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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III
1.
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
2.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ............................................... 2
3.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION................................................................................. 3
3.1
3.2
3.3
4.
4.1
4.2
5.
PREREQUISITES ........................................................................................................................3
XSECURE MANAGEMENT .........................................................................................................3
INSTALLATION............................................................................................................................4
START UP .............................................................................................................. 9
REMOTE CONNECTION PROCESS ..........................................................................................9
SERVER AUTOCONNECTION PARAMETERS ........................................................................12
USER’S MANUAL ................................................................................................ 14
5.1 USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW ................................................................................................14
5.1.1 Opening of Xscreen ..............................................................................................................14
5.1.2 Xscreen Window Outline .......................................................................................................14
5.1.3 Window Panes Display .........................................................................................................15
5.2 MENU BAR ................................................................................................................................16
5.3 SERVER DATABASE ELEMENTS GRID ..................................................................................18
5.3.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................18
5.3.2 Selection Tabs Characteristics ..............................................................................................19
5.3.3 Moving Inside the Elements Grid ..........................................................................................19
5.3.4 Organizing the Grid ...............................................................................................................20
5.3.5 Searching for Media ..............................................................................................................22
5.4 CHANNELS PANE .....................................................................................................................24
5.4.1 User Interface .......................................................................................................................24
5.4.2 Server Playback Modes ........................................................................................................26
5.5 CURRENT PLAYLIST PANE .....................................................................................................28
5.5.1 Setting a Current Playlist Versus Loading a Playlist..............................................................28
5.5.2 User Interface .......................................................................................................................28
5.6 ACTIONS ALLOWED FROM XSCREEN ...................................................................................30
5.6.1 Modifying a Playlist ...............................................................................................................30
5.6.2 Changing Metadata ...............................................................................................................33
5.6.3 Setting a Current Playlist.......................................................................................................34
5.6.4 Loading Media ......................................................................................................................34
5.7 XSCREEN SHORTCUTS...........................................................................................................37
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1. Introduction
Xscree n is a Window s gr aphica l inte rfac e desig ne d for PC and int ende d to be used
as a c ompa nion of a XT n ano re mote or a XSe nse remote in smal l st udio se tups. It
offer s user s a sim ple v ie w of the eleme nts a vail a ble fro m the remot e dev i ces: li ve
trains , c lips , pl ayli sts.
Xscree n reac ts to ref lec t all the ac tion s done o n the remo te. The i nter face i s
refres hed as s oon as a n action i s perf ormed o n t he remot e, whi ch has a n impact
on the info rmati on show n in Xscreen. Th is is, for e xample , when a clip or a playl ist
is cre ated , d elet ed o r u pdated , wh en a pla ylis t elemen t is add ed t o or r emoved
from th e curr ent p layl ist or when a p layl ist e lem ent is mo dif ied (t rans itio n effec t
type o r du rati on, spee d, …). Xsc reen als o re flec t s chan ges brou ght to t he numbe r
or pla ybac k mod e of the playe r ch anne ls c ontr oll ed by the remo te, to t he loade d
media, to the curr ent pla ylist .
Moreov er, i t allo ws use rs to perf orm som e simp le actio ns in a n easi er way , withou t
remote ha ndli ng. Suc h actio ns i mmedi ate ly r efl ect o n the remo te. The se ar e
mainly : loa ding a cli p or a play list on a p laye r c hannel , mod ifyi ng so me clip or
playl ist param eter s, m odi fying the pla ylis t co nten t.
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2. Hardware and
Software
Requirements
The gu idel ines for th e mi nimum hardw are and soft ware r equi remen ts a re:
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OS: Wi ndows XP S P2
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Softwa re: Frame work .NE T 4.0
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Proces sor: Int el C ore2D u o 2GHz
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RAM: 1G B
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Graphi c: Chips et Int el G965 Expre ss or equi v alent ded ica ted grap hic card
(Nvidi a/AMD )
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3. Software Installation
3.1
PREREQUISITES
The re mote dev ice you w ant t o co ntro l mus t h ave been d ecla red on a ser ve r.
An Xscre en copy c an co ntrol a si ngle r emot e de vice. To c ontr ol s ev eral remote
device s, y ou m ust inst all as man y Xs creen cop ies as nee ded.
The compu ter whi ch wil l host Xscre en must b e connec ted to t he serv er with a
PCLAN c onne ctio n.
To ins tal l Xsc reen on you r work stat ion, do one of t he two fo llowi ng o ptio ns:
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Insta ll t he X scre enIn stal l er_[ve rsio n nu mber ].ex e
Or
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3.2
Copy t he X scre en.e xe f il e on your comp uter for a standa lone use .
XSECURE MANAGEMENT
XSecur e will b e ins tall ed with Xscr een. X Secu re uses har dwar e info rmat i on from
the dev ice whe re Xscr e en is runn ing. T his mea ns it is imp ossi ble to e xchang e
licens es o r co des betw ee n dev ices.
Please ref er t o t he XS ec ure Us er’s Manu al to:
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Start XSec ure M anag er
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Collec t in form atio n ab out your devi ce
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Reques t a lice nse key fro m the EVS supp ort
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Import new lic ense keys
The co des requ ired for th e use of Xscre en a re:
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150 – Xscr een
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10 – B ase Pack age
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INSTALLATION
To ins tal l Xsc reen , pr oce ed as fol lows:
1. Run Xsc reen inst alle r X screen Inst alle r_[v ersi on number ].ex e and the n fo llow
the s teps of the Setu p wi zard.
2. Click Next .
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3. Select th e de stin atio n di r ectory to ins tall the new softwa re a nd t hen clic k N ext.
4. Click Next .
5. Click Inst all.
Xscree n is bei ng i nsta lle d.
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6. Then M icros oft .NET Fra mework 4 is in stal led if i t is n ot y et t he c ase.
7. Then, the XSec ure M ana ger Se tup Wizar d o pens :
8. Click Next .
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9. Select th e de stin atio n di r ectory to ins tall XSec ure and t hen clic k Nex t.
10. Click Next .
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11. Click Inst all.
XSecur e is bei ng i nsta lle d.
12. Click Fini sh.
The Xs cree n so ftwar e in s talla tion is succ essf ully c omplet ed.
13. Click Fini sh.
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4. Start up
4.1
REMOTE CONNECTION PROCESS
To con nect a r emot e to X screen , pr ocee d as fol low s:
1. Double -cli ck t he X scre en .exe icon
The Co nnec tion Mana ger window open s:
2. Click the arro w ne xt t o th e Netwo rk C ard fiel d.
All t he n etwor k ca rds con nected to the EVS vide o server ’ PCL AN n etwor k h ave
been d etec ted and are lis ted:
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3. Select one of the car ds.
The se rver s re achab le w i th th e se lect ed c ard are l isted in the Serv er f ield :
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Note
On som e occ asio ns, ser vers a re n ot d etec ted b ecause mess ages are
filte red by th e IT infr astr ucture . To solv e this is s ue, param eter s must be
added to a sh ortc ut c reat ed by the use r. Re fer to s ectio n 0 .
4. Select a serve r.
The li st of r emote dev ice s decl ared on tha t se rver is d ispl ayed in the Remo te
field .
5. Select a r emot e.
6. Click OK.
The Statu s fie ld dis play s an info rmati on mes sa ge and gi ves in dica tion on the
actio n to be compl eted at each con figur ati on s tep.
Once y ou clos e th e Co nn ectio n Man ager win dow, the f ollo wing fi les are st ored on
your c ompu ter:
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LinXAp i.dl l: m ust not be delet ed
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msvcr10 0.d ll: m ust not b e del eted
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app.co nfi g: c onta ins the user p refe renc e se ttin gs.
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SERVER AUTOCONNECTION
PARAMETERS
It may pos sibl y be th at s ervers are not di scove re d aft er t he s elec tion of a card in
the remo te con nect ion p r ocess. Y ou can then f orc e the det ecti on of s erver s. To do
so, p rocee d as fo llows :
1. Right- clic k th e Xs cree n s hortcu t.
2. Select Pro pert ies from t he con tex tual menu .
The fo llow ing wind ow op e ns:
3. In th e T arget fi eld, ne xt to the Xscr een targ et p ath, ente r a ll the para me ters
liste d in the tab le below , with a spa ce b efor e ea ch of t hem
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Paramet er
Descri ptio n
/LOCAL IP=xx x.xx x.xx x.xx x
In case of mul ti net work boards con figu rati on,
this param eter ind icat es which netw ork boar d
to use to dis cove r the EVS video ser vers
networ ks an d co nnec t the ap plic atio n to a
specif ic E VS v ideo ser ver .
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Paramet er
Descri ptio n
/TARGET IP=xx x.xx x.xx x. xxx
Mentio ns t he E VS v id eo ser ver targ et I P
addres s to con nect to .
/FLAG=0x90 00000 0
This pa rame ter i s use d to act ivat e the serv er
auto conne cti on.
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5. User’s Manual
5.1
USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW
5.1.1
OPENING OF XSCREEN
The Xsc reen wind ow op e ns as s oon a s th e OK b u tton h as be en c lick ed at the en d
of th e rem ote conn ecti on proces s.
5.1.2
XSCREEN WINDOW OUTLINE
The Xsc reen user inte rfa ce cons ists of t hree m ai n areas , bes ides the M e nu bar .
They are hig hli ghte d on the follow ing scr eens hot a nd short ly descr ibed i n th e table
below:
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Area
Descri ption
1. Men u Ba r
The menu bar g ives a cce ss to ge nera l comma nds. See sec tion
5.2.
2. Ser ver
Databa se
Elemen ts Gr id
This ar ea di spla ys th e datab ase co nten t fo r the se lect ed
server . On ly c lips and pla ylist s are li sted . Se e se ct ion 5 .3.
Search tool s are avai lab le to e asil y fin d spe cifi c media. See
sectio n 5 .3.5 .
3. Cha nnel s Pa ne
This are a shows t he server p laye r chann els which ar e
contro lled by th e sele ct ed remo te and the me di a loade d on
each o f t hem, if any. See sect ion 5.4.
4. Cur rent
Playli st P ane
This area rep rese nts the curr ent play lis t wi th all its e leme nts
and t heir asso cia ted m et adata . Se e sec tio n 5. 5.
On the top le ft of the wi n dow, a messa ge ment ion s the EVS vide o serve r name and
serial num ber conn ecte d to Xsc reen .
The to p ri ght of the wind ow giv es t he s erve r cu rre nt tim e.
5.1.3
WINDOW PANES DISPLAY
A RROWS B ETWEEN P ANES
Users can ad apt the la y out of the Xsc reen win d ow. The diff eren t panes can be
hidden o r disp layed b y cl icking t he smal l arrow s b etween t hem. Se ven lay o uts are
availa ble :
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Elemen ts g rid + Ch annel s pane + C urre nt P layl ist pane
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Elemen ts g rid only
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Channe ls p ane only
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Curren t Pl ayli st p ane onl y
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Elemen ts g rid + Ch annel s pane
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Elemen ts g rid + Cur rent Playli st pane
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Channe ls p ane + Cur rent Playl ist pan e
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K EYBOARD S HORTCUTS
The fo llowi ng ke yboa rd shortc uts c an b e use d t o resiz e, h ide o r dis pla y some
panes:
Key
Action / Be havi or
Reduce s or hid es t he E le ments grid .
At th e sam e ti me, this ma ximize s th e tw o ot her pan es.
+
Displa ys o r max imiz es t h e Elem ents gri d.
At th e sam e ti me, this ma ximize s th e tw o ot her pan es.
+
Reduce s or hid es t he C ur rent P layl ist pan e.
At th e sam e ti me, this ma ximize s th e Ch anne ls p an e.
+
Displa ys o r max imiz es t h e Curr ent Play list pan e.
At th e sam e ti me, this re duces the Chan nels pan e .
+
5.2
MENU BAR
The Me nu b ar g ives acce ss to the fol lowi ng c omm ands:
Menu it em a nd
option
Descri ption
File
Setti ngs
Gives acce ss t o a sub-m enu de tai led below .
Theme
Allows to se lect the b ack ground colo r of X scree n window :
dark o r l ight .
Animat ion
Allows to ena ble or disab le th e a nimat ion eff ect di splaye d
when an acti on is perf or med on s cree n, su ch as droppi ng
or de leti ng a cli p.
Text S ize
Allows to sel ect the si ze of te xt w ithi n t he Xscree n
window : Sma ll, Medi um, and Bi g.
Exit ( Alt+ F4)
Closes Xscr een.
Connect ion
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Change Remo te
Connec tion (CTR L+R)
Opens th e Conne cti on Manage r windo w and al l ows the
select ion of anot her remo te de vice .
Resync (F5)
Resync hroni zes the clips or play lis ts d atabas e,
depend ing on the op en t ab in th e E lemen ts grid , betwee n
Xscree n an d th e se lect ed remot e.
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Menu it em a nd
option
Descri ption
Help
User G uide (F1)
Opens the Xscr een user manual .
Keyboa rd S hort cuts
(CTRL+S )
Shows the poss ible sho rt cuts. See sect ion 5.7 .
About EVS Xscre en
Provid es inf ormat ion o n the appl icat ion ver si on, the
suppor t ph one numb er, et c.
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5.3
SERVER DATABASE ELEMENTS GRID
5.3.1
INTRODUCTION
This are a dis play s the c onten t of th e serv er dat a base in t he fo rm of a gr i d. Item s
are l iste d in rows wit h th eir as soci ated met adat a presen ted in c olum ns.
Two se para te t abs divi de the data base ite ms:
The Cli ps tab lis ts the ser ver
record er chan nels a nd the clips
presen t on th e se rver.
The Pla ylis ts tab shows t he
playl ists and t he t imeli n es, ev en if
timeli nes
ca nnot
be
managed
throug h Xs cree n.
On the to p of the gri d, s e arch o pti ons a re a vail abl e to filt er d atab ase item s .
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5.3.2
SELECTION TABS CHARACTERISTICS
C LIPS T AB
The li nes repr esen ting th e serv er r ecor der chan ne ls are hi ghli ghte d in blu e:
Clips bein g cr eate d ar e d isplay ed o n a red back gr ound.
The Stat us bar, a t the bo ttom of the g rid, g ives th e ‘number o f clips r esul ti ng from
the s earch / tota l nu mber of c lips ’.
P LAYLISTS T AB
Timeli nes cann ot be ma naged wit h Xs cree n. Th ey ar e s hown but hi ghli ghted in
red:
All t he serv er l ocat ions avai labl e f or play list s are d ispl ayed , e ven the empt y
locat ions . Empty pl ayli st s and empty lo cati ons have Dura tion = - : -:-: - and the
number of elem ents = 0 .
The Sta tus bar, at t he b ottom o f th e gri d, g ives t he ‘num ber o f pl ayli sts r esult ing
from t he s earc h / 90’ .
5.3.3
MOVING INSIDE THE ELEMENTS GRID
The fo llow ing keyb oard s hortcu ts c an b e us ed to move wi thi n th e El ement s grid :
Key
Action / Be havi or
Moves to t he f irs t el emen t of the lis t.
Moves to t he l ast elem en t of the lis t.
Moves one page upwa rds .
Moves one page down war ds.
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Key
Action / Be havi or
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Select th e c lip or play list page (fr om 1 to 10) di sp layed in
the Da taba se E lemen ts g rid.
to
5.3.4
ORGANIZING THE GRID
S ORTING THE E LEMENTS IN THE G RID
You ca n ch ange the sor t order of data in a co lumn .
Click t he col umn he ad er. The c olumn head er which is u sed f or so rting i s
highl ight ed in blu e. Cli c king the c olumn h eade r again ch ange s the sor tin g order
from a scen ding to desc en ding or v ice versa .
Sorted by Name, asc endi ng:
Sorted by Name, des cend ing:
R ESIZING C OLUMNS
A column can be r esiz ed by usi ng th e mous e pointe r over colum ns header
inters ect ion and dragg ing it t o th e r ight or to t he l e ft.
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S ELECTING V ISIBLE C OLUMNS
To hid e or dis play col um ns, p rocee d as fo llows :
1. Right- clic k a colu mn h ea der
A menu is disp laye d.
2. Select Man age C olumn s
The Fi eld Sele ctor win do w open s an d sh ows the li st of ava ilab le c olumn s a nd
the l ist of v isib le c olum ns , in the curr ent orde r.
3. Select col umns in one of the f ollow ing ways :
o
Double -cli ck a par amete r to mo ve i t a t th e en d of t he ot her list
or
o
drag a par amet er a nd d ro p it at t he d esir ed p osit io n in the othe r li st
4. Click OK.
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O RDERING C OLUMNS
To cha nge the colu mns o rder, proc eed in o ne o f t h e fol lowin g wa ys:
5.3.5
•
From with in the Xsc reen window, dra g a column header and dr op it at the
desire d po sit ion:
•
From with in the V isib le Columns l ist of t he Fi eld Sele ctor w indow , dr ag a
column hea ding and dro p it a t th e de sire d po sit ion :
SEARCHING FOR MEDIA
Q UICK T EXT S EARCH T OOL
When the da taba se con ta ins larg e amoun ts of da t a, it may bec ome dif ficu lt to find
a spec ifi c el ement . A Q uick T ext Sear ch t ool o ffers a wa y to spe ed u p your
search . I t is alwa ys a vail able on t he t op o f t he E le ments grid of both ta bs.
The Qu ick Text Sear ch f ield, on the lef t, a llows to ente r a stri ng t o se arch f or.
The secon d fiel d prov ide s a menu with th e list o f columns to s earch o n. The All
optio n is use d to sea rch on al l th e co lumns , b oth visib le a nd h idde n.
Clips tab menu :
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Playli sts tab menu :
H OW TO P ERFORM A Q UICK T EXT S EARCH
To per form a Q uick Text search , pr ocee d as fol low s:
1. Opens the tab corr espo n ding to t he r equi red elem ents.
2. Type a sea rch stri ng i n th e Quic k Te xt S earch fi el d.
3. From t he s econd fi eld, s elect the col umn y ou w a nt to per form a se arch o n or
select All to per form a se arch o n a ll t he c olumn s.
4. Click the Sear ch b utto n
or pre ss t he E NTER key t o app ly t he s earch .
The se arch res ults are di splaye d in th e El ement s grid.
5. To cle ar t he a ppl ied sear ch, c lick the
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CHANNELS PANE
The Chann els pa ne rep resent s the pl ayer ch an nels con trol led by t he remote .
Depend ing o n the Play ba ck mode set o n th e remo te, 1, 2 or 3 are as re pre senti ng
the p laye r ch anne ls ma y be sho wn. W hen a c lip or a pl ayli st i s lo aded on a play er
channe l, its char acte rist i cs and con ten t ar e di spl ayed o n t he a rea corr es pondin g
to th at c hann el.
5.4.1
USER INTERFACE
Each p laye r ch anne l re pr esente d i n th e Cha nnel s pane c onsi sts of two m ai n area s:
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The up per p art cont ains field s comm on t o al l th e media that can be l oade d on
a chan nel (cl ip, play list , l ive t rain )
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The l ower part is spe cif ic to eac h me dia. Whe n a li ve trai n is lo aded o n a
channe l, this par t is emp t y.
Area
Descri ption
Common A rea
1.
Player cha nnel nam e.
When t he r emote dev ice contro ls a pl ayer chan nel , the pla yer name lin e
is hi ghli ghte d in blu e.
2.
Record er chan nel n ame or LSM ID of t he con tent loaded o n the pl ayer
channe l:
• Clip: clip LSM ID
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• Playli st: LSM ID o f th e cu rrent play lis t el ement
• Live trai n: r ecord er c han nel n ame
3.
Curren t ti mecod e
4.
Progre ss b ar
• Clip: duri ng the play out o f the cli p
• Playli st: dur ing the play o ut of the cur rent pla ylis t elemen t
• Live trai n: n ot a vail able
5.
Metada ta o f t he l oade d c onten t:
• Clip: clip nam e
• Playli st: curr ent play list elemen t nam e fo llowe d by ‘x/ y’ (w here x is
the n umber of the curr ent clip in the play list and y is th e to tal numbe r
of cl ips in t he p layl ist)
• Live trai n: r ecord er n ame
6.
Remaini ng time:
• Clip: remainin g ti me u ntil the end of t he c lip
• Playli st: rema inin g ti me u ntil the end of the curre nt play list elem ent
• Live trai n: - -:-- :--: -Loaded Clip Area
7.
Clip L SM ID
8.
Clip n ame
9.
Clip d urat ion
10.
Curren t sp eed
Loaded Play list Are a
This a rea shows th e co nt ent o f th e lo aded pla ylis t.
When a playl ist is lo ade d on a player cha nnel , t he line of th e on-ai r ele ment is
highl ight ed i n bl ue.
11.
Playli st LDM ID and pla yl ist n ame
12.
Remaini ng time unt il t he end o f th e pl ayli st
13.
Lock On -Air Pos ition bu tton. Thi s op tion is used t o keep th e on -air
elemen t al ways vis ible in the C hann els pane .
When a ctiv ated , th e bu tto n back grou nd c olor tur ns blue:
14.
Cue bu tton for the cor res pondin g p layl ist eleme nt
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LSM ID of the play list ele ment
16.
Name o f th e pl ayli st e lem ent
17.
Speed of the play list ele ment
18.
Delete but ton to remov e t he el ement fro m th e pl ayl ist.
19.
Transi tion ef fect typ e:
20.
Transi tion ef fect dur atio n
21.
Total play lis t du rati on
SERVER PLAYBACK MODES
EVS vid eo s erver s ca n work ac cord ing to tw o playba ck mo des for t hei r basi c
operat ions . Th ose mode s canno t b e se t fr om Xs cr een.
1PGM/PRV MODE :
At least 2 pla yer cha nnel s must be avail able t o ru n this conf igur atio n. One channe l
is use d to pla y th e me dia (PGM) and the othe r on e is us ed t o pr eview the m edia to
be pl ayed nex t (PR V).
This mode a llow s the op erator s to pla y seve ral c lips one a fter the ot her with or
withou t tr ansi tion ef fect s . When run ning a p layl i st, t his m ode prov ides t he PRV
channe l t hat is n eces sary for usin g tr ansi tion s.
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The MULTI PGM mo de can contr ol 1, 2 or 3 player cha nnel s and g ives the
operat or i ndep ende nt c on trol of a ll o utpu ts.
The Cond ition al Mod e is a spe cial c ase o f th e multi P GM mod e. It i s only
availa ble in 2PG M and 3 PGM modes. It a llows th e operato rs to loa d and contro l
severa l pla ylis ts sim ulta n eously from the sa me Re mote Pa nel, or to l oad a playl ist
on one cha nnel whi le p er formin g ot her oper atio ns on th e ot her chan nel( s).
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CURRENT PLAYLIST PANE
The Cur rent Pla ylis t pa n e give s in dica tion on the playl ist whic h is set as curren t
on th e as soci ated remo te devic e.
5.5.1
SETTING A CURRENT PLAYLIST VERSUS LOADING A
PLAYLIST
A dis tinc tion is m ade bet ween s etti ng a cur rent pl aylis t an d lo adin g a play li st:
•
When you set a cur rent p layli st, you ac cess th e pl aylis t locat ion on th e ser ver
but you do no t loa d it o n a playe r cha nnel . You c an inse rt cl ips d irec tly i n the
curren t pl ayli st w itho ut h aving to load the pla ylis t onto a ch anne l.
A curren t playl ist wi ll be display ed in the Cu rren t Playlis t pane bu t not in the
Channe ls p ane.
•
When y ou l oad a pla ylis t, you a ctua lly load it on a given pla yer chan nel eit her
to ed it i t or to pla y it out .
A playl ist lo aded o n a c hannel w ill b e disp laye d in the Cha nnel s pane a nd,
poten tial ly, in the Cu rren t Playli st pane if yo u wor k in Condit iona l mode an d if
no ot her play list has bee n set as curre nt.
5.5.2
USER INTERFACE
The Cu rren t Pl ayli st p ane consi sts of the main fol l owing area s:
Area
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1.
LSM ID and name of the playl ist
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Total play lis t du rati on
4.
Number of play list elem e nts
5.
LSM ID of the play list ele ment
6.
Name o f th e pl ayli st e lem ent
7.
Player cha nnel (hi ghli ght ed) wh ere the play list ele ment i s on air
8.
Clip d urat ion
9.
Speed of the play list ele ment
10.
Delete but ton to remov e t he el ement fro m th e pl ayl ist.
11.
Transi tion ef fect typ e:
12.
Transi tion ef fect dur atio n
13.
Lock On -Air Pos ition bu tton. Thi s op tion is used t o keep th e on -air
elemen t al ways vis ible in the C urre nt P layl ist pane .
When a ctiv ated , th e bu tto n back grou nd c olor tur ns blue.
When a pla ylis t is loa de d on a pl ayer cha nnel , t he li ne o f th e on -air ele ment i s
highl ight ed i n bl ue.
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ACTIONS ALLOWED FROM XSCREEN
Users are a llow ed to pe rform som e acti ons fr om Xscreen . Most o f thes e actions
are don e via drag- and- d rop ope rati ons o r ded ica ted sho rtcu ts. T hey im m ediat ely
reflec t on t he rem ote. T o easil y fin d the e leme nt s neede d with in th e dat a base, a
search t ool is a vail able at the top o f the El eme nts grid . Refe r to sect io n 5.3.5
‘Searc hing for Med ia’ on page 2 2 f or mo re e xpla na tion.
5.6.1
MODIFYING A PLAYLIST
Users may ins ert sev era l cl ips int o a pl ayli st at once or mov e s ever al playl ist
elemen ts a t on ce w ithi n a play list .
H OW TO S ELECT M ULTIPLE C LIPS
To sel ect mult iple cli ps, procee d as fol lows :
•
To select a li st of cont ig uous cli ps, pres s SHIFT and selec t the fir st and l ast
clips of the list .
•
To sel ect non- cont iguo us clip s, p ress CTRL and s elect the cli ps.
•
To sel ect all the cli ps d is played , s elec t a clip in th e area and pre ss C TRL + A.
H OW TO I NSERT A C LIP INTO A P LAYLIST
One or sev eral cl ips ca n be added i nto a pl ayli st. This c an be do ne in various
ways.
Form the Elements Grid
To add a clip into a cur r ent pl ayli st fr om the Dat abase E lemen ts gr id, pro ceed as
follow s:
1. Select a clip in the Clip s tab o f th e Da taba se E lem ents List
2. Drag i t to the r equi red p ositi on in side the play lis t eithe r in the C urre nt P la ylist
pane o r i n th e Cha nnel s pane if t he p layl ist has b een l oaded on a c hann el.
OR
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+
the c urren t p layl ist.
keys to app end t he s elec ted clip at t he end of
From the Current Playlist Pane
In cond iti onal m ode, dif fe rent p layl ists c an be load ed on di ffe rent play er ch annels .
To add a clip from the Curren t Pla ylis t pan e int o anot her pl ayli st l oade d in th e
Channe ls p ane, pro ceed as fo llows :
1. Load a pl ayli st o n a play er cha nnel .
It ap pear s in the Cha nnel s pane .
2. Made a noth er p layl ist cur rent.
It ap pear s in the Curr ent Playli st pane .
3. Select a play list elem ent in th e Cur rent Pla ylis t pa ne.
4. Drag i t to th e re quir ed p o sitio n in side the pla ylis t i n the Chan nels pan e.
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From the Channels Pane
To add a clip from a pla y list loa ded on a play er ch annel in th e Channe ls pa ne into
anothe r p layl ist load ed o n ano ther pla yer c hann el, proce ed a s f ollow s:
1. Select a clip in a pl ayli st loaded on a p laye r ch ann el
2. Drag it to the requ ired p ositi on insid e t he othe r playl ist load ed on the ot her
channe l.
H OW TO R EMOVE A P LAYLIST E LEMENT
To rem ove a pl ayli st e le ment f rom a pl ayli st, proc eed i n on e of the fo llowi n g ways :
•
Click the X bu tton on the playl ist eleme nt line in th e Curr ent Play list pan e.
•
Click t he X bu tton o n t he play list eleme nt li ne in the Ch anne ls pan e if the
playl ist is l oade d on a c h annel .
•
Press the Dele te k ey.
H OW TO M OVE A P LAYLIST E LEMENT WITHIN A P LAYLIST
One or s ever al pl ayli st e lement s can be mov ed w ithin the p layl ist b y a dr ag-and drop ope rati on. Th is can be done in th e Curre nt Playli st pan e or in th e Channel s
pane if t he p layl ist is loa ded on a chan nel.
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CHANGING METADATA
H OW TO M ODIFY C LIP OR P LAYLIST M ETADATA
The fo llow ing c lip m etad ata ca n be chan ged fro m the C lips tab by t he Xscree n
users: LSM ID, UmID, Va rID, c lip name , ke yword s.
From t he P layl ists tab , o nly t he p layl ist name can be cha nged .
To mod ify one of t hose m etada ta, proc eed as f ollo ws:
1. In the s elec ted ta b of t he Eleme nts g rid, d oubl e-clic k the fiel d you wa nt t o
change .
The f ield beco mes edit ab le
2. Enter the requ ired val ue
3. Press ENTER to vali date the v alue or Esc to c ance l the ope rati on.
H OW TO M ODIFY P LAYLIST T RANSITION E FFECT OR P LAYLIST
E LEMENT S PEED
The tr ansi tion eff ect t ype or dur atio n be twee n two playl ist e leme nts, as we ll as th e
speed of a play list el eme nt ca n b e m odif ied from Xscree n. This can be do ne fr om
the Cur rent Pla ylis t pan e or fro m the Chan nels pa ne if the p layl ist is lo ade d on a
channe l.
How to Modify Playlist Element Speed
To mod ify the spee d of a playl ist eleme nt, proc eed in o ne o f th e f ollow ing w ays:
•
Double -cli ck t he S peed fi eld o f th e pl ayli st e leme n t and ent er a new val ue
•
Click the up o r do wn a rro ws nex t to th e Spe ed f iel d of the play list ele ment
How to Modify Transition Effect Type
To mod ify the tran siti on e ffect typ e of a p lay list ele ment, proc eed as f ollo ws:
1. Click the arro w ne xt t o th e Tran siti on Ef fect fie ld of a play list ele ment
2. Select ano ther tra nsi tion effec t fr om t he me nu
Cut
Mix
Wipe
Fade f rom …
Fade t o …
V Fade
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How to Modify Transition Effect Duration
To modi fy th e tra nsit ion effec t dur atio n of a play li st elem ent, proc eed i n on e of th e
follow ing ways :
5.6.3
•
Double -cli ck the Tran siti on Duration f ield of th e playl ist elem ent and en te r a
new va lue
•
Click the up o r do wn a rrows next to the Tran sition Dura tion fie ld o f the
playl ist eleme nt
SETTING A CURRENT PLAYLIST
To set a curre nt p layl ist or cha nge the curr ent pla ylist , pr ocee d as fol lows :
1. Select a play list in the Pl aylis ts t ab o f th e El emen t s grid
2. Drag i t to th e he ader of t he Cur rent Pla ylis t pa ne
OR
Press the
5.6.4
+
keys .
LOADING MEDIA
L OADING A C LIP
A clip c an be l oade d on a playe r chan nel b y a drag- a nd-d rop op erat ion to the
upper part of a p laye r in t he Cha nnel s pa ne f rom o ne of the fol lowi ng a reas :
•
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Note
This ope rati on can al so b e perfor med by pr essi ng the
toget her wi th th e
,
or
PGM1, P GM2 or PG M3 r e specti vely .
ke y
key to lo ad th e cli p on t h e
•
From th e Cur rent Play list pane: sele ct a play list e lement and drag it t o loa d it
as a sing le c lip
•
From the lower p art o f th e Channe ls pa ne when a playl ist is loade d: lo adin g of
a pla ylis t el emen t, a s si n gle c lip, on the pla yer ch annel wher e th e p layl ist was
loaded or ano ther pla yer channe l.
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Importa nt
In PGM/P RV mod e and in 2 or 3 P GM mode (and Alw ays mo de), a
playl ist can only be load e d on the PGM1.
A play lis t ca n be loa ded on a play er ch anne l i n on e of the foll owin g way s:
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•
by a drag -and -dro p o pera tion from th e Pl ayli sts ta b of the Ele ment s gr id to the
upper part of a p laye r in t he Cha nnel s pa ne
•
by pr essi ng the
key toge ther with th e
,
or
key t o
load th e cli p on t he PG M1, PGM2 o r PGM3 r esp ective ly, i f th is is a llowe d by
the s elec ted m ode.
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XSCREEN SHORTCUTS
Some ac tion s ca n be per formed with key boar d sh ortcu ts. T he a vail able sh ortcu ts
are d ispl ayed in th e S ho rtcuts wi ndow whi ch c an be ac cess ed from the m enu b ar
optio n Hel p > Keybo ard Shortcu ts o r by pre ssin g the
+
keys.
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