi PGM mode gives access to the functions detailed in the following paragraphs: Rst Cam This function restores the position of cameras on the active channels: CAM A on PGM1, CAM B on PGM2, etc. Note When a clip/playlist is loaded on a channel, switching back to Live mode will recall the record train, which was last used on that output.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Note The 1PGM mode is a simplified version of the 2 or 3PGM modes. The operational menu has less functions: Local Cam A Cam B 2nd CTRL Cam C Cam D Also, the user does not need to select a channel to enable or disable the secondary controller. Since there is only 1 channel available in this mode, the operator just has to press SHIFT + D to swap the control between the secondary controller and the EVS remote.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Playlist Conditional Mode This mode is only available in 2PGM and 3PGM modes. It allows the operator to load and control several playlists simultaneously from the same Remote Panel, or to load a playlist on one channel while performing other operations on the other channel(s). To use this mode, the “Load Playlist” parameter of the setup menu must be set to “Conditional” (p.4.2 F5).
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 8. Video Delay When the Multicam software has been configured with a base configuration = Video Delay in the Channel Parameters menu, the Delay Screen will appear autom atically when the application is started. In this case, all play channels will be available from the Delay screen.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A How to Configure the Video Delay Parameters of a Play Channel 1. Select the play channel to configure by pressing ALT+ the corresponding F_ key on the PC keyboard (ex: ALT+F1 for PGM1, ALT+F2 for PGM2/PRV, etc) 2. If you want to use another server on the SDTI network as a source, press SHIFT-F7 on the PC keyboard to call up the network list. Use the arrow keys to select a server, and press ENTER to validate. 3.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 9. Clip Management 9.1 INTRODUCTION 9.1.1 CLIP STRUCTURE A clip is defined by Short IN and Short OUT points. When referring to Short IN and Short OUT points, the operators usually use the terms IN point and OUT point.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Note • Protect IN & Protect OUT points of a clip cannot be replaced by new ones. • Short IN & Short OUT points of a clip can be replaced by new ones. • Short OUT point is excluded. The clip freezes on previous field when playing back (with Post-Roll disabled). • (Short) IN & OUT are always on even fields. This is automatic.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 9.2 USING THE EVS REMOTE PANEL 9.2.1 HOW TO CREATE A CLIP To define a clip, proceed as follows: 1. Select the LIVE mode. 2. Using the jog dial, define your Short IN point. Press the IN key to mark your Short IN point of the clip. 3. Search for the desired Short OUT point and then press the OUT key to mark it. A clip can be created with only IN point or only OUT point.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A E XAMPLE To create the clip on the position n°212 (page 2, bank 1, clip location 2): 1. Press SHIFT+PAGE+F2 to select page 2. 2. Press SHIFT+F1 to select bank n°1. 3. Press F2 to select location n°2 on the selected page and bank. Important The AUTO-SAVE process automatically saves clips and playlists at least every minute. With Multicam 5.03.25 or higher, playlists are included in the AUTO-SAVE process.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 will appear at that location only. In the case of a clip containing a single camera angle (only an «A», «B», «C » or «D» clip), when in full control of all outputs, the clip recalled will appear on the prim ary channel.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 When the OUT point of the clip is not known, the remaining time display switches to --:--:--:-- until the entire clip is copied. 9.2.6 CLEARING CLIPS W HICH C LIPS C AN BE D ELETED ? You can clear clips available on disks or growing clips. The function key that corresponds to the clip location on the Remote Panel must be green for the user to be able to delete it: • Loaded clips cannot be deleted.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 H OW TO C LEAR A LL U NPROTECTED C LIPS The Clear All Clips command will only delete the non-protected clips. The clips stored on protected pages as defined in the Setup, as well as the clips protected by another protocol, or clips included in playlists, will not be deleted by this operation. To clear all non protected clips, proceed as follows: 1. Go to the Main menu (SHIFT + MENU) 2.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A P RINCIPLES A BOUT M OVING C LIPS When moving a clip using the Move function, the reference to this clip in playlists will automatically be updated. This is very useful when an operator wishes to reorganize his clips across different pages and banks, since playlists will not be affected.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Copy Clip Cam A B 113 to Clip 141 [Menu]: Cancel [Enter]: Confirm COPY 4. MOVE SHORT CLIP Select the COPY or MOVE function by pressing the A or B key. The corresponding function will be highlighted on the LCD and the message on the OSD will be updated accordingly. 5. Select the CLIP or CAM mode with the D key. 6. Select the SHORT or LONG mode with the C key. 7.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Press MENU to access the secondary menu. If no keyword file is selected in the setup, the LCD display will be: 1keyword890123 2 keyword89012 3 keyword89012 111A Push Aux Clip Post-Roll >Archive *** Cam In this mode of the secondary menu, clips can still be directly recalled using the F1-F10 keys of the Remote Panel.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 In both cases, a message appears for a few seconds on the LCD to confirm that the clip is being pushed and indicating the clip location where it will be stored on the receiving machine. If the Receive Page(s) defined on the destination machine is (are) full, the operator who tries pushing the clip is notified.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A N AME The Name function is only available if a keyword file is selected in the Setup menu. It is used to name a clip based on available keywords. Refer to the Chapter 10 ‘Keyword Management’, on page 66 for more details. When the Name function is selected, pressing SHIFT+C again will call the Search function. S EARCH The Search function is “hidden” behind the Name function.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 5. Press the OUT key to mark a new Short OUT point. The new Short OUT point is instantly saved. Press the PLAY key to play the clip. The replay will stop at the new Short OUT point (or after the Short OUT point if the Post-Roll mode is enabled). GOTO IN and GOTO OUT You can use Goto IN and Goto OUT functions to jump immediately onto Short IN or Short OUT points respectively. 9.2.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 9.3 Issue 10.04.A USING THE CLIP SCREEN The VGA Clip screen is accessed by selecting the F9 key on the keyboard. With this screen, clips can be recalled using the pen and tablet or directly from the keyboard. Important The action performed on a channel from the Clip screen is concurrent to any other controller that might be assigned to that channel: EVS Remote Panel or external protocol.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Note The abbreviated word “(Loc.)” appears next to the name if the local machine is currently selected for clips and/or for record trains. The clips displayed in the clip screen belong to this machine. 9.3.3 THE FUNCTION BAR The second line displays the available functions.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A F6: KW1 This option calls the On-Air Keyw ord screen. Refer to the Chapter 10 ‘Keyword Management’, on page 66 for more details. F7: KW2 This option calls the Off-Air Keyw ord Screen. Refer to the Chapter 10 ‘Keyword Management’, on page 66 for more details. SHIFT+F7:Delay This function calls the Video Delay VGA screen. Refer to the Chapter 8 ‘Video Delay’, on page 32.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 F9:Connect This option calls the CONNECT window. This window allows the operator to connect to the clips and record trains of other machine on the network.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 9.3.4 Issue 10.04.A THE CLIP INFORMATION AREA The next area is the Clip Information Area which displays the clips of the selected page and bank(s). Two clips’ banks are displayed at a time. For each clip and camera angle, the following inform ation is available: Field Description Clip ID Unique identifier of the clip on the server.
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Issue 10.04.A 9.3.5 XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 THE CLIP MANAGEMENT AREA N AME C APTURE F IELD This is the only capture area of the screen. It is used to enter the name to assign to a clip/playlist, or to enter the ID of a clip to recall. M ODE F IELD It indicates if the clip screen is currently in CLIP or CAM mode. In CLIP mode, actions on a clip will use all available cameras for this clip.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Command Description channel clips called using the keyboard/tablet and VGA should be loaded. Press ALT + F1 on the keyboard to select PGM1, ALT + F2 for PGM2/PRV, ALT + F3 for PGM3, etc. This function is useful to load clips on channels that cannot be controlled by an EVS Remote Panel, or to allow an AP to browse clips on a play channel not used by the main operator.
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Issue 10.04.A 9.3.8 XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 HOW TO NAME A CLIP 1. In the Clip screen, select the clip to name in one of the following ways: • Click on the clip with the stylus • Positioning the green arrows around the desired clip with the keyboard. 2. Type in the desired name with the keyboard. All characters available from the keyboard are accepted, including blanks. 3.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 9.3.10 RECALLING A CLIP H OW TO C ALL A C LIP B ELONGING TO THE M ACHINE YOU A RE C ONNECTED TO The machine to which you are connected is indicated on the left side of the Title Bar. To call a clip belonging to the machine you are connected to, proceed as follows: 1. Type either the 3 or 4 digits of the ID. Ex: 111 or 111A. The entry appears in the Name field. 2.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 9.3.12 HOW TO RESTRIPE THE TIMECODE OF THE CURRENT CLIP To restripe the timecode of the current clip, proceed as follows: 1. Recall the clip by moving the cursor on the desired clip and pressing ENTER, or by clicking on it with the stylus. 2. Press ALT-T on the keyboard to call the SET TC function. The Set Timecode screen is displayed (without TC Type field with PAL – refer to note below): 3.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 9.3.13 MOVING AND COPYING CLIPS Copying and moving clips in the VGA are performed using the CUT, COPY and PASTE functions. G ENERAL P RINCIPLES • If the clipboard was filled using the Cut function, the original clip(s) is/are deleted after being pasted to the new location. • In CAM mode, only the selected camera of the clip is Cut/Copied/Pasted. In CLIP mode, all camera angles of the clip are Cut/Copied.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 CTL+V: PASTE (L ONG C OPY ) With the Long copy, the entire original clip is copied, including its guardbands, to the destination. 1. Move the cursor to the clip/playlist location where the content of the clipboard should be copied. 2. Press CTRL + V or click to the corresponding area on the screen. The clip in the clipboard is copied to the selected location in Long mode.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 9.3.14 CLIP SCREEN – EXTENDED VIEW The extended view shows cameras A to F instead of A to D. Only 1 bank can be viewed at a time. The switch between standard and extended view is done by pressing F5 on the keyboard or by clicking on the “F5:VIEW” area on the screen.
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Issue 10.04.A 9.4 XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 USING THE VDR PANEL The VGA VDR Panel is accessed from any VGA screen by pressing SHIFT+F9 on the keyboard. The lower section of the VDR Panel is similar to the clip screen, with the same functions. The upper section of the VDR Panel features 2 windows that can each take control of one channel of the server. Pressing SHIFT+F9 in the VDR Panel returns the VGA to the Clip screen mode. 9.4.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Important The control of a channel from the VDR Panel is concurrent to any other controller that might be assigned to that channel: EVS Remote Panel or external protocol. A command sent from the VDR Panel to a channel will overwrite whatever the channel was doing at that time. The name of the channel currently assigned to each window is displayed on the top of each of them.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 H OW TO L OAD A C LIP Use the arrow keys to move the cursor inside the lower section of the VDR Panel to the desired clip and press ENTER, or click on the desired clip with the stylus, or type the desired clip ID and press F3. To select a different camera angle inside a clip, press ALT + the letter of the desired camera (A/B/C/D/E/F), or click on it.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4. Press ALT + S to save the clip. The Save as window opens, giving the operator the opportunity to name / rename the clip if needed. Pressing ENTER will save the clip to the current cursor location in the lower section of the VDR Panel.
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Issue 10.04.A 9.4.4 XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 VDR PANEL – RECORDER WINDOW The VDR Panel Recorder can be used to start/stop the record, and to create clips from the local record trains. For exam ple, it allows the creation of clips on a server that has no Play channel. H OW TO S TART /S TOP THE R ECORD Press ALT+R to start or stop the record on the record channel assigned to the window. No confirmation is required.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A creating the clip, this timecode will replace the original timecode of the Short IN point. 6. Press ALT+S to save the clip(s). The operator still has the opportunity to rename the clip during this operation. He can then save the clip to the current cursor location by pressing ENTER, or to the first available clip location on the current server by pressing ALT+U.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10. Keyword Management Each clip of the server can be assigned 3 keywords and a ranking. Values for ranking are: -, *, **, ***. The keywords are selected from a user defined keywords file that can contain up to 200 keywords of 12 characters. This information (keywords, ranking) can then be combined with other criteria (timecode, dates) to search the server’s database for matching clips.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.1.2 SELECTING THE CURRENT KEYWORD FILE In the Multicam application, the keyw ord file can be selected either from the VGA Setup screen, or from the Setup menu of the EVS Remote Panel (p.3.2 F1). The operator can select any file from all the .KWD files present in the Multicam\DIRECTORY .
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Select a local keywords file from the Setup. If you select “SERVER” as keywords file in the setup, i.e. the file distributed by the network server, you will not be allowed to edit it. Go to the Off-Air Keyword Screen by pressing F7 on the keyboard.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.2 ASSIGNING KEYWORDS USING THE VGA SCREEN 10.2.1 KEYWORD WINDOWS Keywords can be assigned to clips using the On-Air Keyword screen (F6:KW1), or the Off-Air Keyword screen (F7:KW2). The On-Air Keyword screen is used to assign keywords to the clip loaded on the primary channel of the 1 s t user, meaning that a play channel is used during this operation.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 10.2.2 HOW TO ASSIGN A KEYWORD TO A CLIP Move the cursor to the desired keyword and press ENTER, or click on the keyword with the stylus. The keyw ord will be assigned to the first available keyw ord location on the last line of the screen. Repeat this to assign more keywords (up to 3) to the current clip.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.2.7 HOW TO CLEAR ALL KEYWORDS AND THE RANKING OF A CLIP Press ALT+DEL or click on ALT+DEL:CLR ALL: all keywords assigned to the clip will be removed, and the ranking will be reset to the lowest level (“ -“). 10.2.8 HOW TO NAME A CLIP USING THE KEYWORDS: Move the cursor to the desired keyword and press ALT+N. The keyword is added at the end of the current name if there is enough space left.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.3 SEARCHING THE DATABASE USING THE VGA SCREEN 10.3.1 SEARCH WINDOW Press F8 to access the Search Screen. The VGA Search screen is made up of several areas that will be named as follows, from the top to the bottom: 1.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.3.2 SEARCH CRITERIA AND SEARCH OPTIONS S EARCH C RITERIA Different criteria can be combined to search the database. They can be defined in the Search Criteria available at the bottom of the screen. When you access the Search screen, the criteria that were last defined are still available on the screen.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Criteria Description clear some of them to select new keywords. Archive status This restricts the search to the clips having the archive status selected.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 When performing the search, only the clips matching all criteria defined by the operator will be included in the search results. Press CTR L+S (or click on the corresponding area) to search the local database, or press ALT+S (or click on the corresponding area) to search the entire network database. 10.3.4 SEARCH RESULTS The results of the database search are displayed in the Search Results screen.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 B ROWSING T HROUGH R ESULTS AND L OADING A C LIP The operator can browse this list with the ↑ /↓ arrow keys, PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys. If the Browse mode of that screen is ON (F5:BROWSE), the clip will be loaded on the primary play channel as soon as it is selected. If the Browse mode is OFF, the operator must press ENTER after selecting the clip to load it.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.4 ASSIGNING KEYWORDS USING THE REMOTE PANEL 10.4.1 KEYWORD SETTINGS A keywords file must be selected in the Setup to enable the keyword assignment functions on the EVS Remote Panel. • In the Setup menu of the remote, the operator can choose between 2 different keyword modes: “List” (default) or “Numeric”. • In LIST mode, the list of keywords will 8 keywords, and the operator can corresponding F_ key.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 current picture is the Short IN point of the clip. If all 3 keywords locations are occupied, the operator has to clear some of them to be able to assign a new keyword to that clip. To clear one of the keywords already assigned, press CLEAR + F1 / F2 / F3 in the secondary clip menu. The clip can also be nam ed based on the keywords. Press the Name function (C key) in the secondary menu, then select keywords.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.4.3 ASSIGNING KEYWORDS IN NUMERIC MODE To assign keywords to a clip in numeric mode, recall the clip, then press MENU to access the secondary clip menu on the Remote Panel. 1 player_B10123 2 2action_689012 action_889012 Enter keyword # 3 keyword89012 111A 8 with F_ keys + ENTER Push Aux Clip >Archive *** PostRoll Name Cam Enter the keyword position in the list using the F_ keys.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 10.5 SEARCHING THE DATABASE USING THE REMOTE PANEL Keywords and ranking assigned to clips can be used to search the clips database. When the current element on the primary channel is a record train, the Search function is directly available from the C position in the secondary menu. To call it, press MENU to enter the secondary train menu, then press once the C key.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Clips not archived >Archive Clips to be archived >Archive (blinking) Clips archived >Archive It is possible to include trains in the search. The B key allows to toggle between C LIPS/CLIPS+REC/R EC. From Date / To Date Selecting a From Date and To Date can be done using the SHIFT+C and SHIFT+D keys. Pressing on any of those keys changes the display on the key to dd/mm/yy to indicate the date format.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Adding the search results to the current playlist It is possible to directly add all search results (clips only) to the current playlist. Press ENTER on the selected clip to insert only that one. Press SHIFT+ENTER to insert all clips to the end of the current playlist.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11. Playlist Management 11.1 GENERAL INFORMATION P LAYLIST C REATION Playlists can be created on the server • via the XSense Remote Panel and/or the Multicam user interface • by means of the Playlist Panel application in IPDirector • via external protocols.. L IMITATION ON P LAYLIST AND T IMELINE E LEMENTS A playlist can include up to 1000 elements. Up to 16000 playlist elements can be saved on a server.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.2 PLAYLIST MODES ON THE REMOTE PANEL 11.2.1 INTRODUCTION Two modes are available on the Remote Panel to access and manipulate the playlists: The Playlist Edit mode and the Playlist Playout mode: • The Playlist Edit mode is used to modify the playlist. • The Playlist Playout mode is used to roll the playlist on air. Editing the playlist in Playlist Playout mode is not possible. 11.2.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.2.3 ACCESSING THE PLAYLIST PLAYOUT MODE When you load a playlist pressing the PLST key on the Remote Panel, you need to press PLST a second time to enter the Playlist Playout mode. The first frame of the playlist elem ent follow ing the one on the PGM will be displayed on the PRV side. This allows the operator to play only parts of the playlist, starting from the current position.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Field Description X clips Number of available clips in the playlist (unavailable network clips are not taken into account). Ex: 98 clips Dur: --:--:--:-- Total playback duration with available clips. Ex: 00:04:34:12 Aux Clip Aux Clip ID and name of the audio auxiliary clip. 11.3.2 VGA PLAYLIST SCREEN I NTRODUCTION Pressing F10 on the keyboard calls the VGA Playlist screen.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 If no playlist is loaded on the PGM1: • The information displayed on the Playlist Screen refers to the current playlist, except the remaining time, which is not displayed. • The Play, Skip, Next and Recue commands are NOT displayed on the bluehighlighted section at the bottom of the page. 11.4 ACTIVATING AND LOADING PLAYLISTS 11.4.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A V IA THE VGA C LIP S CREEN To activate a playlist via the VGA clip screen, proceed as follows: 1. From the clip screen, press END to access the playlist bank. 2. Press the DOWN arrows until you select the playlist to activate. 3. Pressing ENTER on the selected playlist activates it. 11.4.3 HOW TO RECALL AND LOAD A PLAYLIST You can only recall and load a playlist if this is not em pty.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.5 DELETING PLAYLISTS 11.5.1 HOW TO DELETE A PLAYLIST Deleting a playlist deletes all the playlist elem ents from the playlist and the playlist definition in the database. To delete a playlist, proceed as follows: 1. Access the playlist bank where the playlist to delete is stored, by pressing F10 from the requested page. 2. Press CLEAR + the F_ key corresponding to the playlist you want to delete.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.6 NAMING A PLAYLIST OR AN ELEMENT IN A PLAYLIST You can nam e a playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank screen or from the VGA Playlist screen. 11.6.1 HOW TO NAME A PLAYLIST FROM THE VGA PLAYLIST BANK SCREEN To name a playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank screen, proceed as follows: 1. From the Clip screen, press END to go to the Playlist Bank screen of the requested page. 2.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 (PLST EDIT) or Playlist Playout mode (PLST DIFF) on the EVS Remote Panel. To name the current elem ent in the loaded playlist from the VGA Playlist screen, proceed as follows: 1. Press the F10 key on the keyboard to open the VGA Playlist screen. The loaded playlist is displayed and the current playlist elem ent on the Remote Panel is selected. 2. Type the desired name for the element on the keyboard.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 PL11 LSM01 Paola 111A/04 112B 112B/02 Insert LOC TDUR=00:00:02:22 Clipname0123 Clipname4567 Clipname8910 Speed 00:00:29 00:53:29 00:53:29 Unk Unk Unk W00:10 W00:10 W00:10 Effect Edit All FX Dur Delete 11.8 PLAYOUT FUNCTIONS WITH PLAYLISTS 11.8.1 ROLLING A PLAYLIST R OLLING A CTION After recalling a playlist, you will roll the playlist using the pre-defined speed of each clip.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Criteria Description RECUE Press ALT + R to recue to the beginning of the playlist and pause. NEXT Press ALT + N while the playlist is playing to force immediately the transition to the next clip in the playlist. SKIP Press ALT + S while the playlist is playing to skip the next clip.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 S KIP While the playlist is rolling, the next clip in the sequence is always displayed on the PRV screen. The Skip function allows the operator to discard clips before they go on-air. The clip that will be «skipped» is the one displayed on the PRV screen. This function does not remove the clip from the playlist, but it simply allows it to be skipped during playback.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 S PEED The Speed function (B key) allows defining the speed at which one or all clips of playlist will be played. Select the playback speed of the clip with the jog, then press ENTER to validate. Values are ‘Unknown’ and from 0 to 100%. Operators have access to the secondary lever control like when clips are replayed.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A C LR U NAV . The Clr Unav. (Clear Unavailable) function (SHIFT+A key) allows the user to remove the clips that are not available on the network from all local playlists. This function is only visible when unavailable clips are present and when the Split Audio Editing is turned off . M AKE L OC The MakeLoc (Make Local) function ( B key) offers the possibility to copy locally remote clips in a playlist.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.10 ADDING & REPLACING CLIPS IN A PLAYLIST 11.10.1 POSSIBLE METHODS FOR ADDING CLIPS You can add clips to a playlist in different ways: • Adding clips at the end of the current playlist without entering the Playlist Edit mode. See the section 11.10.3 ‘How to Quickly Add Clips to the Current Playlist’, on page 98. • Inserting clips before or after the clip selected in the loaded playlist.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.10.4 HOW TO INSERT CLIPS INTO A PLAYLIST The following rules apply to the procedure below: • You need to be in PGM/PRV mode to be able to use the TAKE key on the Remote Panel to insert a clip. • Depending on what is selected in the Setup menu, on page 4.1 - Insert in Playlist setting (F5), the clip will be inserted before or after this selected position.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 PGM1 CAM A Aud.Met. Mix. P.1 B.1 PL 11: < Msg: Rst Cam PostRoll Sw to IN Pref Search Clips: LOCAL Records: LOCAL Cam A 2. *PRV1* CAM B PgmSpd Local Sync Prv 2nd CTRL Cam B Cam C Cam D Press MENU + C to enter the Search mode: 1 keyword89012 F1:action_1 F2:action_2 F3:action_3 F4:action_4 F5:action_5 2 2 keyword89012 F6:action_6 F7:action_7 F8:action_8 F9:Prev.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Remaining Time The remaining time in playlists containing growing clips with only an IN point is displayed as --:--:-- on the screens (OSD, VGA, Remote Panel screen) where this information is shown. 11.10.7 HOW TO DELETE PLAYLIST ELEMENTS FROM A PLAYLIST To delete a playlist element in a playlist using the Remote Panel, proceed as follows: 1.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.10.9 HOW TO CHANGE THE CAMERA ANGLE OF A PLAYLIST ELEMENT You can change the camera angle of a playlist element if the material is still available in a local or distant record train. To change the camera angle of a playlist element, proceed as follows: 1. When you are in Playlist Edit mode, scroll within the playlist to the playlist element for which you want to modify the camera angle. 2.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.11 COPYING PLAYLISTS 11.11.1 INTRODUCTION From the VGA Clip screen, you can perform cut, copy and paste actions with playlists, in the same way as you do with clips. For more information on these actions, refer to the section 9.3.13 ‘Moving and Copying Clips’, on page 57. From the Remote Panel, you can only copy a playlist, but not move (cut & paste) it to another location. 11.11.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Copy Playlist 11/03 to Playlist 13 ? [Menu]: Cancel [Enter]: Confirm COPY 5. PLST+CLP NEW PLST To specify whether to copy the EDL with or without the clips, do one of the following: • If you want to copy only the EDL without copying the elem ents contained in the original playlist, press ENTER. The copy is done instantly since there is no material to transfer.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 H OW TO C OPY A L OCAL P LAYLIST To copy a local playlist from the VGA Clip Screen, proceed as follow s: 1. From the VGA Clip Screen, open the playlist bank by pressing END on the keyboard. 2. Select the playlist to copy and click CTRL+C. 3. Go to the em pty playlist location on the same server where you want to copy the playlist and click CTRL+V.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.11.6 COPYING PLAYLISTS WITH ON-AIR CLIPS S EAMLESS P ROCESS Long or short copies of a playlist are performed as a background process, which is seamless to the user. If the destination playlist is recalled and the on-air playlist element has not yet been transferred to the local machine, the on-air elem ent played out is the original one.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.12.2 HOW TO SORT THE PLAYLIST ELEMENTS BY TC IN From the VGA, it is possible to sort (reorder) the playlist elements by TC IN . The sort is done on the TC displayed in the TC IN column, whatever the type of TC displayed (User TC or LTC). Note This operation will change the order of the playlist elem ents, and reset the transitions to the default transitions defined on the Remote Panel .
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A H OW TO L OOP B ACK A P LAYLIST INTO THE S ERVER To consolidate a playlist using the internal loop mode, proceed as follows: 1. Add the requested effects to the playlist. 2. Recue the playlist. 3. Activate the LOOP mode via the SHIFT+LOOP key. 4. Roll the playlist. The playlist will be recorded onto the disks (Channel 1 – CAM A) as a continuous video/audio stream.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 A CTIVATING THE C ONTINUOUS T IMECODE R EGENERATION To activate the continuous timecode regeneration, proceed as follows: 1. In the Playlist page (F10), press several times until the ON /OFF field after ‘Regeneration of TC’ is green highlighted. 2. Press the right arrow key to toggle the function to ‘ON’. The continuous timecode regeneration function is now active.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.13.2 HOW TO ADD/REMOVE AN AUXILIARY AUDIO CLIP TO A PLAYLIST 1. Make the Aux. Clip button active by selecting a clip from the clip bank. This can be done outside of the PLST EDIT mode, or in PLST EDIT mode with PRV CTRL ON. You will see the Aux Clip option appearing in the secondary menu on the LCD of the Remote Panel. 2.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.14.2 ACCESSING COMMANDS FOR TRANSITION EFFECTS The functions related to transitions effects are available from the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode, and the effects applied are also displayed on the same LCD display: 11.14.3 DEFAULT DURATION FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO TRANSITION This is possible to set a default value for the duration of the video and audio transitions in the Setup Menu.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.14.4 OVERVIEW OF TRANSITIONS EFFECT TYPES D EFAULT T RANSITION E FFECT A default mix transition effect (audio and video) is applied to each new clip inserted into the playlist. However, you can change the type of transition effect in the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode. For more information, refer to the section 11.14.5 ‘How to Define a Transition Effect’, on page 114.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Effect Type Description next clip is green, and the fade in black: Note The color of the fade effects is defined in the Playlist settings on setup menu, on page 4.3, Fade to/from color parameter. 11.14.5 HOW TO DEFINE A TRANSITION EFFECT You can add transitions on one or all elements of a playlist as follow s, or more precisely modify the default effect applied (mix): 1.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.15 SPLIT AUDIO 11.15.1 INTRODUCTION P URPOSE The split audio makes it possible to: • Apply transition effect types and durations which are different on the audio and video tracks. • Delay or advance the beginning of an audio or video transition. A CTIVATING THE S PLIT A UDIO M ODE Enter the Setup menu as described in the Multicam Configuration manual and enable the Split Audio mode on Page 4.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Command Description A Advance Advances the beginning of the audio transition. A Delay Delays the beginning of the audio transition. A Fx Extend the duration of the audio transition on both sides. This creates an audio delay or advance depending on the modification applied to the effect duration. A Split Perform an audio advance or delay by specifying the TC for the beginning of the transition.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.15.4 DEFAULT DURATION FOR THE AUDIO AND VIDEO TRANSITIONS G ENERAL U SE This is possible to set a default value for the duration of the video and audio transitions in the Setup Menu. Once this is defined, each time a clip is entered or inserted into a playlist, transitions are applied with the default values. The Vid. Effect duration setting is on page 4.1, function key F1 (range up to 20:00 secs). The Aud.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Audio Effect Cut Mix Fade from Mute Fade to Mute V Fade to/from Mute Video Effect Fade from color √ Fade to color √ V Fade (to/from Black) √ 11.15.6 DEFAULT MODE FOR EXTENDING A TRANSITION I NTRODUCTION Whenever you make a video or audio split, the transition originally set is changed, which means extended on either or both sides of the transition boundaries. In the Setup menu, page 4.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A The following schemas show, for each transition mode, a playlist with: • the same video and audio transitions (no audio or video split) on playlists 10, 13 and 16. • an extended audio transition (V Base edit) on playlists 11, 14 and 17. • an extended video transition (A Base edit) on playlists 12, 15 and 18.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 11.15.7 CHANGING THE AUDIO OR VIDEO EFFECT DURATION I NTRODUCTION When you change the video or audio effect duration, you extend or reduce the duration of the video or audio transition: • In case of Center on cut , the transition is extended/reduced on both sides. This creates an audio delay or advance depending on whether you reduce or extend the transition duration.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 5. Enter a value with the F_ keys including leading zeros (0+2+1+2= 2:12), and press ENTER. The value entered will be present on the PRV SCREEN when the clip is next to play in a playlist. Edit Point (V BASE) Audio is extended from the end of the previous clip and the audio on the clip being edited is shortened.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A H OW TO P ERFORM AN A UDIO S PLIT When you perform an audio split, you specify the TC for the beginning or end of the audio transition. In this case, you can choose whether you perform an audio delay or advance. 1. Enter the Playlist Edit mode. 2. Browse to the desired clip in the playlist. 3. Press to highlight V Base (SHIFT+A). 4. Press to highlight A Split (D). 5.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Edit point (A BASE) Video is shortened in the previous clip and the video from the clip being edited is extended. H OW TO P ERFORM A V IDEO D ELAY In this case, the beginning of the video transition is delayed compared to the audio transition. 1. Enter the Playlist Edit mode. 2. Brow se to the desired clip in the playlist. 3. Press SHIFT + A Base (B). 4. Press to highlight V DELAY (SHIFT + B) 5.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A H OW TO P ERFORM A V IDEO S PLIT When you perform a video split, you specify the TC for the beginning or end of the video transition. 1. Enter the Playlist Edit mode. 2. Browse to the desired clip in the playlist. 3. Press to highlight A Base (SHIFT+B) 4. Press to highlight V SPLIT (D) 5. Jog to the point where you want to set your transition 6.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Example on Audio Delay Edit 11.15.10 HOW TO INSERT A CLIP INTO A PLAYLIST WITH SPLIT AUDIO Note Transitions are reset to zero on INSERT and DELETE functions. 1. Enter the Playlist Edit mode. 2. Brow se to the desired clip in the playlist. 3. Press to highlight V Base (SH IFT+A) 4. Press to highlight A Split (D) 5.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.16 SWAP AUDIO TRACKS 11.16.1 INTRODUCTION The swap audio tracks mode allows swapping audio tracks between two points in a playlist. In four tracks mode, the “auto” mode replaces audio tracks 1&2 by audio tracks 3&4 in four audio mode. It replaces audio track 1 by audio track 2 in stereo mode. The manual mode lets you choose which tracks to replace.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 The OSD screen indicates the following information: In dual stereo mode *PL11/03* LEFT 06:42:22 V Mix 02:25 Spd.Unk A Mix 02:25 A.Del. 00:00 IN-00:00:00 OUT+00:00:27 00:10 1→3 3→3 2→4 4→4 12:23:45:13 00:07:13 100 112B/04 ClipName 999/999 In stereo mode *PL11/03* LEFT 06:42:22 V Mix 02:25 Spd.Unk A Mix 02:25 A.Del.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A In dual stereo mode *PL11/03* LEFT 06:42:22 V Mix 02:25 Spd.Unk A Mix 02:25 A.Del. 00:00 IN-00:00:00 OUT+00:00:27 00:10 3→1 3→3 4→2 4→4 12:23:45:13 00:07:13 100 112B/04 ClipName 999/999 In stereo mode *PL11/03* LEFT 06:42:22 V Mix 02:25 Spd.Unk A Mix 02:25 A.Del. 00:00 IN-00:00:00 OUT+00:00:27 00:10 2→1 2→2 12:23:45:13 00:07:13 100 112B/04 ClipName 999/999 One can set as many swap points as needed.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.16.4 HOW TO PERFORM A SWAP AUDIO TRACK IN MANUAL MODE If the manual mode is selected in the Setup menu (page 4.2, F3), the swap functions in a similar way but asks the operator which track to swap when setting the swap points. Step 1 First the operator is being asked to select the original track: • In 2 Tracks mode: you select between the tracks 1,2 or Menu to Cancel.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.16.6 NAVIGATING AMONG SWAP POINTS When the operator is in Swap mode, the previous swap point can be reached by pressing the Go to In button on the Remote. The next swap point is reached by pressing the Go to Out button. The function works in loop mode. 11.17 REPLACE FUNCTION 11.17.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Those IN and OUT points will be used to determine what portion of the playlist will be replaced. T HE R EPLACE P LAYBACK MODE In this mode, you play the playlist back and insert the new section between the defined IN and OUT points.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 When the IN point has been marked, the display switches to: Replace Int.Loop Cam A Ext.Loop +2fields The Int. Loop (B) and Ext. Loop (C) keys are blinking. 5. If you want to specify the OUT point for the Replace section at this stage, jog to the requested point and press the OUT key. Otherwise, you can define the OUT point while you perform the Replace. 6.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 11.17.6 LOOP MODE IN THE REPLACE FUNCTION L OOP T YPE When the IN point has been marked, the display switches to: Replace Int.Loop Cam A Ext.Loop +2fields The Int. Loop and Ext. Loop keys are blinking. Before entering the Replace Playback mode, the operator has to choose between Internal Loop or External Loop. The Internal Loop is the same loop as the existing loop process.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12. Timeline Management 12.1 INTRODUCTION 12.1.1 TIMELINE CREATION Note The timeline feature is a software option, which requires the license code 112 being installed. For more information on the required license key, contact the Support or Sales team . The timeline editing feature allows for video and audio inserts in a linear way.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Editing IPEdit Timelines in Multicam The users can create and edit more advanced timelines in IPEdit. For more information, refer to the IPEdit user manual. For this reason, you will be able to edit IPEdit timelines with the Remote Panel only if they include features supported by Multicam, that is to say: • One video track and two audio tracks.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 12.2 CREATING TIMELINES In Multicam, the timelines have to be created from an existing playlist or copied from an existing timeline. After the transformation, the duration of the timeline cannot be changed. Note It is not allowed to insert growing clips in a timeline. 12.2.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12.3 COPYING TIMELINES 12.3.1 OVERVIEW Copying a timeline works exactly in the same way as copying a playlist. For this reason, this section will only provide an overview on the possible timeline copies. For more details on how to copy a timeline from the VGA and from the Remote Panel, refer to the section 11.11 ‘Copying Playlists’, on page 103.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12.4.2 CONTROLLING THE RECORDER In the Timeline Edit mode, operators work by default on the recorder: the jog dial controls the recorder. Operators listen to all the timeline audio tracks. 12.4.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12.5 TIMELINE PLAYOUT MODE 12.5.1 ACCESSING THE TIMELINE PLAYOUT MODE When you load a timeline pressing the PLST key on the Remote Panel, you need to press PLST a second time to enter the Timeline playout mode. The first frame of the timeline element following the one on the PGM will be displayed on the PRV side.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 12.6 EDITING OPERATIONS The timeline editing operations on the remote require marking IN and OUT points on the recorder before performing the extend or insert actions. These IN and OUT points can be marked anywhere on the timeline as in the Replace mode since the timeline is equivalent to a record train. 12.6.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 H OW TO P ERFORM AN E XTEND To perform an Extend on the Remote Panel, proceed as follows: 1. Recall the requested timeline by selecting its page (SHIFT + Page + F_ key) and bank (SH IFT + F10) and the timeline position (F_ key). 2. Press PLST to load the timeline in Timeline Edit mode. 3. Use the jog dial to position on the requested Mark IN point and press the IN key. 4.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12.6.2 INSERT OVERWRITE D EFINITION The Insert feature in Multicam consists of inserting new material within the timeline. The timeline is loaded on the recorder and the new clip to insert is loaded on the player.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 12.6.3 HOW TO ADD A CLIP TO A TIMELINE From the Remote Panel, you can add a clip at the end of a timeline created either with IPEdit or with Multicam. To add a clip to a timeline, proceed as follows: 1. Recall the requested timeline by selecting its page (SHIFT + Page + F_ key) and bank (SH IFT + F10) and the timeline position (F_ key). This becomes the current timeline. 2.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 13. Operating on XNet Network 13.1 INTRODUCTION The XNet Network is set up in the EVS application. For more information, on how to set up the XNet Network and connect to the XNet network, refer to the section XNet SDTI Network in the Multicam Configuration manual and to the XT Tech Ref Software manual. 13.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 screen of the Remote displays the complete list of available systems on the network. The list is organized by the order of connection to the network. Up to 4 pages are available to display up to 31 servers. The PREVIOUS and NEXT keys appear only when some machines are not visible on the current page. L OCAL M ODE The local system is identified with the Local sign after the name of the system.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A Note It is possible from the VGA to connect back to the last machine connected by pressing ALT+. 13.4 OPERATIONS When the remote system is selected, the operation with remote clips or remote trains is similar to the operations on the local system. 13.4.1 HOW TO RECALL/PLAY BACK A REMOTE CLIP 1. Select the Clip mode in the Network menu. 2.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 13.4.2 HOW TO NAME A REMOTE CLIP 1. Select the Clip mode in the Network menu. 2. Select the remote EVS server in the list. 3. Go to the Clip screen on the VGA, all banks of remote system are now displayed. 4. Select the clip to name. 5. Type the desired name on the keyboard. 6. Press F1 to name the remote clip.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 13.4.4 HOW TO INSERT REMOTE CLIPS INTO A PLAYLIST 1. Select the remote EVS server via the Network menu. 2. Select a remote clip in the banks. The corresponding F_ key lights red. 3. Press ENTER on the Remote. 4. Repeat the 3 first steps as necessary until last clip is entered.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 13.4.6 HOW TO CREATE LOCAL CLIPS WITH REMOTE RECORD TRAINS 1. Select the Records mode in the Network menu. 2. Select the remote EVS server in the list. The LCD display returns to the normal mode 3. Press the RECORD key to select the LIVE mode. A 2 to 3-second delay to LIVE has been defined to ensure safe operations. 4. Use the JOG key to go in search mode. 5. Change camera angles if necessary.
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Issue 10.04.A 14. Sony, XtenDD35, Odetics & VDCP Protocols 14.1 PROTOCOL OVERVIEW These protocols allow the server to be controlled by external devices. Sony BVW75 protocol This protocol allows the server to be seen as a VTR by the controlling device. On a playback channel, all usual transport commands (play, PlayVar, pause, goto timecode, pause, stop, etc…) are supported.
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Issue 10.04.A XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 E2E mode on its default record train. If the default record channel associated to that player is currently stopped, it will jump to the last recorded picture and pause. EJECT: if the play channel is not yet in E2E mode when the command is sent, it will return to E2E mode on its default record train (sim ilar to receiving a REC command).
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XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual Issue 10.04.A EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Glossary HANC LTC Horizontal Ancillary timecode LTC as defined in the XMPTE 259M and RP188 standards. HANC VITC Horizontal Ancillary timecode VITC as defined in the XMPTE 259M and RP188 standards. LTC Longitudinal (or Linear) timecode (LTC) timing signal that is part of an audio recording. It is recorded on a track that lengthwise along the tape, which is why called longitudinal.
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Issue 10.04.A 154 XSense – Version 10.04 – Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Unprotected clip (or non-protected clip) Clips that users can manually delete via a Delete action. These clips are however write-protected: they will never be automatically deleted by the record train. VITC Vertical interval timecode (VITC) is a timing signal that is part of a video recording.
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