Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.3 - Manual (Page 98)

98 Aurora Playout User Guide September 2007
Chapter 7 Playing Clips to Air
To toggle the thumbnail size on Clip Browser window, you can click on the Toggle
Thumbnail View button.
The Clip Browser also consists of clip and placeholder information as described below:
You have several ways to search for clips and placeholders in Clip Browser. The most
common way is to scroll down through the window to find the placeholder that you
need. You can also get to a specific placeholder by entering the first few characters of
the placeholder name.
To navigate and search for placeholders:
• Click on one of the placeholders in the Clip Browser window and scroll down to
search for other placeholders.
• Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate through the list.
• To search for a specific placeholder, type the first character and the active bar will
automatically go to a placeholder that starts with that character. If you type a
second character within 1 second of the first character, the active bar will go to a
placeholder that starts with those 2 characters. If you enter the same character
repeatedly, the active bar will navigate through all placeholders that start with that
character.
Column Description
Thumb Displays a video thumbnail of the clip, if available. A red border appears around a blank
thumbnail if the clip is not ready for playback.
To change the thumbnail size, click the
Toggle Thumbnail View button.
Clip Name Displays the name of the clip.
Clip ID Displays the clip ID, which is automatically set when you create the placeholder.
Duration Displays the full duration of the media, not the editorial duration.
In Use Displays a check sign if the clip is appended manually to the playlist.
Category Displays the category assigned to the placeholder.
Type Displays the story type of placeholder that had been created: Sound on Tape (SOT), Voice
Over (VO), or other types set in in the SDB Server options.
Date Displays the date the placeholder was created.
Description Displays any descriptive text entered in placeholder properties.