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Guide to using player: play view – Grass Valley M-Series iVDR User Manual v.2.0.10 User Manual

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20 April 2005

M-Series User Manual

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Guide to using Player: Play View

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Clip Name & Current
Bin

Displays the clip’s name and location in the video storage file system.
To rename the clip, touch or click the Clip Name, then use the onscreen
or external keyboard to enter a new name.

See “Renaming a clip in

Player” on page 173

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Countdown Timecode

Displays the time remaining in the clip To select the countdown mode
you want to monitor, open the Options dialog box by selecting Options
in the context menu.

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Play Mode Context
Menu

Options – Opens the Play channel options dialog box.
Properties – Opens the Properties dialog for the currently loaded clip.

See “Viewing clip properties” on page 173

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Goto – Used to jump to a specific timecode. Select Goto, to open the
Goto dialog, then enter a timecode value or use the scrub bar

to go to the desired position.

See “Jumping to a specific timecode” on

page 168

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Subclip – Opens the Subclip mode which allows you to create subclips
from the currently loaded clip. A subclip is an entirely new clip that
references media in another clip.

See “Creating Subclips” on page 179

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Stripe Timecode– Opens the Stripe Timecode dialog which allows
you to replace the existing timecode track for the loaded clip. You can
replace with time of day, or a specific start timecode.

See “Striping

timecode (replacing the timecode track)” on page 177

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Load – Select to open the Load Clip dialog which displays the contents
of the current bin. Select a clip, then choose OK to load.

See “Loading

a clip from Player” on page 166

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“Loading a clip from the Clips

pane”

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Locate – Locates the currently loaded clip in the Clips pane.

See

“Locating a clip” on page 167

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Help – Opens online help.
Auto Subclips– The auto subclip check box changes the way that the
subclip mode behaves. When it is NOT checked, clips have to be
accepted manually. When it is checked, a subclip will be created as
soon as the user sets a mark out.

See “About Auto Subclip mode” on

page 181

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E to E – When E to E mode is enabled the output video and audio
switches to the record channel input when the play channel is stopped
or when no clip is loaded,. If E to E is disabled, the output freezes on
the last frame of video.

See “Selecting E to E mode” on page 182

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Thumbnail

Used to visually identify the clip. By default, the thumbnail is
generated using the 16th frame of video. To change the thumbnail,
position the clip to the desired frame, then click or touch the thumbnail.

See “Changing the clip thumbnail image” on page 176

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Time Dome

Progress
only

Progress

with media
marks
Progress
& loop play
enabled

This multi-function control displays play progress, or play progress
with media marks which shows the relative position of mark-in/
mark-out points in the clip. The timecode underneath indicates play
time remaining. The Time Dome is also used to enable loop play. Select
the Time Dome, then use the pop-up menu to choose the display mode,
or to control loop play mode.

See “Selecting loop play” on page 167

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Control

Description and User Operation