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Grass Valley iTX Desktop v.2.4 User Manual, 373 pages

Recognized languages:	English
Pages:	373
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About this manual
- Terminology
- Software versions
- Valid characters in names and titles of media items
- Further reading
About iTX
- Grass Valley client-server technology
- The main parts of an iTX system
- The iTX Desktop
  - Workstation View and User View
  - Pop-up layouts
- Starting the iTX Desktop
Quick tour of the iTX Desktop
- About service status indicators in layout components
- About system time and local time
Working with schedules
- About iTX channels
- Monitoring and controlling live schedules
- iTX Desktop components for working with schedules
The Content Selector
- About the Content Selector
  - Content Selector palettes
  - Setting up palettes on the Content Selector
  - Changing the properties of an asset in the Content Selector
- Managing the contents of a palette selection pane
  - Add assets to a palette selection pane
  - Remove assets from a palette selection pane
- Editing a schedule by dragging and dropping assets from the Content Selector
  - Creating schedule events
  - Primary and secondary events
  - Locating a new schedule event
  - Create a schedule event by dropping an asset into the Schedule Grid
  - Create a schedule event by dropping an asset onto the Timeline Display
  - Remove one or more events from a schedule
- Working with video clips
  - About the Video Clip palette
  - Adding a video-clip event to a schedule
  - Previewing a video clip in the preview window
  - Changing video-clip properties
  - Using an unknown video clip in a schedule event
  - Adding a VTR event to a schedule
- Working with logos
  - About the Logo palette
  - Adding a logo event to a schedule
  - Options for controlling the playout of logos
  - Temporary removal of all logos
  - Set the logo-type property
  - Change the title of a logo
  - Change the default duration of a logo event
  - Assign a logo to a different layer
  - Suppress or restore all active logos
  - Clearing all logos at the start of a new schedule
- Working with external logo inserters
  - About the External Logo palette
  - Options for controlling the playout of logos
  - Adding an external-logo event to a schedule
  - Add an external logo to the palette selection pane
  - Scheduling logos using the External Key and Fill inputs of the LGK-3901
  - Remove an external logo from the palette selection pane
- Working with CGs
  - About the CG palette
  - Adding a CG event to a schedule
  - Edit a CG in the iTX CG application
  - Change the title of a CG
  - Change the duration of a CG event
- Working with subtitle files
  - About the Subtitle palette
  - Adding a subtitle event to a schedule
- Working with still images
  - About the Stills palette
  - Adding a still-image event to a schedule
  - Change the title of a still image
  - Change the default duration of a still-image event
- Working with voiceover clips
  - About the Voice Over palette
  - Adding a voiceover-clip event to a schedule
  - Play a voiceover clip
  - Change the title of a voiceover clip
  - Change the in-point or out-point of a voiceover clip
- Working with live events
  - About the Live palette
  - Adding a live event to a schedule
  - Display live-event properties
  - Set a duration of a live event
  - Set the Aspect Ratio Properties for Live Events (OS2 only)
- Working with sequences
  - About the Sequence palette
  - Adding an existing sequence to a schedule
  - Change the name or title of a sequence
  - Add a blank sequence to a schedule
  - Create a sequence with a fixed duration
- Working with stored schedules
  - About the Schedule palette
  - Adding a nested schedule to a main schedule
  - Live update of a nested schedule
- Working with split breaks
  - About the Split Break palette
  - Adding a split break to a schedule
  - Enter a name and title for a split break
  - Select split-break regions
  - Change the default duration of a split break
  - Add events to a sequence for each regional channel
  - Adding events for playout in the main channel during a split break
- Working with slide shows
  - About the Slide Show palette
  - Add a still image or audio clip to the slide show
  - Change the order of the still images or audio clips
  - Change the duration of a still image
  - Preview a still image
  - Adjust the volume of an audio clip
  - Add a slide show to a schedule
- Working with an external subtitler
  - About the Ex Subtitler palette
  - Adding an external subtitle event to a schedule
- Working with external CG devices and graphics systems
  - About the Clarity palette
  - Add a Clarity CG template to the palette selection pane
  - Adding a Clarity CG event to a schedule
  - Change the name of a Clarity CG template
  - Change the properties of a CG template
  - Change the duration of a Clarity CG event
  - About the VizRT palette
  - Add a VizRT CG page to the palette selection pane
  - Adding a VizRT CG event to a schedule
- Working with GPIs
  - About the GPI palette
  - Adding a GPI event to a schedule
  - Select the GPI matrix
  - Change the duration of a GPI
  - Set the time mode of a GPI
- Working with studio sources
  - About the Studio palette
  - Adding a studio-source event to a schedule
  - Change the default duration of a studio-source event
- Working with router events
  - About the Router Event palette
  - Adding a router event to a schedule
  - Configure a router event
  - Change the default duration of a router event
- Working with a studio switcher
  - About the Studio Switcher palette
  - Adding a studio switcher event to a schedule
- Working with VANC data
  - About the VANC Data palette
  - Adding a VANC-message event to a schedule
  - Set up a SCTE 104 message
  - Add a SCTE 104 message event to a schedule
- Working with enhanced SCTE104 data
  - About the SCTE104 palette
  - Adding an enhanced SCTE104 message event to a schedule
  - Set up and insert an enhanced SCTE104 message:
  - Add an enhanced SCTE104 message event to a schedule
- Working with rating categories
  - About the V-Chip palette
  - Adding a rating-category event to a schedule
  - Select a rating system
  - Change the title of a rating category
  - Change the duration of a rating category
  - Specify sub-rating options for a rating category
- Adding comments
  - About the Comment palette
  - Adding a comment line to a schedule
The Event Editor
- About the Event Editor
  - Changing the properties of an asset in the Event Editor
  - Event timings in local time or UTC
- Editing events of different types
  - Editing a video-clip event
  - Editing a CG event
  - Editing a logo event
  - Editing an external-logo event
  - Editing a still-image event
  - Editing the properties of a sequence
  - Editing a voiceover-clip event
  - Editing a subtitle event
  - Editing a stored schedule
  - Editing a live event
  - Editing a slide-show event
  - Editing a GPI event
  - Editing a VANC-message event
  - Editing an Enhanced 105 VANC message event
  - Editing inbound enhanced SCTE 104 VANC message events
  - Editing a split-break event
  - Editing an external subtitle event
  - Editing an external CG or graphics event
  - Editing a rating-category event
  - Editing a studio-source event
  - Editing a router event
- Saving or cancelling changes to events
- Changing the title of the item in an event
  - Change the title of the item in an event
- Setting event playout times
  - About the timing properties that affect event start and end times
  - Possible time modes
  - Set the time mode for an event
  - Set the start time for a fixed event
  - Set the end time for a fixed-end event
  - Set the time offset for a secondary event
  - Manual events
  - Set the manual property for an event
  - Join-in-progress events
  - About the display of local or UTC start times for events
  - About DST and the timing of fixed-start and fixed-end events
  - Enter an event start time that could be before or after the end of DST
  - Enter an event end time that could be before or after the end of DST
- Setting event durations
  - Durations for different types of event
  - Automatic durations for secondary events
  - Change an event duration
  - Set an automatic duration to make a secondary event finish at the same time as its primary event
  - Set an automatic duration to make a secondary event start and finish at the same time as its primary event
- Setting the regional channel for a regional event
  - About regional channels
  - Set the regional channel for a regional event
- Video and audio transitions for primary events
  - Add a transition at the start of a primary event
- Creating a picture-in-picture effect
  - Picture-in-picture formats
  - Mix and zoom options for a picture-in-picture effect
  - About the picture-in-picture format dialog
  - Set the size and position of the items in a picture-in-picture effect
  - Adjust the background audio level for a picture-in-picture effect
  - Add a background image to a picture-in-picture effect
  - Change the format stored in a preset-format button
  - Set a mix transition into, and out of, a picture-in-picture effect
  - Set a zoom action into, and out of, a picture-in-picture effect
- Transitions and vision effects for secondary events
  - Setting transitions and vision effects for logo events
  - Set a transition for a logo event
  - Set a wipe, slide or squeeze effect for a logo event
- Using the Event Editor features for sequences
  - Restricting the use of a sequence to a defined period
  - Prevent iTX starting a sequence before the start of a break window
  - Set iTX to skip a sequence that it does not start by the end of a break window
  - Apply a standard set of transitions to the events in a sequence
  - Prevent iTX switching a pass-through channel back to its live source before a sequence has played out for a specified duration
  - Prevent iTX continuing to play out events in a sequence after a specified duration
  - Inserting an SCTE 104 message to trigger the insertion of local advertising
- Changing volume levels for voiceover events
  - Set volume levels for a voiceover event and its primary event
  - Set the duration of the audio ramps at the start and end of a voiceover event
  - Replace the video clip or live asset in one or more events
- Selecting a videotape machine to play out a VTR event
  - Select a videotape machine for playout
- Setting up the recording of sequences and live events
  - About the different recording modes
  - About channel default settings
  - Use the Event Editor to quickly mark an event for recording
  - Use the Schedule Grid to quickly mark an event for recording
  - Use the Event Editor to specify settings for the recording of an event
  - Use the Schedule Grid to specify settings for the recording of an event
  - Edit the recording properties for an event
  - Monitor a recording
  - Preview a recording
  - Cancel a recording
  - Scheduling notes
- Changing the GPI output for a GPI event
  - Change the GPI output for a GPI event
- Changing the routing properties for a router event
  - Change the routing properties for a router event
- Changing the external subtitle file for an external subtitle event
  - Select a different subtitle file for an external subtitle event
- Entering information in editable CG text blocks
  - Enter information in an editable CG text block
- Changing page details in a VizRT CG event
  - Change VizRT CG page details
- Changing the rating category for a rating-category event
  - Change the rating category for a rating-category event
- Entering and viewing schedule notes
  - Enter notes for a schedule event
- Using the follow-next feature
  - Set up iTX to automatically display details for the next event in the Event Editor
The Timeline Display
- About the Timeline Display
- Adding an event to a schedule by dropping an asset onto the Timeline Display
- Tracking an event on the Timeline Display
- Viewing information about an event
- Changing the view of the Timeline Display
  - Zoom the Timeline Display
  - Shift the focus of the Timeline Display
- Changing the track configuration of the Timeline Display
  - Change the track configuration of the Timeline Display
  - Using the default track configuration of the Timeline Display
The Schedule Grid
- About the Schedule Grid
  - Changing properties of assets in video-clip and logo events
  - Channel-status indicators
- Creating a schedule event by dropping an item into the Schedule Grid
- Noting the time mode of events
- Tracking an event
- Viewing information about an event
- Preventing schedule underruns and overruns
- Show or hide secondary events
- Change the order of schedule events
- Event warnings
- Add a filter to the Schedule Grid
- Using the options in the Schedule Grid menu
- Schedule event colors
- Cache status indicators
  - Caching progress
- Changing the transitions for events in the Schedule Grid
  - Change an event transition in the Schedule Grid
- Changing the duration and media limits from the Schedule Grid
- Automatic replacement of missing media files with evergreen content
- About VTR events in the Schedule Grid
  - Cue the VTR event
  - Play out a VTR event
- Recording schedule events
The Schedule Manager
- About the Schedule Manager
- Loading stored schedules in the Schedule Manager
  - Load any schedule
  - Load a schedule that has date and channel labels
- Adding stored schedules to the current schedule
  - Add a stored schedule to the current schedule
- Saving the current schedule
- Creating sequences and sequence templates
- Creating a looping schedule
- Adding an hour or a day to the start time of the current schedule
  - Put back the start of the current schedule by an hour or a day
- The Schedule Manager menu
The Next-Event Control Panel
- About the Next-Event Control Panel
The Live Logo Inserter
- About the Live Logo Inserter
- Setting up the Live Logo Inserter
  - Set up the Live Logo Inserter
- Using the Live Logo Inserter
  - Manually switch a logo on or off in a live schedule
Channel-control pop-up layouts
- Using the Emergency Audio pop-up layout
  - Master Audio Level slider
  - Lip-sync buttons
- Using the Channel Health pop-up layout
  - Emergency removal of logos and captions
- Using the News Flash pop-up layouts
  - Interrupt a schedule event for a news flash
  - Removing a news-flash sequence before it starts
- Using the Sequence Control pop-up layout
- Using the Selected Item Control pop-up layout
  - Manually cue a future event
  - Manually take a future event to air
Searching with PinPoint
- The PinPoint dialog and panel
  - Hidden panes
- Search filters
  - Specifying an asset name in a filter
- Search blocks
  - Nested search blocks
- Specifying the sort order of results
- Multi-domain searching
- Stemming
- Searching
- Working in the results pane
- Repeating searches
- Viewing metadata
  - Build a search block
- Resizing the PinPoint dialog
  - Maximize or restore the PinPoint dialog
Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features
- Playing a video clip in a preview window
  - Indication of the extent of clip media
  - Using the options in the preview-window menu
- Marking the boundary points of a video clip
  - Change the in-point or out-point of a video clip
- Changing the audio level of a previewing video clip
  - Change the audio level of a video clip
- Specifying properties for video clips and voiceover clips
- Entering a value in an iTX time-entry box
  - Using a shortcut when entering a time value
  - Entering a time value through the Time Calculator
- Entering values in a date-and-time box
- Switching a recorded voice countdown on or off
The CG application
- About the CG application
- Working with text
- Working with rectangles
- Working with background images
- Resizing and moving CG objects
- Changing the stacking order of objects
  - Re-order layers
- Working with multiple objects
  - Select multiple objects of any type
  - Select all objects of the same type
- Undoing and redoing changes
  - Undo a change
  - Redo a change
- The Color Selector
  - Use the Color Selector
- Setting properties (visual effects, crawl speeds) for groups
- Using the template controls
- Setting the CG application window options
- Closing the CG application
Ingesting files through the Media Store Inbox
- Valid formats for media files and other types of file
- Re-importing media files
- Ingest media files through the Media Store Inbox
- Ingest reference MOV and MXF files through the Media Store Inbox
Ingesting media by using an Encode Server
- Crash recordings, automatic recordings and batch recordings
- Recording from a videotape
- The ingest layouts
- The Encode control panel
- About the Encode Server lock button
- About the VTR control button
- Setting the structure of the media file created by an Encode Server
- Preparing your iTX system for recordings
- Using the Encode control panel to record media files
- Using the Tape Ingest layout for single or batch ingest
- Previewing and playing out media while it is being recorded
Using Ingest Manager
- About Ingest Manager
  - Planned recordings
  - Ad-hoc recordings
- The standard Ingest Manager layouts
- Bookings for planned recordings
  - The Scheduled Booking dialogs
- Choosing a clip name when making a booking request
  - Automatic clip names for repeat recordings
- Creating bookings
  - Create a booking for a scheduled recording
- Editing bookings
  - Edit a booking for a scheduled recording
- Managing bookings
- About the Instant Ingest Request panel
  - Editing a recording job
  - Managing a recording job
- Using the Instant Ingest Request panel
- Using a naming rule for an ad-hoc recording
  - Select a naming rule
- Monitoring and managing scheduled recordings
- Responding to failed recordings
Preparing media items for playout
- About the Asset layout
- About database assets and media files
- User rights
- Searching for assets
- Viewing a media file in the Media Viewer
- Working with the Property Editor
- Durations and Media Limits
- Saving assets
- Locking assets and media-file locations
- Reading the Media Store Gauge
- About asset templates
  - Create or modify an asset template
Working with the Logo Editor
- Display a logo in the Logo Editor
- Re-position a logo
- Resize a logo
- Set a transition or vision effect for a logo
- Adjust the transparency of a logo
- Assign a logo to a layer
- Mark a logo as stereoscopic-3D formatted
- Entering values in the measurements panel
Working on the Asset Segmentation layout
- Clip Segmenter features
- Load a base video clip in the Clip Segmenter
- Create segment clips from a base video clip
- Set segment-naming options
- Rename segments
Using iTX with a keyboard or hard panel
Optional features
- The Live CG Inserter
  - Set up the Live CG Inserter
  - Manually switch a CG on or off during a live schedule
- Next-event gang buttons
- The Count To Control
  - Select a schedule event for a count
- The Schedule Preview Control
- The Direct Preview Control
  - Add a sequence with a video clip to the preview-channel schedule
- The Global Editor
  - Using the Global Editor
  - Use the Global Editor to make schedule changes in multiple channels
- The Live Channel Management panel
  - Switch the source of the channel output
  - Handling of manual events in the main channel while rolling under
- The Live Video Inserter
- The Recue Item control panel
- The Missing Material status channel
- Automatic display of schedule events on a video monitor
  - Display the schedule events in a selected channel
  - Display the next events in the different channels of a channel view
Appendix A: The iTX Import Protocol
- Formatting clip lists
- Formatting schedules
- Formatting wipe lists

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