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Grass Valley Xbuilder Vertigo Suite v.4.8 User Manual

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Appendix B - Quick reference to Xbuilder’s settings

Overflow/underflow error color 2 - Specifies a second color used to indicate that a
timeslot contains an overflow or underflow that exceeds acceptable thresholds. The
need for a second/alternating color is to distinguish between successive timeslots that
contain an error.

Normal status color 1 - Specifies a color used to in the playlist’s Overflow column to
indicate that a timeslot does not contain an overflow or underflow that exceeds
acceptable thresholds.

Normal status color 2 - Specifies a second color used to indicate that a timeslot does
not contain an overflow or underflow that exceeds acceptable thresholds. The need for
a second/alternating color is to distinguish between successive timeslots that do not
contain an error.

Overflow tolerance - Specifies the threshold (in milliseconds) above which an
overflow in a timeslot is considered an error.

Underflow tolerance - Specifies the threshold (in milliseconds) above which an
underflow in a timeslot is considered an error.

Offset display format - Specifies how the Offset column of the playlist is formatted.
The following settings are available:
S

TANDARD

: When hard-starts are used, items display the time of day at which

they will play. If there are no hard-starts, items display the time relative to the
start of the playlist at which they will play. Secondary items display the time at
which they will play, relative to the start of the primary item that contains them.

R

AW

: Displays the offset between the start of the playlist item and the

preceding item. If the preceding item is a clip, the offset is with respect to the
end of the clip (usually this value is zero). If the preceding item is a page, the
offset is with respect to the start of the page, that is, when the page was taken.
Normally, this value is equal to the duration of the preceding page.

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