Playlist, Chapter 4 playing clips to air – Grass Valley NewsQ Pro v.2.1 User Manual
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Chapter 4
Playing Clips to Air
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Digital News Production
Playlist
The playlist lists each clip and its properties:
Column
Description
Thumb
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) Thumbnail
.
A red border appears around the thumbnail if the clip is not ready for playback.
Clip Name
Displays the name of the clip from the NewsQ Pro Assignment List Plug-in. A Scissors icon
appears next to a clip that has been trimmed.
Story Slug
Displays the name of the story from the NCS rundown.
Duration
Displays the clip length, the full duration of the media, not the editorial duration.
Page
Corresponds to the page of the NCS rundown. This column is blank if you are not using ENPS
with NewsQ Pro or if the producer did not select Freeze Page Numbers for the rundown
properties in ENPS.
Status
Displays the available channels and the status of the clip:
- [Blank] — Clip 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.
Channel
Displays the channel in which a clip is currently cued or playing.