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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III
WHAT’S NEW? ............................................................................................................. VII
1.
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
2.
USER INTERFACE ................................................................................................. 2
2.1 OPENING XEDIO MANAGER .....................................................................................................2
2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO MANAGER WINDOW ....................................................................2
2.2.1 Menu bar .................................................................................................................................3
2.2.2 The Outlook Bar ......................................................................................................................5
2.2.3 The Work Area ........................................................................................................................6
2.2.4 The Logbook Area...................................................................................................................6
3.
ENCODERS ............................................................................................................ 7
3.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................7
3.2 PHYSICAL MANAGER ................................................................................................................8
3.2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................8
3.2.2 Creating Physical Encoder ......................................................................................................9
3.2.3 Setting up the Encoding Parameters.....................................................................................10
3.2.4 Modifying the Physical Encoder Properties ...........................................................................12
3.2.5 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus...............................................................................12
3.3 LOGICAL MANAGER.................................................................................................................13
3.3.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................13
3.3.2 Creating Logical Encoder ......................................................................................................13
3.3.3 Modifying the Logical Encoder Properties .............................................................................14
3.3.4 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus...............................................................................14
3.4 GROUP MANAGER ...................................................................................................................16
3.4.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................16
3.4.2 Creating a Group of Logical Channels ..................................................................................16
3.4.3 Deleting a Group of Encoders ...............................................................................................17
3.5 SCHEDULER .............................................................................................................................17
3.6 PREVIEW...................................................................................................................................18
4.
LINX AND DIRECT ACCESS ............................................................................... 19
4.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................19
4.2 GENERAL CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS .........................................................................19
4.3 EVS VIDEO SERVER ................................................................................................................20
4.3.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................20
4.3.2 EVS Server Parameters ........................................................................................................21
4.3.3 How to Gang Recorder Channels .........................................................................................22
4.3.4 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus...............................................................................22
4.4 EVS VIDEO SERVER GROUP ..................................................................................................23
5.
5.1
MACHINES ........................................................................................................... 24
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................24
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5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
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SWITCHER MANAGER .............................................................................................................26
ARCHIVE SERVER MANAGER ................................................................................................28
XFILE MANAGER ......................................................................................................................29
IPDIRECTOR .............................................................................................................................30
MODIFYING OR DELETING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE..............................................................32
MEDIA .................................................................................................................. 33
6.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................33
6.2 MEDIA SERVERS ......................................................................................................................34
6.2.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................34
6.2.2 Adding a Media Server..........................................................................................................34
6.2.3 Contextual Menus .................................................................................................................35
6.2.4 Setting the CDM Encoder Mapped Drive ..............................................................................37
6.3 CLASS MANAGER ....................................................................................................................37
6.3.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................37
6.3.2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus...............................................................................38
6.4 MEDIA IMPORTER ....................................................................................................................38
6.5 RTD MANAGER.........................................................................................................................40
6.5.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................40
6.5.2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus...............................................................................40
6.6 MEDIA MANAGER.....................................................................................................................41
6.6.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................41
6.6.2 Element Grid .........................................................................................................................42
6.6.3 Searching the Database........................................................................................................45
6.6.4 Delete & Purge ......................................................................................................................55
7.
METADATA .......................................................................................................... 56
7.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................56
7.2 PROFILE MANAGEMENT .........................................................................................................57
7.2.1 Managing User Fields ...........................................................................................................58
7.2.2 Managing Metadata Profiles .................................................................................................59
7.3 MEDIA PROFILE ASSOCIATION ..............................................................................................60
7.4 EDIT PROFILE ASSOCIATION .................................................................................................61
8.
PLAYOUTS........................................................................................................... 63
8.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................63
8.2 SERVERS MANAGER ...............................................................................................................64
8.2.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................64
8.2.2 Creating and Configuring a Playout Server ...........................................................................64
8.2.3 Modifying the Playout Server Properties ...............................................................................65
8.2.4 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus...............................................................................65
8.3 GROUP MANAGER ...................................................................................................................65
8.3.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................65
8.3.2 Creating a Group of Playout Servers ....................................................................................66
8.3.3 Deleting a Group of Playout Servers .....................................................................................66
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SOFTWARES ....................................................................................................... 67
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................67
PARAMETER PROFILES ..........................................................................................................68
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9.2.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................68
9.2.2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menu ................................................................................69
9.2.3 List of <GENERAL> Parameters ...........................................................................................70
9.2.4 List of Parameters for Xedio Manager...................................................................................75
9.2.5 List of Parameters for Xedio CleanEdit .................................................................................77
9.2.6 List of Parameters for Xedio Ingest .......................................................................................88
9.2.7 List of Parameters for Xedio Playout Organizer ....................................................................89
9.2.8 List of Parameters for Xedio Browse .....................................................................................90
9.2.9 List of Parameters for Xedio Browse (VC) ............................................................................90
9.2.10 List of Parameters for Xedio Approval...................................................................................91
9.2.11 List of Parameters for Xedio Importer ...................................................................................91
9.2.12 List of Parameters for Xedio Explorer ...................................................................................92
9.2.13 List of Parameters for Xedio Cutter .......................................................................................93
9.2.14 How to Edit a Parameter Profile ............................................................................................95
9.3 KEYBOARD PROFILES.............................................................................................................96
9.3.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................96
9.3.2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menu ................................................................................96
9.3.3 How to Edit a Keyboard Shortcut ..........................................................................................96
9.3.4 List of Xedio CleanEdit Keyboard Keys Assignments ...........................................................97
9.3.5 List of Xedio Playout Organizer Keyboard Keys Assignments ............................................106
9.3.6 List of Xedio Browse and Xedio Browse (VC) Keyboard Keys Assignments.......................106
9.3.7 List of Xedio Cutter Keyboard Keys Assignments ...............................................................107
9.4 KEYBOARD MACHINES .........................................................................................................111
9.4.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................111
9.4.2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menu ..............................................................................111
9.5 VIDEO FX ................................................................................................................................112
9.5.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................112
9.5.2 Editing Default Parameters for Effects ................................................................................112
10. TOOLS................................................................................................................ 113
10.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................113
10.2 PROGRAM CLASS MANAGER ...............................................................................................114
10.2.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................114
10.2.2 Possible Actions with Contextual Menus.............................................................................114
10.3 PROJECTS / CLIPS / EDITS / PLAYLISTS MANAGER ..........................................................115
10.3.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................115
10.3.2 Element Grid .......................................................................................................................115
10.3.3 Searching the Database......................................................................................................119
10.3.4 Delete & Purge ....................................................................................................................119
10.4 BROADCASTED ITEMS MANAGER .......................................................................................119
10.5 SCRIPT MANAGER .................................................................................................................120
10.6 MONITORING ..........................................................................................................................121
11. USERS ................................................................................................................ 122
11.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................122
11.2 USER MANAGER ....................................................................................................................123
11.2.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................123
11.2.2 Creating a User ...................................................................................................................124
11.2.3 Possible Actions with Contextual Menu ..............................................................................124
11.3 ORIGIN MANAGER .................................................................................................................125
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11.3.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................125
11.3.2 Contextual Menus ...............................................................................................................125
11.4 LICENSE MANAGER ...............................................................................................................126
12. MEDIA FILE CLEANER ...................................................................................... 127
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What’s New?
The fol lowin g tab le des cr ibes th e sect ions u pdat e d to refl ect t he new a nd modifi ed
featu res on Xed io Mana ger from Xe dio Sui te 3. 02 and 4.0 1 (comp ared to Xedio
Suite 3.0 1).
In the user man ual , the icon
has been adde d on left margi n to highl ight
inform atio n on new and u pdated fe atur es.
Click th e sect ion num ber (or the des crip tion ) in t he tabl e to jump d irec tly to the
corres pond ing sect ion.
Sectio n
Descri ption
5.6
Possib ilit y to sy nchr oniz e the Xed io dat abas e with th e
IPDire ctor dat abas e.
6.4
Media Im port er: Po ssib ili ty to imp ort med ia fro m CANON
Compact Fla sh d rive
6.6.1
A Tod ay t ab is autom atic ally adde d t o t he S aved Filter s.
It co rresp onds to ‘cre ati o n dat e = toda y’.
6.6.2
Specia l St atus Dis play fo r the Elem ents : e xpla nati on ha s
been ad ded to g ive i nfor mation o n spe cial d ispl a y of the
elemen ts i n th e e lemen ts grid .
6.6.3
Quick Text sea rch can n ow be appl ied tog ethe r with a n
advanc ed f ilt er, w ith an A ND oper ator .
6.6.3
Filter Fiel ds: Th e mos t r elevan t par amet ers ar e li sted on
the t op o f th e l ist.
6.6.3
Search Fie lds Types : l ogi cal o pera tors now repl ac e tex t.
9.2.3
New Gener al Soft ware P aramet ers for t he Defa ul t Proxy
Resolu tion and for the cl i pping on add frame s.
9.2.5
New So ftwa re P arame te rs Pr ofil e f or X edio Cl eanEdi t:
check f or mis sing hi-r es files in th e edi t time lin e, new
Device s tab , vid eo s tan dard se lect ion and Ma k e Loca l
optio n.
9.2.1 3
New Sof twar e Pa ramet er s Prof iles for Xed io C utte r.
9.3.4 , 9. 3.7
Modifi cati on o f the Ke yboard Prof ile P aram et ers fo r
forwar d an d re verse pl ay
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1. Introduction
An in stal lat ion of Xedi o Suite can in clud e a si ngl e wor ksta tion pr ovid ing a sin gle
fast and easy edit ing f acili ty o r a r ange of w orksta tion s ru nnin g th e vario us
applic ati ons inc luded i n the suite to pr ovide a com plete new sroom or s p orts centr e
video prod ucti on s olu tion .
Each inst alla tion of a Xe dio S uite req uire s i ts own spec ific con fig urat ion an d set of
parame ters . Al l the wor kstat ions , th e use rs, th eir as soci ated pro ject s, and th e
whole medi a po ol a re a v ailab le t o th e sy stem . Ea ch of the se i s re fere nced withi n
the Xe dio dat abase .
Xedio Mana ger is t he a p plica tion with in the suit e that mana ges the conf ig urati on
of th e in stal lati on and def ines the param eter s us ed by t he s ystem .
Xedio Mana ger is d esig ned f or sy stem adm inis t rators to eas ily use and set the
system u p from the ve r y begin ning o f the inst allat ion to the da ily a s set and
conten t ma nagem ent .
Xedio Man ager ca n be in stall ed on all com pute rs connec ted to th e Xedio n etwork .
The on ly r equi remen t is an ODBC con nect ion to t he da tabas e; o ther wise t here a re
no spe cif ic c omput er o r n etwork req uirem ents nec essary to enab le u se.
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2. User Interface
2.1
OPENING XEDIO MANAGER
To star t the Xedi o Man a ger app lica tio n, cl ick o n the Xed io Man ager
icon on t he d eskt op.
2.2
OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO MANAGER
WINDOW
The X edio Man ager gra p hical in terfa ce cont ains four main are as high glig hted in
the s creen shot bel ow:
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2.2.1
MENU BAR
T OOLS MENU
The Tools men u gives a c cess to the Med ia File C leaner t ool. Th is tool sh ows the
list of all t he media f iles presen t on the Xed io me dia serve rs but no t refere nced in
the da taba se ( orph an f ile s). Fr om th e Med ia F ile Cleane r win dow, it is po s sible to
delet e th ese orph an f iles . Refer to sec tion 12 ‘Med ia Fi le Cl eane r’ o n pa ge 127 f or
more i nform ati on.
V IEW MENU
The Vi ew me nu p rovi des the f ollow ing opt ions :
Menu It em
Descri ption
Outlook Bar
Displa ys o r hi des the Out look bar.
Logbook Bar
Displa ys o r hi des the Log book b ar.
Full S cree n
Hides the Menu bar .
H ELP MENU
The H elp menu pr ovid es the Abou t… o ptio n w hi ch gi ves inf orma tion ab out the
system , su ch a s ve rsio n number .
The sc reen shot be low g ives an i dea of the wi ndow o verv iew but it is not a
refere nce for the requ ire d vers ion numb ers.
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The wi ndow give s th e f oll owing info rmat ion:
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Informa tion Item
Meaning
Applic ation
Versio n nu mber of Xedi o Manage r.
Execut e Fol der
Folder Pat h wh ere X edio Manage r is ins tall ed.
PlugIn s
List of the in stal led p lug -in. Whe n the u ser se lec ts a plug
in name from the l ist , the c orre spond ing v ersion is
displa yed next to the fie l d.
Xedio D atab ase
DLL
Versio n num ber o f the DLL all owin g the acce s s to th e
Xedio data base .
Xedio D atab ase
Script
Versio n nu mber of the da tabase .
It must be co mpat ible with th e Cle anEd it Da ta base DL L
versio n nu mber .
Timecod e Ex trac tor
Versio n n umber of the a pplica tio n wh ich chec ks t he med ia
and t he t imeco de i nsid e t he med ia.
Databas e Se rver
Name
Name o f th e se rver wher e the dat abas e re side s.
Databas e Nam e
Name o f th e da taba se i n SQL se rver .
DSN Name
Data S ourc e Nam e, l abel of th e cu rren tly used OD BC lin k.
DBMS
Databa se Ma nage ment S ystem type and ver sion .
Librar ies
List of th e exis ting DL L l ibrari es. Whe n the us er select s a
librar y n ame from the l ist, the cor respo ndin g v ersion is
displa yed next to the fie l d.
Databas e Se rver
Current Tim e
Date a nd t ime from the D atabas e se rver .
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The Ou tloo k ba r pr esen t s nin e ta bs. They cor res pond to t he a reas man a ged b y
Xedio Mana ger.
When Xed io Mana ger is start ed for t he fi rst ti me, only the M edia a nd Use rs tabs
are sho wn. Y ou ne ed t o creat e a med ia s erver before bei ng ab le to see all th e
tabs. See sec tion 6.2 ‘Me dia Se rver s’ o n pa ge 3 4.
The fo llow ing tabl e br ief l y desc ribe s th e va riou s c ategor ies :
Subjec t
Purpose
Encoder s
Manage s (crea te, de lete and modif y) enco ders and sets u p
their para mete rs.
LinX
Manage s in tera ctio ns w it h EVS vide o se rvers .
Machine s
Manage s inter acti ons w ith exte rnal de vice s su ch as VTR,
archiv e se rver s, XF ile an d EVS serv ers.
Medias
Manage s a ll m edia an d ass ocia ted sto rage struct ure as
refere nced in the dat abas e.
Metadat a
Manage s the cre atio n of metad ata pr ofil es w hich cou ld be
associ ated to medi a.
Playou ts
Manage s th e pl ayou t se rv ers us ed b y th e Xe dio Su ite.
Softwar es
Sets up all s oftwa re pa ramete rs and al lows th e creati on of
parame ter prof iles .
Tools
Manage s da taba se c onte nt an d us ers jobs .
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Subjec t
Purpose
Users
Manage s us ers and acce ss rig hts .
Each cat egory p rovi des access to a ser ies of items. Onc e a categ or y tab is
select ed, its s peci fic ite ms are s hown as ic ons. Selec t any of t hese ic ons to
displa y i ts r elev ant inte rf ace i n th e Wor k ar ea.
Refer to the di ffe rent c h apters of the prese nt ma nual fo r comp lete i nfor m ation o n
each c ateg ory mana ged b y Xedi o Ma nage r.
2.2.3
THE WORK AREA
The Wo rk a rea is only a ctive whe n an it em i s se lecte d in on e ca tego ry fr om th e
Outloo k a rea. Thu s, the wind ow d ispl ayed in t he Wor k ar ea depe nds on the
select ed item. Par amet er s are set from thi s ar ea.
2.2.4
THE LOGBOOK AREA
The L ogbo ok a rea lis ts t he op erat ions th at the us er pe rform s i n t he data b ase a nd
their st atus . If a prob le m occurs, an e rror mes s age is adde d in the li st. At the
same t ime, the app lica tio n save s al l t his info rmat i on in a l og f ile .
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3. Encoders
3.1
INTRODUCTION
Encode rs are p hysic al de vices wh ich al low the d ig itiza tion o f incom ing au di o/vid eo
feeds in to mul tipl e file f ormats . Most of t he mod els are co nfig ured t o en code lores or hi- res f eed. The y can be log ical ly g roup ed to as soci ate phys ical e ncoder s
handl ing t he sam e fee d, eithe r in hi -res or in lo-r es. So, edit ing o pera tion s can be
quickl y perf ormed on lo -r es media and t hen ref lec ted to the cor resp ondi ng hi -res
media for furt her news pr oduct ion and play out.
The XEDIO I /O enc oder model is a ble to e ncod e both lo -res an d hi-r es at the same
time.
Five it ems ar e avai labl e in the En code rs cat egor y . They ar e det aile d in th e table
below.
Item
Descri ption
Physic al M anage r
Define s ha rdwar e s etup and enco ding par amet ers f or
each p hysi cal enco der.
Logica l Man ager
Define s th e log ical enc oders, i.e . th e com bina tion o f
physic al enco ders to for m a s ingl e lo gica l e nco der. For
exampl e, a hi -res enc ode r and a lo-re s e ncode r r e ceivin g
the same f eed can b e contro lled a s one si ngle logical
encode r.
Group M anage r
Allows to cre ate g roup s of logi cal e ncod ers th at make
logica l c hanne ls v isi ble fr om spe cifi c wo rksta tio ns.
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Item
Descri ption
Schedul er
Displa ys blo cks co rres p onding to the s ched ule d inges t
alread y pl anne d f or e nco ding.
Previe w
Displa ys the curr ent vi deo i nput wh en the en coder is
record ing medi a.
3.2
PHYSICAL MANAGER
3.2.1
INTRODUCTION
You mu st d efin e an d co nf igure a p hysic al encod er before you can use it .
When yo u cli ck th e Phy sical M anag er bu tton , t he Phys ical Enco ders M anager
window is d ispl ayed in t he Work are a, a llow ing y ou to def ine or up date e ncodin g
hardwa re conn ecte d to th e networ k (Encod er type , IP addres s) and t he en coding
parame ters .
Contex tual men us a re av ailab le f or a ddit iona l op e ratio ns.
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3.2.2
CREATING PHYSICAL ENCODER
To crea te a nd c onfi gure a phys ical enco der, comp lete t he f ollo wing fie lds a nd the n
click on the C reat e bu tto n.
The enc oder n ame i s add ed to th e lis t on t he le ft side of the w indow and ‘ Channe l
1’ app ears unde rnea th. A s the X EDIO I/O mo del is a mult icha nnel enco der, up to 2
channe l nu mber s ar e di s played und er the encod er name.
Field
Descri ption
Encoder Mode l
Select a n encod er mod el among CDM [1] (al so called
CDM-MPEG) , CDM[2 ], XEDIO I/ O (al so cal led CDM[3]
PCX3)
Encoder Des cript ion
Automa tica lly fill ed at e n coder mode l se lect ion.
Company
Automa tica lly fill ed at e n coder mode l se lect ion.
Number of Ch annel s
Automa tica lly fill ed at e n coder mode l se lect ion.
Type
Automa tica lly fill ed at e n coder mode l se lect ion.
Label
Name you gi ve to th e ph ysical e ncod er, as i t will appear
in the l ist. P refe rabl y ch oose a na me rel evan t to the job
of th e en code r or to its p ositi on i n th e Xe dio arch i tectu re.
IP Addr ess
IP add ress of the phy sica l enc oder .
Descri ption
Option al t ext t o des crib e the en coder . Th is wil l a ppear i n
a Tool Tip w hen pla cing t he p oint er o v er the
corres pond ing enco der n ame in the li st o n th e le ft .
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SETTING UP THE ENCODING PARAMETERS
Select a c hanne l (’Ch a nnel 1’, o r ‘Chan nel 2’ with CDM[3] PC X3) to set the
encodi ng p aram eter s.
The enc odin g para mete r s field s dis play ed on th e right depe nd on the encode r
model.
CDM-MPEG E NCODING P ARAMETERS
The av aila ble para mete rs for C DM[1] , a lso call ed CDM-MPEG , ar e th e fo llo wing:
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Settin g
Descri ption
Media Serve r
Media st orag e serv er w here th e enco ded me dia files wi ll be
stored .
Gop Si ze
Number of f rames bet we en two I p ictu res ( norm al set tin g is
12). D efin es t he M PEG fil e str uctur e t o us e.
Number of B
Frames
Number o f B fr ames b etween two P f rame s ( typica lly 2 ).
Define s th e Go p st ruct ur e to use.
Video Size
Width of the pi ctur e. Sel ect a va lue in the li st (t ypical ly 352
for t he l o-re s an d 72 0 fo r the hi-r es, for a CDM- M PEG2).
Video
Standar d
Choose PAL or N TSC s ta ndard.
Format
MPEG1
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Descri ption
Video B itra te
Video en codi ng bi trat e, entere d as a bi t/sec number . For
exampl e, 8 Mb/s is ente re d as 80000 00.
TC Conf ig
Define s th e t imeco de i ns erted in the enco ded file :
• vitc: the t imeco de is b ased on the vid eo sour ce si gnal .
Select vitc for al l encode rs in a lo- res + hi-r es
confi gura tion .
• local t ime: th e time cod e is take n from t he CD M encode r
local time .
• encoder conf ig: the t im ecode is ma nage d by th e enco der
itsel f (f rom the C DM Ma n ager a ppl icat ion) .
Audio
Numbers
Number of audi o ch anne l s to enco de a nd mu ltip lex .
Video R atio
Select ion betw een 16/9 a nd 4/ 3 fo rmats for enc odi ng.
This i s re late d to the aud io con fig urat ion tabl e th a t def ines the
audio para mete rs f or t he encode d f ile.
When y ou h ave done th e requ ired mod ific atio ns, clic k on the Upda te b u tton to
send the new p arame ters valu es t o th e en code r ha rdware .
CDM[2] AND CDM[3] E NCODING P ARAMETERS
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Settin g
Descri ption
Profil e
Encodi ng p rofi le u sed by the e ncode r.
The prof iles come fr om a list of xm l fil es sto red o n the sto rage
server ( in the Pr ofi les/C DM2 folde r). Th ese fi les define th e
codecs /for mats and the ir parame ters .
Storage
The st orag e se rver tha t s tores the enc oded medi a files .
Audio G roups
This p arame ter is only av ailab le f or CDM [2] .
Only two gro ups
simult aneo usly .
of
embedd ed
audi o
can
be
selec ted
Audio
Channel s
The audio s ource s can b e chosen us ing the dr op down list s in
the s elec ted grou ps.
Previe w Thumb
Path
Path of the th umbn ail , automat ica lly
encode r, d urin g vi deo dig itiza tion .
gen erat ed
by
the
This t humb nail is used in Xed io Inges t Or gani z er sch edul er
and Xe dio Mana ger to p r eview the sour ce b eing e ncoded .
3.2.4
MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL ENCODER PROPERTIES
To mod ify th e pr oper ties of a p hysi cal enc oder , select i t i n t he list , e nt er ne w
values in the rel evan t fi el ds, a nd c lick the Upda te butto n.
3.2.5
POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS
A contex tual me nu is av ailab le when yo u sele ct an encod er name i n the list and
then righ t-cl ick. The fol lo wing o ptio ns c an b e se le cted:
Menu It em
Descri ption
Duplic ate
Create s a new phy sica l e ncoder wi th t he same pr opert ies
and s ame enco ding pa ra meters . Th e t erm ‘dup lic ated’ is
added next to the new en coder name .
Delete
Delete s th e e ncode r co nfi gurat ion and remov es i t f rom th e
list.
A context ual men u is av ailab le when you se lect a channel in the li st a nd then
right- clic k:
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Menu It em
Descri ption
Set La bel /
Descri ption
Opens a d ialo g box a llo wing to u pdat e the ‘Chan nel 1’ o r
‘Chann el 2 ’ na me o r to e nter a de scrip tio n.
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When you cl ick th e Lo gical Man ager bu tto n, the Logi cal En coder s Manager
window is disp layed in t he Work are a, a llow ing you t o lo gica lly group p hysica l
encode rs as bei ng pa rt of th e sam e cha nnel . Possib le c onfi gura tion s use two
encode rs i n hi -res and l o-res or o ne e ncod er i n hi-re s on ly. With a X E DIO I/ O
encode r mo del, lo- res an d hi-r es a re r ecor ded by t he sam e en code r.
3.3.2
CREATING LOGICAL ENCODER
To create an d confi gure a logica l encode r, comp l ete the fol lowin g fiel ds a nd then
click on the C reat e bu tto n.
The l ogic al enco der nam e is add ed to the lis t o n the lef t s ide of the wi nd ow an d
the n ame o f i ts c orres pon ding physi cal enco ders a ppears und erne ath.
Field
Descri ption
Label
Give a nam e to the log ica l enc oder .
Logica l Enc oder
Group
Select the gro up yo u wa nt to link to the logi cal encode rs .
This wil l deter mine th e I ngest Or gani zer work sta tion whi ch
will se e th e enc oders an d this is us ed to rest rict the ac cess
to som e en code rs b y th e Inges t Org aniz er.
The GLOBA L grou p mak es the en coder s visi ble to all the
Inges t Org aniz er w orks ta tions .
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Descri ption
Physic al L ow
Bitrat e Enc oder
Select the l ow bit rate ( if applic able ) phys ical enc oder to b e
part of t he l ogic al e ncod e r.
With a XED IO I/O e nc oder mod el, se lec ting one of th e
physic al enc oder ch anne l s automa tica lly al loca tes the other
channe l of the p hysic al encode r to t he co rres p onding low
bitra te o r hi gh b itra te f iel d.
Physic al H igh
Bitrat e Enc oder
Select the hig h bi trat e physic al e ncod er to be part o f th e
logica l e ncode r.
Xedio Inges t IP
addres s
IP addre ss of th e serve r hosti ng the Xe dio In gest Organi ze r
module con trol ling the en coder.
Xedio Inges t TCP
Port
Port o f the serv er ho sting the X edio Ing est Organi ze r
module .
Switch er Ou tput
Output of the swi tcher to which the enco der is c on nected .
Color
Backgr ound colo r of th e enco der c hann el i n the Xe dio
Schedu ler.
The color p alet te is ava ilabl e by click ing th e Co lor butt on
and t hen sele ctin g a colo r from the dro p-dow n l ist.
3.3.3
Positi on
Positi on of t he e ncod er c hannel in the Xed io S che duler .
Descri ption
Option al te xt t o desc ri be the logic al en code r. This wi ll
appear i n a ToolTip w hen plac ing the po inte r over the
corres pond ing logi cal enc oder n ame in t he l ist on t he le ft.
MODIFYING THE LOGICAL ENCODER PROPERTIES
To modify t he prop erti es of a logic al enco der, se le ct it in the li st, en ter new values
in th e re leva nt f ield s, a nd clic k th e Upd ate butt on.
3.3.4
POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS
D ELETING A L OGICAL E NCODER
A contex tual m enu is a va ilabl e when yo u sele ct a logica l enco der na me in the lis t
and t hen righ t-cl ick:
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Delete Logi cal
Encoder
Delete s the log ical enco der con fig urat ion a nd re moves i t
from t he l ist .
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A contex tua l menu is ava ilabl e when no encod er i s selec ted an d you ri ght- click i n
the e ncode r l ist area .
Menu It em
Descri ption
Export Encod ers
Export s the list and c onfig urat ion o f enco der s in a
readab le file (.e nc f ormat ).
In the Sa ve As win dow, s elect t he fol der to e xpor t the file
to.
Import Encod ers
Import s t he list an d c onfig urat ion of enco der s in a
readab le file .
In the Open w indo w, s elect the f ile that cont ains t he
encode rs l ist to impor t.
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GROUP MANAGER
3.4.1
INTRODUCTION
When y ou clic k th e Gr o up Man ager but ton , th e Logica l E ncod er G roup Manage r
window is disp laye d in t he Wor k ar ea, allow ing you t o gr oup toge ther multip le
logica l e ncode rs.
A grou p of enc oders w ill t hen be v isib le on ly to a pred efin ed X edio Inges t
Organi zer wor ksta tion . I ndeed, a t firs t run of Xe dio Inge st Orga nize r, th e group
members hip is s et.
3.4.2
CREATING A GROUP OF LOGICAL CHANNELS
To crea te a gr oup of logi cal enc oder s, com plet e t he foll owin g fie lds an d th en clic k
on th e Cre ate butt on.
The gr oup name is adde d to t he l ist on the left sid e of the wind ow.
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Field
Descri ption
Label
Give a nam e to the gro up of l ogic al e ncod er.
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the g roup of logi cal enco ders.
Logica l Enc oder s
Select th e lo gica l en code rs to grou p t oget her.
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A group of lo gica l chann els rest rict s the amou nt of avail able c hanne ls for
specif ic Xedi o I nges t Or g anizer wor ksta tion s. Ther e is one def aul t gr oup,
called GLOBAL , tha t al lows a Xe dio In gest Or ganize r work stat ion t o
“s ee ” all chan nels whe n i t is sele cted .
Note 2
To fi nali ze e ncod ers co nfigu rati on, it is n eces s ary t o st ore the CDM
encode rs map ped dr ive i n the da taba se (se e sec tion 6. 2.4 ‘ Sett ing t he
CDM Enc oder Mapp ed Dr ive’ on p age 37)
3.4.3
DELETING A GROUP OF ENCODERS
To be able to dele te a group of encod ers, yo u first nee d to clear th e logica l
encode rs b oxes and pre s s the Updat e b utto n.
Then, ri ght- clic king th e group nam e will sh ow y ou a contex tua l menu w ith the
Delete opt ion.
3.5
SCHEDULER
When you c lick t he Sc hedule r butt on, t he Sc hedule r wind ow dis play s blocks
corres pond ing to the sc hedule d i nges ts alrea dy planne d f or encod ing by all the
logica l e ncode rs.
As th is func tion is the sa me as the on e a vail able i n Xed io Inge st O rgan izer , plea se
refer to the user manu al of th is a ppli cati on f or m o re de tail s.
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PREVIEW
When you cl ick th e Prev iew butt on, t he Prev iew window di spla ys simu lta neousl y
the v ideo curr ent ly u nder proce ssin g an d en codi ng at a ll e ncod ers inpu ts.
The on ly a vail able par am eter is t he Re fres h Rat e defin ed i n se cond s.
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Direct Access
4.1
INTRODUCTION
Xedio “Add -On ” for EVS Video Serv er i s bas ed o n LinX prot ocol and XT G ateway .
The LinX Ap plic ati on Pro grammin g Inte rfac e is an integra ted AP I used t o access
the EV S fa mily vid eo s er vers t hrou gh E ther net/ IP connec tion .
Xedio ca n acce ss EVS video se rver d isks ( e.g. XT[2], XS) an d use th e medi a
stored on EV S server th anks to XTGa teway , pro vided tha t they hav e pre viousl y
been conf igur ed. Xedi o will then be able to see , displa y, searc h a nd a cce ss cl ips
and reco rd trai ns on EV S video ser vers . New cli ps could be c reat ed in C leanEd it
from E VS vi deo serv ers.
Two it ems a re a vail able i n the Lin X ca tego ry. T he y are det aile d in the tab l e bel ow.
Item
Descri ption
EVS Vi deo S erve r
Define s set up par amet er s for an EVS vi deo se rv er whic h
will be use d by C leanE dit to see, dis play , sea rch and
access cli ps a nd r ecor d t rains.
EVS Vi deo S erve r
Group
Define s the para mete rs of the web s ervic es used t o
inter act betwe en X edio a nd th e EVS vid eo s erve rs .
All t he s teps bel ow mu st be fo llowe d.
4.2
GENERAL CONFIGURATION
PARAMETERS
The foll owing pa rame ters must be defin ed from S oftwar es > Param eter Pr ofile s >
Genera l > Gene ral tab:
•
Notifi cat ion C ente r Ad dre ss: se t t he I P ad dres s wit h por t 48 888.
Exampl e: 1 72.2 2.23 .9:4 8 888
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XedioB roke r Add ress : se t the IP a ddre ss wi th p ort 8762.
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4.3
EVS VIDEO SERVER
4.3.1
INTRODUCTION
All t he EVS Vide o Se rv ers y ou w ant to acce ss thro ugh Lin X pr otoc ol must be
refere nced in thi s ca tego ry.
The Disco ver but ton he lps you to “d iscov er ” a utomat ical ly all th e EV S Video
Server avai lab le on your netwo rk. I f a serve r do es not app ear i n th e dis covery ,
you ca n tr y to res tart t he ser ver or c heck the networ k pa th b etwe en t he loc al
machin e an d y our serv er (e .g. mutl icas t s hall be enab led) , If it is still not
discov ered , th en c onf igur e the ser ver m anua lly.
When you c lick t he EVS Video Ser ver bu tton , t he EVS Vid eo Serv er M anager
window is disp laye d in th e Work are a.
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EVS SERVER PARAMETERS
To set EVS vide o serve r paramete rs, comp let e th e follow ing fie lds and th en click
on th e Sa ve b utto n.
Field/ Butto n
Descri ption
Server Name
Name of t he ser ver t o be access ed by Xe dio , as y ou want
it to be disp laye d in th e i nterf ace.
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the EV S Se rver .
FTP In terfa ces (HCTX C onnect ions)
IP Addr ess 1
FTP IP ad dres s 1 of t he EVS serv er yo u want to connec t
to (ma ndat ory) .
IP Addr ess 2
FTP IP ad dres s 2 of t he EVS serv er yo u want to connec t
to (o ptio nal) .
FTP Log in
Login ID d efi ned on t he E VS ser ver (e.g . ev s).
FTP Pas sword
Passwor d de fin ed o n th e EVS se rver (e. g. e vs).
Control & Ma nagem ent I nterfa ce ( PC LAN Conne ction)
IP Addr ess
PC LAN IP addr ess of the EVS serve r y ou w ant to connec t
to (ma ndat ory) .
Connect
Checks the con nect ion w i th th e se lect ed E VS se rv er.
Discov er
Opens a w indo w wh ich l ists the EVS vi deo serv ers f rom
the n etwor k an d th eir cor respon ding PC LAN I P ad dress.
Setup
Opens a dia log box w hich all ows to set t he AVSP
guardb ands leng th of c lip s creat ed wit h LinX ( e.g. 5 sec 0
frame) .
Configu ratio n Li st
Displa ys the li st of co nfigu rati ons ava ilab le fr om the
server .
Apply
Applie s t he se lec ted conf igura tion .
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Field/ Butto n
Descri ption
I/O Ch annel
Displa ys t he list of reco rder c hann els from the select ed
EVS se rver .
Button
Descri ption
Delete
Delete s th e se lect ed E VS serve r fr om t he t ree stru cture .
Refresh
Checks whe ther the EVS video serv er is r eacha ble . If yes,
the s erver con figu rati on is re tri eved . If not , th e serv er
name a nd s erve r ic on a re disp layed in red .
Save
Saves the para mete rs e nt ered for the serve r.
Clear
Clears the par amete rs e n tered for the ser ver.
HOW TO GANG RECORDER CHANNELS
You can gan g sever al r ecorde r chann els fro m an EVS video ser ver. To do so,
procee d as fol lows :
1.
Select sev eral rec orde r c hannel s i n th e I/ O Ch ann els ar ea,
2.
Right- clic k th e li st.
3.
Select Gan g.
The ga nged cha nnel s ar e menti oned in the Gang in g col umn.
4.3.4
POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS
A righ t-cl ick on a ser ver displa ys a con tex tual me nu wit h t he f ollow ing opt i on:
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Delete XT
Delete s th e se lect ed E VS serve r fr om t he t ree stru cture .
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EVS VIDEO SERVER GROUP
When yo u cl ick t he EV S Video S erve r Grou p bu tt on, th e EVS Vide o Ser ve r Group
Manage r win dow is d ispl a yed i n th e Wor k ar ea.
To set a group of EV S video serv er, comp lete the follow ing fie lds , se lect the
server s yo u wan t t o gr ou p and the n cl ick on t he C reate but ton.
Field
Descri ption
Label
Name yo u wa nt t o g ive to the grou p of ser vers .
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the g roup of EVS S erve rs .
LinxAda pter
IP addr ess o f the ma chine h ost ing t he Li nx Adapte r
softwa re, us ed to ma nag e the Lin x not ific atio ns f rom the
EVS video s erve r to Xe dio. Kee p 80 for TCP P ort and
keep the soap str ing unc hanged .
LinxAda pter Back up
Not us ed. Keep 0.0 .0.0 .
LinxOut Adapt er
IP addr ess of the ma ch ine hos ting the L inxOu t Adapte r
softwa re, u sed t o mana g e the L inx co mmand s se nt from
Xedio t o the EVS v ideo s erver. Keep 80 fo r TCP Port an d
keep the soap str ing unc hanged .
EVS vi deo serve rs
List o f EVS vide o serv ers de fine d in t he EV S Video
Server ta b. Sele ct the se rvers you wan t t o i nclu d e in th e
group. All t he EVS serv e rs whic h must be se en a nd coul d
be use d i n Cle anEd it m us t be assi gned to a gr oup.
Mandat ory.
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5.1
INTRODUCTION
Extern al dev ices c an b e connec ted t o the Xe dio Sui te. Th eir pa rame ters are
confi gured fro m th e Ma ch ines tab.
Four item s are ava ilab le in the Mach ines c ateg ory . They are de tail ed in th e table
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Descri ption
VTR Man ager
Define s se tup para meter s for a co ntro lled VTR.
Switch er Ma nager
Define s setu p par amete r s for a swi tche r conn ecte d to the
system .
Archiv e Ser vers
Define s s etup par amet er s for a serv er used to archiv e
media.
XFile Manag er
Define s se tup para meter s for an XF ile used fo r re n dering .
IPDire ctor
Define s setup p arame ter s to use infor mati on com ing from
IPDire ctor API .
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VTR MANAGER
A VTR can b e used as a source of ing est . T he VTR vid eo ou tput m ust be
connec ted to the enco der vide o in put.
When you clic k t he VTR Manager bu tton , the VTR Mana ger wind ow is disp l ayed in
the Wo rk a rea.
To set VT R para mete rs, comple te th e fol lowin g fi elds an d the n cli ck on t h e Save
butto n.
Field
Descri ption
ID
Number a utom atic ally all ocated by t he sy stem w hen yo u
save the V TR c onfi gura ti on.
Label
Name yo u g ive to t he V T R devi ce.
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the VT R de vice .
Xedio Inges t
Organi zer IP
IP addres s of the ser ver hosti ng the Xed io Ingest
Organi zer m odul e co ntro l ling the VTR t o be use d.
Serial COM Port
Port us ed by the w ork stati on whe n sen ding d ata an d
transp ort cont rol comma n ds to the VTR (in RS-42 2 ).
Switch er I nput
Switch er dev ice t o whi ch the vid eo so urce of th e VTR is
connec ted. Le ave thi s f i eld b lank i f yo u d o n ot h ave a ny
switch er c ontr ol d evic e s upport ing Xedi o pr otoc ol.
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When y ou c lick the Swi t cher M anage r bu tto n, t h e Swit cher Man ager win dow is
displa yed in the W ork are a.
You can i ndir ectl y cont rol a switch er thr ough the s ystem. If the T ransmit S witche r
Info fi eld is c heck ed, Xedio I nges t Serv er ap plica tion t ransm its t he switch ing
inform atio n over the Et hernet ne twor k to a dedicat ed softw are dev ice befor e
start ing an y reco rdin g. T his dev ice wi ll man age th e audio a nd vi deo ro utin g at the
switch er wit h rega rd to it s brand a nd pr otoc ol, an d send an ackn owled gem ent bac k
to Xed io Inge st S erver wi thin a de termi ned dela y i n orde r t o st art the enco d er(s).
To set swi tcher par amet ers, c ompl ete the foll owi ng fi elds and then cli ck on th e
Apply butt on.
Field
Descri ption
Transmi t Sw itch er
Info
Enable s/Di sabl es t he u s e of a so ftwa re d evic e t o con trol
the sw itch er(s )
Switch er Co nfig Host
IP
IP add ress of the sof twar e dev ice to a ccess to .
Switch er Co nfig Host
Port
Port n umbe r whe re t o se nd th e swi tchi ng info rmat ion.
Wait Fo r Hos t
Respons e Tim eOut
(in se c.)
Delay for the “ack nowl ed ge ” co ming from th e de vi ce.
Note
When t imeo ut d elay is r eached , X edio Ing est
Server abo rts the reco rdi ng pro cess .
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The pro toco l used betw e en Xedi o Ing est Se rver and the “swit chin g dev ic e ” uses
the f ollow ing comma nds:
Commands sen t fro m Cl eanGes t Ser ver
to the swi tchin g de vice
Descri ption
<Conne ctPo rts InPor t="x" OutPo rt="y"/ >
Used b efor e st arti ng a re cord
<Relea sePor ts InPor t="x" OutPo rt="y"/ >
Used a t th e en d o f a reco rd.
The an swers rec eive d fr o m the devi ce m ust be a s follow s:
Receiv ed f rom t he so ftw are de vice
Descri ption
<Conne ctOK />
Possib le
answ ers
fo llowin g
“C onne ctPor ts ” comma nd .
a
Possib le
answ ers
fo llowin g
“R elea sePor ts ” comma nd .
a
<Conne ctFa iled />
<Relea seOK/ >
<Relea seFa iled />
<CmdErr />
Error stat us
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ARCHIVE SERVER MANAGER
When an Arc hive S erver is atta ched t o a Xedio i n stall atio n, it mus t be ref erence d
in th e da taba se.
When you c lick the Ar chives Serve rs Man ag er butt on, t he Arc hive Server s
window is disp laye d in th e Work are a.
To set arch ive serv er pa ramete rs, c ompl ete the f ollowi ng f ield s an d th en click on
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Field
Descri ption
ID
Number a utom atic ally all ocated by t he sy stem w hen yo u
save the A rchi ve S erve r confi gura tion .
Label
Name yo u g ive to t he A rc hive S erve r.
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the Ar chiv e Se rver .
IP Addr ess
IP add ress of the arch ive serve r.
Is def ault
When s elec ted , t he c ur rent arch ive ser ver is used by
defau lt.
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XFILE MANAGER
XFile can be use d t o re c eive and sen d me dia in fi le fo rmat or for th e r end ering of
files to an E VS v ideo ser ver.
When y ou c lick the XFi le Manage r b utto n, t he X Fi le Man ager win dow i s d is played
in th e Wor k ar ea.
To set XFil e par amet ers, comple te t he f ollow ing fi elds a nd th en c lick on t h e Save
butto n.
Field
Descri ption
ID
Number a utom atic ally all ocated by t he sy stem w hen yo u
save the X File con figu rati on.
Label
Name yo u g ive to XF ile .
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the XF ile.
XFile IP A ddres s
IP add ress of the mach in e hos ting XFil e so ftwa re.
Root XML Pat h
Locat ion wh ere an XML f ile is sen t by X edio to r e quest a
job.
Media Path
Locat ion w here th e me di a is stor ed befo re b eing trea ted
by XFi le.
Defaul t XT
EVS vi deo ser ver numbe r use d by de faul t t o s tor e med ia
files tre ated by XFil e.
Defaul t Pag e
EVS serve r page num ber used by defa ult to s tor e media
files tr eate d by XFile. I f the field is lef t empty , the firs t
availa ble pla ce wi ll be u s ed.
Defaul t Cam
EVS se rver cam numbe r used by d efau lt to s tor e medi a
files tr eate d by XFile. I f the field is lef t empty , the firs t
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It is pos sibl e to syn chro n ize t he X edio dat abas e w ith t he I PDire ctor da taba se.
The IPD Ga teway i s a Wi ndows se rvic e used t o s ynchro nize d atab ase in fo rmatio n
from I PDire ctor to Xed io. It su bscr ibes to IPDir ecto r Noti fica tion Ser ver.
The IPDi rect or Noti fica tio n Server i s an IPD irec tor API which i s used t o not ify the
gatewa y whe n mo difi cati o ns are don e i n th e IPD ire ctor data base .
Importa nt
When t he I PD G atewa y has been ins tall ed, it must b e co nfig ured in
Xedio M anag er an d the IPD nea rlin es mu st be c onfig ured in th e Xed io
Media Serv ers of X edio Manag er b efor e yo u s tart the IPD G atew ay
servic es.
When you cli ck the IPD i rector bu tton , the IPD ir ector win dow is dis play e d in the
Work ar ea.
To set IPDi rect or p aram eters , com plet e th e fo llo wing f ield s an d the n cl ic k on t he
Update but ton.
Field
Descri ption
IPDire ctor Gate way
IP Addr ess
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IP addr ess o f the m achi ne where the I PDire ctor gatewa y
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Descri ption
TCP Por t
IPD ga teway TCP por t (d efaul t is 808 0)
Domain User
‘.\<Wi ndows Dom ain U ser with Admi n ri ghts >’
Domain Pass word
Windows Doma in P asswo rd for th is u ser
IPDire ctor Noti fica tion Server
IP Addr ess
IP add ress of the mach in e wher e th e IP D API is in stall ed.
TCP Por t
IPD AP I TCP por t.
Login
Login for the IPD Noti fica tion Serve r
Passwo rd
Passwor d f or t he I PD No t ifica tion Ser ver
Create
When se lect ed, t he ‘ cre ate’ o pera tion s in I PDir e ctor a re
notif ied.
Update
When se lect ed, the ‘upd ate’ o pera tion s in IPDi re ctor a re
notif ied.
Delete
When sel ected , the ‘ dele tee’ op erat ions in IPDir e ctor are
notif ied.
IPDire ctor Data base
IP Addr ess
IP addre ss of th e mach ine wher e the IPD d ata base is
insta lled .
Databas e Nam e
Name o f th e se rver wher e the IPD data base is loc ated.
Login
IPD da taba se u sern ame.
Passwo rd
IPD da taba se p asswo rd.
Each t ime t he c onfi gura ti on is m odi fying , cl ick th e Full Resy nc bu tto n to force a
full res ynch roni zati on fr om IPDire ctor to X edio . A confirma tion di alog b ox then
opens wh ere u sers e nte r the da tes in terv al to be take n int o acco unt f or th e
resync hron izat ion.
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MODIFYING OR DELETING AN EXTERNAL
DEVICE
To modi fy th e prop erti e s of one of th e pre vio us exte rnal devi ces, ex cept a
switch er, se lect i t in th e list, e nter n ew val ues in the rel evan t fiel ds, an d c lick th e
Update but ton.
To delet e one of the pr e vious ex terna l devi ces, e xcept a swi tcher , selec t i t in the
list, rig ht-c lick and sel ect Delet e fr om t he c onte xtu al men u.
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6.1
INTRODUCTION
From the Med ia cat egor y you can def ine th e media sto rage t ree str uct ure an d
media clas ses, you can i mport and manag e me dia file s.
Five ite ms are av aila ble in the Media s cate gory . They are det aile d in th e table
below.
Item
Descri ption
Server s
Allows to de fine the media s tora ge ser ver( s) and to
create its su b-fo lder s ( multip le st orage serve rs may be
defin ed).
Class Manag er
Allows to de fine a Clas s Lis t to c ateg oriz e t he stor ed
media.
Media Impor ter
Allows to im port m edia fil es int o the stor age s erve r and t o
create a r efer ence to the files wit hin the data base .
RTD Mana ger
Manage s the a nimat e d trans itio n
refere nced in the dat abas e.
Manager
Manage s the m edia file s withi n the data base and the
storag e se rver .
grap hics
(RTD’s)
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MEDIA SERVERS
6.2.1
INTRODUCTION
A Media Serv er is the lo c ation whe re all th e media used withi n a Xedio in st allat ion
will b e s tored .
When you clic k the M edia > S erver s but ton , the Med ia Ser vers w i ndow is
displa yed in the W ork are a, al lowin g yo u t o de fine a medi a se rver .
6.2.2
ADDING A MEDIA SERVER
To add a m edia ser ver, p roceed as fol lows:
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1.
Right- clic k in the Medi a Server wind ow a nd se lec t New M edia Serv er i n t he
contex tua l men u. A wiz ar d open s.
2.
Comple te t he f ield s de scr ibed in t he f ollo wing tab l e:
Field
Descri ption
Login N ame
Login name def ined for the me dia serv er in it s
confi gura tion para mete rs.
Login P assw ord
Login p assw ord de fine d for the medi a serv er in
its c onfi gura tion par amet ers.
Main I P
IP add ress of the serv er used for m edia sto rage .
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Domain Name
Field autom ati call y fi lled when a n IP addr ess is
entere d
Backup IP
IP add ress of the backu p stora ge s erve r, wh en a
redund ant netw ork is u se d.
Click Next .
The ne xt p age disp lays t he dr ives capa city of the new med ia serve r.
4.
Click Next .
5.
Select th e d rive (s) for th e sto rage an d e nter a ba se pa th for the su b-fo lde rs
that w ill be crea ted by t h e syst em.
6.
Click Next .
7.
Type a nam e fo r th e se rv er in the Labe l f ield.
8.
Click Fini sh.
The tr ee s truc ture of the media serv er i s di spla yed .
6.2.3
CONTEXTUAL MENUS
A contex tual m enu is a va ilabl e when yo u sele ct a media se rver i n the li st a nd then
right- clic k:
Menu It em
Descri ption
New Med ia S erve r
Adds a med ia s erve r st or age: disp lays the fol ders presen t
in th e pa th s elec ted for u se as medi a se rver .
Rename Media
Server
Allows to upda te t he m ed ia ser ver labe l.
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Descri ption
Delete Medi a Se rver
Delete s the medi a serv er view in the Med ia Server s
window .
Modify Medi a Se rver
Descri ption
Opens th e Medi a Serve r Modific atio n wind ow all owing to
update th e la bel or d escr i ption of the medi a se rver .
Media File Cle aner
Opens the Med ia F ile Cle aner w indo w. R efer to se ction 12
‘Media Fil e Cl eaner ’ o n p age 12 7 f or mo re i nfor ma tion.
A contex tual me nu is ava ilabl e when you s elec t a folde r in the li st and t he n right click :
Menu It em
Descri ption
New Med ia S erve r
Adds a med ia s erve r st or age: disp lays the fol ders presen t
in th e pa th s elec ted for u se as medi a se rver .
Defaul t ‘Fo lder Name
Files ’ Dir ecto ry
Sets t he s elec ted fold er as def aul t fo lder for the type o f
files (bit maps , vid eo f ile s, thu mbna ils e tc…) . Th e fold er
icon is t hen gree n.
This is o nly n ecess ary w hen mul tipl e stor age se r vers are
create d in the sys tem. This tel ls the sys tem to use a
specif ic st orag e serve r f or some fi les a nd ano the r server
for o ther fi les. Th e De fau lt f olde rs m ay be c hang e d at any
time w itho ut l osin g pr evio usly s tore d ma teri al.
Exampl e: fo r the H IRE S folde r, th e op tion is Default
‘HiResF ile s’ D irect ory and se ts the H IRES fo lder as
defau lt f or t he h i-re s fi les .
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Delete Medi a
Direct ory
Removes the m edia f older from t he Me dia Server s
window .
Collec t Med ia
Displa ys t he l ist of m edia prese nt in t he s elec ted f older .
Media File Cle aner
Opens the Med ia F ile Cle aner w indo w. R efer to se ction 12
‘Media Fil e Cl eaner ’ o n p age 12 7 f or mo re i nfor ma tion.
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The phy sica l enc oder i s usuall y con figu red t o sto r e the en code d fil es on a specif ic
mapped dr ive, u sual ly ca lled “G ” or “H ”. Thi s ma pped dri ve let ter als o ha s to be
stored in the dat abas e in the CDM Mapp ing colum n.
To set or chan ge the enc oder m appe d dr ive, pro ce ed as fol lows:
1.
In th e Me dias Ser vers wi ndow, clic k tw ice (no t a d ouble cli ck, clic k t hen wa it
and cl ick a gain ) the map ped dr ive l ette r rel ated t o the r eque sted serv er i n
the CDM mapp ing colum n.
2.
Select th e re ques ted C D M mappe d dr ive from the drop-d own list .
The en code r map ped driv e has been se t or cha nge d.
6.3
CLASS MANAGER
6.3.1
INTRODUCTION
The Cl ass Mana ger tool is u sed to defi ne and manage the Cla ssLi st. Classe s
catego rize the med ia an d the v irtu al m edia . The y are ma inly used in the d atabas e
lists fro m t he X edio Su i te t o pe rfor m se arch on medi a. M edia ar e a ssi gned to
classe s thro ugh th e Xed io appli cat ions su ch as Xedio Ing est Org aniz er , Xedio
Import er, Xedi o Au toFi le Import er o r Xe dio Brows e appl icat ions .
When yo u cli ck th e Cla s s Manage r bu tton , the Media C lass M anag er wi ndow is
displa yed in the W ork ar ea, a llowi ng y ou to c rea te new med ia c lass es a nd sub classe s.
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A contex tual men u is ava ilabl e when no cla ss is s elect ed and you ri ght- clic k in the
Media Class Man ager win dow.
Menu It em
Descri ption
New Roo t
Create s a new class of m edia.
A cont extu al m enu is av a ilabl e whe n yo u se lect a Class in t he l ist and then ri gh tclick :
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Menu It em
Descri ption
New Roo t
Create s a new class of m edia.
New Chi ld
Create s a new sub-c lass of med ia.
Rename
Allows to renam e t he s el ected clas s or sub -cla ss.
Modify
Opens t he Mod ify C lass window a llow ing t o up date t he
label or descr ipt ion of t h e sel ecte d cl ass or su b-cl ass.
Delete
Delete s th e se lect ed c las s or s ub-c lass .
Hidden Stat e
Hides/ Unhi des t he se lec ted cl ass or sub- clas s s o users
cannot /can use it .
MEDIA IMPORTER
The Med ia I mpor ter i s th e tool use d to impo rt, int o the Xedi o dat abas e, m edia t hat
have al read y been recor ded and are in a fil e for mat tha t can b e used by Xedio.
P2, XDCAM and XDC AM EX, music, gra phic s or existin g mpeg and dv f iles are
some e xampl es.
The Xe dio Impo rter is av ailab le a s:
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a sepa rate app lica tio n
•
as a m odul e bu ilt in C lea nEdit , an d av aila ble in t h e Medi a Im port er t ab.
•
as a module bu ilt in X e dio Manag er, an d avail a ble in the Me dia cat ego ry,
Media Impor ter too l.
When yo u cl ick t he M edia Im port er bu tton , the Med ia I mpor ter w in dow is
displa yed in t he Work a re a. It pre sent s diff eren t su b-tabs t o set th e para met ers for
diffe rent typ es o f me dia t o be impor ted into th e sy stem, such as:
• XDCAM, X DCAMEX, P2 a nd CANON tabs
To im port med ia file s r ec orded on Son y XDC AM a nd XDC AMEX, Pa nason ic P2
and CAN ON ca mera s
• Video/A udio /Sti lls tab
To imp ort m edia fi les, im ages o r au dio fil es
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To imp ort vide o co ntai nin g tra nsit ions
• EVS Se rver tab
To impor t med ia fi les a v ailab le on a n EVS serve r on the s ame n etwor k as the
Xedio su ite . In th is cas e, Xedio do es not impor t t he file c onte nt in to the X edio
storag e syst em, but cr e ates a refe renc e to the server fil es in the X e dio
databa se.
Refer t o the X edio Impo rter us er man ual f or a c ompreh ensi ve des crip tio n of the
tabs and fiel ds.
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RTD MANAGER
6.5.1
INTRODUCTION
When y ou c lick th e RTD Manager bu tton ,the RTD Manag er w indo w is di spl ayed in
the Work a rea, a llow ing y ou to impo rt or ma nage t he tran siti on seq uenc es. The lis t
displa ys the avai labl e ef f ects s tore d i n th e sy stem .
6.5.2
POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS
A conte xtua l menu is ava ilabl e when n o RTD i s se lecte d and y ou rig ht-c lick in th e
RTD Man ager wind ow.
Menu It em
Descri ption
Import
Import s a tran siti on e ffe c t.
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Menu It em
Descri ption
Import
Import s a tran siti on e ffe c t.
Previe w
Allows to prev iew the sel ected tra nsit ion effe ct.
Edit
Opens t he Up date R TD Label w indow all owing t o upda te
the l abel or desc ript ion o f the sel ecte d ef fect .
Delete
Delete s the sel ecte d effe ct from the da taba se. It c an only
be remov ed if i t is no t al ready u sed in a n edi t, ot herwis e,
an err or m essag e wi ll o cc ur.
Video Stand ard
Allows t o sele ct a vid eo standar d among P AL S D, NTSC
drop SD, HD 1 080i @50, HD 720p @50, H D 1080i
@59,94 , HD 720 p @5 9, 94, HD 108 0p @50, HD 1080 p
@59,94 .
Used by
Opens a win dow to sh o w in wh ich proj ects the select ed
media is u sed in:
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The Med ia Ma nage r to ol is des igne d to give an o v erview of t he d atab ase c onten t,
to ed it some med ia p rop erties an d t o de let e me dia f iles fr om t he data b ase a nd
from the sto rage se rver( s). Diffe rent se arch to ols can be applied t o the d atabas e
conten t t o he lp u sers to f ind s peci fic m edia .
Note
Only it ems t hat a re no t used (n ot lo cked ) in a n y user p roje ct an d not
used t o cr eate virt ual m edia a nd/o r cl ip ca n be delet ed; o ther wise , an
error messa ge w ill occu r.
The media i tems d ispl ay ed in the Med ia Man ager window are a ll the me di a items
corres pond ing to t he filt e rs or sear ch t ools app lied .
When y ou c lick the Me dia > Mana ger butt on, the Medi a Man ager wi ndow i s
displa yed in the W ork are a.
The u pper par t o f t he W o rk ar ea give s ac cess to t he di ffer ent fi lter s wh ich can b e
appli ed t o th e me dia list .
At le ast two tabs exi st o n the left of the Medi a Ma nager wind ow.
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The Filt er 0 tab : The el e ment gri d disp lays t he li st of all me dia pr esen t in the
databa se, or it r etur ns t h e resu lt of a sea rch appl i ed to the lis t.
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The To day tab: the el eme nt gr id s hown the medi a with ‘ crea tion da te = tod a y’.
Addit iona l ta bs ar e di spl ayed w hen the users ha ve sav ed f ilte rs a ppli ed to t he
databa se. Refe r to sec tio n ‘Usi ng S aved Fil ters ’ o n page 53 for more det ail s.
Media item s ar e di spla ye d in colum ns.
6.6.2
ELEMENT GRID
D ISPLAYED C OLUMNS
It is pos sibl e to re-a rr ange the c olum ns orde r , and to ad d or remov e some
column s.
Right- clic king on an y o f the col umn hea ding s d i splays a con text ual men u. Th e
Choose Di spla yed Colu mns opti on ope ns the Select V isib le Col umns window
allowi ng y ou t o ch oose th e col umns you w ant to be disp layed in the ele ment grid .
The col umn wi dth a nd or der can be ad just ed us in g stand ard c ompu ter co mmand s
and dr ag a nd drop tech ni ques.
E LEMENT G RID C ONTEXTUAL M ENU
A cont extu al m enu is a va ilabl e whe n yo u ri ght- clic k on an i tem in t he l ist.
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Menu It em
Descri ption
Publis hed S tate
Allows the sel ecti on o f a sub-m enu to c hang e th e publ ish
state o f the m edia betwee n Publ ished a nd Not
Publis hed. A publ ishe d media will be dis play e d in the
databa se l ists of a ll th e softwa re a nd th us av ail able f or
use.
Treate d Sta te
Allows t he sele cti on of a sub-menu t o chan ge the treated
state o f the med ia bet w een Trea ted and No t Tr eated. A
media can be se t as tr eated whe n virtu al medi a have
been c reat ed from this m edia in X edio Brow se.
Delete d Sta te
Allows the se lect ion of a sub-m enu to chan ge t he dele ted
state of the medi a be twe en Del eted and Not Dele ted.
Video Stand ard
Allows to cha nge the m etada ta for the med ia t o PAL or
NTSC and vi ce ver sa. T his onl y affe cts th e fla g in the
metada ta an d doe s not affec t the m edia (to a llo w for a
correc tion in the dat a on l y).
Video R atio
Allows t o chan ge th e met adata f or the m edia b etw een 4/3 ,
16/9, an d unkn own. Th i s only aff ects t he flag in the
metada ta an d doe s not affec t the m edia (to a llo w for a
correc tion in the dat a on l y).
Media File (s) S tatu s
Allows the s elec tion of s ub-men u to c hang e the s tatus of
the low b itra te fi le or th e high b itra te fi le be twe en Rec
Done, I mport ed, R ec Error , Arch ived , A rchiDe l,
Restore d, D elet ed a nd I mported Erro r.
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Descri ption
Set Aud io T rack
Assignm ent
Allows to s et or upd ate the audio tr ack ass ign ment for
select ed me dia (8 audi o or 5.1) . Ref er to s ecti on ‘How to
Define New D efau lt A udi o Chan nel A ssig nment ’ on pag e
72 fo r ex plan atio n.
Propert ies
Displa ys th e pro pert ies for th e sele cted medi a. If a
defau lt me tada ta prof ile has be en d efi ned for the media, a
metada ta tab is disp laye d and al lows to modi fy t h e medi a
metada ta v alue s.
Delete Medi a &
Purge
See se ctio n 6 .6.4 ‘Del ete & Pur ge’ on p age 55.
Force D elet e
Delete s a m edia with all the r efer ences of its u s e in t he
databa se. I f it is used i n an edit , thi s will c ause “h oles ” i n
the e dit. Thi s op tion mus t be u sed very caut ious ly.
Play
Opens a new P laye r wind ow to a llow the l ow bi trat e file or
the h igh bitr ate file to be browse d.
Media A naly zer
Opens a T imeco de Ext ra ctor win dow sh owin g an analys is
of th e se lect ed f ile .
MOS Pub lica tion
Allows to send a n oti fica t ion t o th e ne ws ro om s yst em.
Merge
This opt ion is u sed to a s sociat e a lo-r es medi a to a hi-res
media.
Opens t he Get Lowre s Fil e window allow ing y ou to browse
for t he l o-re s fi le.
Genera te Lo w
Resolut ion M edia
File
Genera tes miss ing lo-r es medi a fi le from the hi -re s medi a
file. R efer t o sect ion ‘ Genera te Low Re solu tio n Media
Files’ on page 44 .
Retrim
In case t he TC IN o r TC OUT of a med ia hi- res a n d lo-re s
files dif fer, this opt ion w i ll aut omat ical ly ad just bo th fil es
to th e sam e TC ran ge.
Create Miss ing
Thumbna ils
This op tion crea tes t hu mbnail s in t he Thu mbna i l IN and
Thumbna il OUT c olumn s of th e Wor k ar ea.
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Menu It em
Descri ption
Used By
Opens a win dow to sho w in which pro jects a nd e dits the
select ed m edia is used in :
G ENERATE L OW R ESOLUTION M EDIA F ILES
When se vera l fi les a re s elect ed fr om th e li st an d you s elec t th e Gen era te Lo w
Resolut ion M edia Fil e o ption , se vera l ca ses c an occur.
1.
Some hi -res file s are not presen t on the M edia se rver (t hey c ould be o ffli n e
or ARCH IDEL)
A popu p win dow i s dis pl ayed a nd l ists thos e mis sing f iles . Yo u are aske d
whethe r yo u wan t t o co nti nue.
• Press YE S to gen erat e only lo -res f iles c orre sp onding to exi stin g hi- res
files
• Press NO t o ca ncel the o perat ion.
2.
The hi- res f iles are o nlin e and a t lea st on e lo- res file a lrea dy ex ists on th e
Media serv er o r is ‘ARCH IDEL’.
A pop up w indow is di spla yed a nd m enti ons tha t e x istin g f ile. You ar e as ked
whethe r yo u wan t t o ov er write this lo- res fil e.
• Press YES to o verwr ite t he ex isti ng l o-res fi le.
If the Do this f or all se lected me dia op tion is s elect ed, the c heck wi ll
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not b e ap plie d on the ot her f iles and all the ex is ting lo-r es f iles wil l be
genera ted.
• Press NO t o av oid the re placem ent of e xist ing lo-r es fi les.
If the Do this f or all se lected me dia op tion is s elect ed, the c heck wi ll
not be app lied o n the ot her fil es and on ly the o f fline l o- res f iles w ill be
genera ted.
3.
The hi -res fil es a re o nlin e and at leas t on e lo -res file is i n us e.
A popup wind ow is disp l ayed and men tion s the f ile in use. Yo u are aske d
whethe r yo u wan t t o co nti nue.
• Press YES to g enera te o nly l o-res fi les not in u se.
• Press NO t o ca ncel the o perat ion.
S PECIAL S TATUS D ISPLAY FOR THE E LEMENTS
The el emen ts c an b e di sp layed with a s peci fic fon t to re flec t a part icul ar s tat us.
6.6.3
Element Dis play
Meanin g
Red fon t
Elemen t in re cord ing or import ing s tate . A wron g status
may be dis play ed wh en a Xedio In gest serv er c ras hed.
Itali c fon t
Virtua l me dia crea ted wit h Xedi o Br owse .
Grey f ont
Only h i-re s me dia or l o-r es med ia i s av aila ble.
SEARCHING THE DATABASE
I NTRODUCTION
When the dat abas e conta ins larg e amount s of dat a, it may becom e diff icul t to find
a spec ifi c el ement . Th e X edio S uit e of fers sev eral ways t o sp eed up y our se arch:
•
quick tex t se arch
•
filte rs o n pa ramet ers
By def aul t, t he c olumn s that are tak en i nto co nsider atio n f or t he Qu ic k Text
Search are the one s cu rr ently vis ible in the grid .
If you wi sh to s earc h in other c olumn s, an d view the str ing yo u are s earc hing fo r
in th e co lumns , yo u ca n:
•
add o ther col umns to t he elemen t gr id v iew
•
use Fi lter s, as ex pla ined in sec tio n ‘A dvanc ed F ilt ers’ o n p age 47
These sear ch t ools are e xplain ed in d etai l be low.
Quick te xt sear ch and filters o n param eter s, as well as seve ral fi lters on
parame ters , ca n be com b ined and save d fo r l ater use. All the cri teri a mus t be m et
in the resu lts l ist ( an ‘AN D’ oper ator is ap plie d). T hese Sa ved F ilte rs ca n t hen be
appli ed i n on e cl ick.
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Q UICK T EXT S EARCH
Introduction
The Qu ick Text Se arch fiel d i s a lways ava ilab le on th e t op o f t he d atabas e
conten t l ist:
It al lows sear chin g fo r a string in the dis play ed c o lumns.
The Quic k Text Searc h o ption o beys s peci fic r ule s which c an be ac cess ed via the
Help b utto n
next to the Quick Text Sear ch f iel d.
For mor e de tail s on thes e rule s, r efer to t he s ecti on ‘Qu ick T ext Searc h R ules’ , o n
page 4 7.
How to Perform a Quick Text Search
To per form a Q uick Text search , pr ocee d as fol low s:
1.
Show t he c olumn s yo u wi sh to per form a qu ick sea rch on .
2.
Type a se arch str ing in t he Qu ick Text Sea rch fi eld, base d o n Qu ick Tex t
search ru les av aila ble fr om the Help bu tton
‘Quick Tex t Se arch Rule s ’ on page 47.
3.
and detail ed in sec tion
Depend ing on wh ethe r th e AutoRe fresh F ilte ring setti ng is sel ecte d or no t,
you may have to pr ess t he Sear ch bu tton to ap p ly the Quick Text Sear ch .
Refer to the tab Softw are > Par amet er P rofi les > G eneral > G ener al.
The Q uick Tex t Se arch i s app lied an d t he s earc h resu lt is disp layed in th e
grid.
4.
To clear t he app lie d Quic k Text Sea rch, c lick t he r ed " X" icon to th e righ t o f
the s earch fi eld
5.
or sele ct <empt y> f rom the Q uick Text Sear ch f ield .
The Quic k Tex t Sear ch f ield is a comb o box t hat gives a cces s to th e las t 1 0
previo usly sea rche d st rin gs.
Select a f ilte r fr om th e list of t he Qu ick T ext Search fie ld t o ap ply a
previo us s earc h.
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Quick Text Search Rules
The s tring th at y ou ente r in t he Q uick Tex t Se arc h fie ld i s an alyz ed accor ding to
the fol lowin g set of ru les , which can b e acces sed via the He lp butt on
the Qu ick Text Sea rch fi eld.
next to
The fr ee text sear ch is n ot a case sen siti ve o pera tion.
Search Str ing
Search Resu lt
Yellow car d
Search es for th e strin g s ‘yellow ’ and ‘ca rd’, even if in tw o
diffe rent f ield s (col umn s), for ex ampl e ‘yel low’ in Name and
‘card’ in Keyw ords .
For ex ampl e a clip name d ‘The Yel low Man’ with keywor ds ‘R ed
Card’ w ill be fo und, sin c e it h as ye llow and c ard in 2 d iffe rent
field s.
"Yellow card"
Search es f or s trin gs c ont ainin g ‘Y ellow car d’.
Yellow | ca rd
Search es f or ‘ yell ow’ or ‘car d’, even if in two diffe rent fie lds
(colum ns), for exam ple ‘y ellow’ in Name or ‘card ’ i n Keyw ords .
Spaces aro und the | si gn are m anda tory .
yell*
Search es f or ‘ yell ’ a t th e beginn ing of a st ring .
*low
Search es f or ‘ low’ at the end o f a stri ng.
Ye*low
Search es for str ings wit h ‘ye ’ a t the begi nnin g and ‘ low’ at th e
end.
Ye*low 123
Search es for str ings wit h ‘ye ’ a t the begi nnin g and ‘ low’ at th e
end an d wh ich cont ains ‘ 123’.
=card
Search es f or a str ing exa ctly equa ls t o ‘c ard’ .
For exam ple , if a fiel d co ntain s ‘ye llow c ard’ , th e =card c ondi tion
will n ot retur n a ny re sul t.
= ”yell ow c ard ”
Search es f or a str ing exa ctly equa ls t o ‘y ello w car d’.
The use of qu otes is req uired d ue to the s pace b etween ‘ yel low’
and ‘ card’ .
A DVANCED F ILTERS
Filter s are ava ilab le for more deta iled s earch o pe ratio ns from th e Filte r 0 tab. The
parame ters avai labl e for filte ring oper atio ns ar e the co lumn head ings a nd any
metada ta a ssoc iate d by t he use r.
From t he T oday tab , th e f ilter ‘cr eati on d ate = to da y’ is aut omati cal ly a ppli e d.
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Show/Hide Filter Button
To dis play , or hid e, t he Filter ext ende d ar ea, cli ck the Show /Hide Fil ter butt on
over the grid .
Filter Butt on D ispla y
Meaning
(dimme d)
The S how/H ide Filt er b utton is dimm ed when all filt er
criter ia are h idde n. C ons equent ly, the fil ters are i nactiv e.
(red)
The Show /Hid e Fil ter butto n is r ed whe n th e filt er
extend ed ar ea is vi sib le, even if n o fil teri ng cri t erion i s
appli ed.
Filter Extended Area
The Fi lter ext ende d ar ea is as fol lows:
The firs t field u nder th e Show/Hid e Filte r but ton list s three o ptio ns for th e
combin atio n of cri teri a t o be t aken int o ac coun t du ring the filt erin g op erat io n.
The se cond fie ld is a fil te r fie ld a llow ing the user s to se lect a f irst fi lter par ameter .
Criteria Combination
The av aila ble opt ions are deta iled in the tab le b elo w:
Option
Meaning
ALL cr iter ia a re me t
All t he c rite ria sele cted in t he F ilte r fi elds di splaye d
under the Crit eria Comb i nation fie ld m ust be me t.
The medi a disp layed in the resul ts li st ful fill all the
select ed filt er c rite ria.
ANY cri teri a i s met
At lea st o ne o f th e cr ite ria se lect ed i n th e Fi lte r fie lds
must b e me t.
The me dia dis playe d i n t he re sult s l ist fulf ill at le ast o ne
of th e se lect ed f ilt er cr ite ria.
NO cri teri a is met
None o f t he cr ite ria sele c ted i n th e Fi lter fie lds di splaye d
under the Crit eria Comb i nation fie ld m ust be me t.
The me dia dis play ed i n t he re sult s l ist ful fill no n e of the
select ed filt er c rite ria.
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Filter Fields
Under the Cr iter ia Com binati on fiel d, the use rs will be able to sel ect a s many
filte r para mete rs as t he y want an d to ch oose s pecif ic val ue(s ) for t hes e filte r
parame ters . Th e us e of F ilter fie lds is e xpla ined i n the nex t se ctio n.
Filter Fields
The Fi lter fie ld p rovi des the list of all the para m eters on w hich a s earc h c an be
perfor med. Th e fol lowin g screen shot i s an exam ple of such a lis t. The o ptio ns ma y
diffe r betw een t he ap plic ation s of t he Xe dio Su it e. Most rele vant param et ers are
liste d at the to p of the li st, then , all th e other f iel ds are disp laye d in alph abeti ca l
order.
Once a par amet er h as b e en se lect ed, an e ntir e li n e is disp laye d.
Interf ace Eleme nt
Descri ption
1
Select ed filt er p arame ter.
2
Variou s f ield s u sed to e nter the fi lter cri teri a. Refer to
sectio n ‘S earc h Fi elds Ty pes’ on p age 50.
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Interf ace Eleme nt
Descri ption
Used t o re move the corr e spondi ng filt er l ine.
Used t o ad d a new filt er l ine.
Search Fields Types
Accord ing to the sel ecte d fi lter par amet er, dif fer ent t ypes of se arch fie ld s wil l b e
displa yed. The y ar e de tai led i n th e ta ble belo w.
Filter Par amete r
Type
Displa yed C rite ria Fiel d s
Timecod e or
Duratio n
Paramet er
Such a s TC IN,
TC OUT,
Durati on…
Select a l ogic al o pera to r in the firs t fi eld and then ente r a
timeco de o r du rati on v alu e in the seco nd f ield .
Range
Such a s
Timeco de Ra nge
Select a n opti on from t h e first fi eld an d then e nt er a timeco de
value . Thi s wi ll i nclu de , or exclu de, medi a co ntain ing the
specif ied time code val ue.
Date
Severa l Da te S earch fi lte rs exi st. They are des crib ed be low.
Such a s
Creati on D ate
a. Select a condi tio n or a l o gical oper ator in the fir st field
b. This w ill cond itio n t he n e xt st ep:
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• Search bas ed on a sp eci fic d ate (e. g. w ith =…) : a cal enda r
will b e d ispla yed for the select ion of a da te.
• Search bas ed o n an int er val (e .g. with […] (bet we en)…): two
calend ars are disp laye d f or th e se lect ion of t wo d a tes.
• Search ba sed on a sp eci fic date c alcu late d from t he curre nt
date ( e.g. with tomo rro w, las t mont h,…): no other fiel d
appear s.
Time
Severa l Da te S earch fi lte rs exi st. They are des crib ed be low.
Such a s La st
Render ed Da te
Time
a. Select a condi tio n or a l o gical oper ator in the fir st field
b. This w ill cond itio n t he n e xt st ep:
• Search ba sed on a spec if ic date and ti me (e.g . wit h =…): two
addit iona l field s will b e display ed, a cale nd ar for the
select ion of a dat e and drop-d own lis t for the s elect ion of
time.
• Search based on a s pe cific d ate a nd ti me cal c ulate d from
the c urren t d ate and time ( e.g. wit h ne xt hour, last
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Filter Par amete r
Type
Displa yed C rite ria Fiel d s
month,…) : n o ot her fiel d appear s.
Number
Such a s DB Id
Select a l ogic al o pera to r in the firs t fi eld and then ente r a
number in the seco nd f iel d.
Note
<> mea ns ‘ diff ers from ’
Option List
Select a condi tio n in the first fie ld
Such a s Vi deo
Standa rd
Click th e
butto n to dis pl ay the lis t of op tion s avai lable f or
the s elec ted filt er p arame ter.
Exampl e fo r th e Vi deo St andard :
Select an opt ion from the list .
Boolean
Select Yes or No f rom th e sin gle crit eria fie ld
Such a s
Publis hed
Free T ext
Such a s La bel
Select a c ondi tio n in the first fi eld an d then e nte r text in t he
second fi eld.
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How to Perform a Search through Filter Fields
To ent er s earc h va lues in the Filt er f ield s, p roce ed as f ollow s:
1.
2.
Choose the col umns you wish t o pe rfor m a searc h on.
Click the Show/ Hide Fil t er bu tton
The fo llow ing Filt er a rea is di spla yed:
3.
Select a crit eria comb inat ion f rom t he list :
4.
Select a filt er p arame ter from t he f ilt er p arame ter list.
An ent ire lin e, c orres pon ding to t he s elec ted fil ter param eter , is dis play ed:
5.
Enter filt er c rite ria a s e xplain ed i n sec tio n ‘Se a rch Fi elds Type s’ on pa ge
50.
For fr ee t ext fie lds, pre ss ENTER to a pply the fi lte r.
Otherw ise, the res ults lis t is autom ati call y res tric t ed.
6.
If re quir ed, clic k th e
butt on to add a f ilte r pa rame t er.
U SING S AVED F ILTERS
Once you ha ve def ined a filter cr iter ion, y ou may want to sav e it for la ter u se. You
will then be able to appl y the same fil ter w ith a s in gle c lick .
Right- clic king in th e Filt er 0 tab displ ays a con textu al menu wit h the f ollowi ng
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Descri ption
Create New Filt er
Allows to crea te a new fil ter t ab.
Save F ilte r As
Allows to cre ate a new filte r tab in whi ch th e curren t
search fi lter will be save d.
Filter Pro perti es
Allows to ch ange the name an d/or descr ipt ion of the
select ed filt er t ab.
Reset Filt er
Removes all sea rch crit er ia on the sel ecte d fi lter t ab.
Delete Fil ter
Removes the fi lter tab .
How to Save Filters
To sav e fi lte rs, proce ed a s fol lows:
1.
Define the fi lter or filt ers combin atio n yo u wi sh t o save, as expla ined abo ve .
2.
Right- clic k th e Fi lter 0 ta b.
3.
Select Sav e Fi lter As fro m the cont extu al m enu.
The Fi lter Edi t Di alog box opens .
4.
Enter a labe l f or t he tab you are goi ng to crea te and, if re quir ed, ent er a
descri ptio n.
5.
Click OK t o co nfirm .
The ne w fi lter tab is dis pl ayed o n t he l eft of the lis t.
How to Apply a Saved Filter
To app ly a sav ed f ilt er, si mply c lick the cor resp ond ing t ab.
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The Delet e Media (s) & Purge fun cti on all ows th e user to rem ove un use d media
from t he m edia ser ver w h ile d elet ing the medi a fr o m the data base .
There are four opt ions av ailab le wh en u sing th is f u nctio n:
1. Delete dat abas e re fere nc es: r emove s en trie s fr om the d atab ase only
2. Delete dat abas e re fere nces A ND me dia file s from o nlin e (e .g. XT[2 ] ) or
nearli ne (e. g. SAN, XSt o re) stora ge: rem oves en t ries from th e data base a nd
from t he m edia ser ver
3. Delete da taba se refe ren ces AN D me dia fi les fro m off line /dee p a rchi ve ( e.g.
Tape li brar y, ft p arc hive ): remo ves en trie s fro m the da tabas e and from the
archiv e st orag e
4. Delete dat abas e ref eren c es AND m edia fil es f rom onlin e/ne arli ne st orag e A ND
media f iles f rom of flin e/d eep arc hive : remov es en t ries fr om the d atab ase, f rom
the me dia serv er a nd f ro m the arch ive stor age
The media wil l be remo ved only if th ey are not used in other edi ts or in other
playl ists (ei ther the medi a its elf or t hrou gh a ttac h ed vir tua l med ia o r vi rtua l cli ps).
Addit iona lly, all as soci at ed ma teria l s uch as virt u al me dia and vir tual cli ps that ar e
used in the e dit( s) or p l aylis t(s) s elec ted f or de l etion w ill b e remo ved f r om the
databa se.
For more power ful m edi a delet e and purg e opt i ons, se e sec tion s 12 ‘M edia Fi le
Cleane r’ o n pa ge 1 27.
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7. Metadata
7.1
INTRODUCTION
Metada ta i s cu stome r-de f ined d ata whic h can be a ssocia ted with medi a or edits to
descri be o r cl assi fy t hem .
Metada ta us er fi elds ca n be cre ated and a ssoc iated into prof iles w ithi n Xedio
Manage r. Th en, a meta data p rofi le ca n be a s signed to me dia or ed i ts and
metada ta v alue s sp ecif ic to th e med ia or e dit can be en tered in the use r fi e lds.
Three ite ms are ava ilab l e in the Metad ata cat ego ry. They are de tai led in t he table
below.
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Item
Descri ption
Profil e Man ageme nt
Manage s the crea tion of metadat a field s a nd their
associ atio n i nto m etad ata prof iles .
Media Profi le
Associ ation
Allows t he sel ecti on of metada ta pro file s to be availa ble
for a ssoci ati on wi th m edi a.
Edit P rofi le
Associ ation
Allows t he sel ecti on of metada ta pro file s to be availa ble
for a ssoci ati on wi th a n e dit.
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When you cli ck the Profil e Manage ment b utton , the Meta data Profil es
Managem ent w indow is displa yed i n the Work a rea, al lowi ng yo u to d efi ne user
field s an d to ass ocia te t h em int o pr ofi les. It is d ivi ded i nto thre e ar eas:
1. Availa ble Meta data Fie ld s
2. Metada ta P rofi le I nfor mat ion
3. Existi ng M etad ata Prof ile s
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MANAGING USER FIELDS
C REATING U SER F IELDS
To cre ate a u ser fie ld, pr ess t he A dd Ne w Fi eld b utton in the Ava ilab le M e tadat a
Fields are a, c ompl ete the foll owing fi elds and the n clic k on the OK b utt on.
Field
Descri ption
Field Name
Name yo u wa nt t o g ive to the user fie ld.
Type
Six typ es o f user fie lds a re avai lab le. Th ey wi ll ap pear as
follow s in Xed io C lean Edi t:
Boolea n
True o r Fa lse valu es.
Combo
Drop-d own
creati on
Date
Date fi eld wi th dr op-d own arro w giv ing
access to a ca lend ar.
Number
Number fi eld wi th up an d down arro ws to
increa se o r de crea se t he value .
Text
Free t ext fie ld
Timeco de
Timeco de f ield
li st
of
va lues
de fin ed
at
Defaul t Va lues
Possib ilit y to de fin e a d efaul t valu e to be used for the
user f ield . Th e de faul t va lue is ena bled when the Defaul t
Values but ton is surro un ded by a red line .
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the u ser fiel d.
Field Va lues (c ombo
option)
Right- clic k in the f ield a nd sel ect Ne w to defi ne a valu e
for t he d rop- down list .
M ODIFYING A U SER F IELD
To mod ify the pro pert ies of a user fi eld, sel ect it i n the lis t, clic k t he Mo dif y Fie ld
butto n, e nter new val ues in th e re leva nt f ield s, a nd clic k th e OK but ton.
If th e u ser fiel d i s us ed i n a p rof ile, onl y t he L abe l and th e De scrip tion fie lds c an
be ed ited .
D ELETING A U SER F IELD
To del ete a use r fie ld, se lect i t in the lis t and cli c k the D elet e Fie ld b utto n . It c an
only be d elet ed i f i t is not used in a pr ofil e.
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MANAGING METADATA PROFILES
C REATING A M ETADATA P ROFILE
To creat e a meta data p ro file, c omple te th e foll owi ng fiel ds in th e Meta data Profil e
Inform atio n are a and t h en clic k on th e Save Profil e but ton. It wil l t hen be
displa yed in the M etad at a Prof iles are a.
Field
Descri ption
ID
Automa tica lly fill ed by t h e syst em.
Label
Name yo u g ive to t he p ro file.
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the me tada ta p rof ile.
Field( s)
List of use r field s you want to use in the pr ofil e: select a
user f ield in th e Ava ilab l e Metad ata F ield s are a a nd drag
it to the Met adat a Pr ofil e Inform atio n ar ea.
M ODIFYING A M ETADATA P ROFILE
To modi fy a met adat a pr ofile , se lect it in t he Me tadat a Pro file s ar ea, ent er new
values in the rel evan t fi el ds, a nd c lick the Sav e Pr ofile but ton.
It ca n on ly b e ed ite d if it i s no t s elec ted for u se in the Med ia o r Ed it Prof ile
Associ atio n.
D ELETING A M ETADATA P ROFILE
To del ete a meta data pr ofile , sel ect it i n the Met adata Prof iles area and click th e
Delete Prof ile but ton in t he Met adat a Pr ofil e In for mation are a.
It c an o nly be del eted if it is not sel ecte d f or u se in th e M edia or Edi t Prof ile
Associ atio n.
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MEDIA PROFILE ASSOCIATION
When you cli ck the Medi a Profile As soci ation bu tton, th e Media Me tada ta Profile
Table Asso cia tion win do w is disp laye d i n t he W or k are a, allow ing you to s elect the
profi les you w ant to m ake avai labl e to the use rs.
The fo llow ing fiel ds a re d isplay ed in t he w indow :
Field
Descri ption
Descri ption
Automa tica lly fill ed b y th e syst em f or th e se lect e d prof ile
with t he descr ipti on text entere d a t pr ofil e cr eati o n.
Availa ble
Displa ys the
select ion .
Select ed
Displa ys th e lis t of pr ofi l es whic h have been sele cted in
the Avai labl e list an d added tha nks to the Ad d button.
Profil es ca n be r emove d from t he Sel ecte d lis t and be
made avai labl e in the A vailab le lis t again by us ing the
Remove butt on.
list
of
exist ing
pr ofil es
ava ila ble
for
Each us er fi eld f rom t he sele cted prof iles co uld be
displa yed in a ddit iona l c olumn in Me dia > Man ag er from
the X edio Man ager and in the Medi a Ma nage r ta b f rom th e
Xedio Clea nEdi t.
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Field
Descri ption
Defaul t Pro file
Allows the s elec tion of a profi le, f rom th e lis t of Select ed
Profil es, to b e used as defau lt pro file wh en a u ser will
associ ate meta data to a media.
The Sa ve b utto n mu st b e press ed to sa ve c hang es .
7.4
EDIT PROFILE ASSOCIATION
When you c lick t he Edit Profile A ssoci atio n bu tton, t he Edi t Meta data Profil e
Table Asso cia tion win do w is disp laye d i n t he W or k are a, allow ing you to s elect the
profi les you w ant to m ake avai labl e to the use rs.
The fo llow ing fiel ds a re d isplay ed in t he w indow :
Field
Descri ption
Descri ption
Automa tica lly fill ed b y th e syst em f or th e se lect e d prof ile
with t he descr ipti on text entere d a t pr ofil e cr eati o n.
Availa ble
Displa ys the
select ion .
Select ed
Displa ys th e lis t of pr ofi l es whic h have been sele cted in
the Avai labl e list an d added tha nks to the Ad d button.
Profil es ca n be r emove d from t he Sel ecte d lis t and be
made avai labl e in the A vailab le lis t again by us ing the
list
of
exist ing
pr ofil es
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Field
Descri ption
Remove butt on.
Each us er fi eld f rom t he sele cted prof iles co uld be
displa yed in ad dit iona l column in To ols > Edi ts Manage r
from t he Xe dio M anag er and in the Edi t Man ager tab fr om
the Xe dio Clea nEdi t.
Defaul t Pro file
Allows the s elec tion of a profi le, f rom th e lis t of Select ed
Profil es, to b e used as defau lt pro file wh en a u ser will
associ ate meta data to an edit .
The Sa ve b utto n mu st b e press ed to sa ve c hang es .
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8.1
INTRODUCTION
The ser vers whic h wil l b e used for payo ut mus t be def ined and thei r par ameter s
must b e s et i n X edio Manage r. T hey will th e n be avai labl e i n th e Playou t
Organi zer appl icat ion.
Two items ar e avai labl e in the Pla yout s categ ory . They are de tail ed in th e tabl e
below.
Item
Descri ption
Server s Man ager
Define s har dware setu p and par amet ers f or ea ch playou t
server .
Group M anage r
Allows to cre ate g roup s of play out s erve rs th a t make
playou t ch anne ls v isib l e only fro m spe cifi c Playou t
Organi zer w orks tati ons.
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SERVERS MANAGER
8.2.1
INTRODUCTION
When you c lick t he Ser v ers Manag er but ton , the Playou t Serv ers Man ager window
is dis play ed i n th e Wor k area, allo wing you to d ef ine ea ch p hysi cal m achi n e to b e
used for playo ut.
8.2.2
CREATING AND CONFIGURING A PLAYOUT SERVER
To creat e and c onfi gure a playo ut ser ver, c ompl e te the f ollow ing f ield s an d then
click on the C reat e bu tto n.
The pla yout serv er nam e is adde d to t he li st on the le ft si de of the wi nd ow and
“P CX ” the n “Cha nnel 1 ” appear un dern eath , wh ich corr espo nds to t he playou t
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Field
Descri ption
Label
Name yo u g ive to t he p l ayout serv er, as it wi ll a ppear in
the l ist.
Playou t Gro up
List o f pre defi ned play o ut gro ups. The G LOBAL optio n
makes t he pla yout ser ver ava ilab le fr om all Playou t
Organi zer w orks tati ons.
IP Addr ess
IP add ress of the pla yout serve r.
Port (d efau lt = 402 1)
Port u sed for the pla yout .
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the p layo ut s erver .
Card1 / 2 / 3
Type o f c ard used . Sev e ral c ards coul d b e us ed but i t is
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MODIFYING THE PLAYOUT SERVER PROPERTIES
To mod ify the prop erti es of a play out serv er, sele ct it in the lis t, ente r new valu e s
in th e re leva nt f ield s, a nd clic k th e Upd ate butt on.
8.2.4
POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS
A context ual men u is av ailab le when you se lect a playou t server in th e list and
then righ t-cl ick:
Menu It em
Descri ption
Duplic ate
Create s a new p layo ut s erver wi th th e same pro perti es.
The term ‘d upli cate d’ is added nex t to the n ew playout
server name .
Delete
Delete s the p layou t ser v er conf igura tio n and re moves it
from t he l ist .
8.3
GROUP MANAGER
8.3.1
INTRODUCTION
The Pla yout Serve rs ma y be gro uped toge ther t hrough the G roup M anag er. Thi s
can be use d to gr oup a main ser ver an d a back u p server . They c an the n be made
visib le o nly from some pr edefi ned P layo ut O rgan iz er wor ksta tion s.
When you cl ick th e Grou p Manager bu tton , the Pl ayouts G roup Ma nager w i ndow is
displa yed in the W ork are a.
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CREATING A GROUP OF PLAYOUT SERVERS
To crea te a g roup of pl a yout se rver s, com ple te t he fol lowin g fie lds a nd t hen cl ick
on th e Cre ate butt on.
The gr oup name is adde d to t he l ist on the left sid e of the wind ow.
Field
Descri ption
Label
Give a nam e to the gro up of p layo ut s erve rs.
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the g roup of play out serv ers.
Playou t Ser vers
Select th e pl ayou t se rver s to grou p to geth er.
Note
A group of pl ayou t chan nels res tric ts the am oun t of avail able c hann els
for spec ific Pl ayou t Orga nizer wor ksta tion s. Ther e is one defau lt grou p,
called G LOBAL, t hat al lo ws a Playou t Orga nizer workst atio n to “see ” all
channe ls w hen it i s se lec ted.
8.3.3
DELETING A GROUP OF PLAYOUT SERVERS
To be abl e to de lete a gr oup of p layou t ser vers , y ou firs t nee d to cl ear th e playou t
server s bo xes and pres s the Up date but ton.
Then, ri ght- clic king th e group nam e will sh ow y ou a contex tua l menu w ith the
Delete Grou p op tion .
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9. Softwares
9.1
INTRODUCTION
The pa rame ters spec ific to t he v ario us ap pli cati ons of th e Xed io S uite can be
stored in to d iffe rent pro fil es. Th ese prof iles can th en be sel ecte d fo r us e by users .
Keyboa rd sh ortc uts c an also be def ined and s tor ed int o pro file s. Th ese profi les
are l inked to the work stat ion.
Four i tems a re av aila ble in the Soft ware s cat egor y. They are deta iled in t he tab l e
below.
Item
Descri ption
Paramet er P rofi les
Makes i t po ssib le to set an d st ore t he
parame ters of all appl icat ions into pro file s.
Keyboar d Pro fil es
Makes it p ossi ble to s et and st ore th e keyb o ard key
assign ment s in to p rofi les .
Keyboar d Mac hine s
Allows t o assi gn
workst atio ns.
Video FX
Allows t o set the n ame a nd the def ault p arame ter s for the
transi tio n ef fect s.
d efine d
keyb oard
softwa re
pr ofi les
to
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PARAMETER PROFILES
9.2.1
INTRODUCTION
When yo u cli ck t he Pa ra meter P rofi les b utto n, t he Sof tware s Par amet er Profil es
window is disp laye d in th e Work are a. I t is div ided into thr ee a reas :
Nr
Area
Descri ption
1
Applic ation Sel ecti on ar ea
This ar ea d ispla ys t he a pplica tio ns ic ons
for which i t is possi ble to manag e
parame ters and pro file s.
2
Profil e Se lect ion area
This area di spla ys t he a vailab le prof iles
that can be mana ged, rela ting to th e
select ed appl icat ion.
3
Paramet ers area
This area giv es t he list of p aram eter s.
They c an b e ed ited and modifi ed t here .
Note
Each Xed io appl icat ion m ust have b een sta rted a n d have writ ten re gist ry
for i ts c orres pond ing icon s to be a vail able .
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POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU
A cont extu al me nu i s av ailab le wh en an app lica ti on is sele cted in t he A p plica tion
Select ion area and you ri ght-cl ick in the Prof ile Se lecti on Ar ea:
Menu It em
Descri ption
New
Opens th e New Param Profile wi ndow wh ere you can
enter a n ame f or t he new prof ile in t he L abel fie ld.
Modify
Opens the Mo dify Par am Prof ile w indow all o wing to
update the la bel or d esc ripti on of th e sele cted p aramet er
profi le.
Delete
Delete s th e se lect ed p ara meter prof ile.
Note
It is not p ossi ble t o re move a pro file that i s
curren tly in u se. An e rror message wi ll be sh own
if th is i s at temp ted.
Import from Fil e
Import a p aram eters pro fi le st ored in a .i ni forma t.
In the Open w indo w, s elect the f ile that cont ains t he
parame ters pro file to imp ort.
Import Defau lt
Import a par amete rs prof ile s tore d i n a .i ni form at as the
defau lt p arame ter prof ile.
In the Open w indo w, s elect the f ile that cont ains t he
parame ters pro file to imp ort.
Export to F ile
Export s the se lect ed par ameter s prof ile in a r ead able fi le
(.ini form at).
In the Sa ve As win dow, s elect t he fol der to e xpor t the file
to.
Export to T ext
Export s t he s elec ted p aramet ers prof ile in a text file
format (.t xt forma t).
In the Sa ve As win dow, s elect t he fol der to e xpor t the file
to.
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LIST OF <GENERAL> PARAMETERS
The GEN ERAL prof ile giv es acc ess to the foll owin g lis ts o f pa rame ters (tab s).
Genera l
Auto R efre sh F ilte ring
When se lect ed: each tim e a new cri teri on i s add ed to a
filte r, the se arch is au to matica lly st arted wi tho ut pressi ng
Return or push ing the Se arch b utto n.
Can se lect Cla ssLis t
node
When sele cted : enab les t he selec tion of a cl ass li st node
rather th an o nly the deep est s ub-i tems.
Confirm ati on wi ndow
to ba ckup EVS vide o
server
When sele cted : displ ays a confirm atio n window be fore the
backup ope rati on o f a n E VS vid eo s erve r.
Defaul t vi deo aspe ct
ratio
Video Rati o us ed i n th um bnail gen erat ion and duri ng
render ing oper atio ns
Possib le v alue s: 4 /3 or 1 6/9
Defaul t hi gh bitr ate
video widt h
Free tex t fiel d to def ine the defa ult ho rizo ntal r e solut ion
for h i-res olut ion vid eo f il es (wi dth in p ixel s)
Defaul t Pr oxy Vide o
Freque ncy
Defaul t vi deo freq uenc y f or Pro xy v ideo brow sing , editi ng
and en codi ng
Defaul t Pr oxy Vide o
Resolu tion
Defaul t vi deo reso luti on f or Pro xy v ideo brow sing , editi ng
and en codi ng
Defaul t vi deo
standa rd
Video supp orte d by the D ispatc her in the curre nt s ession
(You c anno t mi xed PAL a nd NTSC ). T his param ete r is
also used duri ng r ende rin g to upsc ale or n ot t he m edia
Possib le v alue s: P AL S D , NTSC drop SD, HD 108 0i @50 ,
HD 720p @50 , HD 1080 i @59,94 , HD 720p @59 ,9 4.
Defaul t XT Grow ing
Clip D urat ion
Field to defi ne t he d efau l t dur atio n fo r XT grow ing clip.
Grab S till Fram e
Folder
Field to defi ne t he d efau l t fol der to s tore gra b im a ge fi le.
Grab S till Fram e
Prefix
Field t o def ine t he def a ult pre fix f or th e resu lti ng grab
image file .
Notifi cat ion C ente r
addres s
Free te xt fi eld to defi ne the IP a ddres s and p ort number
of th e no tifi cat ion cent er.
Odd Fr ame C lipp ing
When sele cted : enab les clippin g on odd f rame s when
workin g wi th P reso lut ion in a ll p laye rs a nd t imel in es.
Note
This par amet er sho uld only be s et for full
progre ssiv e wor kflo ws.
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Genera l
XedioB roke r ad dress
Free te xt fi eld to defi ne the IP a ddres s and p ort number
of Xed io B roke r.
XT Cli p cr eati on
defau lt c lipn ame
Free te xt fi eld t o def in e the de faul t cli p nam e when
creati ng an XT cli p.
Audio
Defaul t I nput Aud io
Track Assi gnmen t
Define s the de faul t aud io chann el ass ignm ent for the
import ed med ia fil es (ot h er than s erver clip s and encode r
inges ts).
The f ield dis play s t he a ssignm ents for 2, 4, 8 and 1 6
channe ls c onfi gura tion s s eparat ed b y a ‘|’ sign .
Refer to the sec tio n ‘Ho w to Defin e New Def aul t Audio
Channe l As signm ent’ on page 7 2.
Note
Once t he au dio track ass ignmen t has bee n def ine d
in Xedio Imp orte r or AutoFi le Impo rter , thes e
values will be u sed i nste ad of t he de faul t o n es o n
the wo rkst atio n.
Defaul t Re nder ing
Audio Trac k
Assign ment
Define s th e d efau lt
render ed f iles .
a udio
chan nel
assi gnm ent
f or
The f ield dis play s t he a ssignm ents for 2, 4, 8 and 1 6
channe ls c onfi gura tion s s eparat ed b y a ‘|’ sign .
Refer to the sec tio n ‘Ho w to Defin e New Def aul t Audio
Channe l As signm ent’ on page 7 2.
Defaul t XT Inp ut
Audio Trac k
Assign ment
Define s the
media fil es
assign ment s
separa ted by
de faul t aud io chann el ass ignm ent for the
( serv er c lip s onl y).T he f ield di spla ys th e
for 2 , 4, 8 and 16 ch anne ls con fig urati ons
a ‘|’ sig n.
Refer to the sec tio n ‘Ho w to Defin e New Def aul t Audio
Channe l As signm ent’ on page 7 2.
Enable 5.1
managem ent
Enable s th e cr eati on of 5.1 t racks in Clea nEdi t t imelin e.
The 5. 1 aud io su ppor t in CleanE dit w orks only wi th EVS
video ser ver clip s. E ach trac k cr eate d i n th e Cl eanEdi t
timeli ne allo ws the use r to place and man ag e audio
blocks fro m se rver cli ps, behind whi ch a gro up o f 6 aud io
channe ls a re h andl ed.
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How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment
It is pos sibl e to def ine ne w defa ult aud io c hanne l a ssignm ents .
You wi ll b e ab le to d efin e conf igur atio ns wi th:
•
up to 8 s tere o pa irs
•
up to 5 s tere o pa irs and one 5 .1 g roup
•
up to 2 s tere o pa irs and t wo 5.1 gro ups.
To do so, proc eed as foll ows.
1.
In the Var iant Val ue f iel d, dou ble- clic k th e co nfi gurat ion c orre spon ding t o
the s elec ted numbe r of c hannel s.
The Au dio Trac k Ass ignm ent wi ndow is disp laye d.
2.
Enter a na me f or t he n ew audi o co nfig urat ion in t h e Labe l fi eld .
3.
Right- clic k an aud io c han nel f ield .
The fo llow ing cont extu al menu a ppea rs:
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Two au dio chan nels are u sed
• 5.1
Six au dio chan nels are u sed
5.
Repeat ste ps 3 and 4 for the r emain ing chan nels .
6.
If requ ired , you can r e-a ssigne d the or der of t he channel s insi de a gro up .
Follow ste ps 6 and 7.
Right- clic k an aud io c han nel f ield .
The fo llow ing cont extu al menu a ppea rs:
• 2.0:
• 5.1:
7.
Select one of the opt ions .
Conseq uent ly, two cha nn els w ill hav e t he same na me wi thin a grou p. So th e
group is disp layed in red .
You wi ll n ot b e ab le to s a ve th e ch anges un til this is so lved .
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Automat ic Re stor e
Restor e Ty pe
Option list to se lect th e resto re ty pe to be u sed for
automa tic rest ore proc es s.
Possib le v alue s:
• Full R esto re: rest ores the whole med ia
• Partia l R esto re: res tores only th e u sefu l s ecti on of t he
media used in the edi t fo r which a r esto re i s re que sted.
Import
Import ed F ileNa me
Format
Free t ext fie ld t o de fine the im port ed f ilen ame fo rmat f or
XDCAM im port .
The fo llow ing item s ca n b e used :
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% LABEL
Label giv en b y Xed io use r
% NAME
Clip N ame
% CLASSID
Class ID
% TCIN
Timeco de IN
% TCOUT
Timeco de OU T
% CLIPTYPE
Clip Type, e. g. DV_50 i,
P2HD_10 0i)
% USER
Xedio User name
% DURATION
Timeco de Du rati on
% YEAR
Curren t Ye ar
% MONTH
Curren t Mon th
% DAY
Curren t Day Numb er
% HOUR
Curren t Hou r
% MIN
Curren t Min ute
% SEC
Curren t Se cond
% MSEC
Curren t Mi llis econd
% SDYEAR
Shooti ng D ate – Ye ar
% SDMONTH
Shooti ng
Number
D ate
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% SDDAY
Shooti ng
Number
% GUID
Clip GU ID
Dat e
–
D ay
When s elec ted: the lon g clip name is u sed as m ed ia la bel .
Vumeter
Bottom lev el o f
Vumete r
Field to defi ne t he d b va l ue of vu-m eter bot tom lev el. I t is
the a udio lev el d iffe renc e (in dB) c ompa red the 0 l evel
(audio lev el of t he s ourc e media ) an d co rres pond in g to
the b ottom of the gre en z one i n th e au dio mete rs
Satura tion lev el of
Vumete r
Field to defi ne t he d b va l ue of vu-m eter sat urat ion leve l.
It is the aud io level di ffer ence ( in dB) c ompar ed to the 0
level (aud io leve l of the s ource medi a) a nd c orres p onding
to th e bo ttom of the red z one i n th e au dio mete rs
Top le vel of V umet er
Field to defi ne t he d b va l ue of vu-m eter top lev el. It is the
audio lev el ( in d B) o f th e source med ia a nd c orres ponds
to th e to p of th e re d zo ne in t he a udio met ers.
Warnin g le vel of
Vumete r
Field to defi ne t he d b va l ue of vu-m eter warn ing le vel.
This v alue cor resp onds t o the beg inni ng o f th e or ange
area in t he v u-met er.
Note
The de faul t va lues for a udio v umet er l evels di ffe r in X edio and in F inal
Cut Pr o.
It is the refor e no rmal to see t he s ame m edia re aching the red zon e in
Xedio whil e it is sti ll i n th e oran ge z one in F CP.
If you w ant t o have the same aud io me ter di spla y in bot h app lica tion s,
you can matc h the a udio meter d efau lt va lues in Xedio M anage r to the
FCP va lues .
9.2.4
LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO MANAGER
The Xe dio Manag er p rof il e giv es ac cess to the fol l owing list s o f par amet ers (tab s).
Genera l
Conver t IP to Mach ine
Name
When sel ecte d: th e IP a ddress is con vert ed to machin e
name f or d ispl ay.
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Max Da te I nter val
Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich
can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date
parame ter (0 = no limi t).
Max Res ult Set Size
Field t o def ine th e maxi mum numbe r of it ems w hich wi ll
be disp laye d in th e res ult lis t aft er a se arch f i lter ha s
been a ppl ied (0 = no limi t ).
Recent Dat e Li st
Free t ext f ield to d efi n e the dates to be di spl ayed i n
‘recen t d ates ’ dr op-do wn lists .
Cemedia impor t
Enable Aud io T rack
Assign ment Dial og
When sele ct: En able s the displ ay of aud i o track
assign ment di alog ta b i n th e Se tup win dow du ring an
import .
Enable RTD Impo rt
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of RTD file s
Enable P2 Impo rt
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of fil es w ith P2 f orma t
PlayXTC lip
When s elec t: A llows ser v er cl ip t o be view ed in a player
PlayXTT rain
When s elec t: A llows ser v er tra in to b e vi ewed in a play er
Enable Ima ge I mpor t
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of imag e (s til ls f iles )
Enable Sti lls Key
Import
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of sti lls with key fil es
Enable Vid eo I mpor t
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of vid eo f iles
Enable Wave Imp ort
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of fil es w ith wave form at
Enable XDCam Imp ort
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of fil es w ith XDCam for mat
Allow XT Im port
When s elec t: A llows imp o rt of ser ver c lip s
Media M anag er
LoResGe n
Server
Med ia
Xedio Me dia ser ver wh e re the low -res olut ion me dia fil e
shall be (re)g ener ated .
LoResGe n Re nder ing
Profil e
Low-re solu tion r ende ring profi le use d to ge nera te t he lowresolu tion med ia f ile .
Schedul er
Schedu ler Publ ishe d
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record fro m th e Sc hedu le r.
Possib le valu es a re: pub l ished , no t p ubli shed or p reviou s
state .
Schedu ler ReadO nly
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When s elec ted: res tric ts the Sched uler acc ess t o read only; reco rds cann ot b e c reated or modi fied .
LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO CLEANEDIT
The Cl eanEd it prof ile giv es acc ess to the foll owin g lis ts o f pa rame ters (tab s).
An Eff ects are a is disp l ayed i n th e lo wer p art of th e win dow. Sele ctin g effe cts
allows t he use rs to use them in Cle anEd it. Re fer to the Xedi o Clea nEdi t manual
for a des crip tion of each effec t.
Genera l
Auto R efre sh F ilte ring
When se lect ed: each tim e a new cri teri on i s add ed to a
filte r, the se arch is au to matica lly st arted wi tho ut pressi ng
Return or push ing the Se arch b utto n.
Check for m issi ng
hires fil es
When selec ted , c hecks f or mi ssin g h i-res f iles in the ed it
timeli ne an d disp lays a small ye llow tria ngle o v er each
missin g cl ip i n t he t imeli n e.
Active Win dow C olor
Option l ist to se lect th e color use d for the rec tang l e under
the a ctiv e Pl ayer area or Record er ar ea.
Show c onfi rmati on
dialo g
When sele cted : Shows a confir mati on dia log win do w when
doing del ete acti ons
Automa tic Edit ID
Genera tion
Enable s aut omat ic Ed it ID gene rat ion a nd se l ects t he
genera tion met hod.
Possib le v alue s:
• None
• IDDB: un ique i n the DB but mayb e not ac ross s e veral
DB
• UUID: U nive rsal ly Un ique Iden tifi er ( UmID)
Read O nly Edit ID
When s elec ted: set s th e Edit ID pr oper ty t o re ad-o nly
EVS Se rver Gang ing
Type
Field to ente r a valu e co r respon ding to a c amera g anging
type.
0: XT inpu t c amera s
1: IPD irec tor meta data
2: mix ed ( firs t t ries IPD metada ta t hen XT i nput c ams)
Extern al C ue P oint –
Rankin g 0 Color
Color used , in the med ia bar o f th e Pl ayer , to rep r esent a
log wi th the defa ult rank i ng ass igne d
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Extern al C ue P oint –
Rankin g * Color
Color used , in the med ia bar o f th e Pl ayer , to rep r esent a
log wi th a ran king * assig ned
Extern al C ue P oint –
Rankin g ** Col or
Color used , in the med ia bar o f th e Pl ayer , to rep r esent a
log wi th a ran king ** assi gned
Extern al C ue P oint –
Rankin g ** * Co lor
Color used , in the m edia bar of the Play er, to r epr esent a
log wi th a ran king *** ass igned
Mandat ory Edit On- air
Date
When s elec ted: the on air date of an e dit is m anda t ory
Show Ar chiv eMgr TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Arch iveMg r TA B in Cle anEdit
Show De vice s TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Devi ces TAB
Show E dit TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Edi t TAB
Show E ditMg r TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Edi tMgr TAB
Show He aderM aker
TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Head er Ma ker TAB
Show Me diaI mpor ter
TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Medi aImp orter TAB
Show Me diaM gr TA B
When s elec ted: show s th e Medi aMgr TAB
Show P layou t TA B
When s elec ted: show s th e Play out TAB
Show Pr ojec tMgr TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Proj ectM gr TA B
Show Ex port TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Expo rt T AB
Show Sc hedu ler TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Sche dule r TAB
Show
Charac terGe nera tor
TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Char acte rGene rato r TA B
Show V oiceO ver TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e Voic eOve r TAB
Show VT R TAB
When s elec ted: show s th e VTR T AB
User Cu e Po int Colo r
Color used , in the m edia bar of the Play er, to r epr esent a
log e nter ed b y th e lo gged user .
Archiv e
Archiv e De faul t
Priori ty
Field to ente r a valu e co r respon ding to the def ault
archiv e re ques t pr iori ty. This v alue is tran smit ted when
the s ystem is inte grat ed with D IVA.
Possib le v alue s: from 0 t o 100 , wi th 0 = d isab led, 1 =
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lowest pri orit y an d 10 0 = highes t p rior ity.
Archiv e Hi Res
When se lect ed: a rchi ves high r esolu tio n fil es w hen an
archiv ing is r eque sted .
Archiv e Lo w Res
When se lec ted: arch ive s low reso luti on f iles when a n
archiv ing is r eque sted .
Delete Hi R es
When sele cted :
archiv ing.
delet e s
high
reso luti on
file s
after
Delete Low Res
When sele cted :
archiv ing.
dele te s
low
resol utio n
file s
after
Restor e De faul t
Priori ty
Field to ente r a valu e co r respon ding to the def ault rest ore
reques t pr iori ty.
Possib le v alue s: from 0 t o 100 , wi th 0 = d isab led, 1 =
lowest pri orit y an d 10 0 = highes t p rior ity.
Restor e Hi Res
When s elec ted: res tore s high resol uti on f iles
Restor e Low Res
When s elec ted: res tore s l ow res olut ion file s
Check Lock ed Me dia
in Med ia L ist
When s elec ted: all ows th e user to chec k f or l ocke d medi a.
Automat ic Re stor e
Restor e Pr iori ty E dit
Clip
Field to ent er a v alue corr espo ndin g t o t he Restor e
Priori ty wh en a clip is droppe d in the time line or when
Edit P lay dat e is modi fied .
Possib le val ues: from 0 to 100, wi th 0 = dis abl ed, 1 =
lowest pri orit y an d 10 0 = highes t p rior ity.
Restor e Pr iori ty R2 B
Field to ent er a v alue corr espo ndin g t o t he Restor e
Priori ty w hen an E dit is s et to Read y t o Bro adca st.
Possib le val ues: from 0 to 100, wi th 0 = dis abl ed, 1 =
lowest pri orit y an d 10 0 = highes t p rior ity.
Browser
Base f or n ew p roje ct
Free t ext fie ld t o en ter th e def ault bas e nam e f or a new
projec t.
Base f or n ew e dit
Free t ext fie ld t o en ter th e def ault bas e nam e f or a new
edit.
Base f or n ew c lip
Free t ext fie ld t o en ter th e def ault bas e nam e f or a new
clip.
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Video stan dard
select ion
When s elec ted: ena bles t he se lect ion of t he v ideo
standa rds.
Cefilt ermgr
Allow Chang e Ed it
Proper ties
When sel ecte d: al lows th e user to c hang e edi t pr opert ies
in Ed it Ma nage r.
Allow Chang e Me dia
Proper ties
When sele cted : all ows the
proper ties in Medi a Ma na ger.
Max Da te I nter val
Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich
can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date
parame ter (0 = no limi t).
Max Res ult Set Size
Field t o def ine th e maxi mum numbe r of it ems w hich wi ll
be disp laye d in th e res ult lis t aft er a se arch f i lter ha s
been a ppl ied (0 = no limi t ).
Recent Dat e Li st
Free t ext f ield to d efi n e the dates to be di spl ayed i n
‘recen t d ates ’ dr op-do wn lists .
user
to
c hang e
media
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Allow to B acku p
XT/XS clip
When s elec ted: all ows to backup to loc al s tora ge a ll Ed it
Clip i n Di rect Acc ess to X T/XS. If this par amete r is
select ed, the Make Loc al optio n is ava ilab le f or E di t.
Audio Trac k
Assign ment Dial og
When s elec ted: Ena bles t he di splay of aud io t rack
assign ment dia log tab in the Se tup wind ow d urin g an
import .
Kmt
When s elec ted: All ows im port of RT D fi les
P2
When s elec ted: All ows im port of f iles wit h P2 form at
PlayXTC lip
When s elec ted: All ows s e rver c lip to be v iewed in a
player
PlayXTT rain
When s elec ted: All ows s e rver t rain to be viewe d in a
player
Still s
When s elec ted: All ows im port of im age (sti lls fil es)
Still s Key s
When s elec ted: All ows im port of s till s wi th k ey f ile s
Video
When s elec ted: All ows im port of v ideo fil es
Wave
When s elec ted: All ows im port of f iles wit h wav e f or mat
XDCam
When s elec ted: All ows im port of f iles wit h XDC am format
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XT
When s elec ted: All ows im port of s erver cl ips
Cerende ring 2
Availa ble XTNr
Free text f ield to en t er a comma-se para ted list of
number s for avai labl e EV S video ser ver. If t he fie l d is left
empty, all num bers betw e en 1 and 30 a re a llowe d.
Id RTP rof Agen t
Field to en ter th e DB ID of RTProf age nt. If th e field is
set t o 0 , t he firs t a vail ab le ag ent wit h a nam e co ntain ing
‘RTPro fAgen t’ is f etch ed from DB .
Id She ll Agen t
Field t o ent er th e DB Id of Shel l age nt. I f the fie l d is set
to 0, the f irs t avai labl e agent wi th a name c o ntain ing
'ShellA gen t' is fet ched fr om DB.
Id To XT A gent
Field to ent er t he D B Id of To XT a gent . I f th e f iel d is set
to 0, the f irs t avai labl e agent wi th a name c o ntain ing
'ToXTAg ent' is fetc hed fr om DB
Show To Cle anEd it
When s elec ted: show s th e ‘To Clea nEdi t’ T AB
Show To Dev ice
When s elec ted: show s th e ‘To Devi ce’ TAB
Show To Fil e
When s elec ted: show s th e ‘To File ’ TA B
Show To Tar get
When s elec ted: show s th e ‘To Targ et’ TAB
Cg
Enable Imp ort Pict ure
When s elec ted: ena bles t he Imp ort P ictu re b utto n .
Enable Sav e As
Templa te
When s elec ted: ena bles t he Sav e as tem plate bu tt on.
HeaderM aker
Templa te P ath
Free t ext fie ld t o en ter th e pat h to Head erMa ker te mplate .
Player
Auto C lip IN
Amount of fie lds befo re the entr y p oint of a c l ip whe n
using the aut o-cl ippi ng t o ol (Al t+Sp ace bar) .
Auto C lip OUT
Amount o f fiel ds aft er th e out poin t of a cli p whe n using
the a uto- clip ping too l (A lt +Space bar ).
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Browsi ng I nter val
Accura cy
Field to e nter t he int erv al, in mse c, in whi ch th e media
player bro wsin g tr ies to b e fram e ac cura te.
WARNING: hig h va lues r equire a high ban dwidt h.
Enable Dei nter lace
Menu
When se lec ted: enab les the D eint erla cer m enu (hi-r es
mode o nly) .
Jog Au dio Thre shol d
HI
Field to e nter t he jog br owsing sp eed li mit fo r th e audio
to be dec oded in hi-r es.
Jog Au dio Thre shol d
LO
Field to e nter t he jog br owsing sp eed li mit fo r th e audio
to be dec oded in lo-r es.
Jog Ra nge H I
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in hi- res.
Jog Ra nge LO
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in lo- res.
PrevNex tX
Field to e nter t he numb e r of field s to jump w hen Alt key
is use d wi th P rev and Ne xt bu tton s.
Shift Spee d Ma x
Field to ente r th e sp eed rate for sup er f ast forw ard an d
rewind too ls w hen used t ogethe r wi th the S hift ke y.
Speed Max
Field to en ter the sp ee d rate for fas t forwar d and fast
rewind too ls.
XT Cli p Cre atio n Ti me
Tolera nce
Field to ente r t he t oler a nce v alue (in sec onds ) toward s
the c reat ion time betw ee n two sibl ing XT c lips .
XT Str eam C reat ion
Time To lera nce
Field to ente r t he t oler a nce v alue (in sec onds ) toward s
the c reat ion time betw ee n two sibl ing stre ams.
XT Tra in O nly V iew
Enable
When s elec ted: the cli p c reati on o n XT trai n i s di s abled .
Recorde r
Browsi ng I nter val
Accura cy
Field to en ter t he in terv a l, in ms ec, in whi ch th e t imelin e
browsi ng t ries to be fram e accu rate .
WARNING: hig h va lues r equire a high ban dwidt h.
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Enable Dei nter lace
Menu
When se lect ed: e nabl es the
mode o nly) .
De inte rlac er men u (hi-re s
PreRol l
Field to e nter t he Prer oll time , in fie lds, u sed to play
previo us/n ext tran sit ion
PrevNex tX
Field to e nter t he numb e r of field s to jump w hen Alt key
is use d wi th P rev and Ne xt bu tton s.
RollBo th
When sel ecte d: ena bles the lef t roll er and r ig ht roll er
tools .
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RollLe ft
When s elec ted: ena bles t he le ft r olle r to ol
RollRi ght
When s elec ted: ena bles t he ri ght roll er t ool
RollTu rn
When s elec ted: ena bles t he cl ip r olle r to ol
Schedul er
Read O nly
When s elec ted: res tric ts the Sched uler acc ess t o read only; reco rds cann ot b e c reated or modi fied .
Timeli ne
Audio Auto FX
When s elec ted: ena bles automa tic audi o tr ansi tio n eff ect .
Audio Effe cts
When sele cted : enab les graphi cal au dio tra nsit io n effect s
adjus tment s wh en z oomin g aud io t racks
Audio Fade IN D ur
Field to ent er the dura ti on, i n f ield s, of the aud io fa de
effec t at the IN poin t. T his will b e disp laye d in the “fx ”
dialo g bo x, “A udio fa de ” t ab.
Audio Fade IN Pos
Option lis t to se lect the posit ion o f the audi o fad e effe ct
at th e IN poi nt. Thi s wi l l be disp laye d in th e “f x ” dia log
box.
Possib le v alue s: N one, B efore OUT, Cent ered , Af t er OUT .
Audio Fade OUT Dur
Field to ent er the dura ti on, i n f ield s, of the aud io fa de
effec t at the O UT poin t. This wil l be dis play ed in the “fx ”
dialo g bo x, “A udio fa de ” t ab.
Audio Fade OUT Pos
Option lis t to se lect the posit ion o f the audi o fad e effe ct
at th e OUT po int. Thi s wi ll be dis play ed i n t he “f x ” dia log
box.
Possib le v alue s: N one, B efore OUT, Cent ered , Af t er OUT .
Audio Leve l Ad just
Field to ent er the def ault audi o l evel va lue to be
displa yed in the FX d ialo g box .
Audio Leve l Ma x
Field t o ent er the m axim um audio leve l adj ustme nt valu e
to be dis play ed i n th e FX dial og b ox.
Audio X Fa de D ur
Field to e nter t he def ault aud io fad e dura tio n to be
displa yed in the “fx ” dia lo g box , “Au dio fad e ” t ab.
Audio X Fa de P os
Option li st t o se lect the a udio cross fad e po sit ion.
Possib le v alue s: N one, B efore OUT, Cent ered , Af t er OUT .
Block Font Hei ght
Field to ente r th e te xt fon t siz e in tim elin e bl ock.
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Block Font Name
Option li st t o se lect the t ext f ont name in timel ine block.
Can Ac cele rate
When s elec ted: ena bles f ast mo tion .
Clips Move
Field to e nter th e num b er of fie lds to s hift the select ed
clips , to the l eft or to the right , whe n use d in com binat ion
with + or – ke y.
Clips Move Sens ibil ity
Field to ente r th e mo use sens itiv ity valu e whe n s elect ing
and mo ving blo cks insi de the time line .
Color Bloc k Wid th
Field to ent er the siz e of t he c olor ar ea w ith in time line
blocks .
Defaul t Au dio Tran s
FX
Option li st t o de fine th e d efaul t au dio tran siti on e ff ect.
Defaul t Vi deo Tran s
FX
Option li st t o de fine th e d efaul t vi deo tran siti on e ff ect.
Fast M otio n Cl ip HR
Option l ist to sel ect the transcod ing cod ec used for the
render ing of hi-re s Fa st Motion Cli p.
Possib le v alue s: N one, F ade OUT , Fa de IN, C ross Fade.
Possib le v alue s: M ix, W ip e, Bor der Wipe , Dip to C olor.
Possib le v alue s: l ist of c odecs avai labl e wi th t he curre nt
releas e pa ckag e.
Fast M otio n Cl ip LR
Option l ist to sel ect the transcod ing cod ec used for the
render ing of lo-re s Fa st Motion Cli p.
Possib le v alue s: l ist of c odecs avai labl e wi th t he curre nt
releas e pa ckag e.
Fx Tab Aud io F ade
When selec ted : enabl es the Audio Effe ct tab in the Fx
dialo g.bo x.
FX Tab Aud io L evel
When s elec ted: ena bles t he Aud io Leve l Ad justm e nt ta b in
the FX dia log box .
FX Tab Colo r I ns
When se lect ed: enab les t he Colo r Cl ip To ol ta b in the FX
dialo g bo x.
Fx Tab Vid eo F ade
When sele cted : enabl es the video Fad e tab in the FX
dialo g bo x.
Note: this is not sup port e d.
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Guardb and Frame s
Field t o ente r the m inimu m durati on va lue whe n a djust ing
clip dura tion usi ng t he r ol lers.
Graphi cs I nser t
Durati on
Field to ente r th e de faul t durat ion for inse rted gra p hics.
Magnet Pix els
Field to ente r th e se nsit i vity valu e of the mag neti c eff ect
during dra g-an d-dr op o pe ratio ns o n tim elin e c lips .
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Max Dis play DB
Field t o ent er th e maxi mum disp laye d val ue fo r audio
level .
Max Fa st Mo tion
Speed
Field to en ter the ma xi mum allowe d value i n the Fast
Motion spee d dial og box (in p erce nt) if the
‘CanAc celer ate ’ pa ramet er is set to 1.
Reset To De fau lt
When sel ecte d: re sets t he tool bar wh en cr eati n g a new
edit
Show A udio Matr ix
Button s
When sel ecte d: di spla ys the Audi o Matr ix bu tto n in the
CleanE dit inte rfac e.
Show De faul t Au dio
Channe l Bu tton s
When sel ecte d: dis play s the Defa ult Aud io Channel
butto ns.
Show TC In Out
When s elec ted : d ispl ays the tim ecod es (IN and OUT) i n
the t imel ine block s.
Tag_Ex tern al
Graphi cs
When s elec ted: en ables the E xter nal Grap hics ta b in tag
proper ties dia log box .
Tag_Lo go I nser tion
When sel ecte d: en able s the Log o Ins erti on tab in tag
proper ties dia log box .
Tag_Vi z
When sel ecte d: en able s the Viz tab i n tag p r opert ies
dialo g bo x.
Tag De faul t Du rati on
Field to ente r th e de faul t tags dura tion .
Tag La bel List
When s elec ted: use s la be l lis t fo r ta gs.
Otherw ise, fre e te xt i s us ed.
Tag Pr oper ties
When sel ecte d: en able s the Tag P rope rtie s dia log box
and t he A dd Ta g op tio n fr om con text ual menu .
Use Ta g La bels
When s elec ted: en able s the Labe l f ield in the Extern al
Graphi cs t ab o f t he Ta gs dialo g bo x.
Use Ta g Tem plat es
When sel ecte d: ena bles t he Templ ate fi eld i n the Extern al
Graphi cs t ab o f t he Ta gs dialo g bo x.
Video Auto FX
When s elec ted: ena bles automa tic vide o tr ansi tio n eff ect .
Video Colo r Dur
Field to en ter th e leng th of the cli p creat ed with t he ‘colo r
insert ion too l’.
Video Colo r In s
Option li st to s elec t t he color of the cli p cr eate d with the
‘color ins ert ion tool ’.
Video Effe cts
When s elec ted:
adjus tment s.
en ab les
v ideo
tra nsi tion
effe cts
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Afx
When sele cted : disp lay s the AFX butt on abo ve the
timeli ne.
Align Lef t
When s elec ted: di spla ys the A lign Left bu tton ab ove t he
timeli ne.
Align Righ t
When sel ecte d: di spla ys the Ali gn Righ t butt on a bove th e
timeli ne.
Blank Clea r
When se lect ed: d ispl ays the Bl ank Cl ear butt o n abov e
the t imel ine.
Blank Dele te
When sel ecte d: dis play s the Blank De lete b utt o n above
the t imel ine.
Blank Fill
When sel ecte d: di splay s the Blan k Fil l but ton ab ove the
timeli ne.
Cue
When s elec ted : di spla ys the Cue Tool bu tton ab ove t he
timeli ne.
Clip S elec tor
When se lect ed: disp l ays th e Sel ect
(after /be fore nowl ine) ab ove t he t imel ine.
Color Inse rt
When sel ecte d: dis play s the Color I nsert b utt o n above
the t imel ine.
Extend
When s elec ted: di spla ys the Exte nd b utto n a b ove t he
timeli ne.
Extend Slo w
When sele cted : displ ays the Extend Slow bu tto n above
the t imel ine.
Extend Sti ll
When s elec ted : di spla ys the Ext end Stil l b utto n abo ve
the t imel ine.
Fx
When se lect ed: d ispl ays the FX butt on us ed t o cal l the F X
the d ialo g bo x ab ove tim eline .
In Ou t Del ete
When s elec ted: di spla ys the In Out Dele te butt o n abo ve
the t imel ine.
Inver t
butto n
When selec ted : d ispl ay s the A/ B bu tto n a bo ve th e
timeli ne.
Mark Cl ip
When s elec ted: di spla ys the Mark Cl ip b utto n a bove the
timeli ne.
Mark IN
When s elec ted : di spla ys the Mar k In bu tton ab ove t he
timeli ne.
Mark OU T
When sel ecte d: di spla ys the Mar k Out bu tto n a bove th e
timeli ne.
Mark Re set
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Move Fr ame
When s elec ted: ena bles t he Mov e Fr ame e dit zone .
Overwri te
When sel ecte d: dis play s the Ins ert/ Overw rite button
above the time line.
Render ing
When s elec ted: dis play s the Re nder ing b utt on a b ove t he
timeli ne.
Split
When sel ecte d: di spla ys the Clip S plit butt on a bove th e
timeli ne.
Vfx
When se lect ed: disp lay s the VFX b utto n ab o ve the
timeli ne.
TL Colo rs
Option li st t o se lect the …
Audio Bloc k
Audio bloc k co lor
Audio Bloc k Wi th FX
Color for audi o bl ock with FX
Audio Hatc hing
Audio bloc k ha tchi ng c olo r
Audio Text
Audio bloc k te xt color
Audio Trac e Col or
Audio leve l co lor
Drag A udio Trac e
Color for the audi o l evel when a djus ting
Drag V ideo Trac e
Color for the vide o tr ansi tion dura tion when adj ust ing
Mark IN
Mark IN li ne c olor
Mark OU T
Mark OU T li ne c olor
NowLine
Nowlin e co lor
Render ed V ideo Bloc k
Render ed v ideo blo ck c ol or
Select ed B lock s
Select ed timel ine bloc ks color
Sync B lock
Color for a udio bl ock wh ich has bee n moved ou t of sync
with i ts assoc iate d v ideo .
Video Bloc k
Video bloc k co lor
Video Bloc k Wi th FX
Color for vide o bl ock with FX
Video Hatc hing
Video bloc k ha tchi ng c olo r
Video Text
Video bloc k te xt color
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Option li st t o se lect the …
VO Tex t
VO blo ck t ext colo r
VO Wit h At tenu atio n
Color for VO b lock with a ttenu atio n
VO Wit hout
Attenu ati on
Color for VO b lock with ou t att enua tion
Voiceo ver
Attenu ati on Au to
When se lect ed: e nabl es the voi ce ov er au to-d i m mode
(autom atic a tten uati on of all the au dio ch anne ls f rom the
same ou tpu t tha n th e voice over for the v oi ce ove r
durat ion).
Attenu ati on DB
Field to en ter t he va lue (DB) fo r aut omati c aud io lev el
atten uati on o f au dio chan nels for the voic e ov er d u ratio n.
Attenu ati on Fa de
Field to en ter the fa de le ngth, in fi elds , to reach t he audio
level set wit h At tenu atio n DB.
Attenu ati on Po s
Option li st t o se lect the A ttenu atio n Fa de p osit ion.
Possib le valu es are: No ne, befo re cut, ce nter e d, after
cut.
9.2.6
PreRol l
Field to e nter t he Prer oll time , in fie lds, u sed to play
voice over .
Text M ask
Field to ente r th e vo ice o ver de fau lt b ase name.
LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO INGEST
The Xe dio Inge st p rofi le gives acce ss t o t he f ollo wing l ists of para mete rs ( tabs) .
Genera l
Defaul t Me dia C lass
Option lis t to s elec t the Media c lass to be used b y defa ult
during in gest .
Possib le va lues : Med ia classe s de fine d und er Media >
Class M anag er.
Crash publ ishe d
Option l ist to def ine whether
automa tica lly be p ubli she d.
a
cras h
re cord
will
Possib le val ues: N ot Publis hed, P ubl ished , Previo us
State .
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Schedul er
Schedu ler publ ishe d
Option lis t to d efin e the publi sh st ate o f the ing est fr om
the Sc hedu ler in X edio In gest.
Possib le val ues: N ot Publis hed, P ubl ished , Previo us
State .
VTR
VTR pub lis hed
Option lis t to d efin e the defau lt va lue o f the Publ ish box
when c reat ing a re cord fr om VTR.
Possib le val ues: N ot Publis hed, P ubl ished , Previo us
State .
9.2.7
LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO PLAYOUT ORGANIZER
The Playo ut Orga nize r profil e gives ac cess to t h e follow ing lis ts of par a meters
(tabs) .
Cefilt ermgr
Max Da te I nter val
Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich
can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date
parame ter (0 = no limi t).
Max Res ult Set Size
Field t o def ine th e maxi mum numbe r of it ems w hich wi ll
be disp laye d in th e res ult lis t aft er a se arch f i lter ha s
been a ppl ied (0 = no limi t ).
Recent Dat e Li st
Free t ext f ield to d efi n e the dates to be di spl ayed i n
‘recen t d ates ’ dr op-do wn lists .
Playou t Org aniz er
Automa tic rest ore
priori ty
When ad ding an ARC HIDEL c lip to a play list, an
automa tic re stor e is la u nched i f the b roadc ast date an d
time i s f orese en w ithi n 2 4 hour s.
This p arame ter set s th e p riori ty o f th e re stor e.
Possib le val ues: from 0 to 100, wi th 0 = dis abl ed, 1 =
lowest pri orit y an d 10 0 = highes t p rior ity.
Force Appr oval
When s elec ted: fo rces D B obj ects to be app rove d bef ore
their ins erti on i nto a pl ay list.
Hide S tart on time
When s elec ted: hid es t he Start on-t ime butt on.
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LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO BROWSE
The Xe dio Brows e pr ofil e gives acc ess to the foll o wing l ists of para mete rs.
Genera l
Text M ask
Field t o ent er th e def au lt base name for a n ew virtua l
media.
Player
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Jog Ra nge H I
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in hi- res.
Jog Ra nge LO
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in lo- res.
PrevNex tX
Field to e nter t he numb e r of field s to jump w hen Alt key
is use d wi th P rev and Ne xt bu tton s.
Shift Spee d Ma x
Field to ente r th e sp eed rate for sup er f ast forw ard an d
rewind too ls w hen used t ogethe r wi th the S hift ke y.
Speed Max
Field to en ter the sp ee d rate for fas t forwar d and fast
rewind too ls.
LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO BROWSE (VC)
The Xe dio Brows e (VC ) p rofil e gi ves acces s t o th e foll owing li sts of p arame ters.
Genera l
Text M ask
Field t o ent er th e def au lt base name for a n ew virtua l
media.
Player
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Jog Ra nge H I
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in hi- res.
Jog Ra nge LO
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in lo- res.
PrevNex tX
Field to e nter t he numb e r of field s to jump w hen Alt key
is use d wi th P rev and Ne xt bu tton s.
Shift Spee d Ma x
Field to ente r th e sp eed rate for sup er f ast forw ard an d
rewind too ls w hen used t ogethe r wi th the S hift ke y.
Speed Max
Field to en ter the sp ee d rate for fas t forwar d and fast
rewind too ls.
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The Xe dio Appr oval pro fil e giv es ac cess to the fol l owing list s o f par amet ers .
Automat icRes tore
Restor e Pr iori ty E dit
Clip
Field to ent er a v alue corr espo ndin g t o t he Restor e
Priori ty w hen an e dit play date is m odi fied .
Possib le v alue s: from 0 t o 100 , wi th 0 = d isab led, 1 =
lowest pri orit y an d 10 0 = highes t p rior ity.
Player
Enable Dei nter lace
Menu
When s elec ted: ena bles t he de inte rlace r me nu ( hi- res
files onl y).
Jog Ra nge H I
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in hi- res.
Jog Ra nge LO
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in lo- res.
Play L oRes if HiRes
is of flin e
Play the low res olut ion fi l e if th e h igh reso luti on fil e is not
availa ble (e. g. a rchi ved) .
Possib le v alue s: 1 = ena bled, 0 = dis able d.
Video Outp ut T ype
Option li st t o se lect the v ideo outp ut t ype.
Possib le v alue s: V GA, P CX1/PCX 2, PC X3.
Output Vid eo
Defini tion
Option li st t o se lect the d efaul t vi deo outp ut m ode for
VGA an d PCX 3.
Possib le v alue s: S D, HD 1 080i.
9.2.11 LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO IMPORTER
The Xe dio Impo rter pro fil e giv es ac cess to the fol l owing list of par amete rs.
Cemedia impor t
Audio Trac k
Assign ment Dial og
When se lect ed: e nabl e s the d ispl ay of audi o track
assign ment di alog ta b i n th e Se tup win dow du ring an
import .
Kmt
When s elec ted: all ows im port of RT D fi les.
P2
When s elec ted: all ows im port of f iles wit h P2 form at
PlayXTC lip
When se lect ed: allow s server cli p to be vi ew ed in a
player .
PlayXTT rain
When sele cted : allo ws server t rain t o be view ed in a
player .
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Still s
When s elec ted: all ows im port of im age (sti lls fil es) .
Still s Key s
When s elec ted: all ows im port of s till s wi th k ey f ile s.
Video
When s elec ted: all ows im port of v ideo fil es.
Wave
When s elec ted: all ows im port of f iles wit h wav e f or mat.
XDCam
When s elec ted: all ows im port of f iles wit h XDC am format .
XDCamEX
When s elec ted: all ows im port from XDCamE X de vi ce.
XT
When s elec ted: all ows im port of s erver cl ips.
9.2.12 LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO EXPLORER
The Xe dio Expl orer pro fil e giv es ac cess to the fol l owing list s o f par amet ers .
Genera l
Allow to MO S-pu blis h
export ed e dits
When s elec ted: sen ds t h e item to the MOS as s oo n as it
is exp orte d ‘T o Ed it’ .
Automa tic Edit ID
Genera tion
Enable s aut omat ic Ed it ID gene rat ion a nd se l ects t he
genera tion met hod.
Possib le v alue s:
• None
• IDDB: un ique i n the DB but mayb e not ac ross s e veral
DB
• UUID: U nive rsal ly Un ique Iden tifi er ( UmID)
Read-On ly E dit ID
When s elec ted: set s th e edit ID pr oper ty to r ead- o nly.
Program Cla ss t o se t
when c heck ing M OS
publis hed
Option li st t o se lect the P rogram Clas s to be used by
defau lt wh en the expor te d item s ar e pu blis hed to t he MOS
(‘Allo w to MOS- publ ish e xporte d ed its ’ op tion sel e cted) .
Possib le v alue s: P rogr am class es d efi ned under T ools >
Program Cla ss Ma nage r.
Is Pro gram Clas s se t
when c heck ing M OS
publis hed read -onl y?
When s elec ted: set s th e Program Cla ss e ven if t h e ‘Rea donly E dit ID’ opt ion has b een se lec ted.
Cefilt ermgr
Allow Cha nge
Proper ties
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Ed it
When s elec ted: all ows th e user to cha nge the edit
proper ties in Edi t Man ag er.
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Allow Cha nge Med ia
Proper ties
When sele cted : allows the user to ch ange th e media
proper ties in Medi a Ma na ger.
Max Da te I nter val
Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich
can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date
parame ter (0 = no limi t).
Max Res ult Set Size
Field t o def ine th e maxi mum numbe r of it ems w hich wi ll
be disp laye d in th e res ult lis t aft er a se arch f i lter ha s
been a ppl ied (0 = no limi t ).
Recent Dat e Li st
Free t ext f ield to d efi n e the dates to be di spl ayed i n
‘recen t d ates ’ dr op-do wn lists .
9.2.13 LIST OF PARAMETERS FOR XEDIO CUTTER
The Xe dio Cutt er p rofi le gives acce ss t o t he f ollo wing l ists of para mete rs.
Genera l
Allow to MO S-pu blis h
export ed e dits
When s elec ted: sen ds t h e sto ryboa rd t o t he MO S as soo n
as it is expo rted ‘To Edi t’ from Xedi o Cu tter .
Automa tic Edit ID
Genera tion
Enable s aut omat ic Ed it ID gene rat ion a nd se l ects t he
genera tion met hod.
Possib le v alue s:
• None
• IDDB: un ique i n the DB but mayb e not ac ross s e veral
DB
• UUID: U nive rsal ly Un ique Iden tifi er ( UmID)
Read-On ly E dit ID
When s elec ted: set s th e edit ID pr oper ty to r ead- o nly.
Program Cla ss t o se t
when c heck ing M OS
publis hed
Option li st t o se lect the P rogram Clas s to be used by
defau lt wh en the expor te d sto ryboa rds are publ ish ed to
the MO S (‘ Allow to MOS- publis h ex port ed e dit s’ o ption
select ed).
Possib le v alue s: P rogr am class es d efi ned under T ools >
Program Cla ss Ma nage r.
Is Pro gram Clas s se t
when c heck ing M OS
publis hed read -onl y?
When s elec ted: set s th e Program Cla ss e ven if t h e ‘Rea donly E dit ID’ opt ion has b een se lec ted.
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Allow Cha nge Med ia
Proper ties
When sele cted : allows the user to ch ange th e media
proper ties in Medi a Ma na ger.
Max Da te I nter val
Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich
can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date
parame ter (0 = no limi t).
Max Res ult Set Size
Field t o def ine th e maxi mum numbe r of it ems w hich wi ll
be disp laye d in th e res ult lis t aft er a se arch f i lter ha s
been a ppl ied (0 = no limi t ).
Recent Dat e Li st
Free t ext f ield to d efi n e the dates to be di spl ayed i n
‘recen t d ates ’ dr op-do wn lists .
Player
Auto C lip IN
Amount of fie lds befo re the entr y p oint of a c l ip whe n
using the aut o-cl ippi ng t o ol (Al t+Sp ace bar) .
Auto C lip OUT
Amount o f fiel ds aft er th e out poin t of a cli p whe n using
the a uto- clip ping too l (A lt +Space bar ).
Jog Ra nge H I
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in hi- res.
Jog Ra nge LO
Field to ente r th e jo g ra n ge in lo- res.
PrevNex tX
Field to e nter t he numb e r of field s to jump w hen Alt key
is use d wi th P rev and Ne xt bu tton s.
Shift Spee d Ma x
Field to ente r th e sp eed rate for sup er f ast forw ard an d
rewind too ls w hen used t ogethe r wi th the S hift ke y.
Speed Max
Field to en ter the sp ee d rate for fas t forwar d and fast
rewind too ls.
XT Cli p Cre atio n Ti me
Tolera nce
Field to ente r t he t oler a nce v alue (in sec onds ) toward s
the c reat ion time betw ee n two sibl ing XT c lips .
XT Str eam C reat ion
Time To lera nce
Field to ente r t he t oler a nce v alue (in sec onds ) toward s
the c reat ion time betw ee n two sibl ing XT s tream s.
Storybo ard
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Brw
Allows dra g-and -dro p op e ratio ns o f ed its
Allow Expor t t o Av id
When s elec ted, all ows to export th e st orybo ard to AVID.
Allow Expor t t o Fi le
When s elec ted, all ows to export th e st orybo ard as a fil e.
Allow Expor t t o
When selec ted , a llows to ex port th e s tory boar d to a
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Playli st
playl ist.
Allow Voic e Ove r
Allows to inse rt v oice ove r tex t
9.2.14 HOW TO EDIT A PARAMETER PROFILE
To edi t t he p arame ters v alues of a pr ofil e, p roce e d as foll ows:
1.
In th e Ap plic ati on S el ectio n ar ea, sele ct the appl icat ion in whic h a
parame ter prof ile shou ld be ed ited .
2.
Select th e pr ofil e in the P rofil e Se lect ion area .
3.
In t he P aram eters ar ea, edit the des ired pa rame t ers i n t he Vari ant Valu e s
column
• by sel ect ing or c lear ing t he box cor resp ondi ng t o a para mete r (c heck box)
• by add ing the req uire d va lue ( fiel d to ent er a val ue )
• by sel ect ing the requ ired value (op tion lis t)
The de faul t v alues can b e chan ged by e dit ing the <defa ult> pro file .
4.
Click the Save but ton to save the selec ted pro file .
A dia logue box wil l sh ow a succ essf ul u pdat e:
Note
The mod ific atio ns fr om the <d efau lt> p rofi le are hig hlig hted in t he
Parame ters area .
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KEYBOARD PROFILES
9.3.1
INTRODUCTION
When you cli ck the Key board Prof iles bu tto n, t he Softwa res Key board Profil es
window is di spla yed in t he Work area . It is div id ed into th ree are as such as the
Softwa res Param eter Pr o files win dow. Ref er to s e ction 9.2 ‘P arame ter Pro f iles’ on
page 6 8 f or mo re i nfor ma tion.
The keyb oard p rofi les edito r manag es the k ey assignm ents f or the s oftwar e
applic ati ons w ithi n t he X edio suit e.
9.3.2
POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU
A cont extu al me nu i s av ailab le wh en an app lica ti on is sele cted in t he A p plica tion
Select ion area and you r ight-c lick in the P rofi le Select ion Area . Ref er to secti o n
9.2.2 ‘P ossi ble Act ions w ith Conte xtua l Menu’ fo r the param eter s profi les o n page
69 fo r a descr ipt ion of t h e vari ous opt ions .
9.3.3
HOW TO EDIT A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
To edi t a keyb oard sho rtc ut, p roce ed a s fo llows :
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1.
Select th e ap plic atio n fo r which you wan t to edi t t h e keyb oard sho rtcu t.
2.
Select th e pr ofil e to be e dited .
3.
Double cl ick on an exi s ting sho rtcu t defin itio n i n the Varian t Keyboa r d
Functio ns c olumn .
4.
Enter the new shor tcut in t he K ey As sign ator dial og b ox. It c an b e a
combin atio n wi th SH IFT/ ALT/CTRL , et c…
5.
Press the OK b utto n
6.
Press the S ave butt on at the bot tom o f th e wi ndow t o sav e th e se lect ed
profi le.
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The <D efau lt> prof ile can also be edit ed.
9.3.4
LIST OF XEDIO CLEANEDIT KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS
The Cle anEd it ke yboa rd profi le gi ves a cces s to t he fol lowi ng li sts of pa r ameter s
(tabs) .
Genera l
Player Foc us
Sets focus on play er w in dow
Player Ful l Sc reen
Zoom p layer win dow to f u ll sc reen
Record er Fo cus
Sets focus on reco rder wi ndow
Record er Fu ll S cree n
Zoom r ecord er w indow to full scr een
Redo
Redoes las t op erat ion
Undo ( a)
Undoes las t op erat ion
Undo ( b)
Undoes las t op erat ion (s econda ry s hort cut)
Browser
Delete
Delete s se lect ed i tem
Duplic ate Curre nt E dit
Create s a dupl icat e of se lecte d ed it
Inser t
Create s a new proj ect/ edi t
Player
Auto A spec t Ra tion
Automa tica lly appl ies the defa ult aspe ct r atio
AutoCl ip
Create s a quic k cl ip w ith proper ties set in the pro fi le
Drop I n
Drops th e cli p, def ined in the play er, a fter t he tim eline I N
point
Drop No wLin e
Drops the c lip , def ined in the pla yer, aft er t he timeli ne
"nowline"
Drop O ut
Drops the c lip, de fin ed i n the playe r, bef ore the timeli ne
OUT po int
Audio1 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 1
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Toggle Aud io1
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 1
Audio2 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 2
Toggle Aud io2
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 2
Audio3 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 3
Toggle Aud io3
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 3
Audio4 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 4
Toggle Aud io4
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 4
Audio5 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 5
Toggle Aud io5
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 5
Audio6 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 6
Toggle Aud io6
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 6
Audio7 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 7
Toggle Aud io7
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 7
Audio8 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 8
Toggle Aud io8
Select ion (a)
Toggle sel ecti on o f t he p l ayer a udio ste reo 8
Toggle Vid eo ( a)
Toggle the sel ect ion of t h e pla yer v ideo tr ack
Fast F orwar d
Goes fast f orwar d the m edia in pla yer win dow (if focus is
set t o pl ayer )
Fast R ewind
Fast r ewin ds t he m edia i n pla yer w indo w (i f fo cus is se t to
player )
Goto E nd
Jumps to e nd o f t he c lip or med ia
Goto IN
Jumps to t he I N po int
Goto O UT
Jumps to t he O UT po int
Goto S tart
Jumps to b egin ning of th e cli p or medi a
Grab S till Fram e
Grabs a st ill of the curr e nt fr ame
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Inser t Cue Poin t
Inser ts a cue po int (n eed s a number t o be typ ed + "enter"
for a time lin e cu e po int)
Mark IN (a)
Sets c lip IN p oin t to cur r ent n owlin e po sit ion
Mark IN (b)
Sets clip IN poin t t o cu r rent nowli ne posi tion (se condar y
shortc ut)
Mark OU T (a )
Sets c lip OUT poin t to cu rrent nowl ine posi tion
Mark OU T (b )
Sets cl ip OUT p oint
(secon dary sho rtcu t)
Next F rame (a)
Goes t o ne xt frame
Next F rame (b)
Goes t o ne xt frame (se co ndary shor tcut )
Next C uePoi nt
Goes to next cu e point i n Player. Go es to next tr ansit ion
in tim elin e
Next G ange d Cam era
Goes t o t he n ext gang ed camera
Next X Fram es ( a)
Jumps to ne xt x fram e s (x is defin ed in th e softwa re
profi le)
Next X Fram es ( b)
Jumps to ne xt x fram e s (x is defin ed in th e softwa re
profi le) (seco ndar y sh ort cut)
Play/S top
Starts /sto ps load ed m edi a in the Pl ayer win dow f rom t he
curren t po sit ion
PlayCl ip
Plays the cli p to OUT poi nt on ce
PlayCl ip_l oop
Plays the cli p to OUT in l oop mo de
Play F orwar d
Plays forw ard at v ario us speeds
Play R evers e
Plays reve rse at v ario us speeds
PlayNe arLiv e
Near l ive play s a reco rdi ng med ia
Previo us F rame (a)
Jumps to p revi ous frame
Previo us F rame (b)
Jumps to p revi ous frame (secon dary sho rtcu t)
Previo us C uePoi nt
Goes to prev ious cu e point in Pla yer. Go es to previo us
transi tio n in tim elin e
Previo us G ange d
Camera
Goes t o t he p revio us g an ged ca mera
Previo us X Fram es ( a)
Jumps to p revi ous x fr a mes (x is de fine d in the softwa re
profi le)
to
curre nt
now line
positi on
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Previo us X Fram es ( b)
Jumps to p revi ous x fr a mes (x is de fine d in the softwa re
profi le)
Toggle All Aud io
Toggle all pl ayer audi o
Rewind 25%
Rewinds at 25% spee d
Rewind 33%
Rewinds at 33% spee d
Rewind 50%
Rewinds at 50% spee d
Rewind 100%
Rewinds at 100% spe ed
Rewind 150%
Rewinds at 150% spe ed
Rewind 200%
Rewinds at 200% spe ed
Rewind 400%
Rewinds at 400% spe ed
Forward 25%
Goes f orwa rd a t 25% spe ed
Forward 33%
Goes f orwa rd a t 33% spe ed
Forward 50%
Goes f orwa rd a t 50% spe ed
Forward 100%
Goes f orwa rd a t 10 0% speed
Forward 150%
Goes f orwa rd a t 15 0% speed
Forward 200%
Goes f orwa rd a t 20 0% speed
Forward 400%
Goes f orwa rd a t 40 0% speed
Stop
Stops play ing the medi a
Change Asp ect R atio n
Change s th e as pect rat io
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Goto IN
Jumps to t he I N po int
Next F rame
Jumps to n ext fram e
Play/S top
Starts /sto ps to p lay the media
Previo us F rame
Jumps to p revi ous frame
Rewind 25%
Rewinds at 25% spee d
Rewind 33%
Rewinds at 33% spee d
Rewind 50%
Rewinds at 50% spee d
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Rewind 100%
Rewinds at 100% spe ed
Rewind 150%
Rewinds at 150% spe ed
Rewind 200%
Rewinds at 200% spe ed
Rewind 400%
Rewinds at 400% spe ed
Forward 25%
Goes f orwa rd a t 25% spe ed
Forward 33%
Goes f orwa rd a t 33% spe ed
Forward 50%
Goes f orwa rd a t 50% spe ed
Forward 100%
Goes f orwa rd a t 10 0% speed
Forward 150%
Goes f orwa rd a t 15 0% speed
Forward 200%
Goes f orwa rd a t 20 0% speed
Forward 400%
Goes f orwa rd a t 40 0% speed
Stop
Stops the reco rder
Toggle Sto p War ning
Select s or cle ars the S to p Warni ng o ptio n in the Playou t
tab. Th is op tion disp lay s a warn ing me ssag e w hen the
Stop b utt on i s cl icke d.
Recorde r
Auto A spec t Ra tio
Automa tica lly appl ies the defa ult aspe ct r atio
Audio1 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 1
Audio2 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 2
Audio3 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 3
Audio4 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 4
Audio5 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 5
Audio6 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 6
Audio7 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 7
Audio8 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 8
Goto E nd
Jumps to t he e nd o f t he e dit
Goto N ext Tran siti on
Jumps to n ext tran siti on ( in re gard to the sele cted tracks )
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Goto N ext Tran siti on
(b)
Jumps to nex t tr ansi tion (in r egar d t o t he sele cte d tra cks)
(secon dary sho rtcu t)
Goto P revi ous
Transi tion
Jumps to prev ious t ran sitio n (in re gard to the select ed
tracks )
Goto P revi ous
Transi tion (b)
Jumps to prev ious t ran sitio n (in re gard to the select ed
tracks ) (s econ dary shor tc ut)
Goto S tart
Jumps to t he b egin ning o f the edi t
Next F rame (a)
Jumps to n ext fram e
Next F rame (b)
Jumps to n ext fram e (s ec ondary sho rtcu t)
Next X Fram es ( a)
Jumps to n ext x f rame s (x is def ined in the softwa re
profi le)
Next X Fram es ( b)
Jumps to n ext x f rame s (x is def ined in the softwa re
profi le) (seco ndar y sh ort cut)
Play/S top
Starts /sto ps loade d e dit i n reco rder win dow
Play F orwar d
Plays forw ard at v ario us speeds
Play from N ext
Transi tion
Plays f rom ne xt tr ansi t ion (in regar d to t he select ed
tracks ) (w ith Prero ll)
Previe w Pre viou s
Transi tion
Previe ws pr evio us t rans ition (in rega rd t o t he select ed
tracks ) (w ith Prero ll)
Play R evers e
Plays reve rse at v ario us speeds
Preloa d
Preloa ds th e cur rent edit in the r ecor der w indow , as well
as ef fect def ined at thi s p oint
Previo us F rame (a)
Jumps to p revi ous frame
Previo us F rame (b)
Jumps to p revi ous frame (secon dary sho rtcu t)
Previo us X Fram es ( a)
Jumps t o prev ious x fra mes (x is defi ned i n the softwa re
profi le)
Previo us X Fram es ( b)
Jumps t o prev ious x fra mes (x is defi ned i n the softwa re
profi le) (seco ndar y sh ort cut)
Apply Roll Chan ges
Applie s t he chang es m ade w ith the rol ler too l s in the
timeli ne
Roll l eft and rig ht
Adds one fram e t o t he righ t p art of the le ft clip and
remove s one f rame t o t he lef t part of th e rig ht clip of a
transi tio n
Cancel Rol l Cha nges
Cancel s th e ch ange s mad e with th e ro ller too ls
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Roll L eft
Adds o ne frame to the left par t o f th e ri ght clip of a
transi tio n, f rom its sourc e fil e
Match Frame
Loads the cur rent fi le a nd pi ctur e in th e pl ayer windo w
from i ts o rigi nal medi a
Match XT Tr ain
Loads, in th e Pla yer, t he EVS Se rver r ecor d t rain th at
conta ins the image dis pla yed i n th e Rec orde r.
Roll R ight
Adds o ne frame to the righ t pa rt o f t he l eft clip of a
transi tio n, f rom its sourc e fil e
Roll C lip
Adds on e fram e at t he b eginn ing an d remo ve on e frame a t
the e nd o f a sele cted cli p
Forward 25%
Goes f orwa rd a t 25% spe ed
Forward 33%
Goes f orwa rd a t 33% spe ed
Forward 50%
Goes f orwa rd a t 50% spe ed
Forward 100%
Goes f orwa rd a t 10 0% speed
Forward 150%
Goes f orwa rd a t 15 0% speed
Forward 200%
Goes f orwa rd a t 20 0% speed
Forward 400%
Goes f orwa rd a t 40 0% speed
Rewind 25%
Rewinds at 25% spee d
Rewind 33%
Rewinds at 33% spee d
Rewind 50%
Rewinds at 50% spee d
Rewind 100%
Rewinds at 100% spe ed
Rewind 150%
Rewinds at 150% spe ed
Rewind 200%
Rewinds at 200% spe ed
Rewind 400%
Rewinds at 400% spe ed
Stop
Stops the reco rder
Change Asp ect R atio
Change s th e as pect rat io
Timeli ne
AddTag
Adds a tag to the tim elin e
Call A udio Cli p FX
dialo g
Calls audi o cl ip e ffe cts di alog box
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Call A udio Tra nsit ion
FX dia log
Calls audi o tr ansi tion ef f ects dial og b ox
Blank Clea r
Shift s al l ti meli ne c lips , t hat a re s itua ted afte r th e nowlin e,
to le ft, remo ving commo n hole s, i n re gard to the s elect ed
tracks
Move Cl ips + 1 fram e
left
Moves sele cted cli ps o ne frame to the lef t
Move Cl ips + X fram e
left
Moves sele cted cli ps x fr ame(s) to the lef t (x is de fined in
the s oftwa re p rofi le)
Move Cl ips + 1 fram e
right
Moves sele cted cli ps o ne frame to the rig ht
Move Cl ips + X fram e
right
Moves sele cted cli ps x fr ame(s) to the righ t (x is d efine d
in th e so ftwar e pr ofi le)
Copy
Copies sel ecte d cl ips to t he cl ipbo ard
Cut
Removes sel ecte d cl ips
Delete (AV lif t)
Removes sel ecte d cl ips f rom th e ti meli ne a nd d o n ot sh ift
the f ollow ing cli ps t o th e left. Thi s be have s li ke t h e Dele te
& Clea r bu tton .
Delete Cli p(s)
Removes sel ecte d cl ips f rom th e ti meli ne. The res ult wi ll
depend on whet her the D elete & Cl ear butt on o r t he
Delete & Sh ift butt on is activa ted in the time line .
Delete and Shi ft ( AV
extrac t)
Removes sel ecte d cl ips f rom th e ti meli ne a nd s hift the
follow ing clip s t o th e le ft. This beha ves like th e De lete &
Shift butt on.
Goto IN
Sets the nowli ne t o t he t i meline IN poin t
Goto O UT
Sets the nowli ne t o t he t i meline OUT poin t
In / Out Dele te
Removes the tim elin e co ntent betw een the IN a nd OUT
point s in reg ard to t he s e lecte d tr acks
Mark IN (b)
Places IN poin t to th e cu r rent nowli ne p osit ion
Mark IN (a)
Places IN poin t to th e cu r rent nowli ne p osit ion (se condar y
shortc ut)
Mark OU T (b )
Places OUT poin t t o cu rr ent n owlin e po sit ion
Mark OU T (a )
Places OUT poin t t o cu rr ent n owlin e po sit ion (sec ondary
shortc ut)
MarkSel ect ion
Sets the timel ine IN p oint to t he b egin ning of the fi rst c lip
and t he OU T po int to the end o f th e la st s elec ted c lip.
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Next G ange d Cam era
Replac es t he s elec ted cli p by the corre spon ding cl ip fr om
the n ext gang ed c amera
Paste
Pastes cli pboa rd c onte nt to th e ti meli ne, afte r no wl ine
posit ion
Previo us G ange d
Camera
Replac es t he s elec ted cli p by the corre spon ding cl ip fr om
the p revi ous g ange d ca m era
Remove IN
Clears tim elin e IN poi nt
Remove In / Ou t
Clears tim elin e IN and O UT poi nts
Remove OUT
Clears tim elin e OUT poi n t
Select All Cli ps
Select s al l t imeli ne c lip s in re gard to the sele cted tracks
and t o th e ti meli ne I N an d OUT poin ts
Select All Cli ps A fter
Nowlin e
Select s al l c lips bel ow an d aft er t he c urre nt n owli n e
posit ion in r egar d to the select ed track s
Select All Cli ps B efor e
Nowlin e
Select s al l c lips bel ow an d bef ore the curre nt nowl ine
posit ion in r egar d to the select ed track s
Split
Cuts t he c lips be low t he nowlin e in two pie ces in r egard to
the s elec ted trac ks
Toggle All Aud io
Toggle the sel ect ion of a l l time line au dio trac ks
Toggle Aud io1 (a)
Toggle the sel ect ion of t h e ste reo track 1
Toggle Aud io2 (a)
Toggle the sel ect ion of t h e ste reo track 2
Toggle Aud io3 (a)
Toggle the sel ect ion of t h e ste reo track 3
Toggle Aud io4 (a)
Toggle the sel ect ion of t h e ste reo track 4
Toggle Aud io5 (a)
Toggle the sel ect ion of t h e ste reo track 5
Toggle Bla nk F ill
On/Off
Toggle Bla nk F ill mode (o n/off )
Toggle Ins ert
Overwri te m ode
Toggle Ins ert and Overw r ite mo des
Toggle Vid eo ( a)
Toggle the sel ect ion of t h e vid eo t rack
Call V ideo Cli p FX
dialo g
Calls vide o cl ip e ffe cts di alog box
Call V ideo Tra nsit ion
FX dia log
Calls vide o tr ansi tion ef f ects dial og b ox
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Mark IN
Sets a mar ker for the sta rt of voi ce o ver
Mark OU T
Sets a mar ker for the end of v oice ove r
Play from IN o f la st V O Plays f rom th e beg inni n g of the last voic e ove r recor d
(with Prer oll)
Play from OUT o f l ast Plays fro m the end of the last vo ice ove r rec ord (with
VO
Prerol l)
9.3.5
Start Reco rd
Starts th e rec ordi ng o f v o ice ov er
Stop R ecor d
Stops the reco rdin g of vo ice ov er
LIST OF XEDIO PLAYOUT ORGANIZER KEYBOARD KEYS
ASSIGNMENTS
The Xedi o Play out Or gan izer key boar d prof ile g iv es acces s to th e fol lowin g list of
parame ters .
Genera l
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Cue
Cues t he m edia
Next
Skips the play out of the media and play s th e ne xt one
Play
Plays the medi a
Prev
Skips the play out of the media and play s th e pr ev ious one
Stop
Stops the pla yout of medi a
Toggle Loop
Toggle s th e pl ay m ode b etween loo p an d no rmal
Toggle Res
Toggle s res olut ion betw een lo -res and h i-re s wi thin t he
Playli st pane of the Play o ut Org aniz er
LIST OF XEDIO BROWSE AND XEDIO BROWSE (VC)
KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS
The Xe dio Brow se a nd t he Xe dio Brows e (VC ) k eyboar d pr ofi les give s a ccess t o
the f ollow ing lis ts o f pa ra meters .
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FastFwd
Goes f ast forw ard
FastRew
Fast r ewin ds
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Goto E nd
Jumps to l ast pict ure
Goto IN
Goes t o IN poi nt
Goto O UT
Goes t o OUT po int
Goto S tart
Jumps to f irst pic ture
Next
Jumps to n ext fram e
NextX
Jumps to n ext x (p rese t) frames
Play
Plays/ Stop s lo aded med i a in Play er w indow fro m curre nt
posit ion
Play R TE
Near-l ive play s a reco rdi ng med ia/c lip
Prev
Jumps to p revi ous frame
PrevX
Jumps to p revi ous x (p re set) frame s
Stop
Stops the pla yer
Propert ies
9.3.7
Del Mar ks
Removes IN and OUT p oi nts
Mark IN
Sets IN po int of new v irtu al med ia/c lip
Mark OU T
Sets O UT po int of new vi rtual medi a/cl ip
Save
Saves virt ual medi a/cl ip i n dat abase
SB Mark
Sets n ew vi rtua l me dia/ cl ip IN poin t (t he f irst time the ke y
is pre ssed ) an d OUT po int ( the s econ d ti me t he key i s
presse d)
LIST OF XEDIO CUTTER KEYBOARD KEYS ASSIGNMENTS
The Xed io Cu tter keyb oard pr ofil e giv es ac c ess to the f ollow ing l ists o f
parame ters .
Genera l
Player Foc us
Sets the focu s on pla yer
Player Ful l Sc reen
Sets the play er t o fu ll s cr een
Record er Fo cus
Sets the focu s on rec ord er
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Record er Fu ll S cree n
Sets the recor der to full s creen
Redo
Redoes the las t ac tion
Undo ( a)
Undoes the las t ac tion
Undo ( b)
Undoes the las t ac tion (s econda ry s hort cut)
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Auto C lip
Sets c lip IN a nd O UT po i nts o n th e fl y
Toggle Aud io1 (a)
Toggle the aud io ster eo 1 of t he p laye r
Toggle Aud io1 (b)
Toggle the a udio ster e o 1 of t he pl ayer ( se condar y
shortc ut)
Toggle Aud io2 (a)
Toggle the aud io ster eo 2 of t he p laye r
Toggle Aud io2 (b)
Toggle the a udio ster e o 2 of t he pl ayer ( se condar y
shortc ut)
Toggle Aud io3 (a)
Toggle the aud io ster eo 3 of t he p laye r
Toggle Aud io3 (b)
Toggle the a udio ster e o 3 of t he pl ayer ( se condar y
shortc ut)
Toggle Aud io4 (a)
Toggle the aud io ster eo 4 of t he p laye r
Toggle Aud io4 (b)
Toggle the a udio ster e o 4 of t he pl ayer ( se condar y
shortc ut)
Toggle Vid eo ( a)
Toggle pla yer vide o
Toggle Vid eo ( b)
Toggle pla yer vide o
Fast F orwar d
Fast forwa rd t he me dia
Fast R ewind
Fast r ewin d th e med ia
Goto E nd
Jumps to e nd o f cl ip or m edia
Goto IN
Goes t o cl ip IN po int
Goto O UT
Goes t o cl ip O UT p oint
Goto S tart
Jumps to s tart of cli p or media
Inser t Cue Poi nt
Inser ts a cue poi nt
Mark IN (a)
Sets c lip IN p oin t
Mark IN (b)
Sets c lip IN p oin t (se con dary s hort cut)
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Mark OU T (a )
Sets c lip OUT poin t
Mark OU T (b )
Sets c lip OUT poin t (s eco ndary shor tcut )
Next F rame (a)
Jumps to n ext fram e
Next F rame (b)
Jumps to n ext fram e (s ec ondary sho rtcu t)
Next C ue Po int
Goes t o ne xt cue poin t
Next x Fram es ( a)
Jumps to n ext x (p rese t) frames
Next x Fram es ( b)
Jumps to n ext x (p rese t) frames (se conda ry s hort c ut)
Play/S top
Plays/ Stop s lo aded med i a in Play er w indow fro m curre nt
posit ion
Play C lip
Plays the cli p fr om IN to OUT onc e
Play C lip Loop
Plays the cli p fr om IN to OUT in loo p mod e
Play F orwar d
Plays forw ard at v ario us speeds
Play R evers e
Plays reve rse at v ario us speeds
Play N earL ive
Plays near -liv e a reco rdi ng med ia
Previo us F rame (a)
Jumps to p revi ous frame
Previo us F rame (b)
Jumps to p revi ous frame (secon dary sho rtcu t)
Previo us C ue Po int
Goes t o pr evio us c ue p oi nt
Previo us x Fram es ( a)
Jumps to p revi ous x (p re set) frame s
Previo us x Fram es ( b)
Jumps to p revi ous x (p re set) frame s (s econ dary s hortcu t)
Forward 25%
Goes f orwa rd a t 25% spe ed
Forward 33%
Goes f orwa rd a t 33% spe ed
Forward 50%
Goes f orwa rd a t 50% spe ed
Forward 100%
Goes f orwa rd a t 10 0% speed
Forward 150%
Goes f orwa rd a t 15 0% speed
Forward 200%
Goes f orwa rd a t 20 0% speed
Forward 400%
Goes f orwa rd a t 40 0% speed
Rewind 25%
Rewinds at 25% spee d
Rewind 33%
Rewinds at 33% spee d
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Rewind 50%
Rewinds at 50% spee d
Rewind 100%
Rewinds at 100% spe ed
Rewind 150%
Rewinds at 150% spe ed
Rewind 200%
Rewinds at 200% spe ed
Rewind 400%
Rewinds at 400% spe ed
Stop
Stops the pla yer
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Delete
Delete s th e se lect ed line( s)
Move Do wn
Moves the sele cted lin e(s ) down
Move E nd
Moves the sele cted lin e(s ) to the end of the list
Move T op
Moves the sele cted lin e(s ) to the top of the list
Move Up
Moves the sele cted lin e(s ) up
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KEYBOARD MACHINES
9.4.1
INTRODUCTION
The pro file s tha t are c reated for k eyboa rd as signme nts ca n be as si gned to
workst atio ns t hrou gh t hei r IP addre ss b y th e Ke yb oard M achi nes tool .
When y ou c lick th e Ke yb oard M achin es butt on, t he So ftwar es K eybo ard Machin es
window is disp laye d in th e Work are a. I t is div ided into thr ee a reas :
1. Applic atio n Se lect ion are a
2. Profil e Se lect ion Area
3. List of ma chin es
9.4.2
POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU
A cont extu al me nu i s av ailab le wh en an app lica ti on is sele cted in t he A p plica tion
Select ion a rea a nd a k ey board p rofi le is sele cted in the P rofi le Se lect ion A rea and
then you righ t-cl ick in t he Param eter s are a:
Menu It em
Descri ption
Add
Allows to as sign a ke ybo ard pro fil e to a work stat i on. Yo u
will have to en ter the IP address of the wo rkst at ion and
press the Save but ton .
Delete
Allows t o un-a ssig n the keyboa rd pro file to the select ed
workst atio n.
Note
The Cle anEd it a ppli cati o n may h ave to be res tart ed to appl y th e cha nges
if it is curr entl y ru nnin g o n the work stat ion.
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VIDEO FX
9.5.1
INTRODUCTION
The Vide o FX to ol set s the name and de faul t pa ramete rs for the tr ansi ti on, cli p
and co nver sion eff ects .
When you cli ck the Vi d eo FX butto n, the Vi deo FX window is dis play ed in the
Work ar ea.
9.5.2
EDITING DEFAULT PARAMETERS FOR EFFECTS
To modi fy th e def ault par ameter s for tran siti on, c li p or con vers ion e ffec ts, doubl e click it in the li st, ent er/ select ne w va lues in th e releva nt fiel ds, and cl ick the OK
butto n.
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10.1 INTRODUCTION
From the To ols ca tego r y, you can ma nage p roj ects, cl ips , edit s, pla yli sts and
broadc aste d it ems, and y ou can de fine cla sses .
Nine item s are av aila ble in the Tool s categ ory. They are de tai led in th e table
below.
Item
Descri ption
Program Cla ss
Manager
Allows t o defi ne cla sse s
to ca tego rize the edi ts.
Projec ts Ma nage r
Allows to ma nage the li st
of pr ojec ts.
Clips Manag er
Allows to ma nage the li st
of cl ips.
Edits Manag er
Allows to ma nage the li st
of ed its.
Playl ists Manag er
Allows to ma nage the li st
of pl ayli sts.
Broadca sted Items
Manager
Allows to ma nage the li st
of
item s
alr ead y
broadc aste d.
Tag Man ager
Allows to defi ne templ ate s
and pa ges f or ex tern al C G
integ rati on.
Script Mana ger
Allows to a ctiv ate scr ipt s
perfor ming
so me
pre defin ed a ctio ns.
Monitor ing
Gives an ov ervi ew of th e
databa se con tent a nd th e
disks capa city .
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10.2.1 INTRODUCTION
This to ol is u sed t o def i ne and ma nage the cl as ses str uctu re of t he da ta base. I t
allows th e c lassi fica tio n of th e e dits an d t ells th e sys tem that th e e dit h as be en
made f or a par ticu lar pro ducti on.
When y ou clic k t he P rog ram Cl ass Mana ger but t on, t he Prog ram C lass M anager
window is disp laye d in th e Work are a.
10.2.2 POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENUS
A contex tual men u is ava ilabl e when no cla ss is s elect ed and you ri ght- clic k in the
Program Cla ss Ma nage r window .
Menu It em
Descri ption
New Roo t
Create s a new class of pr ogram.
A cont extu al m enu is av ailab le wh en y ou s elec t a cla ss i n th e li st and th en ri ghtclick :
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Menu It em
Descri ption
New Roo t
Create s a new class of pr ogram.
New Chi ld
Create s a new sub-c lass of pr ogram .
Rename
Allows to renam e t he s el ected clas s or sub -cla ss.
Modify
Opens t he Mod ify C lass window a llow ing t o up date t he
label or descr ipt ion of t h e sel ecte d cl ass or su b-cl ass.
Delete
Delete s th e se lect ed c las s or s ub-c lass .
Hidden Stat e
Hides/ Unhi des t he se lec ted cl ass or sub- clas s s o users
cannot /can use it .
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10.3 PROJECTS / CLIPS / EDITS / PLAYLISTS
MANAGER
10.3.1 INTRODUCTION
The Pr ojec ts, Clip s, Ed it s and Play list s Ma nage r tool s ar e des igne d t o s how an
overvi ew of t he da taba s e conte nt. T hey mak e it possib le to e dit p rope rt ies and
remove und esire d i tems from the data base . Ed i ts may als o be rec over ed af ter
delet ion by a use r.
When yo u cli ck th e Pr ojects Manag er, C lips Manager , Edi ts Man a ger or
Playl ists Man ager b utto n, the cor resp ondi ng Ma nager wi ndow is di spla ye d in the
Work ar ea.
Each o f t hese mana ger to ols h as a simi lar inte rfac e with 2 areas .
The upp er pa rt of the W o rk area show s a li st of ic ons. Th ese b utto ns gi ve access
to th e di ffer ent fil ters to be app lie d to the med ia l i st.
The el ement gri d di spla y s the cont ent pres ent i n the d atab ase, or it re tu rns th e
result of a s earc h ap plie d to t he l ist .. I tems are dis played in col umns.
10.3.2 ELEMENT GRID
D ISPLAYED C OLUMNS
It is pos sibl e to re-a rr ange the c olum ns orde r , and to ad d or remov e some
column s.
Right- clic king on an y o f the col umn hea ding s d i splays a con text ual men u. Th e
Choose Di spla yed Colu mns opti on ope ns the Select V isib le Col umns window
allowi ng y ou t o ch oose th e col umns you w ant to be disp layed in the ele ment grid .
The col umn wi dth a nd or der can be ad just ed us in g stand ard c ompu ter co mmand s
and dr ag a nd drop tech ni ques.
E LEMENT GRID C ONTEXTUAL M ENU
A cont extu al men u is av ailab le whe n yo u rig ht-c l ick on an i tem in the lis t. The
optio ns ma y di ffer acc ord ing t o th e ta b se lect ed.
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Projec t Men u It em
Descri ption
Hidden Stat e
Allows to chan ge t he “h id e ” st atus .
Delete d Sta te
Allows to chan ge t he “d el ete ” stat us.
Delete Pro jects
Allows t he de leti on of the sel ecte d proj ects . T his wil l
automa tica lly de lete t he edits a nd cli ps cont aine d in the
projec t.
Propert ies
Displa ys t he P rojec t Pr opert ies w indow and al lows t o
change the pro jec t pr ope rties .
Used by …
Opens a wi ndow to show where the proj ect is u sed .
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Clip M enu I tem
Descri ption
Propert ies
Displa ys the C lip P rope rt ies win dow and allo ws to change
the c lip prop erti es.
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Clip M enu I tem
Descri ption
Delete Cli p(s) &
Purge
See se ctio n 10 .3. 4 ‘De let e & Pu rge’ on page 119 .
Force D elet e
Delete s a cli p with a ll t he refe rence s of it s use in the
databa se. I f it is u sed in an edit , this w ill c ause “h oles ” i n
the e dit.
This o ptio n mu st b e us ed very caut ious ly.
Create Miss ing
Thumbna ils
Create s thumb nail s IN and OUT. Thumbn ai ls are
displa yed pr ovid ed tha t the Show Thumbnai ls box is
select ed and tha t th e T h umb IN an d Th umb O UT column s
are ma de v isib le.
Used by …
Opens a wind ow to show in which proj ects an d e dits the
select ed c lip is used in.
Edits Manager
Edit M enu I tem
Descri ption
Delete d Sta te
Allows to chan ge t he “d el ete ” stat us.
Delete Edi t(s) &
Purge
See se ctio n 10 .3. 4 ‘De let e & Pu rge’ on page 119 .
Force D elet e
Delete s an edi t with al l the refe renc es of it s us e in the
databa se, as w ell as the media cont aine d in the e dit.
This o ptio n mu st b e us ed very caut ious ly.
Export Edit (s)
Allows the edi t t o be exp orted
• into a fo lder or
• into ano ther Cl eanEd it d atabas e. You wil l then h ave to
mentio n th e Da taba se S o urce N ame.
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Descri ption
Import Edit (s)
Allows to im port an e dit: in the Import wi ndow , ri ght-cl ick
the Fo lder (s) fiel d an d s elect Add F olde r(s) .
Play
Opens a p laye r wi ndow i n whic h t he s elec ted edi t can be
viewed in low or h igh bitr ate.
Show Us ed F ile( s)
Shows the list of fil es u s ed by the edi t.
Convert Rat io
Allows to chan ge t he v ide o rat io.
Propert ies
Displa ys the Edit P rope rt ies wind ow and allow s to change
the edi t prop erti es. If a d efaul t metad ata pr ofi le h as been
defin ed f or edit s, a me ta data tab is disp laye d a n d all ows
to mod ify the edi t me tada ta va lues .
Duplic ate E dit
Create s an edit wit h t he same prop erti es. T he term
‘dupl icat ed’ is a dded nex t to t he n ew e dit.
Genera te PL ST F ile
Genera tes a tex t f ile w hi ch rep rese nts the e dit an d whic h
can be dro pped on the pl ayout .
Used By …
Opens a w indow to sh o w in whic h pr ojec ts and playl ists
the s elec ted edit is used in.
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Playl ists Menu Item
Descri ption
Delete d Sta te
Allows to chan ge t he “d el ete ” stat us.
Delete Pla ylis t(s)
Allows the sel ecte d pl ayli st(s) to be d elet ed.
Show Us ed F iles
Shows the list of fil es u s ed in the pla ylis t.
Propert ies
Displa ys the Pla ylis t Pr opert ies wind ow a nd all ows t o
change the pl ayli st p rope rties .
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The Xed io Sui te of fers s everal ways t o fil ter t he databa se. T hey a re des c ribed i n
sectio n 6 .6.3 ‘Se arch ing t he Dat abas e’ o n pa ge 4 5.
Filter s y ou have de fine d can b e s aved to be app li ed la ter on in one cl ick. Saved
Filter s op tio ns ar e de scri bed i n th at s ecti on a s we l l.
10.3.4 DELETE & PURGE
The Del ete Edit( s) & Pu rge an d Del ete C lip( s) & Purge func tio ns al low the us er
to remov e unuse d edit s and clip s from t he medi a server whi le del etin g th em from
the d atab ase.
There are seve ral opti ons avai labl e whe n us ing thi s fun ctio n:
1. Delete Edi t/Cl ip d atab ase refer ence s: r emov es e nt ries from the data base on ly.
2. Delete Edi t/Cli p da tab ase re fere nces AND media d atab ase refe re nces:
remove s en trie s fr om th e databa se o nly .
3. Delete E dit/C lip da taba s e refere nces , media da t abase re fere nces AND l i nked
media fi les fr om onl ine/ nearli ne st orage : remo ve s entri es from t he dat ab ase
and f rom t he m edia ser ve r.
The media wil l be remo ved only if th ey are not used in other edi ts or in other
playl ists (ei ther the medi a its elf or t hrou gh a ttac h ed vir tua l med ia o r vi rtua l cli ps).
Addit iona lly, all as soci at ed ma teria l s uch as virt u al me dia and vir tual cli ps that ar e
used in the e dit( s) or p l aylis t(s) s elec ted f or de l etion w ill b e remo ved f r om the
databa se.
For more power ful m edi a delet e and purg e opt i ons, se e sec tion s 12 ‘M edia Fi le
Cleane r’ o n pa ge 1 27.
10.4 BROADCASTED ITEMS MANAGER
The Bro adcas ted I tems M anager give s the list of a ll item s pla yed o ut fr om Playou t
Organi zer s oftwa re. T he tool is desi gned to ha v e an ove rview of th e da tabase
conten t and remo ve it e ms that are n o lon ger r equire d bec ause they h ave bee n
flagg ed a s br oadca sted .
When you cl ick the Br o adcast ed Item s Manage r button , the Bro adca ste d Items
Manage r win dow is d ispl a yed i n th e Wor k ar ea.
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A seri es o f scr ipts is ava ilabl e fro m Xed io M anag er and can be a ctiv ated f rom th e
Script Man ager .
When y ou clic k th e S cript Manag er butt on, the S crip t Ma nage r wi n dow is
displa yed in the W ork are a.
The ta ble bel ow gi ves a d escrip tion of the scr ipts y ou cou ld find in the lis t:
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Script
Descri ption
CEDB_Arc hive Older Med ia
Archiv es onc e a day al l media ol der th an x
hours
CEDB_Pur gePar tia lMedi a
Purges pa rti al medi a that have been cr eate d for
more than 2 4 hours a nd that are n ot sche dule d
in th e ne xt 2 4 ho urs.
CEDB_Rend erBr oadca st edJob
Allows the execu tion of a scri pt fo r exp ort a nd
render ing of eac h e dit br oadcas ted sin ce m ore
than 24 h ours .
CEDB_Res toreT oBePl ay ed
Inser ts a res tore ta sk i n EvsTas kEngi ne do-l ist
for e ach edit to be p laye d in t he n ext Z ho urs.
Edit_Up d_RTB_ Expor tE dit
Export s an e dit to a p la ylist file and r efer ence
it in an xml file .
Edit_Up d_RTB_ ToDB
Render s an d p ubli shes to DB whe n an ed it’s
R2B_Dat eTime is upd ate d.
Edit_Up d_RTB_ ToXT
Render s an d pu blis hes to E VS v ideo ser ver
when a n ed it’s R2B _Date Time i s up date d.
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To enable a sc ript , selec t it in the Avai labl e scrip t s list and pre ss the >> b utton to
move i t in th e App lie d scr ipts list .
10.6 MONITORING
When you clic k the M oni toring b utto n, th e Mon it oring w indow is dis play e d in the
Work ar ea. It give s an ov erview of the data base c onten t an d th e di sks cap acity .
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11. Users
11.1 INTRODUCTION
The use rs au thori zed t o access the Xe dio S uite are def ined in Xe dio M anager ,
under the User s ca tego ry .
Three i tems are a vail abl e in th e Use rs ca tego ry. They ar e de tail ed in th e tabl e
below.
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Item
Descri ption
Manager
Manage s th e us ers and a ccess righ ts.
Origin Mana ger
Manage s th e us er g roup s .
Licens e Man ager
Allows sof tware con nect i on to dat abas e.
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11.2 USER MANAGER
11.2.1 INTRODUCTION
Login a nd ac cess righ ts have to be de fine d and stored into the d ata base before
being abl e to use any of t he Xed io S uite so ftwar e.
When y ou c lick the Us ers > Mana ger butt on, the Users Man ager wi ndow i s
displa yed in the W ork are a.
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11.2.2 CREATING A USER
To cre ate user , co mple te the f ollow ing fie lds and t hen c lick on the A pply b utton .
The us er n ame is a dded t o the lis t on the le ft s ide of th e wi ndow.
Field
Descri ption
Check L ocke d
Enable s to ch eck ac tive users, i .e. u sers a ssoc iated t o
exist ing m edia , pr ojec ts, edits , cl ips or p layl ists .
Account Enab led
Allows to enab le o r di sab le th e se lect ed a ccou nt.
First Name
First Name of the new u s er.
Last N ame
Last N ame of t he n ew u s er.
Login
Login , or user ID, of the new us er.
Passwo rd
Passwor d a ttri bute d to th e new user acc ount .
User O rigin
See se ctio n 11 .3 ‘Orig in Manage r’ o n pa ge 1 25.
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the u ser.
User L evel
Level of u ser r ight s de fi ned fo r ea ch ap plic atio n of th e
Xedio S uite . Onl y thre e levels exis t: No Ac ces s, User
and Admin. Th e Admin level gi ves acc ess to th e Xedio
Manage r.
Paramet er P rofi le
The param eter s profi les can be set for e ach app li catio n in
the Sof twar e > P arame ters Pr ofil es c ateg ory of Xed io
Manage r.
When no param eter pr ofile ha s been def ined for an
applic ati on, the defa ult p rofil e is use d.
11.2.3 POSSIBLE ACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL MENU
A con text ual menu is av ailab le w hen you sel ect a use r i n t he list an d t h en ri ght click :
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Menu It em
Descri ption
Delete
Delete the use r fr om t he databa se.
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11.3 ORIGIN MANAGER
11.3.1 INTRODUCTION
This tool is used to def in e and mana ge the user o rigin , whi ch provi des a s t ructur e
for e ach user wit hin the Xedio arch itec ture . Wh en a us er a ccou nt i s cr eate d a u se r
origin va lue is e nter ed f o r the user .
When you clic k the O r igin Man ager b utt on, t he Orig in Man ager w in dow is
displa yed in the W ork are a.
11.3.2 CONTEXTUAL MENUS
A cont extu al me nu is av ailab le wh en no labe l is select ed i n the lis t an d t hen yo u
right- clic k:
Menu It em
Descri ption
New Roo t
Create s a new orig in.
A cont extu al men u is av ailab le whe n yo u sel ect a labe l in the l ist and t h en rig htclick :
Menu It em
Descri ption
New Roo t
Create s a new orig in.
New Chi ld
Create s a new sub-o rigi n .
Rename
Allows to renam e t he s el ected ori gin or s ub- or igin .
Modify
Opens t he Mod ify C lass window a llow ing t o up date t he
label or descr ipt ion of t h e sel ecte d or igin or sub-o rigin .
Delete
Delete s th e se lect ed o rigi n or sub-o rigi n.
Hidden Stat e
Hides/ Unhi des t he s elec t ed ori gin or s ub-or igi n s o user s
cannot /can use it .
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11.4 LICENSE MANAGER
The Lic ense Manag er IP addres s is r ead b y eac h works tati on so ftwa re when an
applic ati on sta rts. The a pplica tio ns con nect to t his add ress a nd ask for a new
availa ble con nect ion (l ic ense). I f allowe d, the ap plica tion wil l launc h, oth erwise ,
an err or m essag e wi ll b e displa yed and the app lica tion w ill not ope n.
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12. Media File Cleaner
The Med ia F ile Clea ner is a too l th at a llows t he use r to ret riev e an d list the
orphan fil es. T hese are f iles t hat are s tore d on th e media serv er b ut th at are no t
refere nced in the Xedi o d atabas e. T hese fi les can be vi ewed and dele ted.
The Me dia Fil e Cl eane r is avai labl e f rom the Tools menu in Xed io M anager
provid ing tha t no too l is s elect ed i n th e Ou tloo k ar ea.
A filte ring can b e app lie d befor e sta rtin g a sea rc h for or phan file s. Thi s f ilter ing
allows the u ser t o per for m the se arch o n all the media s erver s or o nly o n one of
them a nd i n al l t he f olde r s or in o nly one of t hem.
Once t he fi lter is c onf igu red, t he se arch is s tart ed using the R efre sh bu tto n or th e
F5 key boar d sh ortc ut.
A right- clic k on an or pha n media op ens a co ntex t ual menu t hat a llows t o Play th e
media or t o De lete it.
Deleti ng a medi a file means rem ovin g it def i nitiv ely fr om the se rve r. This
operat ion cann ot b e u ndone. To prev ent acc ident al d elet ion, the f ollowi ng
confir mati on m essag e is displa yed bef ore the oper ation is compl eted :
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