EVS IPDirector Version 6.2 - June 2013 PLAYLIST PANEL User Manual - Manual (Page 40)

3. Managing Channels
3.1. Introduction
A playlist can be created even if no player channel is assigned to the Playlist Panel. The
playlist will therefore be off-line. To create an on-line playlist, a player channel must have
been assigned to the Playlist Panel. An off-line playlist can however be made on-line
afterwards.
You can load, browse and play an off-line or on-line playlist on the Software Player. By
using the Software Player, you will be able to play all playlist elements as long as they are
available on an EVS server or on an online nearline via the GigE network.
However, you will have to make the playlist on-line and manually restore the files to an
EVS server if you want to play it out on a player channel.
3.2. Assigning a Player
3.2.1. Introduction
There are several ways to assign a player channel or the Software Player to a Playlist
Panel. See section "How to Assign a Player Channel or the Software Player" on page 27 .
3.2.2. Limitations to Player Assignment
Some limitations exist to the assignment of a player channel or the Software Player.
• A player channel controlled by a secondary controller cannot be selected.
If there is a shared control of the player channel between IPDirector and a secondary
controller and the channel has been configured with the IPDP protocol as the main
controller in Exclusive mode, it is possible to regain control from IPDirector.
See section "Controlling the Player from a Secondary Controller" on page 31.
If the other controller has been set as main controller, it is not possible to regain
control from IPDirector.
• A player channel designated as a preview channel of the PGM/PRV mode cannot be
selected. An error message is displayed.
• Only one instance of the Software Player can be opened at a time in IPDirector
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