Fill and key playlists management, Creating fill and key playlists, Introduction – EVS IPDirector Version 6.0 - November 2012 Part 6 User's Manual User Manual
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The differences will mainly reside in the behavior of the system when an action is applied
on a Fill or a Key playlist or playlist element and on the resulting action, or absence of
action, on the corresponding Key or Fill playlist.
Note
Virtual elements cannot be used in fill and key playlists.
2.3.2.
Fill and Key Playlists Management
Creating Fill and Key Playlists
Introduction
Fill and Key playlists can be created on-line or off-line exactly like Normal playlists. See
section "Creating Playlists" on page 32 for more information.
In the New Playlist window, the user can define the type of the playlist between Normal,
Fill or Key.
When the playlist type is defined as Fill (or Key), the system creates both a Fill playlist
and a Key playlist.
How to Create a Fill or Key Playlist
You can create a new on-line or off-line playlist
•
from the Playlist Panel,
OR
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from the Database Explorer.
To create a new Fill (or Key) playlist, proceed as follows:
1. From the Playlist Panel:
If required, associate a channel as described in "How to Assign a Player Channel or
the Software Player with the Player Field" on page 25.
Right-click the Playlist Name field.
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From the Database Explorer:
In the Playlists tree view of the Database Explorer, right-click in the element list.
The Playlist contextual menu is displayed.
2. Select New Playlist from the contextual menu.
The Create a New Playlist window is displayed. See section "Create a New Playlist
Window" on page 34 for more details on this window.
3. Fill in a playlist name and any desired information.
In the Type area, click the Fill (or the Key) button.
4. Click the OK button or press the ENTER key.
The system creates both a Fill playlist and a Key playlist.
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