Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.3 - Manual (Page 99)

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Playlist Overview
Playlist Overview
The playlist overview displays a subset of the playlist columns, allowing you to scroll
to other parts of the playlist without disrupting the view in the main playlist window.
Creating a Playlist
You need to create a playlist before you can play clips to air. There are two ways to
create a playlist: by opening a rundown that you created in a newsroom computer
system or 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 a rundown that you created there.
To open an NCS rundown:
Column Description
Status Displays clip the status:
- Blank — The clip has not yet been cued.
- C (Cued) — Clip is cued to a specific channel and is ready to play.
- P (Played) — The clip has finished playing.
- R (Roll) — The clip is playing to air.
- S (Stopped) — The clip has been manually stopped during play.
- Red Square — Clip not ready for playback.
Page Corresponds to the page of the ENPS or Octopus rundown.
This column is blank if you are not using ENPS or Octopus with Aurora Playout
or if your Producer didn’t choose the
Freeze Page Numbers option in ENPS.
Clip Name Displays the clip name.