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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III
WHAT’S NEW? ............................................................................................................. VII
1.
1.1
1.2
2.
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ..........................................................................................................1
SUPPORTED FORMATS AND CODECS ....................................................................................1
INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................... 4
2.1 PREREQUISITES ........................................................................................................................4
2.2 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS .....................................................................4
2.3 LICENSES ...................................................................................................................................5
2.3.1 License Codes Required .........................................................................................................5
2.3.2 Requesting and Importing the License Keys ...........................................................................5
2.4 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ....................................................................................................6
3.
CONFIGURATION AND CUSTOMIZATION ........................................................... 9
3.1 EXPORT TARGET PROFILES ....................................................................................................9
3.1.1 Definition .................................................................................................................................9
3.1.2 Creating your Own Export Target Profile ................................................................................9
3.2 KEYWORD GRIDS ....................................................................................................................16
3.3 METADATA PROFILE MANAGEMENT .....................................................................................17
3.3.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................17
3.3.2 Profile Management ..............................................................................................................17
3.3.3 Media Profile Association ......................................................................................................21
3.3.4 Edit Profile Association .........................................................................................................22
3.4 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS............................................................................................23
3.4.1 Parameter Profiles ................................................................................................................23
3.4.2 Keyboard Profiles ..................................................................................................................36
4.
USER INTERFACE ............................................................................................... 42
4.1 STARTING XEDIO DISPATCHER .............................................................................................42
4.2 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................42
4.3 MENU BAR ................................................................................................................................45
4.4 SOURCE DEVICE AREA ...........................................................................................................47
4.4.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................47
4.4.2 General Description ..............................................................................................................47
4.5 WORKSPACE AREA .................................................................................................................48
4.5.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................48
4.5.2 View Modes in the Workspace ..............................................................................................48
4.5.3 Thumbnail View in the Workspace Area ...............................................................................49
4.5.4 List View in the Workspace Area...........................................................................................51
4.5.5 Clip Player View in the Workspace Area ...............................................................................53
4.5.6 Storyboard Player View in the Workspace Area....................................................................55
4.6 TOOLS AREA ............................................................................................................................57
4.6.1 Accessing the Tabs in the Tools Area ...................................................................................57
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4.6.2 Logger ...................................................................................................................................57
4.6.3 Export Tools ..........................................................................................................................59
4.7 STORYBOARD AREA ...............................................................................................................66
4.7.1 Overview ...............................................................................................................................66
4.7.2 Contextual Menu ...................................................................................................................66
4.8 CLIP PLAYER AND STORYBOARD PLAYER ..........................................................................67
4.8.1 Overview ...............................................................................................................................67
4.8.2 Video Display ........................................................................................................................67
4.8.3 Audio/Video Track Selection and Monitoring ........................................................................68
4.8.4 Jog & Media Bars ..................................................................................................................70
4.8.5 Transport Functions ..............................................................................................................72
4.8.6 Clip Creation Fields ...............................................................................................................77
4.8.7 Log Buttons ...........................................................................................................................78
5.
OPERATION ......................................................................................................... 79
5.1 GENERAL WORKING PROCESS .............................................................................................79
5.2 MANAGING THE STORYBOARDS ...........................................................................................79
5.2.1 How to Create an Empty Storyboard.....................................................................................79
5.2.2 Other Possible Actions on Storyboards.................................................................................82
5.3 SELECTING RELEVANT MEDIA ...............................................................................................83
5.3.1 Displaying Folder Content in the Source Device Area ..........................................................83
5.3.2 Listing Clips in the Workspace Area......................................................................................84
5.3.3 Searching for Clips within the List View ................................................................................85
5.4 LOADING A SOURCE CLIP ON THE CLIP PLAYER ................................................................95
5.4.1 Purpose.................................................................................................................................95
5.4.2 How to Load a Clip in the Clip Player ....................................................................................95
5.5 ADDING CLIPS OR SUB-CLIPS TO THE STORYBOARD ........................................................97
5.5.1 How to Create a Sub-Clip and Add it to the Storyboard ........................................................97
5.5.2 How to Add Source Clips to the Storyboard ..........................................................................98
5.5.3 How to Replace a Clip in the Storyboard ..............................................................................98
5.5.4 How to Modify the Storyboard Clip Boundaries .....................................................................98
5.6 ADDING LOGS TO A CLIP ........................................................................................................99
5.6.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................99
5.6.2 How to Add a Log to a Clip and Associate Metadata ............................................................99
5.6.3 Log and Metadata Display ..................................................................................................101
5.6.4 Other Possible Actions on Logs ..........................................................................................102
5.7 RECORDING AN AUDIO GUIDE TRACK................................................................................103
5.7.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................103
5.7.2 How to Record an Audio Guide Track .................................................................................103
5.8 CHECKING THE STORYBOARD ............................................................................................104
5.8.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................104
5.8.2 How to Load a Storyboard in the Storyboard Player ...........................................................104
5.9 EXPORTING THE STORYBOARD ..........................................................................................105
5.9.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................105
5.9.2 Overview of the Storyboard Export Process .......................................................................105
5.9.3 Exporting a Storyboard to a Target .....................................................................................107
5.9.4 How to Export a Storyboard to File or Device .....................................................................109
5.9.5 Exporting Clips and Sub-Clips ............................................................................................110
GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................. 111
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What’s New?
The fol lowi ng tab le de scr ibes th e sec tion s upda te d to ref lect the n ew and modifi ed
featu res on Xe dio Dis pat cher ver sion s 4.1 an d 4. 2 (compar ed to Xe dio Di spatch er
versio n 4. 0).
In the use r manual , the icon
has been ad ded on left marg in to hig hl ight
inform atio n on new and u pdated fe atur es.
Click th e sec tion n umber (or the de scri ptio n) in t he tabl e to jum p dire ctly to th e
corres pond ing sect ion.
Sectio n
Descri ption
1.1 - 4.4 .1
Possib ilit y to impor t me dia fr om CANON Compa ct Flas h
drive.
1.2
Update d li st o f s uppor ted forma ts a nd c odec s.
2.2
Update d ha rdwar e re quir ements .
3.4.1
Update d li st o f Pa rame ter Profi les .
3.4.2
Update d li st o f Ke yboa rd Profil es.
5.2.1
Storyb oard me tada ta
creati on.
3.3 - 4.3
Possib ilit y to crea te me tadat a profi les for st ory boards
and ed its .
5.2.1 - 5 .2.2
Possib ilit y to a ssoc iate metada ta pr ofil e valu es with a
storyb oard .
4.5.3 - 4 .5.4
Possib ilit y to a ssoc iate metada ta pr ofil e valu es with a
media.
1.1 - 4. 2 - 5. 9 - 4. 6.3
- 5.9 .4
Export T ool: new exp ort tools to expor t to f ile and to
export to dev ice
3.1.2
Possib ilit y to cr eate a n export prof ile in tend ed t o expor t
to Av id ( Inte rpla y or AAF) .
3.1.2 - 5 .9.3
Storyb oard cut poin ts are ex port ed a s log s if t he
Genera te log shee t fil e or the E xport logs as l ocator s
to Avi d op tion has bee n select ed.
5.2.1
Possib ilit y t o se lect the start time code th at w ill b e tak en
into acco unt duri ng t he s t oryboa rd e xpor t.
c an be entere d at sto ryboar d
This c an b e se t a t st oryb oard c reat ion or e dit ed l a ter o n.
5.9.5
Possib ilit y to exp ort cli ps or sub-c lips t o any type of
export des tina tio n.
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1. Introduction
1.1
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Xedio Di spat cher is a s o ftware p rodu ct use d for i mporti ng A/V f iles , rough -cutt ing
and ex port ing roug h-cu ts to mul tip le d esti nati ons a nd fo rmats .
Xedio D ispa tche r aut oma tical ly de tect s con nect ed devic es (su ch as CANO N, P2,
XDCAM or XDCAM EX d evices ), a nd i nsta ntly dis plays the ir co nten ts. Thi s all ows
immedia te brow sing of t he me dia dire ctly on th e dev ice, whi ch spee ds up the
shoot se lect ion, su b-cl ip ping and /or fas t rough -c ut editi ng. Sho ots, su b-c lips and
edits ca n also be in stan t ly logge d. Xedi o Dispa tc her also sc ans dri ves or folders
upon u ser requ est and di splays the ir c ont ent.
As soo n as cl ips are dis played in Xed io D ispa tc her, they are ava ilab le t o Xed io
databa se and medi a s erver as grow ing cli ps , wit hout wa itin g t he end o f
transc odin g pr oces s.
Once sel ecte d or cr eat ed, the s ub- c lips a nd c onsoli dat ed sto rybo ards can be
easily tran sferr ed fr om t he devi ce its elf t o any t arget s uch as EV S vide o server,
media se rver ( for e xampl e: SAN, XS tore ), or a ny t ype of s torag e. Th ey can also be
export ed to a f ile th at ca n be read by a n exte rnal system or t o an ext erna l device
such a s a tap e rec orde r.
Simult aneo us tran sfer s t o multip le dest inat ions i n multip le form ats are s upport ed
thanks to Xed io o n-th e-fl y SD/HD rewr appi ng & tr anscod ing capa bili ties .
1.2
SUPPORTED FORMATS AND CODECS
The fol lowin g tabl es pro vide in forma tion o n the curren tly su ppor ted so ur ce and
targe t co decs in proxy , S D and HD.
P ROXY V IDEO C ODECS
Support ed co decs
for so urce fil es
• Sony XDC AM pr oxy
• Panason ic P 2 pr oxy
• MPEG-1 TS/PS
• H.264 TS
Support ed co decs
for ex port
• MPEG-1 TS/PS
• H.264 TS
• JFIFF (Avid Pro xy)
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SD V IDEO C ODECS
Support ed st anda rds
• PAL
• NTSC
Support ed co decs
for so urce fil es
• Sony XDC AM (D V25/D VC AM, MPE G-IMX 30/ 40/5 0)
• Panason ic P 2 (DV CPRO 25, DVC PRO50 )
• QuickT ime ( movi e & r ef erence ) (DV 25/5 0,
DVCPRO25 /50)
• MXF (DV 25/5 0, DV CPRO 25/50)
• AVI (DV 25/5 0, D VCPRO2 5/50)
• MPEG (MP EG-2 Lon g GO P)
Support ed co decs
for ex port
• Long GO P MPEG (MPE G 1, MPEG 2)
• Sony XDC AM hi -res (IM X-D10 30/4 0/50 )
• Panason ic P 2 hi -res (DV 25, DVC PRO25 ,
DVCPRO50 )
• AVI (DV 25, DVCPRO 25, DVCPRO50 )
• QuickT ime ( DV, D VCPR O25, D VCPRO5 0, IMX-D1 0
30/40 /50, MJPEG )
• Raw DV (DV, DVCPRO 25 , DVCPRO 50)
• EVS (DV CPRO50 , MJ PE G, IMX -D10 30/4 0/50 )
• PCM (wa v au dio file s)
• WM9
• H.264 AVC (M P4, TS)
• MXF OP1A SMPT E (DV C PRO50)
• MXF OPAt om Av id ( IMX- D10 30 /40/ 50 a nd
DVCPRO50 )
HD V IDEO C ODECS
Support ed st anda rds
• 1080i 50/ 59.9 4Hz
• 720p 5 0/5 9.94H z
Support ed co decs
for so urce fil es
• Sony XDC AM (4 :2: 2, 4 :2: 0)
• Sony XDC AM Ex
• Sony XDC AM Sx S
• Panason ic P 2 (A VC I ntra 50/1 00, D VCPROH D)
• Canon X F (HD 4:2 :0)
• QuickT ime ( movi e & r ef erence ) (DV CPROHD , Av id
DNxHD, P roRe s)
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• MXF (Av id DN xHD, AVC I ntra 100, DVCPRO HD,
MJPEG)
• AVI (DV 25/5 0, D VCPRO2 5/50)
• MPEG MPE G-2 Long GO P
Support ed co decs
for ex port
• EVS (AV C In tra 100, MJP EG & p roxy , Av id DN xHD ®)
• QuickT ime ( AVC Intr a 10 0, DVCP RO100 , Av id
DNxHD®)
• XDCAM HD (422 , 42 0)
• Panason ic P 2 hi gh-re s ( AVC In tra 50/1 00,
DVCPRO10 0)
• H.264 AVC (M P4, TS)
• Long GO P MPEG -2 ( TS, PS)
• MXF OP1A SMPT E (A vid DNxHD®, DVCPRO HD, A VC
Intra 100 )
• MXF OPAtom Avi d (Avid DNxHD®, DVCPRO HD, AVC
Intra 100 )
R EQUIREMENTS R ELATED TO S OURCE F ILES
The so urce fil es m ust m e et th e fo llow ing requ irem ents:
•
All vide o and aud io sour ce files (S D or HD) mus t includ e maximu m 8 au dio
channe ls a t 4 8 KHz , in st ereo p airs (du al m ono is not s uppor ted) .
•
HD editin g is limi ted to ( l ess than ) 120 Mbps c ode cs and shou ld be per for med
using SAS stor age or e xt ernal disk arr ays.
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2. Installation
2.1
PREREQUISITES
Here i s th e li st of p rere q uisit es t o th e in stal lat ion of Xed io D ispa tche r:
2.2
•
Hardwar e re quir ement s m ust b e met
•
Softwa re r equi remen ts m ust b e met
•
The XS ecur e ap plic atio n needs to be inst alle d o n the work stat ion with al l the
requir ed l icen se c odes
•
Xedio Disp atch er h as t o be in stal led w ith admi nist rator righ ts.
•
It is recomm ended t o cl ose all oth er appl icat ion s before st arti ng the Xe dio
Dispat cher ins tall atio n, e specia lly all EVS appl icat ions.
•
XDCAM a nd/or P2 driv ers must be i nsta lle d on the Xedio Disp atch er c omput er.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
REQUIREMENTS
H ARDWARE R EQUIREMENTS
Xedio Disp atch er c an b e insta lled on a si ngle lap t op or desk top comp uter .
The bro wser and p laye r of Xed io Di spat cher use the CPU reso urces of th e Xedi o
Dispat cher works tat ion t o deco de th e A/V mate ri al, de pend ing o n th e sou rce an d
the t arge t co decs .
The gu idel ines for th e ha rdware mini mum r equi re ments are:
•
CPU:
o
For 72 0p a nd A VC I ntra 1 00: Co re i 7 2 .8 GH z pr oc essor (or equi vale nt)
o
For al l ot her code cs an d video stan dard s: Co re D u o 2.33 GHz p roce ssor (or
equiva len t)
•
RAM: 3G B
•
Displa y Res olu tion : min i mum 128 0x10 24
•
Gfx Ca rd: no s peci fic nee ds ( “s tand ard ” PC G fx c a rd)
Option s:
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USB 2.0 , IEE E 139 4 (F irewir e) an d/or PCIe int erface (s) d epen ding on the
device you wan t to con nect to Xe dio Disp atch e r mach ine ( FTP acces s not
suppor ted) .
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For Au dio moni tori ng a n d/or Audi o Gu ide Track : Digigr am Au dio Boar d o r any
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S OFTWARE R EQUIREMENTS
Xedio Dis patc her ha s to be insta lled o n a comput er runni ng Wind ows XP Pro SP3
32 bi ts o r Win dows 7 3 2 or 64 bit s.
2.3
LICENSES
2.3.1
LICENSE CODES REQUIRED
The XSecu re appl icat ion needs to be in stal led on t he workst atio n. All th e fo llowin g
licens e code s (know n as Xedio Dis patc her fu ll opt ion) mus t be requ este d to allo w
the use o f Xedi o Dispa t cher, ex cept the Aud io Guide Tr ack an d RTPro f Wizard
which are opti onal .
2.3.2
Licens e
Code
Descri ption
Base P acka ge
10
Base P acka ge f or X edio Dispat cher
P2 Sou rce
20
Access to A/V cont ent on P2 su ppor t
XDCAM So urce
30
Access to A/V cont ent on XDCAM suppo rt
Storyb oard ing
40
Access to t he Stor yboa rd ing (rou gh cut) modu le of
Xedio Disp atch er
Audio Guid e
Track
41
Allows th e cr eat ion of an Audi o G uide Tra ck over a
storyb oard
Export
50
Access to the Expo rt M od ule o f Xe dio D ispa tche r
RTProf Wiza rd
51
Allows th e creat ion of a new export ta rget pr ofil e
(RTProf gen erat or)
Logger
60
Access to the L oggi ng ( I PD Logs ) mod ule of X ed io
Dispat cher
Transc odin g
70
Access t o the trans codi ng opti on for the ex po rt
module . If not p rese nt, only smar t rende ring is
allowe d.
REQUESTING AND IMPORTING THE LICENSE KEYS
In th e XS ecure Man ager applic ati on i nsta lled on t he Xed io D ispa tche r wor kstat ion,
you need to cl ick the Re quest but ton to ge nera te an XML file. Emai l this XML file
to th e EVS sup port and a sk for th e Imp ort Key fil e.
Once yo u have rece ived the Imp ort Ke y fil e, yo u need to sele ct and impo r t the fi le
via t he I mport Key File b utton in XSecu re M anag e r.
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INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
A Setu p wi zard gui des yo u thr ough the ins tall atio n of X edio Disp atch er.
To ins tal l Xed io D ispa tch er, pr ocee d as fo llows :
1. Copy t he i nsta lla tion fil e
FullXedioDispatcher_4.0x.xx.exe
loc ally .
This i s t he f ull inst alle r f i le, wh ich you need to use for a fi rst inst alla tio n. U se
the X e d i o D i s p a t c h e r _ 4 . 0 x . x x . e x e for upgr ades .
2. Double -cli ck o n th e in stal latio n fi le t o l aunch th e in stall atio n wiz ard
3. Click Next on the W elco me win dow.
4. Read the Licen se agr ee ment, cl ick t he I acc ept the agree ment op tio n and
click Next .
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5. Select th e com pone nts y ou wan t to in stal l an d cl ic k Next .
6. Click Inst all on t he R ead y to Inst all wind ow.
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7. Click Fini sh.
When t he a ppli cati on i s i nstal led, you nee d to res t art t he c omput er.
The Xed io Dis patc her i nstal ler wi ll th en pe rfor m some fi nal i nsta lla tio n steps
before you can la unch th e app lica tion .
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3. Configuration and
Customization
3.1
EXPORT TARGET PROFILES
3.1.1
DEFINITION
An Expor t Targe t Profi le (also cal led ‘RTP rof’ ) i s an .xml fil e that c onta ins the
defin itio n for ren deri ng t he story boar d creat ed in Xedio Disp atch er into a single
file on a giv en d esti nati o n or into a c lip on a giv en EVS s erve r.
The Expor t Targe t Profi le mainly incl udes th e defi nitio n of the dest ina tions , and of
the c odecs in whic h th e f i le or cli p ne ed t o be gen e rated .
The Expo rt Targ et Pr ofile s avai labl e in Xe dio Disp atch er are s t ored in:
C:\XedioDispatcherMS\Profiles\RTProf.
The E xpor t Ta rget Pro fil es ca n b e d efin ed a nd c ustomi zed to your ne eds by the
EVS Proje ct Manag er. However , you can al so create you r own Expor t Target
profi les usin g th e Tar get Wizard .
3.1.2
CREATING YOUR OWN EXPORT TARGET PROFILE
You can crea te an Expo rt Targ et pr ofi le fr om th e Expor t to T arge t to ol i n Xedio
Dispat cher , by mean s of the Targe t wizar d. This operati on is ex plai ned in this
chapte r si nce it shou ld b e per forme d as you con fi gure y our appl icat ion .
To cre ate an E xpor t Ta rg et Pro fil e in Xed io Di spat cher, proc eed as f oll ows:
1. In Xed io D ispa tche r, c lick the Expor t t o Tar get tab in th e To ols area :
2. In th e Ta rget fie ld, cli ck the d own arrow and sel e ct <Cr eate new tar get> f rom
the l ist.
The New Tar get Crea tion wizar d op ens.
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3. In the Ta rget Ty pe dia log box , sele ct the t yp es of tar gets y ou want to
genera te, eit her file s st or ed on the netw ork, or cli p s on E VS s erve rs:
Click Next
4. The High Res olut ion Fi le Creatio n dialo g box is di splaye d if you ha ve aske d to
genera te h i-re s f iles.
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Specif y th e fo lder wher e the h igh r esol utio n f iles will b e st ored , as well as
the c odec and form at to b e used to gen erat e th ese files .
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If you wa nt to gene rate an EVS me tada ta fi le (X ML file ), th at wil l con tai n
the fil e def init ion an d the cus tom met adat a fi elds ass ocia ted t o the
media/ Stor yboa rd, sel ect the Generat e EVS me tadata fi le opt ion. Th is
metada ta f ile will be sto r ed in the same fo lder as t he med ia f ile .
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If y ou s elec t a n A vid O PAtom form at, the Exp o rt to Avi d ( Inter play or
AAF) o ptio n ap pear s. S elect it if you wan t t o export to Av id. Furt her
confi gura tion will be don e in step s 10 and 11.
Click Next
5. The Proxy /LoR es File Cr eatio n dialo g box is dis played i f you hav e aske d to
genera te lo-re s f iles.
o
Specif y the same i nfor m ation for th e low resol uti on fil es as f or th e hig hresolu tion fi le.
o
If you w ant t he Au toFil e Import er ap plic atio n (AFI ) to sca n the gener ate d
files a nd re feren ce th e m in the Xe dio d atab as e, sele ct th e Refer ence
Hi/Lo fi les to Xe dio op tion and s peci fy the f ol der that A FI wil l have t o
scan to f ind the jobs to p erform .
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If y ou s elec t a n A vid O PAtom form at, the Exp o rt to Avi d ( Inter play or
AAF) o ptio n ap pear s. S elect it if you wan t t o export to Av id. Furt her
confi gura tion will be don e in step s 10 and 11.
Click Next
6. The Expor t to EVS V ide o Server d ialo g box dis plays if y ou hav e asked to
genera te c lips .
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Specif y both IP a ddre sse s of the EVS vid eo serv e r, the cod ec used on t he
server , the F TP log in and pas sword , the d ef ault pa ge on w hich t h e
genera ted clip wil l be st o red.
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If you wa nt to gene rate an EVS me tada ta fi le (X ML file ), th at wil l con tai n
the file d efin itio n, sel ec t the Gener ate EVS m etadat a file op tion , and
specif y t he f olde r whe re t he fi le s houl d be sto red.
Click Next .
7. If you hav e asked t o us e a second EVS s erver as backu p, the Ex port t o 2 n d
EVS Vi deo Serve r di alog displa ys.
Provid e th e sa me i nform a tion as f or t he m ain EVS server .
Click Next .
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8. The Fi le N ame P rope rtie s dial og b ox d ispl ays.
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Maximum f ilen ame len gth : maximum nu mber of c h aracte rs abo ve whic h the
filen ame w ill be t runc ate d.
o
Force GUI D: when t his o ption i s selec ted , a GUI D will be in creme nted a t
the e nd o f th e f ilen ame.
Click Next .
9. The EVS Me tada ta In fo dialo g bog d ispl ays, if y ou have sele cted o ne of the
Genera te EV S me tadat a file opti ons.
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Asset Owne r: spec ify the owne r of th e m edia /edi t you wil l ex port as it wil l
appear , f or i nsta nce, in I PDirec tor.
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Bin Nam e: sp eci fy th e n ame of the IPDir ecto r bi n where you want to s en d
your m ater ial.
Click Next .
10. The Ex port Log shee t Fi le dial og b ox d ispl ays.
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Xedio D ispa tcher can g e nerate a log shee t (XML file) that w ill c onta in th e
log info rmat ion av aila ble in the clip , sub- clip or storyb oard e xpor ted. To
this end , sele ct the G en erate Log shee t file op ti on and spe cify t he fol de r
where to e xpor t th is log s heet.
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If yo u h ave sele cted th e expor t to AVI D du ring steps 4 o r 5 , t he E xport
Logs as loca tors to Av i d option is d ispl ayed . By selecti ng thi s optio n, th e
locat ors w ill appe ar o n-th e-fly with in A vid.
Note
If one of thos e op tion s is sel ecte d, c ut p oint s will b e exp orte d as
logs.
• Storyb oard st art time c ode a nd stor yboa rd e nd t imeco de are
consid ered as cut poin ts.
• Each cu t poin t betw een the star t and the en d of the s toryb oard
conta ins 2 lo gs: on f or t h e IN p oin t an d on e fo r th e OUT poin t.
Click Next .
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11. If yo u h ave sel ecte d t he export to AVID dur ing st eps 4 or 5, th e Ex port to Avid
dialo g bo x di spla ys.
Select th e ex port typ e yo u want to per form.
o If yo u wa nt to e xpor t y our s tory board to an Av id In terp lay set up u sing
WebServ ices , sel ect Exp ort to A vid I nterp lay ( W eb Serv ices ). Du ring the
export to Avi d I nter pla y, us ers will be all owe d to use the fi le bein g
encode d.
The Te st b utto n ca n be u sed t o ch eck the conn ecti vity w ith Avid WS host .
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If you wa nt to e xpor t yo ur stor yboar d to a n Avid setup us ing a n AAF fi le ,
select Exp ort AAF F ile . The AA F f ile will con tai n the r efer ence to OPAt om
files , sp ecif ic m etad ata a nd lo cato rs.
12. In the next d ial og box , specif y the name for t he Targ et Pro fil e you h ave
defin ed. T his i s th e na me tha t wil l be d ispl aye d in th e Tar get f ield of the
Export Too l in Xed io D isp atcher .
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13. The l ast dia log box pr ovi des a n o verv iew on the t arget pro fil e de fin itio n. You
can sti ll go ba ck to a previo us dia log bo x, an d modify t he ta rget p ro file
defin itio n.
Click Fini sh t o co nfirm th e Targ et P rofi le D efin itio n.
The ta rget pro fil e yo u ha ve cre ated is now avai lab le fo r us e in the Tar get fi eld
of th e Ex port to Targ et T ool i n Xe dio D ispa tche r.
3.2
KEYWORD GRIDS
The keyw ords g rids u s ed in Xed io Dis patc her are stor ed as . xml fi les in
C:\Program
Grids\*.xml.
Files\EVS
Broadcast
Equipment\XedioDispatcher\Keyword
They are compat ible wit h IPD irec to r.
Drop the requ este d k eyw ord g rid fil es in the fol de r spe cifi ed abov e a nd th e nam e
of the file will be di spla y ed as th e key word grid n ame in t he Lo gger tool o f Xedio
Dispat cher . Th e gr id i s di rectly ava ilab le in X edio Dispat cher .
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METADATA PROFILE MANAGEMENT
3.3.1
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Metada ta i s c ustom er-d ef ined data whi ch c an b e a ssocia ted with med ia o r edits to
descri be o r cl assi fy t hem .
Metada ta us er f ield s ca n be cr eate d and asso c iated into pro file s wit hi n Xedi o
Dispat cher . The n, a m e tadat a pro file can be a ssigne d to medi a or e d its an d
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.
3.3.2
PROFILE MANAGEMENT
I NTRODUCTION
The Me tada ta P rofi les w indow all ows y ou to d efi ne us er f ield s a nd t o as sociat e
them i nto pro file s. Y ou can acce ss i t v ia t he menu Para meter s > Metadat a
Profil es.
It is div ided int o t hree 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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M ANAGING U SER F IELDS
How to Create User Fields
To cre ate a us er f iel d, p r oceed as foll ows:
1. Click the Add N ew F ield butto n in the Ava ilab le M etada ta F ields are a.
The Me tada ta F ield dia lo g box open s:
2. Comple te t he f ollo wing fi elds
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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 l ist of valu es defin ed a t
creati on
Date
Date f ield wit h dr op-d own arrow giv ing
access to a ca lend ar.
Number
Number fie ld wi th up a nd down a rrows to
increa se o r de crea se t he value .
Text
Free t ext fie ld
Timeco de
Timeco de f ield
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 color ed line .
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the u ser fiel d.
Field Valu es
(combo optio n)
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 .
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3. Click the OK b utto n.
How to Modify a User Field
To mod ify the prop erti es of a user fie ld, proc eed a s fol lows:
1. Select it in the lis t
2. Click the Modif y Fi eld bu tton
3. Enter new valu es i n th e r elevan t f ield s
4. Click the OK b utto n.
If t he user fie ld is used i n a prof ile, on ly the Labe l and th e D escr iptio n f ie lds c an
be ed ited .
A padl ock icon ind icat es that the user fie ld h as b e en ass ocia ted to a med ia /edit .
How to Delete a User Field
To del ete a u ser fiel d, p r oceed as foll ows:
1. Select it in the lis t
2. Click the Dele te F ield bu tton.
It ca n on ly b e de lete d i f i t is not used in a pr ofi le.
M ANAGING M ETADATA P ROFILES
How to Create a Metadata Profile
To cre ate a me tada ta p ro file, pro ceed as foll ows:
1. comple te t he f oll owing fie lds i n th e Me tada ta Pr ofi l e Inf ormat ion area
Field
Descri ption
ID
Inter nal ID a utoma tica lly fille d by the sys tem.
GUID
Mandat ory param eter pre -fill ed wi th a un ique ID.
This GUID is par ticu larl y import ant i f the me di a/edi t is
export ed w ith its cust om metada ta t o IP Dire ctor . E nter the
same GUID for t his me ta data pr ofil e in Xe dio D is patche r
as the ma tchi ng met ada ta prof ile e xist ing i n IP Direct or,
so IPD irec tor w ill rec ogn ize t he p rofi le a nd n ot c reate a
new on e.
Label
Name yo u g ive to t he p ro file.
Use the lo g shee t prof il e name exi stin g in IPD i rector i f
you want to ex port A /V Materi al wit h its m eta data in
IPDire ctor .
Descri ption
Option al text to desc ribe the me tada ta p rof ile.
2. Select the li st of u ser f ie lds you w ant to use in th e profi le: se lec t a user fi eld
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in the Avai labl e Metad a ta Field s area and d rag it to the Metad ata Pro file
Inform atio n ar ea.
3. Click t he Sav e Prof ile b utton . The me tada ta pro f ile wil l then be dis play e d in
the Me tada ta P rofi les are a.
How to Modify a Metadata Profile
To mod ify a me tada ta p ro file, pro ceed as foll ows:
1. Select it in the Meta data Profil es a rea
2. Add us er fi elds from th e Avai labl e Met adat a Fi elds a rea to th e Met ad ata
Profil e I nform atio n ar ea, or
select a user fie ld i n th e Metada ta P rofi le I nfor mat ion a rea and clic k th e
Remove Fiel d fr om Pr ofi le bu tton .
3. Click the Save Prof ile bu tton.
It ca n o nly be edit ed i f it is n ot sele cted for u se in th e Med ia or E dit Prof ile
Associ atio n.
How to Delete a Metadata Profile
To del ete a me tada ta p ro file, pro ceed as foll ows:
1. Select it in the Meta data Profil es a rea
2. Click the Dele te P rofil e butto n in the Met adat a Pr ofile Inf orma tion are a.
It can only be de lete d if it is not selec ted for u se in the Media or Ed it Profile
Associ atio n.
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3.3.3
MEDIA PROFILE ASSOCIATION
The Med ia Me tada ta P r ofile Tabl e Ass ocia tion window allo ws yo u to s elect the
profi les you w ant to m ake avai labl e to the use rs.
You ca n ac cess it vi a the menu Para mete rs > M edia Metad ata Profi le
Associ ation .
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 clic ked to s ave chan ges.
3.3.4
EDIT PROFILE ASSOCIATION
The E dit Meta data Pr ofi le Ta ble Asso ciat ion wi ndow allow s y ou to s el ect t he
profi les you w ant to m ake avai labl e to the use rs.
You ca n ac cess it via the menu Param eter s > Edit Metad ata P rofi le A ssoc iation .
The fo llow ing fiel ds a re d isplay ed in t he w indow :
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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 .
list
of
exist ing
pr ofil es
ava ila ble
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Field
Descri ption
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.
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 clic ked to s ave chan ges.
3.4
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
3.4.1
PARAMETER PROFILES
I NTRODUCTION
You can acce ss the p aramet er prof iles in Xe dio Dispa tche r, via the menu
Paramet ers > Pa rame ter Profi les.
The para mete rs tha t are not des crib ed bel ow are not use d in th e curr ent v ersion of
Xedio Disp atch er.
L IST OF <GENERAL> P ARAMETERS
Genera l
Allows to back up E VS
video serv er
When sele cted : the ba ckup of EVS vi deo se rver is
allowe d.
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 clic king 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.
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Genera l
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.
Gop br owsi ng
accura cy f or h i-re s
player
Define s the valu e und er which t he pl ayer disp lay will be
update d wh en b rowsi ng t he now line (ms) .
Gop br owsi ng
accura cy f or l o-re s
player
Define s the valu e und er which t he pl ayer disp lay will be
update d wh en b rowsi ng t he now line (ms) .
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 IP
addres s
Free te xt fi eld t o def ine t he IP ad dres s of t he no ti ficat ion
center .
Notifi cat ion cent er
networ k po rt
Free te xt f ield to d e fine t he po rt nu mber
notif icat ion cent er.
Odd fr ame clip ping
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.
of the
Note
This par amet er sho uld only be s et for full
progre ssiv e wor kflo ws.
Precis e br owsin g
accura cy f or h i-re s
player
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Define s the valu e und er which t he pl ayer disp lay will be
update d ac cura tely whe n browsi ng t he n owli ne (m s ).
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Genera l
Precis e br owsin g
accura cy f or l o-re s
player
Define s the valu e und er which t he pl ayer disp lay will be
update d ac cura tely whe n browsi ng t he n owli ne (m s ).
XedioB roke r IP
addres s
Free t ext fie ld t o de fine t he IP addr ess of X edio B roker.
XedioB roke r ne twork
port
Free t ext fie ld t o de fine t he por t n umber of Xedi o Broker .
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 me dia fil es.
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 2 5.
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 on 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 2 5.
Defaul t XT Inp ut
Audio Trac k
Assign ment
This p arame ter is not use d in Xedi o Dis patc her.
Enable 5.1
managem ent
This p arame ter is not use d in Xedi o Dis patc her.
How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment
To defin e a new def ault audio ch anne ls assi gnme nt, righ t -cl ick th e Varia nt Value
and se lec t on e of the opt i ons o f th e co ntex tual me nu.
•
Source : when t his op tio n is selec ted , the au dio track ass ignm ent fr om the
source med ia wi ll be u se d.
•
Custom : this open s the Audio Tr ack As sign ment window f rom whi ch you can
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select th e re quir ed n umb er of cha nnels an d ass ig n chan nels to tra cks.
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
–
Mon t h
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Use Lo ng C lip N ame
% SDDAY
Shooti ng
Number
% GUID
Clip GU ID
Dat e
–
D ay
When s elec ted: the lon g clip name is u sed as m ed ia la bel.
Vumeter
Bottom lev el o f
Vumete r
Field to defi ne t he d b va l ue of vu-m eter bot tom lev el. 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 defa ult va lues fo r a udio vume ter le vels d iff er in Xedi o Dispa tche r
and i n Fi nal C ut P ro.
It is the refor e no rmal to see t he s ame m edia re aching the red zon e in
Xedio Disp atch er wh ile it is st ill in t he orang e zo ne in FC P.
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 m atch the au dio meter de faul t val ues i n Xedio D ispat cher to th e
FCP va lues .
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LIST OF MEDIA DISPATCHER PARAMETERS
Genera l
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.
Defaul t c lip
string fo rmat
Free tex t fie ld to d efi ne the name of cli p obj ect droppe d
in th e Ex port Tool are a.
expo rt
Defaul t ed it expor t
string fo rmat
Free te xt f ield to de fin e the nam e of edit obje ct droppe d
in th e Ex port Tool are a.
Defaul t me dia expo rt
string fo rmat
Free t ext f iel d to defi ne the name of m edia objec t
droppe d in th e Exp ort To ol ar ea.
EVS Se rver Gang ing
Type
Field to ente r a val ue c o rrespo ndin g to a camer a gangin g
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 m edia bar of the Play er, to r epr esent a
log wi th the defa ult rank i ng ass igne d
Extern al C ue P oint –
Rankin g * Color
Color used , in the m edia bar of the Play er, to r epr esent a
log wi th a ran king * assig ned
Extern al C ue P oint –
Rankin g ** Col or
Color used , in the m edia bar of the Play er, to r epr 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
Thumbna ilWi dth
Width us ed fo r new th um bnails (Heig ht is found a ccordi ng
to th e 4/ 3 ra tio)
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 .
Cefilt ermgr
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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 th e St oryb oard Prop ert ies wi ndow .
Allow Chang e Me dia
Proper ties
When sele cted : all ows the user to
proper ties in Medi a Pr op erties win dow.
Max Da te I nter val
Field to d efin e th e max i mum dat e in terv al, in d a ys, wh ich
can be us ed whe n a se arch fi lter is app lie d on a date
parame ter (0 = no limi t).
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Max Res ult Set Size
Field t o def ine th e maxi mum numbe r of it ems w hich wi ll
be displ ayed in t he Elem ents gri d afte r a search f ilter 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
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 .
Automa tic Devic e
Scan
When s elec ted: Aut omati cally scan s de vice s at st art u p.
Canon
When s elec ted: All ows im port from Cano n de vice .
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
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
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 .
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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
Db Main tenan ce
Backup File name
Backup pre fix name of th e Xedi o Di spat cher DB
Backup Fold er
Locat ion w here the ba ck up ope rat ions save bac ku p fil es
CheckDB
Checks DB d urin g ma inte nance oper atio n
DaysBe foreD BMain ten
ance
Delay betw een two D B m ainte nance s
Genera teBa ckup
Genera tes Xedi o Di spatc her DB bac kup duri ng
mainte nanc e op erat ion
PurgeB ackup File s
Purges pre viou s Xe dio D i spatch er D B ba ckup duri ng
mainte nanc e op erat ion
PurgeB ackup Hist ory
Purges his tory fro m Xed i o Disp atch er DB bac kup during
mainte nanc e op erat ion
Reorga nize Inde x
Re-ind exes tab le f rom X e dio Di spat cher DB d urin g
mainte nanc e op erat ion
Shrink DB
Shrink s Xe dio D ispa tche r DB du ring main ten ance
operat ion
Device Filt er
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AllowCDR om
When s elec ted: All ows s c anning CDRom s t o fi nd m edia.
This p arame ter nee ds t o be ac tive for XDCAM dis k
access .
AllowF ixedD rive
When s elec ted: All ows s c anning lo cal hard dis ks t o fin d
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AllowRa mDisk
When s elec ted: All ows s c anning Ram disk s t o fi nd media
AllowRe moteD rive
When s elec ted: All ows s c anning ne twork dri ves to find
media
AllowRe mova bleDr ive
When s elec ted: All ows s c anning USB dri ves to f ind media
AllowT oChan geEx tens
ions
When s elec ted: All ows to chang e t he l ist of d efau lt file
extens ions sup port ed d ur ing t he me dia refe renc ing from a
drive. Cha nge is p ossi ble from the driv e cr eati on w indow
or th e dr ive edit win dow.
DaysBe foreM edia Purg
e
Delay betw een two u nuse d medi a pu rge
DelayB etwee nVol ume
Check
Time i n se cond s be tween autom atic res can on r em ovable
disk if t here is a ch ange
Extens ions
List of d efau lt file ext ensi ons su ppor ted by X edio
Dispat cher dur ing the me dia r efere ncin g f rom a dri ve.
This p arame ter is used a s def ault val ue d urin g th e drive
creati on.
MaxDept h
Number of direc tory lev el s chec ked when sca nnin g for
media.
MediaCl assI d
Class ID a ssig ned to t he media duri ng i ts r efer enci ng in
Xedio Disp atch er.
MediaDe scri ptio n
Defaul t t ext to d escr ibe t he med ia a nd a ssig ned to the
media duri ng i ts r efer enci ng in Xed io Di spat cher .
MediaE xter nalRe f
Defaul t t ext for the exte r nal r efere nce of the sour ce
suppor t as sign ed t o t he media duri ng i ts r efer enci ng in
Xedio Disp atch er.
MediaG loba lShoo tin g
Date
The gl obal sho otin g d ate is ass igne d t o th e med ia during
its r efer enci ng i n Xe dio D ispatc her.
This p arame ter is a num e ric va lue to defi ne h ow t h e
globa l sh ooti ng d ate is a ssigne d:
Possib le v alue s:
• 0: date re trie ved fro m th e XML file an d corre spo nding
to the date when the media w as rec orde d by the
camera .
• >0: d ate prov ided by the applic ati on . and corr espo nding
to the dat e when the m edia was re feren ced in Xedio
Dispat cher .
Medial abel
Defaul t name assi gne d to. th e
refere ncin g in Xed io D isp atcher .
MediaMe tada taXM L
This f iel d is lef t em pty by defa ult.
medi a
dur ing
its
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Logger
Keyword Grid Fold er
Folder wher e Xe dio Disp atcher lo oks for K eywo rd grids.
Defaul t va lue: C:\ Prog ra m File s\EVS Bro adca st
Equipm ent\ Xedi oDisp atch er\Key word Grid \
Media List
MaxResu ltSe lSiz e
Field to defi ne t he m axim um numb er o f i tems whic h will
be di splay ed in t he E lem ents grid aft er ( 0 = no l im it).
Player
Auto C lip IN
This p arame ter will be us ed in fut ure vers ion.
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
This p arame ter will be us ed in fut ure vers ion.
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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Enable Dein terl aceMe n
u
When work ing i n HiRe s , enabl e the d ein terl ac e menu
when r ight cli ckin g ov er p layer
JogAud ioTh resho ldHI
Maximum pla ying sp eed, in hi -res , a bove whic h t h e aud io
will n o l onger be aud ible
JogAud ioTh resho ldLO
Maximum pla ying sp eed, in lo -res , a bove whic h t h e aud io
will n o l onger be aud ible .
JogRan geHI
Jog Ra nge in H iRes (fro m -1.0 to 1.0)
JogRan geLO
Jog Ra nge in L oRes (fr o m -2.0 to 2.0)
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.
ShiftS peed Max
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.
SpeedM ax
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.
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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 .
Storybo ard
AllowA udioG uide Trac k
Enable s the A udio G uide Track fe atur e. If t his pa ramete r
is activ e and if th e req uired li cens e key is ins t alled in
XSecur e, the Audi o Guid e Track b utto n will be a vailab le
in t he S tory board Pla yer .
AudioG uide Track Outp
ut
Stereo out put for Aud io G uide T rack
AudioG uide Track PreR
oll
Countd own in mil lisec o nds befor e star ting th e record
proces s
Automa ticS aveTi me
Delay (in seco nds) betw e en two sto rybo ard save s
Workspa ce
AllowMa tchF rame
Allows th e Match Fram e featur e (togg le from edit to
media) : If thi s is act iv e, th e Mat ch Fr ame b utton is
availa ble in the Stor yboa rd Pla yer
H OW TO E DIT A P ARAMETER P ROFILE
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)
• by defin ing it in a spec if ic window fo r a name for mat strin g (see sec tion
‘How t o Mod ify a Na me F ormat Stri ng’, on page 34 .
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.
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To mod ify a nam e f ormat string , p rocee d as fo llow s:
1.
In the Par amete rs a rea, doubl e-cl ick the p aram eter i n th e Var iant Val ue
column .
The [ Item] Aut o Nam e wi ndow o pens :
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2.
In the fir st (nam e) fiel d, delet e the par t of the st ri ng you do not wa nt to ke ep
in th e nam e, if a ny.
3.
To add a g ener ic t ext ( i.e.: WC20 06_Ma tch0 3…) in the F ilen ame s trin g,
simply typ e th e t ext in t h e fie ld.
4.
To add an info rmat ion ty pe spe cifi ed i n th e Av ai lable Items li st, clic k th e
arrow next to the fie ld a n d sel ect the item in the d rop-do wn l ist:
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Click t he App end b utto n to add the s elec ted ite m at th e end of th e Na me
string .
6.
Reposi tion t he av aila ble item as de sire d with t h e cut (CTRL -C) an d pas te
(CTRL-V) comm ands .
7.
Repeat st ep 4 to 6 for any n ew i nform ati on t yp e you wan t t o ad d i n t h e
Filena me s trin g.
8.
You ca n re set the def ault name by c lick ing the Re set bu tto n.
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I NTRODUCTION
You ca n acc ess the k eyboar d pr ofil es i n Xe dio Di spat cher , via the menu
Paramet ers > Ke yboar d Profil es.
L IST OF M EDIA D ISPATCHER K EYBOARD K EYS A SSIGNMENTS
Genera l
Player Foc us
Sets focus on Clip Pla yer windo w
Player Ful l Sc reen
Zoom Cl ip P laye r wi ndow to f ull scre en
Record er Fo cus
Sets focus on Stor yboa rd Playe r wi ndow
Record er Fu ll S cree n
Zoom S toryb oard Pla yer window to full scr een
Cemd_st orybo ard
Delete Edi t Cl ip
Delete s th e se lect ed e dit clip
Delete Sto rybo ard
Delete s th e st oryb oard
End Ed it C lip
Jumps to t he l ast edi t cl i p of the open sto rybo ard
End St oryb oard
Jumps to t he l ast stor ybo ard
Home Ed it C lip
Jumps to t he f irs t ed it c li p of the open sto rybo ard
Home St oryb oard
Jumps to t he f irs t st orybo ard
Next E dit Clip
Jumps to t he n ext edi t cl i p of the open sto rybo ard
Next S tory boar d
Jumps to t he n ext stor yb oard
Previo us E dit Clip
Jumps to t he p revi ous ed it cl ip o f th e o pen story bo ard
Previo us S tory board
Jumps to t he p revi ous st oryboa rd
Select al l ed it c lips
Select s al l t he e dit clip s f rom th e op en s tory boar d
Exportt ool
Delete
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Auto A spec t Ra tio
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 t he c lip, def ined i n the play er, a fter the st oryboa rd
IN poi nt
Drop No wLin e
Drops the clip , de fin ed i n the play er, into the st ory board.
Drop O ut
Drops the cl ip, de fine d
storyb oard OUT poin t
Audio1 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mon itor ing of t he player aud io s tere o 1
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
in
the
playe r,
bef o re
the
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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
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 C uePoi nt (b)
Goes to next cu e point i n Player. Go es to next tr ansit ion
in tim elin e (s econ dary sh ortcu t)
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 speed
Play R evers e
Plays reve rse at v ario us speed
to
curre nt
now line
positi on
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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 C uePoi nt ( b)
Goes to prev ious cu e point in Pla yer. Go es to previo us
transi tio n in tim elin e (s ec ondary sho rtcu t)
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)
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) (seco ndar y sh ort cut)
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
Change s th e as pect rat io
Recorde r
Audio1 mon itor ing (a)
Toggle mo nito ring of the play er a udio ste reo 1
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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 )
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
Inser t Cue Poi nt
Inser ts a cue poi nt.
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
window
Play F orwar d
Plays forw ard at v ario us speed.
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 speed.
Previo us F rame (a)
Jumps to p revi ous frame
load ed
st oryboa rd
in
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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)
Stop
Stops the Stor yboa rd P la yer
Change Asp ect R atio
Change s th e as pect rat io
Thumbna il V iew
Next L ine Clip
Select th e cl ip o n th e ne x t lin e
End
Select th e la st c lip
Home
Select th e fi rst clip
Next C lip
Select th e ne xt c lip on t h e lin e
Previo us C lip
Select th e pr eviou s cl ip o n the lin e
Select All Cli ps
Select al l th e cl ips
Previo us L ine Clip
Select th e cl ip o n th e pr e vious lin e
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4.1
STARTING XEDIO DISPATCHER
To st art Xedi o Di spat che r, se lect the Xed io D isp atcher ap plic atio n vi a t h e menu
Start > All Pro grams > EVS Broadc ast Equi pm ent > Xedio Dis patch er > Xedio
Dispat cher OR d oubl e-cl ick t he X edio Disp atch er shortc ut on t he d eskt op:
4.2
OVERVIEW
The Xe dio Disp atch er u s er in terf ace cons ists of s everal ar eas, bes ides th e Menu
bar. Th ey are high ligh ted on the f ollow ing s cree ns hot and shor tly de scri bed in the
table bel ow.
Note
The co lor of some user i nterf ace eleme nts may v ary wi th the X edio sk in
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1.
Descri ption
Menu ba r
The menu bar gi ves ac cess to gene ral comm a nds and to
confi gura tion para mete rs.
See al so the sect ion 4.3 ‘ Menu B ar’, on page 45.
2.
Source
Device
This area dis play s th e p l ugged- in devi ces and the media th at
has be en autom atic ally detec ted on t he d evic es, as we ll as
media from dr ives an d folders wh ich hav e been scanne d by
the u sers .
See al so the sect ion 4.4 ‘ Source Dev ice A rea’ , on page 4 7.
3.
Workspa ce
This is the wo rkin g ar ea where you ma inly p erform the
follow ing act ions :
• Search ing f or the requ es ted cli ps, p oten tial ly by applyi ng
search fi lters .
• Loadin g, play ing and ed iting the sou rce clip s t o crea te
sub-cl ips tha t wil l b e ad d ed to a s tory boar d.
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• Loadin g and play ing t he f inal s toryb oard to ch eck i t befor e
export .
See al so the sect ion 4.5 ‘ Workspa ce A rea’ , on pag e 48.
4.
Tools
This ar ea co ntai ns se ver al hor izont al t abs t hat p rovide the
follow ing too ls:
• Logger tool : I t a llow s the s elec tion of ke ywor ds fr om
keywor d grid s and th e select ion o f a rank ing level t o
associ ate to a lo g.
• Export too l: I t a llow s t he ex port of cl ips, sub - clips or
storyb oard s to a T arge t (based on the sett ings d efine d in
a sel ecte d ta rget pro file), to a Fil e or to a De vice .
See al so the sect ion 4.6 ‘ Tools area ’, o n pa ge 57.
5.
Storybo ard
This is the ar ea whe r e you cre ate a nd ma nage yo ur
storyb oard s. I t d ispl ays:
• The st oryb oard s as ind ivi dual tabs .
• The thu mbna ils o f th e clip s inc lude d in t he open
storyb oard .
See al so the sect ion 4.7 ‘ Storyb oard are a’, on p ag e 66.
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The Me nu b ar g ives acce ss to the fol lowi ng c omm ands:
Menu it em
Descri ption
File
Exit
Closes Xed io Di spat cher
View
Status Bar
Displa ys/h ides the sta tus bar at t he b otto m of the window
Help
About
Provid es inf orma tion o n the appl icat ion ve rsio n , the sup port
phone numb er, etc.
Paramet ers
Parame ter
Profil es
Opens the Para mete r Pro files wind ow w here you c an mod ify the
variou s pa rame ters of Xe dio Di spat cher .
For more i nform atio n on the param eter s, re fer t o the sec tion
3.3 ‘M etad ata Prof ile Ma nageme nt’ on p age 17.
Metada ta
Profil es
Opens the M etad ata P rofil es wi ndow from w h ich yo u can
manage t he cre ati on of metada ta fi elds a nd the i r associ ati on
into m etad ata pro file s.
Media Meta data
Profil e
Associ atio n
Allows t he se lect ion of metada ta pro fil es to be availa ble fo r
associ atio n wi th m edia .
Edit M etad ata
Profil e
Associ atio n
Allows t he se lect ion of metada ta pro fil es to be availa ble fo r
associ atio n wi th a n ed it ( storyb oard ).
Keyboa rd
Profil es
Opens t he Ke yboar d Pro files w indo w wher e you can cus tomi ze
the k eyboa rd s hort cuts .
To mod ify a key boar d short cut , dou ble- clic k the k eybo ard
shortc ut in the Vari ant Keyboa rd F unct ion col u mn, t ype the
reques ted keyb oard sho rt cut, and clic k OK.
Mainten ance
Databa se
Cleanu p
Opens th e Databa se Cle anup wind ow where y ou can clea n all
DB tables , dele te thum bn ails, an d audi o guide t ra ck in a singl e
operat ion .
To clean t he Xedi o Disp atcher d atab ase, s elec t t he check bo x
in th e Cle anup Ope rati on s zone and cl ick S tart .
To lea ve the w indo w wit h out c lean ing the data bas e, cl ick OK.
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Descri ption
Help
About
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Gives info rmat ion abou t t he sys tem, suc h as ver si on num ber.
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SOURCE DEVICE AREA
4.4.1
INTRODUCTION
When you ope n Xedi o Dispatch er, th e appl ic ation au toma tica lly det ects the
plugge d-in SD or HD dev ices ( CANON , P2 , XDCA M or XD CAM E X su ppor t s), a nd
search es f or m edia pre se nt on the se s uppo rts.
USB de vice s an d XF dr ives can be s cann ed, s o the ir c onte nt is a vail able for
browsi ng, logg ing, rou gh- cut a nd e xpor t.
4.4.2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The So urce Devi ce a rea displa ys:
• the ide ntif ied de vice s as the root
of an expa ndab le t re e view
detec ted m edia be low t h e dev ice
it is store d. The pat h where the
locat ed i s sp ecif ied.
b ranc hes
and the
on wh ich
med ia is
• the fold ers scan ned by u sers and the ir subfolde rs.
The c heck- boxe s a re u sed t o s peci fy the
media t o be dis play ed in the Thum bnai l view
and in th e List view of the Work spac e. See
also 5 .3 ‘ Sele ctin g Re lev ant Me dia’ , on pag e
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WORKSPACE AREA
4.5.1
INTRODUCTION
In th e Wor kspac e ar ea, y ou wil l li st, appl y fi lter s, browse and edi t th e med i a usin g
one o f th e fo ur p ossi ble v iews.
The user i nter face el eme nts in the Wo rksp ace ar ea diff er depe ndin g on t he view
mode.
4.5.2
VIEW MODES IN THE WORKSPACE
You can se lect the re q uested v iew by c lick ing one of the v iew bu tton s at the
bottom of the Work space area:
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View
Descri ption
Thumbna il v iew
The Th umbna il view shows the thu mbna ils
corres pond ing to t he va rious sour ce cl ips of t h e
media sele cted in the So urce D evic e ar ea.
List v iew
The List vi ew disp lays t h e list of so urce cl ips fro m
the media s elec ted in th e Source Dev ice are a an d
gives a cces s to t he di ffe rent f ilte rs whi ch ca n be
appli ed t o re stri ct t he l ist of c lips dis play ed.
Clip P laye r vi ew
The Cl ip P laye r vi ew al lo ws pla ying sou rce clip s.
Storybo ard Play er
view
The St orybo ard Play er view a llows pla ying the
final stor yboa rds, as we ll as rec ordi ng au dio g uide
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P URPOSE
You will wor k in this vi e w to select th e camera s source cl ips you wa nt to use to
create st orybo ard elem en ts.
O VERVIEW
The Th umbna il view sho ws the thu mbna ils corr e spondi ng to t he v ario us sourc e
clips of the medi a se lect e d in the Sour ce De vice ar ea:
For ea ch c lip, th e fo llow i ng met adat a is dis play ed:
•
the c lip name (abo ve t he thumbn ail)
•
the TC IN, TC O UT, and dura tion of the cli p in t he so urce medi a (b elow the
thumbn ail)
Double -cli ckin g a thumb n ail o pens the cor respo ndi ng cl ip i n th e Cl ip P laye r view.
S ELECTING T ECHNIQUES
Severa l sour ce cli ps can be selec ted to m ove th e m at once to a stor yboar d or to
on exp ort lis t. Y ou c an s e lect them than ks to t he u sual c omman ds:
•
Press C TRL + cli ck o n the i tems for a se lect io n of m ulti ple non- cont ig uous
items.
•
Press SHI FT + cli ck on the firs t and la st it em for a sele ctio n of mul t iple
conti guous it ems.
•
Press CTRL + A t o se lec t all the item s fr om t he t h umbnai l vi ew.
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A cont extu al m enu is a va ilabl e whe n yo u ri ght- clic k on a th umbna il:
Menu It em
Descri ption
Play
Loads the c lip in t he Cl i p Play er wi ndow to al low the c lip
to be brow sed.
Change Prope rtie s
Opens t he Me dia Pr op erties wind ow whi ch sh ows the
proper ties for th e sel ec ted cli p. If a defa ult m etada ta
profi le has been de fin ed for the medi a, a metad at a tab is
displa yed an d allows the user s to modif y t he clip
metada ta val ues. Se e section 3 .3.3 ‘ Medi a Profile
Associ atio n’ on page 2 1 for mo re in form atio n on the
select ion of a p rofi le. As the Medi a Pr oper ties wi ndow i s
simila r t o t he E dit Prop erties wi ndow, re fer to sectio n
5.2.1 ‘How to Cr eat e an Empty S tory boar d’ o n pa ge 79 for
a desc ript ion of the wind ow.
The Allo w Chang e Med ia Prope rtie s opt ion mu st have
Parame ters
> Pa ramete rs
been se lec ted f rom
Profil esMed ia D ispa tch er > Cefi lter mgr to al low t he
displa y an d u pdat e of Cu stom M etad ata.
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P URPOSE
You wil l pref erab ly us e t his vie w to se e the clip s metad ata wh en you w ork wit h
drives / fold ers in t he D e vice a rea.
O VERVIEW
The L ist view di spla ys th e lis t o f a ll clip s p rese nt in t he s elec ted med ia, an d the ir
associ ated met adat a. D iff erent fil ers can be a ppli e d to rest rict the lis t.
The fol lowin g tab le pro vi des a sho rt de scrip tio n o f the var ious area s high li ghted i n
the Lis t view. Y ou wil l find mor e deta iled i nfor mation o n the Li st vie w in the
sectio n 5 .3.3 ‘Se arch ing f or Cli ps w ithi n th e Li st V i ew’, o n pa ge 8 5.
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Element
Descri ption
See al so …
1. Sea rch Tools
Provid es a Quick Te xt Search fi eld and
Advance d Fil ters fie lds to res tric t th e lis t to
specif ic data .
Sectio n 5 .3.3
(pp.86 and
87)
2. Sav ed F ilte rs
Tabs
Allows to s ave filt ers a nd to appl y the m la ter
on.
Sectio n 5 .3.3
(p.93)
3.
Grid
Displa ys th e li st of cli ps corres pond ing to th e
select ed sou rce in t he D evice ar ea, or r etur ns
the r esul t of a s earc h ap plied to the list .
Next 2
sectio ns
Elem ents
D ISPLAYED C OLUMNS
It is pos sibl e to re -arr ange th e colu mns or der , and to a dd or re mov e some
column s.
Right- clic king on a ny of the column he adin gs di splays a co ntex tual me n u. The
Choose Di spla yed Co lu mns opt ion op ens t he Select Visi ble Co lumns window
allowi ng y ou t o ch oose th e col umns you w ant to be disp layed in the E lem ent s grid .
The co lumn w idth and or der ca n be adjus ted usin g stan dard compu ter co mmands
and dr ag a nd drop tech ni ques.
E LEMENTS 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:
Menu It em
Descri ption
Play
Loads the c lip in t he Cl i p Play er wi ndow to al low the c lip
to be brow sed.
Render List
Opens th e Render L is t window li stin g all t ypes of
render ing tha t ha ve b een done with th e cl ip.
Archiv e His tory
Opens the Arc hive His tor y win dow list ing the arc h ive a nd
restor e proc esses t hat were achi eved f or the select ed
clip.
View P roper ties
Opens t he Me dia Pr op erties wind ow whi ch sh ows the
proper ties for th e sel ec ted cli p. If a defa ult m etada ta
profi le has been de fin ed for the medi a, a metad at a tab is
displa yed an d allows the user s to modif y t he clip
metada ta val ues. Se e section 3 .3.3 ‘ Medi a Profile
Associ atio n’ on page 2 1 for mo re in form atio n on the
select ion of a p rofi le. As the Medi a Pr oper ties wi ndow i s
simila r t o t he E dit Prop erties wi ndow, re fer to sectio n
5.2.1 ‘How to Cr eat e an Empty S tory boar d’ o n pa ge 79 for
a desc ript ion of the wind ow.
The Allo w Chang e Med ia Prope rtie s opt ion mu st have
Parame ters
> Pa ramete rs
been se lec ted f rom
Profil esMed ia D ispa tch er > Cefi lter mgr to al low t he
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Descri ption
displa y an d u pdat e of Cu stom M etad ata.
4.5.5
CLIP PLAYER VIEW IN THE WORKSPACE AREA
P URPOSE
You wi ll w ork in t his view to p erfo rm th e f ollow ing actio ns:
•
Playin g the sour ce cli ps displa yed i n the thumb na il view or cor resp ondi ng to a
storyb oard ele ment .
•
Prepar ing sub- clip s to be added to the sto rybo ard.
O VERVIEW
The Cl ip Play er v iew m ai nly c onsi sts of a me dia p layer and ass ocia ted com mands,
and i s sim ilar to the pla y ers us ed i n t he X edio sui t e:
The fol lowin g tab le pro vi des a sho rt de scrip tio n o f the var ious area s high li ghted i n
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the s ecti on 4 .8 ‘ Clip Pla y er and Sto rybo ard Play er’ , on page 67.
User I nter face
Element
Descri ption
See al so …
1. Vid eo D ispl ay
& Audio Mete rs
It di spla ys t he me dia l oaded on t he P laye r.
Parame ters rel ated to th e disp lay are ava ilab le
via a con text ual m enu.
Sectio n 4 .8.2
(p.67)
The aud io me ters s ho w the le vels of th e
variou s audi o track s of the clip t hat is be ing
played .
2. Tra ck
Select ion
buttons
The T rack Sel ecti on butt ons ( lit tle came ra and
trian gle b utto ns) a llow y ou to s elec t th e vid eo
and audi o chan nels yo u want to in clud e in the
clip/ sub-c lip you will pla c e int o th e st oryb oard .
Sectio n 4 .8.3
(p.68)
The radi o butto ns dis p layed ne xt to aud io
channe l but tons all ow you to s elec t whi ch
audio tr ack yo u want to monito r when yo u play
the l oade d cl ip i n th e Cl i p Play er.
3. Jog and
Media bar
The jog b ar all ows yo u to move wi thin t he
media at a var iabl e sp ee d.
Sectio n 4 .8.4
(p.70)
The Me dia bar repre se nts t he c lip curr entl y
loaded on the Pla yer:
• If t he s ourc e c lip is loa ded o n t he P laye r
from th e thum bnai l view , the IN and OUT
point s init ial ly dis play ed are the o nes o f the
source cli p.
• If th e s ource cl ip o f a st oryboa rd e leme nt i s
loaded on th e Pla yer, t he IN and OUT poin ts
initi ally di spla yed are the ones of the
storyb oard ele ment .
4. Edi ting and
Transpo rt
commands /fi elds
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The e diti ng and tra nspo rt but tons mai nly all ow
you t o pe rform the fo llowi ng ac tion s:
Sectio n 4 .8.5
(p.72)
• Browse in an d pl ay th e source cli p loa ded
on th e pl ayer .
• Mark the IN a nd O UT point s of the
storyb oard e leme nt bef or e you pla ce it in to
the s tory board .
Sectio n 4 .8.6
(p.77)
• Naviga te b etwe en t he l ogs cr eate d on th e
clip load ed i n th e pl ayer .
Sectio n 4 .8.7
(p.78) .
5. Vi ew Mod e
buttons
These b utto ns al low y ou to cha nge t he Vi ew
mode i n th e Wo rkspa ce.
Sectio n 4 .5.2
(p.48) .
6. Nex t/Pr eviou s
Clip b utton s
These b utto ns a llow y ou to move to t he ne xt or
previo us c lip avai lab le i n the Th umbn ail view .
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P URPOSE
You wi ll w ork in t his view to p erfo rm th e f ollow ing actio ns:
•
Play a st orybo ard to s ee the f inal res ult befo re e x porti ng i t.
•
Add an aud io guide tr ack over the story boar d.
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The f ollow ing tab le p rovi des a sho rt descr ipt ion on th e va riou s ar eas hig hligh te d
in the Stor yboar d Pla ye r view. You w ill f ind m ore de tail ed in forma tion in the
sectio n 4 .8 ‘C lip Play er a nd Sto rybo ard Play er’, on page 67:
User I nter face
Element
Descri ption
See al so t he
…
1. Vid eo D ispl ay &
Audio M eter s
It dis play s the vide o mat erial loade d on t he
Player . Param eter s rela t ed to the di spla y
are av aila ble via a c onte xtual menu .
Sectio n 4.8. 2
(p.67)
The aud io me ters show the le vels of t he
variou s aud io tra cks of t h e clip th at is b eing
played .
2. Aud io Tr ack
Monitor ing b utton s
Allow t he sel ect ion of t he audi o tra ck you
want t o mo nito r.
Sectio n 4 .8.3
(p.68)
3. Jog and Medi a
bar
Allows mo ving wi thin t h e storyb oard a t a
variab le s peed .
Sectio n 4.8. 4
(p.70)
The Medi a bar r epre sents t he who le
storyb oard cur rent ly l oad ed on the Pla yer.
For mor e in forma tion on the jo b an d med ia
bars, re fer to t he sec t ion 4.8 .4 ‘Jo g &
Media Bars ’, o n pa ge 7 0.
4. Tra nspor t
commands
Allow you to d o th e f ollo wing a ctio ns:
• Browse i n
storyb oard .
and
pl a y
the
loa ded
Sectio n 4 .8.5
(p.75)
• Naviga te amo ng t he lo gs disp laye d on
the l oade d st oryb oard .
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5. Aud io Gu ide
Track Recor d
button
Allows you
storyb oard .
6. Vi ew Mod e
buttons
Allow cha ngin g the Vi ew mode in the
Workspa ce.
7. Nex t/Pr eviou s
Storybo ard
buttons
Allow movi ng to the next or prev ious
storyb oard ava ilab le i n t h e Stor yboa rd a rea.
8. Go to Ma tch
Frame b utton
Allows l oadi ng the s ourc e clip of t he load ed
storyb oard e leme nt and positi on on t he
curren t fr ame.
to
a dd
v oice-o ver
on
t he
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TOOLS AREA
4.6.1
ACCESSING THE TABS IN THE TOOLS AREA
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The Tools ar ea con tains severa l tabs th at are org anized h orizo nta lly: on e Logger
tab, to creat e l ogs and asso ciat ed me tad ata, a nd th ree Expo rt t abs, to expo rt
media to v ario us d esti nat ion t ypes . Cl ick o ne o f t h e Tool s t ab t o ex pand it.
4.6.2
LOGGER
I NTRODUCTION
From th e Log ger pane l, y ou wil l be able to cr eate a log. But you w ill a lso u se it to
add me tada ta t o l ogs, su ch as fre e te xt d escr ipti o n, ke yword s an d/or ran ki ng.
When you op en Xed io Di spatch er, th e appl icat ion checks fo r keywo rd gri d s stored
as
.xml
f iles
in
C:\Program
Files\EVS
Broadcast
Equipment\XedioDispatcher\Keyword
Grids.
The d etec ted grid s ar e
automa tica lly load ed a nd availa ble in the Logg er t a b.
O VERVIEW
The Log ger t ab d ispl ays diffe rent ly de pend ing o n wheth er ke yword gri d s have
been de tect ed or n ot. T h e user i nter face c onsi sts of vari ous ar eas h ighl ig hted on
the f ollow ing scre ensh ots and shor tly descr ibed in the t able bel ow.
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The f ollow ing tab le p rovi des a sho rt descr ipt ion on th e va riou s ar eas hig hligh te d
in th e Lo gger ta b. Y ou will fin d mo re d etai led info rmat ion in t he sect ion 5 .6
‘Addin g Lo gs to a Clip ’, o n page 99 .
User I nter face Elem ent
Descri ption
1. Key word Grid Sel ecti on
Field
This f iel d is onl y pr ese nt if keyw ord grid s ar e
stored as .xm l f iles in C : \ P r o g r a m F i l e s \ E V S
Broadcast
Equipment\XedioDispatcher\Keyword Grids.
This fie ld pro vide s the li st of keyw ord gri ds from
which you can sele ct t he one yo u wa nt t o us e.
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Once a key word g rid ha s been se lect ed, it o pen s
in the Ke yword G rid ar e a. If the k eywor ds can no t
be displ ayed i n one pa ge , the page s are di spla yed
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Descri ption
If no keyw ord grid is stor ed as .xml fi le i n
C:\Program Files\EVS Broadcast
Equipment\XedioDispatcher\Keyword Grids,
this area is not avai labl e.
3. Ran king Butto ns
Button s th at al lows you t o assi gn a r anki ng to the
log, in or der to hi ghli ght import ant mom ents in t he
clip.
The log wi ll hav e a diff erent co lor de pend ing o n
the r anki ng as sign ed.
4.6.3
4. Del ete Log B utton
Button t hat al lows yo u t o delete t he log on wh ic h
you ar e po siti oned in t he loa ded clip , wi th a ll
relat ed k eywor ds a nd r an king info rmati on.
5. Fre e Te xt F ield
Field tha t al lows the us ers to en ter and assi gn
free text to a lo g.
EXPORT TOOLS
I NTRODUCTION
The Ex port Too l is the pa nel wh ere:
•
you se lect th e ex port typ e: to Tar get, to File or to Device
•
you se lec t th e ex port se tting s (t arge t pr ofil e, tra nscodi ng c odec ,…) you want
to us e du ring the exp ort proces s.
•
you cr eate a new t arge t u sing the Targe t wi zard fo r the Expo rt to Ta rget
•
you prep are and e xecu te the expor t of stor yboa r ds, but al so sour ce cli ps , or
sub-cl ips.
You will fi nd more d e taile d infor mati on in t he secti on 5.9 ‘E xpor t ing the
Storyb oard ’, o n pa ge 1 05 .
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Overview of the Export to Target Tab
The Exp ort t o Targ et ta b contai ns se vera l main a reas hi ghli ghte d on t he f ollowi ng
screen shot and sho rtly d escrib ed i n t he t able bel o w.
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1.
2.
Descri ption
Target
Select ion
field
Drop-d own fie ld from wh i ch you can se lect t he tar get prof ile
you wa nt t o us e or cre ate a new one .
List o f
export jobs
List of s toryb oard s, or c lips, t hat ha ve been a d ded to the
export li st i n th e cu rren t sessio n, w heth er t hey ha ve alr eady
been e xpor ted or n ot.
See se ctio n 3 .1 ‘ Expor t T arget Prof iles ’ o n pa ge 9 .
See sect ion ‘Ex port Jo b Status ’ on page 6 1 for de tails on t he
export jo b st atus dis play .
3.
4.
Start butto n
Starts t he exp ort pr oces s for the s toryb oard s an d clips t hat
are i n th e li st a nd h ave n ot be en e xpor ted yet.
Cancel
button
Cancel s t he e xpor t p roc ess. Alre ady fina liz ed e xports wi ll
not b e ca ncel ed.
Clear List
button
Clears the expo rt li st. T he app lica tion asks you to con firm
this acti on.
It do es n ot clea r th e o utput of expo rt jobs sto red o n th e
variou s de stin ati on f olde r s.
Export Job Status
•
When the s tory boar d has not been e xpor ted ye t, t he progr ess ba r show s 0 and
the b ackgr ound is lig ht g r ey:
•
When the s toryb oard i s being exp orte d, the p r ogress o f the ex port j o b is
displa yed in the List of e xport jobs :
•
When t he story boar d h as be en s ucce ssfu lly e xporte d, the prog ress bar
displa ys O K an d th e ba ck ground is gree n:
•
When t he s tory board ha s not been suc cess full y expor ted, th e pro gres s bar
displa ys a n er ror messa g e and the bac kgrou nd is blue:
•
When t he Expor t j ob has been can cell ed, the pro gress bar dis play s Can c elled
and t he b ackgr ound is re d:
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Overview of the Export to File Tab and Export to Device Tab
The Ex port to Fil e ta b a nd th e Ex port to Devi ce tab cont ain sev eral mai n are as
highl ight ed o n th e fo llow i ng scr eens hots and sho rt ly des crib ed i n t he t able below.
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Area
Descri ption
1.
Informa tion
zone
This a rea d ispl ays r e ad-onl y ge nera l det ail s on t he
storyb oard or clip (li ke type, lab el, crea tion dat e, TC IN,
durat ion).
2.
Destin ation
zone
This are a is used t o defi n e settin gs of th e expo rte d file, su ch
as a labe l, a des tina tion f older and a t ransc odin g c odec.
See se ctio n ‘D esti nati on Zone’ on p age 64.
3.
4.
Export
Informa tion
zone
This area pr ovide s i nfor mation on th e p rogre ss o f th e ex port
proces s.
Start butto n
Starts th e ex port proc ess for the sele cted sto rybo a rd or cli p.
Cancel
button
Cancel s th e exp ort proc ess. A lrea dy f inal ized e xports wil l
not b e ca ncel ed.
See se ctio n ‘E xpor t In for mation Zon e’ o n pa ge 6 5.
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Destination Zone
Exporting to a File
To ex port a s tory boar d o r a c lip to a f ile tha t ca n be r ead by an e xter nal system ,
comple te t he f oll owing fie lds b efor e cl icki ng t he S t art bu tto n.
Field
Descri ption
Label
Name yo u g ive to t he e xp orted stor yboa rd/c lip (ma ndator y).
Folder
Destin atio n fo lder
storyb oard /cli p t o.
Transco ding
Codec
Codec pro fil e, whic h wil l determ ine th e fina l fo rmat of th e
storyb oard /cli p in th e de s tinat ion fold er.
Additio nal
Paramet ers
This wi ndow can be re ac hed by cli cking the
Transc odin g Cod ec z one.
w h ere
yo u
want
to
export
the
butt on in the
This al lows you t o spe ci fy para mete rs fo r the ne w file , such
as nam e, k eywor ds, UmI D or V arID .
Renderi ng f rom
Low-res
When sel ecte d, th e edi t i s rende red f rom th e low- r es file . Thi s
can sa ve s ome time .
Exporting to Device
To ex port an st oryb oard / clip to an ext ernal de vic e, su ch as a XD CAM dis k, a SxS
card o r a P2 c ard,
•
select th e de vice typ e: X DCAM, S xS or P2.
•
comple te t he f iel ds d escr ibed in t he t able bel ow
•
click on the Start bu tton .
Field
Descri ption
Label
Name you g ive
(manda tory) .
Local Driv e
Locat ion w here the sto ry board/ clip wil l be sen t t o.
Transco ding Code c
Codec pr ofil e, whi ch wil l determ ine th e fin al form a t of the
storyb oard /cli p in th e de s tinat ion fold er.
to
the
expo rted
s tory board/ clip
The avail able co decs depend on t he type of device
select ed.
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Descri ption
Additio nal
Paramet ers
This wi ndow c an be reac hed by clic king the
the Tr ansc odin g Co dec z one.
butt on i n
This a llows you to s pec ify pa rame ters for the n ew fil e,
such a s cl ip name, key wo rds, Um ID o r Va rID.
Export Information Zone
From t his zone , th e fo llo wing s etti ngs are avai labl e:
Item
Descri ption
Start Timec ode
You can spe cify t he sto r yboard /cli p time code fr o m which
the e xpor t pr ocess wil l b egin.
Enable Vide o Vi ew
When se lect ed, a smal l v ideo v iew i s dis play ed du ring t he
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STORYBOARD AREA
4.7.1
OVERVIEW
In the St oryb oard a rea, you can s ee all s tory bo ards you have c reat ed i n Xedio
Dispat cher . Each s toryb oard is di spla yed as a tab (1) na med acc ordi n g to the
storyb oard nam e.
When you cl ick the t ab c orresp ondi ng to a sto ryb oard, th e stor yboar d ope ns: the
tab na me be come s und erline d, a nd t he s tory b oard c lips (2) are disp l ayed a s
thumbn ails in the tab .
You can play the s tory bo ard in the St oryb oard Pl ayer vi ew. F or mor e inf o rmatio n,
refer to the sect ion 5.8 ‘ Checki ng t he S tory boar d’ , on page 104 .
Other a ctio ns on the sto ryboar d are manag ed vi a the c o ntex tual m enus , f rom the
Workspa ce a rea, Exp ort t ool o r Lo gger too l.
4.7.2
CONTEXTUAL MENU
The Stor yboa rd con text u al menu is a vail able w h en you rig ht-c lick t he st oryboa rd
tab. Re fer to s ect ion 5. 2. 2 ‘Othe r Poss ible A ctio ns on Story boar ds’, o n pag e 82 for
a desc ript ion of the avai l able opti ons.
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CLIP PLAYER AND STORYBOARD
PLAYER
4.8.1
OVERVIEW
This s ecti on d escri bes in detai ls t he e leme nts o f t he use r in terf ace speci fic to th e
Clip Pl ayer avai labl e in t he Works pace area . The Clip Pl ayer is acc essi ble via the
Clip P laye r bu tton
.
The S toryb oard pl ayer s hares many use r i nter fac e elem ents wi th t he C lip Play er.
For this re ason , the sect i on will als o deal wit h the elements wh ich are c om mon to
both play ers, an d s peci f ic t o t he S tory boar d P l ayer. The St orybo ard Pl ayer is
access ible via the Sto ryb oard P laye r bu tton
4.8.2
.
VIDEO DISPLAY
I NTRODUCTION
The vi deo disp lay is c om mon to the Cli p Pl ayer an d Stor yboa rd P laye r.
A DJUSTING THE P LAYER V IDEO D ISPLAY
You ca n adj ust the Pla yer vi deo d ispl ay v ia a conte xtua l men u. Y ou call t he
contex tua l men u by rig ht- clicki ng the Vide o Dis pla y zone on the Pla yer are a.
It gi ves the foll owin g di sp lay o ptio ns f or t he v ideo :
Field
Descri ption
Show Ti mecod e
This o ptio n of fers dif fere nt cho ices to disp lay t im ecode on
the p laye r win dow.
• none – do es n ot d ispl ay any t imeco de
• intra TC – dis play s th e or igina l tim ecod e o f th e me dia
• start TC - d ispl ays a c o unter sta rtin g w ith 0 a t t he fi rst
frame of t he m edia
• both ( Intr a TC – Star t T C) – dis play s bo th th e c ounter
and or igi nal timec ode
Aspect Rati o
Offers a cho ice of as pect ratios for th e displ ay eit her Auto,
4:3 o r 16 :9.
This i s al so p ossi ble to u se th e fo llow ing shor tcuts :
•
+
to togg le b etwee n 4: 3 and 16: 9
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Descri ption
•
+
to re set the disp lay to ‘Aut o’
Show Sa fe A reas
Displa ys a sa fe area c age o n t he w indo w to determ ine
which are as of the pi ct ure will be se en and allow for
checki ng t he si ze of gr aphics with in t he me dia for sa fe
displa y.
Grab I mage
Grabs the cur rent ima ge, eith er in l ow r esol utio n or in hi gh
resolu tion . The d efau lt fo lder (c :\) whe re the g rab is stor ed
is def ined via t he me nu Parame ters > Para mete r s Profi les :
Genera l, G ener al t ab: Gr abStil lFram eFol der para meter.
Show La bel
Displa ys the cl ip name or the stor yboa rd name over the
Video Disp lay.
M AKING THE P LAYER A REA F ULL S CREEN
To vie w th e Pl ayer are a a s a f ull- scree n im age, pre ss F9 on the k eybo ard.
Press agai n F9 to reve rt t o the norm al d ispl ay.
4.8.3
AUDIO/VIDEO TRACK SELECTION AND MONITORING
P LAYER T RACK S ELECTION B UTTONS
Overview of the Track Selection
All the a vail able a udio source s from a me dia are disp laye d belo w the Video
Displa y Cl ip P layer . Th e Track Sele ctio n bu tton s a re spe cif ic t o th e Cl ip P la yer.
When y ou crea te a su b- clip, you ne ed to sele ct the vid eo and requ este d aud io
tracks usi ng the butt ons undern eath th e Vid eo D is play z one :
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The chann el sel ecti on (c amera and tr iang le but to ns) allow s you to sel ect t he video
and au dio chann els you want t o in clud e in the clip/ sub-c lip you w ill ad d to t he
storyb oard .
Clicki ng on t he Vid eo bu tton wi ll rem ove t he vid e o from th e Pla yer win dow and
disabl e it so tha t the cli p made has no vid eo: T he displ ayed bu tton wi ll turn to
white.
Click ing on the left or ri ght t rian gle of a n au dio stereo tra ck w ill disa ble
respec tive ly th e lef t or right c hann el of t he corres pond ing a udio t ra ck : The
displa yed but ton w ill tur n to wh ite .
The ta ble summa rize s ho w the but tons loo k li ke d e pendin g on th e se lect ion:
Enabled
Disabl ed
Video
Audio
Audio Monitoring Selection
The radio bu tto ns disp la yed betwe en each pa ir of stere o audio ch anne l butto ns
allow y ou t o sel ect w hi ch aud io tr ack y ou wa n t to mo nito r whe n you play t he
loaded cl ip i n th e Cl ip P l ayer.
Audio m eter s loc ated o n the r igh t sid e of th e Vide o Dis play repr es ent th e
monito red trac k.
Db val ues a re d ispl ayed on ea ch s ide. They corr espond to the valu es de f ined i n
Parame ters > Par amete r Profile s > Genera l > Vumete r for the to p lev el, the
satura tio n leve l, th e war ning le vel a nd th e bot to m level . Val ues fo r 0, - 2 , -4, -8
and -1 6 ar e sh own as we l l if they do not over writ e the d atab ase valu es.
Examples
If a sub-c lip ha s to be cr eated wi thou t audi o for t he chann els 1 an d 2, dis able the
2 but tons of thos e ch ann els:
Clicki ng o n the lef t au di o butt on w ill r emove the left audi o com pone nt f r om the
source s o that t he cli p made has n o left a udio channe l. In t his ca se, t he right
channe l wi ll b e ou tpu t on the left and rig ht.
Clicki ng in a ddit ion on the rig ht audi o bu tto n wil l re move the ri gh t aud io
compon ent so t hat the cli p made has no righ t au di o chan nel .
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Audio Track Monitoring Buttons
The Au dio Trac k Mon itor i ng bu tton s ar e sp ecif ic t o the Stor yboar d Pl ayer .
The rad io bu tton s bel ow the vi deo di spla y all ow y ou to se lect the a udio tr ack you
want t o mo nito r.
Audio Guide Track Record Button
The Au dio Guid e Tr ack R ecord but ton is s peci fic t o the Sto ryboa rd P laye r.
The Aud io Gu ide Trac k Reco rd bu tto n al low s you to recor d a voi ce-ove r
sequen ce o n on e tr ack of the stor yboar d.
You can on ly rec ord on e audio g uide t rack f or one stor yboa rd. On ce th e audio
guide tr ack has b een cre ated, yo u cann ot modi fy it. If you wa nt to ch ange it, you
need to d elet e it and rec ord a new one.
For mor e in forma tion on how to reco rd a n Aud io Guide trac k, re fer to t he secti on
5.7 ‘R ecor ding an Audi o Guide Trac k’, on p age 10 3.
4.8.4
JOG & MEDIA BARS
I NTRODUCTION
The Jog and Me dia bar s, as well as the n owlin e, m ark IN and mark OU T poi nts are
common both to the Cli p Player and Sto rybo ard Pl ayer.
J OG
Draggi ng the jo g bar al l ows you to mov e with in the media at a va riab l e speed
depend ing on:
•
the p osit ion of t he s peed indica tor
•
the s peed ran ge c over ed by t he j og area . Th e de f ault rang e is set fr om -2 00%
to +20 0% . This i s set vi a the m enu P arame ters > Param eter s Pro file s: M edia
Dispat cher > De faul t pr ofile > Pl ayer t ab: Jog RangeHI a nd JogRa nge LO
parame ters .
Audio can be h eard whe n usin g th e jo g.
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The t op a rea on the bar repres ents th e me dia, or a p orti on o f i t, curre ntly load ed
on the Play er. T he ma rk IN, mar k OUT a nd n owlin e are d ispl ayed on t his t op are a
(See t he s ecti on ‘Nowl ine , Mark IN and M ark OUT’, on p age 71).
The midd le ar ea in clud e s a dark g rey z one. T hi s zone s hows t he por tio n of the
media out of the whol e media incl uded in the to p are a an d th e po sit ion in t he
whole medi a:
•
When a medi a has ju st b een load ed, t he top ar ea represe nts th e whole m e dia:
The da rk g rey area cov er s the whol e sp ace in the middle are a.
•
If yo u p osit ion the mous e on the m idd le a rea and r otate the mou se w heel u p or
down, you re spec tive ly e nlarge or re duce th e dark grey area, hen ce incr ea sing
or red ucin g th e p orti on o f the m edia inc lude d i n th e top are a.
•
If you cl ick on t he dark grey are a and dr ag it, y ou shif t the po rtio n of m edia
includ ed in t he t op a rea.
•
When a mark IN a nd ma rk OUT are de fine d, dou ble-cl icki ng on th e dark grey
area w ill togg le t he po rt ion co vere d by the top area f rom t he e ntir e me dia
lengt h to the cli p l engt h ( porti on b etwee n ma rk IN and ma rk OU T).
N OWLINE , M ARK IN AND M ARK OUT
In the Cl ip Play er, t he ( mark) IN, ( mark) O UT poi nts, an d the now line w ill be used
in the me dia ba r for t ra nsport and ed itin g act io ns. In th e Sto ryboa rd, o nly the
nowlin e is rel evan t.
Display
An IN poin t, or ma rk I N p oint is s hown as a gre en line on t he me dia .
An OUT poin t, or ma rk O UT poi nt i s sh own as a re d lin e on the med ia.
The n owli ne, tha t i s t o s ay th e c urre nt posi tion within th e m edia , i s s ho wn as a
blue li ne on the me dia b ar. To p lace t he now line at a giv en pos iti on, s imp ly clic k
at th e re ques ted posi tion on th e med ia b ar.
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IN and OUT Points
When the sour ce clip is l oaded fro m t he T humbn a il v iew into th e Cl ip Play er, the
IN poi nt and O UT p oint c orresp ond to the sourc e c lip b ound aries .
When the so urce c lip is l oaded fr om the S toryb oa rd view in to the Cl ip Pla yer, the
IN poi nt and O UT p oint c orresp ond to the story bo ard cl ip bound arie s.
Mark IN and Mark OUT Points
In the C lip P laye r, cl ick at the r eque sted posi tion on the m edia bar an d cl ick the
Mark IN bu tton
to add th e mark IN of a sub -cli p.
In the C lip P laye r, cl ick at the r eque sted posi tion on the m edia bar an d cl ick the
Mark OU T bu tton
to ad d the ma rk OU T of a s ub-c l ip.
Moving Points
To move the posi tion of t he mark IN, m ark OU T or nowlin e, c lick on t hem w ith th e
mouse and drag them to t he des ired pos iti on.
Nowline Outside Media Bar
When the me dia is be in g played , the now line m oves alo ng the t op area of
media bar . If the por tio n of the top area c over s only a part of th e media,
nowlin e may disa ppea r. In this cas e, a red in dic ator, on t he left s ide or on
right sid e o f t he M edia b ar wi ll b e d ispl ayed . A cl ick o n t he v erti cal ind ica tor
the l eft or r ight sid e) w ill re-cen tre the top area to the n owlin e.
4.8.5
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the
the
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TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS
T RANSPORT C OMMANDS IN THE C LIP P LAYER
The f ollow ing tab le s how s an overv iew on the va rious tra nspor t c ontro l f i elds in
the C lip Play er. The tab l e lis ts the most use d co mmands when th ey c an only be
access ed v ia a sho rtcu t k ey.
Note:
The use r can cust omi ze the keybo ard s hort cuts v ia th e menu
Parame ters > K eyboa rd Profil es. Se e also the se ction 4 .3 ‘Me nu Bar’ ,
on pag e 4 5.
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Field/ Butto n
Keyboar d
Functio n Name an d Des cripti on
Shortcu t
Play/S top
(space bar )
Start /sto ps t he p revi ew ( video and /or audi o) o f a
clip or r ush.
The bu tton cha nges to a Stop i con w hen the
media is b eing pla yed.
Go to IN
-
Moves from the curre nt posit ion to th e Mar k IN
point .
Go to O UT
-
Moves from the curr ent p ositi on t o th e Ma rk OU T
point .
Fast F orwar d
Plays the medi a fo rward at a pres et f ast spee d.
The bu tton cha nges to a Stop i con w hen the
media is b eing pla yed for ward.
-
Fast F orwar d (w ith m odi fied s peed)
Change s th e pr eset spe e d to high er s peed val ue.
The sp eeds are set in the menu Param eter s >
Parame ters Prof iles : Me d ia Dis patc her> Def ault
profi le > Pla yer tab: Shif tSpeedM ax p arame ter.
+
Fast R ewind
Plays the medi a ba ckwar d at a pr eset fas t sp eed.
The ic on c hang es t o a St op ico n wh en t he me dia
is be ing play ed b ackwa rd .
Fast R ewind (wi th mod if ied sp eed)
Change s th e pr eset spe e d to high er s peed val ue.
The sp eeds are set in the menu Param eter s >
Parame ters Prof iles : Me d ia Dis patc her> Def ault
profi le > Pla yer tab: Shif tSpeedM ax p arame ter.
+
Go to Prev . Fra me
or
Moves 1 fr ame b efor e t he curre nt p osi tion in
Pause mode .
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Field/ Butto n
Keyboar d
Functio n Name an d Des cripti on
Shortcu t
Go to N ext Frame
Moves 1 fr ame a fte r th e c urrent pos iti on i n Pa use
mode.
or
Previo us 1 0 Fra mes
-
Moves 10 f rames bef ore t he cur rent pos iti on i n
Pause mode .
or
+
Next 1 0 Fr ames
-
Moves 10 f rames af ter th e curr ent posi tio n in
Pause mode .
or
+
Playin g a cli p fr om ma rk I N to m ark O UT
-
Playin g a cli p in loo p fr o m mark IN t o ma rk OU T
+
TC OUT of t he l oade d cl i p.
Durati on f rom the IN p oin t to the OUT p oint :
• If th e c lip is l oade d f rom the t humbn ail view , i t
displa ys the dura tion of t he sou rce clip .
• If the c lip is l oade d fr om the st orybo ard, it
displa ys the dura tion of t he st orybo ard clip .
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T RANSPORT C OMMANDS IN THE S TORYBOARD P LAYER
The f ollow ing tab le s how s an overv iew on the va rious tra nspor t c ontro l f i elds in
the S tory boar d Pl ayer . T he ta ble lis ts the most used comma nds when th ey ca n
only be a ccess ed v ia a s hortcu t k ey.
Note:
The us er c an defi ne t h e key board sh ortcu ts i n Xed io Ma nage r t o
perfor m tr ansp ort cont rol comma nds. The key s me ntion ed b elow are the
defau lt s etti ngs.
Field/ Butto n
Keyboar d
Functio n Name an d Des cripti on
Shortcu t
Play/S top
(space bar )
Start /sto ps p layi ng t he s t oryboa rd.
The bu tton cha nges to a Stop i con w hen the
media is b eing pla yed.
Fast F orwar d
Plays the medi a fo rward at a pres et f ast spee d.
The bu tton cha nges to a Stop i con w hen the
media is b eing pla yed for ward.
+
Fast F orwar d (w ith m odi fied s peed)
Change s th e pr eset spe e d to high er s peed val ue.
The sp eeds are set in the menu Param eter s >
Parame ters Prof iles : Me d ia Dis patc her> Def ault
profi le > Pla yer tab: Shif tSpeedM ax p arame ter.
Fast R ewind
Plays the medi a ba ckwar d at a pr eset fas t sp eed.
The bu tton cha nges to a Stop i con w hen the
media is b eing pla yed ba ckward .
Fast R ewind (wi th mod if ied sp eed)
+
Change s th e pr eset spe e d to high er s peed val ue.
The sp eeds are set in the menu Param eter s >
Parame ters Prof iles : Me d ia Dis patc her> Def ault
profi le > Pla yer tab: Shif tSpeedM ax p arame ter.
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Field/ Butto n
Keyboar d
Functio n Name an d Des cripti on
Shortcu t
Go to Prev . Fra me
Moves 1 fr ame b efor e t he curre nt p osi tion in
Pause mode .
or
Go to N ext Frame
Moves 1 fr ame a fte r th e c urrent pos iti on i n Pa use
mode.
or
Previo us 1 0 Fra mes
-
Moves 10 f rames bef ore t he cur rent pos iti on i n
Pause mode .
or
+
Next 1 0 Fr ames
-
Moves 10 f rames af ter th e curr ent posi tio n in
Pause mode .
or
+
Go to N ext Trans itio n (S torybo ard Play er o nly)
Moves to t he n ext stor yb oard c lip .
Go to Prev . Tra nsit ion ( Storyb oard Pla yer only )
Moves to t he p revi ous st oryboa rd c lip.
Durati on o f t he s toryb oar d.
This f iel d is not use d in t he Sto rybo ard Play er.
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CLIP CREATION FIELDS
The Clip Cre atio n fiel ds are speci fic to t he Clip Player . The stor yboa rd c lips can
indeed no t be modi fie d o nce t hey are incl uded in t he st orybo ard.
The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes the vari ous fiel ds t h at ar e us ed t o cr eate cli p s:
Field/ Butto n
Keyboar d
Functio n Name an d Des cripti on
Shortcu t
Mark I N
or
Sets a mar k IN poi nt a t t he now line pos itio n on
the me dia bar:
• A time code val ue i s ad de d in M ark IN TC fi eld.
• A [ si gn is s hown on t he video disp lay
• A gree n mar k is add ed a t thi s ti mecod e on the
media bar.
Mark OU T
or
Sets a mar k OUT poi nt a t the nowli ne posi tion on
the me dia bar:
• the timec ode val ue is ad ded in Mark OUT TC
field .
• A ] si gn is s hown on t he video disp lay
• A red mar k is a dded at this t imeco de on the
media bar.
Clip N ame
Field wher e th e cl ip n am e can be ente red.
Mark I N TC
Timeco de of the M ark I N define d on the l oaded
media.
Mark OU T TC
Timeco de o f th e Mar k OU T def ined on the load ed
media.
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Field/ Butto n
Keyboar d
Functio n Name an d Des cripti on
Shortcu t
Nowline TC
Timeco de o f th e no wlin e defin ed o n th e lo aded
media.
To move the mar k IN, ma rk OUT or nowli ne to a gi ven TC, type t he time cod e in the
corres pond ing fiel d an d p ress E NTER.
You ca n ed it hours , mi nut es, s econd s or fra mes se parate ly in t he t imeco de f ields :
4.8.7
•
Double -cli ck on the ho urs, mi nute s, se conds or fram es are a, an d the
corres pond ing area wil l b e act ivat ed f or e diti ng.
•
Simple -cli ck i n th e t imec ode f ield , th e c ursor sho uld b link on the righ t a nd you
can t ype the full tim ecod e val ue.
LOG BUTTONS
The Lo g bu tto ns ar e co m mon to the Cli p Pl ayer an d Stor yboa rd P laye r.
The logs ar e refer ence point s to a speci fic fra me in a video seq uenc e. Their
purpos e is to mark poi nt s of intere st on the med i a. The log is ide ntif ied b y a TC
value , and re lat es to a n action in a gi ven ev en t. It is assoc iat ed to k e ywords
and/or a rank ing in Xedi o Disp atch er. When no metada ta is a ssoc iate d t o the m,
they are named ‘cu e po in ts’.
The thre e Log b utto ns ar e used to a dd an d dele t e logs, a s well a s to mo ve from
one l og t o th e ot her.
For more inf ormat ion o n how to c reat e and mana ge log s, re fer t o the sec tion 5 .6
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5.1
GENERAL WORKING PROCESS
When you want to cre a te and e xpor t a st orybo ard, yo u wil l usua lly a p ply the
follow ing st eps. Th ese st eps are exp lai ned as si mple proc edur es in th e f ollowi ng
sectio ns. Clic k on the st e p to jump dire ctly to the c orresp ondi ng s ecti on.
1. Creati ng a n em pty stor yb oard, on page 79
2. Select ing medi a, o n pa ge 83
3. Adding sub -cli ps t o t he s t oryboa rd, on p age 97
4. Adding log s t o cl ips and/ or st orybo ard (opt iona l), on pag e 9 9
5. Checki ng t he s tory boar d, on p age 104
6. Export ing the stor yboa rd, on p age 105
5.2
MANAGING THE STORYBOARDS
5.2.1
HOW TO CREATE AN EMPTY STORYBOARD
To cre ate a st oryb oard , p roceed as fol lows:
1. Click the + si gn in t he t o p lef t co rner of the Stor y board area .
This o pens The Sto rybo a rd Pro pert ies wind ow.
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From t he G enera l t ab:
2. Type t he n ame of t he s to ryboar d in the Lab el f ield (mand ator y).
3. Fill in t he o ther fie lds, if needed .
Field
Descri ption
Descri ptio n
Option al text to desc ribe the e dit.
VarID
VarID give n to the sto ryb oard.
Aspect rat io
Defaul t as pect rat io to b e used for the edi t.
With HD vid eo stan dard s, the asp ect ra tio 16 :9 is select ed
and c anno t be mod ifie d in X edio Cle anEd it. Th is do es n ot
preven t from usi ng a med ia with a diff eren t aspec t ratio in the
edit.
With SD vide o stand ard s, you can cho ose the aspect ra tio
betwee n 4:3 an d 16:9 , a nd you can mo dify t his a s long as th e
edit is em pty .
4. Set th e st art time code t hat wi ll b e ta ken into a ccount dur ing the stor yb oard
export . Tw o op tion s ar e a vailab le.
o
Get the T C IN of t he fi rst storyb oard c lip a s star t TC by sel ecti ng the F rom
First Clip opt ion.
o
Manual ly se t th e st art TC by c leari ng t he Fr o m First Clip opt ion a n d
enter ing a sp ecif ic t imec ode i n th e St art T imec od e fie ld.
5. From t he Cu stom Meta da ta ta b, t wo c ases can occ ur:
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If o nly a d efau lt meta data prof ile is def ined fo r e dit s, t he m etad ata fie lds of
the d efau lt p rofi le a re d is played in thi s ta b an d ca n be fill ed i n.
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If sever al meta data p ro files ha ve bee n assoc ia ted to the ed its in Ed it
Metada ta P rofi le Asso cia tion wind ow ( one defa ult prof ile and one or more
associ ated pro fil es),
− First s elec t th e req uest e d prof ile i n th e Meta dat a Prof ile l ist ( firs t row o f
the t able ).
Then, the me tada ta f ield s link ed to the s elec ted profi le wi ll be disp laye d i n
the r ows b elow
− Fill in t he me tad ata fiel ds .
Note
The Allo w Chang e Ed it Prope rtie s opt ion m ust hav e been
select ed fr om Par ameters > Parameter s Profil esMed ia
Dispat cher > Ce fil term gr to all ow the d isp lay and upda te of
Custom Meta data .
6. Click OK.
The new s tory boar d is n o w avail able in th e Sto ryb oard ar ea as a new t ab. The tab
name is t he sto rybo ard n ame. Whe n a stor yboa rd is acti ve, t he tab i s und er lined i n
the S toryb oard are a.
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OTHER POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON STORYBOARDS
The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes the vari ous acti ons y ou can per form on a st or yboard :
Action
Descri ption
Opening a
storybo ard
Click on t he tab of t he r e queste d s toryb oard .
Modifyi ng a
storybo ard
propert ies
The tab name i s unde rlined a nd the st orybo ard clip s are
displa yed in the Stor yboa rd ta b as thum bnai ls.
Right- clic k the s tory boar d tab and sele ct Sto rybo ard Prop erti es
from t he c onte xtua l me nu .
The Sto ryboa rd Pr oper ti es wind ow is d ispl ayed . Type th e new
data and clic k OK.
See secti on 5.2 .1How t o Create an Emp ty Sto ryboar d79 for
detai ls o n th is w indow .
Deleti ng a
storybo ard
Right- clic k the stor yboa r d tab a nd se lect Dele te Storybo ard
from t he c onte xtua l me nu .
A messag e will a sk you for conf irma tion b efor e deleti ng the
storyb oard .
Sending a
storybo ard to
the Ex port tool
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Right- clic k t he s tory boar d tab an d s elec t Se nd S toryboa rd to
Export Tool from th e co n textu al me nu.
For more info rmati on o n expor ting s tory boar ds, refer t o the
sectio n 5 .9 ‘ Expor tin g th e Story boar d’, on p age 10 5.
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SELECTING RELEVANT MEDIA
5.3.1
DISPLAYING FOLDER CONTENT IN THE SOURCE DEVICE
AREA
XF driv es or U SB de vice s cont aini ng med ia ba ck ed up f rom EV S vid eo se rvers o n
an eve nt loca tion can be used in Xe dio Disp atch er .
H OW TO A DD AND S CAN A F OLDER
To dis play a fold er co nte nt, p roce ed a s fo llows :
1. In th e So urce Devi ce a re a, ri ght- clic k th e Fo lders line.
A cont extu al m enu appe a rs.
2. Select Add & Sc an Fo ld er.
A wind ow op ens.
3. Type a dev ice name .
4. Browse for the dev ice fol der t o sc an.
5. Click OK.
The fold er is ad ded to th e Source De vice a rea an d its con tent i s scan ned and can
be di splay ed in t he Wo rk space area .
F OLDER D ISPLAY P ROPERTIES
To chang e the roo t fol der disp lay, r ight -cli ck t he Folde rs area i n the Source
Device ar ea. A con text u al menu app ears . The R oot Folde r Displ ay opti on gives
access to a su b-me nu wi t h seve ral disp lay opt ions :
Menu Op tion
Descri ption
Device Labe l
This c orre spon ds t o t he d evice name giv en duri ng the A dd
& Scan Fol der oper atio n.
Folder Name
This c orre spon ds t o th e n ame of the fo lder /vol ume.
Full P ath
This c orre spon ds t o th e fold er f ull path (f older and its
subfo lders )
Folder – P ath
This d ispl ays the fol der n ame fo llow ed b y th e fo lde r pat h.
M ANAGING THE F OLDERS
A right -cli ck on a fol der opens a menu provi ding optio ns to add a s can f o lder, to
rescan t he sele cted f old er, to cha nge the pr oper ties of th e selec ted fo ld er or to
delet e th e se lect ed f olde r .
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LISTING CLIPS IN THE WORKSPACE AREA
You wi ll crea te the stor y board cli ps o n t he basi s of sour ce c lips in clud ed in the
availa ble medi a.
In the Works pace are a, t wo views are ava ilab le t o display t he cont ent of select ed
device s or fo lders .
•
the Th umbn ail view
•
the L ist view
D ISPLAYING THE S OURCE C LIPS IN THE T HUMBNAIL V IEW
Tickin g t he c heck box c orresp ondi ng t o a medi a in t he S ourc e De vice a rea a nd
clicki ng the
button to s elect th e Thumb nail v iew will disp lay thu mbna ils f or
each s ourc e cl ip i nclu ded in t his medi a on the Wor kspace are a.
L ISTING THE S OURCE C LIPS IN THE L IST V IEW
Tickin g th e ch eck box cor respon ding to a me dia in the So urce Dev ice area a nd
clicki ng the
but ton to s el ect t he L ist view will di sp lay t he l ist of s ourc e cl ip s
includ ed in t his m edia an d the ir a ssoc iate d met ad ata o n th e Wor kspa ce a re a.
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I NTRODUCTION
When the Xed io Disp atch er displ ays lar ge amou nt s of clips , it may beco me difficu lt
to fin d a sp ecif ic e leme nt. Th e Lis t vie w off ers severa l way s to s peed up your
search :
• quick tex t se arch
• filte rs o n pa ramet ers
By de faul t, the colu mns that ar e ta ken int o co nsider atio n f or the Quic k Tex t
Search are the one s cu rr ently vis ible in the grid .
If you w ish t o sear ch in other c olum ns, an d vie w the str ing y ou ar e sear c hing fo r
in th e co lumns , yo u ca n:
• add o ther col umns to t he Elemen ts g rid
• use Fi lter s, as ex pla ined in sec tio n ‘A dvanc ed F ilt ers’ o n p age 87
These sear ch t ools are e xplain ed in d etai l be low.
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All thes e search t ools ca n be combine d and they c an be saved fo r later us e . These
Saved Filt ers can then b e app lied in one clic k.
Q UICK T EXT S EARCH
Introduction
The Qu ick Text Sear ch f ield is a lways ava ilab le o n the top of the Elem ents grid :
It al lows sear chin g fo r a string in the dis play ed c o lumns.
The Qui ck Tex t Sea rch o ption o beys spec ific rule s which c an be acce ssed via the
Help b utto n
next to the Quick Text Sear ch f iel d.
For mor e de tai ls on th es e rule s, r efer to the sec ti on ‘Qu ick Text Sear ch R ules’ , on
page 8 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 87.
3.
and detail ed in sec tion
Click the Sear ch b utto n.
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 cl ear the app lied Qui c k Tex t Se arch , c lick the r ed "X" b utto n t o t he r ight
of the Sea rch fi eld
field .
5.
or select <empty > from th e Quick Tex t Searc h
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 trin g t hat you ent er in the Quic k T ext Sear ch fi eld is ana lyzed ac co rding to
the fol lowin g set o f rules , which ca n be acc essed via the He lp but ton
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 av aila ble f or more de tail ed sea r ch opera tion s. The p a ramete rs
availa ble for fil teri ng o perat ions are the colu mn hea ding s and any metada ta
associ ated by the user .
Filter Activation
Show/Hide Filter Button
To dis play , o r hi de, the Filter ex tend ed a rea, cli ck th e Sho w/Hid e Fi lter butt on
over the grid .
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Filter Butt on D ispla y
Meaning
(whit e)
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.
(colo 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 fiel d unde r th e Show/Hi de Filt er but ton lis ts thre e opti ons for the
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 media di spla yed in the Eleme nts gri d fulf ill 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 med ia d ispl ayed in the El emen ts gr id f ulfi ll at lea st
one o f th e se lect ed f ilt er criter ia.
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 med ia d ispl ayed in the El emen ts gr id f ulf ill none o f
the s elec ted filt er c rite ria .
Filter Fields
Under the Cr iter ia Com binati on fiel d, the us ers will be able to s elec t as many
filte r par amete rs as the y want a nd to choos e s pecif ic val ue(s ) for thes e filt er
parame ters . Th e us e of F ilter fie lds is e xpla ined i n the nex t se ctio n.
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Filter Fields
The Fi lter fi eld prov ides the lis t of al l th e p aram eters on whic h a sear ch can b e
perfor med. T he fol lowi ng screen shot is an ex ample of such a l ist. T he op tio ns may
diffe r be tween th e ap plic ation s of the Xed io S uite .
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 90.
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.
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Search Fields Types
Accord ing to the se lec te d filter pa ramet er, di ffer ent type s of searc h field s will be
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:
• Search b ased o n a spec i fic dat e (e.g . with i s…): a calen dar
will b e d ispla yed for the select ion of a da te.
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• Search base d on an i n terval (e. g. wi th b etwe en…): t wo
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 s pec ific dat e an d t ime (e. g. with is…):
two a ddit iona l f ield s wi ll be d isp layed , a cal end ar fo r th e
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
month,…) : n o ot her fiel d appear s.
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Filter Par amete r
Type
Displa yed C rite ria Fiel d 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 e d as foll ows:
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
90.
For fr ee t ext fie lds, pre ss ENTER to a pply the fi lte r.
Otherw ise, the Elem ents grid is a utoma tica lly rest r icted .
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 h ave de fine d a filter cr ite rion , you may want to sa ve it fo r late r 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 i n the Fil t er 0 tab disp lays a co n textu al menu wi th the f ollowi ng
optio ns:
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Menu Op tion
Descri ption
Create New Filt er
Allows the use rs t o cr eat e a n ew f ilte r ta b.
Save F ilte r As
Allows t he use rs to cr ea te a new fi lter t ab in wh ich the
curren t se arch fil ter will be sav ed.
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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LOADING A SOURCE CLIP ON THE CLIP
PLAYER
5.4.1
PURPOSE
A clip can be load ed on t he Clip Play er in diff eren t ways. You can th en cre ate subclips fro m t he s ourc e clip and inc lude th em into the st orybo ard. Fo r more
inform atio n, refe r to the sectio n 5.5 ‘Ad ding Cl ips or Sub-Clip s to the Sto r yboard ’,
on pag e 9 7.
5.4.2
HOW TO LOAD A CLIP IN THE CLIP PLAYER
•
To loa d a sour ce c lip fro m the Thumb nail vi ew, d ouble- clic k on it and the clip
will d ispl ay in t he Cl ip P l ayer.
The cl ip b ound arie s di spl ayed a re the ones of the source cli p.
•
To load a s ource clip f r om the Lis t view , dou ble -click o n it an d the c lip will
displa y i n th e Cl ip P layer .
•
To load the sou rce cli p on which a stor yboa rd cl ip is based , doubl e-cl ick the
storyb oard cli p in th e st o ryboar d an d th e cl ip w ill displa y i n th e Cl ip P layer .
The cl ip b ound arie s di spl ayed a re the ones of the storyb oard cli p.
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active , a nd t he C lip P lay er bu tton is sele cted
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ADDING CLIPS OR SUB-CLIPS TO THE
STORYBOARD
You ca n cre ate sub-c lips of th e sou rce clip s in t he Cli p Pla yer, or t ake over t he
source cli ps, and add the m to the open sto ryboa rd .
5.5.1
HOW TO CREATE A SUB-CLIP AND ADD IT TO THE
STORYBOARD
To cre ate a su b-cl ip a nd add i t to the sto rybo ard, procee d as fol lows :
1. Ensure the re ques ted st oryboa rd i s o pen in the Storyb oard are a (s ee s e ction
5.2.1 , on pag e 79 ).
2. Open th e requ este d sour ce clip i n the C lip Pl aye r view (se e sec tion 5 .3, on
page 8 3).
3. Add a mark IN poin t in on e of the foll owin g way s:
o
Use the tr ansp ort co ntro l button s (see pa ge 72) t o move the now lin e to the
reques ted fram e an d cl ic k mark IN butt on.
o
Type t he r eque sted TC in the TC Ma rk IN fi eld and press ENTE R.
4. Add a mark OUT poin t in one o f th e fo llow ing w ays :
o
Use the tr ansp ort co ntro l button s (see pa ge 72) t o move the now lin e to the
reques ted fram e an d cl ic k mark OUT butt on
o
.
Type t he r eque sted TC in the TC Ma rk OU T fi eld a nd pre ss E NTER.
5. Enter a na me i n th e Cl ip Name f ield , if req uest ed.
6. Drag the sub -cli p to the open stor yboa rd and dro p it either at th e end of the
storyb oard , or bet ween t wo story boar d clip s. The positi on wher e the cl ip will
be dro pped whe n yo u re l ease the m ouse is show n with a ve rtic al green bar :
Note
You cann ot mod ify a st or yboard c lip on ce it i s incl uded in a s tory board . If
you wan t to ch ange the bounda ries of th e stor yb oard cl ip, y ou nee d to,
add a new o ne w ith the r equest ed b ound arie s an d delet e th e st oryb oard
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HOW TO ADD SOURCE CLIPS TO THE STORYBOARD
To add a sou rce cl ip to t he story boar d, you c an d rag it fr om the T h umbn ail view or
from the L ist vie w of th e workspa ce and dr op it at the requ este d place in the
Storyb oard are a.
To add se vera l sour ce c lips at a time , you ca n select them t hank s to th e usual
command s, a s de tai led in sect ion ‘Sel ecti ng Te chn iques’ on pag e 49 .
Clips are then add ed i n c hronol ogic al o rder .
5.5.3
HOW TO REPLACE A CLIP IN THE STORYBOARD
To replac e a clip in the s torybo ard by a sour ce cli p or a sub-clip , press t h e CTRL
key wh ile drag ging the so urce c lip or the sub-c lip t o the sto rybo ard.
The st oryb oard elem ent t hat i s go ing to b e re plac e d is surro unde d by a g ree n lin e:
5.5.4
HOW TO MODIFY THE STORYBOARD CLIP BOUNDARIES
You can not e dit the b ou ndarie s of a sto rybo ard clip. In th is c ase yo u need t o
replac e t he s toryb oard cli p.
To mod ify the boun dari es of a sto rybo ard clip , pr o ceed a s f ollow s:
1. In th e op en s tory boar d, d ouble- clic k th e s toryb oar d cli p yo u wan t t o re plac e.
This l oads the sou rce cli p of the stor yboa rd c lip o n the Clip Pla yer.
The di spla yed clip bou nd aries are the ones of the storyb oard cli p.
2. Modify the mar k IN and /o r mark OUT poin ts t o pr e pare the new s ub- c lip.
3. Drag t he n ew s ub-cl ip to the s tory board and dro p i t aft er t he c lip to be d elet ed.
4. Right- clic k th e cli p to be delet ed in the sto ryboa rd and s elec t Del ete S elec ted
Edit C lip from the con tex tual m enu.
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ADDING LOGS TO A CLIP
5.6.1
INTRODUCTION
Wheneve r you w ant , you can add logs to th e mate rial lo aded in th e Cli p Pl ayer, o r
in the Sto rybo ard P laye r . Even if y ou a dd t he lo g in t he S toryb oard Play er, th e
logs are in f act adde d to the s ource cl ip.
A cue poin t i s a log with o ut as socia ted meta data .
When
ke yword
grid s
are
sto red
in
C:\Program
Files\EVS
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the gri ds ar e aut o matica lly
detec ted a nd ar e ava ilab l e in th e Log ger tab. The n keywo rds c an be asso c iated to
a log .
Equipment\XedioDispatcher\Keyword
Grids,
Would keywo rds grid s b e ava ilab le o r no t, a ra nking lev el a nd/o r fr ee t ext c an
always be asso ciat ed t o t he lo g.
5.6.2
HOW TO ADD A LOG TO A CLIP AND ASSOCIATE METADATA
The fo llow ing proc edur e explai ns the diff eren t wa ys to add log s an d to as sociat e
metada ta t o t hem.
Preliminary Steps
You f irst nee d to loa d a c lip a nd p osit ion the nowl i ne at the spe cifi c ti meco de:
1. Load the sou rce clip in t he Cl ip P laye r o r t he s tor yboard cl ip in the Stor yb oard
Player . Fo r mor e i nform at ion, see the sect ions 5.4 . 2 and 5.8 .2.
2. Positi on th e now line on t he fram e wher e you w an t to ad d a lo g in o ne of the
follow ing ways :
o
Using the tran spor t bu tto ns
o
Draggi ng t he n owli ne t o t he req uest ed frame
o
Typing th e re ques ted TC in t he nowli ne T C f ield (in Cl ip Play er o nly) and
pressi ng E NTER.
Add a Cue Point
If you w ant to add a cue point , whic h is a log w ith no asso ciat ed me tada ta, simply
click the Add L og b utto n
.
A whit e tr iang le is d ispl a yed on th e med ia b ar a t t he cue po int timec ode.
Add a Log with Metadata
A log can be added wi th one or a combin atio n of the follow ing met adat a:, fr ee text,
rankin g le vel and keyw or ds. A log can be ente red in on e of the fol lowi ng w a ys:
•
In the Logg er tab of th e Tools are a, clic k the req uested Ra nking bu tto n (f rom
no st ar t o th ree star s) t o assign a r anki ng level to the l og
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A colo red tria ngle is dis pl ayed o n t he me dia bar.
•
In the Lo gger t ab of th e Tools are a, ent er some text in th e free t ext fi el d to
add f ree text to the log
A whit e tr iang le is d ispl a yed on th e med ia b ar.
•
If keyw ords g rids h ave b een det ecte d by Xe dio D ispatc her, they a re av ail able
from t he L ogge r to ol. The n, pr oceed as fol lows:
1.
Click the Keywo rd G rid S elect ion fiel d.
The li st of a vail able keyw ord gr ids is disp layed :
2.
Select th e key word gri d y ou wan t to use .
3.
Click the keyw ords you w ant t o as soci ate to y our l og
A whit e tr iang le is d ispl a yed on th e med ia b ar.
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The log cr eate d is add ed to the med ia bar , but t he log and i ts ass ocia ted me tadat a
are d ispla yed in diff eren t ways in t he u ser int erfac e.
L OG C OLOR AND R ANKING
The lo g wi ll h ave a di ffe r ent c olor dep endi ng o n th e rank ing assi gned :
•
White l og fo r no- star r anking (de faul t) or for a cue p oint (no a ssoc i ated
metada ta)
•
Blue log for 1-st ar ra nkin g
•
Green log for 2-st ar r anki ng
•
Red lo g fo r 3- star ran kin g
K EYWORDS A SSOCIATED TO A L OG
Player Area
Once th e now line is p osit ioned on a l og t imeco de, the ke yword s ass ocia ted to thi s
log are li sted b elow t he v ideo dis play a nd are d isp layed as a t ool ti p when you roll
the mo use over the log :
Logger Area
When the nowl ine is pos ition ed on a log, y ou ca n easil y fin d back the k eyword s
assign ed to t his log in t h e Logg er a rea as:
•
The keyw ord g rid a nd ke yword gr id pa ges t hat c ontai n keyw ords a ssig ne d to
the s elec ted log are disp l ayed w ith an a ster isk.
•
The keyw ords assi gned to the s elec ted l og are dis play ed on a lig hter
backgr ound , li ke ‘Inj ury’ i n the nex t sc reens hot .
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OTHER POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON LOGS
The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes s hort ly othe r pos sib l e act ions on logs :
Action
Descri ption
Moving from one log to the
other
• Click th e Go to Prev . Lo g button
to move to
the l og p osit ione d on the left of t he n owli ne.
• Click the Go to Ne xt Lo g button
to move to
the l og p osit ione d on the right of the nowl ine.
Deleti ng a log
When the now line i s posi tione d on a log (us ing th e
, but tons ) y ou c an del ete i t ( and all it s
metada ta) in o ne o f t he f ollowi ng w ays:
• Clicki ng the Del ete Lo g button
bottom of the Log ger are a.
• Clicki ng CT RL+
Displa ying only log s ha ving
a give n ra nking
at the
.in t he P l ayer a rea.
By def ault , al l lo gs a re displ ayed in the load e d
materi al.
If you wan t to dis play only the logs hav ing a
specif ic ran king , righ t-cl i ck on the l og, ri ght ab ov e
the me dia bars .
The foll owin g cont extu al menu is di spla yed.
Select t he chec k boxes ( extern al) th at corr espon d
to th e ra nkin g(s) you wan t to disp lay.
Do the rev erse ope rati on to re disp lay all logs .
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RECORDING AN AUDIO GUIDE TRACK
5.7.1
INTRODUCTION
You h ave the poss ibi lity to recor d a voi ce-o ver sequ ence on one tra ck of the
storyb oard .
You can on ly rec ord on e audio g uide t rack f or one stor yboa rd. On ce th e audio
guide tr ack has b een cre ated, yo u cann ot modi fy it. If you wa nt to ch ange it, you
need to d elet e it and rec ord a new one.
By defaul t, the au dio gui de track is st ored and e xporte d on the ste reo tra ck 3 of
the s toryb oard . Th e tr ack on wh ich it is s tore d is d efine d vi a th e men u Pa ra meters
> Par amete r Pr ofi les: Me dia D ispa tcher > Defa ult param eter pr ofil e > Sto r yboard
tab: A udioG uide Track O utput s ett ing. Aud io g ui de tr ack w ill be m ixed o ver an y
exist ing audi o on thi s au dio t rack .
5.7.2
HOW TO RECORD AN AUDIO GUIDE TRACK
The story boar d on which you want to add th e au dio guid e track i s alrea d y loaded
in the St orybo ard Pl aye r (see sec tion 5 .8. 2 ‘Ho w to Load a St oryb oard in the
Storyb oard Pla yer’ on pa ge 104 ).
To rec ord an A udio Gui de Track on the stor yboa rd, proce ed a s f ollow s:
1. Positi on the nowli ne w her e you want to star t t he a u dio g uide seq uence .
2. Click the Star t Aud io Gu ide bu tto n
.
A coun tdow n (d efau lt 3 -s econd prer oll) sta rts and is sho wn o n th e bu tto n
. It indi cate s t he n umber of se conds be fore the rec ording pro cess
starts an d al lows you to get r eady for the rec ordi n g.
3. Start spea king whe n th e butto n tu rns red
.
4. Click the but ton agai n wh en th e vo iceo ver s eque nc e is fini shed .
The re cord bu tton bec om es th e De lete Audi o Gu i de bu tton
: clic k on th is
butto n if you are n ot s at isfie d wit h th e rec orde d audio guid e, a nd cr eate a new
one.
Note
The defa ult val ue for th e Audio Tra ck Guid e Pre roll can be mo difi ed in
the Audi oGui deTra ckPr e Roll set ting de fin ed via the menu Pa ramet ers >
Parame ter Pr ofil es: Me dia Dis patc her > D efau lt para mete r pro file >
Storyb oard tab .
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CHECKING THE STORYBOARD
5.8.1
INTRODUCTION
Once the st orybo ard is cr eated , you can che ck the result by loa ding t he sto ryboar d
in th e St oryb oard Play er.
5.8.2
HOW TO LOAD A STORYBOARD IN THE STORYBOARD PLAYER
To loa d a stor yboa rd i n t he Sto rybo ard Play er, pr oceed as foll ows:
1. Click the Stor yboar d Pl a yer bu tto n
to op en t he S torybo ard Play er.
1. Drag t he t ab o f t he r eque sted story boar d to th e St oryboa rd P laye r:
The sto rybo ard i s op en in the Stor yboa rd pl ay er. In play mode , th e fr ame
around t he stor yboa rd cli p will turn bl ack whe n th e corresp ondi ng cli p is being
played :
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EXPORTING THE STORYBOARD
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Once y our sto ryboa rd is f inali zed, you can ex port i t to mult iple de stin atio ns and t o
multip le forma ts a t th e sa me tim e.
Xedio Disp atch er ma kes it p ossi ble to expor t t he fi nal stor yboa rd t o variou s
desti nati on t ypes :
•
to Tar get
This al lows you t o exp ort a s tory board to d es tinat ion f olde rs an d for mats
predef ined in the tar get profi les you c an s elec t b efore you laun ch the ex port
proces s. F or mo re i nfor mation on crea ting new targ et p rofi les, ref er t o the
sectio n 3 .1 ‘ Expor t Ta rge t Pro file s’, on p age 9.
Each tar get pr ofi le is defin ed in an . xml fi le that has t o be st ore d in
C:\XedioDispatcherMS\Profiles\RTProf.
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to Fi le
This all ows you to expo rt a storybo ard to a f ile th at can be re ad by an e xt ernal
system .
•
to Dev ice
This all ows yo u to exp ort a storybo ard to an ext er nal dev ice: XDC AM, XDC AM
SxS or P2.
5.9.2
OVERVIEW OF THE STORYBOARD EXPORT PROCESS
This s ecti on g ives you an overv iew on t he e xpor t p rocess :
1.
Open th e re leva nt E xpor t tab:
In the Too ls area , clic k the Expor t tab cor re spondi ng to th e requi r ed
desti nati on t ype to e xpan d it:
2.
Select the sto ryboa rd to be ex port ed:
From th e Sto rybo ard a re a, add the stor yboar d to the se lect ed Ex port tab in
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one o f th e fo llow ing w ays :
• Right- clic k in the S tory board ar ea, an d sele ct the Send S toryb oard t o
Export Tool comm and in the c onte xtua l men u:
This a ctio n is on ly v alid f or th e Exp ort to T arge t t y pe.
• Drag t he s tory boar d ta b t o the ope n Ex port tab :
This a ctio n is va lid for an y typ e of exp ort: to Targ e t, to Fil e an d to Dev ice.
3.
Specif y th e exp ort sett i ngs:
Specif y the expo rt se ttin gs as de tail ed in the s ec tion 4 .6.3 ‘Expo rt To ols’ on
page 5 9 f or t he s elec ted tab.
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Launch the expor t pr oc ess:
Click t he St art b utto n at the bo ttom of th e Exp ort tab to begi n the conv ersi on
proces s.
5.9.3
EXPORTING A STORYBOARD TO A TARGET
H OW TO E XPORT A S TORYBOARD TO T ARGET
To expo rt a s tory boar d open i n the Stor yboar d area to a t arge t, pr o ceed as
follow s:
1. Click the Expo rt t o Ta rge t tab in the Tool s ar ea t o expand it .
2. In th e Ta rget fie ld, do o n e of the foll owin g:
o
to use an e xist ing expo rt profi le: from the Targe t field , se lect the name of
the Ta rget Pro file you wa nt to use to expo rt t he s t oryboa rd.
o
to creat e a new profi le: s elect Cre ate new tar get from the Tar get fie ld and
procee d as des crib ed i n secti on 3 .1. 2 ‘Cr eati ng your Ow n Ex port Targ et
Profil e’ on p age 9.
3. From t he S toryb oard are a , add the sto rybo ard to t h e lis t of exp ort jobs
The st oryb oard name is a dded to t he l ist of expor t jobs.
4. Click Star t at the bot tom of th e Ex port too l.
The st oryb oard is expo rte d as defi ned in t he s elec t ed ta rget pro file .
The pr ogre ss o f th e ex po rt jo b is dis play ed i n th e List of e xpor t jo bs:
Refer to s ecti on ‘Expo rt J ob Sta tus ’ on pag e 61 for the list of poss ible dis pl ays.
The story boar ds added t o the list wil l remain av ailab le in the lis t, whet h er they
have b een expo rted or no t, un til the end of the use r sess ion.
E XPORTING M ETADATA
During the crea tion of t h e expo rt ta rget pro file, if the Gen erat e EVS metad ata fi le
optio n ha s b een sel ecte d in the Hi gh R esol utio n File Cre atio n d ialo g b ox , in the
Proxy/ LoRes Fi le C reat i on di alog bo x an d/or in the E xpor t t o EVS Vi deo Serv er
dialo g box, an evs .xml f ile tha t con tain s all t he metada ta ass ocia ted t o t he A/V
materi al i s cre ated for e ach co dec/ forma t, a nd d estin atio n fo lder defi ned in th e
targe t pr ofil e.
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E XPORTING L OGS
During t he crea tion o f th e export t arge t profi le, i f the Genera te log sh eet file or
the Expor t logs as loca tors to Avid opt ion has been sele cted in t he Exp ort Log
Sheet File dia log box , st o ryboar d cu t po ints are ex ported as logs .
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Storyb oard star t tim ecod e and st oryb oard end t im ecode a re co nsid ered as cut
point s.
•
Each c ut p oin t be tween the star t an d th e en d of th e st oryb oard con tai ns 2
logs: on for the IN p oint and on e f or t he OU T po in t.
Each l og w ill cont ain the follow ing inf ormat ion:
•
No ran king
•
No keyw ord
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Descri ptio n giv ing th e so urce med ia la bel, the TC IN or TC OUT of th e so urce
media shot by the came r a, an d th e sh ooti ng d ate.
O THER P OSSIBLE A CTIONS ON E XPORT J OBS
The fo llow ing tabl e de scr ibes othe r pos sib le a ctio ns on expo rt jobs :
Action
Descri ption
Deleti ng an ite m in the l ist
of exp ort jobs
Right- clic k the it em in t he list t hat yo u want t o
remove , and sele ct De let e Selec ted I tem f rom th e
contex tua l men u
OR
Select th e it em an d pr ess the D elet e ke y.
Cleari ng th e l ist o f ex po rt
jobs
To clear t he list o f expo rt jobs, a lrea dy expo rted
or not , cl ick t he Cl ear Li st but ton at th e bo ttom o f
the Ex port Too l ar ea.
It does not cl ear the ou t put of expor t jobs sto red
on th e va rious des tin atio n fol ders .
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Moving an i tem in th e l i st of
export jobs
To move an item with in the ex port lis t, d rag it t o
requir ed po sit ion. A thi n red l ine i ndic ates th e
drop p osi tion .
Renamin g an item in the list
of exp ort jobs
To rename a n item w ith in the ex port l ist, s elec t
the Na me f ield and typ e a new name .
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HOW TO EXPORT A STORYBOARD TO FILE OR DEVICE
To expor t a story board o pen in the St oryb oard ar ea to a file or d evic e, pr oceed as
follow s:
1. Click the Expo rt t o Fi le o r Expo rt t o De vice tab in the To ols area to exp and it.
2. From t he S toryb oard are a , add the sto rybo ard to t h e tab .
The in form atio n gr oup bo x, as well as the Fil e Na me lab el, is fill ed w ith th e
inform atio n re late d t o th e story boar d.
3. Comple te t he f ield s fr om the De stin atio n zo ne
4. Click Star t at the bot tom of th e Ex port too l.
The exp ort proc ess b egi ns and a pro gres s bar allows the user to mo ni tor th e
progre ss o f th e pr oces s.
At the end , a messa ge i nforms t he user t hat th e process ha s been su cc essful ly
comple ted:
Note
‘40% playou t rat e’ me ans that t he en codi ng pr oces s was 40% slow er th an
real tim e (100% means r eal-t ime, 20 0% means 2 times fast er tha n real
time).
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EXPORTING CLIPS AND SUB-CLIPS
You c an a lso exp ort ind ividua l s ourc e cl ips, or sub-cl ips usi ng t he one of the
Export tool s. Pr ocee d in the sam e way a s for stor yboard s for expo rtin g cli ps an d
sub-cl ips.
To add a s ourc e clip , dr ag the t humbn ail o f the source clip from t he Thu mbnail
view or from the Li st vie w of the wor kspa ce to th e ope n E xpor t t ab c orre s pondin g
to th e re quir ed d esti nati on ty pes. To a dd s ever al sourc e cl ips at a tim e, you ca n
select them t hank s to t he usua l comma nds, as detail ed in s ecti on ‘Se lecti ng
Techni ques ’ on pag e 49 . Clips are then add ed i n c hronol ogic al o rder .
To add a su b-cl ip c reat e d in t he Cl ip P laye r, d ef ine th e IN and OUT p oin ts, an d
possib ly name for the su b-clip in the Cli p Pl ayer , and drag it to the ope n Expor t
tab.
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Glossary
Term/Ac ronym
Defini tion/ Expl anat ion
Cue Po int
Refere nce poi nt to a spec ific fr ame in a vide o
sequen ce. Th eir pu rpose is to mark po ints o f int erest
on th e med ia. The cue p oint is o nly iden tif ied by a TC
value .
Event
Event tha t is ass ocia ted to a pro duct ion show . I t can
be a foot ball g ame, an enter tainm ent sh ow, a r ealit y
show, …
Keyword
Metada ta att ache d to a log that p rovi des in form ation
on th e med ia c onte nt.
Keyword gri d
Keyword s d ispla yed as ic ons i n a grid .
Level of inte rest
See ‘R anki ng’
Log
Refere nce po int s to a specif ic fr ame in a video
sequen ce. Th eir pu rpose is to mark po ints o f int erest
on the m edia . The l og is ident ifie d by a TC valu e, and
relat es to an ac tio n in a given eve nt. I t is ass oc iated
to ke yword s a nd/o r a rankin g, and poss ibly other
metada ta r elat ed to t he a ction .
Log sh eet
File that con tain s al l lo gs for a gi ven even t.
Rankin g
Metada ta atta ched
import ance giv en t o
stars ( no st ar = n ot
= impo rtan t, 3 st ars
Source cli p
A/V ma teri al stor ed on th e dev ice tha t h as r ecor d ed it
(for examp le P2, XDCAM camer as, or an EVS ser ver) ,
and u sed as sourc e c o ntent to cre ate anot her A/V
outpu t (pl ayli st, time lin e, sto rybo ard, etc .). T h is is
also c all ed ‘ shoo t’ o r ‘f oo tage’ .
Source fil e
A/V mate rial s tore d on a workst atio n or sto rage , and
used a s so urce con tent to cr eate ano ther A/V o utput
(playl ist , ti meli ne, stor yb oard, etc .).
Storyb oard cli p
Indiv idua l el ement inc lud ed in a st oryb oard . Th is can
be a sub-c lip or a fu ll s ou rce cl ip/ file .
Sub-cl ip
Part of a sour ce mat eria l, def ined b y an IN and OUT
point s, t hat repr esen ts a new A/ V mat eria l.
to a log th at chara cter izes the
th e l og, an d us uall y sym boli z ed by
imp o rtant , 1 st ar = us eful , 2 stars
= ver y impo rtan t).
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Index
A
Areas
device · 47
Export tool · 59
Logger · 57
storyboard · 66
workspace · 48
Audio Guide Track
button · 56, 70
enable · 33
record · 103
C
Cleanup
DB · 45
Clip
loading · 95
Clip Player
clip creation fields · 77
description · 67
transport commands · 72
view · 48, 53
Codecs supported
for export · 1
for source files · 1
D
DB
cleanup · 45
parameters · 30
Definition
export target profile · 9
Device area · 47
E
Enable
Audio Guide Track · 33
Match Frame · 33
Export
clip · 110
storyboard · 107, 109
Export job
clear list · 108
delete · 108
move item · 108
rename item · 108
Export Target Profile · 9
112
creation · 9
selection · 61
Export tool · 59
F
Fast Forward · 73
Fast Rewind · 73
Formats supported · 1
G
Go to
IN/OUT · 73
Next frame · 74
Prev. frame · 73
H
HD · 4
I
Import Key File · 5
IN point · 71
Installation · 6
J
Jog bar · 70
K
Keyboard profiles · 45
Keyword
display · 101
display used keywords · 101
Keyword grids · 57
availability · 16
L
Launch
Xedio Dispatcher · 42
Licenses · 5
List view · 51
list clips · 84
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clip · 95
Log
add · 99
color · 101
description · 78
display based on ranking · 102
displayed information · 101
move between logs · 102
Logger · 57
M
Mark IN point · 71, 77
Mark OUT point · 71, 77
Match Frame
button · 56
enable · 33
Media bar · 70
Menu bar · 45
Moving
points · 72, 78
N
Next/Previous
clip · 54
storyboard · 56
nowline · 71
O
OUT point · 71
P
Parameter
AllowAudioGuideTrack · 33
AllowMatchFrame · 33
JogRangeHI · 32
Parameter Profiles · 23
Play · 73, 74
R
ranking · 57
Ranking
log color · 101
Requirements
hardware · 4
software · 4
source files · 3
RTProf · 9
S
SD · 4
search
grid filters · 87
Settings · 23
video display · 67
Source clips
display metadata · 84
display thumbnails · 84
load · 95
Start
Xedio Dispatcher · 42
Stop · 73
Storyboard
add clips · 97
adding to export list · 82
check · 104
create · 79
delete · 82
delete clip · 98
export · 105
modify clip · 97, 98
open · 82
overwrite clip · 98
rename · 82
selecting tracks · 68
Storyboard area · 66
Storyboard Player
description · 67
view · 48, 55
Supported formats · 1
T
Target Profile
definition · 9
Thumbnail view · 48, 49
open clips · 84
Track selection · 68
V
Video display · 67
Views
in workspace · 48
W
Workspace area · 48
X
Xedio Dispatcher
launch · 42
overview · 42
working process · 79
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