Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.5 - Manual (Page 74)

Using NCS rundowns and Aurora Playout
Producers can use Aurora Playout with a MOS-compatible newsroom computer system
(NCS) to create rundowns, create placeholders for editor assignments, and link clips
to the rundown.
Producers can also use the NCS to assign clips to specific playback channels,
eliminating the need for a playback operator to assign channels for the rundown.
In sites without an NCS, an editor can follow the producer’s script and create
placeholders using another component of Aurora Playout, such as the Assignment
List Manager, and have a playback operator manually create playlists.
About the Assignment List Plug-in
The Aurora Playout Assignment List Plug-in integrates with your NCS and allows
you to create placeholders for clips, assign those placeholders to newsroom editors,
and link the resulting clips back to your NCS rundown.
The Assignment List Plug-in displays the following information for each clip:
Description Column
The clip status: displays OK if a clip has been completed, sent to the media
server, and is ready for playback. Status is blank if a clip is incomplete and not
ready for playback. S
The name of the clip. Clip Name
The duration of the clip when the placeholder was created. Once media is sent
to the placeholder, this field updates to the actual duration of the media. A Duration
duration displayed in italics in the Assignment List Plug-in indicates that the
Editorial Duration property has been set to be different than the actual duration
of the clip.
MOS status: matches the NCS status. Includes READY/NOT READY,
PLAYED, etc. Status
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Using NCS rundowns and Aurora Playout