NewTek TriCaster TC1 (2 RU) - Manual (Page 137)

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• (Not shown) – Double-click an entry in the playlist pane to begin playback at the start of that
playlist entry
P REVIOUS , N EXT AND P RESENTATIONS
It’s extremely useful to realize that, since transitions can be added between playlist
items, pressing Previous or Next likewise employs transitions. Whether playback is
underway or stopped, and whether the items are clips or stills, you can use Previous and
Next to transition backward and forward between items.
This provides a perfect way to manage presentations using Media Players , hence our inclination to refer to
this as the “Presentation workflow’. With macros (and perhaps MIDI buttons) driving the presentation, this
makes it easy to handle control graphics and video for seminars, to update weather graphics, and more.
Hint: In addition, since transitions support transparency, you can queue up a series of titles in a playlist, display
it in a DSK, and transition backward and forward between titles interactively simply using Previous and Next.
S PEED
The DDR supports variable speed playback between 25% and 400% of the normal rate
(100%). Speed can even be adjusted during playback.
Note: Certain highly compressed video file formats cannot successfully be played back at rates
beyond 200%, even though Speed value is set to a higher value.
As is common for numeric input controls in the interface, drag left or right to adjust the Speed value, or click
the slider to access a direct entry field allowing you to type a value using the keyboard.
Hint: Press Shift while double-clicking Speed to quickly reset to the 100% default.
L OOP
Enabling Loop repeats playback continuously (respecting the Single switch state).
A UTOPLAY
When enabled, the Autoplay switch has several important effects. First, it initiates
playback automatically when the associated Media Player is placed on Program Out by
a (Switcher) Take or Transition operation either directly (as a Switcher row selection)
or indirectly – such as by being displayed via an M/E channel or DSK operation.
Second, if player output is displayed on Program the reverse Switcher transition occurs automatically as the
end of play approaches, whether the Out Point of the current item for Single play or the end of the playlist.
(This behavior is optional for M/Es – see Options in Section 14.2 and Section 7.1.)
Note: Unlike Switcher transitions, the DSK ‘out’ effect does not occur automatically as the end of play
approaches.
In either case, when the Media Player is in standard operating mode (as opposed to Playlist mode), the
current play position advances to the next item after playback is automatically stopped.
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