EVS IPDirector Version 6.2 - June 2013 PLAYLIST PANEL User Manual - Manual (Page 54)

• The left pane contains the playlist information, i.e. playlist data in general and in
relation with IPDirector.
It is always displayed.
• The right pane contains the playlist Metadata, i.e. playlist data based on customer-
specific fields.
Clicking the right area in the Pane Display icon will display this right pane.
Fields in the New Playlist Window
The following table describes briefly the data that can be added to playlists.
The Playlist Information pane contains the following fields:
Field Description
Name User-defined 24-character name for the playlist.
VarID VarID is a 32-character ID with variable length and format. It is
automatically assigned to new playlist elements. It is mainly used to
ensure redundancy on the system. It can be unique for an item on the
EVS server level or on the XNet network level, depending on EVS
server settings.
ID LSM ID, i.e. location where the playlist will be stored on the XNet
network. This numbering is based on the numbering of the LSM
operational mode.
Tape ID This identifies the tape on which the playlist is stored.
Keywords The Keyword area allows you to assign up to five keywords to a
playlist to qualify its content.
To add a keyword, select it from the Keyword Grid or Keyword
Dictionary or type its first letters and select it from the Autocomplete
list. Please refer to the Keyword Management chapter of the
IPDirector user manual for more information on how to maintain
keywords and assign them to media.
Playlist Type Type of playlist in relation with the Fill and Key function.
The possible values are "Normal", "Fill", and "Key".
Note
If the playlist is created from a panel associated to a Fill (or
Key channel), the Fill (or Key) type is automatically
selected.
Send to Provides a submenu with the list of possible destinations to which the
selected playlist can be sent.
Possible destinations, depending on the XNet network, are:
• the user's default bin
• a default archive target
• the bins configured in IPDirector and for which the user has write
access right
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