Batch-rendering of pages and/or scenes to a file – Grass Valley Xbuilder Vertigo Suite v.4.8 User Manual
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Rendering pages and scenes to a clip file
Batch-rendering of pages and/or scenes to a file
When a Merge List is used to create pages and scenes (see
), all of the resulting
pages and scenes can be rendered and saved as individual video clip files using the Playlist
Editor’s R
ENDER
ALL
ITEMS
IN
PLAYLIST
button .
To render and save all of the resulting items from a Merge List:
1.
Verify that Xbuilder is properly configured/connected to a preview device (i.e. Software CG)
in the Device Manager (
2.
Open the Xbuilder Settings window (Tools>Settings) and configure the SWCG
E
XECUTABLE
L
OCATION
parameter on the G
ENERAL
settings page (
).
3.
Select R
ENDER
T
O
F
ILE
in the Settings window and configure the default settings (
Although the settings associated with each item in Merge List file take precedent,
configuring these settings is prudent in case the Render Profile and Duration
attributes are not specified in the Merge List file.
N
OTE
The D
EFAULT
P
ROFILE
P
ATH
and D
EFAULT
P
ROFILE
settings only need to be set when using
Xbuilder on Windows7.
4.
Create the Merge List file and load it into Xbuilder using the procedure described on
5.
Once the new pages and/or scenes from the Merge List have been created and are
displayed in the playlist, select the R
ENDER
ALL
ITEMS
IN
PLAYLIST
button
from the
Playlist Editor’s toolbar.
Xbuilder automatically launches the preview device and starts to publish and render
each of the pages and scenes from the playlist. Once an item is published, the page or
scene’s playout in previewed on the device’s display.
N
OTE
The profile specified must be consistent with the format of the scene. The render will fail if
they are different.
6.
Once the process is complete, you can navigate to the directory where the clip file was
saved and open the saved file in an appropriate media viewer.
N
OTE
The rendered video file is saved to the specified location on your system and it is not saved
as a Clip asset on the Xmedia Server. If at anytime you want to use the render clip file as
an asset within the Vertigo Suite, you must use Xstudio or Xplorer to import/ingest the video
file into the Xmedia Server.