EVS IPDirector Version 6.2 - June 2013 CONTROL PANEL User Manual - Manual (Page 48)

3. Managing Channels
3.1. Introduction
To be able to browse media in the Control Panel, you need to assign a player channel or
the Software Player to it.
By using the Software Player, you will be able to play any of the following media elements
as long as they are available on an EVS server or on an online nearline via the GigE
network: trains, XT clips or growing clips defined on an EVS server, files stored on a
nearline storage, playlists and playlist elements.
Several player channels can be ganged so the playout of items loaded on each of them
can be synchronized.
Clips, playlists or timelines can be played out with transition effects between elements.
To do so, special channel modes must be used. Depending on several parameters on the
EVS video server, a single player channel could be used or two player channels must be
dedicated to the playout of the loaded item. So, if the "Mix on One Channel" functionality
is supported and enabled for a player channel, this single channel will be sufficient to play
a series of clips, a playlist or a timeline with transition effects. Otherwise, the PGM/PRV
mode must be used for clips and playlists, and the IPEdit mode (also called Lock Timeline
in the Channel Explorer) must be used for timelines.
3.2. Assigning a Player
3.2.1. Introduction
There are several ways to assign a player channel or the Software Player to a Control
Panel. See section "How to Assign a Player Channel or the Software Player" on page 39 .
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 44.
If the other controller has been set as main controller, it is not possible to regain
control from IPDirector.
• Only one instance of the Software Player can be opened at a time in IPDirector
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