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1. t g Profiles Description DY Video Block t g Rotation Color E 444 clip Total Duration 00 01 13 06 5 AlphakTeleMPG t g Clocks j TA t g DivX M OnTY M Show Frames Zoom 230 x 8 DV HMM 00 00 30 02 d UTE 00 30 avi Event Start a z Toi a 00 00 30 01 fanta avi E vent Star a ELR mez aa Event End 0000 00 00 a Selected Time 00 00 08 oo 4 Edit Vid Param none gt Selected Clip E Set DY Video Block DY Video Block DY Video Block Clips timeline In the middle part of Video Block Editor dialog window there is an area where the clip sequence of the block is displayed in the form of a graphic bar Video block clips are represented in the form of a sequence of rectangles filled by their frame images if Show Frames flag is ticked The time frame is displayed above the bar The duration of the visible fragment of the block in the window is set in the Zoom field In order to show the rest of the block on the bar you can use a scroll bar at the bottom of the editor window The current clip Selected Clip on the bar is clicked with the mouse after which a 28 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x Media Tree Project DY Cancel OK t g Logotypes Name DY VideoBlock t g Profiles Description DY Video Block t Rotation Color Em 444 clip Total Duration 00 01 13 06 E E AlphakTeleMPG t g Clocks Se ma SA PrP t g DivX I OnT M Show Frames Zo
2. Other parameters Maximum value 0 V Demo mode r Phone vote Trigger Comport _ _____ viji LIVE 29 Live service is a powerful tool for organization of titling on the fly when there s no possibility to add titles beforehand and the program is broadcasted with unprocessed material or on air Titles comply with standard design for broadcasts of such kind and consist of event broadcast location time name of person job title and additional information Different combinations of fields output are provided output is performed by the list with only one key stroke It is possible to edit the list during its output Removal of fields from screen is also done with one key stroke which makes work with this service fast and 97 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES comfortable To simplify the consequent work with Live service each edited field has customized user dictionaries which allow to save frequently used initials job titles event locations and use them again Number field Re number button Hot keys Space output of current element and its values on the air jump to next element F1 jump to place field F2 jump to date field F3 jump to person field F4 jump to position field F5 jump to the list of elements F8 sets a Lock on a current list element F12 output of current element and its values on the air Esc hiding of group if t
3. DATE current date in the format assigned in the settings of Windows environment e Style changes of the style see below of the following symbols in the text This item contains a sub menu where all available styles in the system are listed just like in Font parameter e Picture insert of the symbol of static or dynamic image in the text a general window for selection of file name or the name of the first file in succession is opened e speed insert of crawl speed change marker e pause insert of pause marker Variables are inserted in the text in the form of Name_variable style name Style_text image file name picture Full_name file names of variables styles and files must not contain blank spaces A text containing variables is similar to Run Time templates in Alpha Pro program see description An extended version of Alpha Pro program I e as soon as the value of at least one of the variables which is part of the text is changed it is formatted again in the object rectangle and is displayed as part of the composition on the screen However if such variable is included into the middle of the text of a crawl then the alteration of its values during the process of its output will lead to the repetition of the output of the whole line from its beginning A special symbol which refers to static or dynamic image can be entered into the text in foreground compositions To insert such a
4. Personalized parameters Parameters of switching of inputs profiles Object of dsc class control the switching of modes on mixers and switchers of DSC type port This parameter shows to which computer COM port the device is connected Thus it is necessary to specify port 1 in the Params field when connecting to COM 1 port and port 2 when connecting to COM2 port etc Input The value of parameter Input different from 0 specifies the switching of the input on the device In the Skins ini file the operations performed during the activation of a specified input correspond to the buttons of its computer panel named BtnTxt_XX IN1 IN2 etc btnX The activation of other modes on the devices is done by pressing the buttons The description of these buttons is located in the Skins ini file in the TELE system directory The names of the buttons on the computer panels of the device correspond to the lines BtnTxt_XX Thus for the output of the test table from the device it is necessary to specify btn1 BARS in the Params field which corresponds to the BtnTxt_XX BARS line of the file In the Params field it is possible to indicate a consecutive pressing of several buttons by specifying their names in the btn1 btn2 form etc Objects of xdr class control the switching of modes on transcoders of XDR ES type of ITM company The object does not have its own parameters It is recorded in the system that the con
5. Autoradio already 2 35 channel cutoff Comfort Drawing a Fairy tale Such profession 00 02 34 00 00 26 16 00 00 09 Base ro 00 00 06 I 00 00 16 I 00 00 29 Base p iki ROSNEFT avi liki Avtorario avi Base otbivki KOMFORT avi Base promo RISUEM avi romo TAKAYA avi Adding a new folder Add Project INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder The first line in the text file must contain the name of the media tree folder This way in the shown example the folder with the name 24 06 Wdn evening will be created Empty lines in the text file divide the blocks In the next nonempty line following them the first two symbols are skipped and the time if it is indicated and blank spaces are omitted from the end All the remaining symbols create the name of the block Clips that have corresponding lines with full file names at the end the first two symbols in the line are skipped are included in the block The files themselves do not have to be located on the local computer only network names can be used as well like it is done in the second part of the example Th
6. Clear m Template settings m Hidden groups Template SMS CAUnititled xml te New Stop I Tele mode Custom set Hide all groups m Mode Announce Text messages ha Source path c alphapro data Harvester SMS source Vote MMS source Vote source Output folder News source http img lenta ru r E gt import rss ine il Vote result sre Up period sec 30 RSS Up period sec 30 IV Text as UTFS Start g Text message formats All message formats are text files with txt extension where each line is a separate message All messages start with a unique number which is consequently increased for each format independently in format description it is described as index Every file must end with a string with the word end 1 Text messages SMS source index text Where index unique message number text message text Between index and text put space Example 11767 Hello everybody 2 Multimedia messages MMS source index number text hexstring Where INFINITE FREEDOM iNES index unique message number number user number or nickname not used in current version text message text hexstring hexadecimal image presentation Example 4231 Hello everybody 0104FA 3 Vote messages Vote source index answer Where index unique message number answer answer for vote calculations trigger Example 473371 N Fr
7. Name A unique name of the profile which can be changed in any way Save Editing finishes by pressing Save key all entered parameters of the profile will be saved Cancel Editing finishes by pressing Cancel key all entered changes will be cancelled In the Objects in profile window all the objects of the profile are presented in the order in which the execution of operations assigned to them will be performed Each T3 Name and the class of profile objects Objects in profile Dialog window of adding an object to the profile INFINITE FREEDOM iNES One profile can control not only one but several devices There is an option of creating objects of one and or several classes Every object of the profile has a unique name its class defines the type of equipment directed by it it is supported by a special program module included in the TELE system package This module processes the change of object parameters of its class only and thus defines the name of the class This way DSC transcoders and switchers are controlled by the objects of dsc class etc It is possible to create objects of personalized classes however it is important that new names are not identical with the existing names of classes and objects of the profiles and foreground compositions line in the window corresponds to an object it displays the object s permanent parameters and the parameters of its current entry into the profile These are
8. Profiles Baner Beguchka Beguchka amp Logo B New Project1 SC 00 00 07 18 HB 00 00 30 00 SC 27 77 22 77 SC 22 77 72 27 SC 00 00 10 00 SC 00 00 12 22 amp Enok pexnambi Click here 5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 amp Norepea amp Or6veku kanana amp Or veku pexnampi S Nosapasnenua amp Peknama Ig 444 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 22 The last line in the table is always a special empty line of zero duration 00 00 00 00 Line in the table is selected with the help of the mouse left button when the cursor is pointing at it If the crawl is selected the text cursor appears and you can edit the previously entered text Clicking the mouse right button above the line in the table calls the contextual menu which contains the following commands e Delete delete the current line e Insert create a new element of the block in front of the current one and enter the text of its crawl using the keyboard while entering and editing it is possible to use standard Windows operations of copying the text through the Clipboard e Load create a new element of the block in front of the current and enter the text of its crawl from the text file Animation clip is entered in the table the same way of dragging it from the media tree Drag amp Drop it will be located in front of a highlighted line Clips can also be inserted by Add to block command from its contextua
9. Mediatype VIDEO Enable Adv Options Playback mode normal Direct Show Duration 00 00 30 01 Invert fields M OntT Info AVI dv internal Pro je Name fanta avi Invert MJPEG fields Description Cinema 24 OO Color i Force RGB i gt 00 00 14 01 ay T Start 0000 06 00 End foo 00 14 01 E i A M Selection More gt gt Selection By default the clip corresponds to the whole video file however you can use only a fragment of it after setting the points of input and output To do this it is 20 Clip parameters editing dialog window ney a INFINITE FREEDOM iNES The dialog window for editing the parameters of the clip appears immediately after adding the clip to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the clip necessary to set the Selection flag and enter the corresponding parameters in the Start and End fields or use the and buttons This way you can trim the clip in order for instance to fit it in the airtime window left for it Start End These fields display the timecode of the input and output point position inside the clip it can be set manually The values are shown and edited in HH MM SS FF format Buttons for entry of a clip input output point according to current position in a video file You can set the points of
10. banners and crawls in the block 32132165165135151651 61 616 516 51 654 65165 16 516 5165165161 651616 51651651 Logo Finishing Finish Planned Execute Clip name Speed text preview duration Duration to show times Streams External clips Logotypes Profiles Baner Beguchka Beguchka amp Logo New Project SC 00 00 07 18 He 00 00 30 00 SC 27 72 97 7 SC 72 72 72 77 SC 00 00 10 00 SC 00 00 12 22 g Enok peknambi Click here 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 Norepea amp Or6veku kanana amp Or6veku pexnamoi S Nosapasnenua amp Peknama Ig 444 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 22 The left part of the dialog window for editing the text banner block parameters is occupied by the table for the texts of crawls and animation with alpha channel banners Each element of the block corresponds to the line in the table where the parameters of this element output are set by the system The table features the following columns e Text Clip a sign that the element of the block is a banner i e for animation clips with alpha channel in 444 format a word Clip is displayed in this column e Logo the value of the system variable LOGO is set in this field Through it it is possible to link to an animated or a static logotype for the foreground composition which is output over the block during its playback in the schedule Clip name Text field for the
11. delete the current clip from the block e Add Secondary Event add a secondary event in the current position inside a video block Selected Time e Delete Secondary Event delete a current secondary event e Edit time change the time of start of the current secondary event Every secondary event has its list of objects of TELE system the value of the main variable of which changes during its start Under the line of secondary events in the video block editing window there is a window in which the list of such objects for the current event is shown ees INFINITE FREEDOM iNES m Yideo Block Editor Media Tree Project New Project OK E Baner Al Name New Block3 Cancel E Beguchka Comment in E Beguchka amp Logo Transition 2 65 New Projecti HE 00 00 00 05 1s avi none H 00 00 04 12 4s avi M OnT M ShowFrames Edit Vid Param HEN 00 00 30 11 AACHENER AVI HIB 00 00 24 24 ALETE AVI S Brox pexnamps ami Total Duration 00 01 25 10 Event Start 00 00 00 00 H Selected Time 00 01 05 23 4 Event End foo 00 30 11 4 elected Time 90 01 06 23 ventEnd og 003011 H gt Selected Clip AACHENER AVI Zoom 2 30 Ei E Set Delete Clip static Texer Tekct Teki Q ent static2 Dpyro texer Delete Secondary Event click here Edit time The list consists of lines that feature a dropdown menu of available at the moment objects of TELE system which are used at least in one foreground
12. group Every type of message carries different information and has specific formats listed below At set interval Harvester will look through new files in the assigned folders and upon finding new unprocessed messages it will transfer them to SMS Terminal After message transferral Harvester will remove processed files from the assigned folders Next to the field which indicates the source there is a Send counter which displays the number of transferred messages as it increases If there is no need to process message formats at the moment the corresponding field for folder task should be left empty All on going changes should be performed when Harvester is not processing data The Start button must be un pressed To stop Harvester process press Stop When using Internet address as a source of messages the text of uploaded page must be identical to the format of the text messages file Internet address must start with http Text as UTF8 option indicates that the text line in the file is in UTF8 format Up Period sec field sets data sources referral interval indicated in seconds RSS Up period sec sets RSS feeds refresh interval indicated in seconds INFINITE FREEDOM iNES ams Termina lclx SMS Announce Crawl Vote Live News Rotation Settings r Common settings Apply Background on start klear Clear i ancel Background on stop clear a
13. 02 HB 00 00 30 01 fanta avi i E lekla Selected Time foo co 08 00 00 00 08 00 gt Selected Clip d INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x OK Project DY Cancel Name DY VideoBlock Description DY Video Block pr Color Total Duration 00 01 13 06 HPRP a On TY M Show Frames Zoom 2 30 x Event Start 0000 00 00 xl one a Transition 4 Edit Vid Param Event End foo co 00 00 none ea Set Time of execution of alpha wipes or mixing between the clips in a block Scaling of block output in the window of clip bar Zoom Margins of current clip start and end Clip Start DV Video Block DY Video Block DY Video Block Value None in the list indicates the absence of transition effect the transition happens instantly The parameters of the transfer effect refer only to the current clip in the block and may vary in different clips The list of alpha wipe is formed according to the contents of Wipe subdirectory in the directory where Alpha Pro and TELE systems are installed This subdirectory must contain alpha files of wipes 720x576 pixels in size and 256 colours which are used for similar effects in Alpha Pro program see the description of the program Time of execution of alpha wipes or mixing between the clips in the block in frames is set in the combo box located below the Transition field Value 0 means no transition ef
14. Clip parameters The dialog window for editing the parameters of the clip appears immediately after editing dialog adding the clip to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the window Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the clip area corresponding to the actually used part of the file is highlighted in blue from the point of input to the point of output Slide on the playback timeline can also move with the help of the mouse scroll button When the slider is selected you can press the horizontal arrows buttons to move to the neighbouring frames of the video clip Home and End buttons move the current position to the beginning and the end of the clip respectively Preview time Time code of the current frame is displayed in this field in HH MM SS FF format You can change the parameters of this field directly by making the corresponding frame active On TV Ticked On TV flag enables the clip playout on a TV screen connected to the video card output Edit Vid Param This button calls the Edit Video Parameters dialog window to the input the parameters of the sound level brightness and colour rendition correction which will be implemented in real time during the clip playback 22 Clip parameters editing dialog window Sound level brightness and colour rendition parameters correction window Edit Video P
15. Layer Params 46 Finishing the editing of the object and layer parameters INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Editing the properties of the current object and layer of the composition is performed in the Logo Layer Editor dialog window Specific parameters may be assigned for every layer with an object They are entered in this field in parameter name value format If the value is a text it appears in quotes Editing finishes by clicking OK all input object and layer parameters will be saved Cancel Editing finishes by clicking Cancel all input changes will be cancelled Layer parameters with a text Static class object Parameters of text formatting in an object rectangle Horizontal and Vertical Alignment Text Use of special sequences in the text A layer with Static class object specifies the display of a static or dynamic text Horizontal Alignment This parameter sets the way of text formatting in the object rectangle in horizontal alignment e Left the lines of the text are aligned to the left edge of the rectangle e Center the lines of the text inside the rectangle are centered e Right the lines of the text are aligned to the right edge of the rectangle Vertical Alignment Parameter sets the way of text formatting in the object rectangle in vertical alignment e Top text aligns to the upper edge of the rectangle e Center text inside the rectangle centers in vertical
16. Organization of titling on the fly during news blocks production and organization of live broadcasts from studio Output of announces and crawls The program features a large number of parameters which allow flexible system setup according to specific studio requirements broadcast design style and various combinations of services Creating a new design template At first launch SMS terminal starts a Template Wizard which helps you create and customize your design template In the first window called Template settings of the Template Wizard the user can specify the file name for the created template in the Template file field CI x Template file C alphapro U ntitled xml i Dance gt Otmena 90 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Next the user needs to customize the chosen template in each window of the Wizard To include a particular service in the template Include field corresponding to that service must be checked to include it in the list of active services choose Enable service button Design button allows to edit the chosen service Pay attention if at this stage the service was not included in the template by checking Include it will not be possible to enable and use it at a later stage Wizard window SMS service allows to change the SMS output settings Roll object Roll object will be used for text message output Text width field field widt
17. Show M2V No Switch Direct Show MPG E No Video Direct Show VOB ia Pedestal 0 re Use Window M DV 5 Lock Audio M MJPEG 10 Auto Fields MPEG 25 z a MJPG Field Order Iv Windows Media 50 AVI Field Order Quick Time 50 No DIVX External 100 No DY E irectS JE No MJPEG Force RGB Iv No IFRAME Force Mediatype M No VFW Ignore Timestamps Direct Show AWI Matrox MJPEG field order Various video cards that work in MJPEG format store information in AVI files in different ways If the fields at the output confused the neighbouring lines of different parity are in the wrong order then it is necessary to tick this flag In 88 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES When TELE system loads separately if the video card is installed the VideoPlayer application for clip playback is launched this case the motion will be smooth but an inverse teeth effect will be seen on the slanting lines of static frames Invert Fields This flag helps to shift the order of sequence of neighbouring fields in time The flag should be ticked if the image at the output is not smooth jitters Auto Fields In some most difficult cases there are files with order of the fields changing from scene to scene As a rule this is the result of mixing files of various origins in one project during the work on editing systems on Matrox card This flag does not guarantee anything but gives a chance that the order of the fields will be correct at least
18. changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder Statistics Eg Clip Project Pane SCS Issue times System time Time Exec mode Preview mode 2003 11 03 18 00 19 2003 11 03 18 00 19 2003 11 03 18 00 19 2003 11 03 18 00 19 2003 11 03 18 00 19 2003 11 04 11 56 58 2003 11 04 11 57 11 2003 11 04 11 57 27 2003 11 04 11 57 37 2003 11 04 11 57 57 2003 11 14 21 00 19 2003 11 14 21 00 19 2003 11 14 21 00 19 2003 11 14 21 00 19 2003 11 14 22 19 36 2003 11 14 22 19 50 2003 11 15 08 20 18 2003 11 15 08 30 00 2003 11 15 08 30 13 2003 11 15 08 31 24 2003 11 04 00 11 36 2003 11 04 00 11 36 2003 11 04 00 11 36 2003 11 04 00 11 36 2003 11 04 00 11 36 2003 11 04 11 56 58 2003 11 04 11 57 10 2003 11 04 11 57 27 2003 11 04 11 57 36 2003 11 04 11 57 57 2003 11 14 22 18 04 2003 11 14 22 54 39 2003 11 14 22 21 38 2003 11 14 22 25 27 2003 11 14 22 19 19 2003 11 14 22 19 32 2003 11 15 08 20 00 2003 11 15 08 29 42 2003 11 15 08 29 55 2003 11 15 08 31 07 Play From Current Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off None Preview Off None Preview Off None Preview Off None Preview Off None Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off Play From Current Preview Off None Preview Off None P
19. database stores the broadcasting schedules of clips and blocks for the present day and also for any other day before or after today s date Every schedule can be selected for editing and or playback in the system regardless of the present date on a computer Schedule editing can be performed simultaneously with the playback Day start and end time Enter day stat 6 0 0 HH MM SS 30 0 0 M No Auto Day Change Day end Cancel After the change of transition time to a new schedule it is required to restart TELE system and perform the command of clearing the editing schedules through the Schedule Clear menu item Schedule Clear command deletes all the elements of the schedule and divides it into 24 empty time blocks alternating them with anchors which correspond with the start of every hour in the day as it happens at the beginning of editing In addition this command must be executed after the change of the day starting time Settings Edit day start and end time and the restart of the system following it The purpose of Schedule Clear old schedules command is to optimize the schedule database in order to decrease its size and avoid extra verifications of correct entry of blocks and clips in the schedules This command clears everything that precedes the date of played and or edited schedule Schedule Save Anchors command saves the anchors of edited schedules in the form of a text file With the help of Schedule Load Anchors co
20. durations of the stills vary for instance the duration of the whole block must be set then it is better to create a separate clip or block for every use of such still This will allow to select the durations of such displays independently because its change in one place will lead to similar changes in other places where the same display is used The same refers to the case when the schedules are made for several days ahead Stills clips and blocks for each day should be located in separate folders in the media tree Opening stills and empty blocks can have corresponding values in Logo Profile columns and save this schedule again as a different template for instance when on different days the schedule of advertising blocks and displays coincides As was mentioned above the system works either in insert mode i e full replacement of the pass through video signal by the graphics of clips and blocks or in the graphics overlay mode In the first case the pass through sound is fully replaced as well in the second case there can be several options the sound is replaced only during the output of SC Audio blocks The transition from one mode to the other requires a change of video card condition which may last for several frames That is why it is undesirable to place clips and blocks which are displayed by the system in different modes one after another Empty blocks with duration up to a second should be inserted between them It can be d
21. elements of the schedule containing clips or blocks of SC type and also to the clips of 444 type and text banner blocks VIDEO 72 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Defining the default profiles and logotypes for the elements of the schedule including during the change of system work mode is performed through the Settings Default profiles amp logotypes menu item After selecting this item General Logo amp Profile Settings dialog window is opened where the default profile or a logo is assigned depending on the type of the clip block or element of the schedule as well as the pattern of the change of system work mode Logotype assigned by default to the elements of the schedule containing clips or blocks of Video type Creating and editing the profiles of equipment control Name and the class of profile objects One profile can control not only one but several devices There is an option of creating objects of one and or several classes Every object of the profile has a unique name its class defines the type of equipment directed by it it is supported by a special program module included in the TELE system package This module processes the change of object parameters of its class only and thus defines the name of the class This way DSC transcoders and switchers are controlled by the objects of dsc class etc It is possible to create objects of personalized classes however it is important that new names are not identical wi
22. fields and through the current position inside the block Selected Time You must highlight the necessary clip on the bar and draw the current position beyond it but still inside the rectangle with dotted lines Pressing the button of the input output point sets its new value This key calls the Edit Video Parameters dialog window to edit the parameters for the correction of sound level brightness and colour rendition which will be ae E Video Block Editor Media Tree t g Logotypes INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Project DY Name DY VideoBlock Cancel OK 5 Profiles Description DY Video Block t Rotation Color Em 444 clip Total Duration 00 01 13 06 t Alpha amp TeleMPG H E Clocks as aa ma SA PrP t g DivX M OnTV Show Frames Zoom 2 30 x a m DV HM 00 00 30 02 d TTT 00 30 avi Event Start POU UU ies a 00 00 30 01 fanta avi E vent Star ee E a Event End 00 00 00 00 al Selected Time 00 00 08 oo Edit Vid Param nine gt Selected Clip a se DY Video Block DY Video Block DY Video Block colour correction of the current clip Edit Vid Param Timeline of secondary events and the window of objects connected with them performed in real time during the playback of the current clip in a block The parameters themselves and the method of their editing have been described above This button was added on purpose for
23. its type One object cannot be included twice in the same composition The name of the object is assigned automatically during the creation of the object it can be changed later Adding of the objects to the composition is performed according to the names taking their type into account Rectangular areas of the objects may intersect but cannot go beyond the limits of the screen Every object in a composition occupies a certain layer the order of which can be changed Because of the fact that the objects on the screen can intersect their areas and that some objects modify the contents of the clips and layers of the composition located underneath the order of the layers is very important An object exists only if it is included in at least one composition Such inclusion of the object has its own layer parameters this is besides the parameters of the object itself independent from the other compositions During the change between the compositions containing the same object in the schedules the system provides a quality transition between them on the screen taking into consideration the changes or lack of changes of the parameters of corresponding layers I e if the object in both compositions has similar parameters then the change of compositions in the schedule will go unnoticeably Objects in a composition may be of several classes Static Logo Clock Crawl Window and 3D Text Every class is responsible for its type of images i
24. line e Profile field for selection of the profile defining the state of external switchers mixers or transcoders Clips and blocks can be inserted in any place in the schedule thus shifting the time of start of the following lines it increases by the duration of an added element up to the nearest anchor The time of anchor start and the elements following it in the schedule does not change When the ending time of the element of the schedule turns out to be later than of the anchor following it this element cannot be played it is highlighted in light grey colour and a red Doesn t fit sign is displayed on the place of the commentary Clips and blocks can be dragged by Drag amp Drop method and be inserted in the schedule directly from the media tree They are inserted in front of the schedule line above which the mouse left button was clicked A bold vertical bar pointing at the place of insertion appears between the lines in the table Clips and blocks are inserted in the same way in front of the current line of the schedule by using Add to schedule command of the contextual menu in the media tree A block in the schedule can be displayed in general view as a whole or in unfolded view with indication of clips or elements included and their duration In the latter case during the playback of such block in the schedule you can see which clip is being played at the moment and how much time is left until its ending In order to cha
25. many times The field for the input of a maximum number of displays of a given object value Always The flag which specifies the mode of display of a particular rotation value of the object without the account of a current system time in TELE system If the flag is deactivated the acceptable time of the output on air is defined by Start End Date Time fields Start End Date Time Fields which specify the acceptable time of output of a given object value on the air The principle of limitation is that in a given calendar interval a value may be displayed only at a specified time period If something more complicated is required then it is possible to double the rotation value of the object by giving it a different interval etc At the lower part of Rotation window there are fields for the selection of a secondary object and indication of its values connected with every line of Text field Secondary object A dropdown list where you can select one of the objects of Static Crawl 3D 60 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x Object name vchatlogo Import Clear finished IEKE IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel es _Seconday _ How Many Times 5 Displayed Duration Stat Time End Time IOIA TOA A cone a oo i a 5 Civehaticrim Bros TGR NTE a Ce co _ Civehat mode toa TJ NFINITE B ho pooooo TEE 59 59 Click here ES ee ee ee Insert Template Start Date End Date Start Time End Time How Many
26. name class permanent parameters parameters of the object in the profile Parameters are entered in the name of the parameter value format If the value is a text it appears in quotes To select the current object in the profile click on it the mouse left button The line of the current profile object has a blue background New Add the object into the profile after the current one or to the bottom of the list The dialog window Add Item is opened after pressing this key Delete Delete the current input of the object from the profile If the deleted object is no longer used in any profile it is deleted from the system completely To avoid this it is possible to create a working profile where all the objects which can be used in the system are stored Edit Open the window for editing the parameters of the current object and the parameters of its input in the profile Profile Item Editor It is possible to edit inherent parameters of the profile object by placing it in a profile at the stage of its creation After pressing the New key an Add Item dialog window appears with the list of profile objects created in the system It is necessary to select an object in the list and press OK Object New dsc Test Cancel 76 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Name and the One profile can control not only one but several devices There is an option of class of profile creating objects of one and or several class
27. non linear editing systems MPEG 2 files MPG M2V VOB Windows Media ASF WMV format files INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder When choosing the Add Clip option for any folder except the Special clips folder a standard dialog appears where you can select one or several files to register them in the system as clips and to add them to an appropriate folder To add the SC type clips choose File Type Alpha Pro SC files in the dialog window For video files and animation files choose File Type Video Files To add a Static image choose File Type Still pictures If you choose All Files all permissible files will be displayed as a general list The type of clip is defined according to extension in the file name Thus SC type is assigned if Alpha Pro program scripts with SC names are selected Video files must have AVI MPG M2V VOB DV MJPEG 422 extensions animation files 444 static images TGA It is possible to create clips by dragging the file icons directly from the Windows Explorer window into the folders or the schedule In the latter case the correspon
28. of system work mode General Logo amp Profile Settings Profiles Stop DsC_1 X Cancel Preview On chroma_on v Preview Off DSC Bas Wideo DSC_Bars v Preview Off DSC Bas SC DSC_Bars v On TELE Start xdt_3 On TELE bsc1 End DSC_1 Logo Thermo or Time z oe E Thermo or Time Empty Sc New Logo 1 v VIDEO Thermo or Time V Control VideoPlayer The media tree for the selection of a profile or a logotype in Logotypes and Profiles folders is displayed on the right in the dialog window Having chosen a profile or a logotype in the tree folder it is necessary to press lt Set key to the right of the field which has to be defined Clear key clears the value of the corresponding field The change of the logotype value by default leads to its substitution in all elements of the schedules of corresponding type or clip block type in them OK Editing finishes by clicking OK all assigned profiles and logotypes will be set to the corresponding elements of the schedules Cancel Editing finishes by clicking Cancel changes are not saved 71 Profiles group Profiles Logotypes group Logo INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Defining the default profiles and logotypes for the elements of the schedule including during the change of system work mode is performed through the Settings Default profiles amp logotypes menu item After selecting this item General Logo amp Profi
29. on the screen the way it will be displayed in the edited foreground composition Add 56 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x Object name vchatlogo Import Clear finished IEKE IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel es _Seconday _ How Many Times 5 Displayed Duration Stat Time End Time IOIA TOA A cone a oo i a Beihai bros TOA CT NFNITE a Ce A _ eavenathemode tga INFINITE by ho poo0 00 TEE 53 59 Click here ES ee ee ee Insert Template Start Date End Date Start Time End Time How Many Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object Text Load Text Insert Template z Adding a new rotation value for the object at the bottom of the list is realized with the help of Add button A new created line has an empty variable value and other default attributes the line is immediately selected for editing Delete Delete button deletes selected value from the list Apply Apply button assigns entered rotation parameters to a selected element in the list This happens automatically during the selection of another line in the list of values Import Import button installs several rotation values of the object from a text file giving them some values of attributes by default Clear finished Clear finished button deletes the lines that reached the maximum acceptable number of displays Text Under Text window there is one more window with a
30. over it During the playback of an empty block a sound signal sent at the Line In input of the sound card is sent to its Line Out output without alterations You can set a profile of video signal switching for an empty block see below the description of Profile field which is performed at the moment of its playback Anchors are lines in the schedule which are attached to their time and it is impossible to move them in the schedule during the process of editing Anchor is used so that when the lines are added or deleted not all elements of the schedule but only closest to the added or removed one will shift I e an anchor does not permit the lines which are located below it in the schedule to shift in time if the editing is done in the space above the anchor Anchors are used as delimiters for commercials and broadcasting breaks In front of the anchor there is always an empty block possibly even of a zero duration It cannot be deleted or substituted by a clip or a block The purpose of a stop anchor is that when it is reached the playback of the schedule is stopped Schedule table contains the following columns e Time start time of playback of a table line in HH MM SS FF format For clips and blocks the end time is indicated directly under the start time e Name name of a clip or a block and its commentary For a block and clip of Video type an icon of its first frame can be shown on the right in a column if the mo
31. profile element appears ve INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Name and the One profile can control not only one but several devices There is an option of class of profile creating objects of one and or several classes Every object of the profile has a unique objects name its class defines the type of equipment directed by it it is supported by a special program module included in the TELE system package This module processes the change of object parameters of its class only and thus defines the name of the class This way DSC transcoders and switchers are controlled by the objects of dsc class etc It is possible to create objects of personalized classes however it is important that new names are not identical with the existing names of classes and objects of the profiles and foreground compositions Profile Item Editor ez a fom Baa fe P e _ After pressing OK a new profile object with its personalized input parameters is added to the system and a new element is added to the edited profile Use the Edit button in Profile Editor window to edit the parameters of a new object and its entry in the profile 78 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Some tips on creation of schedules Initially the program divides the schedule into 24 hour long empty blocks alternating them with anchors which correspond to the beginning of every hour in the day However most likely this will not correspond with the real tim
32. profiles of video cards and external J 00 00 00 15 chimes wav equipment Streams folder registers video J 00 00 01 02 chord wav streams that feature real time transmitted J 00 00 00 22 ding wav digital signal input from a specified J 00 00 01 23 tada wav external source like a satellite antenna or SC 00 00 10 00 tele SC digital video camera during schedule SCAPA emae playout The system can also use J 00 00 03 05 Windows XP Shi Ext al Cli hich kepi DVB J 00 00 00 01 Windows XP Sta ee ee ee J 00 00 04 20 Windows XP Sta video server HMB 00 17 37 14 New Block3 SC 00 00 07 05 New Block6 Clips and blocks registration in the system allows to verify the correctness of links to the corresponding files for instance the fact that they exist on an indicated path Clips are shortcuts used in the system that link to video files animation files with alpha channel or Alpha Pro program scripts The files do not have to be located on the computer with Tele system they can be stored on a remote computer in the network When the clip is registered in the system it receives a default Name which can be changed later Different clips that link to the same file and even have the same name but are located in different folders still remain different clips Every clip has its own additional parameters and properties Another required clip parameter is Duration Duration is usually obtained directly from the file however sometimes it
33. schedule together with a INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Files in MPEG 2 format are not played and are displayed incorrectly An inbuilt MPEG 2 codec does not decode all the possible versions of MPEG 2 format If MPEG2 I Frame files are reproduced incorrectly switch on Disable I Frame Decoder option and install Matrox Vfw codec Pack MPEG2 I Frame is part of it on your system
34. similar name for the input and editing of a selected value of the object This window is available for editing only if the object has a corresponding class Static Crawl or 3D Text 57 Rotation ychatlogo logo INFINITE FREEDOM iNES xi Object name vchatlogo Import Clear finished IEKE IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel es _Seconday _ How Many Times 5 Displayed Duration Stat Time End Time uc cone a oo i a 5 Civehaticrim Bros TGR ENTE a Le CCT _ Civehat mode toa TJ NFINITE B ho pooooo TEE 59 59 Click here ES ee ee ee Insert Template Picture Start Date End Date Start Time End Time How Many Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration Text Load Text Insert Template Axel F TGA m Iv 1 01 00 01 01 00 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object During the editing it is possible to perform regular operations using the Clipboard from Windows environment Load text It is possible to enter the value in the Text editing window not only from the keyboard but also from a text file having selected it with the help of Load text button button allows to enter special sequences in the text which set the value of variables of TELE system change the symbol style and image inserts Picture If rotation is set for the object of Logo class then the rotation value is the name of the image file or name of the first file of i
35. speed parameter value it is possible to achieve the output of a very long text within a specified time The location of the output area of the crawl of text banner blocks is set in the TELE SC script on the page with D crawl identification In this page you can change the location of the effect output area margins and place within them a template connected with render time text variable of this script in Alpha Pro program environment for more details see Alpha Pro program extended version description Template Attributes x Variable Name tex E 7 Style Normal x E a Cancel Horizontal Alignment Unlimited Width Crawl aa Vertical Spacing fo Type rendertime x xja Y 402 Wwe 650 H E Text for Preview Vertical Alignment Top ne PAL Tekct 6eryweti crpoku In the same template you can choose and edit a different Style that will be used to display text symbols of the crawl on the screen You can also change the values of the Vertical Alignment X Y W and H fields It is important to locate the whole template on the page within the area of its effect Partial Horizontal Crawl Style parameter in Template Attributes window sets the style for the text of the 39 m Text SC 444 Name INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Comment I Rotation Duration 0010203 New Block1 I Fitto schedule Logo Style Logo Finishing Finish Planned Execute Clip name Speed text preview duration Duration to sh
36. the edited schedule e Insert Stop Anchor command similar to the previous one except a stop anchor is inserted You should pay attention the anchor insertion may lead to the stop of playback of a clip or a block in the schedule if the anchor falls within the corresponding time interval e Edit command applicable to blocks clips and anchors For clips and blocks it opens a corresponding dialog window for prompt edit You can edit the duration of empty blocks and the time of the anchors e Copy command of copying of schedule highlighted lines into the Clipboard e Paste command of insertion of schedule lines from the Clipboard to a position in front of the current element of the table e Play current command launches the playback of the current element of the schedule only one element e Start playing from current command launches the playback of the schedule starting with its current line The command may be executed by 65 Changing the duration of an empty block Edit Changing the anchor time Edit Setting the schedule start time Settings Edit day start and end time INFINITE FREEDOM EF TELE system database stores the broadcasting schedules of clips and blocks for the present day and also for any other day before or after today s date Every schedule can be selected for editing and or playback in the system regardless of the present date on a computer Schedule editing can be perfo
37. them this should be kept in mind Let s examine these object properties in detail Name Object name non editable parameter set during the creation of an object Class Object class non editable parameter set during the creation of an object X Y W H Coordinates on the screen of the top left hand corner width and height of the object rectangle in pixels These parameters can be changed in a random way but it should be kept in mind that the object rectangle must not exceed the limits of the screen Clock location Location of the hands files for analog clock This parameter is available only if the class of the object is Clock This parameter will be described in more detail in the parameters of the corresponding layer of the composition Rotation Value of the main object property text or name of the file during its use in any layer see below can be changed automatically subject to rotation The rules of this rotation for the object are set in the Rotation dialog window called with the help of the button with the same name Other Params Objects of different classes may need their own specific parameters which are entered in this field in parameter name value format If the value is a text it appears in quotes Layer parameters themselves are located below the object parameters The list of available layer parameters for editing depends on the class of the object These parameters will be described below Other
38. video block Selected Time e Delete Secondary Event delete a current secondary event Edit time change the time of the beginning of the current secondary event Current clip Unchangeable field with the name of the current clip chosen on the bar To the right Selected Clip of the current clip there is a Delete button by using which it is deleted from the and its delete block button 29 E Video Block Editor Cancel Media Tree INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x OK Project DY t g Logotypes Name DY VideoBlock t g Profiles Description DY Video Block t Rotation Color Em 444 clip Total Duration 00 01 13 06 E E AlphakTeleMPG t g Clocks Se ma SA PrP t m DivX I OnT M Show Frames Zoom 2 30 x 8 DY HMM 00 00 30 02 d TTT 00 00 30 fanta avi Event Start J90 4 s 4 is SoU naai x i j Z Transition ae er EventEnd 00 00 00 00 Selected Time 00 00 08 oo Edit Vid Param aed nine gt Selected Clip Set OOOO oe o e eo OO San a o Tag PRP ieee jog a a igo a or a N ase a ss a S YG ay a ORRD DV Video Block DV Video Block DY Video Block Delete Current position in the block Selected Time Preview playback button gt On TV Flag Show Frames Flag Effect of transition between clips in the block Transition At the beginning of block editing the current clip is not chosen to choose the clip it is n
39. 0 04 12 Hi 00 00 30 11 HIB 00 00 24 24 1s avi 4s avi SACHENER AYVI ALETE AVI 5 Enok pexnampi lt gt Selected Clip Secondary events line Contextual menu of the secondary events line List of secondary event objects AACHENER AVI Total Duration 00 01 25 10 Event Stat 00 00 00 0 4 00 01 05 23 H Event End 00 00 30 11 Zoom 2 30 a E Set Selected Time Delete Clip ondary Event Delete Secondary Event Edit time Tekct Tekct Tekg Opyrot teket TELE system understands secondary events as a change in the current foreground composition object parameters indicated in the video block schedule during the process of its output on the air The change of the object parameters leads to the secondary output of the foreground composition I e along with the primary output of the video block at a definite time a secondary output of altered objects of the composition over the clips of the video block takes place Secondary events line is located under the clips bar in the video blocks editor and is connected with it Secondary events are presented in the form of flags the left edge of which corresponds to the time of the beginning of an event from the beginning of the whole block The current selected secondary event is marked by a blue flag The context menu appears in the window of the secondary events line by clicking the mouse right button It contains the following commands e Delete Clip
40. 5 means 5 seconds till the end of the clip Group field sets the group to be shown or hidden Action field sets the action performed upon group Show value signifies showing Hide hides the group Import button allows to add several files to clip list at once Update vote button adds new positions for voting in rotation SMS Terminal al ix SMS Announce Crawl Vote Live News Rotation Settings Rotation Resume cie Desenpt Fie arist mme Ringt Last Trager Resut spees 0 stow 001 BpemeHn HeWremeni_ l 31 05 20 210 10 a s paz Beautiful live TETT ofb ringtone 31 05 201 R02 eo A v 005 jubla meg 31 05 20 402 50 Reset results v pog paler 31 05 206 36 b Settings Tki add stranger 31 05 20 198 po MV Demo mode m Hidden groups Actions g Group untitled8 rot ag untitled8 rot ag Hide m Shown groups untitled rot ag Show untitled8 rot ag Hide untitleds rotresgrp Show untitleds rot resarn y Current clip Naa Remaining N A Sequence Settings C alphapro Rotation ini Open Save As INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Module settings allow to choose current design template which is used at SMS Terminal services start up Common settings group Background on start field sets background at template start Background on st
41. An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder The File Import Project menu command enables to create the folder in the media tree with several video blocks and clips according to their description in the text file Let us examine how this text file is arranged in the following example 24 06 wdn evening MN 15 18 39 00 Prime 2 Ladies man 35 cutoff Start Master Bill clip Gnats Taxi Escort clip 52 Love 35 channel cutoff new 00 06 25 00 00 06 d o 00 00 15 d rol 00 00 16 d rol 00 00 08 d o 00 00 23 d promo DESERT avi tbivki ugodnik0 avi liki master bill avi iki taxi avi tbhivki NEW avi tbivki ugodnikl avi Base roliki komfort6 avi Base roliki taxi_argo avi Base scroll okna avi Base roliki Magazinl6 avi Base scroll telemir avi dessert Blue planet clip to 00 00 26 d promo PLANETA avi Ladies man 35 cutoff end 00 00 06 d o Total 00 03 48 Remaining 00 02 37 t 18 19 41 00 Complete ascentl 00 03 00 Comfort clip 6 00 00 13 Taxi Argo 06 00 00 06 Windows of Sakhalin scroll Decor 00 00 11 Shop 16 clip Valentine 00 00 16 TVworld scroll Announcement 00 00 30 NNI Rosneft clip 01 00 00 12 Base ro Total Remaining
42. EDOM iNET Si The dialog window for editing the parameters of the clip appears immediately after adding the clip to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the clip Unchangeable field indicating the name of the folder where the clip is located Duration The duration of the clip is shown in HH MM SS FF format The clip duration is generally extracted from the corresponding video file or animation file and is not edited for Alpha Pro application scripts there is a special button Find SC Duration which helps to define the duration of their playback on the computer Video clips with Still freezing of the last frame or Loop playback modes are an exception for more detail see below In these cases the duration is set clearly Duration can be changed by setting points of input output for the clip Name The name of the clip is set by default This field contains the name of the file which can be changed later Description Description is an optional clip parameter it serves to store extra information and use it during search from Schedule Search for Clips amp Blocks command The name and the description are shown in the schedule when the clip is inserted into it OK Clicking OK button ends the editing entered clip parameters will be saved Cancel Editing ends by
43. INFINITE FREEDOM iNES ADVANCED USER S MANUAL hee Cre Se er _ hb FI i Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Chapter 1 describes a preparation stage during which Jogos profiles clips and blocks included in the schedules are being created and registered in the system Chapter 2 reviews the process of creation of foreground compositions logos which consist of static and dynamic images analog and digital clocks etc used in the system These compositions are placed over clips or pass through video signal as an additional layer Chapter 3 deals with the process of compilation and editing of schedules that will air on a specified date At this stage every schedule element is configured by selecting its screen foreground design profile and settings for incoming video signal source provided that the system control is performed by an external switcher mixer or transcoder Chapter 4 treats the main stage of system operation when the schedule playback is performed in automatic or semi automatic mode Appendix describes the object profiles types which control the mode switching on video cards mixers switchers and other external devices supported by the system Appendix 2 outlines the software features and interface of video files format conversion Conv 422 supported by the s
44. If it is empty and or a new image must be added to it use the button to the right of the menu which opens the standard window for the selection of file name If the name of the file ends with numerals and the same directory contains other files that have the same name in the beginning and numerals at the end which compose a numerical sequence all these files will be considered an animation logotype and will be played in cycles When it is not required to output an image choose an empty line from the menu All the selected images are stored in the system and are later entered into the menu File format must be TGA 24 bytes for opaque images and 32 bytes for images with alpha channel if it is required to set a certain level of transparency for some areas of the image Dynamic images are played with the speed of 50 files per second Every such file must have full vertical size and must be created by the program for the output in the progressive scan and not in interlaced You should bear in mind that dynamic images are played by the system from the operating memory which is why its volume restricts the number of used files and their size The program that generates dynamic images often duplicates the first and last frame of the sequence thus during playback the freezing effect appears To avoid this it is necessary to delete one of the two files 42 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Creation and editing of foreground compositi
45. S ees Insert Template Axel F TGA m Start Date End Date Start Time Time ny Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration d Text Template the name of image file or the name of the first image file for the dynamic logo it is selected with the help of the Picture dropdown list 62 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Chapter 3 Schedule compilation and editing General description TELE system database stores the broadcasting schedules of clips and blocks for the present day and also for any other day before or after today s date Every schedule can be selected for editing and or playback in the system regardless of the present date on a computer Schedule editing can be performed simultaneously with the playback The date of the edited schedule Edit and of the played back one Play is indicated in the right hand corner of the program window During the program launch the current date schedule is opened to move to the schedule of another date you can use a standard Windows environment calendar You can open it by pressing the button with a down arrow to the right of the value of the corresponding field The TELE system schedule looks like a table the lines of which contain clips blocks and special elements Anchor Stop Anchor and Empty Block An empty block corresponds to the time when the input video signal is sent to the output with an option to overlay a foreground composition logotypes clock etc
46. Secondary _ How Many Times Displayed Duration StatTime End Time eye Wehatet TOR oe eee SfE ehair Bros TOR RANE fe 0 pind sss CAvchatt mode tga ONENE B4 po pooo 23 59 59 Clickhere ap ean a eee eee eee Insert Template Picture Axel F TGA E Auto Always v Infinity v Start Date 01 01 00 End Date 01 01 00 Start Time 00 End Time How Many Times Planned How Many Times Displayed 96 Duration 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object Text Load Text Insert Template z Objects of the foreground composition except the Clock and Window class may be subject to rotation This means that during their output according to certain rules the system will substitute the values of certain variables in them In object of Logo class the reference to a file or logo files is altered in the rest the displayed text The value of these parameters set for the object in a certain layer of the composition is ignored while the rotation is enabled During the description of rotation process for the object all its possible values and rules for display are specified e How many times a maximum number of displays of a given value of the object may be infinite e Number of displays the number of times the given value of the object was broadcasted e Duration the duration of performance of a given value of the object e Start End Date dates of start and end of the output of a given value of the object e S
47. This parameter sets the style of the whole text If a specific part of the text needs its own style it can be arranged in a standard way the Style_part sequence is inserted in front of the corresponding text and Old_style at the end These styles must be exported in Alpha Pro program and to insert them in the text you need to use Style sub item of the menu opened by button In this field the text which will be displayed in the layer of the composition is entered The text along with ordinary symbols may contain the variables of Alpha Pro program environment which appear as Name_variable the name of a variable must not contain blank spaces As soon as the value of at least one of the variables included in the text changes the output of a new line on the screen starts all over again The new text is displayed in continuation of the previous one without waiting for the first one to finish output This allows to display the text in sentences words and even separate letters For this it is possible to enter the name of one variable in the Text field all the rest depends on what values will be given to this variable and how often this will happen Speed pulldown menu serves to set the speed of crawl output Speed of movement is defined by a conventional number 1 is the slowest movement Image s of static dynamic background Picture A layer with a Window class object defines scaling for all the lower lay
48. Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object Text Load Text Insert Template z Text or Logo class already registered in the system as a secondary object A selected object must not be subject to rotation Depending on the class of a selected secondary object Text or Picture fields located below become available for input and editing Text The window for the input and editing of a text value of the secondary object connected with a highlighted rotation line is located below This window is available for editing only if the object has a corresponding class Static Crawl or 3D Text During the editing it is possible to perform regular operations using the Clipboard from Windows environment Load text It is possible to enter the value in the Text editing window not only from the keyboard but also from a text file having selected it with the help of Load text button button allows to enter special sequences in the text which set the value of variables of TELE system change the symbol style and image inserts Picture If a secondary object is a Logo class object then the value connected with it is 61 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Ly Object name vchatlogo Import Clear finished Take I Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel T S EivchatiGrim Bros TGA FINITE Be po ponini 33 50 65 eawenatemode tga OO e p jo poom p OE pe Click here e
49. Transition Eas Set Clip End Button for setting the current clip start and end Set Buttons for clip start and end according to the current position in a block fel Button for entry of parameters for DV Video Block DV Video Block DY Video Block left for it At adding of the clip into the block the primary values of these parameters are taken from the settings of the clip Later while editing the block they may be altered and this will refer only to the clip entry into the block settings of the clip parameters in the media tree will remain unchanged Changes of clip start and end entered in a digital form in the Clip Start and Clip End margins are finally set by clicking the Sef button If you do not press this button and simply move to another clip the changes will not come into effect Clip start and end may be set by using the current position on the clip bar This allows to choose a necessary frame by changing its time code in the Selected Time window and watching through the card output After pressing the button of the point selection its time code is indicated in the corresponding Clip Start or Clip End field Pressing the buttons finalizes the margins input additional pressing of Set button is not required This way the clip fragment used in the block can be reduced If it is necessary to enlarge it you can do it manually through the Clip Start and Clip End
50. Windows xP Startup way 00 00 04 05 00 00 03 00 tele SC C WINDOWS Media Windows xP Shutdown waw the block Delete Clip Defining the If the duration of SC type clip playback has not been defined during its creation then duration of the if it is added on to a line the whole duration of the block will also not be defined SC type clip indicated as In this case it is necessary to highlight the clip on the line Play SC Clip and click Play SC Clip button Attention At defining the duration of the SC type clip the video card and the audio card work in the pass through mode Background In Back Audio field you can enter the name of the sound file which will be played sound track together with the block creating general uninterrupted sound track for of all its clips Back Audio To choose the sound file press the button on the right of the field WAV audio files of PCM format 32 44 48KHz 16 bit stereo are supported If the duration of the sound file is longer than the duration of the block the sound will be broken If it is shorter the block will be played up to the end without the sound If the clip in the block has its own sound track the sound from both files will be mixed during the output 39 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Text banner block editing m Text SC 444 Name Comment I Rotation Duration 000 02 05 New Block1 I Fit to schedule Logo Table for description of animation elements
51. a rectangle or in the Layers window click with the mouse right button The menu contains the following commands e Bring to Top raises the current layer to the very top i e it seems as if the layer draws closer to the viewer e Send to Back lowers the current layer to the very bottom i e it seems as if the layer moves away from the viewer Up raises the current layer one level up Down lowers the current layer one level down Properties parameter editing of the object and the layer Rotation parameter editing of object rotation Delete delete the layer with an object from the composition If a deleted object is not used in any composition anymore then it is completely deleted from the system If you want to avoid this you can create a working composition where all the objects which can be used in foreground compositions are placed 45 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Dialog window for editing the properties of an object and layer Object Properties Layer parameters Editing the properties of the current object and layer of the composition is performed in the Logo Layer Editor dialog window Object properties of the edited layer are located inside the Object Properties frame These properties correspond to the entry of the object into any other foreground composition of the system They are global and the changing of the properties of one composition will automatically do the same thing in the rest of
52. according to MPEG 4 specification The playback of random format AVI files like Indeo or Microsoft MP42 is possible if an appropriate Video for Windows or DirectShow codec is available in the system The playback of Canopus DVStorm DVRaptor RT files is possible if Canopus codec is installed in the system recommended version 2 8 The maximal computer configuration is not required The AVI files frame rate may be random it is recalculated If there is no audio channel in the AVI file a WAV file with the same name from the same folder opens automatically which allows to use files from systems with a separate audio recording ex Matrox 444 Files 444 type animation files do not contain audio and are produced by Conv422 converter from TGA 32 bit file sequence Their duration is not limited the files are played continuously from the hard disc They can be used for animation logotypes presentations and advertisement banners occupying a part of the screen Bandwidth restriction not more than 1 2 of the screen area should be refreshed per one frame Resolution 720x576x32 bit _ no restriction in TELE Infochannel system TGA Files TGA 24 bit file types are used as static pictures between blocks and programs File resolution must be 720x576 pixels TELE system supports WAV audio files in PCM format 32 44 48KHz 16 bits stereo in SC type clips and SC Audio type blocks 11 Adding a new folder Add Project Creating
53. al time transmitted J 00 00 00 22 ding wav digital signal input from a specified J 00 00 07 23 tada wav external source like a satellite antenna or SC 00 00 10 00 tele SC digital video camera during schedule SC DED UA noa J 00 00 03 05 Windows XP Shi porone The ayeni can also Use J 00 00 00 01 Windows XP Sta External Clips which are kept on DVB J 00 00 04 20 Windows XP Sta video server HMB 00 17 37 14 New Block3 SC 00 00 07 05 New Block6 Clips and blocks registration in the system allows to verify the correctness of links to the corresponding files for instance the fact that they exist on an indicated path Changing the clip s path and file name will make the substitution immediately in all the blocks and schedules where this clip is used This allows to restore the schedule if for example the clip file was moved from one location to another or if it is necessary to replace one still file with another However this file substitution can be risky if for example the duration of a new file is different from the duration of an old one etc It is not essential to separate clips and blocks into folders but it makes it more convenient to search add and delete them You can create separate folders according to the types of clips and blocks their assignment playout time and period of use in the schedule broadcast Media tree is single level nested folders are not supported Clips and blocks can b
54. alignment e Bottom text aligns to the lower edge of the rectangle In this field the text which will be displayed in the layer of the composition is entered However if the object of the layer is subject to rotation then this value of the text is ignored and its contents are defined automatically by the system according to the rules of rotation Text of the layer with an object of Static class or Crawl class see below along with the ordinary symbols may contain variables TELE system environment sequences of style switching links to static and dynamic images inserted directly into the text as symbols 3 Yo THERMO These sequences may be inserted in an ordinary way from e TIME the keyboard but for the convenience there is a special amp TIMEHHMIM Tekct submenu which is opened by pressing button The sequence is placed into the current position inside the text a Picture 47 Output of the text with variables by the system Output of the text with images by the system Style of the text Font Speed of gradual output of the text Fade INFINITE FREEDOM iNES A layer with Static class object specifies the display of a static or dynamic text The commands of insert of TELE variables images and changes of text style are listed in the sub menu THERMO readings of temperature sensor TIME computer system digital clock with seconds TIMEHHMM computer system clock without seconds
55. allows to choose font used in the program Edit button copies message from moderation queue into moderator message window for consequent quote or editing Settings button summons the service settings Wizard Show SMS button allows the broadcast of SMS messages 93 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Show MMS button allows the broadcast of MMS messages It is available only when Show SMS is activated Clear all button clears the message queue in moderation window ST ctx SMS Announce Crawl Vote Live News Rotation Settings Picture preview I Pre moderated SMS update period sec fe Set NVA MMS update period sec Edt message Clear all Set N A Hello everybody Display Settings Show SMS Announce and Crawl Announce and Crawl services allow to broadcast prepared text messages over a graphic background or to output completely graphical announces Messages change in turns according to set interval An example for use of announce service can be a display of voting rules or additional information about SMS chat broadcasting of program schedule and advertising information Crawl serves for non recurrent output of operational information Announce group Announce field announce description Time field time of the event Description field description of the event Image field graphic background for announce display O
56. arameters INFINITE FREEDOM iNES The dialog window for editing the parameters of the clip appears immediately after adding the clip to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the clip 5 x Clip Editor a File Locations File fanta avi Parameter 1 ytytynopanop Alt File Parameter 2 YKUYK Cancel Audio Parameter 3 Srewew File Size MB 108 6 Parameter 4 ofonon ti Media type VIDEO Enable Adv Options M OnTY Playback mode normal Direct Show Duration 00 00 30 01 Invert s w Info Avl dv internal Pro je E Name fanta avi Invert MJPEG fields 7 Description Cinema 24 O Color Force RGB Tl 4 gt 00 00 14 01 Start foo 00 06 00 End foo 00 14 07 IV Selection More gt gt The value of correction parameters may be changed by a corresponding slider or in a numeric value field below The values variate from 100 to 100 0 means no change in this parameter 100 maximal permissible value and 100 minimal permissible value The following video clip parameters can be changed Brightness Contrast Chromo colour saturation Gamma Y gamma correction of brightness Gamma C gamma correction of colour Volume sound level Normalize this flag sets the normalization of sound levels the gain level is calculated auto
57. arameters refer to a selected clip and prevail over similar ones set for the whole system in the options of VideoPlayer program see below After the Enable Playback Options flag is ticked the following parameters can be changed e Direct Show This flag enables to use an external Direct Show codec for the current clip if the built in support of decoding of this format in the system does not satisfy In particular this allows to use external codecs while playing the files in MPEG 2 or DV type 1 format e Invert Fields This flag enables to change the sequence order of neighbouring field according to time This flag should be ticked if the image on the video output is not smooth jitters e Invert MJPEG field Various video cards working in MJPEG format store information in AVI files differently If the fields on the output are mixed up neighbouring lines of different parity go in the wrong order it is necessary to tick this flag In this case the movement will be smooth but on slanting lines of static frames reversed notches may be seen e 16 9 This flag creates scaling and trimming on the sides of the video clip frames meant for the screen with 16 9aspect correlation of sides It is important to remember that the video clip must be created for progressive not interlaced Video streams Streams are an exception their parameters are fixed and defined during the system installation depending on available sources of digital video s
58. assive stripe by means Windows 2000 XP hardware controller is not required At work with scaling in Infochannel module the requirements to processor are even higher 2 4 GHz and at work with DVB module 2 8 GHz Volume is not switched in TELE What is the problem Sound cards Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live Sound Blaster Audigy Sound Blaster Audigy2 are recommended for normal TELE operation Work with other sound card models is possible but not guaranteed It is strongly prohibited to use several sound cards in one system If your motherboard has a built in sound controller disable it in BIOS otherwise the commutation of the sound signal will not be performed Moreover the situation when an irrelevant sound device driver was installed in the system some time ago may lead to a potential problem Make sure that the incoming audio signal is sent to the Line In input and not Microphone or other How to display animation with alpha channel banners in TELE program There are two ways to display animation with alpha channel in TELE system First of all it is possible to convert the sequence of TGA files 720x576 32 bits into a special 444 format by using Conv 422 program There are restrictions to this method in every frame of this file not less than 50 of screen square must be transparent Files in this format may be included in the schedule as clips They can also be used in Text SC 444 blocks If such a clip appears in the
59. ated and registered in the Logotypes folder on the media tree can be assigned to every element of the schedule except anchor in Logo column Initially depending on the type of the clip or block and the element of the schedule a default logotype is assigned to it according to the rules of the Settings Default profiles amp logotypes menu item A dialog window for defining the default profiles and logotypes is described below To select use the contextual menu by clicking the mouse left button in Logo column of the schedule element In the bottom part of this menu the names of all registered compositions logotypes are listed The absence of a logotype in the list is selected by choosing no logo the default value of the logo is default lt name of logo gt Once the logo has been selected its name is indicated in the Logo column if it absent then the corresponding square is empty The name of the default logo is displayed in grey colour in the column highlighted segment If one logo is assigned to the schedule elements in succession the transition between them during playback happens smoothly and unnoticeably as if these elements comprise an integrated whole I e the elements of the schedules are played in their turns and the logo is displayed by the system independently The output of the SC type foreground composition over the clips and blocks is a special case The rectangles of composition objects should not intersect with t
60. ave to be deleted manually This contextual menu option calls the Edit Video Parameters dialog window where you can enter the parameters of sound level correction brightness and colour rendition which will be put into effect in real time during the clip playback these parameters are described in detail below A clip or a block is played through the video card in the manual test mode upon Play command The manual playback of clips and blocks is used for testing the process of output of the material through the video card The last frame of the clip or block remains on the screen By choosing Add to schedule option in the clip or block context menu you can add a clip or a block to the edited schedule before the element chosen there The same option in the media tree inside the block editor is called Add to block it is used for inserting a clip before a similar clip element in the block selected in the appropriate window You can also use the method of dragging clips and blocks Drag amp Drop with your mouse to the necessary position in the schedule or inside the block Show Statistics provides the information on clip playback on air through the video card 13 Adding a new folder Add Project INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be
61. ays Although after the loading the times of some anchors might have to be corrected According to stated above the static opening and ending stills and captions in blocks of commercials should be created by converting the images into AVI MPG files and inserting a sound track in them if required 80 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Chapter 4 Schedule playback General description Flag for output of preliminary preview window Video Window Flag for preliminary output of the schedule Preview Only Modes and keys for schedule playback launch aa Auto launch of schedule In the top right hand corner of the TELE Edt 20022005 Play 2n 022005 program window there are elements that control the schedule playout The date of the p Playing schedule played schedule is displayed in the Play field Curent 4365 00 00 P Play Block c t During the launch of the program the z 18 20 0413 p aon schedule of the current date is selected it is ysm hea possible to choose a different schedule for Custom 18 20 04 19 p Stop playback in the window of the standard p Video Window 7 Preview Only Windows environment calendar by pressing the button with a down arrow to the right of MERRE the value of the corresponding field Flag Video Window switches on the mode of preliminary display of the contents of video clips and video blocks together with the logotypes in the window on the screen 1 2 seconds before their real
62. been selected then the clip is added to the end of the list Project Unchangeable field indicating the name of the folder where the block is located Name The name of the block which can be changed in any way you like Comment Comment is an optional clip parameter it serves to store extra information and use it during search from Schedule Search for Clips amp Blocks command The name and the comment are shown in the schedule when the clip is inserted into it Duration Total Duration Unchangeable field of block duration shown in HH MM SS FF format While planning to use the block in a specific empty window in a schedule it is necessary to make sure that the duration of the block does not exceed the size of the window otherwise such block will not be replayed OK 27 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Editing block The dialog window for editing the parameters of the block appears immediately after parameters adding the block to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the dialog window Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the block Clicking OK button editing finishes all entered parameters of the block will be saved Cancel Clicking Cancel button editing finishes all entered parameters will be cancelled Video block editin x Media Tree j DY Cancel OK 5 Logotypes Name DY VideoBlock
63. blocks in folders Add Video Block Add Text Block Add SC Audio Block Creating logotypes profiles and special clips Add Logo Add Profile Add Special Copying a logotype under a different name Copy Logo Export a project as a text file Save to file Contextual menu of a clip block Edit Delete Edit video Params Play Add to schedule Add Clip Add Video Block Add SC Audio Block Add Text Block Add Video Rotation Show Statistics INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder When you choose an option to create a specific block type from the contextual menu an appropriate editing window appears To create a video block choose Add Video Block Video Block Editor will appear For text banner block choose Add Text Block Text Block Editor will appear To create an SC Audio block choose Add SC Audio Block SC Audio Block Editor will appear The interface of these windows and the complete process of block creation will be described below in detail These contextual menu options are accessible only from the specific media tree folder The interface of windows and the process of creation and
64. c cone a oo i a 5 Civehaticrim Bros TGR ENTE a Le CCT _ Civehat mode toa TJ NFINITE B ho pooooo TEE 59 59 Click here ES ee ee ee Insert Template Picture AxelLF TGA 5 lt a z Infinity v Start Date 01 01 00 1 End Date 01 01 00 Start Time 00 0 00 00 00 End Time 9 How Many Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object Text Load Text Insert Template i in a separate frame an input of connected values for secondary object At the top of a dialog window Object name name of object in reference order Class class of object in reference order Enable rotation flag of switching on off of rotation for the object Update the key to update of data on the number of output of rotation values of object variable on air OK button to finish editing and save the input rotation parameters e Cancel button to finish editing without saving changes in rotation parameters Text window is located below all input values of rotation parameter with their attributes are displayed in lines How many times Number of displays Duration Start End Date Time In the window with the help of the cursor and the mouse left button it is possible to select the value to edit its text and parameters The chosen line is highlighted in the window by an inverted background Take The Take button above the window displays the selected value
65. can be created but it can t be used in the schedules and blocks of SC Audio type Clip duration may be set later by calling the same window for editing its parameters with the help of Edit contextual command If during clip editing its first and last pages First page Last page are changed then it is necessary to set the playback duration again Set in this way duration is still not absolute and can vary a little from time to time It is recommended to use the value which is shown by the system at the first test playback The second playback performed immediately after the first one usually gives a smaller duration value On TV A ticked On TV flag means that the clip while setting its duration will be played on a TV screen connected to the video card output Attention Even if the flag is not ticked and the clip duration is defined without the output on a TV screen the video card and the sound card will still be working in the pass through channel mode Edit in Alpha Pro This button enables to edit a script in Alpha Pro program Once the script is changed it must be saved it is better to close it too in order to free the memory and using the Find SC Duration button you can set its duration once again Attention You must not launch the playback of a script which is being edited straight from Alpha Pro program This can lead to malfunctioning of the whole TELE system Edit SC Param 19 Clip parameters editing d
66. ck see above i Adding a new folder Add Project Editing the clip and block parameters Edit Deleting a clip block Delete Editing the parameters of colour rendition and sound of a clip Edit Video Params Manual clip and block playback through the video card Play Adding a clip block to the edited schedule Add to schedule or to the block Add to block Information on a clip playback Show Statistics INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder Editing the parameters of clips and blocks is performed through the Edit option of the contextual menu Dialog windows with different sets of fields and buttons are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of a clip or a block see below Editing the clip and block parameters The system allows to work simultaneously with several clips and blocks editor windows By choosing Delete option from the contextual menu of a clip or a block you can delete it from the system Clips and blocks are excluded from the schedules where they were used but the files they linked to are not deleted from the hard disk To free the disk space they will h
67. ck in folder Add SC Audio Block create SC Audio type block Add Text Block create Text type block Add Logo create foreground composition logo in Logotypes folder Copy Logo copy chosen foreground composition into a logotype under a different name in Logotypes folder e Add Profile create profile for video card and external equipment control in Profiles folder e Add Special create special clip in Special clips folder e Save to file export folder contents into a text file Folder renaming is done by choosing Edit option from the contextual menu After changing the folder name click on an empty space in media tree or press Enter to exit It is possible rename a folder by clicking the folder name and holding the mouse button pressed for a few seconds All this is similar to the way the renaming is done in Windows Explorer Fixed folders cannot be renamed By choosing Delete option from the contextual menu of the folder you can delete it together with all its clips and blocks Clips and blocks are excluded from the schedules where they were used but the files they linked to are not deleted from the hard disk To free the disk space they will have to be deleted manually By using this option you can delete several clips and blocks from the system in one go Fixed folders cannot be deleted Adding a new folder Add Project Adding a clip Add Clip Video files AVI files created by
68. class object Logo Image s of static dynamic logotype Picture Speed of gradual output of the logo Fade A layer with a Logo class object specifies the display of a static or dynamic logotype An image is specified with the help of Picture pulldown menu If it is empty and or a new image must be added to it use the button to the right of the menu which opens the standard window for the selection of file name If the name of the file ends with numerals and the same directory contains other files that have the same name in the beginning and numerals at the end which compose a numerical sequence all these files will be considered an animation logotype and will be played in cycles One more value of the Picture field can be the variable of the ZOGO system Through this variable a reference is made to the logo image static or dynamic which must be displayed in this layer while the selected composition is displayed above the text banner block Every element of such block may define its logo image which must change during the transition to the following element If the size of the images does not match the object rectangle they are scaled in an appropriate way A logo in a composition may appear not at once but gradually like in Fade effect for the script pages of Alpha Pro program For setting the speed of this display use a Fade combo box Value 0 corresponds to an immediate appearance of the text other values
69. clicking Cancel button all changes will be cancelled Audio The name of a sound file which will be played once together with the script can be entered into this field To choose the sound file press the Browse button on the right side of the field WAV audio files PCM format 32 44 48KHz 16 bit stereo are supported If the duration of the sound file is longer than the duration of the script the sound will be cut off If it is shorter the script will play to the end without the 18 Clip parameters editing dialog window INFINITE FREEDOM iNES The dialog window for editing the parameters of the clip appears immediately after adding the clip to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the clip sound First page Last page By default these fields of first and last pages contain numbers 1 and 1000 respectively which means that the script will be played from the beginning to the end By setting different parameters of the pages it is possible to play not the whole script but only a part of it In this case it is necessary to define the duration of the script playback once again Find SC Duration button Find SC Duration With the help of this button the playback duration of the corresponding Alpha Pro script on the computer is defined Without this operation such a clip
70. composition The first element in the dropdown menu has an empty value which corresponds to the lack of change in an object To the right of the object name there is a field where you can enter a new text value for the main object parameter without quotes This is generally a value of the line of object text but it can also be a name of the file like it done for the Logo class etc How does it work During the adding of the video block in the schedule a specific foreground during the composition containing some objects with their initial parameters may be assigned to schedule it in Logo column playback During the process of the output of the video block at the time of the secondary event the change of the main parameter of every of its object takes place If these objects are part of the composition then it is displayed again in accordance with the new values of the parameters When there are If there are objects subject to rotation in a composition then the change of such objects with parameters in secondary events created on a line are ignored but they create extra rotation in a secondary events which are not displayed on the line During these invisible events composition mixed with a certain interval an automatic change of parameters of objects with rotation takes place ao INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Rotation x TEAR i Import Clear finished Take IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel ox Text _
71. d by its extension as indicated above 24 bit AVI gt 422 MJPEG Similar to the previous choice except any AVI file can serve as an initial file 422 MJPEG gt RGB AVI 24 bit Any initial file of Uncompressed 422 MJPEG 6 5MB sec mjp or MJPG5 3 6MB sec mj5 formats with or without sound which has 24 bit 720x576 resolution is transformed into the output AVI file In the output AVI file a compression which is set by AVI Options button can be used This transformation helps the files which are digitized with the help of Record function in VideoPlayer program to be more compact and available for editing 422 gt DV An initial file of Uncompressed 422 format with sound that has 24 bit 720x576 resolution is transformed into the output file dv with Native DV compression and 3 6MB sec stream which can be used directly in the system 32 bit TGA gt 444 The sequence of 32 byte TGA files with alpha channel is transformed into a video file without sound with 444 extension 32 bit TGA gt 32 bit AVI The sequence of 32 byte TGA files with alpha channel is transformed into AVI file without sound In the output AV file for image and alpha channel a compression which is set by AVI Options and AVI Alpha buttons respectively can be used AVI AVI gt 444 85 Width and height of used images Transformation options INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE system along with the widespread vi
72. d in this area by dragging them from the media tree Drag amp Drop A clip is placed in front of the highlighted clip or after the last one if line is chosen Clips are also inserted by using Add to block command from the contextual menu in the media tree Clip is selected by clicking the mouse left button when the cursor is pointed at it The following parameters of the block clip are indicated in the line e Time of clip start in HH MM SS FF format e Duration of the clip in a block in HH MM SS FF format If the duration of the clip is not defined then it is displayed as and it is necessary to define it with the help of Play SC Clip button e Name of the clip e Full name of the audio file related to the clip if such exists Deleting clip form Clip deletion is performed by pressing the Delete Clip button 34 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES S C Audio Block Editor New Project Project Duration 2 65 New Project2 New Project2 00 00 07 05 J 00 00 00 15 chimes wav ez Cancel J 00 00 01 02 chord wav oe J 00 00 00 22 ding wav New Block6 J 00 00 01 23 tada wav Comment SC 00 00 10 00 tele 5SC SC 00 00 20 00 thermo SC J 00 00 03 05 Windows xP J 00 00 00 01 Windows XP J 00 00 04 20 windows xP y Back Audio a es Play SC Clip Delete Clip 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 tele SC C WINDOW S Media windows XP Shutdown waw 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 05 thermo SC C WINDOWS Media
73. de of their display in schedules Schedule Show icons is enabled For stop anchor value Stop is used e Type type of a table line Besides special values Empty Block for an empty block and Anchor for anchor and stop anchor the type of clip or block located in this line is shown here During the playback of a schedule line the inscription playing is displayed in red under the type e Duration duration of a time period corresponding to the line in HH MM SS FF format Here the duration of a clip or a block is displayed 63 Inserting clips and blocks in the schedule Unfolded view of blocks in the schedule Duration of special clips in the schedule Highlighting lines of the schedule copying them into Clipboard Contextual menu of schedule lines INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE system database stores the broadcasting schedules of clips and blocks for the present day and also for any other day before or after today s date Every schedule can be selected for editing and or playback in the system regardless of the present date on a computer Schedule editing can be performed simultaneously with the playback duration of the anchor always equals zero During the playback of a given line of the schedule time is displayed under duration in HH MM SS FF format in red color indicating the time is left till the end e Logo field for selection of the foreground composition used during the playback of this table
74. deo file formats uses special formats for graphics output without compression with or without sound 422 graphics with alpha channel 444 or with native M PEG coding MJPEG MJPGS Two 24 bits AV files with their names entered in the Video and Audio fields are transformed into a video file without sound with 444 extension The first AVI file defines the imaging the second alpha channel 32 bit TGA audio gt _422 lumakey The sequence of 32 byte TGA files is transformed into the _ 422 file with sound but without alpha channel The transparency in _422 files is set with the help of rear projection based on the brightness channel in LumaKey imaging the black spots are considered transparent If the images of DV MJPEG MJPGS5 or 422 formats are used in transformation they cover the whole screen and the frames of the input files must have 720x576 pixels resolution In other cases the size of initial frames may be smaller they often will not cover the whole screen during their output Invert Fields This flag activates the mode of fields inversion if the images of MJPEG MJPGS5 or 422 formats are used in transformation In the resulting frames the odd and even lines change places Cross Frame This flag activates the mode of 422 MJPEG gt RGB AVI 24 bit frame transposition in AV file during the transformation the odd and even frames change places 50 fps TGA This flag indicates that the initial
75. ding clips are automatically registered in the Inbox folder After entering the file name of one clip a window for editing its parameters appears immediately see below Editing the clips and blocks parameters If several names have been entered and or created automatically their parameters are assigned by default and they can be edited later by choosing the Edit option in the contextual menu of the clip TELE system supports the following video file formats Maximum playback quality of these files is guaranteed e DV 720x576 4 2 0 1 5 compression 32 44 48KHz stereo audio File without 4 GB limitation created by most non linear editing cards that operate in DV format Audio channel can be in a separate WAV file e MJPEG 720x576 768x576 4 2 2 bandwidth up to 7Mb s 32 44 48KHz stereo audio File produced by miroVideo DC30 DC50 Matrox DigiSuite LE Fast AV Master cards e MPEG 2 I frame 720x576 4 2 2 32 44 48KHz stereo audio or in a separate WAV file File produced by Matrox series RT xxxx cards 2 GB limitation for files of RT 2000 and RT 2500 cards or Pinnacle DC 1000 DC 2000 cards MPEG 2 720x576 704x576 512x576 4 2 0 bandwidth up to 10 Mb s 48K Hz stereo audio or in a separate WAV file for M2V MPEG 2 Main Profile file compatible with DVB DVD standards and most MPEG 2 hardware coding devices PAL and NTSC formats supported To play Windows Media files DirectX not older than version 9 and Microsoft Win
76. dom names and can be used to register clips and blocks The folders in the media tree expand and close in an ordinary way by left clicking on top of them or by clicking the respectively When the folder is opened its content is displayed below the folder name First you see the icon of the clip block logotype or profile Then goes the duration of the clips or blocks in brackets and last is the file name The contents of the current selected folder may be viewed as icon images with names For video clips their first frame will be used as an icon To switch to this view press Icon View button The pulldown menu located below the Icon View button allows to select a desired folder To return to the general view of the folders press Tree View button Media tree Clips General parameters Name Duration and Description Types of clips INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Media tree is located in the right section of TELE program window It helps to Te organize all the initial material which is a Streams used in broadcast schedules Media tree Extemal clips folders contain individual Clips and amp Logotypes Blocks which combine several clips BB Thermo or Time a New Logo 1 Profiles New Folder Project Ss New Project Tie Several fixed folders are always present in the media tree Logotypes folder is where all the foreground compositions are stored Profiles folder contains control
77. dows Media Format Pack are required 10 Adding a new folder Add Project 422 MJPEG MJPGS files QuickTime MOV DV files Random AVI files Animation files with alpha channel Static image clip files Audio files INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder 422 a native format for uncompressed video files created from AVI format with a Conyv422 converter bundled with TELE system or with a video capture program if a grabber constitutes a part of the system It provides the highest D quality for video 720x576 4 2 2 and 48KHz stereo audio In addition 422 format has no 4 GB size limitation in NTFS file system Approximate recording time is 60 minutes for disc capacity of 2 x 80 GB size There are similar formats like MJPEG and MJPGS5 with JPEG compression When QuickTime support not older than version 6 5 is installed in the system the playback of this file format is possible if the available codecs are present There is no size or frame rate limitation DivX 4 2 0 bandwidth up to 10 Mb s 32 44 48KHz stereo audio File without 4 GB limitation produced by DivX 5 Xvid codec or its analogs
78. dsc New Test Cancel Addition of equipment control profile to Profiles folder on the media tree is performed by using the Add Profile item of the contextual menu of this folder After selecting this menu item a dialog window of editing the profile Profile Editor opens immediately A default name of the profile is assigned at first it can be changed later The same window is opened for editing the parameters of the existing profile upon the selection of Edit item from its contextual menu 74 Name and the class of profile objects Window with profile objects INFINITE FREEDOM ENES One profile can control not only one but several devices There is an option of creating objects of one and or several classes Every object of the profile has a unique name its class defines the type of equipment directed by it it is supported by a special program module included in the TELE system package This module processes the change of object parameters of its class only and thus defines the name of the class This way DSC transcoders and switchers are controlled by the objects of dsc class etc It is possible to create objects of personalized classes however it is important that new names are not identical with the existing names of classes and objects of the profiles and foreground compositions Profile Editor EI Name Testo Save Objects in profile Cancel port COM2 model DSC 643 Input 0 Test Test ttt 0 Input 0
79. e easily moved from one folder to another by dragging them with the mouse cursor just like in Windows Explorer These changes do not affect the contents of schedules and blocks On the whole the method of dragging can be applied practically in any case where it is necessary to add blocks and clips this may be a folder a schedule a list of clips during block editing etc It is possible to create clips by dragging file icons right from the Windows Explorer window into the folders In this case a folder with Inbox name will be created automatically if there has not been one created already In this folder the clips which correspond to the files that are dragged directly into the schedule bypassing the media tree menu commands are also created Media tree Fixed folders Media tree expanding folders view Folder contents icon view INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Media tree is located in the right section oO of TELE program window It helps to ra organize all the initial material which is a Streams used in broadcast schedules Media tree Extemal clips folders contain individual Clips and amp Logotypes Blocks which combine several clips BB Thermo or Time a New Logo 1 Profiles New Folder Project Ss New Project Tie Several fixed folders are always present in the media tree Logotypes folder is where all the foreground compositions are stored Profiles folder contains control profiles of vide
80. e marks of start and end of commercials stills etc At first it is necessary to delete all extra anchors which do not correspond to the broadcast schedule This has to be done because in the future they may interfere with the creation and playback of the schedule as the clips and blocks will run against them and will not be played out by the system But this effect suggests that the anchors should be placed not only at the beginning of the blocks of commercials and stills but also at the end This allows to make sure that a commercial or a still will not exceed the time limits allocated for them on the air during the creation of the schedule When the ending time of the element of the schedule turns out to be later than of the anchor following it this element cannot be played it is highlighted in light grey colour and a red Doesn t fit sign is displayed on the place of the commentary The schedule with arranged anchors can be copied into the Clipboard with the help of the Edit Copy Entire Schedule or Schedule Save Anchors menu command and used as a template for other days Although after the loading the times of some anchors might have to be corrected After creating a template with anchors and loading it into the schedule with the help of Edit Paste entire schedule or Schedule Load Anchors command you can insert the opening stills and breaks which are usually known and approved beforehand Pay attention during the input if the
81. e standard window for the selection of the file name with extension depending on the type of transformation see below Audio The name of the initial audio file if it is required is entered in the Audio field Use the button on the right which opens the standard window for the selection of the file name with WAV extension Output The name of the created video file is entered in the Output field Use the button on the right which opens the standard window for the selection of the file name with extension depending on the type of 84 Type of transformation INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE system along with the widespread video file formats uses special formats for graphics output without compression with or without sound 422 graphics with alpha channel 444 or with native M PEG coding MJPEG MJPGS transformation see below A dropdown menu with a possible choices of the transformation type is located below the Output field all gt DV MJPEG MJPGS 422 Any initial video file or video sequence that has 24 bit 720x576 resolution is transformed into the output file with or without sound the format of which is defined by its extension This is Uncompressed 422 MJPEG 6 5MB sec mjp MJPG5 3 6MB sec mj5 or DV dv 24 bit TGA gt 422 MJPEG TGA file sequence which has 24 bit 720x576 resolution is transformed into the output file with or without sound the format of which is define
82. e time indicated before the path and the file name signifies its duration which in fact may be shorter In this case the clip will be shortened The rest of the information specified in the lines is ignored If there is no name of the file in the line it is also ignored If during import the clip with a file already exists in the database it will not be created again an existing file will be used instead If there is no such clip in the database it will be automatically created in the folder with the default parameters Editing clip and block parameters Clip parameters editing dialog window General parameters The dialog window for editing the parameters of the clip appears immediately after adding the clip to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the clip Let us examine the general fields in these windows File amp Path This window shows a full path and name of the file with an extension which this clip refers to This reference may be changed with the help of Browse button The entry of a new file name saves all the parameters of the clip except its Duration You should not change the reference to a file of a different type Type Unchangeable field indicating clip type Project 17 Clip parameters editing dialog window SC type clip parameters INFINITE FRE
83. ecessary to click on it with the mouse left button The field where the current position in the block is indicated and may be set in HH MM SS FF format The current position in the block and the current clip are not connected between themselves automatically The current position of the block will change while the current clip will not if you click the mouse left button on the bar outside the clip E button launches or stops the playback of the video block from the current position through the video card if the On TV flag is ticked Ticked On TV flag enables the block playout on a TV screen connected to the video card output Show Frames flag sets the display of the clips on the bar with the output of its frames If the flag is not ticked the name of the clip is shown inside the rectangle of the clip and the current clip is also coloured pink In the Transition combo box you can choose the transition effect alpha wipe Alpha Wipe or mixing Cross Fade between the current and previous clip in a block During the execution of this effect the video image of the end of one clip in a definite way gradually changes into the starting frames of the following clip the same happens with the sound it is gradually replaced by the sound track of the following clip 30 E Video Block Editor Media Tree t g Logotypes t g Profiles Rotation t g 444 clip E E AlphakTeleMPG t g Clocks H E DivX b ga DY Hi 00 00 30
84. ed from the time of the appearance of the first symbol of the line on the screen till the moment of the disappearance of the last symbol including the blank spaces in the beginning and at the end The speed of crawl movement Speed is defined by a conventional number 1 the slowest movement The real movement speed of the line on the screen depends not only upon the Speed parameter but also upon the width of the area of its movement In any case during the output the system produces the output of the crawl line on the 38 m Text SC 444 Name INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Comment I Rotation Duration 00010203 New Block1 I Fitto schedule Logo Changing the location of the output area of the crawl in the block and the text style formatting Text style Logo Finishing Finish Planned Execute Clip name Speed text preview duration Duration to show times Streams External clips Logotypes Profiles Baner Beguchka Beguchka amp Logo 2 85 New Project SC 00 00 07 18 HB 00 00 30 00 SC 77 77 22 77 SC 22 77 72 27 SC 00 00 10 00 SC 00 00 12 22 amp Enok pexnambi amp Norepea B Or6veku kahana amp Or veku pexnampi S Nosapasnenua amp Peknama Ig 444 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 51 a 616 516 51 654 65165 16 516 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 22 Click here 5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 screen in such a way so that it fits into the time allocated for it Changing the
85. editing will be described below This contextual menu option becomes available only after choosing a logotype in the Logotypes folder Upon execution of this command a copy of the chosen logotype is created in the folder The new logotype is the same as the old one the only difference is in its name a word copy is added to the old title When you choose Save to file option in the project contextual menu the project is exported in the form of a text file This format can be analogously imported by using the File Import Project command The format of the text file for the import and export of the project is specified in the description of this command below To call the contextual menu of a clip or block right click on its name The following functions are available from this menu e Edit edit clip or block parameters e Delete delete a clip or a block e Edit Video Params enter the correction parameters of the sound level brightness and colour rendition of a clip e Play the command launches a manual test playback of a current clip or block through the video card e Add to schedule add a clip or block into the edited schedule before the element chosen there e Show Statistics information on the clip playback on air through the video card e Save to file block export in the form of a text file This menu also contains the options from the contextual menu of the folder containing this clip or blo
86. eld Time change of the anchor shifts not just the anchor itself but of the following elements of the schedule up to the first empty block as one single entity This may result in schedule elements not fitting into an appropriate empty block in a new position and so the system will not broadcast them To change the time of the anchor you can also use Edit command of the contextual menu of the schedule element Every schedule lasts exactly 24 hours however the time of its start may not coincide with the start of a natural day 0 hours It is important to set the time of transition to the following schedule Day Start correctly so that the playback of a clip or a block will not start in one schedule and finish in the next The time of transition to a new schedule is set through the Settings Edit day start and end time item of the menu usually the night maintenance break time is used for it The time of transition is entered in the Enter day start field in HH MM SS format The time of the start of schedule 24 hours is displayed in the Day end field 66 Clearing the schedules in the database Schedule Clear Clear old schedules Saving and loading anchors in the schedule Schedule Save Anchors Schedule Load Anchors Loading anchors in the schedule from Microsoft Excel Schedule Load Anchors from Excel Automatic cleanup of old schedules Schedule Auto Delete Old Schedules INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE system
87. en with 16 9aspect correlation of sides It is important to remember that the video clip must be created for progressive not interlaced Apply This button assigns the entered correction parameters to the video clip the result of this change can be seen immediately during the Preview playback through the video card Reset This button resets the correction of video clip output parameters 0 values 24 Parameters of video clip playback Playback Options Static image video clip INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Parameters of playback for different video clips can vary as the system supports different video file formats These parameters refer to a selected clip and prevail over similar ones set for the whole system in the options of VideoPlayer program see below After the Enable Playback Options flag is ticked the following parameters can be changed e Direct Show This flag enables to use an external Direct Show codec for the current clip if the built in support of decoding of this format in the system does not satisfy In particular this allows to use external codecs while playing the files in MPEG 2 or DV type 1 format e Invert Fields This flag enables to change the sequence order of neighbouring field according to time This flag should be ticked if the image on the video output is not smooth jitters e Invert MJPEG field Various video cards working in MJPEG format store information in AVI files differently If
88. epared in advance are displayed automatically they present the song title performer information as well as additional information about the clip which can be used for the advertisement of the song melody for cell phones or the upcoming concerts of the performer Rotation group Clip ID field unique clip number it is assigned automatically and can be edited Description field clip description File field name of clip file Artist field name of clip performer Title field name of clip song Ringtone field additional clip information 99 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Last show field date and time of last clip showing it is considered during the voting when there is an even number of votes Trigger field trigger used at voting for the clip Result field number of votes for the clip Speed field value used at voting in Demo mode Color field sets the color for clip vote scale display Actions group defines a certain Action depending on the time of playback This can be showing or hiding of group For example a group with performer information and song title can appear within 5 seconds after clip start and disappear 10 seconds after start as a result the duration of this group show will be 5 seconds Negative TimeStamp value signifies that the time is counted from the end of the clip For example
89. equal to the channel number 1 2 etc is counted for specific channel when Phone vote option is activated Result field number of votes for specified vote channel Speed value used at vote in Demo mode Color field color of gauge object vote scale Other parameters group Maximum value field sets the value at reaching which the voting is stopped 96 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Demo mode parameter automatically increases the votes according to the set speed value Phone vote parameter activates the use of votes from external sources such as phone voting blocks and other devices Reset results button nullifies the voting results Phone vote group Trigger field sets the trigger for the selected copy of SMS center application COM port field defines the COM port used by the selected copy of SMS center application For example if you choose two lines in Phone vote group mark them as active by selecting the check mark in the first column and press the Phone vote button two copies of SMS center application will be launched SMS Terminal E m xj SMS Announce Crawl i Uike News Rotation Settings Vote Resume vote _ Name Trigger_ Result _ Speed c vV Mepeblit papMaHT 1 22 es Show vote V BTopo eapnaHT 2 32 ia click to add Reset results Phone vote AH Settings
90. equently Asked Questions Question When applying a font in vote group the space between the lines is not changed and the lines can superimpose How is it possible to change the fixed space between the lines Answer In logo editor change vspacing parameter for the static object it sets the line spacing interval in pixels INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Appendix 5 How to organize a music channel TELE Infochannel helps you organize a round the clock broadcasting of a personal music channel In Clip Editor you can specify the text parameters for each clip which will be displayed later on Clip Editor pe iol x S et Params fanta avi Parameter 1 Fanta Parameter 2 Pexnama Pan Cancel 108 8 VIDEO Playback mode normal Duration 00 00 30 01 Invert fields AVI dv internal Progres fanta avi Invert Cinema 24 DN Force RGB Start fp End foo 00 30 01 E I Selection More gt gt Prepare a foreground composition to be used with the clips make sure it has a group object and one or several static objects included in a group Select a backing image file background for the song title in the Picture filed of a group This image can be animated Also you can set a transition effect for the image appearance INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE Infochannel helps you organize a round the clock broadcasting of a personal music channel Next in the foreground composition setti
91. ers of the composition along with video image from the played clips into the rectangle object L e the Picture in Picture effect is produced and a static image from Picture field is used as the background mandatory size 720x576 An image is selected with the help of a Picture combo box If it is empty and or a new clock must be added to it use the button to the right of the menu which opens the standard window for the selection of file name If the name of the file ends with numerals and the same directory contains other files that have the same name in the beginning and numerals at the end which compose a numerical sequence all these files will be considered an animation logotype and will be played in cycles All the selected images are stored in the system and are later included in this menu 50 A flag for enabling the scaling Scale INFINITE FREEDOM iNES A layer with a Window class object defines scaling for all the lower layers of the composition along with video image from the played clips into the rectangle object Le the Picture in Picture effect is produced and a static image from Picture field is used as the background mandatory size 720x576 24 bits TGA files 720x576 pixels in size or animations in LOGO format are used for background images Part of the background image corresponding with the object rectangle is replaced with a scaled image of lower layers This flag is ticked by default on and the scal
92. es Every object of the profile has a unique objects name its class defines the type of equipment directed by it it is supported by a special program module included in the TELE system package This module processes the change of object parameters of its class only and thus defines the name of the class This way DSC transcoders and switchers are controlled by the objects of dsc class etc It is possible to create objects of personalized classes however it is important that new names are not identical with the existing names of classes and objects of the profiles and foreground compositions Next a dialog window where you enter the parameters of the object entry into the profile an element of the profile appears see below If the necessary object is not in the list press New button Next Create Profile Object window appears where you enter the class and name of the new object In the name field a new standard name is suggested it can be immediately changed in a random way Create Profile Object Ed Classi fTet2 sid Name Nonamet Cancel After pressing OK a dialog window Profile Object Editor appears where you enter the personalized object parameters they are the same for all the object s entries in the profiles in Params field tine Test2 Name Noname K Cancel if Params iype d Delay fo After pressing OK the dialog window Profile Item Editor for the input of the parameters of the
93. fect At nonzero value the current clip is shifted on the corresponding number of frames to the side of the previous one The duration of the block fragment is set through the Zoom field corresponding to the duration of the bar in the editing window By choosing a relatively short duration a bigger scale from the list of possible values it is possible to achieve a more correct positioning with the help of the mouse cursor inside the block To show the remaining part of the block in the bar use a scroll bar below When the block is opened for editing the scale is chosen automatically judging by the duration of the block These fields display the positions of clip start and end respectively they may be entered in a digital form Values are entered and edited in HH MM SS FF format This way you can shorten trim the clip for instance to fit it in the airtime window al INFINITE FREEDOM iNES E Video Block Editor x Media Tree Project DY Cancel OK t g Logotypes Name DY VideoBlock t g Profiles Rotation t g 444 clip E E AlphakTeleMPG t g Clocks E E DivX b ga DY Hi 00 00 30 02 HB 00 00 30 01 fanta avi i E lekla gt Selected Clip d E ar Event End 00 00 r Selected Time 00 00 08 oo Edit Vid Param 0 00 00 00 je mune Description DY Video Block pr Color Total Duration 00 01 13 06 FP IT OnTV M Show Frames Zoom 2 30 x Event Start oo 00 00 00 4
94. fers to a nonexistent or inaccessible file a green symbol with a question mark will appear amp If for some reason the duration of a clip is not defined the questions marks appear in its place 2 22 There are various kinds of clips available due to the fact that they have different supplementary parameters see below and are used only in specific types of blocks during the playout of which the mixing with the passing video signal and sound is implemented in different ways Clips are the elements that Blocks consist of A block is a sequence of clips played one after another without pause The clips in the block can be played not wholly but in segments their duration and the starting point relative to the beginning of the clip are indicated This means that the block can be assembled from segments of various Media tree Types of blocks INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Media tree is located in the right section of TELE program window It helps to organize all the initial material which is used in broadcast schedules Media tree folders contain individual Clips and Blocks which combine several clips Hy Streams External clips Logotypes El Thermo or Time a New Logo 1 Profiles New Folder Project Ss New Project S TEE Several fixed folders are always present in the media tree Logotypes folder is where all the foreground compositions are stored Profiles folder contains control profiles of video card
95. g window of object and layer parameters click the mouse left button twice inside the rectangle of the object or open the Properties command of the contextual menu clicked by the mouse right button To insert a layer with an object of a certain class the following menu options are used Add Static Add Logo Add Clock Add Crawl Add Window Add Overlay If the objects of a certain class have not been created yet it can be done while adding it into a composition A layer with an object is inserted in front of the current layer selected in the composition at the moment Later on it is possible to change the sequence of layers with the help of Bring to Top Send to Back Up and Down commands see below 44 Creation of foreground compositions Dialog window of entry of the layer with an object into a composition Window with composition layers Layers Contextual menu of the object and layer ina composition INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Adding the foreground composition into Logotypes folder of the media tree is performed with the help of Add Logo item in the contextual menu of this folder After choosing this item of the menu the dialog window for editing compositions Logo Editor opens immediately The name of the composition is assigned by default it can be changed later at any time This same window is opened for editing the parameters of already existing composition while choosing Edit option from its contextua
96. h for SMS message text output messages longer than indicated value will be carried onto next line MMS width field field width for MMS message text output messages longer than indicated value will be carried onto next line Text lines field determines the maximum number of lines in the output message if this number is exceeded the message will be broken into several messages at output Remove backslashes check box removes backslash in message text Save history field amount of messages saved in pre moderated mode 1 All messages are saved when a different value is indicated for example 15 15 messages will be left after the last one marked by moderator Font style section Normal field prefix for ordinary message text output Moderator field prefix for moderator s message output Nickname field prefix for output of user name in message x Design M Enable service F Rollobject m Message Text width 40 MMS width 20 Text lines f Save history E MV Remove backslahes r Font style Normal text ichat Moderator moderator Nickname f nick lt Hasag OTmMeHa Vote service window allows to determine the number of channels used for voting How many channels you wish to use group allows to choose the number of channels planned for use The program features 3 default groups of voting with different numbe
97. hanged by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder Next in Exec mode column the information on schedule playback and schedule playback mode see Schedule playback modes below during the clip output is displayed The last column Preview mode indicates whether the output was performed in Preview On mode i e in test trial mode or not in which case Preview Off is displayed When you choose Save to file option in the block contextual menu the block is exported in the form of a text file This format can be imported in the same manner by using the File Import Video Block command The File Import Video Block menu command imports the video block from a text file This command allows to import video blocks created by other programs that generate the advertising output schedules which take into account the order of the clips and other requirements of the customers The video block is created in the current media tree folder The name given to the block is the name of the text file In the text file a line corresponds to every clip of the video block In the line a full name of the clip file is shown in quotes and if necessary a point of input and output in HH MM SS FF format can be noted hereinafter FF are the frames at 25 frames ps If the points of input and output are not indicated then the clip corresponds to its video file from t
98. he activity area of the effects of Alpha Pro program script pages The clips and blocks of SC type cannot have their own audio track and the output of logotypes over them at the same time Assigning the profiles controlling the equipment of schedule elements The profile controlling the equipment created and registered in the Profiles folder on the media tree can be assigned to every element of the schedule except anchor in Profile column To select use the contextual menu by clicking the mouse left button in Profile column of the schedule element In the bottom part of this menu the names of all registered profiles are listed The absence of a profile in the list is selected by choosing no profile the default value of the profile is default lt name of profile gt Once the profile has been selected its name is indicated in the Profile column if it absent then the corresponding square is empty There are other commands in the contextual menu apart from the list of profiles e Edit Profile command for editing the profile of schedule element e Add Profile command for creation of a new profile and assigning the schedule to its element 69 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES The profile controlling the equipment created and registered in the Profiles folder on the media tree can be assigned to every element of the schedule except anchor in Profile column To select use the contextual menu by clicking the mouse left button
99. he beginning to the end G TeleSampl Dv WASA AVI 00 00 03 22 00 00 25 16 G TeleSampl1 Dv ZEWA AVI If during import the clip with a file already exists in the database it will not be created again an existing file will be used instead If there is no such clip in the database it will be automatically created in the folder with the default parameters The same command File Import Video Block enables to import the definition of the banner block from the text file The block is created in the current folder of the media tree and the name of the block matches the name of the text file A line in the text file corresponds to a 444 type clip In the line a full name of the file is shown in quotes points of input and output are not indicated the clip corresponds to the whole animation file from the beginning to the end lukomor 444 kodak 444 G TeleSampl G TeleSampl If during import the clip with a file already exists in the database it will not be created again an existing file will be used instead If there is no such clip in the database it will be automatically created in the folder with the default parameters 15 Adding a new folder Add Project Importing the project folders from the text file File Import Project INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu
100. he top group is shown it will be hidden first the bottom group will be hidden when Esc is pressed the second time eE SMS Announce Crawl Vote Live News Rotation Settings A 3 4 Studio 21 05 2007 Mr Jack Jackson President 3 Studio 21 05 2007 Alex Waterhouse Reporter 4 Studio il o g if 3 Settings 007 008 zi Number 003 Place Studio Date 31 05 2007 Re rumber Lock F8 Person Postion 4 l News 98 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES News service serves for representation of Internet RSS feeds from selected website addresses News feed is refreshed at set intervals and moves in a circle News prefix parameter divides the news lines and allows to use text or animated image as a separator SMS Announce Crawl Vote Live Rotation Settings News settings Apply News prefix E p Restore Resume news ailp Settings Rotation Rotation service helps to organize interactive communication with the viewer who can vote for the enjoyed clip and watch it broadcasted Clip playback starts automatically based on majority of its votes After clip playback is completed its votes are nullified and the clip is placed at the end of broadcast queue until it gets the majority of the votes again Every clip has its unique number in the clip catalogue this number serves as a trigger for vote processing During clip playback the titles pr
101. himes wav equipment Streams folder registers video J 00 00 01 02 chord wav streams that feature real time transmitted J 00 00 00 22 ding wav digital signal input from a specified J 00 00 01 23 tada wav external source like a satellite antenna or SC 00 00 10 00 tele SC digital video camera during schedule See playout The system can also use J 00 00 03 05 Windows XP Shi i J 00 00 00 01 Windows XP Sta External Clips which are kept on DVB J 00 00 04 20 Windows XP Sta video server HMB 00 17 37 14 New Block3 SC 00 00 07 05 New Block6 Clips and blocks registration in the system allows to verify the correctness of links to the corresponding files for instance the fact that they exist on an indicated path AM 00 00 28 22 BOLAVI Video video clips link to video files J 00 04 56 18 DJ Track11 wav Special Clip delayed are essentially the same as video clips but they refer to the video files which may not exist yet the signal from external sources has not been introduced their specified time has not come yet Animation link to animation files with alpha channel SC 00 00 08 24 COST SC SC script clips link to Alpha Pro application files J 00 04 56 18 DJTrackI1 wav Stream special link to a digital stream from external sources which is introduced right at the time of the output of these clips in the schedule in real time Hie 00 00 20 04 kodak 444 If a clip re
102. ialog window Alpha Pro environment variables input window SC Parameters Video clip parameters INFINITE FREEDOM iNES The dialog window for editing the parameters of the clip appears immediately after adding the clip to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the clip This button invokes the SC Parameters dialog window which defines the environment variables of Alpha Pro program They can be used in the templates of clip script see Description of Alpha Pro program extended version Variables allow using the Alpha Pro script as a template where the data is inserted during the output process This way it is possible to have only one script instead of several scripts for every value of the variables SC Parameters x t2 20 Cancel OK To enter and edit the parameters of environment variables in the upper window a necessary line empty is chosen by clicking with the mouse Next below on the left the name of the variable of is entered and on the right its text value Del button deletes the selected definition of the variable ioii File Locations Text Params OK i fanta avi Parameter 1 ytytynopanop Alt File Parameter 2 YKUYK Cancel Audio Parameter 3 Srewew File Size MB 108 8 Parameter 4 oggnon Statisti a Playback Options a
103. iles Text block text banner blocks combine animation clips with alpha channel and crawls SC 00 00 58 00 BE 00 01 24 04 Text Block Video blocks are generally designed to combine and output video files during advertising spots in broadcast line up SC Audio blocks allow to combine Alpha Pro script clips with sound files and create TeleInform type advertising blocks with general sound or with personalized announcements Text banner blocks allow to specify the crawls output copying them from Clipboard or importing them from text files The output duration of every crawl is calculated according to its text length and output speed The design style of crawl text and its Media tree INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Media tree is located in the right section oO of TELE program window It helps to ra organize all the initial material which is a Streams used in broadcast schedules Media tree Extemal clips folders contain individual Clips and amp Logotypes Blocks which combine several clips BB Thermo or Time a New Logo 1 Profiles New Folder Project Ss New Project Tie Several fixed folders are always present in the media tree Logotypes folder is where all the foreground compositions are stored Profiles folder contains control profiles of video cards and external J 00 00 00 15 chimes wav equipment Streams folder registers video J 00 00 01 02 chord wav streams that feature real time
104. images were created in progressive scanning with frequency of 50 frames per second during the transformation from TGA files or creation of 444 files I e every TGA file contains twice as many lines and time wise corresponds to one field in the video signal Compression of 444 files During the creation of 444 files you can indicate the type of their compression in the dropdown list below Uncompressed High Quality and High Compression The first choice does not provide any compression the output file will save the original quality but at the expense of larger size The last choice compresses the output file as much as possible but with an inferior result compared to the original image The second choice is a compromise between the first and the third compression is used but the quality of the image is not going down Any variant of compression increases the loading on the processor during the 86 Launching transformation process Process Launching the transformation process in package mode Process Script Exiting the program Close INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE system along with the widespread video file formats uses special formats for graphics output without compression with or without sound 422 graphics with alpha channel 444 or with native M PEG coding MJPEG MJPGS playback of such files by the system but decreases the requirements to the hard disk Process button launches the file transformat
105. in Profile column of the schedule element In the bottom part of this menu the names of all registered profiles are listed The absence of a profile in the list is selected by choosing no profile the default value of the profile is default lt name of profile gt Once the profile has been selected its name is indicated in the Profile column if it absent then the corresponding square is empty Actions assigned by the profile are performed before the playback of the corresponding element of the schedule If the profile for the element is not indicated no actions will be carried out and the external equipment or the video board will remain as is This means that it is not necessary to set a proper profile for every element in the schedule However if a playback of part of the schedule from the middle is required it is necessary to assign the corresponding profiles to all played elements from which the playback can start 70 INFINITE FREEDOM iNET Vee Defining default profiles and logotypes Defining the default profiles and logotypes for the elements of the schedule including during the change of system work mode is performed through the Settings Default profiles amp logotypes menu item After selecting this item General Logo amp Profile Settings dialog window is opened where the default profile or a logo is assigned depending on the type of the clip block or element of the schedule as well as the pattern of the change
106. in the scenes with noticeable moving objects Disable h w Window The activation of this flag will help with the video adapter problems In this case a preliminary test viewing of the clips and video blocks is performed in the compatibility mode in a window on the screen Disable DivX DV MJPEG I Frame decoder The support of these file formats is built in the VideoPlayer program If these files are played back incorrectly due to some reason then it is possible to drop the flag and switch off the corresponding built in decoder in order to use an external Video for Windows codec Use DirectShow for AVI MPG M2V files This flag enables the use of external codecs Direct Show for specified formats if the in built support in VideoPlayer program does not satisfy In particular this enables the use of external codecs during the playback of MPEG 2 or DV type 1 format files 89 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Appendix 4 SMS Terminal SMS Terminal program module is equipped with the most demanded today s services such as Broadcasting text and multimedia graphic messages organizing the moderation of incoming messages Vote holding by utilizing pre programmed templates with variable number of answer choices including result representation scale and telephone vote equipment connection feature Automatic clip rotation via vote Clip playback starts based on majority of its votes Automatic news blocks output from RSS feeds
107. ing field i e judging by the readings of computer system clock Time corresponding depending on the mode either to the current moment in played back schedule or the readings of a computer system clock is displayed below in big digits in HH MM SS FF format The colour of the digits corresponds to the condition of the playback This way e Red colour schedule is not played e Blue colour schedule is played in Current Block or Custom mode e Green colour schedule is played in System mode In addition each mode has its own time displayed in front of MI buttons on the panel of the player This way the time corresponding to the current element of the schedule with which the playback was started is displayed in the Current Block line The time of the computer system clock in the System line internal system time corresponding to the current moment in the played back schedule in Custom line Play Current key plays back only one highlighted element of the schedule i e the launch of the playback of the whole schedule is not performed The key is equivalent to the corresponding Play command of the contextual menu of the schedule element Stop key stops any playback in the system and transfers video and sound card to the pass through channel mode 82 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Appendix 1 Classes of profile objects DSC class Personalized parameters Parameters of switching of inputs and modes XDR class
108. ing of lower layers together with the video image is produced However if the video image is created in a way that it has to be displayed strictly in the defined part of the screen and the scaling is already made then it is simply required to trim the unnecessary edges and place it above the necessary background In this case the Scale flag should be removed In addition special and reserved clips see below are scaled for the required size at the stage of their intake and recording on the hard disk In this case the value of the Scale flag is ignored and scaling is always enabled Layer parameters with arbitrary options custom Object and layer parameters A layer with Text3D class object defines the output of crawl with 3D letters which also revolve on their axes into the composition This serves an example of extra objects which can be built into the system and added by customer demand In the future the system may feature other built in objects General parameters of this layer are similar to the layer with Crawl class object Specific parameters are defined in the Other Params and Other Layer Params fields 51 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Project New Project OK Name New Block3 Cancel Comment __ Cancel Transition none M OnT M Show Frames Edit Vid Param j Secondary events Video Block Editor Media Tree E Baner E Beguchka amp Beguchka amp Logo New Project Hi 00 00 00 05 HIB 00 0
109. input and output by using the current position on a clip playback timeline see below This helps to choose a proper frame changing its time code in Preview time window and watching it on the card output After clicking the button of the point entry its time code is copied into the corresponding Start or End field Normal Still Loop Modes When the Still mode is chosen the last frame of the video file after its output will remain on the screen until the total duration of the clip shown in the field Duration expires To create a repetitive display picture choose Loop mode In this case the video file will be played recurrently at a time set in the Duration field In both cases if the value in the Duration field is smaller than the duration of the video file including the points of input and output then naturally only the beginning of the file is played Preview window On the right of the Description comment window a tiny image of a current stop frame of the video clip is displayed if On TV flag is not ticked if this flag is ticked the output is carried out through the video card E button launches or stops the playback of the clip through the video card as long as On TV flag is ticked To the right of the button there is a slider which corresponds to the current frame of the file output in the window During the playback the slider moves along the playback timeline Inside the timeline the 21 INFINITE FREEDOM iNET Si
110. ion of a current line of the schedule with a clip or a block with an empty block of the same duration e Remove removes a line from the schedule and moves the following elements to an earlier time taking into consideration the emptied space in the schedule All the following elements are moved up to the first anchor Instead of moving the anchor an empty block is created in front of it These commands do not affect empty blocks but the application of Remove command to the anchor removes them from the schedule If during the performance of these commands there are two empty blocks following each other then the first one in the schedule will fill the second one increasing its duration This means that when it is necessary to create two empty blocks following each other with different foreground compositions or with profiles of external equipment they must be separated by an anchor e Insert Empty Block an empty block with duration indicated by the user is created A newly created block is transferred to a position preceding the current schedule line You should pay attention the insertion of an empty block shifts all the following elements up to the nearest anchor If there is no empty block of a sufficient duration in front of an anchor then the elements of the schedule placed in front of it will not fit in and will stop playing e Insert Anchor an anchor element type is inserted it is necessary to indicate its time in
111. ion process during which a horizontal indicator on the bottom will determine the extent of task completion Process Script button launches the transformation of a group of files in a package mode The list of input and output files is specified in a text file to the left of the button Use the button on the right which opens the standard window for the selection of the file name with TXT extension Close button closes the program window The type of transformation which will be immediately restored at a new launch of the program is stored 87 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Appendix 3 VideoPlayer Clip playback application Video clip playback options When TELE system loads separately if the video card is installed the VideoPlayer application for clip playback is launched e VideoPlayer mE 00 00 00 00 Dropped 000 J Preview only I Repeat mode T Video off pe gj T Audio off Options ee lt 2 Play r Capture 3 Dropped 0 I Appendmode 7 Preview inwindow 7 Pal E Secon Inputi i L InputZ a Record Ssssssssssssss i J eed R Inputa e SHideo om a The control of the program during the playback of the schedule is performed directly from TELE system and does not require any intervention Only the video clip playback options may be changed by pressing the Options button Press the Options button a Video player options dialog window appears aA Direct
112. is defined in the Duration field above the table of the elements if the Auto flag is not ticked If the Auto flag is ticked then such block in the schedule tends to occupy all the empty space left for it i e the gap is fully filled If the block ending time in the schedule in rotation mode happens not at the end of the display of some of its element then the output is finished in the middle and such a display is not counted in the report 40 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Chapter 2 Foreground compositions logotypes General description Objects of the composition Composition layers Objects and change of compositions in the schedule Classes of composition objects Foreground compositions logotypes consist of static and dynamic images digital or analog clocks etc These compositions are displayed over the clips and the pass through video signal as an extra layer Foreground compositions are registered in a special media tree folder Logotypes Every composition has its unique name which is assigned automatically but can be changed later during the editing of the composition parameters Compositions registered in the system are used in the schedules and in video blocks by selecting their names from the list Objects of certain types are included in the composition Every object has its unique name occupies a rectangular area on the screen and also has a set of extra parameters of the object depending on
113. is necessary to preset or assign specific clip duration Special clips are an exception their duration is not defined exactly thus in a video block they have a default duration of one hour and in the schedule they occupy the maximum available free space between the neighbouring elements Description is an optional clip parameter it stores additional clip information used in a search which can be accessed through the Schedule Search for Clips amp Blocks program menu In addition depending on the type of the clip it can store supplementary parameters such as trims colour rendering settings etc The system allows to alter the clip at once in several places of its occurrence in the schedules simultaneously There are several kinds of clips according to the types of files they are linked with Media tree Blocks INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Media tree is located in the right section of TELE program window It helps to organize all the initial material which is used in broadcast schedules Media tree folders contain individual Clips and Blocks which combine several clips Hy Streams External clips Logotypes El Thermo or Time a New Logo 1 Profiles New Folder Project Ss New Project S TEE Several fixed folders are always present in the media tree Logotypes folder is where all the foreground compositions are stored Profiles folder contains control profiles of video cards and external J 00 00 00 15 c
114. k here 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 amp Norepea amp Or6veku kanana amp Or veku pexnampi S Nosapasnenua amp Peknama If the name of the file ends with numerals and the same directory contains other files that have the same name in the beginning and numerals at the end which compose a numerical sequence all these files will be considered an animation logotype and will be played in cycles The text is entered in one line and can be edited in a regular for Windows environment method The style of the text output on the screen by default is defined in the parameters of the templates of TELE SC script connected with render time variable text which is located in the A pha Pro program directory When a particular part of the crawl text is required to have its own style at the beginning of the part the Style_of the part sequence is entered and at the end Old_style the name of the style must not contain blank spaces All the styles stored in TELE SC script can be used in this operation During the input and editing the crawl text the Duration column immediately displays the exact duration of its output on air taking into account the following delay Finish duration In the field Duration above the table the total duration of the output of the whole block is indicated This allows to control the duration of the block so that it does not exceed the time allotted to it on the air The duration of the output is calculat
115. l menu After clicking the key for entry of the layer with an object into the composition a Create New Layer dialog window appears with a list of objects of corresponding class already created in the system and not used in the edited composition It is necessary to choose an object in the list and click OK If the desired object in not the list or if the list is empty click New and the New Logo object editor window will appear where you can enter the name of a new object A certain standard new name will appear in this field it can be immediately changed in any way you like After you enter the name and press OK a new object with default parameters is added to the corresponding list of Create New Layer window It can now be selected and added to the composition Editing the parameters of an object created this way is done later in the composition layer editing window Logo Layer Editor Layers window displays all the layers in a composition in the increasing order moving away from the viewer Every layer has a corresponding line at the beginning of which the parameters of the object rectangle X Y W H are displayed in brackets Next name class parameters of the object and layer are displayed The parameters are displayed in parameter name value format If the value is a text it appears in quotes To call the contextual menu for the current object layer of the composition selected in the form of
116. l menu in the media tree located in the right part of the dialog window Every element of the block crawl or banner can have its own dynamic or static logotype assigned to it It will be output by the system in the foreground composition see below specified for this block in the schedule The reference to TGA files or image file is transmitted to the composition via the LOGO system variable which can be used as the value of Picture parameter of composition layer with Logo class object To enter the name of TGA file of logo image use the button on the right which is also used to open the standard window for the selection of the file name a7 m Text SC 444 Name INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Comment I Rotation Duration 10001 0203 New Block1 I Fitto schedule Logo Logo Finishing Finish Planned Execute Clip name Speed text preview duration Duration to show times af Eaj Streams External clips Logotypes Profiles Baner Beguchka Beguchka amp Logo lg 444 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 2 85 New Project SC 00 00 07 18 HB 00 00 30 00 32132165165135151651 61 616 516 51 654 65165 16 516 SC 272 72 72 22 5165165161 651616 51651651 SC 27 77 27 77 Text of the crawl Text And text of the line played after the crawl Finishing text Duration of crawl output Duration and its speed Speed 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 22 SC 00 00 10 00 SC 00 00 12 22 amp Enok pexnambi Clic
117. le Settings dialog window is opened where the default profile or a logo is assigned depending on the type of the clip block or element of the schedule as well as the pattern of the change of system work mode When indicating a profile in the fields of this group the system instead of standard video signal commutation operations on the output card performs the operations assigned by the profile Stop Profile used during the performance of Stop command in the system Preview On Profile used for activation of the Preview Only mode or reset of the On TV mode Preview Off Video Profile used for activation of the On TV mode for watching the video files of clips and blocks during editing Preview Off SC Profile used for activation of the On TV mode for watching the blocks and clips of SC type while defining their duration and editing While indicating a logotype in the fields of this group the system assigns it to the elements in the schedule to which it was assigned by default The assignment depends on the type of clips and blocks as well as the type of the schedule element In addition there is an option to output the logo when the schedule is not played Stop mode Stop Logotype displayed by the system at the transition of the system into the Stop mode when the schedule is not played Empty Logotype assigned by default to the Empty type empty elements of the schedule SC Logotype assigned by default to the
118. mages for the dynamic logo it is set with the help of the Picture dropdown menu If the list is empty and or a new image must be added to it use the button to the right of the menu which opens the standard window for the selection of file name If the name of the file ends with numerals and the same directory contains other files that have the same name in the beginning and numerals at the end which compose a numerical sequence all these files will be considered a dynamic logotype 58 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x Object name vchatlogo Import Clear finished IEKE IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel es _Seconday _ How Many Times 5 Displayed Duration Stat Time End Time uc cone a oo i a 5 Civehaticrim Bros TGR ENTE a Le CCT _ Civehat mode toa TJ NFINITE B ho pooooo TEE 59 59 Click here ES ee ee ee Insert Template Picture Axel F TGA Auto E Always M Infinity M Start Date 01 01 00 End Date 01 01 00 Start Time 00 0 00 00 00 End Time 9 How Many Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object Text Load Text Insert Template z All the selected images are stored in the system and are later included in this menu Number of displays The field which shows the number of displays of the particular rotation value on air This parameter automatically increases by one with every case of display of a given object
119. matically this way you can achieve equalization of the sound levels in various clips 23 Parameters of video clip playback Playback Options INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Parameters of playback for different video clips can vary as the system supports different video file formats These parameters refer to a selected clip and prevail over similar ones set for the whole system in the options of VideoPlayer program see below After the Enable Playback Options flag is ticked the following parameters can be changed e Direct Show This flag enables to use an external Direct Show codec for the current clip if the built in support of decoding of this format in the system does not satisfy In particular this allows to use external codecs while playing the files in MPEG 2 or DV type 1 format e Invert Fields This flag enables to change the sequence order of neighbouring field according to time This flag should be ticked if the image on the video output is not smooth jitters e Invert MJPEG field Various video cards working in MJPEG format store information in AVI files differently If the fields on the output are mixed up neighbouring lines of different parity go in the wrong order it is necessary to tick this flag In this case the movement will be smooth but on slanting lines of static frames reversed notches may be seen e 16 9 This flag creates scaling and trimming on the sides of the video clip frames meant for the scre
120. mation file when the bottom group will be hidden value set in frames Animated mode settings x r Animation a i Cancel Groups Show after start frm 37 Hide before end frm 37 SMS and MMS SMS Terminal presents rich potentials for SMS chat organization The source for messages inflow may be a site on provider s page or a regular GSM phone connected to a computer In case of integration with other existing source a message recognition from files mode is provided All incoming text messages are put in queue for broadcast and are displayed in moderation window Broadcast of new messages is conducted with adjustable interval For SMS messages SMS update period setting is specified for MMS interval setting MMS update period is selected their value is set in seconds When Pre moderated mode is turned on moderator can select the messages that need to be broadcasted Messages that are not selected in this mode will not be broadcasted New incoming messages will take place of messages that were not selected Multimedia graphic messages MMS allow receiving and broadcasting messages with graphic data such as an avatar or a photo of an author of the message Display button on SMS service tab serves for immediate broadcast of message written by moderator bypassing the message queue Add button adds moderator message at the end of message queue Font button
121. mmand it is possible to load the saved anchors in the schedule before this the schedule is automatically cleared by the system Schedule Auto Delete Old Schedules option activates the automatic deletion mode for all the elements in the old schedules This eliminates the need to perform the Schedule Clear old schedules command each time manually 67 Enabling the mode of clips and blocks icons display in the schedule Schedule Show icons Saving and loading the schedule File Export schedule File Import schedule INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE system database stores the broadcasting schedules of clips and blocks for the present day and also for any other day before or after today s date Every schedule can be selected for editing and or playback in the system regardless of the present date on a computer Schedule editing can be performed simultaneously with the playback Schedule Show icons option enables the display of icons first frames of video clips and video blocks in the schedule lines File Export schedule command saves the edited schedule in the file File Import schedule command loads it During the loading the correctness of references in the schedules to clips and video blocks logotypes and profiles in the project tree is checked To move the whole schedule to another day it is necessary to use Copy Paste entire schedule Assigning compositions logotypes to the schedule elements The foreground compositio
122. n created and registered in the Logotypes folder on the media tree can be assigned to every element of the schedule except anchor in Logo column Initially depending on the type of the clip or block and the element of the schedule a default logotype is assigned to it according to the rules of the Settings Default profiles amp logotypes menu item A dialog window for defining the default profiles and logotypes is described below To select use the contextual menu by clicking the mouse left button in Logo column of the schedule element In the bottom part of this menu the names of all registered compositions logotypes are listed The absence of a logotype in the list is selected by choosing no logo the default value of the logo is default lt name of logo gt Once the logo has been selected its name is indicated in the Logo column if it absent then the corresponding square is empty The name of the default logo is displayed in grey colour in the column There are other commands in the contextual menu apart from the list of the logotypes e Edit Logo command for editing the logotype of a schedule element e Add Logo command for creation of a new foreground composition and assigning it to the element of the schedule e Populate Logo command for duplication of a logo for highlighted elements of the schedule The logo is taken from the first element of the 68 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES The foreground composition cre
123. n the composition Static display of static and dynamic text Logo display of static and dynamic logotype Clock analog clock Roll output of vertical roll Crawl output of crawl in the rectangular area of the object Window scaling and insert of the image located in the underlying layers clips and objects into the size of a rectangular object e Overlay output of the signal from an external source in the window only in Infochannel version 41 Static and dynamic images in the foreground composition INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Foreground compositions logotypes consist of static and dynamic images digital or analog clocks etc These compositions are displayed over the clips and the pass through video signal as an extra layer Foreground compositions are registered in a special media tree folder Logotypes Every composition has its unique name which is assigned automatically but can be changed later during the editing of the composition parameters Compositions registered in the system are used in the schedules and in video blocks by selecting their names from the list Such elements as digital clock or temperature readings etc can be implemented through the objects of Static type It is often necessary to specify an image while creating a composition This image can be static or dynamic animated logotype clock hands etc An image is specified with the help of Picture pulldown menu
124. nection with the device is realized via LPT port Delay Input The value of the Input parameter specifies the input of the profile from the internal memory of the transcoder with a corresponding number which is equivalent to the pressing of the button on its front panel 83 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Appendix 2 File format conversion application conv422 TELE system along with the widespread video file formats uses special formats for graphics output without compression with or without sound 422 graphics with alpha channel 444 or with native M PEG coding MJPEG MJPGS Conversion is performed with the help of CONV422 EXE program He conv422 x Video G TeleS ampl TGA Weather CLOUDOO a Process Close Audio GAT eleS ampl wAV Track2 10 way a P invert Fields Jo Gross frame M 50 fps TGA Qutput S TeleS ampl 444 CLOUD _422 32 bit TGA audio gt _422 lumakey 7 AMI Options AVI Alpha High Quality a Process Script Video The name of the initial video file is entered in the Video field If a whole chain of graphic files participates in the transformation the name of the first of them with numbers at the end is entered in this field In addition the rest of the files located in the same directory and having numbers at the end of the name greater than the specified file form a video sequence which is transformed into a video file Use the button on the right which opens th
125. nge the display view a box with and sign is placed to the left of the block name in the schedule By clicking on it with the mouse left button it is possible to unfold or collapse the contents of the block During the insertion of special clips in the schedule their length is so it will be able to fill the whole following empty block To highlight a line in the schedule and make it active press the mouse left button when the mouse cursor is pointing at it The background of the highlighted line is coloured in blue You can select several lines in the table while holding Ctrl button and highlighting several lines of the schedule the active line will be the last of the selected lines In a similar way to select several lines at once use the arrow buttons on the keyboard while pressing the Shift button It is possible to delete Remove command or copy into Clipboard Copy command several lines at once By clicking the mouse right button the contextual menu of the active line opens up The context menu contains the following commands 64 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES TELE system database stores the broadcasting schedules of clips and blocks for the present day and also for any other day before or after today s date Every schedule can be selected for editing and or playback in the system regardless of the present date on a computer Schedule editing can be performed simultaneously with the playback e Clear means a substitut
126. ngs indicate which group is going to be used for the titles which static objects will display the song name and other clip parameters In our example we will select only the static3 object for the song name Alternative group group2 is a group which is removed from the screen during the title display it can for example contain an SMS chat or viewers voting display The title is displayed twice 5 seconds after the start of the song and 10 seconds before its end The duration of the title display is 4 seconds x Main group Joroupt Alt group Joroup2 gt Cancel Textl Text2 Text3 x Text4 Er Time from beginning 00 00 05 00 x J Not Used Time2 from end 00 00 10 00 7 P NotUsed Duration Joo 00 04 00 The title with the image backing is not displayed with the clips that have no assigned text parameter This way the system automatically distinguishes between music clips and other videos like commercials INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Appendix 6 Frequently asked questions INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Video clips jitter during playback There are two reasons for jerks during the playback of the video files not good enough performance of the hard disk Ultra DMA mode is not switched on and an incorrect order of the fields The first reason is not very substantial for modern computers Moreover during the installation Windows XP switches on DMA mode as a rule An incorrec
127. o cards and external J 00 00 00 15 chimes wav equipment Streams folder registers video J 00 00 01 02 chord wav streams that feature real time transmitted J 00 00 00 22 ding wav digital signal input from a specified J 00 00 01 23 tada wav external source like a satellite antenna or SC 00 00 10 00 tele SC digital video camera during schedule F Jeene AA Sh playout The system can also use F TER hit nee Pp i External Clips which are kept on DVB J 00 00 04 20 Windows XP Sta piepgeiyer HE 00 17 37 14 New Block3 SC 00 00 07 05 New Block6 Clips and blocks registration in the system allows to verify the correctness of links to the corresponding files for instance the fact that they exist on an indicated path Some folders that have fixed names are reserved for special purposes They always exist in the media tree and cannot be deleted e Streams special clips which feature transmitted digital stream input from a specified external source at the time of their schedule playout e External clips delayed clips that contain previously digitized live signal which is then played out at specified time e Logotypes foreground compositions logos e Profiles profiles of video cards and external equipment control e Inbox a default folder which contains clips and blocks imported directly into the program without creating a special project folder for them All the other folders are custom folders they can have ran
128. of the output is shifted in time due to some reason The choice of options and launch of playback of the schedule in the corresponding mode is performed by pressing J button located in the line to the right of the name of the option After the key is pressed it stays stuck and the caption above the key instead Stopped says Playing schedule Settings Play Schedule on program execution option controls the automatic launch of playback of the current date schedule in System mode after the program launch 81 playback during the loading of TELE system Play Schedule on program execution Display of time which corresponds to the moment of schedule playback Playback of the current schedule or clip block element from media tree Play Current Playback stop Stop INFINITE FREEDOM iNES In the top right hand corner of the TELE program window there are elements that control the schedule playout The date of the Edit 20 02 2005 Play 20 02 2005 Playing schedule played schedule is displayed in the Play field oan 1300 00 00 P gt Play During the launch of the program the z 18200419 p Current schedule of the current date is selected it is sic asa a possible to choose a different schedule for Custom 18 20 04 19 p Stop playback in the window of the standard f Wideo window I Preview Only Windows environment calendar by pressing the button with a down arrow to the right of the value of the correspond
129. ogo item in the contextual menu of this folder After choosing this item of the menu the dialog window for editing compositions Logo Editor opens immediately The name of the composition is assigned by default it can be changed later at any time This same window is opened for editing the parameters of already existing composition while choosing Edit option from its contextual menu composition will be saved Cancel Pressing Cancel button finish editing all the entered parameters will be cancelled Below the name of the composition in a dialog window there is an area corresponding to the screen where its objects are located in the form of frames It is possible to make the object active by clicking inside its rectangle with the mouse left button The active selected object is surrounded by a special frame with six boxes It is possible to change the size of the rectangle of the object by moving the boxes with the mouse It is possible to move the object in the area in a usual way by clicking the mouse left button when its cursor is inside the corresponding rectangle and then moving it into the necessary place Rectangles of objects may intersect but cannot go beyond the limits of the screen Inside the object rectangle the number or layer name of object is displayed Layer 01 corresponds to the objects closest to the viewer the rest of the layers with objects are located in the increasing order below To open the editin
130. om 2 30 x 8 DY Hi 00 00 30 02 d Hi 00 00 30 01 fanta avi Event Start 00 00 00 00 4 ro LE Lab mas E a EventEnd 90 00 00 00 Selected Time 00 00 08 oo Edit Vid Param aed nine gt Selected Clip By Set Transition 25 02 30 DV Video Block DY Video Block DY Video Block red dotted line will appear around it This line shows the full duration of the clip even if it has points of input and output differing from its beginning and end respectively The place of the current position in the block is shown by a red vertical line Selected Time It is possible to drag the clips from the media tree of the window onto the bar They will be inserted in front of the clip on which you clicked with the mouse left button or after the last clip if the cursor pointed at the area of the bar to the right of the clips The clips are inserted in the same way in front of the current clip or in the end if the command Add to block from the contextual menu in the media tree is used Contextual menu By clicking the right button in the window of the clip bar a contextual menu appears of the clip bar containing the commands e Delete Clip delete current clip from the block Other commands refer to the secondary events of the video block described in more detail in chapter 2 e Add Secondary Event add a secondary event into the current position inside the
131. one by adding the anchors with time shifted to 1 second after the end of the previous element of the schedule 79 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Initially the program divides the schedule into 24 hour long empty blocks alternating them with anchors which correspond to the beginning of every hour in the day However most likely this will not correspond with the real time marks of start and end of commercials stills etc At first it is necessary to delete all extra anchors which do not correspond to the broadcast schedule This has to be done because in the future they may interfere with the creation and playback of the schedule as the clips and blocks will run against them and will not be played out by the system But this effect suggests that the anchors should be placed not only at the beginning of the blocks of commercials and stills but also at the end This allows to make sure that a commercial or a still will not exceed the time limits allocated for them on the air during the creation of the schedule When the ending time of the element of the schedule turns out to be later than of the anchor following it this element cannot be played it is highlighted in light grey colour and a red Doesn t fit sign is displayed on the place of the commentary The schedule with arranged anchors can be copied into the Clipboard with the help of the Edit Copy Entire Schedule or Schedule Save Anchors menu command and used as a template for other d
132. ons Creation of Adding the foreground composition into Logotypes folder of the media tree is foreground performed with the help of Add Logo item in the contextual menu of this folder compositions After choosing this item of the menu the dialog window for editing compositions Logo Editor opens immediately The name of the composition is assigned by default it can be changed later at any time This same window is opened for editing the parameters of already existing composition while choosing Edit option from its contextual menu xi nere B amp e Back pic OoOO O 3 Sas 00 static 660 8 160 109 Cancel BID OLalp 01 logo6 0 426 720 150 Import Take Clear Music videos ice oOo SSR RE RRR RRR ee n n ee ee ee oe ee ee Common Text Transition Table TIME static Rightto Left left Font Width 100 center Font Height 100 0 Font Color Speed 4 Vertical Spacing 0 Softness D Font helios J Rotation Enabled Rotation z Rotate E Name Unique name of the composition can be changed in random way Save Pressing Save button will finish editing all the entered parameters of the 43 Creation of foreground compositions Screen area with objects rectangles Inserting layers with objects into a composition INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Adding the foreground composition into Logotypes folder of the media tree is performed with the help of Add L
133. op field sets background at template playback stop Mode group Field for switching the message collection mode operation when choosing Text messages the search of text files with messages is performed by SMS Terminal the search is performed according to the mask set in Source path field When choosing External exchange operation mode the collection of text and multimedia messages and also messages with vote results is performed by SMS Harvester application Source path field a path for text messages search included only when Text messages option is activated Template group Template field sets the template file used for the channel design New button allows to create a new template Stop button stops the template playback Custom set button allows to control the user service for example this service allows to select the objects which will be combined with other services such as hour temperature and channel logo Tele mode field allows to choose the operation mode at template launch in Tele or in SMS terminal Hide all groups button hides all groups used in the template Notice that objects not related to groups may not be hidden Harvester group Current version supports 2 types of message sources local folders and Internet addresses To upload messages from local folders they must be first assigned in Harvester
134. output on the air Flag Preview Only activates the mode of preliminary preview when all clips and blocks are displayed at the output of the preliminary preview of the video card if it is provided and the incoming signal is sent to the to the program output in an unchanged form In a similar way at the Line Out output of the sound card there is a signal from the Line In input The playback of the files containing sound 422 AVI MPG WAY etc is not reflected on the output of the sound card in any way If the preliminary preview mode is disabled the full output of the video and audio signal is performed through the corresponding outputs of the video and sound card To launch schedule playback you can use one of the three options e Current Block playback starting with the line of the schedule highlighted at the moment e System playback of the schedule according to the computer system clock e Custom playback launch according to the time set by the user In this case it is necessary to enter the time in HH MM SS FF format Playback in Current Block mode enables to select the required line of the schedule manually and to launch the playback starting with it This is equivalent to the launch of the schedule in Custom mode when the start time of the corresponding line is set manually These modes launch the playback in their own time which is different from the system time This option is indispensable when the schedule
135. ow times Streams qj External clips Logotypes Profiles Baner Beguchka Beguchka amp Logo B New Project1 SC 00 00 07 18 HB 00 00 30 00 51 61 616 516 51 654 65165 16 516 SC 22 72 72 77 51651 SC 22 77 72 27 SC 00 00 12 22 amp Enok pexnambi Click here 5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 amp Norepea B Or6veku kahana amp Or veku pexnampi S Nosapasnenua amp Peknama Ig 444 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 crawl The style is taken from the TELE SC script Rotation inside text banner blocks Duration of text banner block in rotation mode In order to enable the rotation mode of text banner block elements it is necessary to tick the Rotation flag In this mode all the elements of the block are displayed cyclically in turns occupying the whole time allocated for the block in the schedule In rotation mode the system calculates the number of the displays of every element Execute times and if it exceeds the planned Planned to show number the next display of the element is skipped Planned number of displays of every element is set during the block editing The number of executed displays is changed automatically it can also be adjusted Duration of text banner block in rotation mode is defined not by a usual method as a sum of duration of its elements but in a different way as in rotation mode the element of the block elements can be displayed cyclically not only once This way it
136. pty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder Likewise it is possible to create a new folder by importing its contents from a text file when you choose the Import Project option The text file format for import and export of the project folder is specified below in the description of File Import Project menu command Adding a new folder Add Project Contextual menu of the folder Edit Delete Add Clip Add Video Block Add SC Audio Block Add Text Block Add Video Rotation Save to file Delete unused events Renaming folders Edit Deleting folders Delete INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be changed by selecting Edit in its contextual menu The folder tree is single level i e you cannot create additional folders inside a folder To call the contextual menu of the folder right click on its name All or part of the following functions depending on the type of the folder will be available from this menu Edit rename folder Delete delete folder and all of its clips and blocks Add Clip add clip to folder Add Video Block create video blo
137. r of votes from 1 to 2 default from 3 to 5 and from 5 to 10 Depending on the number of channels selected in the Vote tab in the main program window the most suitable group will be used in this Wizard window 91 INFINITE FREEDOM x Design J Enable service How many channels you wish to use 3 5 channels J 5 10 channels ome Live service window allows to configure Live service Animated field activates Live animated service mode where bottom groups are shown together with specified animation files 444 Anim settings button allows to specify the animation files and configure the service x IV Include Live service in your project Design Anim settings Animated Otmena Animated Live configuration Animation list configures animation file list for bottom groups 92 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Animated file 01 file for group with job title only Animated file 10 file for group with name only Animated file 11 file for group with name and job title only Animated file 12 file for group with name and job title in two lines Groups group Show after start frm field determines the time interval after the animation file start when the bottom group will be shown value set in frames Hide before end frm field determines the time interval before the ending of launched ani
138. rameters of its class only and thus defines the name of the class This way DSC transcoders and switchers are controlled by the objects of dsc class etc It is possible to create objects of personalized classes however it is important that new names are not identical with the existing names of classes and objects of the profiles and foreground compositions time its inherent parameters stay the same they are global and their change in one place has an effect on all the entries of the object in the profiles During each specific entry of the object in the profile Item profile element in addition to the inherent parameters of the object the parameters responsible for the change of the equipment condition are assigned Params Parameters are displayed in name of parameter value format If the value is a text it appears in quotes at The number of the input varies very often during the entries of the object into the profile that is why this parameter is placed in a separate field Input These parameters are local and may differ during each entry of the given object in different system profiles The profile uses the existing objects of profile classes If there are no existing objects then during the editing of a profile it is possible to create them by pressing New key in the Add Item dialog window An object usually corresponds to either the whole equipment or to its operational unit Add item Object New
139. review Off None Preview Off None Preview Off None Preview Off None Preview Off At the top of the window there is the name of the clip Clip and the name of the project folder Project Below the information on each case of the output of the clip is presented in a table This information can be copied via Clipboard into a text file and transformed into a table for the subsequent analysis and calculation of real airtime used for the output of the clip In the table in each line there is a date and time of the beginning of the output of the clip according to the schedule in YYYY MM DD HH MM SS format System time Then there is a real date and time of the output according to the internal clock of the computer in the same format Time If a clip was played out not during the schedule playback but directly upon Play command from the media tree then the value from the Time field is entered in the System time field In this case the value of the following Exec mode field equals None 14 Adding a new folder Add Project Exporting a block as a text file Save to file Importing a video block from a text file File Import Video Block Importing a file from a banner block File Import Video Block INFINITE FREEDOM iNES To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An empty folder will be created with a default name the name of the folder can be c
140. rmed simultaneously with the playback pressing space button The modes of schedule playback are described in more detail in chapter 4 below e Set Logo to command of assigning a foreground composition logotype to a group of highlighted lines in the schedule The logo of the first selected line is assigned to the rest e Set Profile to command of assigning a profile to a group of highlighted lines in the schedule The profile of the first selected line is assigned to the rest It is possible to change the duration of an existing empty block in the schedule To do so click the mouse left button in the field of its duration column Duration After this the field will be coloured white and the duration of the block will become available for editing To finish editing and entering all the changes click the mouse outside the duration field The change of duration is fully equivalent to the deletion of an empty block and insertion of a new one with a different duration into the same place To change the duration of an empty block you can also use Edit command of contextual menu of schedule element It is possible to change the time of an existing anchor in the schedule To do this click the mouse left button in the field of its time column Time After this the field will become white and the time of anchor will become available for editing To finish editing and making alterations click the mouse outside the time fi
141. s and external J 00 00 00 15 chimes wav equipment Streams folder registers video J 00 00 01 02 chord wav streams that feature real time transmitted J 00 00 00 22 ding wav digital signal input from a specified J 00 00 01 23 tada wav external source like a satellite antenna or SC 00 00 10 00 tele SC digital video camera during schedule F Jeene AA Sh playout The system can also use F TER hit nee Pp i External Clips which are kept on DVB J 00 00 04 20 Windows XP Sta piepgeiyer HE 00 17 37 14 New Block3 SC 00 00 07 05 New Block6 Clips and blocks registration in the system allows to verify the correctness of links to the corresponding files for instance the fact that they exist on an indicated path clips placed one after another in random order The system allows to modify the block in several places of its schedule entry simultaneously For example you can shorten or completely replace one clip with another in the block It is significant that after the block is edited its total duration is recalculated and the relevant changes are made in all the schedules where this block is used There are different types of blocks according to their assignment and what clips they combine All blocks are indicated with a red symbol AM 00 01 18 22 Video Block Video block video blocks combine video delayed or special clips sC Audio Block C Audio block combine script clips of Alpha Pro application with sound f
142. set the speed of its display just like in the parameters for the effect output of the page script Parameters of the layer with analogue clock class object Clock Location of the files of images of hands on a clock Clock location A layer with class object Clock specifies the display of analog clock in the composition This layer does not have specific parameters the analog clock is defined by the object parameters The location of the clock hands files is specified with the help of Clock location pulldown menu If it is empty and or a new clock must be added to it use the button to the right of the menu which opens the standard window for the selection of file name All the selected directories with clock hands files are stored in the system and are later included in this menu 49 INFINITE FREEDOM Q Parameters of the layer with crawl class object Crawl Text style Font Text Use of Alpha Pro environment variables in the text Speed of crawl output Speed A layer with class object Crawl specifies the output of a crawl in the composition The crawl is displayed inside the rectangle of an object above all layers of the composition placed underneath The speed of the output is set by Speed option This parameter defines the text design style which is selected from the pulldown menu Every style in the menu has been exported in Alpha Pro program with the help of Character Export Style command
143. symbol it is necessary to include picture full_ name file into the text the name of the first file of animation sequence This can be done with the help of button and Picture command which shows the window of the input of file name The parameter sets the style of the text formatting which is chosen from the pulldown menu Every style in the list has been exported in the Alpha Pro program with the help of Character Export Style command Such styles are kept in the Fonts subdirectory of Alpha Pro program and TELE system directory This parameter sets the style of the whole text If a specific part of the text needs its own style it can be arranged in a standard way the Style_part sequence is inserted in front of the corresponding text and Old_style at the end These styles must be exported in Alpha Pro program and to insert them in the text you need to use Style sub item of the menu opened by button A text in a composition may appear not at once but gradually like in Fade effect for the script pages of Alpha Pro program For setting the speed of this display use a Fade combo box Value 0 corresponds to an immediate appearance of the text other values set the 48 INFINITE FREEDOM iNET Nae A layer with Static class object specifies the display of a static or dynamic text speed of its display just like in the parameters for the effect output of the page script Layer parameters with a logotype
144. t limitation it is necessary to add that it is used as an addition to the selection of foreground composition logotype which is implemented in the schedule The location of the element in the schedule sets the system time for its output And if some of the object values do not have be displayed at that time it is possible to create a different composition and include a different object in it in the rotation of which unnecessary values are not included However it may be inconvenient to create many similar compositions and objects then it is better to use the condition of the value output according to time An object with rotation may be compared to a secondary object which must have set values depending on what will be displayed in the main object Any object can be used as a secondary object except Window and Clock A secondary object must not be subject to rotation The specification of a secondary object allows to assign for instance a logotype for every text value and vice versa And their output on the screen will be performed simultaneously The Rotation dialog window consists of three parts at the top there is a general part below the window of input and editing parameters for rotation at the bottom 55 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x Object name vchatlogo Import Clear finished IEKE IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel es _Seconday _ How Many Times 5 Displayed Duration Stat Time End Time u
145. t order of the fields often happens when a DV file was transformed by the program into another format or vice versa a file in a format was transformed into DV format The point is that the order of the fields for most of video file formats and for MPEG 2 as well must be the upper field first according to the standards DV format has the standard lower field first However no one prevents creating a DV file with a top field having transformed it from MPEG 2 or M JPEG Such file will be played with jerks In TELE system there are both global VideoPlayer program options and individual video parameters of the clip settings for every file that allow to change the order of the fields for the opposite during playback Selecting them will help to get rid of the jittering What computer configuration is recommended for normal TELE operation To play files in DV MPEG 2 MPEG 4 formats with small streams an Intel Pentium IV with CPU with 1 4Ghz clock rate is sufficient but for a smooth operation 2 0 GHz is required Minimum memory requirement is 512 Mb There are no special requirements concerning the speed of hard disk but it is advisable to use a separate disk for the video files If you work with MJPEG files or files without compression 422 the requirements will be higher Processor must be at least 1 8 GHz Hard disk must be 7200 RPM and during work with files without compression or with stream higher than 7 0 Mb sec RAID m
146. tart End Time admissible time of output of a given value of the object one for all days During the output an object with rotation into the foreground composition the system sorts out all possible values of the object starting with the first one as they are specified in the description of rotation If the value can be displayed it is displayed if not the system moves on to the next one etc If there are no acceptable values left the display is not performed 54 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x Openness E Import Clear finished Take IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel ok es Secondary _ How Many Times 5 Displayed Duration Stat Time End Time uc E ENE oo b o e S CWenanrim Bros TOA NTE a Ce co _ Civehat mode toa TJ NFINITE B ho pooooo TEE 59 59 X Clickhere ES ee ee ee Insert Template Start Date End Date Start Time End Time How Many Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object Text Load Text Insert Template zi The value of the object may not be displayed due to the following reasons e The number of displays of a given value of the object Number of displays has already reached the maximum How many times e Current time and date of the output in TELE system this is not necessarily the current computer time does not fit into the interval set by Start End Date and Start End Time parameters Concerning the las
147. text input of the crawl In case of a banner the name of the clip and its commentary are indicated there e Speed field for crawl speedy entry In case of a banner the value of speed equals 0 and is ignored e Finishing text preview field for the text entry which will be displayed after the end of the crawl or icon images of the first frame of the banner e Finish duration field for the duration of the text display entry after the crawl output in HH MM SS FF format If there is no text but the duration is indicated it means that there will be a pause the output of the crawl on the screen is finished e Duration general duration of the block element output in HH MM SS FF format e Planned to show field for entry of the planned number of displays of the given element in a block in rotation mode see below e Execute times field for the number of executed demonstrations of a given element in a block in the rotation mode see below If this number exceeds Planned to show this element will not be played out 36 m Text SC 444 Name INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Comment I Rotation Duration 0010203 New Block1 I Fitto schedule Logo Logo for block element Logo 32132165165135151651 61 616 516 51 654 65165 16 516 5165165161 651616 51651651 Logo Finishing Finish Planned Execute Clip name Speed text preview duration Duration to show times Streams External clips Logotypes
148. th the existing names of classes and objects of the profiles and foreground compositions Profile Item Editor x Class Co Object Name Nonamet Cancel Object Params type 2 Delay fo Params param 1 Input fo Inherent parameters of profile objects Object Every object of the profile is usually connected with specific video equipment video card or their operational unit This specific type model equipment is connected to a computer through a port COM USB etc all this is defined in the inherent parameters of the object Params The parameters are displayed in the name of parameter value format If the value is a text it appears in quotes In addition due to a difference in computers performance it is necessary to choose the value of the delay between the commands to the equipment in msec Delay An object can be used in several profiles or several times in one profile but every T3 Name and the class of profile objects Parameters of profile elements Objects of profile classes Profile creation INFINITE FREEDOM iNES One profile can control not only one but several devices There is an option of creating objects of one and or several classes Every object of the profile has a unique name its class defines the type of equipment directed by it it is supported by a special program module included in the TELE system package This module processes the change of object pa
149. the convenience of sound level and colour rendition correction during the adjustments of the transitions from one clip to another in order to avoid sharp breaks Changed parameters are set for the clip globally and are used during all other entries of this clip in the schedules and blocks Under the bar of clips there is a timeline of secondary events and the window of objects connected with it It is described in more detail in chapter 2 below 33 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Block editing type SC Audio S C Audio Block Editor E New Project Project Duration New Project2 00 00 07 05 J 00 00 00 15 chimes wav ae Cancel J 00 00 01 02 chord wav J 00 00 00 22 ding wav New Blocks J 00 00 01 23 tada wav canine SC 00 00 10 00 tele SC SC 00 00 20 00 thermo SC J 00 00 03 05 Windows XP J 00 00 00 01 Windows XP J 00 00 04 20 Windows XP y Back Audio lt mi M Play SC Clip Delete Clip 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 tele SC C WINDOWS Media Windows XP Shutdown waw 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 05 thermo SC C WINDOWS Media windows xP Startup wav 00 00 04 05 00 00 03 00 tele SC C WINDOWS Media Windows xP Shutdown waw Clip line of SC At the bottom part of the SC Audio block type parameter editing dialog window type SC Audio Block Editor there is an area which is filled with clips of SC type scripts of Alpha Pro program probably having their own audio track The clips are also inserte
150. the fields on the output are mixed up neighbouring lines of different parity go in the wrong order it is necessary to tick this flag In this case the movement will be smooth but on slanting lines of static frames reversed notches may be seen e 16 9 This flag creates scaling and trimming on the sides of the video clip frames meant for the screen with 16 9aspect correlation of sides It is important to remember that the video clip must be created for progressive not interlaced Clip Editor iol xj File BARS TGA Parameter 1 Alt File Parameter 2 Cancel Audio Parameter 3 File Size MB ME 2 Parameter 4 JEET Mediatype VIDEO VID EO Enable Adv C Options I Ontv Playback mode still Direct Show Duration 00 04 57 00 Invert fields Info Targa file no a Progre Name BARS TGA Invert Description Cinema 24 Force RGB More gt gt If a 24 bit TGA file is chosen for the clip a static image with 1 second default duration is created the duration can be changed by setting the Still mode for the clip The resulting clip is a Video type clip it is possible to edit its parameters by using the Edit Vid Param button 32 bit TGA files used as clips are supported only in Infochannel package 25 Parameters of video clip playback Playback Options Video streams INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Parameters of playback for different video clips can vary as the system supports different video file formats These p
151. ther group 94 INFINITE FREEDOM Default image field sets the background image which will be used during announce broadcast in case there is no other image set for announce Upd period sec field sets the frequency of exchangeable announces indicated in seconds sms ermina aloe SMS Announce Crawl Vote Live News Rotation Settings fi Show ann _ Announce Time Decription F image x Guest Today A famous rock band Settings lick to add r Other Default image me Update period sec fio C alphapro Announce ini Open SaveAs 95 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES 25x SMS Announce Crawl Vote Live News Rotation Settings Crawl Settings ello lick to add Vote Vote service allows to hold voting via SMS and over a telephone with additional equipment Voting can be held with exchangeable number of answer variants and has flexible settings which allow to configure the color scheme for objects of the gauge results scale display There is an option to hold voting till the maximum vote number is gathered and a demo mode which emulates the voting in accordance with set values for each variant For integration with third party vote counting systems an option for reading the vote results from external file or webpage is provided Vote group Name field name of vote channel Trigger filed trigger at arrival of which a vote
152. transmitted J 00 00 00 22 ding wav digital signal input from a specified J 00 00 01 23 tada wav external source like a satellite antenna or SC 00 00 10 00 tele SC digital video camera during schedule SC AAPEA eee i J 00 00 03 05 Windows XP Shi playowi Tae ee ean also Me J 00 00 00 01 Windows XP Sta External Clips which are kept on DVB J 00 00 04 20 Windows XP Sta video server HMB 00 17 37 14 New Block3 SC 00 00 07 05 New Block6 Clips and blocks registration in the system allows to verify the correctness of links to the corresponding files for instance the fact that they exist on an indicated path lines on the screen is specified in a template of a special TELE SC script for templates see Description of Alpha Pro extended version During Video Delayed Special clips and blocks playout the pass through video and audio signals are completely replaced i e the sound and video information come from the computer During animation clips with alpha channel and SC Audio Text clips and blocks playout the output of computer graphics mixed with pass through video signal is performed while preserving the original sound or if necessary replacing it with sound from the computer Menu and dialog windows description Adding a new folder Add Project Project import from text file Import Project To create a new folder right click on an empty space inside media tree and choose Add Project from the menu An em
153. tream input reception from satellite digital video camera etc The duration of such clips is not defined exactly in a video block their default duration is 1 hour and in the schedule they occupy all maximum available free space between the neighbouring elements 26 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Creating blocks and editing their parameters Editing block parameters dialog window General parameters The dialog window for editing the parameters of the block appears immediately after adding the block to the folder in the media tree It can also be accessed through the Edit item of the contextual menu Different dialog windows are used for editing the parameters depending on the type of the block Let us examine the general fields in these windows Media tree In the left hand corner of block editing window there is a media tree which has been described in detail above This tree is used for choosing the clips and dragging Drag amp Drop them into the corresponding fields in the editing window Only the clips appropriate for the usage in a current block type are displayed in the media tree They can be edited renamed and played from there Adding a clip to the block can be with the help of Add to block command from the contextual menu it can also be done by Drag amp Drop method The clip is inserted before the selected similar clip element of a block in a corresponding window If no clip in the window on a timeline has
154. value on the screen This field is available for editing which allows to edit the number of displays manually Auto The flag that sets the mode of automatic definition of output duration of a given rotation value of the object judging from the length of a line in the text and other object parameters If the flag is deactivated the duration is taken from the field Duration Duration Field for the manual input of the display duration of a given object value This way by having selected a relatively long output time it is possible to make the messages appear not more frequently than it is required Infinity The flag which specifies the mode of infinite display of a given rotation value of the object i e there are no restrictions on Number of displays parameter If the flag is disabled then the maximum number of display is taken from How many times field 359 INFINITE FREEDOM iNES x Object name vchatlogo Import Clear finished IEKE IV Enable rotation Auto Delete Finished Cancel es _Seconday _ How Many Times 5 Displayed Duration Stat Time End Time IOIA TOA A cone a oo i a Beihai bros TOA CT NFNITE a Ce A _ eavenathemode tga INFINITE by ho poo0 00 TEE 53 59 Click here ES ee ee ee Insert Template Start Date End Date Start Time End Time How Many Times Planned How Many Times Displayed Duration 00 00 10 00 Secondary Object Text Load Text Insert Template i How
155. ystem Appendix 3 reviews the options of clips playback system module VideoPlayer A short description of SMS Terminal application bundled with TELE Info How to organize a round the clock music TV channel with TELE Info software Answers to some frequently asked questions FAQ Attention Not all functions described in the present manual are available in the basic TELE 2 2 supply kit In order to get access to additional functions it is necessary to obtain extra modules like TELE 2 2 Info etc Please confirm all the details with your dealer Additional information is available on our website www alpha pro com INFINITE FREEDOM iNES Chapter 1 Creating folders with clips and blocks General description Media tree Media tree is located in the right section of TELE program window It helps to ra organize all the initial material which is Streams used in broadcast schedules Media tree GH Extemal clips folders contain individual Clips and Logotypes Blocks which combine several clips El Thermo or Time a New Logo 1 Several fixed folders are always present in Hj Profiles New Folder Project1 New Project S sy New Project2 the media tree Logotypes folder is where all the foreground compositions are stored Profiles folder contains control profiles of video cards and external J 00 00 00 15 chimes wav equipment Streams folder registers video J 00 00 01 02 chord wav streams that feature re

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