Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.8.1 - Manual (Page 145)

• Click the Play button in the channel window.
As the story airs, Aurora Playout triggers these frame accurate graphic elements through the
graphics device for play-to-air.
If you have multiple graphics in your story, each time that a graphic is triggered and subsequently
removed; the graphics column updates the number of graphics sequence in "n of n" value and
displays the graphic ID of the currently playing graphic.
For Orad events, a second play command will automatically be sent via Aurora Playout for
graphics that have an animated out. This trigger will begin the exit sequence for the graphic so
that it can be removed at the out point of the timeline, which has been specified by the editor.
Archiving Clips
The Archive Play feature allows you to automatically play all clips in a playlist on a selected channel
and record the output of that channel on a VTR.
To configure Archive Play, you must select the archive channel from the Archive Play configuration
tab. You can also change the Archive Black duration on that tab; Aurora Playout rolls five seconds
of black between each archived clip by default. You need to create a black clip if you don’t have
one.
1. Click the Archive Play button to enable Archive Play.
A message indicating successful connection to the VTR appears.
2. Cue a clip to the archive channel.
Select the first clip and click the Cue All button on the toolbar.
NOTE: If you are archiving clips to a VTR, the first clip cued is the BLACK file.
3. Click the Play button in the channel window.
Aurora Playout starts the VTR deck recording and a message indicating play has started appears.
After all clips have played, the VTR deck stops recording and Archive Play mode automatically
turns off.
You can use the Run Time counter to determine if you have enough room on the VTR tape to record
all of the clips in a rundown for archiving.
In Archive Play mode, Run Time displays as current hit time/total run time, including black clip
duration. You can also clear the Run Time counter by clicking the Reset Counter button.
Aurora Playout logs “as run” data in a comma-delimited log file (C:\Aurora
Playout\Log\ArchivePlay.log). Each line includes the Date, Time (start time to the nearest second),
VTR Tape Time Code, Rundown Name, Clip Name, Clip ID, and Duration. You can use log data
to determine where a specific story starts.
Each time you enable Archive Play, you can choose whether to clear the existing log file or append
the new data.
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Playing clips to air