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Xedio Dispatcher User Manual

1. 2 2 2 2 INSTALLATION a aaao aaao anaana cccccc ccc cecceeceeeees 4 2 1 Prerequisites 0 222i lll cc ccc ec eceee eee cee cece cece ee eeeceeeeseeeeeeees 4 2 2 Hardware and Software Requirements _ 2 22 22 22 cece cee cee cee eeceeeeeees 4 Oe ICONS CS oc cese psc esecac arene a cc see ete a a sd awesome beens 9 2 3 1 License Codes Required 2 2 2 c cece cece ecceccccecceceeceeeeeeees 5 2 3 2 Requesting and Importing the License Keys 0 0 2 202 e eee eee 3 2 4 Installation Procedure 2 22 cee cece cece cece cece cece ccc eeeceeeeeceeeeeeeee 6 3 CONFIGURATION AND CUSTOMIZATION ___ 0000 0 9 3 1 Export Target Profiles 0 00 2 occ ccc cece ccc e cee cece ce ccecccecceccecceccece 9 3 1 1 Definition 0 0 cece ccc cece ccc cece ee ceeceeceecceeceeceeceeeee 9 3 1 2 Creating your Own Export Target Profile 2 00 0 0 0222 c eee eee eee ee 9 3 2 Xsquare Target 2 elec cece e cece cece ete e cece eeeceeseeseeeeerees 18 3 2 1 Purpose ooo aaaa aoaaa aoaaa aoaaa aoaaa aoaaa aLaaa LLALL LDA LDLo aooaa 18 3 2 2 Creating an Xsquare Target on the Local Xsquare _ 19 3 2 3 Discovering Xsquare Servers _ 2 2 22 cece eee eee cece cee ceceeeeeeeees 19 3 3 Keyword Grids 22 22 elec c eee cece eee e eee c cece eee ee cee ceecceeceeeerecereees 21 3 4 Metadata cost ek ce ee ee ee eee
2. 00 00 0000 022s 114 EXPORTING THE STORYBOARD OR CLIPS ___ 115 MCO CUO geet c ee cas E cane aecena aden veeeseeeen Gein eet aeavessee casey 115 Exporting to Target 2 022 l elec cee ccc cece cece cee cece ee eeeeeeeeeeeeees 115 12 2 1 Introduction _ 2 02 2 ieee eee eee eee eee eee cece eeeeeeeee 115 12 2 2 How to Export to Target 22 22 o icc cece eee ec eee eeeeeees 115 12 2 3 Monitoring the Export Process toa Target _ 2 22 2 2 2222 e eee ee 116 12 2 4 Exporting Metadata 22 0 22 l cece cece cece cece ccc eteceeeees 117 12 2 5 Exporting Logs 22 2222 ieee eee eee cee cece ec eee e cece eeeeeceeeeeees 117 12 2 6 Other Possible Actions on Export Jobs _ 2 2222 22 2ee eee eee eee eee 117 Exporting to Xedio to File to Device 2 22 i cece cece e eee eee eee 118 12 3 1 How to Export a Storyboard to File or to Device 2 22 22222 118 12 3 2 Setting the Export Properties To File 0 2 2 02 22 c eee e eee ee eee 120 12 3 3 Setting the Export Properties To Device 2 2 2 22 2 eee eee ee eee 121 12 3 4 Setting the General Export Properties 0 02 022 22 e cece eee eee 122 Exporting Clips and Sub Clips 00 0 0022022 c eee e cece eee eee eee e cece cess 123 a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VU l What s New What s New In the user manual the icon has been added on
3. Management of 3D media e Possibility to transfer media from P2 3D cards as 2 separate files See section Product Description on page 1 See section Overview of the Workspace in Thumbnail View on page 54 See section Process Overview with P2 3D Cards as Source on page 2 New behavior for the J L shortcuts e The first time the J or the L shortcut is pressed the speed is 100 See section Transport Commands in the Player on page 72 VII EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 The Allow Match Frame function has been removed See section List of Media Dispatcher Parameters on page 32 See section Overview of the Storyboard Player on page 62 VIII What s New aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 1 1 1 NEW 1 2 1 Introduction Introduction Product Description Xedio Dispatcher is a software product used for browsing A V files in place rough cutting and exporting rough cuts to multiple destinations and formats Xedio Dispatcher automatically detects connected devices such as CANON P2 XDCAM or XDCAM EX devices and instantly displays their contents This allows immediate browsing of the media directly on the device which speeds up the shoot selection sub clipping and or fast rough cut editing Shoots sub clips and edits can also be instantly logged Xedio Dispatcher also scans drives or folders upon user request and displays their content As soon as clips are displa
4. The first field under the Show Hide Filter button lists three options for the combination of criteria to be taken into account during the filtering operation ALL Critena are met ANY Criteria is met HO Criteria te met Option Meaning ALL criteria All the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the Criteria are met Combination field must be met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill all the selected filter criteria ANY criteria Atleast one of the criteria selected in the Filter fields must be met is met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill at least one of the selected filter criteria 6 Selecting Relevant Media aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Option Meaning NO criteria None of the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the is met Criteria Combination field must be met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill none of the selected filter criteria Search Parameters List The second field gives access to the list of available advanced search parameters Click the arrow next to the field to display the list Users are then able to add as many search fields as needed and to enter search criteria for each of them Advanced Search Fields Once a search parameter has been selected an entire line is displayed ALL Criteria are met nteracg Description Element P 1 Selected search parameter 2 Various fields used to enter the filter
5. The global shooting date is assigned to the media during its referencing in Xedio Dispatcher This parameter is a numeric value to define how the global shooting date is assigned Possible values e 0 date retrieved from the XML file and corresponding to the date when the media was recorded by the camera e gt 0 date provided by the application and corresponding to the date when the media was referenced in Xedio Dispatcher Default name assigned to the media during its referencing in Xedio Dispatcher This field is left empty by default KeywordGridFolder Folder where Xedio Dispatcher looks for Keyword grids Media List Default value C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XedioDispatcher Keyword Grid MaxResultSelSize Field to define the maximum number of items which will be displayed in the Elements grid after 0 no limit Player Auto Clip IN This parameter will be used in future version Amount of fields before the entry point of a clip when using the auto clipping tool Alt Space bar Auto Clip OUT This parameter will be used in future version Amount of fields after the out point of a clip when using the auto clipping tool Alt Space bar Enable Deinterlace Displays the Deinterlacer option and menu when right clicking Menu over the player This is only used in HiRes mode 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 Jog Audio Threshold HI Jog Audio Threshold
6. a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l How to Save Filters To save filters proceed as follows 1 4 9 Define the filter or filters combination you wish to save as explained in section How to Perform an Advanced Search on page 101 Right click the Filter 0 tab Select Save Filter As from the contextual menu The Filter Edit Dialog box opens Enter a label for the tab you are going to create and if required enter a description Click OK The new filter tab is displayed on the left of the list How to Apply a Saved Filter To apply a saved filter simply click the corresponding tab 6 Selecting Relevant Media 103 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 f Loading a Source Clip on the Clip Player Introduction The action of placing a media or a clip on the Clip Player to preview it sub clipping it and so on is called loading a media or clip on the Player This can be done in different ways How to Load a Clip in the Clip Player To load source clip on the Clip Player proceed in one of the following ways e double click the source clip from the Thumbnail view Workspace Workspace OOOO 0001 0002 15 18 J 00 02 15 0 0 E Vv I gt ID o0 02 15 17 J 0002 15 18 1 gt a gt Oe Se e double click the source clip from the List view e right click a clip or a thumbnail ans select Play from the contextual menu The clip boundaries displayed are the ones of
7. Can select ClassList node Confirmation window to backup EVS video server Default video aspect ratio Default high bitrate video width Default Proxy Video Frequency Default Proxy Video Resolution Default video standard Default XT Growing Clip Duration Gop browsing accuracy for hi res player 3 Configuration and Customization When selected the backup of EVS video server is allowed When selected each time a new criterion is added to a filter the search is automatically started without pressing Return or clicking the Search button When selected enables the selection of a class list node rather than only the deepest sub items When selected displays a confirmation window before the backup operation of an EVS video server Video Ratio used in thumbnail generation and during rendering operations Possible values 4 3 or 16 9 Free text field to define the default horizontal resolution for hi resolution video files width in pixels Default video frequency for Proxy video browsing editing and encoding Default video resolution for Proxy video browsing editing and encoding Video supported by the Dispatcher in the current session You cannot mixed PAL and NTSC This parameter is also used during rendering to upscale or not the media Possible values PAL SD NTSC drop SD HD 1080i 50 HD 720p 50 HD 1080i 59 94 HD 720p 59 94 Field to define the default duration for XT growing clip Def
8. Part Name 1 Video Display amp Audio Meters 2 Track Selection buttons 2 Jog and Media bars 4 Editing and Transport commands 5 View Mode buttons 6 Next Previous Clip buttons Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Description The Video Diplay displays the media loaded on the Player Parameters related to the display are available via a contextual menu See section Video Display Options on page 64 The audio meters are used for audio monitoring See section Audio Meters on page 68 The Track Selection buttons little camera and triangle buttons are used to select the video and audio channels to include in the clip sub clip that will be placed into the storyboard The radio buttons are used to select the audio track to monitor when the loaded clip is being played in the Clip Player See section Audio Video Track Selection and Monitoring on page 65 The Media bar represents the clip currently loaded on the Player The jog bar is used to navigate within the loaded item at a variable speed See section Media Bar and Jog Bar on page 69 The transport functions are used to navigate within the loaded item and play it See section Transport Commands in the Player on page 72 The editing functions are used to create new clips that will be placed into the storyboard See section Clip Creation Commands on page 75 Logs buttons are used to add logs to the clip loaded in the player and to navigate between t
9. To move the position of the mark IN mark OUT or nowline click on them with the mouse and drag them to the desired position Nowline Outside Media Bar When the media is being played the nowline moves along the top media bar If only a section of the media is visible in the top bar the nowline may disappear In this case a red indicator on the right side of the media bar will be displayed A click on the vertical indicator on the right side will re center the top bar on the nowline Moving the middle bar to the right or to the left can lead to such a situation with the nowline disappearing respectively to the left or to the right of the top bar Jog Bar The bottom bar is the jog bar Dragging the speed indicator on the jog bar allows you to move within the media at a variable speed s gy 71 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 The speed varies depending on e the position of the speed indicator e the speed range covered by the jog bar The default range is set from 200 to 200 This is set via the menu Parameters gt Parameters Profiles Media Dispatcher gt Default profile gt Player tab JogRangeHI and JogRangeLO parameters Audio can be heard when using the jog 4 7 6 Editing and Transport Commands Transport Commands in the Player Clip Player I gt 00 00 00 00 gt 00 00 03 12 Storyboard Player ell m gt O0 00 15 1 7 x KI CO Cf 0000 00 00 The following tabl
10. 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 6 4 1 Introduction 6 4 2 Quick Text Search loaa LLL LL22 94 6 4 3 Advanced Search 2 22 22 e cece cece eee cece cece eee eeeeeeeceeeeeees 95 6 4 4 Using Saved Filters 000 02 o cece cece cee cee cee cece eens 102 LOADING A SOURCE CLIP ON THE CLIP PLAYER 104 ADDING CLIPS OR SUB CLIPS TO THE STORYBOARD 106 How to Create a Sub Clip and Add it to the Storyboard _ 2 22 22 22222 106 How to Add Source Clips to the Storyboard 2 22 22 eee e eee eee eee eee 107 How to Replace a Clip in the Storyboard 2 2 222 e eee eee eee eee eee 107 How to Modify the Storyboard Clip Boundaries 0 2 22 e cece eee eee eee 107 ADDING LOGS TOA CLIP aaao cccecceee eee eee 108 Introduction a 108 Log and Metadata Display 02 22 cece cece cece cece cece ccecccecceeeeeeees 108 9 2 1 Log Color and Rating 0 2 ccc ccc cece cece ccc eeecceeeeeeeees 108 9 2 2 Keywords Associated to a Log 2 lee eee ce cee cece cee ceeees 109 Adding a Log to a Clip and Associating Metadata 2 22 0222222 e eee ee 110 Other Possible Actions on Logs 022 22 c cece cece eee e cece ceeceeseeseees 111 RECORDING AN AUDIO GUIDE TRACK aaao aaao 113 Ta ole 0 0 0 p ea 113 How to Record an Audio Guide Track _ 2222 22 o eee eee eee eee cee ceeeeeee 113 CHECKING THE STORYBOARD
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12. EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 o Right click in the Storyboard area and select Send Storyboard to Export Tool Storyboard Ja if Y d Fac a eee ee ee E eae ee Send Storyboard Foot to Export Tool Delete Storyboard Foot Storyboard Properties Foot fo 0 Label Progress StartTC Duration Type Foot 20130801 142737 00 00 00 00 00 02 43 00 Edit documentary Foot Highlight The storyboard name is added to the list of export jobs 4 Click Start at the bottom of the tab The storyboard is exported as defined in the selected target profile The progress of the export job to an RTProf target is displayed in the List of export jobs Name Progress Foot _20120322_ 143 The storyboards added to the list will remain available in the list whether they have been exported or not until the end of the user session The progress of the export job to an Xsquare target can be monitored by clicking the Monitoring button 12 2 3 Monitoring the Export Process to a Target The Monitor button is used to monitor the export status The Monitoring window contains one tab per Xsquare server provided that Xsquare servers have been configured from the Targets menu 116 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 12 2 4 12 2 5 12 2 6 Exporting Metadata During the creation of the export target profile if the Generate EVS me
13. Goa ee eee GN Tf AOT PUMO ec eee T 4 9 2 Overview of the Logger Tab 0 e lel e eee e eee cece cee ceeeeeeee 78 EXPO TOOS sunsn mear ihe aoa cataerne biol deen ace waa uecssb a escumsosenad cine 80 Bh VOT PU OS E tara east tg ha ate nee Stic lal os eae ee Re 80 4 10 2 EXDOM1O Target TaD isc ood deer cure ea E ETE 80 4 10 3 Export to File Tab and Export to Device Tab 22 22 22 22222 83 MANAGING THE STORYBOARDS 000 00 0 20000002 00220222 87 How to Create an Empty Storyboard 22 222 i cece cece eee ee cece eeeeee 87 Storyboard Properties Window 0 02 22 cece cece eee eee eee cece eee 87 Other Possible Actions on Storyboards 2 2 cece cece cece cee cee ceecceceees 90 SELECTING RELEVANT MEDIA 0 00 0000000020000002 91 HOGG HON 2 Sages ste haat oe Aik cette oS ut aoa Nec Rand cr a cel oats A 91 Adding and Scanning a Folder in the Source Device Area 2 22 2 91 Listing Clips in the Workspace Area 22 0222 cc eee ce ccc ceeccceccceeeeceeeee 92 6 3 1 Displaying the Source Clips in the Thumbnail View 92 6 3 2 Listing the Source Clips in the List View _ 22 22 222 2222222 92 Table of Contents aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Table of Contents 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 10 10 1 10 2 11 12 12
14. LO Jog Range HI Jog Range LO Prev Next X Shift Speed Max Speed Max XT Clip Creation Time Tolerance XT Stream Creation Time Tolerance XT Train Only View Enable Storyboard Allow Audio Guide Track Audio Guide Track Output Audio Guide Track PreRoll Automatic Save Time V5 Maximum playing speed in hi res above which the audio will no longer be audible Maximum playing speed in lo res above which the audio will no longer be audible Jog Range in HiRes from 1 0 to 1 0 Jog Range in LoRes from 2 0 to 2 0 Field to enter the number of fields to jump when Alt key is used with Prev and Next buttons Field to enter the speed rate for super fast forward and rewind tools when used together with the Shift key Field to enter the speed rate for fast forward and fast rewind tools Field to enter the tolerance value in seconds towards the creation time between two sibling XT clips Field to enter the tolerance value in seconds towards the creation time between two sibling streams When selected the clip creation on XT train is disabled Enables the Audio Guide Track feature If this parameter is active and if the required license key is installed in XSecure the Audio Guide Track button will be available in the Storyboard Player Stereo output for Audio Guide Track Countdown in milliseconds before starting the record process Delay in seconds between two storyboard saves How to Edit a
15. Logger 78 4 User Interface USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V n Logger with Associated Keyword Grids Tools MATCH ACTIONS 1 page 1 page page 3 Goal Skill Save Assist Goal Possession wide Poor Raining Foul shot on s Penalty MATCH Penalty Penaty tine T vippan Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Logger tab 4 User Interface 79 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 10 4 10 1 4 10 2 80 Part Name Description 1 Keyword This field is only present if Keyword grids are stored Grid as xml files in C Program Files EVS Broadcast Selection Equipment XedioDispatcher Keyword Grids field This field provides the list of keyword grids from which you can select the one you want to use 2 Keyword grid Once a keyword grid has been selected it opens in the Keyword Grid area If the Keywords cannot be displayed in one page the pages are displayed as tabs If no keyword grid is stored as xml file in C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XedioDispatcher Keyword Grids this area is not available 3 Interest Buttons that allows you to assign a rating to the log Level in order to highlight important moments in the clip buttons The log will have a different color depending on the level assigned 4 Delete Log Button that allows you to delete the log on which you button are positioned in the lo
16. Parameter Profile To edit the parameters values of a profile proceed as follows 1 Inthe Application Selection area select lt GENERAL gt or the application in which a parameter profile should be edited 2 Select the profile in the Profile Selection area 3 Configuration and Customization 37 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 3 Inthe Parameters area edit the parameter in the Variant Values column oO 0 by selecting or clearing the box corresponding to a parameter check box by adding the required value field to enter a value by selecting the required value option list by defining it in a specific window for a name format string See section How to Modify a Name Format String on page 38 for the audio parameters see section How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment on page 39 The default values can be changed by editing the lt default gt profile 4 Click the Save button to save the selected profile N Note The modifications from the lt default gt profile are highlighted in the Parameters area How to Modify a Name Format String To modify a name format string proceed as follows 1 Inthe Parameters area double click the parameter in the Variant Value column The Item Auto Name window opens Clip Auto Name OMEDTALABEL Wo YEAR MONTHS DAY HOUR SS MIN SECS MSEC Append In the first name field delete the part of the string yo
17. Right click an audio channel field The following contextual menu appears Add Group Moric Stereo 5 1 4 Select one of the options o Mono one audio channel is used mono M o Stereo two audio channels are used 40 3 Configuration and Customization aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l o 5 1 six audio channels are used 5 Repeat the 2 last steps for the remaining channels How to Change the Order of Channels inside a Track If required you can re assign the order of the channels inside a group To do so proceed as follows 1 Right click an audio channel box One of the following contextual menus appears o Mono mana m w fi In this case there is no other choice o Stereo steren 3 Configuration and Customization 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 2 Select one of the options Consequently two channels will have the same name within a group So the group name is displayed in red You will not be able to save the changes until this is solved 3 0 2 Keyboard Profiles Introduction The keyboard profiles makes it possible to set and store the keyboard key assignments into profiles You can access the keyboard profiles in Xedio Dispatcher via the Parameters gt Keyboard Profiles option of the Menu bar The window is divided into three areas Part Name Description 1 Application This area displays the applicati
18. Types on page 98 For free text fields press ENTER to apply the filter Otherwise the Elements grid is automatically filtered and refreshed 6 If required click the button to add another advanced search parameter Using Saved Filters Introduction Once you have defined filters and search terms you may want to save them for later use You will then be able to apply the same set of filters with a single click Saved filters appear as tabs At least two tabs exist on the left of the Elements grid e The Filter 0 tab The Elements grid displays the list of all elements present in Xedio Dispatcher or it returns the result of a search applied to the list e The Today tab the Elements grid shows the elements with creation date today Warning Those filters can be modified by the user so the results could no longer reflect the tab label Saved Filter Contextual Menu Right clicking in the Filter 0 tab displays a contextual menu with the following options Create New Filter Allows to create a new filter tab through the Filter Edit Dialog wndow Label OF Description Cancel Save Filter As Allows to create a new filter tab in which the current search filter will be saved Filter Properties Allows to change the name and or description of the selected filter tab Reset Filter Removes all search criteria on the selected filter tab Delete Filter Removes the filter tab 6 Selecting Relevant Media aa
19. and position with regard to the whole media e f you position the mouse on the middle bar and rotate the mouse wheel up or down you respectively increase or reduce the section of the media visible in the top bar Thus the dark gray zone is enlarged or reduced e If you click on the dark gray zone and drag it to the left or to the right you shift the section of media visible in the top bar to the beginning or to the end of the media 4 User Interface aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VU l 4 User Interface Nowline Mark IN and Mark OUT Display The mark IN point the mark OUT point and the nowline are shown in the media bar of the Clip Playeras vertical lines e An IN point or mark IN point is shown as a green line on the media bar e An OUT point or mark OUT point is shown as a red line on the media bar e The nowline representing the current position within the loaded element is shown as a blue line on the media bar To place the nowline at a given position simply click at the requested position on the media bar When the source clip is loaded from the Thumbnail view or the List view on the Clip Player the IN point and OUT point correspond to the source clip boundaries When the source clip is loaded from the Storyboard area on the Clip Player the IN point and OUT point correspond to the storyboard clip boundaries In the Storyboard Player only the nowline is displayed Moving Points
20. applied in one click A search can also be facilitated by ordering the Elements grid Quick Text Search Purpose and Context of Use The Quick Text Search function is used to perform a search based on free text entered in the Quick Text Search field This field is available on the top of the Elements grid It allows searching for a string in the displayed columns Users can enter a search string in one of the following ways e They enter the search string in full in the Quick Text Search field The Quick Text Search option obeys specific rules which can be accessed via the Help button E next to the Quick Text Search field See section Quick Text Search Rules on page 94 for more details on these rules e They click the arrow next to the Quick Text Search field so the last 10 searches are displayed and they select one of them lt empty athl Quick Text Search Rules The string that you enter in the Quick Text Search field is analyzed according to the following set of rules which can be accessed via the Help button Ei next to the Quick Text Search field The free text search is not a case sensitive operation Search String Search Result Yellow card Searches for the strings yellow and card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name and card in Keywords For example a clip named The Yellow Man with keywords Red Card will be found since it has yellow and card in 2 d
21. as simple procedures in the following sections Click on the step to jump directly to the corresponding section Creating an empty storyboard Selecting media Adding sub clips to the storyboard Adding logs to clips and or storyboard optional Checking the storyboard Exporting the storyboard D a A V N gt Process Overview with File Exceeding the P2 Card Capacity When the duration of a single shot record exceeds the capacity of the P2 card or when the resulting file exceeds 4 GB the camcorder goes on recording on another P2 card This results in multiple contiguous media files automatically detected by Xedio Dispatcher They are highlighted in the Thumbnail view of the workspace by yellow rectangles on the right and or the left sides of the clip thumbnails See section Overview of the Workspace in Thumbnail View on page 54 Process Overview with P2 3D Cards as Source Xedio Dispatcher is able to manage 3D media from P2 cards and its transfer to a storage location The process is subject to the following limitations e Source must be P2 3D cards e Always use a Storyboard or a full media within Xedio Dispatcher e Thumbnails will always refer to the 1st P2 3D card e Both left and right P2 3D cards cannot be plugged in the Xedio Dispatcher workstation at the same time The second card must not be plugged until the first storyboard is has been transferred to the target The process must respect the following sequence of
22. available for use in the Target field of the Export to Target Tool in Xedio Dispatcher 3 2 Xsquare Target 3 2 1 Purpose Xsquare can be used to receive and send media in file format or for the rendering of files to an EVS video server Xsquare installed locally on the Xedio Dispatcher workstation will automatically be detected However users have also the possibility to use an Xsquare installed on another workstation provided that their accounts use the same user ID and password in both Xsquare and Xedio Dispatcher 18 3 Configuration and Customization aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 3 2 2 3 2 3 Creating an Xsquare Target on the Local Xsquare The local Xsquare installed on the Xedio Dispatcher workstation is automatically detected by Xedio Dispatcher The creation of targets on this local Xsquare is done from the Xsquare Targets window which can be directly accessed from within the Xedio Dispatcher interface To display the Xsquare Targets window select Create Xsquare Target from the Targets gt Xsquare menu of the Menu bar h Monitoring Job Initiators Configuration Administration Job Initiators Targets e amp Target Name Template Destination Name Destination XDCAM 422 To XDCAM HD422 50 MXF OP1A file i To XDCAM HD422 50 MXF OP1A file transcoding XEDIO D A194630 Remova ble_R _Rendering EVS MXF To EVSM F file i To EVS MXF file no transcoding XEDIO D A194630 Remova ble_R _Ren
23. box opens Metadata Field Field Name Description Type Default Values Max Length S12 Multiplicity 1 2 Complete the following fields Field Description Field Name Name you want to give to the user field Type Six types of user fields are available They will appear as follows in Xedio CleanEdit e Boolean True or False values e Date Date field with drop down arrow giving access toa calendar e Text Free text field e Combo Drop down list of values defined at creation e Number Number field with up and down arrows to increase or decrease the value e Timecode Timecode field Default Values Possibility to define a default value to be used for the user field The default value is enabled when the Default Values button is Surrounded by a red line Description Optional text to describe the user field Field Values Right click in the field and select New to define a value for the drop combo option down list 3 Click the OK button The user field is listed in the Available Metadata fields pane How to Modify a User Field 1 Select it in the list 2 Click the Modify Field button 3 Configuration and Customization 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 24 3 Enter new values in the relevant fields 4 Click the OK button If the user field is used in a profile only the Label and the Description fields can be edited Q Note q A closed padlock icon displayed next
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25. for selection Selected Displays the list of profiles which have been selected in the Available list and added thanks to the Add button Profiles can be removed from the Selected list by using the Remove button Default Allows the selection of a profile from the list of Selected Profiles to be Profile used as default profile when a user will associate metadata to an edit The Save button must be clicked to save changes 3 5 Configuration Parameters 3 5 1 Parameter Profiles Introduction The parameter profiles makes it possible to set and store the software parameters Xedio Dispatcher into profiles You can access the parameter profiles in Xedio Dispatcher via the Parameters gt Parameter Profiles option of the Menu bar The window is divided into three areas endering2 Db Maintenance Device Filter Logger MediaList Player Storyboard MONTH DAY_4ZHOURZMINZS 28 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V5 Part Name Description 1 Application This area displays the applications icons for which it is possible Selection area to manage parameters and profiles 2 Profile This area displays the available profiles that can be managed Selection area for the selected application 3 Parameters This area gives the list of parameters They can be edited and area modified there List of lt GENERAL gt Parameters General Allows to backup EVS video server Auto Refresh Filtering
26. lt gt means differs from Option List Such as Video Standard 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Click the button to display the list of options available for the selected filter parameter Example for the Video Standard VideoStandard E PAL 50 HD 10301 250 MOHD 7720p 50 E HD 1030p 50 WM HTSC drop 50 E HD 10801 559 94 MOHD 7720p 59 94 HD 1080p 59 94 3 Select an option from the list 6 Selecting Relevant Media aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Boolean Such as Published e Select Yes or No from the single criteria field Free Text Such as Label contains contains does not contain starts with ends with 1 Select a condition in the first field 2 Enter free text in the second field How to Perform an Advanced Search To enter search values in the Advanced Search fields proceed as follows 1 Choose the columns you wish to perform a search on F 2 Click the Show Hide Filter button The Advanced Search area is displayed ALL Criteria are met are met is met MO Criteria i met 4 Select a search parameter from the list of parameters An entire line corresponding to the selected filter parameter is displayed ALL Criteria are met Camera 6 Selecting Relevant Media 101 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 6 4 4 102 5 Enter filter criteria as explained in section Advanced Search Fields
27. not have to click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Refer to the tab Software gt Parameter Profiles gt General gt General in Xedio Manager The search result is displayed in the grid To clear the applied Quick Text Search click the red EJ button to the right of the search field or select lt empty gt from the Quick Text Search drop down list Advanced Search Purpose and Context of Use The Advanced Search functions are available for more detailed search operations They allow searches on media metadata From the Today tab the filter creation date today is automatically applied The Advanced Search fields can be displayed on the top left part of the Elements grid 6 Selecting Relevant Media 95 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 96 Advanced Search Fields Display Displaying Advanced Search Fields Show Hide Filter Button om To display the Advanced Search fields click the Show Hide Filter button above the grid The Advanced Search area is expanded as follows ALL Criteria are met The Show Hide Filter button can be displayed with two different colors Futon Meanin Display g The Show Hide Filter button is gray when all filter criteria are hidden Consequently the filters are inactive gray Ky The Show Hide Filter button is colored when the Advanced Search area is visible even if no filtering criterion is applied colored Criteria Combination Field
28. that have been added to the export list in the current session by the logged user would they be scheduled on going finished or failed This zone provides buttons to initiate or cancel the export process to clear the Export list The Monitor button is used to monitor the Export status See section Monitoring the Export Process to a Target on page 116 81 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Export Job Status e When the storyboard has not been exported yet the progress bar shows 0 and the background is light grey Name Progress Foot Highlights e When the storyboard is being exported the progress of the export job is displayed in the List of export jobs Name Progress Foot 20120322 143 e When the storyboard has been successfully exported the progress bar displays OK and the background is green Name Progress Foot Highlights e When the storyboard has not been successfully exported the progress bar displays an error message and the background is blue Name Progress Foot Highlights e When the Export job has been cancelled the progress bar displays Cancelled and the background is orange Label Progress Speech 20130601 133 e When the Export job has failed the progress bar displays Failed and the background is red Label Progress Foot 20130801 133544 82 4 User Interface a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 Es V oul 4 10 3 Export to File Ta
29. the nowline on the frame where you want to add a log in one of the following ways o gt Using the transport buttons gt Dragging the nowline to the requested frame o Typing the requested TC in the nowline TC field in Clip Player only and pressing ENTER Adding a Log without Metadata 1 Place the nowline at the requested position on the media 2 Click the Add Log button al The log is added on the media as a white transparent triangle on the media bar Adding a Log with Metadata A log can be added with one or a combination of the following metadata interest level free text and keywords How to Add a Log with an Interest Level In the Logger tab of the Tools area click the requested Interest Level button from no star to three stars to assign a level to the log A colored triangle is displayed on the media bar How to Add a Log with Free Text In the Logger tab of the Tools area enter some text in the free text field to add free text to the log 9 Adding Logs to a Clip a a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 9 4 A white triangle is displayed on the media bar How to Add a Log with Keywords If keywords grids have been detected by Xedio Dispatcher they are available from the Logger tool Then proceed as follows 1 Click the Keyword Grid Selection field The list of available keyword grids is displayed Logger MATCH ACTIONS Football FB MATCH ACTIONS 2 Sel
30. the saturation level the warning level and the bottom level Values for O 2 4 8 and 16 are shown as well if they do not overwrite the database values Media Bar and Jog Bar Media Bars Top Bar The top bar represents the media or a portion of it currently loaded on the Player The media bar display differs according to the loaded element Clip When a clip is loaded the IN point the OUT point and the nowline are displayed on this top bar 69 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 70 Storyboard When a storyboard is loaded only the nowline is displayed Middle Bar The middle bar is used to zoom into the loaded element Its dark gray zone shows the section of the media out of the whole media visible in the top bar and the relative position of the visible section in the whole media e When a storyboard has just been loaded the top bar represents the whole media The dark gray zone covers the whole length of the middle bar e When a clip has just been loaded the top bar represents the whole media The dark gray zone represents the whole media and covers the whole length of the middle bar e Whenamark IN and a mark OUT are defined double clicking on the dark gray zone toggle the section covered by the top bar from the whole media length to the sub clip length between mark IN and mark OUT and vice versa The dark gray zone is reduced to represent the sub clip length
31. the source clip To load the source clip on which a storyboard element is based proceed in one of the following ways e double click the storyboard element in the Storyboard area and the clip will display in the Clip Player e drag the storyboard element from the Storyboard area to the Clip Player 104 7 Loading a Source Clip on the Clip Player USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 The clip boundaries displayed are the ones of the storyboard clip EVS Xedio Dispatcher File View Parameters Maintenance Help Device Workspace Devices 2 CANON P2 ew DCAM a XDCAMEX Folders BM Ss Dispatchermer BR Ss DispatcherMer ae S OO 03 23 08 00 03 23 1085 00 04 56 2722 00 04 56 2723 0001 33 15 StoryBoard When you load a clip in the Clip Player the Clip Player becomes automatically active and the Clip Player button is selected O 7 Loading a Source Clip on the Clip Player 105 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 8 8 1 106 Adding Clips or Sub Clips to the Storyboard How to Create a Sub Clip and Add it to the Storyboard To create a sub clip and add it to the storyboard proceed as follows 1 Ensure the requested storyboard is open in the Storyboard area See section How to Create an Empty Storyboard on page 87 Open the requested source clip in the Clip Player view See section Selecting Relevant Media on page 91 Add a mark IN point in one of the followin
32. to the folder full path folder and its subfolders Folder Path This displays the folder name followed by the folder path Add Scan Folder Allows to add a folder to scan under the selected folder Rescan Name Folder Re scans the selected folder Change Name Folder Allows to change the properties of the selected folder Delete Name Folder Deletes the selected folder View Modes in the Workspace Area The Workspace area can display different views depending on the step you are working on in the process You can select the requested view by clicking one of the view buttons at the bottom left of the Workspace area View Description The Thumbnail view shows a thumbnail for each source clip of the media present on the selected device Thumbnail P List view The List view displays the list of source clips from the media present on the selected device and gives It provides different filters which can be applied to restrict the list of clips displayed The Clip Player view allows playing source clips and adding logs Clip Player i view to them Storyboard ATE The Storyboard Player view allows playing the final storyboards Player as well as recording audio guide tracks view 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 5 4 5 1 54 Thumbnail View in the Workspace Area Overview of the Workspace in Thumbnail View Introduction This view can be useful to sele
33. 0 02 15 18 a XDCAMEX 00 02 15 E Folders 6 3 2 Listing the Source Clips in the List View First select the check box corresponding to a device or a folder in the Source Device area Then click the button to select the List view The list of source clips present in this device or folder and their associated metadata are listed on the Workspace area 92 6 Selecting Relevant Media USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 6 4 6 4 1 Workspace epo go yl SL TREET News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report News Report Mews Report 00 10 09 05 O0 170 29 16 00 11 12 15 00 11 37 10 00 11 42 14 00 73 13 06 00 1 3 34 17 00 14 02 10 00 14 51 18 00 14 59 22 00 15 12 24 00 15 23 00 00 75 33 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 O0 00 00 01 00 02 15 18 00 03 23 05 00 10 29 16 00 11 14 15 00 11 37 10 00 11 42 14 00 13 13 06 O0 13 34 17 00 1 4 02 10 00 14 51 18 00 14 59 22 00 15 12 24 00 15 23 00 00 15 33 20 00 15 35 25 O0 00 54 15 O00 00 08 15 O0 02 15 15 00 03 23 06 00 04 56 25 P x 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010 13 37 22 18 05 2010
34. 21 34 1 VAMOCUCTION is lt cuscidincwneresamenaeue enbacbuseaciees enaseeenesan be nbsecheaneeies 21 3 4 2 Profile Management 02 02 22 e eee eee ee cee cee cece cece eee eeeee 21 3 4 3 Media Profile Association 0 0 2 22 e eee e eee eee eee e cece eee eeee 26 3 4 4 Edit Profile Association 0 0 0 22 22 c eee cece e ec eee cee cee cece ee 2 3 5 Configuration Parameters 2 02 c cece cee cee cece cee ceeceeceeccecceeceeceecees 28 3 5 1 Parameter Profiles 0 0 0 o ccc ec cece cee cee cee ccecceecceccecceccees 28 3 5 2 Keyboard Profiles 0 2 elec ccc c ccc c cee cee cee cceccecceeceeceeceees 42 Il EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 9 1 9 2 5 3 6 1 6 2 6 3 USER INTERFACE oaan aaao a aoaaa aooo onnon anaana anonn 2222an 49 NOTION asna ee cise tesa A R 49 Menu Bar oaaao annaa anaa eee ccc e cece cece eee cece eee eee e eee eeeeeeeeseeeecceseeseeees 50 Source Device Area 2 cece cece eee cece ec cecccecceccecceccceceeccecceces 52 View Modes in the Workspace Area _ 2 222 22 cece cece cece cee ceecceceeceeeeeee 53 Thumbnail View in the Workspace Area 2 2 2 e eee e eee e cee eeeeeceeceeeees 54 4 5 1 Overview of the Workspace in Thumbnail View 54 4 5 2 Selecting Techniques 2 002 2 c eee ce
35. 3 Configuration and Customization When selected Allows scanning CDRoms to find media This parameter needs to be active for XDCAM disk access When selected Allows scanning local hard disks to find media When selected Allows scanning Ram disks to find media When selected Allows scanning network drives to find media When selected Allows scanning USB drives to find media When selected Allows to change the list of default file extensions supported during the media referencing from a drive Change is possible from the drive creation window or the drive edit window Delay between two unused media purge Time in seconds between automatic rescan on removable disk if there is a change List of default file extensions supported by Xedio Dispatcher during the media referencing from a drive This parameter is used as default value during the drive creation Number of directory levels checked when scanning for media 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 36 Media Classid Media Description Media External Ref Media Global Shooting Date Media Label Media Metadata XML Logger Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Class ID assigned to the media during its referencing in Xedio Dispatcher Default text to describe the media and assigned to the media during its referencing in Xedio Dispatcher Default text for the external reference of the source support assigned to the media during its referencing in Xedio Dispatcher
36. 5 VU l 2 This will condition the next step o gt Search based on a specific date e g with a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date 22fAuge 1 August 2011 Today 22 Aug 11 o gt Search based on an interval e g with between two calendars are displayed for the selection of two dates 20 Aug 711 Y And darang Search based on a specific date calculated from the current date e g with tomorrow last month no other field appears Omo Time Such as Last Rendered Date Time Several Date Search filters exist 1 Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field 22 fAug SI Y B 20 1 2 a 4 3 last hour now 30 min nest hour OMOTO today yesterday nest Week this week last week nest month this month last month 6 Selecting Relevant Media 99 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 100 2 This will condition the next step Search based on a specific date and time e g with two additional fields will be displayed a calendar for the selection of a date and drop down list for the selection of time Search based on a specific date and time calculated from the current date and time e g with next hour last month no other field appears horror Number Such as DB ld 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Enteranumber in the second field 4 Note q
37. AVID during steps 4 or 5 the Export to Avid dialog box displays Xedio Dispatcher New Target Creation Version 95 Export To Avid Interplay Web Services Interplay User administrator Interplay Password webServices Host http MLIIF port services Assestsrwsd Interplay URI interplay ifworkgroup Incoming Media AAF Export Folder a Select the export type you want to perform o If you want to export your storyboard to an Avid Interplay setup using WebServices select Export to Avid Interplay Web Services During the export to Avid Interplay users will be allowed to use the file being encoded The Test button can be used to check the connectivity with Avid WS host o If you want to export your storyboard to an Avid setup using an AAF file select Export AAF File The AAF file will contain the reference to OPAtom files specific metadata and locators b Click Next 11 In the next dialog box specify the name for the Target Profile you have defined This is the name that will be displayed in the Target field of the Export Tool in Xedio Dispatcher 3 Configuration and Customization 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 12 The last dialog box provides an overview on the target profile definition You can still go back to a previous dialog box and modify the target profile definition Click Finish to confirm the Target Profile Definition The target profile you have created is now
38. Customization aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l How to Modify a Metadata Profile 1 Select it in the Metadata Profiles area 2 Add user fields from the Available Metadata Fields area to the Metadata Profile Information area or select a user field in the Metadata Profile Information area and click the Remove Field from Profile button 3 Click the Save Profile button It can only be edited if it is not selected for use in the Media or Edit Profile Association How to Delete a Metadata Profile 1 Select it in the Metadata Profiles area 2 Click the Delete Profile button in the Metadata Profile Information area It can only be deleted if it is not selected for use in the Media or Edit Profile Association 5 Importing a Metadata Profile How to Import a Metadata Profile To import a metadata profile xml file into Xedio proceed as follows 1 Click the Import button 2 Browse to the selected metadata profile file 3 Click Open The metadata profile is listed in the Metadata Profiles pane provided that no metadata profile exists with this GUID or label Limitations to the Import of Metadata Profile Under certain circumstances it will not be possible to import a metadata profile or the profile will be modified Users want to import a metadata profile with the same GUID or the same label if there is no GUID as an existing profile Then the following situations can occur Situation Action T
39. Export Tool area It does not clear the output of export jobs stored on the various destination folders 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips 117 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 12 3 12 3 1 118 Moving an item in the list of export jobs To move an item within the export list drag it to required position A thin red line indicates the drop position Renaming an item in the list of export jobs To rename an item within the export list select the Name field and type a new name Exporting to Xedio to File to Device How to Export a Storyboard to File or to Device To export a storyboard to a file or to a device proceed as follows 1 Click the Export to File or Export to Device tab in the Tools area to expand it 2 Add the storyboard to the list of export jobs in one of the following ways o Right click in the Storyboard area and select Send Storyboard to Export Tool eT eee ee eee send Storyboard Foot to Export Tool Delete Storyboard Foot storyboard Properties Foot Storyboard 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VV n o gt Drag the Storyboard tab to the open Export tab Device Workspace Tools oger Devices Li ii Export To Target a CANON P2 m E S _DispatcherMedia P2 IBC m B S _DispatcherMedia P2 P2 Vedo DONE nate DD BAN x lt edio O00 m rmai xedio_000IGLe 1011 Label Progress Start TC Duration Type Folders Foo
40. L Setup Wizard This will install HedioDispatcher A on your computer It iz recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Hest to continue or Cancel to exit Setup i Setup Xedio Dispatcher UF 1 License Agreement Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terns of this agreement before continuing with the installation USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This E S Broadcast Equipment End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you ether an individual or a single entity and EYS Broadcast Equipment forthe EYS software product identified above which includes computer software and may include associated media printed materials and online or electronic documentation SOFTWARE PRODUCT By installing copying or otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT you agree accept the agreement do not accept the agreement e a 2 Installation S a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VV l 5 Select the components you want to install and click Next fe Setup Sedo Dispatcher is Na Select Components Which components should be installed High Bitrate 6 Click Install on the Ready to Install window iG Setup Xedio Dispatcher EF Bi Ready to Install Setup is n
41. USER MANUAL EVS Xedio Dispatcher Device StoryBoard Workspace Tools CHA ONS Gost Skim Seve Assist Goal Header Backhoel Shot Cross Long Voliey Through Defending Long ball Miss Own goal Chests Clearance Through Near miss lisallowedOverhead Tackle Pass Hits bar Deflection l Cach Run Witspost Treck Fest Over bar lossesstot Wide Good Sunny Goal tine Merceptios Miskick Poor Raining Foul Shot On Foul On Fece Penatty Sorner MATCH Foul By Close up Penatty Freekick ESF SimubationWide shot Ponatty Throw in Tene Whip pan Incident Goalkick CLIPS Physical Crash Appeal lTouchiine TEAM lontrovers Pull focus PLAYER bnfrortatic Pan Retaliation Zoom Version 4 35 October 2013 V gt aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2010 2013 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on thi
42. aded clip with all related keywords and ranking information 3 Free Text Field that allows the users to enter and assign free field text to a log Export Tools Purpose The Export Tool is available from the Tools area It is used to export the storyboard or clips to specific destinations The Export tool provides different tabs based on the various destination types See section Exporting the Storyboard or Clips on page 115 Export to Target Tab Overview of the Export to Target Tab Introduction The Export To Target tab is used to export a storyboard or clip s according to a predefined Export Target profile RTProf or to a predefined XSquare target 4 User Interface USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 Illustration VS The Export to Target tab contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Label Foot 20130801 133544 Speech 20130801 133 Xedio OO22EV0 15h56 Progress Start TC Duration Type 00 00 00 00 00 02 43 00 Edit 00 00 00 00 00 02 52 10 Edit 00 00 00 00 00 00 54 15 Media C Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Export To Target tab Part Name le Target field 2 Export list 3 Export and Monitoring buttons 4 User Interface Description This zone lists all the available targets e RTProf target profiles xml files e Xsquare targets available for the logged user This zone provides detailed information on all the exporting tasks
43. ag it at the requested place in the Storyboard area To add several source clips at a time you can select them thanks to the usual commands as detailed in section Selecting Techniques on page 55 Clips are then added in chronological order How to Replace a Clip in the Storyboard To replace a clip in the storyboard by a source clip or a sub clip press the CTRL key while dragging the source clip or the sub clip to the storyboard The storyboard element that is going to be replaced is surrounded by a green line How to Modify the Storyboard Clip Boundaries You cannot edit the boundaries of a storyboard clip You will have to replace the storyboard clip To modify the boundaries of a storyboard clip proceed as follows 1 Inthe open storyboard double click the storyboard clip you want to replace This loads the source clip of the storyboard clip on the Clip Player The displayed clip boundaries are the ones of the storyboard clip Modify the mark IN and or mark OUT points to prepare the new sub clip Drag the new sub clip to the storyboard and drop it after the clip to be deleted 4 Right click the clip to be deleted from the storyboard and select Delete Selected Edit Clip from the contextual menu 8 Adding Clips or Sub Clips to the Storyboard 107 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 9 9 1 9 2 9 2 1 108 Adding Logs to a Clip Introduction The logs are reference points to a speci
44. al system complete the following fields before clicking the Start button Field Description Label Name you give to the exported edit media mandatory Folder Destination folder where you want to export the edit media to Transcoding Codec profile which will determine the final format of the Codec edit media in the destination folder Additional Parameters ae ClipN ame This window can be reached by clicking the ia button in the Transcoding Codec zone This allows you to specify parameters for the new file such as clip name keywords UmID or VarlD Rendering from When selected the edit is rendered from the low res file This Low res can save some time 120 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V n 12 3 3 Setting the Export Properties To Device To CleanEdit ToFile To Device To Target E DCAM 5x5 F2 File name Label Local Drive Fil Transcoding codec DCAM HD 422 50 MXF OP1A DCAM Start TimeCode O0 00 00 00 Enable videa view Cancel To export an edit media to an external device such as a XDCAM disk a SxS card a P2 card or an EVS server select the device type XDCAM SxS P2 or EVS XT and complete the fields described in the table below beforte clicking the Start button Field Description Common Fields Label Name you give to the exported edit media mandatory Transcoding Codec Codec profile which will determine the final format of th
45. atcher workstation to decode the A V material depending on the source and the target codecs The guidelines for the hardware minimum requirements are CPU o For 720p and AVC Intra 100 Core i7 2 8 GHz processor or equivalent o For all other codecs and video standards Core Duo 2 33GHz processor or equivalent RAM 3GB Display Resolution minimum 1280x1024 Gfx Card no specific needs standard PC Gfx card Options USB 2 0 IEEE 1394 Firewire and or PCle interface s depending on the device you want to connect to Xedio Dispatcher machine FTP access not supported For Audio monitoring and or Audio Guide Track Digigram Audio Board or any other Audio Board 2 Installation aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VV l 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 Installation Software Requirements Xedio Dispatcher has to be installed on a computer running Windows XP Pro SP3 32 bits or Windows 7 32 or 64 bits Licenses License Codes Required The XSecure application needs to be installed on the workstation All the following license codes known as Xedio Dispatcher full option must be requested to allow the use of Xedio Dispatcher except the Audio Guide Track and RTProf Wizard which are optional License Code Description Base 10 Base Package for Xedio Dispatcher Package P2 Source 20 Access to A V content on P2 support XDCAM 30 Access to A V content on XDCAM support Source Storyboarding 40 Access to the Storyb
46. b and Export to Device Tab Overview of the Export to File Tab and Export to Device Tab Illustration of the Export to File Tab The Export to File tab contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Tools Logger Export To Target port To File 4 2 ee aad on a m Rendering 3 4 83 4 User Interface EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Illustration of the Export to Device Tab The Export to Device tab contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Tools Logger Export To Target Export To File Export To Device Te In OO 00 00 00 4 uration 00 02 43 00 Laba Local Drive Rendering 00 00 07 09 5 58 remaining 3 4 Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Export to File and Export to Device tabs Part Name 1 Information zone 2 Destination zone 84 Description This area displays read only general details on the storyboard or clip like type label creation date TC IN duration This area is used to define settings of the exported file such as a label a destination folder and a transcoding codec See section Destination Zone below 4 User Interface USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 4 User Interface Part Name 3 Export Information zone 4 Start and Cancel buttons VS Description This area provides information on the progress of the export process See section Export Informa
47. clips can be selected to move them at once to a storyboard or to an export list You can select them thanks to the usual commands e Press CTRL click on the items for a selection of multiple non contiguous items e Press SHIFT click on the first and last items for a selection of multiple contiguous items e Press CTRL A to select all the items from the Thumbnail view or the List view 55 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 5 3 4 6 4 6 1 56 Thumbnail Contextual Menu A contextual menu with the following options is available when you right click on a thumbnail Play Loads the clip in the Clip Player window to allow the element to be browsed and modified Change Properties Opens the Media Properties window which shows the properties for the selected clip If a default metadata profile has been defined for the media a metadata tab is displayed and shows the clip metadata The users can modify the clip metadata values See section Media Profile Association on page 26 for more information on the selection of a profile The Allow Change Media Properties option must have been selected from Parameters gt Parameters Profiles gt Media Dispatcher gt Cefiltermgr to allow the display and update of custom metadata List View in the Workspace Area Overview of the Workspace in List View Introduction The List view displays the list of all clips present in the selected media and their assoc
48. criteria See section Advanced Search Fields Types on page 98 Used to remove the corresponding filter line Used to add a new filter line Hiding Advanced Search Fields To hide all the Advanced Search fields click the Show Hide Filter button again Consequently all the applied filters are removed To remove an Advanced Search field from the Advanced Search area and thus clear the corresponding applied filter click the button next to the field 6 Selecting Relevant Media 97 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Advanced Search Fields Types Depending on the selected search parameter different types of advanced search fields will be displayed and available to enter criteria Timecode or Duration Parameter Such as TC IN TC OUT Duration 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Enter a timecode or duration value in the second field Timecode Range contains O0 00 00 00 does not contain 1 Select an option from the first field 2 Entera timecode value This will include or exclude media containing the specified timecode value Date Such as Creation Date Several Date Search filters exist 1 Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field ee fg d zt gt ka FOOT O today pester d al nest week last Week next month this month last month 98 6 Selecting Relevant Media aa USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 3
49. ct the cameras source clips you want to use to create storyboard elements General Display The Thumbnail view shows the thumbnails for the various source clips of the media selected in the Source Device area Workspace golat Pe DYCPRO 01 0002 15 18 0 025 00 00 00 For each clip the following metadata is displayed e the clip name above the thumbnail e the TC IN TC OUT and duration of the clip in the source media below the thumbnail Display of Spanned Clips from a Single File When the duration of a single shot record exceeds the capacity of the P2 card or when the resulting file exceeds 4 GB the camcorder goes on recording on another P2 card This results in multiple contiguous media files which are highlighted in the Thumbnail view of Xedio Dispatcher by yellow rectangles on the right and or the left sides of the clip thumbnails 4 User Interface ay USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 4 5 2 4 User Interface Display of 3D Clips When the media sources are P2 3D cards media from the left and right cards will be transferred as two separate files to the selected target The limitation is that the media from one card must be transferred before the second card is plugged in Xedio Dispatcher workstation In the Thumbnail view the clip name is followed by 3D L or 3D R Thumbnails always refer to the media from the first P2 3D that has been plugged Selecting Techniques Several source
50. dering Refer to the Xsquare user manual for more information on the creation of targets and the description of fields Discovering Xsquare Servers Overview of the Xsquare Servers Window Xedio Dispatcher can work with targets from Xsquare not installed locally on the workstation To do so the distant Xsquare servers must be discovered from the Xsquare Servers window 3 Configuration and Customization 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 20 It can be accessed from the Menu bar by selecting Targets gt Xsquare gt Xsquare Servers aSQUare Servers asquare Properties Label Hast Local square l27 0 0 1 DE ID asquare SAM 192 165 140 850 Label Local square Host l7 0 0 1 Description The Xsquare Servers area displays the list of Xsquare servers which have been defined as targets from Xedio Dispatcher The Xsquare Properties area shows the properties of a Xsquare server selected from the Xsquare Servers area The discovery of Xsquare targets can be done manually or automatically Automatic Procedure To automatically find the list of Xsquare servers available on the network proceed as follows 1 Click the Discover button The Xsquare Servers Discovery window opens and lists the Xsquare servers found Select one Xsquare server 3 Click Add The properties of the Xsquare server are displayed on screen 4 Click Save The selected Xsquare server is displayed in the X
51. dio stereo 5 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 6 Toggle selection of the player audio stereo 6 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 7 Toggle selection of the player audio stereo 7 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 8 Toggle selection of the player audio stereo 8 Toggle the selection of the player video track Goes fast forward the media in player window if focus is set to player Fast rewinds the media in player window if focus is set to player 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 NEW Goto End Goto IN Goto OUT Goto Start Grab Still Frame Insert CuePoint Mark IN a Mark IN b Mark OUT a Mark OUT b Next Frame a Next Frame b Next CuePoint Next CuePoint b Next ganged camera Next X Frames a Next X Frames b Play Stop PlayClip PlayClip_loop Play Forward Play Reverse Previous Frame a Previous Frame b Previous CuePoint Previous CuePoint b 3 Configuration and Customization V5 Jumps to end of the clip or media Jumps to the IN point Jumps to the OUT point Jumps to beginning of the clip or media Grabs a still of the current frame Inserts a cue point needs a number to be typed enter for a timeline cue point Sets clip IN point to current nowline position Sets clip IN point to current nowline position secondary shortcut Sets clip OUT point to current nowline position Sets c
52. e edit media in the destination folder The available codecs depend on the type of device selected Additional Additional Params Parameters eee This window can be reached by clicking the aad button in the Transcoding Codec zone This allows you to specify parameters for the new file such as clip name keywords UmID or VarlD 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips 121 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Field To Device EVS XT XFile Gateway XT nr Page Cam Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Description Name of the hardware device hosting the XFile application used to transfer the edit media XT number page and camera to send the edit media to To Device XDCAM SxS or P2 Local Drive Location where the edit media will be sent to 12 3 4 Setting the General Export Properties The following settings are available at the bottom of the To Xedio To File and To Device sub tabs Item Description Start You can specify the edit media timecode from which the export process Timecode will begin Enable When selected a small video view is displayed during the export Video View _ process Enable video view Config Available only in the To Xedio tab Button This opens a Config window where you can specify the hi res and low res media servers to send the edit to Hires server aol OREFOL110 Low res server XSTORE7O110 SubFolder When you click the Start button the export process begins and a progress ba
53. e available e Get the TC IN of the first storyboard clip as start TC by selecting the From First Clip option e Manually set the start TC by clearing the From First Clip option and entering a specific timecode in the Start Timecode field 5 Managing the Storyboards aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VV l Fields in the Custom Metadata Tab Three cases can occur No default metadata profile has been selected for use with the storyboards from the Edit Metadata Profile Association window Then the Custom Metadata tab is not available Only one metadata profile has been selected for use with the storyboards from the Edit Metadata Profile Association window Then the metadata fields of this default profile are displayed in this tab and can be filled in Storyboard Properties General Custom MetaData Several metadata profiles have been selected for use with the storyboards from the Edit Metadata Profile Association window one default profile and one or more associated profiles Then the first line displays the name of the default metadata profile and can be used to select another profile Storyboard Properties The other lines display the metadata fields of the selected profile Values can be entered or selected 5 Managing the Storyboards 89 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 9 0 90 G Note q The Allow Change Edit Properties option must have been selected from Parameter
54. e gives the meaning of each transport operation which can be used with any loaded item A button and or a keyboard shortcut can be used to perform each action G Note q The user can customize the keyboard shortcuts via the option Parameters gt Keyboard Profiles from the Menu bar The keys mentioned below are the default settings Button Keyboard Shortcut Function Name and Description merl Play Stop Start stops the preview video and or ro space bar audio of the loaded media The button switches to a Stop button when the media is being played o gt a Li Fast Forward e Plays the media forward at a preset fast speed The button switches to a Stop button when the media is being played forward 72 4 User Interface aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Button Keyboard Shortcut Function Name and Description fii gt Fast Forward with modified speed at Changes the preset speed to higher speed value The speeds are set with the ShiftS peedMax parameter from Parameters gt Parameters Profiles gt Media Dispatcher gt Default profile gt Player Y Fast Rewind Plays the media backward at a preset fast speed The button switches to a Stop button when the media is being played backward Fast Rewind with modified speed Changes the preset speed to higher speed value The speeds are set with the ShiftS peedMax parameter from Parameters g
55. ect the keyword grid you want to use 3 Click the keywords you want to associate to your log Logger MATCH ACTIONS page 1 page 2 page 3 Kick off Graphics Animated Replay A white triangle is displayed on the media bar The keyword is displayed below the Video Display Other Possible Actions on Logs Moving from one Log to the Other e Click the Go to Prev Log button g to move to the log positioned on the left of the nowline e Click the Go to Next Log button g to move to the log positioned on the right of the nowline Deleting a Log When the nowline is positioned on a log using the 9 Adding Logs to a Clip 111 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 112 og buttons you can delete it and all its metadata in one of the following ways e clicking the Delete Log button at the bottom of the Logger area e clicking CTRL a Displaying only logs with a given rating By default all logs are displayed in the loaded material If you want to display only the logs with a specific rating 1 Right click on the log right above the media bars The following contextual menu is displayed 2 Select the check boxes external that correspond to the rating s you want to display 3 Dothe reverse operation to display all logs 9 Adding Logs to a Clip aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 10 10 1 10 2 Recording an Audio Guide Track introduction You have the po
56. ectively the left or the right channel of the corresponding audio track Clicking the left audio button will remove the left audio component from the source so that the clip made has no left audio channel In this case the right channel will be output on the left and right channels Clicking both left and right audio buttons will also remove the right audio component so that the clip made has no audio channel for this track The next table summarizes how the buttons look like depending on the selection Selected Removed Video E Audio Do 4 User Interface aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 4 User Interface Selection of the Track for Audio Monitoring When you create a sub clip you need to select the audio track that will be monitored when playing the loaded clip The radio buttons displayed between each pair of stereo channel buttons allow the selection of one audio track for monitoring 1 ELES Audio meters located on the right side of the Video Display represent the audio channels of the monitored track Selecting the Monitored Audio Tracks for a Storyboard Number and Type of the Storyboard Audio Tracks Once clips have been placed in the storyboard all the output tracks corresponding to storyboard tracks which contain audio are shown as radio buttons Selection of the Track for Audio Monitoring The selection of the audio track you want to monitor is done by clicking one of the rad
57. edio Dispatcher See section Parameter Profiles on page 28 for more information Opens the Metadata Profiles window from which you can manage the creation of metadata fields and their association into metadata profiles See section Metadata on page 21 for more information Allows the selection of metadata profiles to be available for association with media Allows the selection of metadata profiles to be available for association with an edit storyboard Opens the Keyboard Profiles window where you can view and customize the keyboard shortcuts See section Keyboard Profiles on page 42 for more information Maintenance menu Description Opens the Database Cleanup window where you can clean all DB tables delete thumbnails and audio guide track in a single operation To clean the Xedio Dispatcher database select the check box in the Cleanup Operations zone and click Start To leave the window without cleaning the database click OK 51 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 3 52 Help menu Menu item Description About Gives information about the system such as version number Source Device Area Introduction When you open Xedio Dispatcher the application automatically detects the plugged in SD or HD devices CANON P2 XDCAM or XDCAM EX supports and searches for media present on these supports USB devices and XF drives containing media backed up from EVS video servers on an ev
58. eld is set to O the first available agent with a name containing ShellAgent is fetched from DB Field to enter the DB Id of ToXT agent If the field is set to O the first available agent with a name containing ToXTAgent is fetched from DB When selected shows the To CleanEdit TAB When selected shows the To Device TAB When selected shows the To File TAB When selected shows the To Target TAB Db Maintenance Backup Filename Backup Folder CheckDB 34 Backup prefix name of the Xedio Dispatcher DB Location where the backup operations save backup files Checks DB during maintenance operation 3 Configuration and Customization aa USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Days Before DB Delay between two DB maintenances Maintenance Generate Backup Generates Xedio Dispatcher DB backup during maintenance operation Purge Backup Files Purges previous Xedio Dispatcher DB backup during maintenance operation Purge Backup History Purges history from Xedio Dispatcher DB backup during maintenance operation Reorganize Index Re indexes table from Xedio Dispatcher DB during Shrink DB maintenance operation Shrinks Xedio Dispatcher DB during maintenance operation DeviceFilter Allow CDRom Allow Fixed Drive Allow Ram Disk Allow Remote Drive Allow Removable Drive Allow To Change Extensions Days Before Media Purge Delay Between Volume Check Extensions Max Depth
59. ent location can be scanned so their content is available for browsing logging rough cut and export General Description Device 3 Devices a CANON a P2 Fl 5 CispatcherMedia FM DispatcherMedia we XDCAM we XDOCAPIEX Folders The Source Device area displays e the identified devices as the root branches of an expandable tree view and the detected media below the device on which it is stored The path where the media is located is specified e the folders scanned by users and their sub folders The check boxes are used to specify the media to be displayed in the Thumbnail view and in the List view of the Workspace See section Selecting Relevant Media on page 91 Contextual Menus Contextual menus with the following options are available when you right click an item in the Device area Scan All Device Sources Scans all the sources from the Devices node 4 User Interface aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 4 4 4 User Interface Scan CANON P2 XDCAM XDCAMEX Media Sources Scans the selected media sources Add and Scan Folder Allows to add a folder to scan under the selected folder Root Folder Display Allows to change the root folder display Several display options are available Device Label This corresponds to the device name given during the Add amp Scan Folder operation Folder Name This corresponds to the name of the folder volume Full Path This corresponds
60. er 2013 c If youselect an Avid OPAtom format the Export to Avid Interplay or AAF option appears Select it if you want to export to Avid Further configuration will be done in steps 10 and 11 Xedio Dispatcher New Target Creation Version LiL To HiRes Folder 5 4_Exportihi res Codec Formnat AvC Intra 100 MxF OP Atom pawid Generate EYS metadata File Export Tao Avid Interplay or AAF d Click Next 4 The Proxy LoRes File Creation dialog box is displayed if you have asked to generate lo res files Xedio Dispatcher New Target Creation To Proxy Folder _Exportlo res Codec Format Avid DNxHDO Low Level EYS edio AFI Scan Folder _AFIScan 3 Configuration and Customization a a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l a d Specify the same information for the low resolution files as for the high resolution file If you want the AutoFilelmporter application AFI to scan the generated files and reference them in the Xedio database select the Reference Hi Lo files to Xedio option and specify the folder that AFI will have to scan to find the jobs to perform If you select an Avid OPAtom format the Export to Avid Interplay or AAF option appears Select it if you want to export to Avid Further configuration will be done in steps 10 and 11 Click Next 5 The Export to EVS Video Server dialog box displays if you have asked to generate Clips 6 C FTF 1 tipiportfcodeci Ta
61. erial stored on a workstation or storage and used as source content to create another A V output playlist timeline storyboard etc Individual element included in a storyboard This can be a sub clip or a full source clip file Part of a source material defined by an IN and OUT points that represents anew A V material 13 Glossary a i a V To learn more about EVS go to Www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Liege Science Park 852 2714 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving Its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
62. esent a log with Point Ranking 0 the default ranking assigned Color External Cue Color used in the media bar of the Player to represent a log witha Point Ranking ranking assigned Color External Cue Color used in the media bar of the Player to represent a log witha Point Ranking ranking assigned Color External Cue Color used in the media bar of the Player to represent a log witha Point Ranking ranking assigned Color Thumbnail Width Width used for new thumbnails Height is found according to the 4 3 ratio User Cue Point Color used in the media bar of the Player to represent a log Color entered by the logged user Cefiltermgr Allow Change When selected allows the user to change edit properties in the Edit Properties Storyboard Properties window Allow Change When selected allows the user to change media properties in Media Media Properties window Properties Max Date Field to define the maximum date interval in days which can be used Interval when a search filter is applied on a date parameter 0 no limit Max Result Set Field to define the maximum number of items which will be displayed Size in the Elements grid after a search filter has been applied 0 no limit Recent Date Free text field to define the dates to be displayed in recent dates List drop down lists Cemediaimport Audio Track When selected Enables the display of audio track assignment Assignment dialo
63. evices and XF drives can be added to the Device area and their content scanned In the Workspace area two views are available to display the content of devices or folders selected in the Device area the Thumbnail view and the List view Adding and Scanning a Folder in the Source Device Area Introduction XF drives or USB devices containing media backed up from EVS video servers on an event location can be used in Xedio Dispatcher How to Add and Scan a Folder To display a folder content proceed as follows 1 Inthe Source Device area right click the Folders line A contextual menu appears 2 Select Add amp Scan Folder A window opens 3 Type a device name 4 Browse for the device folder to scan 5 Click OK The folder is added to the Source Device area and its content is scanned and can be displayed in the Workspace area 6 Selecting Relevant Media 91 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 6 3 Listing Clips in the Workspace Area 6 3 1 Displaying the Source Clips in the Thumbnail View First select the check box corresponding to a device or a folder in the Source Device area Then click the H button to select the Thumbnail view Thumbnails for each source clip present in this device or folder are displayed on the Workspace area Device Workspace a Devices OUO1GC Pe DYCPRO f S DispatcherMedia P2yIBC Speech E S DispatcherMedia P2 P2 Foot XDCAM 0000 00 01 0
64. eywords Display in the Player Area Once the nowline is positioned on a log timecode the keywords associated to this log are listed below the video display next to the log triangle and are displayed as a tool tip when you roll the mouse over the log on the media bar guarter injury gquarter lnjury Keywords Display in the Logger Tool When the nowline is positioned on a log you can easily find back the keywords assigned to this log in the Logger area When you see this means that an asterisk next to a keyword grid name and keywords from this keyword grid have keyword grid pages been assigned to the selected log a keyword written in black on a lighter the keyword has been assigned to the background like Injury in the next selected log screenshot Logger MATCH ACTIONS page 1 page pages Kick off Graphics Animated Replay pn p p p a keyword written in white on a middle gray the keyword has been assigned to background another log 9 Adding Logs to a Clip 109 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 9 3 110 Adding a Log to a Clip and Associating Metadata Preliminary Steps You first need to load a clip and position the nowline at the specific timecode 1 Load the source clip in the Clip Player or the storyboard clip in the Storyboard Player See sections Loading a Source Clip on the Clip Player on page 104 and Checking the Storyboard on page 114 2 Position
65. fic frame in a video sequence Their purpose is to mark points of interest on the media and to facilitate rapid movement between them A log is identified by a TC value and relates to an action in a given event Whenever you want you can add logs to the material loaded in the Clip Player or in the Storyboard Player Even if you add the log in the Storyboard Player the logs are in fact added to the source clip When keyword grids are stored in C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XedioDispatcher Keyword Grids the grids are automatically detected and are available in the Logger tab Then keywords can be associated to a log Would keywords grids be available or not an interest level and or free text can always be associated to the log Log and Metadata Display Log Color and Rating Logs are shown on the media bar as transparent triangles The log will have a different color depending on the interest level assigned po e White log for no star rating default or for a cue point no associated metadata e Blue log for 1 star rating e Green log for 2 stars rating e Red log for 3 stars rating There is always a black stripe below the video display when logs are present on the loaded media clip When the nowline is on an log timecode a transparent triangle appears on the left of this black stripe 9 Adding Logs to a Clip a al USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 9 2 2 Keywords Associated to a Log K
66. format string which will be used to create the file name during XDCAM import The following items can be used LABEL Label given by Xedio user NAME Clip Name CLASSID Class ID TCIN Timecode IN TCOUT Timecode OUT CLIPTYPE Clip Type e g DV_50i P2HD_ 100i USER Xedio Username DURATION Timecode Duration YEAR Current Year MONTH Current Month DAY Current Day Number HOUR Current Hour MIN Current Minute SEC Current Second MSEC Current Millisecond SDYEAR Shooting Date Year SDMONTH Shooting Date Month Number SDDAY Shooting Date Day Number GUID Clip GUID When selected the long clip name is used as media label 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 32 Vumeter Bottom level of Vumeter Saturation level of Vumeter Top level of Vumeter Warning level of Vumeter Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Field to define the db value of vu meter bottom level It is the audio level difference in dB compared the 0 level audio level of the source media and corresponding to the bottom of the green zone in the audio meters Field to define the db value of vu meter saturation level It is the audio level difference in dB compared to the 0 level audio level of the source media and corresponding to the bottom of the red zone in the audio meters Field to define the db value of vu meter top level It is the audio level in dB of the source media and corresponds to the top of the red zone in
67. g each line of the bottom field e None displays 25 pictures per second each made from both interlaced fields Player Full Screen Mode The F9 keyboard shortcut puts the Player pane in full screen mode This mode can then be exited by pressing the F9 keyboard shortcut again Audio Video Track Selection and Monitoring Selecting Video and Audio Tracks for Media and Clips Overview of the Video and Audio Tracks The video and audio channels of a loaded source file are represented below the Video Display of the Clip Player in the form of Track Selection buttons 65 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Channel Selection 66 Here is an example with 4 tracks of stereo channels Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Video 7 O Monitoring of the 1st Stereo Track Monitoring of the 2nd Stereo Track dea m E Monitoring of the 4th Stereo Track Monitoring of the 3rd Stereo Track The audio tracks of a loaded media or clip are displayed as follows e Astereo track is represented by gt j Video and Audio Tracks Selection When you create a sub clip you need to select the video and the requested audio channels Selection of the Video Channel The Video button is clicked to select or remove the video So the clip made contains or not the video Selection of an Audio Channel The left and the right loudspeaker buttons of an audio stereo track BEL are used to select or remove resp
68. g tab in the Setup window during an import Dialog Automatic Device When selected Automatically scans devices at start up Scan 3 Configuration and Customization 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Canon When selected Allows import from Canon device Kmt When selected Allows import of RTD files P2 When selected Allows import of files with P2 format PlayXTClip When selected Allows server clip to be viewed in a player PlayXTTrain When selected Allows server train to be viewed in a player Stills When selected Allows import of image stills files Stills Keys When selected Allows import of stills with key files Video When selected Allows import of video files Wave When selected Allows import of files with wave format XDCam When selected Allows import of files with XDCam format XDCamEX When selected Allows import from XDCamEX device XT When selected Allows import of server clips Cerendering2 Available XTNr Id RTProf Agent Id Shell Agent Id To XT Agent Show To CleanEdit Show To Device Show To File Show To Target Free text field to enter a comma separated list of numbers for available EVS video server If the field is left empty all numbers between 1 and 30 are allowed Field to enter the DB ID of RTProf agent If the field is set to O the first available agent with a name containing RTProfAgent is fetched from DB Field to enter the DB Id of Shell agent If the fi
69. g ways o Use the transport control buttons see section Transport Commands in the Player on page 72 to move the nowline to the requested frame and click mark IN button Ei o Type the requested TC in the TC Mark IN field and press ENTER Add a mark OUT point in one of the following ways o Use the transport control buttons see section Transport Commands in the Player on page 72 to move the nowline to the requested frame and click mark OUT button EE o Type the requested TC in the TC Mark OUT field and press ENTER Enter a name in the Clip Name field if requested Drag the sub clip to the open storyboard and drop it either at the end of the storyboard or between two storyboard clips The position where the clip will be dropped when you release the mouse is shown with a vertical green bar 00 00 10 20 N Note You cannot modify a storyboard clip once it is included in a storyboard If you want to change the boundaries of the storyboard clip you need to add a new one with the requested boundaries and delete the storyboard clip See section How to Modify the Storyboard Clip Boundaries on page 107 8 Adding Clips or Sub Clips to the Storyboard aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 8 2 8 3 8 4 How to Add Source Clips to the Storyboard To add a source clip to the storyboard proceed as follows 1 Select the source clip from the Thumbnail view or from the List view of the workspace 2 Dr
70. ged camera Jumps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile Jumps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile secondary shortcut Toggle all player audio Rewinds at 25 speed Rewinds at 33 speed Rewinds at 50 speed Rewinds at 100 speed Rewinds at 150 speed Rewinds at 200 speed Rewinds at 400 speed Goes forward at 25 speed Goes forward at 33 speed Goes forward at 50 speed Goes forward at 100 speed Goes forward at 150 speed Goes forward at 200 speed Goes forward at 400 speed Stops playing the media Changes the aspect ratio Automatically applies the default aspect ratio Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 1 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 2 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 3 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 4 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 Audio5 monitoring a Audio6 monitoring a Audio7 monitoring a Audio8 monitoring a Goto End Goto Next Transition Goto Next Transition b Goto Previous Transition Goto Previous Transition b Goto Start Insert Cue Point Next Frame a Next Frame b Next X Frames a Next X Frames b Play Stop Play Forward Play from Next Transition Preview Previous Transition Play Reverse Previous Frame a Previous Frame b Previous X Frames a Previous X Frames b 3 Configuration and Cust
71. he color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Xedio Dispatcher window V 5 49 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 4 2 50 Part Name 1 Menu bar 2 Source Device 3 Workspace 4 Storyboard 5 Tools Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Description The menu bar gives access to general commands and to configuration parameters See section Menu Bar on page 50 This area displays the plugged in devices and the media that has been automatically detected on the devices as well as media from drives and folders which have been scanned by the users See section Source Device Area on page 52 This is the working area where you mainly perform the following actions e Searching for the requested clips potentially by applying search filters e Loading playing and editing the source clips to create sub clips that will be added to a storyboard e Loading and playing the final storyboard to check it before export This is the area where you create and manage your storyboards It displays e The storyboards as individual tabs e The thumbnails of the clips included in the open storyboard See section Storyboard Area on page 77 This area contains several horizontal tabs that provide the following tools e Logger tool It allows the selection of keywords from keyword grids and the selection of a ranking level to ass
72. he logs See section Log Buttons on page 76 These buttons are used to change the information displayed in the Workspace available media clip player storyboard player See section View Modes in the Workspace Area on page 53 These buttons are used to move to the next or previous clip available in the Thumbnail view 4 7 2 Overview of the Storyboard Player Introduction The Storyboard Player is used to browse a storyboard to see the final result before exporting it In this area an audio guide track can be added over the storyboard E The Storyboard Player is accessible via the Storyboard Player button H 62 4 User Interface a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VV n Illustration AET The Storyboard Player view contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Workspace all m I wa tf tf 4 G Note q The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Storyboard Player view 4 User Interface 63 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Part Name 1 Video Display amp Audio Meters 2 Audio Track Monitoring buttons 3 Jog and Media bars 4 Transport commands 5 Audio Guide 4 7 3 Track Record button View Mode buttons Next Previous Storyboard buttons Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Description The Video Diplay displays the media loaded on the Player Parameters related to
73. he profile has not been used it The existing profile can be updated with the imported is not assigned to an element profile The profile has already been The existing profile can be updated with the imported used and the imported profile profile presents the user fields ina different order 3 Configuration and Customization 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Situation Action The profile has already been The existing profile can be updated with the imported used and the imported profile profile presents additional user fields The profile has already been Users have 3 options The following message is used and some user fields do not displayed exist in the imported profile Profile already exists Profile Summer Cup already exists Some User Fields hawe been removed in the new profile The update will result on a loss of data Do you really wank to update the existing profile 3 4 3 Media Profile Association The Media Metadata Profile Table Association window allows you to select the profiles you want to make available for media You can access it via the Parameters gt Media Metadata Profile Association option from the Menu bar Media Metadata Profile Association Description Available Selected Summer Event Add gt oo Fem aka Default Profile Spring Event 26 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 i Y ll The following f
74. iated metadata Elements are presented in rows and all their associated parameters and metadata are in columns Different filers can be applied to restrict the list The Elements grid also returns the result of a search applied with a filtering tool to the elements of the List view You will preferably use this view to see the clips metadata when you work with drives folders in the Device area Illustration The List view of the workspace contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below 4 User Interface USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 Workspace ald BLL Cntena are met epot o A z pa Bad m Aasha TCIN TE Ug SB 6 9 News Report News Report 16 04 58 01 News Report 16 04 58 01 News Report 16 04 58 01 12 43 17 00 News Report News Report 12 439 17 00 16 05 14 16 16 05 14 16 16 05 14 16 12 49 38 02 1250 11 17 21 03 2012 13 32 57 21 03 2012 13 32 57 21 03 2012 13 32 57 21 03 2012 13 32 57 21 03 2012 13 32 57 21 03 2012 13 3257 Audio Video AudioVideo AudioVideo AudioVideo AudioVideo Audio Video VS Xedio_EVS TAcce IO E WS TAC E g Xedio_EVS XTAcce redio _ EVS ATAcce redio _EVS XTAcce Hews Repon redio EVS XTAccE Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the List view Part Name Description 1 Search Provides a Quick Text Search field and Advanced Filters fields to tools restrict the list
75. ields are displayed in the window Field Description Description Automatically filled by the system for the selected profile with the description text entered at profile creation Available Displays the list of existing profiles available for selection Selected Displays the list of profiles which have been selected in the Available list and added thanks to the Add button Profiles can be removed from the Selected list and be made available in the Available list again by using the Remove button Default Profile Allows the selection of a profile from the list of Selected Profiles to be used as default profile when a user will associate metadata to a media The Save button must be clicked to save changes 3 4 4 Edit Profile Association The Edit Metadata Profile Table Association window allows you to select the profiles you want to make available for edits You can access it via the Parameters gt Edit Metadata Profile Association option from the Menu bar Edit Metadata Profile Association Description Available Selected Spring Event Default Profile Summer Event 3 Configuration and Customization 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 The following fields are displayed in the window Field Description Description Automatically filled by the system for the selected profile with the description text entered at profile creation Available Displays the list of existing profiles available
76. ifferent fields Yellow card Searches for strings containing Yellow card Yellow card Searches for yellow or card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name or card in Keywords Spaces around the sign are mandatory 6 Selecting Relevant Media aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 6 4 3 Search String Search Result yell Searches for yell at the beginning of a string low Searches for low at the end of a string Ye low Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end Ye low 123 Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end and which contains 123 card Searches for a string exactly equals to card For example if a field contains yellow card the card condition will not return any result yellow card Searches fora string exactly equals to yellow card The use of quotes is required due to the space between yellow and card How to Perform a Quick Text Search To perform a Quick Text search proceed as follows 1 2 Display the columns you wish to perform a quick search on Type a search string in the Quick Text Search field based on Quick Text search rules available from the Help button E and detailed in section Quick Text Search Rules on page 94 Click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Depending on whether the AutoRefresh Filtering setting is selected or not you may
77. iles RTProf Creating your Own Export Target Profile You can create an Export Target profile with the RTProf wizard in standalone mode or from Xedio Dispatcher by means of its New Target wizard To create an Export Target Profile from Xedio Dispatcher proceed as follows 1 Inthe Menu bar click Targets gt RTProf gt Create RTProf The New Target Creation wizard opens 3 Configuration and Customization 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 2 Inthe Target Type dialog box a select the types of targets you want to generate either files stored on the network or clips on EVS servers b Click Next 10 3 Configuration and Customization a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 3 The High Resolution File Creation dialog box is displayed if you have asked to generate hi res files To HiRes Folder _Exportihi res Codec Format Avid ONHE Hi Level EYS Sey ype tee eo El ale i a Specify the folder where the high resolution files will be stored as well as the codec and format to be used to generate these files b If you want to generate an EVS metadata file XML file that will contain the file definition and the custom metadata fields associated to the media Storyboard select the Generate EVS metadata file option This metadata file will be stored in the same folder as the media file 3 Configuration and Customization 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B Octob
78. ines the value under which the player display will be updated when browsing the nowline ms 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 30 Gop browsing accuracy for lo res player Grab Still Frame Folder Grab Still Frame Prefix Notification Center IP address Notification center network port Odd Frame Clipping Precise browsing accuracy for hi res player Precise browsing accuracy for lo res player XedioBroker IP address XedioBroker network port XT Clip creation default clipname Audio Default Input Audio Track Assignment Default Rendering Audio Track Assignment Default XT Input Audio Track Assignment Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Defines the value under which the player display will be updated when browsing the nowline ms Field to define the default folder to store grab image file Field to define the default prefix for the resulting grab image file Free text field to define the IP address of the notification center Free text field to define the port number of the notification center When selected enables clipping on odd frames when working with P resolution in all players and timelines G Note q This parameter should only be set for full progressive workflows Defines the value under which the player display will be updated accurately when browsing the nowline ms Defines the value under which the player display will be updated accurately when browsing the nowline ms Free te
79. io buttons A set of audiometers are displayed on the right side of the Storyboard Player Video Display Audio Guide Track Record Button The Audio Guide Track Record button is specific to the Storyboard Player The Audio Guide Track Record button allows you to record a voice over sequence on one track of the storyboard You can only record one audio guide track for one storyboard Once the audio guide track has been created you cannot modify it If you want to change it you need to delete it and record a new one See section Recording an Audio Guide Track on page 113 for more information on how to record an Audio Guide track 67 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Audio Meters The audio meters are located to the right of the Clip Player and the Storyboard Player views In the Clip Player view the audio meters will only display the monitored track stereo track monitored In the Storyboard Player view all the storyboard audio channels will be displayed in the audio meters If more than 8 channels are selected the first 8 audiometers are visible at a time and two arrow buttons allow to shift from channels 1 to 8 to channels 9 to 16 68 4 User Interface a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 4 7 5 4 User Interface Db values are displayed on each side They correspond to the values defined in Parameters gt Parameter Profiles gt General gt Vumeter for the top level
80. lip OUT point to current nowline position Secondary shortcut Goes to next frame Goes to next frame Secondary shortcut Goes to next cue point in Player Goes to next transition in timeline Goes to next cue point in Player Goes to next transition in timeline Secondary shortcut Goes to the next ganged camera Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile Secondary shortcut Starts stops loaded media in the Player window from the current position Plays the clip to OUT point once Plays the clip to OUT in loop mode Plays forward at various speed Plays reverse at various speed Jumps to previous frame Jumps to previous frame Secondary shortcut Goes to previous cue point in Player Goes to previous transition in timeline Goes to previous cue point in Player Goes to previous transition in timeline secondary shortcut 45 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Previous ganged camera Previous X Frames a Previous X Frames b Toggle All Audio Rewind 25 Rewind 33 Rewind 50 Rewind 100 Rewind 150 Rewind 200 Rewind 400 Forward 25 Forward 33 Forward 50 Forward 100 Forward 150 Forward 200 Forward 400 Stop Change Aspect Ratio Recorder Auto Aspect Ratio Audio1 monitoring a Audio2 monitoring a Audio3 monitoring a Audio4 monitoring a 46 Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Goes to the previous gan
81. n 4 Toselect the column s you wish to remove from the view do one of the following onthe right pane double click the column s you wish to remove from the view o gt select them on the right pane and click the left arrow 5 Click OK Ordering Columns To change the columns order proceed in one of the following ways 1 Select a column header 2 Drag it to the left or right to the required place A vertical line shows the place where the column will be dropped OR 4 User Interface aa USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VU 4 6 4 4 User Interface 1 Right click a column header A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the current order Select the column name s from the Selected pane 4 Click the appropriate button o Up moves the item s before the previous one o Down moves the item s after the next one 5 Click OK Element Contextual Menu A contextual menu with the following options is available when you right click an item in the list Play Loads the clip in the Clip Player window to allow the element to be browsed and modified Render List Opens the Render List window listing all types of rendering that have been done with the clip Archive History Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and restore processes that were achieved for the selected clip Change Properties Opens the Media P
82. n 21 Avid DWxHD 100 E S FTP 2 fip portfcodec FTF Login FTP Password Default Fage Pa Generate EWS metadata file Evs Metadata File Export Folder Az Specify both IP addresses of the EVS video server the codec used on the server the FTP login and password the default page on which the generated clip will be stored If you want to generate an EVS metadata file XML file that will contain the file definition select the Generate EVS metadata file option and specify the folder where the file should be stored Click Next If you have asked to use a second EVS server as backup the Export to 2 4 EVS Video Server dialog displays a b Provide the same information as for the main EVS server Click Next 3 Configuration and Customization 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 7 The File Name Properties dialog box displays Xedio Dispatcher New Target Creation Version 4 3 Bt Maximum File Name Length 55 Force GUID o gt Maximum filename length maximum number of characters above which the filename will be truncated o Force GUID when this option is selected a GUID will be incremented at the end of the filename Click Next 14 3 Configuration and Customization a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 8 The EVS Metadata Info dialog bog displays if you have selected one of the Generate EVS metadata file options Xedio Dispatcher New Target Creation Versi
83. nail View Next Line Clip Select the clip on the next line End Select the last clip Home Select the first clip Next Clip Select the next clip on the line Previous Clip Select the previous clip on the line Select All Clips Select all the clips Previous Line Clip Select the clip on the previous line How to Edit a Keyboard Shortcut To edit a keyboard shortcut proceed as follows 1 Select the application for which you want to edit the keyboard shortcut 2 Select the profile to be edited 3 Double click on an existing shortcut definition in the Variant Keyboard Functions column The Key Assignator dialog box opens Enter the new shortcut in field It can be a combination with SHIFT ALT CTRL etc Click the OK button 6 Click the Save button at the bottom of the window to save the selected profile G Note q The lt Default gt profile can also be edited 48 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 4 4 1 User Interface Overview The Xedio Dispatcher window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below 1 2 3 4 FVS Xedio Dispatcher eal fie Yew Targets Parameters Maintenancy Help 4 User Interface Avent Cross Long bel Through bes Pass Run Fest broek Possession kor coption Ford Foul On MATCH FEEDS Foul By tst Sarrvubation Time wasting CLIPS COMPILATION Physical comtect TEAM CAM Controversy PLAYER CAM Cordi ortation Rertahatror G Note q T
84. o guide and create a new one Note q The default value for the Audio Track Guide Preroll can be modified in the AudioGuideTrackPreRoll setting defined via the menu Parameters gt Parameter Profiles Media Dispatcher gt Default parameter profile gt Storyboard tab 10 Recording an Audio Guide Track 113 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 11 114 Checking the Storyboard Introduction Once the storyboard is created you can check the result by loading the storyboard in the Storyboard Player How to Load a Storyboard in the Storyboard Player To load a storyboard in the Storyboard Player proceed as follows 1 Click the Storyboard Player button m to open the Storyboard Player 2 Drag the tab of the requested storyboard to the Storyboard Player The storyboard is open in the Storyboard player In play mode the clip being played is highlighted by a black border around its thumbnail in the Storyboard area StoryBoard Foot documentary 00 00 01 03 00 00 04 20 100 00 03 17 11 Checking the Storyboard aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VV l 12 12 1 12 2 12 2 1 NEW 12 2 2 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips introduction Once your storyboard is finalized you can export it to multiple destinations and in multiple formats at the same time Xedio Dispatcher makes it possible to export the storyboard to various destination types e t
85. oFile This allows you to export a storyboard to a file that can be read by an external system e to Device This allows you to export an edit media to an external device XDCAM XDCAM SxS or P2 e to Target This allows you to export a storyboard according to a predefined Export Target profile RTProf or to a predefined Xsquare target Exporting to Target Introduction The To Target subtab is used to export an edit media according to a predefined Export Target profile RTProf or to a predefined Xsquare target An Export Target Profile also called RTProf is an xml file that contains the definition for rendering the storyboard created in Xedio Dispatcher into a single file on a given destination or into a clip on a given EVS server The Export Target Profile mainly includes the definition of the destinations and of the codecs in which the file or clip need to be generated The Export Target Profiles can be defined and customized to your needs by the EVS Project Manager However you can also create your own Export Target profiles using the Target Wizard How to Export to Target To export a storyboard to a predefined target proceed as follows 1 Click the Export to Target tab in the Tools area to expand it 2 From the Target field select an export target profile RTProf or an Xsquare target 3 Add the storyboard to the list of export jobs in one of the following ways 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips 115
86. oarding rough cut module of Xedio Dispatcher Audio Guide 41 Allows the creation of an Audio Guide Track over a storyboard Track Export 50 Access to the Export Module of Xedio Dispatcher RTProf 51 Allows the creation of a new export target profile RTProf Wizard generator Logger 60 Access to the Logging IPD Logs module of Xedio Dispatcher Transcoding 70 Access to the transcoding option for the export module If not present only smart rendering is allowed Requesting and Importing the License Keys In the XSecure Manager application installed on the Xedio Dispatcher workstation you need to click the Request button to generate an XML file Email this XML file to the EVS support and ask for the Import Key file Once you have received the Import Key file you need to select and import the file via the Import Key File button in XSecure Manager EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 2 4 Installation Procedure A Setup wizard guides you through the installation of Xedio Dispatcher To install Xedio Dispatcher proceed as follows 1 Copy the installation file FullXedioDispatcher_4 0x xx exe locally This is the full installer file which you need to use for a first installation Use the XedioDispatcher_4 0x xx exe for upgrades Double click on the installation file to launch the installation wizard Click Next on the Welcome window io Setup Xedio Dispatcher 221 th Welcome to the Xedio Dispatcher WS
87. ociate to a log See section Logger on page 77 e Export tool It allows the export of clips sub clips or storyboards to a Target based on the settings defined ina selected target profile to a File or to a Device See section Export Tools on page 80 Menu Bar The Menu bar gives access to the following commands File menu Menu item Description Exit Closes Xedio Dispatcher View menu Menu item Description Status Bar Displays hides the status bar at the bottom of the window 4 User Interface USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 a oo Targets menu 4 User Interface Menu item XSquare RTProf Menu item Parameter Profiles Metadata Profiles Media Metadata Profile Association Edit Metadata Profile Association Keyboard Profiles Menu item Database Cleanup Description Used to manage XSquare targets through the XSquare Targets window e Create XSquare Target to create a target on the local Xsquare e XSquare Servers displays the list of available Xsquare servers distant and local See section Xsquare Target on page 18 for more information Used to manage the export profiles RTProf e Create RTProf see section Creating your Own Export Target Profile on page 9 e Delete RTProf See section Export Target Profiles on page 9 for more information Parameters menu Description Opens the Parameter Profiles window where you can modify the various parameters of X
88. ode value is added in Mark OUT TC field e a signis shown on the video display e ared mark is added at this timecode on the media bar Clip Name Field where the clip name can be entered OO 4 F540 7 LC 00 47 20 03 koen Wat 00 47 34 07 Time Information Fields The following time information is displayed as follows next to the transport and clip creation commands Clip Player Field Meaning Mark IN TC Timecode of the Mark IN defined on the koen Want 00 47 2401 loaded media 00 47 54 17 00 47 20 0A Mark OUT TC Timecode of the Mark OUT defined on the Koen want 00 47 24 01 loaded media 00 47 54 17 00 47 20 03 Nowline TC Timecode of the nowline position on the Koen waut 00 434 0 loaded media 00 47 5417 00 47 20 03 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 76 Field Meaning Seer TC OUT of the loaded clip 00 02 15 17 00 00 09 09 Duration from the IN point to the OUT point e Ifthe clip is loaded from the thumbnail UU O0 05 05 view it displays the duration of the source clip e Ifthe clip is loaded from the storyboard it displays the duration of the storyboard clip O0 02 15 1 To move the mark IN mark OUT or nowline to a given TC type the timecode in the corresponding field and press ENTER You can edit hours minutes seconds or frames separately in the timecode fields e Double click on the hours minutes seconds or frames area and the c
89. omization VS Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 5 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 6 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 7 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 8 Jumps to the end of the edit Jumps to next transition in regard to the selected tracks Jumps to next transition in regard to the selected tracks secondary shortcut Jumps to previous transition in regard to the selected tracks Jumps to previous transition in regard to the selected tracks secondary shortcut Jumps to the beginning of the edit Inserts a cue point Jumps to next frame Jumps to next frame Secondary shortcut Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile Jumps to next x frames x is defined in the software profile secondary shortcut Starts stops loaded storyboard in Storyboard Player window Plays forward at various speed Plays from next transition in regard to the selected tracks with Preroll Previews previous transition in regard to the selected tracks with Preroll Plays reverse at various speed Jumps to previous frame Jumps to previous frame secondary shortcut Jumps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile Jumps to previous x frames x is defined in the software profile secondary shortcut 47 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Stop Stops the Storyboard Player Change Aspect Changes the aspect ratio Ratio Thumb
90. on A IA Assel Owner Bin Mame a Asset Owner specify the owner of the media edit you will export as it will appear for instance in IPDirector b Bin Name specify the name of the IPDirector bin where you want to send your material c Click Next 3 Configuration and Customization 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 9 The Export Logsheet File dialog box displays Medio Dispatcher New Target Creation Version d 2 81 MB Generate Lagsheet file Logsheet File Export Folder MB Export Logs as locators to Avid o Xedio Dispatcher can generate a log sheet XML file that will contain the log information available in the clip sub clip or storyboard exported To this end select the Generate Logsheet file option and specify the folder where to export this log sheet o Ifyou have selected the export to AVID during steps 4 or 5 the Export Logs as locators to Avid option is displayed By selecting this option the locators will appear on the fly within Avid G Note q If one of those options is selected cut points will be exported as logs e Storyboard start timecode and storyboard end timecode are considered as cut points e Each cut point between the start and the end of the storyboard contains 2 logs on for the IN point and one for the OUT point Click Next 3 Configuration and Customization a a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 lt V l 10 If you have selected the export to
91. ons icons for which it is possible Selection to manage keyboard shortcuts and keyboard profiles area 2 Profile This area displays the available profiles that can be managed for Selection the selected application area 42 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 Part Name 3 Keyboard Shortcuts area V5 Description This area gives the list of keyboard shortcuts They can be edited and modified there List of Media Dispatcher Keyboard Keys Assignments General Player Focus Player Full Screen Recorder Focus Recorder Full Screen Cemd_storyboard Delete Edit Clip Delete Storyboard End Edit Clip End Storyboard Home Edit Clip Home Storyboard Next Edit Clip Next Storyboard Previous Edit Clip Previous Storyboard Select all edit clips Exporttool Delete Player Sets focus on Clip Player window Zoom Clip Player window to full screen Sets focus on Storyboard Player window Zoom Storyboard Player window to full screen Deletes the selected edit clip Deletes the storyboard Jumps to the last edit clip of the open storyboard Jumps to the last storyboard Jumps to the first edit clip of the open storyboard Jumps to the first storyboard Jumps to the next edit clip of the open storyboard Jumps to the next storyboard Jumps to the previous edit clip of the open storyboard Jumps to the previous storyboard Selects all the edit clips from the open storyboard Deletes the selec
92. orresponding area will be activated for editing e Simple click in the timecode field the cursor should blink on the right and you can type the full timecode value Storyboard Player Duration of the storyboard ell E M 00 00 15 17 K A D Log Buttons The Log buttons are common to the Clip Player and the Storyboard Player 0 0 O00 00 45 05 LC 0000 45 20 va ell E gt 00 02 15 17 Goall J 00005504 J ad E M 0000 03 09 The logs are reference points to a specific frame in a video sequence Their purpose is to mark points of interest on the media and to facilitate rapid movement between them A log is identified by a TC value and relates to an action in a given event It is associated to keywords and or a ranking in Xedio Dispatcher When no metadata is associated to them they are named cue points The three Log buttons are used to add and delete logs as well as to move from one log to the other See section Adding Logs to a Clip on page 108 for more information on how to create and manage logs 4 User Interface aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VU l 4 8 4 8 1 StoryBoard Foot 4 8 2 4 9 4 9 1 4 User Interface Storyboard Area Overview of the Storyboard Area The Storyboard area contains all storyboards the user has created in Xedio Dispatcher Each storyboard is displayed as a tab 1 named according to the storyboard name When you click the tab co
93. orted into the system in the form of an XML file A metadata profile can be associated with various items such as media or edits and then metadata values can be attributed to the item by entering specific values in the user fields Profile Management Overview of the Profile Management Window Illustration The Metadata Profiles window allows you to define user fields and to associate them into profiles You can access it via the Parameters gt Metadata Profiles option of the Menu bar 3 Configuration and Customization 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 It contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Metadata Profiles Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Metadata Profiles window Part Name Description 1 Available This pane is used to manage the metadata fields It displays Metadata Fields the list of existing metadata fields See section Managing User Fields on page 23 2 Metadata Profile This pane is used to create import or export metadata Information profiles See section Managing Metadata Profiles on page 24 3 Existing This pane displays the list of existing metadata profiles Metadata Profiles 22 3 Configuration and Customization a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VV l Managing User Fields How to Create User Fields 1 Click the Add New Field button in the Available Metadata Fields area The Metadata Field dialog
94. ow ready to begin installing Medio Dispatcher 4 02 04 on your computer 2 Installation 7 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 7 Click Finish ia Setup Xedio Dispatcher TELH Completing the Xedio Dispatcher Lif att Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing edio Dispatcher 4 lon your computer The application may be launched by selecting the Installed icons Click Finish to esit Setup When the application is installed you need to restart the computer The Xedio Dispatcher installer will then perform some final installation steps before you can launch the application 8 2 Installation a a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VU l 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 Configuration and Customization Export Target Profiles Definition An Export Target Profile also called RTProf is an xml file that contains the definition for rendering the storyboard created in Xedio Dispatcher into a single file on a given destination or into a clip on a given EVS server The Export Target Profile mainly includes the definition of the destinations and of the codecs in which the file or clip need to be generated The Export Target Profiles can be defined and customized to your needs by the EVS Project Manager However you can also create your own Export Target profiles using the Target Wizard The Export Target Profiles available in Xedio Dispatcher are stored in C XedioDispatcherMS Prof
95. ported storyboard clip mandatory Location where the storyboard clip will be sent to Codec profile which will determine the final format of the storyboard clip in the destination folder The available codecs depend on the type of device selected This window can be reached by clicking the ia button in the Transcoding Codec zone umlL Ok ClipM ame Cancel This allows you to specify parameters for the new file such as clip name keywords UmID or VarlD Export Information Zone From this zone the following settings are available Item Start Timecode Enable Video View 86 Description You can specify the storyboard clip timecode from which the export process will begin When selected a small video view is displayed during the export process Enable video view 4 User Interface aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 VU l 5 Managing the Storyboards 5 1 Howto Create an Empty Storyboard To create a storyboard proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 Click the sign in the top left corner of the Storyboard area This opens The Storyboard Properties window See section Storyboard Properties Window on page 87 Type the name of the storyboard in the Label field mandatory Fill in the other fields if needed Set the start timecode that will be taken into account during the storyboard export Define the metadata from the Custom Metadata tab by filling in the metadata field
96. quipment SA Glossary Term Acronym Cue Point Event Keyword Keyword grid Level of interest Log Log sheet Ranking Source clip Source file Storyboard clip Sub clip Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Definition Explanation Reference point to a specific frame in a video sequence Their purpose is to mark points of interest on the media The cue point is only identified by a TC value Event that is associated to a production show It can be a football game an entertainment show a reality show Metadata attached to a log that provides information on the media content Keywords displayed as icons in a grid See Ranking Reference points to a specific frame in a video sequence Their purpose is to mark points of interest on the media The log is identified by a TC value and relates to an action in a given event It is associated to keywords and or a ranking and possibly other metadata related to the action File that contains all logs for a given event Metadata attached to a log that characterizes the importance given to the log and usually symbolized by stars no star not important 1 star useful 2 stars important 3 stars very important A V material stored on the device that has recorded it for example P2 XDCAM cameras or an EVS server and used as source content to create another A V output playlist timeline storyboard etc This is also called shoot or footage A V mat
97. r allows the user to monitor the progress of the process 122 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 12 4 Start TimeCode Rendering 00 00 51 10 sec remaining Enable video view At the end a message informs the user that the process has been successfully completed Info _l Element successfully transcoded Edit PGE 71 44 playout rate Note 71 4 playout rate means that the encoding process was 71 4 slower than real time 100 means real time 200 means 2 times faster than real time 71 4 means that the encoding process of a 1 min edit takes about 1 min 30 SEC N Exporting Clips and Sub Clips You can also export individual source clips or sub clips by using one of the Export tools Proceed in the same way as for storyboards to export clips and sub clips To add a source clip drag the thumbnail of the source clip from the Thumbnail view or from the List view of the workspace to the open Export tab corresponding to the required destination types To add several source clips at a time you can select them thanks to the usual commands as detailed in section Selecting Techniques on page 55 Clips are then added in chronological order To add a sub clip created in the Clip Player which means with an IN point and an OUT point and optionally a name drag it to the open Export tab 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips 123 EVS Broadcast E
98. rease the shuttling scrubbing speed in a loop x1 x2 x3 x5 x8 and then back to x1 Note J If another key is pressed between the a repetitions the shuttle scrub speed is reset K Stops the preview of the A V content NEW i Shuttles scrubs backward at twice the real time speed Pressing repeatedly the key will increase the shuttling scrubbing speed in a loop x1 x2 x3 x5 x8 and then back to x1 Note a If another key is pressed between the S repetitions the shuttle scrub speed is reset K J Steps backward 1 frame at a time Hold ben tap k a Steps forward 1 frame at a time Hold 4 tap ee k a Plays backward at 33 of the real time speed Hold 4 hold i ik Plays forward at 33 of the real time speed Hold 4 hold 74 4 User Interface aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 4 User Interface Clip Creation Commands The following table gives the meaning of each clip creation operation A button and or a keyboard shortcut can be used to perform each action Button Field Keyboard Shortcut Operation and Description E Mark IN mm Sets a mark IN point at the nowline position or on the media bar a e _ the timecode value is added in Mark IN TC field e a sign is shown on the video display e agreen mark is added at this timecode on the media bar R Mark OUT w Sets a mark OUT point at the nowline ee position on the media bar w e the timec
99. roperties window which shows the properties for the selected clip If a default metadata profile has been defined for the media a metadata tab is displayed and shows the clip metadata The users can modify the clip metadata values See section Media Profile Association on page 26 for more information on the selection of a profile The Allow Change Media Properties option must have been selected from Parameters gt Parameters Profiles gt Media Dispatcher gt Cefiltermgr to allow the display and update of custom metadata 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 7 Clip Player and Storyboard Player 4 7 1 Overview of the Clip Player Introduction The Clip Player is used to browse media or clips selected from the Thumbnail view or the List view Its clip creation pane provides the functions to create sub clips to be added to the storyboard The Clip Player is accessible via the Clip Player button 60 4 User Interface a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Illustration The Clip Player view contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Workspace Le Te ARE tie Ri Dan A i j Loi Gini Se alee am 00 04 56 22 00 01 33 15 G Note q The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Clip Player view 4 User Interface 61 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA
100. rresponding to a storyboard the storyboard opens the tab name becomes underlined and the storyboard clips 2 are displayed as thumbnails in the tab documentary The storyboard can be played in the Storyboard Player See section Checking the Storyboard on page 114 Other actions on the storyboard are managed via the contextual menus from the Workspace area Export tool or Logger tool Storyboard Contextual Menu The Storyboard contextual menu is available when you right click the storyboard tab See section Other Possible Actions on Storyboards on page 90 for a description of the available options Logger Purpose The Logger tab is available from the Tools area It is used to add logs to media and to associate metadata to logs such as free text description keywords and or ranking See section Adding Logs to a Clip on page 108 When you open Xedio Dispatcher the application checks for keyword grids stored as xml files in C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XedioDispatcher Keyword Grids The detected grids are automatically loaded and available in the Logger tab 7 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 9 2 Overview of the Logger Tab Introduction The Logger tab displays differently depending on whether keyword grids have been detected or not Illustration The Logger tab contains the areas highlighted on the screenshots below Logger without Associated Keyword Grids Tools
101. s Click OK The new storyboard is now available in the Storyboard area as a new tab The tab name is the storyboard name When a storyboard is active the tab is underlined in the Storyboard area 5 2 Storyboard Properties Window Window Overview The Storyboard Properties window is made of two tabs General Custom Metadata Storyboard Properties General Custom MetaData Label 1 Description varID Aspect Ratio Start TimeCode From First Clip 5 Managing the Storyboards 87 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 88 Fields in the General Tab The General tab contains the following user interface elements Label Name assigned to the storyboard mandatory Description Optional text to describe the storyboard VarID VarlD given to the storyboard Aspect ratio Default aspect ratio to be used for the storyboard With HD video standards the aspect ratio 16 9 is selected and cannot be modified in Xedio Dispatcher This does not prevent from using a media with a different aspect ratio in the edit With SD video standards you can choose the aspect ratio between 4 3 and 16 9 and you can modify this as long as the edit is empty The default value is specified in Parameters gt Parameters Profiles gt General gt General tab Start Timecode Specifies the first timecode for the edit The entered timecode will be taken into account during the storyboard export Two options ar
102. s gt Parameters Profiles gt Media Dispatcher gt Cefiltermgr to allow the display and update of Custom Metadata Other Possible Actions on Storyboards Opening a storyboard Click on the tab of the requested storyboard The tab name is underlined and the storyboard clips are displayed in the Storyboard tab as thumbnails Modifying a storyboard properties 1 Right click the storyboard tab 2 Select Storyboard Properties from the contextual menu The Storyboard Properties window is displayed 3 Type the new data 4 Click OK See section How to Create an Empty Storyboard on page 87 for details on this window Deleting a storyboard 1 Right click the storyboard tab 2 Select Delete Storyboard from the contextual menu A message will ask you for confirmation before deleting the storyboard Sending a storyboard to the Export tool 1 Right click the storyboard tab 2 Select Send Storyboard to Export Tool from the contextual menu See section Exporting the Storyboard or Clips on page 115 for more information on exporting storyboards 5 Managing the Storyboards aa USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 6 6 1 6 2 Selecting Relevant Media introduction To create a storyboard users can use clips directly available from a device or a folder or they can create a sub clip from an existing clip Connected devices are automatically displayed in the Device area Other folders corresponding to USB d
103. s for the video 64 4 User Interface aa oD V5 USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 l 4 7 4 4 User Interface Option Show Timecode Aspect Ratio Show SafeAreas Grab Image Show Label Deinterlacer Meaning This option offers various options to display timecode on the Player window e none does not display timecode e Start TC shows a counter starting with 0 at the first frame of the media e Intra TC shows the original timecode of the media This option offers a choice of aspect ratios for the display Auto 4 3 or 16 9 This option displays a safe area cage on the window to determine which areas of the picture will be seen This allows to check the size of graphics within the media for safe display Grabs the current image either in low resolution or in high resolution The default folder c where the grab is stored is defined via the menu Parameters gt Parameters Profiles General General tab GrabStillFrameFolder parameter Displays the name of the loaded item on the top of the Video Display This option is used to de interlace video A submenu provides the following options e Mix top bottom displays 25 full pictures per second each made by mixing the top field and the bottom field and repeating each mixed line e Top displays 25 full pictures per second each made by duplicating each line of the top field e Bottom displays 25 full pictures per second each made by duplicatin
104. s user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter aa USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 00 000 00 cece ccc cece cece ccc cccececeeseteeee IiI WHAT S NEW aaan nananana aoaaa 000000 oana ccc ccccceeceeceteeeeeeeees VII 1 INTRODUCTION ccc ccc ccc ccc ccc cceceeeeeeee 1 1 1 Product Description 2222 cccc sconce ce chienddde ecu debeden chi deve nddessdeewevecubacesedeere 1 1 2 Opening Xedio Dispatcher 2 222 022 cece e cece eee cece cece ec ceeeeeeeeeeeees 1 1 3 Process Overview 222 22 cece cee cee cece cee cee cece cence cece eee eeeeeeeeees 2 1 3 1 General Working Process 00 022 22 e eee eee eee eee eee eee cece 2 1 3 2 Process Overview with File Exceeding the P2 Card Capacity 2 1 3 3 Process Overview with P2 3D Cards as Source
105. square Servers area Manual Procedure To select an Xsquare server manually proceed as follows 1 Click New The default host name 127 0 0 1 is displayed in the Xsquare properties 2 Set the Xsquare properties by completing the fields 3 Configuration and Customization aa USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 2 Field Description DB ID Number automatically allocated by the system when you save the Xsquare configuration Label Label given to the machine hosting Xsquare optional Host IP address or name of the machine hosting Xsquare Description Text to describe the Xsquare optional 3 Click Save The selected Xsquare server is displayed in the Xsquare Servers area Keyword Grids The keywords grids used in Xedio Dispatcher are stored as xml files in C Program Files EVS Broadcast Equipment XedioDispatcher Keyword Grids xml They are compatible with IPDirector Drop the requested keyword grid files in the folder specified above and the name of the file will be displayed as the keyword grid name in the Logger tool of Xedio Dispatcher The grid is directly available in Xedio Dispatcher Metadata Introduction Metadata is customer defined data used to describe or classify A V material A metadata profile is made of a set of user fields which are managed together Metadata user fields are created and associated into metadata profiles within Xedio Dispatcher or they can be imp
106. ssibility to record a voice over sequence on one track of the storyboard You can only record one audio guide track for one storyboard Once the audio guide track has been created you cannot modify it If you want to change it you need to delete it and record a new one By default the audio guide track is stored and exported on the stereo track 3 of the storyboard The track on which it is stored is defined via the menu Parameters gt Parameter Profiles Media Dispatcher gt Default parameter profile gt Storyboard tab AudioGuideTrackOutput setting Audio guide track will be mixed over any existing audio on this audio track How to Record an Audio Guide Track The storyboard on which you want to add the audio guide track is already loaded in the Storyboard Player See section Checking the Storyboard on page 114 To record an Audio Guide Track on the storyboard proceed as follows 1 Position the nowline where you want to start the audio guide sequence 2 Click the Start Audio Guide button oO A countdown default 3 second preroll starts and is shown on the button a It indicates the number of seconds before the recording process starts and allows you to get ready for the recording Start speaking when the button turns red oO Click the button again when the voiceover sequence is finished The record button becomes the Delete Audio Guide button a click on this button if you are not satisfied with the recorded audi
107. steps 1 Plug the first P2 3D card in the Xedio Dispatcher workstation left or right eye card 2 Make a storyboard i e cut sequence or shot selection from this card 1 Introduction aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 1 Introduction 3 4 5 6 Export the sequence as a file e g left_eye_file mxf Unplug the card Plug the second card in the Xedio Dispatcher workstation Export the sequence as a file now linked to the other eye e g right_eye_file mxf See section Overview of the Workspace in Thumbnail View on page 54 for the display specific to 3D clips EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 2 2 1 2 2 Installation Prerequisites Here is the list of prerequisites to the installation of Xedio Dispatcher Hardware requirements must be met Software requirements must be met The XSecure application needs to be installed on the workstation with all the required license codes Xedio Dispatcher has to be installed with administrator rights It is recommended to close all other applications before starting the Xedio Dispatcher installation especially all EVS applications XDCAM and or P2 drivers must be installed on the Xedio Dispatcher computer Hardware and Software Requirements Hardware Requirements Xedio Dispatcher can be installed on a single laptop or desktop computer The browser and player of Xedio Dispatcher use the CPU resources of the Xedio Disp
108. t Parameters Profiles gt Media Dispatcher gt Default profile gt Player Clip Player only Plays a clip from mark IN to mark OUT Clip Player only l Plays a clip in loop from mark IN to mark OUT fe Go to IN Clip Player only s Moves from the current position to the Mark IN point f Go to OUT Clip Player only Moves from the current position to the Mark OUT point a Go to Previous Frame Moves 1 frame before the current position in Pause mode Go to Next Frame Moves 1 frame after the current position in Pause mode z Go 10 Frames Backward Moves 10 frames before the current position in Pause mode 4 User Interface 73 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Button Keyboard Shortcut Function Name and Description Go 10 Frames Forward Moves 10 frames after the current position T in Pause mode IK Go to Previous Transition Storyboard Player only Moves to the previous storyboard clip Go to Next Transition Storyboard Player only Moves to the next storyboard clip ly Wak iL The CJ J and LJ keyboard shortcuts are used to navigate in a combination of shuttle and scrub at the same time backwards and forwards in A V content The following table lists their different uses Keyboard Shortcut Function Description NEW f Shuttles scrubs backward at twice the real time speed Pressing repeatedly the key will inc
109. t 20130801 142737 00 00 00 00 00 02 43 00 Edit Aepo 0Y Target RTProf_EVS xedio_0 y A io_DOOSE o O007MBS 068 n xport To File Exp ort To Device StoryBoard Speech documentary Foot Highlights The storyboard information is displayed in the Export tab 3 Set the export properties specific to the selected destination from the Destination zone 4 Set the general export properties See section Setting the General Export Properties on page 122 5 Click Start at the bottom of the Export tool The export process begins and a progress bar allows the user to monitor the progress of the process Stark Time Code Rendering 00 00 35 1i E ea Dei Enable video view At the end a message informs the user that the process has been successfully completed Info Li Element successtully transcoded COOO1 40 022 playout rate OF Start TimeCode Rendering 100 0 done 12 Exporting the Storyboard or Clips 119 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 G Note q 40 playout rate means that the encoding process was 40 slower than real time 100 means real time 200 means 2 times faster than real time 12 3 2 Setting the Export Properties To File File name Label Edit 001 Folder Si Exportihi res Force Transcoding codec DVLPRO 50 EWS MB Rendering From Low Res To export an edit media to a file that can be read by an extern
110. tadata file option has been selected in the High Resolution File Creation dialog box in the Proxy LoRes File Creation dialog box and or in the Export to EVS Video Server dialog box an evs xml file that contains all the metadata associated to the A V material is created for each codec format and destination folder defined in the target profile Exporting Logs During the creation of the export target profile if the Generate log sheet file or the Export logs as locators to Avid option has been selected in the Export Log Sheet File dialog box storyboard cut points are exported as logs e Storyboard start timecode and storyboard end timecode are considered as cut points e Each cut point between the start and the end of the storyboard contains 2 logs on for the IN point and one for the OUT point Each log will contain the following information e Noranking e No keyword e Description giving the source media label the TC IN or TC OUT of the source media shot by the camera and the shooting date Other Possible Actions on Export Jobs Deleting an item in the list of export jobs Right click the item in the list that you want to remove and select Delete Selected Item from the contextual menu Name Progress Foot_Hig k Delete selected item OR Select the item and press the Delete key Clearing the list of export jobs To clear the list of export jobs already exported or not click the Clear List button at the bottom of the
111. ted clip Auto Aspect Ratio Automatically applies the default aspect ratio AutoClip 3 Configuration and Customization Creates a quick clip with properties set in the profile 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 44 Drop In Drop NowLine Drop Out Audio monitoring a Toggle Audio Selection a Audio2 monitoring a Toggle Audio2 Selection a Audio3 monitoring a Toggle Audio3 Selection a Audio4 monitoring a Toggle Audio4 Selection a Audiod5 monitoring a Toggle Audio5 Selection a Audio6 monitoring a Toggle Audio6 Selection a Audio7 monitoring a Toggle Audio Selection a Audio8 monitoring a Toggle Audio8 Selection a Toggle Video a Fast Forward Fast Rewind Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Drops the clip defined in the player after the storyboard IN point Drops the clip defined in the player into the storyboard Drops the clip defined in the player before the storyboard OUT point Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 1 Toggle selection of the player audio stereo 1 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 2 Toggle selection of the player audio stereo 2 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 3 Toggle selection of the player audio stereo 3 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 4 Toggle selection of the player audio stereo 4 Toggle monitoring of the player audio stereo 5 Toggle selection of the player au
112. the audio meters Field to define the db value of vu meter warning level This value corresponds to the beginning of the orange area in the vu meter G Note q The default values for audio vumeter levels differ in Xedio Dispatcher and in Final Cut Pro It is therefore normal to see the same media reaching the red zone in Xedio Dispatcher while it is still in the orange zone in FCP If you want to have the same audio meter display in both applications you can match the audio meter default values in Xedio Dispatcher to the FCP values List of Media Dispatcher Parameters General Check for When selected checks for missing hi res files in the edit timeline missing hires and displays a small yellow triangle over each missing clip in the files timeline Default clip Free text field to define the name of clip object dropped in the export string Export Tool area format Default edit Free text field to define the name of edit object dropped in the export string Export Tool area format Default media Free text field to define the name of media object dropped in the export string Export Tool area format 3 Configuration and Customization aa a USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l EVS Server Field to enter a value corresponding to a camera ganging type Ganging Type 0 XT input cameras 1 IPDirector metadata 2 mixed first tries IPD metadata then XT input cams External Cue Color used in the media bar of the Player to repr
113. the display are available via a contextual menu See section Video Display Options on page 64 The audio metersshow the levels of all the enabled outputs of the loaded storyboard See section Audio Meters on page 68 These buttons allow the selection of the audio track you want to monitor See section Audio Video Track Selection and Monitoring on page 65 The Media bar represents the whole storyboard currently loaded on the Player The jog bar is used to navigate within the loaded storyboard at a variable speed See section Media Bar and Jog Bar on page 69 The transport functions are used to navigate within the loaded storyboard and play it See section Transport Commands in the Player on page 72 Logs buttons are used to add logs to the storyboard loaded in the player and to navigate between the logs See section Log Buttons on page 76 This button is used to add voice over on the storyboard See section Recording an Audio Guide Track on page 113 These buttons is used to change the information displayed in the Workspace available media clip player storyboard player See section View Modes in the Workspace Area on page 53 These buttons are used to move to the next or previous storyboard available in the Storyboard area Video Display Video Display Options A contextual menu is available when right clicking the Video Display area from the Clip Player or the Storyboard Player This gives display option
114. the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features in Xedio Dispatcher from Xedio Suite 4 03 and 4 35 compared to Xedio Dispatcher 4 02 are listed below Updated management of export target profiles e The configuration of RTProf is done from a Menu bar option rather than the Export tool See section Creating your Own Export Target Profile on page 9 See section Menu Bar on page 50 e Xsquare can now be used with Xedio Dispatcher A storyboard can be exported to a predefined Xsquare target See section Xsquare Target on page 18 See section Menu Bar on page 50 See section Overview of the Export to Target Tab on page 80 See section Exporting to Target on page 115 e The export can be monitored See section Monitoring the Export Process to a Target on page 116 Import of metadata profile e Metadata profiles can be imported into Xedio Dispatcher See section Managing Metadata Profiles on page 24 New keyboard shortcuts e Updated list of keyboard shortcuts See section List of Media Dispatcher Keyboard Keys Assignments on page 43 Management of spanned clips created from a single shot over several P2 cards e Special display for contiguous clips created during a single shot on a P2 card See section Overview of the Workspace in Thumbnail View on page 54 See section Process Overview with File Exceeding the P2 Card Capacity on page 2
115. tion Zone below The Start button starts the export process for the selected storyboard or clip The Cancel button cancels the export process Already finalized exports will not be canceled Destination Zone Exporting to a File To export a storyboard or a clip to a file that can be read by an external system complete the following fields before clicking the Start button Field Label Folder Transcoding Codec Additional Parameters Rendering from Low res Description Name you give to the exported storyboard clip mandatory Destination folder where you want to export the storyboard clip to Codec profile which will determine the final format of the storyboard clip in the destination folder This window can be reached by clicking the i button in the Transcoding Codec zone uml Ok ClpN ame Cancel This allows you to specify parameters for the new file such as name keywords UmID or VarlD When selected the edit is rendered from the low res file This can save some time Exporting to Device To export an storyboard clip to an external device such as a XDCAM disk a SxS card or a P2 card e select the device type XDCAM SxS or P2 e complete the fields described in the table below e click on the Start button 85 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Field Label Local Drive Transcoding Codec Additional Parameters Issue 4 35 B October 2013 Description Name you give to the ex
116. to a user field means that the corresponding metadata profile has been selected from the Media Metadata Profile Table Association window or from the Edit Metadata Profile Table Association window How to Delete a User Field 1 Select it in the list 2 Click the Delete Field button It can only be deleted if it is not used in a profile Managing Metadata Profiles Creating a Metadata Profile How to Create a Metadata Profile 1 Complete the following fields in the Metadata Profile Information area Field Description ID Internal ID automatically filled by the system GUID Mandatory parameter pre filled with a unique ID This GUID is particularly important if the media edit is exported with its custom metadata to IPDirector Enter the same GUID for this metadata profile in Xedio Manager as the matching metadata profile existing in PDirector so PDirector will recognize the profile and not create a new one Label Name you give to the profile Use the log sheet profile name existing in PDirector if you want to export A V Material with its metadata in IPDirector Description Optional text to describe the metadata profile 2 Select the list of user fields you want to use in the profile select a user field in the Available Metadata Fields area and drag it to the Metadata Profile Information area 3 Click the Save Profile button The metadata profile will then be displayed in the Metadata Profiles area 3 Configuration and
117. to specific data See section Searching for Elements in the List on page 93 2 Saved Allows to save filters and to apply them later on Filters See section Using Saved Filters on page 102 tabs Displays the list of clips corresponding to the selected source in the Device area or returns the result of a search applied to the list 3 Elements grid 4 User Interface 57 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 4 6 2 4 6 3 58 Sorting the Elements in the Grid You can change the sort order of elements in the grid by clicking the column header for the parameter according to which you want to sort the elements The blue arrow indicates the sorting order Clicking the column header again changes the sorting order from ascending to descending or vice versa Organizing Columns Resizing Columns A column can be resized by using the mouse pointer over columns intersection and dragging it to the right or to the left Selecting Columns to Display To select the columns to display in the grid proceed as follows 1 Right click the column header area A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the current order 3 To select the column s you wish to add to the view do one of the following o inthe left pane double click the column s you wish to add to the view o gt select them in the left pane and click the Add butto
118. u do not want to keep in the name if any 3 To add a generic text i e WC2006_Match03 in the name string simply type the text in the field 38 3 Configuration and Customization es I USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V l 4 To add an information type specified in the Available Items list click the arrow next to the field and select the item in the drop down list for example LABEL MEDIALABEL NAME CLASSID TCIN TCINHOUR ST CINMIN TCINSEC TCINFRAME TCOUT So TCOUTHOUR TCOUTMIN TCOUTSEC TCOUTFRAME SC LIPTYPE SoLISER DURATION DURATIONHOUR 2DURATIONMIN 4DURATIONSEC DURATIONFRAME EAR MONTH DAY HOUR Click the Append button to add the selected item at the end of the Name string Reposition the available item as desired with the cut CTRL X and paste CTRL V commands 7 Repeat step 4 to 6 for any new information type you want to add in the name string You can reset the default name by clicking the Reset button How to Define New Default Audio Channel Assignment To define a new default audio channels assignment proceed as follows 1 Double click the Variant Value field The Audio Track Assignments window is displayed 2 From the Physical Channels list select the required number of channels 3 Configuration and Customization 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 As many blocks as audio channels selected are displayed in the window 3
119. xt field to define the IP address of Xedio Broker Free text field to define the port number of Xedio Broker Free text field to define the default clip name when creating an XT clip Defines the default audio channel assignment for the imported media files The field displays the assignments for 2 4 8 and 16 channels configurations separated by a sign STIST M 4M 5ST 57 51 5T 5T 5T a ST gt L A 4 ST h M gt L ALIM M 16 ST 5T 514 57 51 5T LALL ALL A CLFE LS AS L RAL L ALIL Al Defines the default audio channel assignment for rendered files The field displays the assignments for 2 4 8 and 16 channels configurations separated by a sign This parameter is not used in Xedio Dispatcher 3 Configuration and Customization USER MANUAL Xedio Dispatcher 4 35 V5 Enable 5 1 management This parameter is not used in Xedio Dispatcher Enable mono tracks Automatic Restore Restore Type Import Imported ClipName Format Imported FileName Format Use Long Clip Name 3 Configuration and Customization This parameter is not used in Xedio Dispatcher Option list to select the restore type to be used for automatic restore process Possible values e Full Restore restores the whole media e Partial Restore restores only the useful section of the media used in the edit for which a restore is requested This parameter is not used in Xedio Dispatcher Field to define the
120. yed in Xedio Dispatcher they are available to Xedio database and media server as growing clips without waiting the end of transcoding process Once selected or created the sub clips and consolidated storyboards can be easily transferred from the device itself to any target such as EVS video server media server for example SAN XStore or any type of storage They can also be exported to a file that can be read by an external system or to an external device such as a tape recorder Simultaneous transfers to multiple destinations in multiple formats are supported thanks to Xedio on the fly SD HD rewrapping amp transcoding capabilities Refer to the release notes for the list of supported formats and codecs for source files and exported files Xedio Dispatcher is able to manage media from P2 3D cards and transfer media from the left and right cards as two separate files to the selected target Opening Xedio Dispatcher To start Xedio Dispatcher select the Xedio Dispatcher application via the menu Start gt All Programs gt EVS Broadcast Equipment gt Xedio Dispatcher gt Xedio Dispatcher or double click the Xedio Dispatcher shortcut on the desktop fd medioDispatcher EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 35 B October 2013 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 55 Process Overview General Working Process When you want to create and export a storyboard you will usually apply the following steps These steps are explained

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