Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 105)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
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Importing a text file as a playlist
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Results in a section with a default name and no pause
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Results in a section named "MyCommercialPod" with no pause
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Results in a section named "MyCommercialPod" with a pause at the end that
displays black. Pause type can be any of the following: StopBlack, StopFreeze,
StopNext, or StopEE.
• Timecode values are allowed to be out of range, as AppCenter normalizes
timecode values when the playlist is played out. For example, if in the text file, the
seconds value is greater than 60, as in 00:25:75:00, AppCenter rounds up the
minutes value and converts the timecode to 00:26:15:00.
• You can specify sections in the imported playlist by adding a row at the beginning
of a section that contains just the
The following example shows the contents of a text file that specifies a playlist with
two sections.
Clip01 00:00:00:00 00:00:30:00
Clip03 00:25:00:00 00:01:00:00
Clip10 00:00:20:00 00:00:05:00
Clip11 00:00:04:00 00:00:02:00
Clip12 00:00:25:00 00:00:02:00
Clip13 00:00:00:00 00:00:05:00
V:/abin/Clip15 00:41:46:00 00:00:04:00
V:/abin/Clip16 00:10:00:00 00:00:05:00
V:/abin/Clip17 00:20:00:00 00:00:05:00
V:/abin/Clip18 00:30:00:00 00:00:05:00
V:/abin/Clip19 00:10:00:00 00:00:05:00
V:/abin/Clip04 00:00:00:00 00:10:00:00
To import a text file as a playlist into AppCenter, do the following:
1. Select a channel with its application set to playlist.
2. If the text file contains simple clip names with no path, in the Clips pane select the
bin that contains those clips.
3. Click
Playlist | Import List
.
The Import dialog box opens.
4. Browse to and select the text file that specifies the playlist, then click
Import
.
The Import File Layout dialog box opens.
5. Specify which column in the text file contains names, which column contains mark