Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.7.0 - Manual (Page 120)

1. In the newsroom computer system (NCS) application, insert a new line which will
be used as the break.
2. Open this story of the rundown.
3. From the Aurora Playout Assignment List Plug-in, drag the BREAK placeholder
into the story.
4. Save the story.
The break appears in the Aurora Playout playlist as a grey break line.
NOTE: With the current version of iNEWS and Octopus newsroom computer systems,
setting BREAK as the story property or story type in the rundown of both systems will not
show the break in Aurora Playout. To avoid this problem, iNEWS and Octopus users should
not mark the story as a break item. Please refer to your NCS documentation on ways to
create customized rundown templates that could readily include BREAK placeholder from
the Assignment List Plug-in.
Using Assignment List Plug-in with ENPS
The Assignment List Plug-in lets you create a placeholder for a clip and insert it into
the accompanying story slug in the NCS rundown.
With ENPS, you can create placeholders and insert them manually into your rundown;
or use the auto-create feature, to create and insert the placeholder automatically.
Aurora Playout now supports an enhanced MOS workflow with ENPS newsroom
computer system. With this workflow, assets will be embedded with MOS Object IDs
and seen as MOS objects throughout ENPS. As they are recognized as MOS objects,
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Using NCS rundowns and Aurora Playout