Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.8.1 - Manual (Page 138)

Creating a Playlist
You need to create a playlist before you can play clips to air.
• By opening a rundown that you created in a newsroom computer system
• By manually creating a playlist in Aurora Playout
Opening an NCS Rundown
If you use a newsroom computer system such as ENPS, iNEWS, or Octopus to create news rundowns,
you can open those rundowns in Aurora Playout.
• Select a rundown from the drop-down list and click the Open Rundown button.
The rundown opens in the Aurora Playout application, displays all clips in the rundown, and
cues clips to channels if
Auto Cue on Loading Rundown is enabled. The playlist displays a
headframe for each clip; while a red border and blank thumbnail appear for clips that are not yet
ready for playback.
Appending rundowns to a playlist
With Aurora Playout and your NCS, you can add rundowns to create a playlist that includes all of
the clips and other information from each of the rundowns. Appended rundowns are added to the
end of the current playlist.
1. Select the rundown from the drop-down list.
2. Click the Append Rundown button .
The rundown is added to the end of the current Playlist, displays in the Playlist Overview, and the
rundown name is added to the Rundown list.
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