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You can also resize the columns by dragging to expand or shrink the column name.
Description
Column
Displays a video thumbnail of the clip, if available. To change the thumbnail
size, click the Thumb column heading or select View | (Small) or (Large)
Thumb
Thumbnail.A red border appears around a blank thumbnail if the clip is not
ready for playback.
Displays the name of the clip. A scissors icon appears next to a clip that has
been trimmed.
Clip
Name
Displays the full duration of the media, not the editorial duration.
Duration
Counts up the relative time that the clip plays from when the Reset button was
pressed, which is usually when a show starts.
Hit Time
Displays the available channels and the status of the clip: [Not Ready] — The
clip is not ready to play. [Ready] — The clip is ready to play. [Blank] — Clip
Status
has not yet been cued. [Cued] — The clip is cued to a specific channel and is
ready to play. [Roll] — The clip is playing to air. [Stopped] — The clip has
been manually stopped during play. [Played] — The clip has finished playing.
Displays the channel in which a clip is currently cued or playing.
Channel
Displays the channel assigned through the NCS or Aurora Playout. Allows
you to assign a clip to a channel, overriding automatic channel assignment.
Assign
Corresponds to the page of the NCS rundown. This column is blank if you are
not using ENPS or Octopus with Aurora Playout or if the producer did not
select Freeze Page Numbers for the rundown properties in ENPS.
Page
Displays the name of the story from the NCS rundown.
Story
Slug
Displays the clip ID, which is automatically set when you create the
placeholder.
ID
Displays any descriptive text entered in placeholder properties.
Description
Displays the graphic ID, which is automatically created when you insert
graphics into your story. The column also displays total number of graphics
Graphics
inserted into the story if you have multiple graphics and shows the graphic ID
for the particular graphic that is being play-to-air. Displays
Disconnected
if
Aurora Playout is not connected to the graphic device.
NOTE: Graphics column will only be available on the playlist if you have
the license for graphics and graphics control is enabled in
Tools|Options|Graphics
of Aurora Playout.
Understanding Playlist colors
Each playlist entry appears in a color that identifies its status in Aurora Playout:
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Playing clips to air