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Finding linked assets – Grass Valley M-Series iVDR User Manual v.2.0.10 User Manual

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20 April 2005

Chapter 9 Managing Media Using Clips Pane

Finding linked assets

The Links dialog box helps you locate assets that are related based on the links criteria
that you can specify.

1. In the asset list, select the asset for which you want to find linked assets.

2. Open the Links dialog box by performing one of the following steps:

• Select the Clips pane context menu button

, then choose

Links

, or

• Select an asset, then select

Links

in the

asset context menu

, or

• Select the

Links

button in the Clips pane.

If the Links button is not displayed in the Clips pane, refer to

assignable buttons

in “Guide to using the Clips pane” on page 220

.

3. Choose one of the link relationship to us.

4. Select

Find Now

.

The results of the link operation are displayed in the asset list. The text in the
Current Bin label is replaced by a brief summary of the links operation.

NOTE: Unlike the search results, link results are not cached. You must perform the
Links operation to discover linked assets.

Link Relationship

Description

Shared media

Find all assets that reference the same media files, i.e., the same video, audio,
timecode files in the media file system.

Source clip

Find the source clip from which a subclip was created.

Subclips

Find all subclips created from the selected clip.

References

When a playlist or program is selected, find all the assets that are referenced by
the playlist or program.
When a clip is selected, find all the playlists and events that reference that clip.

Same bin

Generate a list of assets that are located in the same bin