EVS IPDirector Version 4.3 - October 2007 Part 3 User's Manual User Manual

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User's Manual

- PART 3 - Version 4.3 - October 2007

Table of contents

Document Outline

Copyright
Disclaimer
Improvement Requests
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Logging and Browsing
Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out
Part 4: System Management and Troubleshooting
1. Recorder Panel
- 1.1 INTRODUCTION
  - Recorder panel Use Depending on XT Mode
  - How To open a recorder panel associated with a channel
- 1.2 RECORDER PANEL SHORTCUTS
2. Ingest Scheduler
- 2.1 INTRODUCTION
- 2.2 HOW TO OPEN INGEST SCHEDULER
- 2.3 HOW TO SCHEDULE EVENTS USING IP INGEST SCHEDULER
  - Time Area
  - Clip area
- 2.4 TIMELINE
3. VTR Control Panel
- 3.1 INTRODUCTION
  - 3.1.1 Purpose
  - 3.1.2 Overview of the Display Modes
- 3.2 OPENING THE VTR CONTROL PANEL
  - 3.2.1 How to Open the VTR Control Panel From Channel Explorer
  - 3.2.2 How to Open the VTR Control Panel From the Toolbar
- 3.3 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 1: TRANSPORT MODE
  - 3.3.1 Purpose
  - 3.3.2 Screen elements and functions
- 3.4 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 2: AUTO-EDIT MODE
- 3.5 VTR CONTROL PANEL MODE 3: BATCH DIGITIZE MODE
- 3.6 VTR CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS
4. Player Control Panel
- 4.1 INTRODUCTION
- 4.2 OVERVIEW OF THE CONTROL PANEL
  - Channel Media Pane
  - Linked Video Display Pane
  - Transport Functions Pane
  - Clip Creation Pane
  - Tabbed Pane
- 4.3 VIEWS OF THE CONTROL PANEL
  - Minimal View
  - Transport Functions View
  - Clip Creation View
  - Full View
- 4.4 CHANNEL MEDIA PANE
  - 4.4.1 On-Air Button
  - 4.4.2 Channel Field
  - 4.4.3 Pane Display Icon
  - 4.4.4 Lock Icon
  - 4.4.5 Loaded Media Field
  - 4.4.6 LSM ID Field
- 4.5 TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS PANE
  - 4.5.1 Time Information Group Box
  - 4.5.2 Left Timecode field
  - 4.5.3 Right Duration field
  - 4.5.4 Play Mode Icon
  - 4.5.5 Custom Speed Field
  - 4.5.6 Browsing within Video Material with the ShuttlePRO
  - 4.5.7 Jog bar
  - 4.5.8 Play Icon
  - 4.5.9 Pause Icon
  - 4.5.10 Fast Rewind Icon
  - 4.5.11 Fast Forward Icon
  - 4.5.12 E/E Icon
  - 4.5.13 Direct Access Buttons to the Trains on the ShuttlePRO
  - 4.5.14 Snap Icon
  - 4.5.15 Ret Icon
  - 4.5.16 Grab Frame
- 4.6 CLIP CREATION PANE
  - 4.6.1 Time Information
  - 4.6.2 Goto IN Icon
  - 4.6.3 Goto OUT Icon
  - 4.6.4 Mark IN
  - 4.6.5 Mark OUT
  - 4.6.6 Clear IN
  - 4.6.7 Clear OUT
  - 4.6.8 Update Clip Icon
  - 4.6.9 New Clip Icon
  - 4.6.10 Last Clips Created List
  - 4.6.11 Gang Function
  - 4.6.12 Sync Function
  - 4.6.13 Take Function
  - 4.6.14 Secondary Control mode
  - 4.6.15 Clip Status
- 4.7 SAVE CLIP WINDOW
  - Window Overview
  - Later Access to the Data
  - 4.7.1 Fields in the Save Clip Window
  - 4.7.2 Clip Location
  - 4.7.3 Clip Name
- 4.8 CLIP INFORMATION TAB
  - 4.8.1 Keyword List
  - 4.8.2 Interest Level Icons
  - 4.8.3 Clip Type Icons
  - 4.8.4 Source Field
  - 4.8.5 On XT Field
  - 4.8.6 Creation Date
  - 4.8.7 Published to Check Boxes
  - 4.8.8 Linked to Clips List
  - Display Thumbnails Check Box
  - 4.8.10 Grab Thumbnails Button
  - 4.8.11 Owner Field
  - 4.8.12 Clips Sent to List
- 4.9 METADATA TAB
- 4.10 GANGED CHANNELS TAB
- 4.11 CLIP-LIST TAB
  - Off-line and On-Line Play-Lists
  - Distant and Local Play-Lists
  - 4.11.1 Channel Media Pane
  - 4.11.2 Video Display
  - 4.11.3 Clip Transport Functions
  - 4.11.4 Clip-List Menu
  - 4.11.5 Play-List Name and LSM ID
  - 4.11.6 Play-List Functions
  - 4.11.7 Element List
    - Field Description
  - 4.11.8 Colour Code in the Element List
  - 4.11.9 Contextual Menu
- 4.12 CONTEXTUAL MENU
- 4.13 SETTINGS
  - 4.13.1 Clip Creation Settings
  - 4.13.2 Transport Settings
    - Speeds
    - Automatically Start Playing Clip When Loaded on Control Panel
  - 4.13.3 Take Effect Settings
    - Default Effect Type
    - Default Effect Duration
  - 4.13.4 Image Capture Settings
    - Default Path for Captured Images
    - Capture Images on all Ganged Recorders or Linked Clips
- 4.14 CONTROL PANEL SHORTCUTS
- 4.15 ASSIGNING A CHANNEL
  - 4.15.1 How to Open and Assign a Channel to a Control Panel
- 4.16 LOADING MEDIA
  - 4.16.1 How to Load a Train in the Control Panel
  - 4.16.2 How to Load a Clip in the Control Panel
  - 4.16.3 How to Load a Play-List in the Clip-List Tab
    - In the Clip-List Tab
    - From the (Mini) Database Explorer
- 4.17 MOVING WITHIN MEDIA
  - 4.17.1 How to Jump to a Given Timecode of the Loaded Media
  - 4.17.2 How to Play a Train with a Delay
- 4.18 CREATING AND EDITING MEDIA
  - 4.18.1 How to Create Clips in the Control Panel
  - 4.18.2 How to Rename a Loaded Clip
  - 4.18.3 How to Create a Play-List in the Control Panel
  - 4.18.4 How to Delete a Play-List in the Clip-List Tab
  - 4.18.5 How to Rename a Loaded Play-List
  - 4.18.6 Selecting Elements in a Play-List
  - 4.18.7 How to Move Elements Within a Play-List
  - 4.18.8 Adding Elements To a Play-List
  - 4.18.9 How to Remove Elements From a Play-List
- 4.19 USING KEYWORDS & METADATA
  - 4.19.1 How to Add a Keyword to a Clip
  - 4.19.2 How to Delete One or More Keywords From a Clip
  - 4.19.3 How to Add or Modify Metadata of a Clip
- 4.20 PUBLISHING AND TRANSFERRING MEDIA
  - 4.20.1 How to Publish a Clip to a User Group
  - 4.20.2 How to Send a Clip to an External Destination
  - 4.20.3 How to Send a Play-List to an External Destination
  - 4.20.4 How to Export a Play-List
  - 4.20.5 How to Import a Play-List
- 4.21 USING GANGED CHANNELS
  - 4.21.1 How to Play a Ganged Channel
  - 4.21.2 How to Synchronise The Timecode on All Player Channels
  - 4.21.3 How to Temporarily Ungang and Gang Again One or More Channels
  - 4.21.4 How to Remove a Channel from the Group
5. Fill & Key
- 5.1 INTRODUCTION
- 5.2 INGEST KEY AND FILL CLIPS
  - 5.2.1 At Clip Creation
  - 5.2.2 After Clip Creation
- 5.3 KEY AND FILL CLIPS ASSOCIATION
6. Play-List Editor
- 6.1 INTRODUCTION
- 6.2 THE MENU BAR
- 6.3 THE EXPLORER
- 6.4 THE PLAY-LIST ZONE
- 6.5 THE AREAS OF A PLAY-LIST TAB
- 6.6 THE ON-AIR AREA
- 6.7 THE PLAY-LIST EDIT AREA
- 6.8 THE PREVIEW CONTROL PANEL
- 6.9 PLAY-LIST SETTINGS IN THE TOOLS MENU
- 6.10 GPI CONFIGURATION
- 6.11 PLAY-LIST EDITOR SHORTCUTS
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