Grass Valley Xbuilder Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 66)

6-4 Xbuilder User Manual
Creating and using playlists
Creating a new playlist
To create a new playlist, you must first open a new, empty Playlist Editor. If the Playlist
Editor area is already occupied by another project (i.e. an existing playlist, rundown editor
or segment window), performing the C
REATE N EW P LAYLIST action (described below)
immediately clears the Playlist Editor space and a blank Playlist Editor appears, ready for
use.
To create a new playlist:
• Select F ILE >N EW P LAYLIST .
Or,
• Click the C
REATE N EW P LAYLIST button in the Playlist toolbar.
N OTE
Xbuilder’s Merge List and Make List / Air List features are alternative ways of creating playlists
containing new pages and/or scenes from an Excel spreadsheet or XML file. See
“Creating pages
and/or scene using a Merge List” on page 3-4 and “Performing Quality Control (QC) and Media
Check (MC)” on page 5-1 for more information.
Opening an existing playlist
Existing playlists are stored on the Xmedia Server. You can open existing playlists either
from the Asset Browser or from the F
ILE menu.
To open an existing playlist using the Asset Browser:
1.
Select the P LAYLISTS root category in the Asset Browser, and navigate to the
appropriate category where the playlist is stored.
The playlists contained in the Asset Browser category is listed/displayed in the panel
to the right of the Asset Browser.
2. Double-click the name of the desired playlist.
Or,
Right-click on the playlist’s name and select the O
PEN command from the context
menu.
The playlist opens in the Playlist Editor.
To open an existing playlist from the File menu:
1.
Select F ILE >O PEN P LAYLIST .
The O PEN P LAYLIST dialog box appears.
2. Navigate through the Playlist categories in the right panel until the desired playlist is
listed in the left panel.
3. Double-click the desired playlist listed in the right panel.
Or,
Select the playlist and then click OK.
The playlist opens in the Playlist Editor.