EVS IPDirector Version 5.6 - May 2009 Part 6 User's Manual - Manual (Page 20)

IPDirector Version 5.6 – User Manual – Part 6: Playout – Playlist Panel
EVS Broadcast Equipment – May 2009
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A contextual menu is available via a right-click on the mouse from the Channel
Media and Transport Functions pane in the Playlist Panel.
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.
This menu makes it possible to perform the following actions:
Option Description
New Playlist Allows creating a new playlist through the New
Playlist window.
Copy clips locally Only available if the playlist is on-line on an XT.
Copies the clips of the loaded playlist to the local XT,
i.e. the XT of the controlled channel.
The clips are physically copied to the local XT and
their new LSM ID is displayed in the element list. The
Status icon changes from
to .
indicating a clip that exists distant to the playout
channel.
indicating clips that are locally on the server
where the playlist playout channel is located.
Convert to Timeline Opens the Make a Timeline Online window and
converts the selected playlist into a timeline which
could then be managed through IPEdit. Refer to the
IPDirector manual related to IPEdit for more
information.
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
• any target destination visible on the TCP/IP
network that has been defined and is able to
receive a playlist.
Import Allows importing the playlist structure and playlist
related information from an XML file into IPDirector.