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Grass Valley Xbuilder Vertigo Suite v.4.8 User Manual

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Xbuilder User Manual

6-25

Creating and using playlists

N

AME

You cannot rename a page, template, scene or clip from within the
Playlist Editor since it’s a fundamental property of the asset.

However, if you still would like to edit the name of the item in the playlist,
double-click the row in the playlist. The item opens in the Template
Editor. Type the new name in the Name field in the upper portion of the
Template Editor. Click the C

OMMIT

AND

C

LOSE

button

in the

Template Editor. The playlist’s Name column now displays the edited
name.

To edit the name of a playlist segment, right-click the segment headings
row and select the E

DIT

C

ELL

command from the context menu. Type

the new text and press E

NTER

.

See

“Adding comments to the playlist” on page 6-21

for instructions on

how to edit the text in a comment row.

O

FFSET

The offset time, which represents the amount of time delay between the
playout of two consecutive playlist elements, can be modified by
selecting the row and then clicking once in the Offset column cell. Type
in the amount of time that you would like to be between the playout of
the playlist items (i.e. 00:00:01 is one second). Then, press E

NTER

.

See

“Display settings” on page 9-4

for a description of the O

FFSET

DISPLAY

FORMAT

setting, which determines the format of the Offset

value in the playlist column.

O

VERFLOW

Currently, you cannot edit the overflow column’s value in Xbuilder’s
Playlist Editor.

P

LAYOUT

T

YPE

The Playout Type column’s setting, as indicated by an icon, can be
changed by right-clicking on the playout type’s column’s cell, and then
selecting the P

LAYOUT

T

YPE

command from the context menu. Select

one of the following playout types styles: S

EQUENTIAL

, H

ARD

S

TART

, or

M

ANUAL

. See

page 6-12

for more information about the three (3)

playout types.

R

ECALL

ID

The Recall ID column’s value cannot be changed from within the
Playlist Editor since it’s a fundamental property of the page or template.

However, if you still would like to add/edit the Recall ID for a particular
page, double-click the page’s row in the playlist. The page opens in the
Contents Editor. Type the text in the Recall ID field in the upper portion
of the Template Editor. Click the S

AVE

P

AGE

,

AND

C

LOSE

button

in

the Template Editor. The playlist’s Recall ID column now displays the
added/edited text.

S

TATUS

Displays the results of a verification routine when the playlist is loaded,
as well as the item’s on-air or cued status.

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