Xedio Browse User Manual
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1. 4 ri Y Note A When you right click on a 5 1 radio button a popup menu appears in which you can select the 5 1 components that should be monitored on the left and right channels You can choose between the following options Mixed L R Ls Rs or Center output on L R speakers L Save audio selection e Mixed L R LS Rs Center 3 Player Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 3 3 4 3 Player Audio meters located on the right side of the Video Display represent the audio channels of the monitored track Media Bar and Jog Bar Media Bars Top Bar The top bar represents the media or a portion of it currently loaded on the Player The media bar display differs according to the loaded element Media When a media is loaded only the nowline is displayed Virtual Media When a virtual media is loaded the mark IN point the mark OUT point and the nowline are displayed on this top bar Middle Bar The middle bar is used to zoom into the loaded element Its dark gray zone shows the section of the media out of the whole media visible in the top bar and the relative position of the visible section in the whole media e Whena media or an edit has just been loaded the top bar represents the whole media The dark gray zone covers the whole length of the middle bar EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 28 e When a virtual media has just been loaded th2. between two calendars are displayed for the selection of two dates 20440411 And 22 5yg 1 o Search based on a specific date calculated from the current date e g with tomorrow last month no other field appears Koran 2 Tabs Pane 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Time Such as Last Rendered Date Time Several Date Search filters exist 1 Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field bug 71 T Na st L K last hour naw 30 min next hour LOMOND today yesterday next week last week next month this month last month Issue 4 40 A November 2013 2 This will condition the next step o Search based on a specific date and time e g with two additional fields will be displayed a calendar for the selection of a date and drop down list for the selection of time o Search based on a specific date and time calculated from the current date and time e g with next hour last month no other field appears OMOTO Number Such as DB Id Select a logical operator in the first field Enter a number in the second field Y Note A lt gt means differs from 2 Tabs Pane Er USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse Gs V i Option List Such as Video Standard 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Click the mum button to display the list of options available for the selected filter parameter Example for t
3. B colored I colored Timecode Value Fields 00 00 46 01 00 01 57 12 Three Timecode Value fields are displayed under the Transport buttons Area Description 1 Media Start Timecode first recorded frame even if a virtual media is loaded 2 Current Timecode position nowline 3 Media End Timecode last recorded frame even if a virtual media is loaded Video and Audio Monitoring Tools Overview of the Video and Audio Tracks The video and audio channels of a loaded source file are represented below the Video DisplayPlayer in the form of Track Selection buttons 3 Player Sa USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V i Channel Selection 3 Player Here is an example with 4 tracks of stereo channels Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel viden 1 O Monitoring of the 1st Stereo Track Monitoring of the 2nd Stereo Track E A E Monitoring of the 4th Stereo Track Monitoring of the 3rd Stereo Track The different types of audio tracks of a loaded media or clip are displayed as follows e A mono track is represented by COM e A stereo track is represented by Da aj e A5 1 track is represented by a Note A If the loaded media clip contains more than 8 audio tracks only the first 8 tracks are displayed under the Video Display A first click on the banana button allows to display the additional tracks Video and Audio Tracks Selection When you create a virtual media you
4. i a Pin a 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 42 00 01 57 12 Thumb In Thumb Out ClassList urn maa pa VirtualMedia__101028h or drag the media or the virtual media resulted from a search from the Media tab to the Player window Class 23 07 13 19 ce 3 13 News Report 00 07 1 3 19 cms 1 Xedio_EVS XTAcce Description for Clear 6 11 2010 12 16 47 30 04 2012 16 55 05 AT Cip 170 inou29 17 2009 19 32 05 34 10 2011 15 57 53 Er ces mA XT Clip 111 110 2010 14 58 23 0 2011 15 57 54 S SE 3338 AT Clip 333 ippu34 11 2009 14 48 56 14 10 2011 15 57 53 30 3 Player Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V i 3 3 6 3 Player e From the Media tab double click the media to load or from the Virtual Media pane double click the virtual media to load At the same time the Tabs Pane will switch to the Virtual Media Properties tab Play Media in the Additional Player It is also possible to load media or virtual media on an additional Player window To do so right click on a media or virtual media and select Play from the contextual menu The media or virtual media cannot be modified using this player but can be viewed while another piece of media is still loaded within the Player pane LE 9 T 1 nia BE ggg 4 E To start or stop the playout click within the video area of the window or press the Space bar The Media and Jog bars at the bottom of the window can be used as in the Play
5. Refer to the tab Software gt Parameter Profiles 5 General 5 General in Xedio Manager The search result is displayed in the grid 4 Toclear the applied Quick Text Search click the red ET button to the right of the search field or select lt empty gt from the Quick Text Search drop down list Advanced Search Purpose and Context of Use The Advanced Search functions are available for more detailed search operations They allow searches on media metadata From the Today tab the filter creation date today is automatically applied The Advanced Search fields can be displayed on the top left part of the Elements grid Advanced Search Fields Display Displaying Advanced Search Fields Show Hide Filter Button de To display the Advanced Search fields click the Show Hide Filter button above the grid The Advanced Search area is expanded as follows ALL Entera are met 2 Tabs Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 2 Tabs Pane The Show Hide Filter button can be displayed with two different colors Button Display Meaning The Show Hide Filter button is gray when all filter criteria are hidden Consequently the filters are inactive gray ped The Show Hide Filter button is colored when the Advanced Search area is visible even if no filtering criterion is applied colored Criteria Combination Field The first field under the Show Hide Filter button lists three options for the
6. Logbook bar option This gives information about operations performed when using the Xedio Browse application The versions of the installed applications are available from the Help gt About option 35 L L ms V E To learn more about EVS go to www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia 8 Pacific Liege Science Park 852 2914 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving Its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
7. and Context of Use The Quick Text Search function is used to perform a search based on free text entered in the Quick Text Search field This field is available on the top of the Elements grid It allows searching for a string in the displayed columns Users can enter a search string in one of the following ways e They enter the search string in full in the Quick Text Search field The Quick Text Search option obeys specific rules which can be accessed via the Help button M next to the Quick Text Search field See section Quick Text Search Rules on page 9 for more details on these rules e They click the arrow next to the Quick Text Search field so the last 10 searches are displayed and they select one of them lt empty gt athl 2 Tabs Dane Sa USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 2 Tabs Pane Quick Text Search Rules The string that you enter in the Quick Text Search field is analyzed according to the following set of rules which can be accessed via the Help button Ei next to the Quick Text Search field The free text search is not a case sensitive operation Search String Yellow card Yellow card Yellow card yell ow Ye low Ye low 123 card z yellow card Search Result Searches for the strings yellow and card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name and card in Keywords For example a clip named The Yellow
8. combination of criteria to be taken into account during the filtering operation ALL Critena are met MO Criteria le met Option Meaning ALL criteria All the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the Criteria are met Combination field must be met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill all the selected filter criteria ANY criteria At least one of the criteria selected in the Filter fields must be met is met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill at least one of the selected filter criteria NO criteria None of the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the is met Criteria Combination field must be met The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill none of the selected filter criteria Search Parameters List The second field gives access to the list of available advanced search parameters Click the arrow next to the field to display the list Users are then able to add as many search fields as needed and to enter search criteria for each of them Advanced Search Fields Once a search parameter has been selected an entire line is displayed ALL Criteria are met EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 Interface Description Element p 1 Selected search parameter 2 Various fields used to enter the filter criteria See section Advanced Search Fields Types on page 12 PR Used to remove the corresponding filter line Used to add a new filt
9. filters and search terms you may want to save them for later use Y ou will then be able to apply the same set of filters with a single click Saved filters appear as tabs At least two tabs exist on the left of the Elements grid The Filter O tab The Elements grid displays the list of all elements present in Xedio Dispatcher or it returns the result of a search applied to the list The Today tab the Elements grid shows the elements with creation date today 2 Tabs Dane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 2 Tabs Pane Warning Those filters can be modified by the user so the results could no longer reflect the tab label Saved Filter Contextual Menu Right clicking in the Filter O tab displays a contextual menu with the following options Create New Filter Allows to create a new filter tab through the Filter Edit Dialog wndow Label OK Description Cancel Save Filter As Allows to create a new filter tab in which the current search filter will be saved Filter Properties Allows to change the name and or description of the selected filter tab Reset Filter Removes all search criteria on the selected filter tab Delete Filter Removes the filter tab How to Save Filters Tosave filters proceed as follows 1 Define the filter or filters combination you wish to save as explained in section How to Perform an Advanced Search on page 16 Right click the Filter O tab Select Sa
10. was entered into the database A field for a free text entry to describe the media The user who ingested the media to the system The place defined with groups from where the media was ingested Shows the video standard of the clip The original identifier of the feed given by the press agencies for example Additional reference for the media that would already be used bar code of a digitized tape for example A rating for the item Shows the video ratio of the clip for instance 16 9 or 4 3 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 4 3 Virtual Media List Contextual Menu A contextual menu is available when you right click on a media item in the list provided that it is not in Published state Menu er Description Published Displays a sub menu which allows to change the publish state of the virtual State media to Published A published media will be displayed in the database lists of all the software and will thus be available for use Delete Allows the deletion of the selected Virtual Media Virtual Media Play Opens a new Player window to allow the media to be played See section Play Media in the Additional Player on page 31 34 4 Virtual Media Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse Y i 9 5 Menu Bar Menu Bar Several commands are available from the Menu Bar at the top of the Xedio Browse window A logbook can be displayed by selecting the View gt
11. 02 f8 g t TT ADL 611 411 EWS LSM T1_A4DL 611408 MOS EVS LSM T1_ADL 6100 08 The upper part of the Media tab gives access to the different filters which can be applied to the media list 2 Tabs Pane 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 2 2 2 At least two tabs exist on the left of the Media tab e The Filter O tab The element list displays the list of all media present in the database or it returns the result of a search applied to the list e The Today tab the element list shown the media with creation date today Additional tabs are displayed when the users have saved filters applied to the database for more details Media items are displayed in columns Media List Area Sorting the Elements in the Grid You can change the sort order of elements in the grid by clicking the column header for the parameter according to which you want to sort the elements The blue arrow indicates the sorting order Clicking the column header again changes the sorting order from ascending to descending or vice versa Organizing Columns Resizing Columns A column can be resized by using the mouse pointer over columns intersection and dragging it to the right or to the left Selecting Columns to Display To select the columns to display in the grid proceed as follows 1 Right click the column header area A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns w
12. 3 Player Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V i 3 Player Moving Points To move the position of the mark IN mark OUT or nowline click on them with the mouse and drag them to the desired position Nowline Outside Media Bar When the media is being played the nowline moves along the top media bar If only a section of the media is visible in the top bar the nowline may disappear In this case a red indicator on the right side of the media bar will be displayed A click on the vertical indicator on the right side will re center the top bar on the nowline Moving the middle bar to the right or to the left can lead to such a situation with the nowline disappearing respectively to the left or to the right of the top bar Jog Bar The bottom bar is the jog bar Dragging the speed indicator on the jog bar allows you to move within the media at a variable speed gy The speed varies depending on e the position of the speed indicator e the speed range covered by the jog bar The default range is set from 200 to 20096 This is set in Xedio Manager Audio can be heard when using the jog 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 3 3 9 Loading Media on the Player Window You can proceed in different ways to load a media or a virtual media on the Player e Drag the virtual media from the Virtual Media pane to the Player window PAN yo Fe TMi e Si u 3 e a wa
13. Man with keywords Red Card will be found since it has yellow and card in 2 different fields Searches for strings containing Yellow card Searches for yellow or card even if in two different fields columns for example yellow in Name or card in Keywords Spaces around the sign are mandatory Searches for yell at the beginning of a string Searches for low at the end of a string Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end Searches for strings with ye at the beginning and low at the end and which contains 123 Searches for a string exactly equals to card For example if a field contains yellow card the card condition will not return any result Searches for a string exactly equals to yellow card The use of quotes is required due to the space between yellow and car ur EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 2 3 3 How to Perform a Quick Text Search To perform a Quick Text search proceed as follows 1 Display the columns you wish to perform a quick search on 2 Typea search string in the Quick Text Search field based on Quick Text search rules available from the Help button M and detailed in section Quick Text Search Rules on page 9 3 Click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search Depending on whether the AutoRefresh Filtering setting is selected or not you may not have to click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search
14. Player Tabs pane Virtual Media pane Player Tabs pane Player Virtual Media pane Tabs pane Virtual Media pane Player only Tabs pane only Virtual Media pane only The different panes can be resized EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 1 4 Process Overview The use of Xedio Browse can be summarized as follows 1 Select a media from the Media Tab of the Tabs Pane See section The Media Tab on page 5 2 Load it on the Player Pane See section Loading Media on the Player Window on page 30 3 Create a virtual media from the loaded media See section Creating a Virtual Media on page 19 4 View the list of virtual media associated to a media See section Virtual Media Pane on page 32 4 1 Introduction Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 2 Tabs Pane 2 1 introduction The Tabs pane consists of two tabs the Media tab and the Virtual Media Properties tab e The Media tab is used to select the media to manage e The Virtual Media Properties tab can be used to create virtual media from an existing media The virtual media is only made of markers placed on the original media file There is no new media file created 2 2 The Media Tab 2 2 1 Overview of the Media Tab Media 6 Virtual Media Properties 7 353 retrieve a kx 353 relieved Class Media Category Label Thumbnail In Thumbnail Out epo 0 414 EWS LSM E XTI_ADL 611 B 14 H EWS LSM XT1_ADL 611 B
15. USER MANUAL Xedio Browse Version 4 40 November 2013 Vs Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V i Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2010 2013 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l Table o
16. ailable The column width and order can be adjusted using standard computer commands and drag and drop techniques 32 4 Virtual Media Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 4 2 2 Show Thumbnails The Show Thumbnails option is available from the column headings contextual menu This option adds thumbnails in the Thumbnail IN and Thumbnail OUT columns of the Virtual Media pane provided that those columns have been made visible 4 2 3 Glossary of Column Headings Column Heading Label ClassList Thumb In Thumb Out Duration TC In TC Out Shooting Date Published Treated Creation Date Description UserName Group System FeediD External Ref Priority Ratio A VirtualMedia Pane Description A media or a virtual media can have a name added to the label field in the tab area This is the overall group to which a created clip belongs the structure of the classes is set by the administrator when designing a system installation A reference frame can be shown to visually identify the correct material The item duration The IN timecode of the item The OUT timecode of the item A user defined date entry for the date the media was originally shot Indicates if the media has been made available to other users within Xedio Suite A media that has already been worked on browsed for virtual media creation The date and time that the item was created this refers to when it
17. ase Xedio Browse will automatically open without requesting additional access codes when the user starts it The user group the user belongs to in the Windows domain must be linked to a user role in Xedio Manager This determines the set of user rights and user settings the user will have in the application In case a user belongs to several Windows groups the system retrieve them in alphabetical order and checks whether the first group matches a user role The use of Windows authentication must have been enabled in Xedio Manager See the Xedio Manager user manual for more information In case the auto log off mode is activated and the Windows authentication by Active Directory mode is used the auto log off becomes an auto quit function If the Xedio workstation is not integrated into an Active Directory domain a login screen will display where users have to enter their own Xedio username and password EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Browse Window Illustration The Xedio Browse window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Note The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed N 2 1 Introduction Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 1 Introduction Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Xedio Browse window Part Name Description i Player This is used to play med
18. ayer Transport Controls 022 2202 occ cece e eee eee cece eeceeeeees 23 3 3 2 Timecode Value Fields 22222 2 nn 24 3 3 3 Video and Audio Monitoring Tools 2 222 e eee eee e eee eeeee 24 3 3 4 Media Bar and Jog Bar 2 3 3 5 Loading Media on the Player Window eee eee eeeee 30 3 3 6 Play Media in the Additional Player 222 e eee eee eee 31 4 VIRTUAL MED A PANE nn 32 4 1 Introduction 0 2 2 elec ccc cece cee cee cece eee e cee ceeeecceceeceeceeceseeseeeees 32 III EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 4 2 Virtual Media List Display ccc cece e ence e ec ceeceeeeeeeeee 32 4 2 1 Displayed Columns o 22 222 cece cece cece eee ec cece cceeeeeeeeees 32 4 2 2 Show Thumbnails 20 222 c occ eee ccc ccc ee cece ee cceeeeeeeeees 33 4 2 3 Glossary of Column Headings 22 222 ee eee ee eee ceeeeceeeeee 33 4 3 Virtual Media List Contextual Menu 0 c eee eee eee ee cece ee eee 34 dy MENU BAR 35 IV Table of Contents Sa USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse Y i What s New What s New In the user manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features on Xedio Browse from Xedio Suite 4 40 compared to Xedio Suite 4 35 are listed below Active Directory Integra
19. e top bar represents the whole media The dark gray zone represents the whole media and covers the whole length of the middle bar Virtual Media e When a virtual media is loaded double clicking on the dark gray zone toggle the section covered by the top bar from the whole media length to the virtual media length between mark IN and mark OUT and vice versa The dark gray zone is reduced to represent the virtual media length and position with regard to the whole media e f you position the mouse on the middle bar and rotate the mouse wheel up or down you respectively increase or reduce the section of the media or virtual media visible in the top bar Thus the dark gray zone is enlarged or reduced e If you click on the dark gray zone and drag it to the left or to the right you shift the section of media or virtual media visible in the top bar to the beginning or to the end of the media Nowline Mark IN and Mark OUT Display The mark IN point the mark OUT point and the nowline are shown in the media bar of the Player paneas vertical lines e AnIN point or mark IN point is shown as a green line on the media bar e An OUT point or mark OUT point is shown as a red line on the media bar e The nowline representing the current position within the loaded element is shown as a blue line on the media bar To place the nowline at a given position simply click at the requested position on the media bar
20. er line Hiding Advanced Search Fields To hide all the Advanced Search fields click the Show Hide Filter button again Consequently all the applied filters are removed To remove an Advanced Search field from the Advanced Search area and thus clear the corresponding applied filter click the ann button next to the field Advanced Search Fields Types Depending on the selected search parameter different types of advanced search fields will be displayed and available to enter criteria Timecode or Duration Parameter Such as TC IN TC OUT Duration 10 00 00 00 1 Select a logical operator in the first field 2 Enteratimecode or duration value in the second field Timecode Range contains UU UU U UU does not contain 1 Select an option from the first field 2 Enter a timecode value This will include or exclude media containing the specified timecode value 2 Tabs Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l Date Such as Creation Date Several Date Search filters exist 1 Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field 22 5g 11 tomorrow today yesterday nest week last week next month this month last month 2 This will condition the next step o Search based on a specific date e g with a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date era 11 August 2011 Today 22 Aug 11 o Search based on an interval e g with
21. er pane See section Media Bar and Jog Bar on page 27 The video and audio tools can be used as described in section Video and Audio Monitoring Tools on page 24 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 4 Virtual Media Pane 4 1 Introduction Thumb Out ClassList LC In Durati Shooting Date VirtualMedia pge 0002 Sport Internationa 02 00 26 20 00 00 03 23 page Virtual edia pge 0003 As soon as a virtual media has been created it appears in the list of the Virtual Media pane To display the list of virtual media associated to a media select the media in the Media tab of the Tabs pane Virtual media items are displayed in columns Some of the details can be edited from here others are only for information Double click the label of an unpublished virtual media to enable text entry or update in the cell A virtual media can be loaded on the Player pane as explained in section Loading Media on the Player Window on page 30 4 2 Virtual Media List Display 4 2 1 Displayed Columns It is possible to re arrange the columns order and to add or remove some columns Right clicking on any of the column headings displays a contextual menu The Choose Displayed Columns option opens the Select Visible Columns window allowing you to choose the columns you want to be displayed in the element list See section Glossary of Column Headings on page 33 for detailed information on the column headings av
22. f Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 IlI WHAT S NEW occ nun V 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 Product Description cece eee cece eee cece eee e cee ceeeeceeseeeeeees 1 1 2 Opening Xedio Browse 2 2 2 o cece cece a 1 1 3 Overview of the Xedio Browse Window o 0 eee cece cece een 2 1 4 Process Overview UA 4 2 TABS PANE LL DD 5 2 1 Introduction nennen e cence cence eeeeeeeteeseees 5 2 2 The Media Tab 5 2 2 1 Overview of the Media Tab 0 0 0 cee cece cee cece eeeeees 5 2 2 2 Media List Area 6 2 3 Searching for Elements in the List een 8 2 3 1 Introduction nenn nenn nnnennnnnnnnnnnennenennn 8 2 3 2 Quick Text Search elec eee eee eee eee eee eeeeeees 8 2 3 3 Advanced Search 10 2 3 4 Using Saved Filters 0 02 2 cece ccc cece eee cence eee ceeee 16 2 4 The Virtual Media Properties Tab 22 222 cece cece cece cece ecceccceceeceeeeees 18 2 4 1 Overview of the Virtual Media Properties Tab 18 2 4 2 Creating a Virtual Media c ccc cece ee cece ccc ec ceeeceeeeees 19 2 4 3 Auto Clipping Modes 0 0 22 a 20 3 PLAYER 2 22 21 3 1 Overview of the Player Pane nennen en nenn ann 21 3 2 Video Display Options a 22 3 3 Player Controls nun en nennnn nn 222a onran 22an 23 3 3 1 Pl
23. he Video Standard Videos Land ard M MH PALSD M HD 10801 250 MOHD 720p 250 B HD 1050p 250 B HTSC drop SD B HD 1050i 59 94 M HO 770p 259 94 B HO 1080p 259 94 3 Select an option from the list Boolean Such as Published e Select Yes or No from the single criteria field Free Text Such as Label contains contains does not contain starts with ends with 1 Select a condition in the first field 2 Enter free text in the second field 2 Tabs Pane EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 2 3 4 How to Perform an Advanced Search To enter search values in the Advanced Search fields proceed as follows 1 2 Choose the columns you wish to perform a search on de Click the Show Hide Filter button The Advanced Search area is displayed ALL Entera are met Select a criteria combination from the list ALL Criteria are met MO Criteria le met Select a search parameter from the list of parameters An entire line corresponding to the selected filter parameter is displayed ALL Criteria are met Camera Enter filter criteria as explained in section Advanced Search Fields Types on page 12 For free text fields press ENTER to apply the filter Otherwise the Elements grid is automatically filtered and refreshed If required click the button to add another advanced search parameter Using Saved Filters Introduction Once you have defined
24. ia loaded from the Tabs pane or virtual media Pane loaded from the Virtual Media pane The Player pane is used together with the Tabs pane to create virtual media Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color Video such as letterboxed or pillarboxed video will show black bars as these mattes are part of the video signal 2 Tabs The Tabs pane contains two tabs Pane The Media tab displays the list of media available in the Xedio database This is used to select the media to load in the Player pane It has the same powerful filtering and search attributes as other parts of the Xedio Suite of applications allowing to easily find the required material The Virtual Media Properties tab displays the properties and metadata of the media or virtual media loaded on the Player pane This is also used to create virtual media within the original file and assign it specific metadata 3 Virtual The Virtual Media pane gives the list of the virtual media created from the Media original file selected in the Media tab Pane Adaptable Display The layout of the Xedio Browse can be adapted to users needs The different panes can be hidden either by clicking the cross at the top right corner of each pane or by selecting one of the options of the View menu Player List area Virtual Media pane Work area Tabs pane The hidden pane s can then be displayed by selecting the corresponding option of the View menu Seven layouts are available
25. indow opens and shows the list of columns in the current order 3 To select the column s you wish to add to the view do one of the following o inthe left pane double click the column s you wish to add to the view o select them in the left pane and click the Add button 4 Toselect the column s you wish to remove from the view do one of the following o onthe right pane double click the column s you wish to remove from the view o select them on the right pane and click the left arrow 5 Click OK 2 Tabs Dane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse Y i Ordering Columns To change the columns order proceed in one of the following ways 1 Select a column header 2 Drag it to the left or right to the required place A vertical line shows the place where the column will be dropped OR 1 Right click a column header A menu is displayed 2 Select Choose Displayed Columns The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the current order Select the column name s from the Selected pane 4 Click the appropriate button o Up moves the item s before the previous one o Down moves the item s after the next one 5 Click OK Element Contextual Menu A contextual menu with the following options is available when you right click an item in the list Play Loads the media in the Player to allow the element to be browsed and modified Render List Opens the Render List window listing a
26. ine of the top field Bottom displays 25 full pictures per second each made by duplicating each line of the bottom field None displays 25 pictures per second each made from both interlaced fields 3 Player Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 3 3 Player Controls 3 3 1 Player Transport Controls Please refer to the Xedio Manager user manual for a comprehensive list of the shortcuts Controls Common to Media Player and Virtual Media Player Operation User Interface Button Shortcut Play and Pause Play Near Live a media while ingesting digitizing Go to Start of Media Go to End of Media Controls Specific to the Media Player Operation User Interface Button Shortcut Fast Forward Fast Rewind Goto Next Frame Goto Previous Frame Controls Specific to the Virtual Media Player When a virtual media is loaded on the Player the four lower transport buttons become trim buttons for the IN and OUT points of the virtual media Y Note N If the loaded virtual media is declared as published or the original media is declared as treated you will not be able to use those four buttons 3 Player 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 3 3 2 3 3 3 24 Operation User Interface Button Remove 1 frame from Mark IN point E grey Add 1 frame to Mark IN point grey Remove 1 frame from Mark OUT point Add 1 frame to Mark OUT point
27. ll types of rendering that have been done with the media Archive History Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and restore processes that were achieved for the selected media Change Properties Opens the Media Properties window which shows the properties for the selected media If a default metadata profile has been defined for the media a metadata tab is displayed and shows the media metadata See the Xedio Manager manual for more information on the selection of a profile 2 Tabs Pane 7 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 Searching for Elements in the List Introduction When the database contains large amounts of data it may become difficult to find a specific element The Xedio Suite offers several ways to speed up your search e quick text search e filters on parameters By default the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones currently visible in the grid If you wish to search in other columns and view the string you are searching for in the columns you can e add other columns to the Elements grid view e use Filters as explained in section Advanced Search on page 10 These search tools are explained in detail below An applied filter can be saved for later use Such a saved filter can then be applied in one click A search can also be facilitated by ordering the Elements grid Quick Text Search Purpose
28. media is loaded from the Tabs pane it looks as follows uen R 00 07 13 19 75 ng 00 00 00 00 DO up PAN e When a virtual media is loaded from the Virtual Media pane the Player pane looks like the following screenshot 00 00 00 00 00 00 45 24 00 01 57 12 3 Player 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3 2 22 Issue 4 40 A November 2013 Video Display Options A contextual menu is available when right clicking the Video Display area This gives display options for the video Option Show Timecode Aspect Ratio Show SafeAreas Deinterlacer Meaning This option offers various options to display timecode on the Player window none does not display timecode Start TC shows a counter starting with O at the first frame of the media Intra TC shows the original timecode of the media Both displays both the counter and the original timecode This option offers a choice of aspect ratios for the display Auto 4 3 or 16 9 This option displays a safe area cage on the window to determine which areas of the picture will be seen This allows to check the size of graphics within the media for safe display This option is used to de interlace video A submenu provides the following options Mix top bottom displays 25 full pictures per second each made by mixing the top field and the bottom field and repeating each mixed line Top displays 25 full pictures per second each made by duplicating each l
29. need to select the video and the requested audio channels Selection of the Video Channel The Video button 5 is clicked to select or remove the video So the virtual media made contains or not the video Selection of an Audio Channel The left and the right loudspeaker buttons of an audio stereo track BJ are used to select or remove respectively the left or the right channel of the corresponding audio track Clicking the left audio button will remove the left audio component from the source so that the virtual media made has no left audio channel In this case the right channel will be output on the left and right channels Clicking both left and right audio buttons will also remove the right audio component so that the virtual media made has no audio channel for this track 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 26 A mono track is removed from the selection by clicking the loudspeaker button on the right of the radio button A 5 1 audio track is removed from the selection by clicking the loudspeaker button on the right of the radio button 4 The next table summarizes how the buttons look like depending on the selection Selected Removed Video E Audio neo 5 18 518 ob Selection of the Track for Audio Monitoring The radio buttons displayed between each pair of stereo channel buttons or next to a mono or 5 1 audio channel button allow the selection of one audio track for monitoring
30. outing Description Virtual media is locked 18 General Metadatas IdFeed VirtualMedia_pge_0001 External ref Sport International 2 Tabs Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 2 4 2 Creating a Virtual Media To create a virtual media proceed as follows 1 Load the required media from the Media tab to the Player pane 2 Browse in the media until you select the Mark IN point and click the nuan button or press the J key The Mark In Timecode field is filled and appears in green The thumbnail IN is displayed 0200 17 15 A default label is automatically assigned into the Label field This can be accepted or changed at this stage or later if necessary 3 Browse in the media until you select the Mark OUT point and click the button or press the 9 key The Mark Out Timecode and the Duration fields are filled and the Mark Out Timecode field appears in red The thumbnail OUT is displayed 0 00 71 1 15 Out 02 00 21 21 Duration 4 The other fields from the General tab display the properties from the original media You can accept or modify these values and you can enter a description 5 Select the Published option if you want the other users to be able to see the virtual media 6 Inthe Metadata tab you can click in the cell next to Metadata Profile and select a metadata profile then you can enter specific metadata values in the fields 7 Click
31. the Save button to save the virtual media The Virtual Media is immediately displayed in the Virtual Media pane 2 Tabs Dane 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4 40 A November 2013 G Note A If the virtual media has been recorded as published it will be locked and not available for later update You will get the following warning message 0 This virtual media will be saved and locked Are YOU sure 1 EY Note There is an administrator setting which prevents creation of virtual media that overlap each other If this setting is active a dialogue box will open to alert the user that the virtual media overlap y rtualMedia_pge_0001 02 00 17 15 02 00 21 21 2 4 3 Auto Clipping Modes To go faster when creating the Virtual Media it is possible to avoid the action of clicking the Save button From the XedioBrowse menu of the main toolbar select Auto Clipping Modes and then Auto Save Auto Clipping Modes K Manual w Auto Save Then a virtual media will be created as soon as you have defined both the Mark IN and the Mark OUT points 20 2 Tabs Pane Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse V l 3 Player 3 1 Overview of the Player Pane The Player pane provides a video display a media bar and a jog bar to navigate within the element video and audio selection and monitoring buttons transport buttons and timecode fields It slightly differs according to the element loaded When a
32. tion The Xedio workstation may be integrated into an Active Directory domain e See section Opening Xedio Browse on page 1 Sq USER MANUAL Xedio Suite 4 40 Xedio Browse Y i 1 1 1 1 2 NEW 1 Introduction Introduction Product Description The Xedio Browse application allows a user to browse and preview media within a Xedio Suite environment The supported media can be either data already imported into the Xedio Suite or files currently being ingested into the system as a live feed With Xedio Browse the media can be segmented into several virtual media This can be useful for example to break down a single news feed including multiple stories into several sections each containing an individual story In the case of a football match virtual media can be produced with the goals or highlights directly from the incoming feed Multiple virtual media can be created from the same source The virtual media does not require any splitting of the original file as it is only made of markers placed on the original media file There is no new media file created Specific metadata can be assigned to each virtual media Opening Xedio Browse To start the Xedio Browse application select the application from Start gt Programs gt EVS Broadcast Equipment or click on the Xedio Browse shortcut icon on the desktop vedio Browse The Xedio workstation may be integrated into an Active Directory domain In this c
33. ve Filter As from the contextual menu The Filter Edit Dialog box opens 4 Entera label for the tab you are going to create and if required enter a description 5 Click OK The new filter tab is displayed on the left of the list How to Apply a Saved Filter To apply a saved filter simply click the corresponding tab 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2 4 2 4 1 Issue 4 40 A November 2013 The Virtual Media Properties Tab Overview of the Virtual Media Properties Tab The Virtual Media Properties tab can only be selected when a media is loaded on the Player pane The tab display differs according to the type of media loaded If the media is a complete or currently ingesting file Media the tab will display the properties of the loaded media and provides buttons to create virtual media from this media file Tabs Media a Virtual Media Properties Media source label Athletisme CO0040 14h03 Label Media ID 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Class Priority Duration Video Ratio Source Routing Description Please enter a label General Metadatas IdFeed External ref Undefined Shooting date If the loaded media is a virtual media file the tab will display its properties ready for update Tabs Media a Virtual Media Properties Media source label Creation date Ken Last modif date Media ID 02 00 17 15 Wa Class Priority Duration Video Ratio Source R
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