Grass Valley Xnews Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 136)

Xnews User Manual 11-3
Playing out rundowns using Xplay
1. Main menus: Provides access to commands that execute most of Xplay’s functionality.
• File menu - Contains commands for opening and editing playlists (rundowns), as
well as to close the Xplay application.
• View menu - Contains commands for opening logs, as well as for exposing Xplay’s
Asset Browser, Quick Recall field, and Search tool.
• Actions menu - Contains commands for controlling the playlist and the playout of
the playlist items, including R ELOAD PLAYLIST , C UE , T AKE , and C LEAR commands.
• Tools menu - Contains commands for configuring Xplay’s settings, as well as
configuration settings for the interaction of Xplay with playout devices and other
services.
• Help menu - Contains a command for identifying the Vertigo Suite’s version and
build number, as well as a command for installing Xplay’s required license.
2. Asset Browser: The Asset Browser, which is located within a collapsible panel,
provides a tree view of assets stored on the Xmedia Server. You can use the Asset
Browser to locate and load a rundown into Xplay.
3. Status bar: Displays the MOS Protocol logo indicating that the currently loaded playlist
is a rundown that is written by a MOS application. The implication is that the newsroom
system may save this rundown at anytime and eliminate any changes that you may
have made. Note that the Xplay Save buttons are disabled when a rundown is loaded.
The MOS logo is followed by the rundown’s name. Also displayed is the name/IP
address and connection status of the Xmedia Server that Xplay is configured to
connect to.
4. Playlist window: The workspace where an opened rundown is displayed as a playlist.
Playlist items (story headings, pages, clips, comments...etc.) are organized in a
sequential list that determines their playout order. See
“Playing out a rundown in Xplay”
on page 11-8 for more information.
• The buttons along the top of the window are used for loading and managing
playlists in this window. These buttons allow you to open a new playlist, as
well as save, reload, looping... the playlist and its items.
• The Q UICK R ECALL field, which can be hidden/exposed using the V IEW >Q UICK
R ECALL command, allows you to enter a page or template’s Recall ID to
perform various shortcuts.
• Which buttons appear at the bottom of the Playlist window is determined by
Xplay’s playout mode: M ANUAL or A UTOMATIC .
- In M ANUAL playout mode, the C UE and T AKE buttons allow you to control the
timing of when the playlist items appear on air.
- In A
UTOMATIC playout mode, the T IMER , P LAY , P AUSE , and S TOP buttons
allow you to playout the playlist using the timing specified in the playlist.
5. Device & Preview display panes: Xplay’s G ENERAL settings (T OOLS >S ETTINGS ) allow
you to set the L AYOUT setting to either M ULTI -D EVICE or O N A IR -P REVIEW , which affects
the appearance of Xplay’s display panes. The display panes allow you to see a visual
representation of the playlist item that is either being cued or being currently being
played out on a device.
• M
ULTI -D EVICE : When Xplay is configured to playout to multiple devices, a
display pane appears for each of the devices that Xplay is connected or
outputting to. Each device’s display pane has indicators that inform of the