Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.5 - Manual (Page 88)

2. Open the story.
3. If an element doesn’t exist, right-click and select New | type of element and click
OK .
4. Click the button next to the JOBID field and select Auto-create - MOS ID .
The MOS ID and Name of the placeholder fill in automatically.
5. Click OK to save.
Linking clips manually in Octopus
If your system doesn’t have the auto-create feature enabled, you can create placeholders
and insert them to your rundown manually:
1. Create a new story in Octopus.
2. Open the story.
3. If an element doesn’t exist, right-click and select New | type of element and click
OK .
4. Click the button next to the JOBID field and select Create .
5. In the Create MOS object on remote device window, enter the desired placeholder
name in the Name field and click OK .
6. Click Save to save the placeholder.
Inserting clips manually in Octopus
With Octopus, you can insert clips using the Assignment List Plug-in.
1. Split the Octopus window so you can see the Rundown View and the Aurora Playout
Assignment List Plug-in.
88 Aurora Playout User Guide 19 November 2008
Using NCS rundowns and Aurora Playout