Grass Valley Xplay Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 4)

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Introducing Xplay................................................................................................................. 1-1
Getting started with Xplay................................................................................................... 2-1
Installation and licensing information................................................................................................. 2-2
Starting Xplay and connecting to the Xmedia Server ........................................................................ 2-3
Overview of the Xplay interface......................................................................................................... 2-4
Configuring Xplay’s settings .............................................................................................................. 2-7
Adding and connecting Xplay to playout devices .............................................................................. 2-8
Adding output devices to Xplay’s Device Manager....................................................................... 2-9
Configuring Xplay for single or multi-device playout control ....................................................... 2-12
Connecting output devices to Xplay ........................................................................................... 2-16
Creating and editing playlists in Xplay .............................................................................. 3-1
Setting the Playlist Editor’s Playlist View ........................................................................................... 3-3
Creating a new playlist ...................................................................................................................... 3-5
Loading an existing playlist................................................................................................................ 3-6
Playlist element verification........................................................................................................... 3-8
Navigating and selecting elements within the playlist........................................................................ 3-9
Adding playlist elements to a playlist ............................................................................................... 3-10
Using the Asset Browser to add pages, templates and clips to a playlist ................................... 3-10
Using Quick Recall to add templates, clips and pages to a playlist ............................................ 3-12
Using Search XMS to find and add pages, template or clips to a playlist................................... 3-15
Inserting or appending a playlist to a loaded playlist .................................................................. 3-16
Adding shared segment assets to a playlist................................................................................ 3-18
Grouping elements into playlist segments ....................................................................................... 3-19
Adding and populating playlist segments ................................................................................... 3-20
Repositioning playlist segments and their elements ................................................................... 3-22
Deleting playlist segments from a playlist ................................................................................... 3-23
Adding comment rows to the playlist ............................................................................................... 3-25
Repositioning playlist elements within the playlist ........................................................................... 3-27
Repositioning primary playlist elements (clips, pages or comments) ......................................... 3-27
Adding secondary elements to a clip in the playlist .................................................................... 3-28
Configuring and editing the playlist columns ................................................................................... 3-29
Configuring the Playlist Editor’s column layout ........................................................................... 3-29
Editing a playlist element’s properties......................................................................................... 3-33
Deleting playlist elements ................................................................................................................ 3-36
Reloading the playlist ...................................................................................................................... 3-37
Saving the playlist............................................................................................................................ 3-38
Operator controlled preview and playout techniques...................................................... 4-1
Preview and playout on a single device............................................................................................. 4-2
Preparing to preview and playout on a single device.................................................................... 4-3
Previewing and taking playlist elements to air on a single device ................................................ 4-4
Preview and playout on multiple devices, channels or layers............................................................ 4-7