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Two final items complete the monitor viewport options:

Rename – allows you to supply a custom name to be shown for the monitor viewport (as well as the
associated Switcher row button) for sources.

Configure –opens the Input Configuration panel for the corresponding source.

Hint: Double-click a monitor to open the Input Configuration panel, without having to hunt for the gear or open
the menu.

10.2.1

VIEWPORT TOOLS

Media Player and Network viewports provide additional features when you move your mouse pointer over
them.

FIGURE 115

Media Player monitors (Figure 115) display handy transport controls – Previous, Play, Stop, and Next As well,
a timecode field is shown.

FIGURE 116

Click the triangle button that appears in the titlebar for Network input monitors (Figure 116) to select the
active source from a menu listing all those detected.

Just as for other sources, a Configure (gear) button is shown on rolling over these monitor types; clicking it
opens the Configuration panel for the related source (see Chapter 8 I/O Configuration, Section 8.2).

Hint: When LiveMatte, Proc Amp, or Crop settings are active for a source, bright green, blue and yellow indicators
are lit under its monitor.