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Grass Valley Vertigo XG Integration v.2.6 User Manual

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Table of Contents

1 Integration of Vertigo XG and iTX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Overview of the XG Inside workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Graphics preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Processing and playout of video and graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Limitations of the XG Inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Overview of the downstream Vertigo XG workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Graphics preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Processing and playout of video and graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Installing and Configuring XG Inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Setting up XG Inside for single channel playout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing ITXG Xmedia Suite Install on an iTX Output Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Establishing a connection between TX Play and Xplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adding an XG Inside device to the Xmedia Server’s Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Enabling Auto-Publishing on the Templates, Pages and/or Scenes categories . . . 9
Installing and configuring the VertigoXG desktop plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting up XG Inside for Dual Channel or Simulcast playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Setting up XG Inside for use with an external Vertigo XG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Configuring Xplay’s keyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Configuring Xplay to use automation to control the Vertigo XG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Configuring the Vertigo XG’s Dashboard settings for automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

3 Using the Vertigo XG Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Vertigo XG Plugin overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Connecting the VertigoXG Viewer to the Xmedia Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Unable to connect to the Xmedia Server? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Overview for creating an XG Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Browsing or searching for templates, pages or scenes on an Xmedia Server . . . . . . . .19
Creating a new page from a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Adding a page to the VertigoXG palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Opening and editing an existing page in the VertigoXG Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Adding an unedited scene to the VertigoXG palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Updating a scene already listed on the VertigoXG palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Creating a new scene based on an existing scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Adding XG Events to an iTX schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Adding an XG Event to the Schedule Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Adding an XG Event to the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Editing the properties or content of a scheduled XG Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

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