EVS IPDirector Version 6.2 - June 2013 PLAYLIST PANEL User Manual - Manual (Page 15)

1. Introduction
1.1. Purpose and Workflow
The Playlist Panel allows multiple playlists to be made, modified and played to air using
an efficient workflow with a great deal of flexibility.
Note
The Playlist Panel module is a software option, which requires the production
playlist license key 50 being imported to XSecure.
For more information on the required license key, contact the Support or Sales
team.
The workflow combines four modules within the application that are needed to perform the
tasks required:
• the Playlist Panel interface to manage several playlists.
• the Control Panel used for playout or browsing purposes on an EVS video server.
• the Software Player to browse clip elements via the GigE network
• the Database Explorer
The user can load an element from the Database Explorer onto a Control Panel channel to
preview it before adding it to a playlist or directly insert the element into a playlist in the
Playlist Panel. The element can be loaded or inserted by using drag & drop or simple
mouse click operations.
Several Playlist Panels may be used at the same time.
The Playlist Panel user manual describes the management of normal playlists.
Specificities about Fill and Key playlists are detailed in a dedicated section.
1.2. Playlist Element Types and Statuses
1.2.1. Possible Source Material
Whatever the source material included in the playlist, the components of the playlist are
referred to as playlist elements. Various types of playlist elements can be inserted into a
playlist:
• trains, XT clips, growing clips, protect media (clips associated to logs) defined on an
EVS server.
• files stored on a nearline storage.
• playlists, bins.
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