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Playlist contextual menu – EVS IPDirector Version 6.2 - June 2013 PLAYLIST PANEL User Manual User Manual

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Menu Item

Description

See section "Enabling the On-Air Feature" on page 29.

Set Channel to
IDLE

Sets the channel to IDLE and unloads the playlist. The E/E and
the Recue buttons remain available.

None

Removes the association between the Playlist Panel and the
player.

Workstation
Channel

Links the Playlist Panel to the player channel set as linked in
the IPDirector Configuration window of the Remote Installer.

[List of player
channels from
available EVS
video servers]

Provides the list of player channels available on the XNet
network, and visible to the current user, which can be assigned
to the Playlist Panel.
See section "Assigning a Player" on page 26.
When a player channel is connected to an IN port of a video
router, itself associated to OUT ports, the name of the router
OUT port(s) is displayed after the player channel name.

2.2.4.

Playlist Contextual Menu

A contextual menu is available via a right-click on the mouse from the Channel Media area
and the Transport Functions area in the Playlist Panel.

Available menu items will depend on the presence of a playlist and on the playlist type,
off-line or on-line.

Note
As specific contextual menus are dedicated to some buttons or fields, it is
recommended to right-click outside buttons or fields to get the Playlist
contextual menu.

The following table describes all the options:

Menu Item

Description

New Playlist

Opens the Create New Playlist window to create a new playlist.

Copy clips
locally

Only available if the playlist is on-line on an EVS server.
Copies the distant clips of the selected playlist to the local EVS
server, i.e. the server of the controlled player channel.
Two options are available from the sub-menu:

Copy long (copy of the original clip, with its guardbands)

Copy short (copy of the playlist element, with guardbands as
defined in the settings)

See section "Copying Playlist Elements Locally" on page 56 for more
information.
The Status icon of the playlist elements changes from

to

or vice versa in case the element was on the nearline.

indicating an XT clip that is distant to the playout

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