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1. select recorder TC In 20 11 2014 15 53 09 ff 01 00 Local time Thu Now 20 2014 15 53 09 GMT 0100 Romance Standard Time 20 11 2014 15 53 09 ff 01 00 Loca time Thu Now 20 2014 15 53 09 GMT 0100 Romance Standard Time W Create another H Create Cancel The steps from 2 to 5 are performed in the Create Publication Item window 2 Select the video standard to be used for the video among PAL NTSC drop frame or non drop frame 3 Select a recorder from the Recorder field taking the following information into account o Foramonocam publication item one video asset will be created for the selected recorder o For a multicam publication item video assets will be created for all recorders belonging to the gangs of the selected recorder 4 Doone of the following to select the date and time for the TC IN point of the video asset s o gt Type a requested date and time for the TC IN point taking into account the timecode of the EVS server where the clip will be created o gt Click Now to take the local computer date and time as TC IN point You should keep the time zone of the computer you are working in 5 Repeat step 4 to define the date and time for the TC OUT point 6 Click Create The publication item is added to the production timeline at the position that corresponds to the defined TC IN It includes one or more video assets and the associated AV content If the C Cast Agent from which the job s
2. to respectively request the publication item to be published or not to be published The publication item is set to Publish or Unpublish Proceed in the same way for all publication items Video Asset Status and Availability This section provides a summary of the publication statuses indicated by the bars on the left of the Publication Item boxes and Video Asset boxes Status Bar of Video Assets Color Meaning Gray Pending video asset This is the status of a video asset still to be handled Once a video asset has been handled it can never come back to this status By default the video assets have the Pending status except if this video asset has been configured to be automatically published the C Cast Central Administration Red Unpublished video asset This status is assigned to a video asset when the user has selected the Unpublish icon Ez in the video asset box Such a video asset will not be published to viewers and partners as part of its publication item Orange Publishing in progress This status is assigned to a video asset when the user has selected the Publish icon in the video asset box but the video asset is not available yet to viewers and partners as part of its publication item Green Published status This status is assigned to a video asset when the user has selected the Publish icon y and the video asset is available to viewers and partners as part of its publication item 64 5 Publishing and Di
3. q As soon as one single video asset included in a publication item has the status Published and is available the publication status of the associated publication item set to Publish will have its status change from orange to green It will then be available to viewers and partners Metadata 2 The upper part of the Publication Item box displays the first metadata field of the production metadata profile managed in C Cast Administrator Thumbnail 3 This is the reference thumbnail that will be used to illustrate the publication item to the viewers or partners The duration of the largest number of video assets is displayed on the thumbnail of the publication item Another reference thumbnail from the video assets can be selected in the Content pane or a user defined image can be selected in the Definition pane See section Changing the Thumbnail of a Publication Item on page 48 2 User Interface V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 2 User Interface Publication Buttons 4 The publication item buttons allow you to publish the publication item to the defined publication channels Jf ve allows you to set the publication item status to Publish When you change the status to Publish the publication item is available to viewers and partners on the condition that at least one of its video asset is published and available Ez allows you to set the publication item status to Unpublish See section Publi
4. Interface Inherited Field Values In a workflow with IPDirector for example the values of the metadata fields are retrieved from IPDirector and displayed in the Metadata area if the PDirector field names match the field names of the metadata profile of the current production Auto Completed Field Values One or more fields in the Metadata area can be followed by an Auto check box When this check box is selected the field value is automatically filled in based on the keywords associated to the publication item The auto completion mechanism is managed in C Cast Central and is based on a dictionary of text strings and text variables associated to keywords Three situations can occur e When the Auto check box is available it is selected by default and the auto completion is active The field is read only and the field value is automatically completed when you enter one or more keywords If the entered keywords are not present in the dictionary linked to the given metadata field in C Cast Central the field value will not be auto completed e When the Auto check box is available and you unselect it the auto completion is not active The field is editable and you can fill it manually In this case you can always select the Auto check box back which reactivates the auto completion removes the entered text and fills in the field with text based on the keywords e When the field is not followed by an Auto check box you ca
5. Interface User Interface Overview of the Main Window Introduction The main window of C Cast Publisher contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Cast Publisher Barcetone juventus Tn T v x D MIE LT v gt gt aa ey MSY a ong Ro i by hee ela oa CE adi ff P al A eal A ASRNI n D Byw ba The main window is made up of the following zones described in details below Part Area Name J Menu bar 2 Production Timeline pane al Edition pane Area Description Menu Bar 1 The menu bar gives access to the following menus e Create Publication Item e Production Site EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 In addition the user name displayed on the right of the menu bar gives access to the following items e My Profile e Log out See section Overview of the Menu bar on page 17 Production Timeline Pane 2 The Production Timeline pane displays the production timeline that means the publication items related to the current production ordered in reverse chronological order The publication items are automatically refreshed as they are available in C Cast Central The production timeline is the access point to each publication item and the area where you can publish the publication items See section Overview of the Production Timeline Pane on page 11 Edition Pane 3 The Edition pane allows you to edit the publication item selected in the production
6. Publisher 3 2 O 2 User Interface Field Description Status Bar 1 The Status Bar provides information on the publication status of the video asset based on its color Color Gray Red Orange Green N Meaning Pending video asset This is the status of a video asset still to be handled Once a video asset has been handled it can never come back to this status By default the video assets have the Pending status except if this video asset has been configured to be automatically published in the C Cast Administrator Unpublished video asset This status is assigned to a video asset when the user has selected the Unpublish icon x in the video asset box Such a video asset will not be published to viewers and partners as part of its publication item Publishing in progress This status is assigned to a video asset when the user has selected the Publish icon in the video asset box but the video asset is not available yet to viewers and partners as part of its publication item because for example some transcoding processes are still in progress Published status This status is assigned to a video asset when the user has selected the Publish icon v and the video asset is available to viewers and partners as part of its publication item Note Being included in a publication item a video asset can only be available to viewers and partners when the publication item it belongs to has been set to Publis
7. Status Bar 1 on page 37 e video asset ID e video asset description e recorder short code system Displays information on jobs thumbnails video required for video assets to be displayed in C Cast Publisher Contribution Displays information on jobs required for the contribution workflow Such jobs generate mezzanine files Distribution Displays information on jobs required for the distribution workflow Such jobs generate renditions to be made available to viewers or partners Action Displays commands you can apply on a job group linked to the video asset 40 2 User Interface V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 2 User Interface Video Asset Monitoring Summary 3 All video assets of the selected publication item are displayed in the Monitoring pane in the same order as in the Content pane By default the monitoring information on an individual video asset is displayed as a row in the table It provides summary information about the System Contribution or Distribution jobs See section Video Asset Monitoring Summary on page 42 Job Statuses on page 41 for more information Video Asset Monitoring Details 4 When you click on a row the monitoring information on the corresponding video asset is expanded into a box in the table The box provides detailed information about the System Contribution or Distribution jobs See section Video Asset Monitoring Details on page 43 and Job Statuses on pa
8. aid n IPDirector 2 C Cast IPConnect File Transfers Program Feed A i N i Fa O Content l 7 Delivery 5 7 l Network l l t 7 qy Transcoded video E amp metadata par PC Cast Central Stadium ulticam an se Connected P TV Transcoders n E 4 4 Preview amp Mezzanine C Cast Agent CLOUD Web IlOS Android lLogical entity that contains a media part of the publication item ex thumb asset or video asset It is characterized among others by a source an IN point an OUT point It does not contain any formatting information For example each camera of a multicamera publication item is a video asset 2 1 Introduction a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 1 2 1 Introduction Concepts This section describes the main concepts used in the C Cast Publisher These terms as well as other ones are included in the general C Cast glossary available as a supplement to the manual Production Collection of publication items related to a specific event and or venue and produced on a given broadcast setup with the same configuration Publication Item A publication item is an element created during the production that features a single incident and includes all its metadata and related video assets Such an incident could be an action e g goal or an external event e g statistic A publication item is the first level of building blocks in a production A production contai
9. associated to the publication item it is displayed as a box including e across in front of the keyword that allows you to remove the keyword e ablack box left corresponding to the keyword value e agray box right corresponding to the keyword type 2 4 3 Metadata Area Introduction The Metadata area displays the metadata of the selected publication item gt Metadata Metadata Profile Event Title England italy Auto Mario BALOTELLI 2 scored a goal Description Metadata Profile Multicarn Multicam data The metadata fields to be displayed in the Metadata area are defined in C Cast Administrator The metadata fields displayed in a publication item come from two types of metadata profiles e Production Metadata Profile This profile is associated to the production in the production configuration in C Cast Administrator All publication items in a production will therefore include the metadata fields of this profile e Publication Type Metadata Profile Such a profile is associated to each publication type in the C Cast Central settings The fields from the Publication Type Metadata profile will therefore depend on the publication type In C Cast Publisher you cannot add or remove metadata fields but you can edit the field values See section Editing the Publication Item Metadata on page 47 for more information on editing metadata 24 2 User Interface V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 OO 2 User
10. correspond to keywords defined in the keyword file The matching of keywords is case sensitive How to Add Keywords and Metadata from a Log To add keywords and metadata from a log into a publication item proceed as follows 1 Select the requested publication item in the production timeline on the left The Definition pane opens with information related to the selected publication item as well as the associated logs 2 If you want to check the keyword and metadata information associated to a log in the Log pane point to the Info icon to display the keyword and metadata information of the log This Info box disappears when you move the mouse outside the box foul suffered 2 Keywords PLAYER KWS Javier Alejandro TIME 90 42 Metadata MATCH NUMBER 3 SCORE A 1 SCORE B 0 SCORE PENALTY A 0 SCORE PENALTY B 0 TEAM A ARG TEAM 8 NGA T2 17 29 37 AS 3 Managing Publication Items V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 3 3 3 Inthe Logs pane click the button of the log you want to apply to the publication item foul committed A0T ONG 12 TST 12 FOZ The matching metadata fields and keywords are imported into the publication item Editing the Publication Item Metadata Introduction In C Cast Publisher the metadata fields are displayed in two areas e The metadata fields are displayed in the Definition pane Metadata area The list of fields displayed is defined in C Cast Adminis
11. displayed in the summary eet eC e Number of jobs successfully processed in the group e Total number of jobs in the group Action Not applicable in the summary view 2 User Interface a V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Pe 2 6 3 2 User Interface Video Asset Monitoring Details Introduction In the Monitoring tab detailed monitoring information on a video asset of the selected publication item appears when you click in the row corresponding to a video asset in the Monitoring pane 3 3 ThumbSystem ThumbwallSystem Mezzanine Standard VideoSystem redler Job Groups In the Video Asset Monitoring Details dark grey boxes are used to visually group related jobs together and to show which actions can be performed on these jobs e When the dark grey box contains job s in the Contribution and Distribution columns the job in the Contribution column consists in the mezzanine file and the jobs in the Distribution columns in the renditions of the mezzanine files for the distribution workflow thumb iPad Mezzanine Standard Aumb m_ iPad Transfer thumb m i hls fortos iPad 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 44 Field Description Issue 3 2 A June 2015 The detailed monitoring information for a video asset of the selected publication item is the following Column Name Rec ID System Contribution Distribution Action Description This field displays the general
12. for processing the video asset and to change the priority ranking when requested By default the processing priority appears as low when the video asset is set to Unpublish When the video asset is set to Publish either by the Publisher operator or via the auto publish mechanism its processing priority is automaticaly set to medium The following table presents the available priority levels for a video asset Meaning Video asset with low processing priority Video asset with medium processing priority Video asset with high processing priority Video asset with urgent processing priority 38 2 User Interface V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 2 6 2 6 1 Cam_00 Des 00 Cam_03 Des 03 NoSource NoSource 2 User Interface Publication Buttons 5 The Publication buttons allow you to specify whether the video asset should be published as part of its publication item when the latter is will be set to Publish allows you to set the video asset status to Publish Ez allows you to set the video asset status to Unpublish When you set a video asset to Unpublish all ongoing or pending processes for this video asset are aborted If you republish after aborting the process C Cast will relaunch the publishing process from the start Monitoring Pane Overview of the Monitoring Pane Introduction The Monitoring pane displays the status of all jobs associated to each video asset of the selected pu
13. information on the video asset from left to right e video asset publication status e video asset ID e video asset description e recorder short code The following detailed information on each system job associated to the given video asset is displayed e processing status of the job e name of the system job internal not user defined The following detailed information on each contribution job associated to the given video asset is displayed e processing status of the job e name of the mezzanine used for the job The following detailed information on each distribution job associated to the given video asset is displayed e processing status of the job e name of the activity used for the job e name of the publication channel group for example EES The following command buttons can be displayed depending on the job processing status e Retry button to retry all jobs in the group 2 User Interface V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 3 3 1 Managing Publication Items Adding Keywords to a Publication Item Introduction Keyword grids are defined in C Cast Administrator for each production In these grids the keywords are associated to keyword types You can manage keywords as follows in C Cast Publisher e Associate keywords to a publication item e Remove keywords already associated to the publication item How to Access the Keywords Area The keywords are managed from the Ke
14. section Adding a Video Asset on page 55 for more information on fields 4 Click Save Managing the Processing Priority of a Video Asset Introduction The video assets are processed before they are set to Publish in C Cast Publisher This allows video assets to be ready as soon as possible when they are set to Publish You can change the priority level taken into account for processing a video asset after it has been created and before it is set to Publish which provides a more flexible and reactive process See section Processing Priority Icons 4 on page 38 for a description of the processing priority histogram and levels 4 Managing Video Assets 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Initial Assignment of Processing Priority Levels The default processing priority level of the video assets that are Unpublish is initially Low 1 bar The default processing priority level of a video asset set to Publish either with the auto publish mechanism or by the operator is Medium 2 bars The processing priority level of added video assets based on other recorders is assigned when you add the video assets via the Request Video Asset button If you add the recorders by gang you cannot assign the highest priority level for the whole gang The processing priority level of new video assets with external media content is defined as you add the video asset via the Add Video Asset button and related window Processin
15. the Channel menu the Channels window is displayed and features the following information described in the table below C Cast Ceritral Production Channels Vod Team Belgium Date Type Status Metadata Action elg 06 05 2014 05 20 00 evs monocam Pending Half time analysis of BRA v 64 Vod Team Brazil 06 05 2014 05 15 20 evs multicam Published The bench of BRA A 05 05 2014 02 00 23 evs multicam Pending Shot of a sad bel fan test g 08 05 2014 19 35 46 evs monocam Pending Shot of a sad ita fan 4 08 05 2014 11 39 23 evs monocam Pending Shot of happy Urugay fans Channel List 1 The channel list displays all the publication channels defined in C Cast Administrator When you select a publication channel on the left all publication items associated to the publication channel are displayed on the right Publication Item List 2 The Publication Item List displays all the publication items associated to the publication channel selected on the left Each channel is presented as a row including the following information from left to right e date and time e publication type e publication status e publication metadata e Open Publication Item button When you click the Open Publication Item button corresponding to a publication item of the right production C Cast Publisher opens with the focus on the given publication item 8 1 Introduction V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 2 2 1 2 User
16. timeline as well as to monitor the jobs associated to the publication item At the top of this area you can select one of the following panes e Definition Pane on page 20 e Content Pane on page 33 e Monitoring Pane on page 39 2 User Interface a V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 2 2 2 2 1 2 User Interface Production Timeline Pane Overview of the Production Timeline Pane Introduction The Production Timeline pane displays all publication items that have been created in the given production They are listed in a reverse chronological order from the most recent to the least recent The order is based on the date assigned to the publication item The Production Timeline pane contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below g Barcelone Juventus a Match 1 x E ES v IMSL 4 Mng ome oO Comer Barcelona Di ro Marchisio juventus scores a goal O wi 7 pnt of o F i The main window is made up of the following zones described in details below Part Area Name A Production Information box 2 Publication Item filter 3 Publication Item box EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Area Description Production Information Box 1 At the top of the Production Timeline pane the Production Information box displays the following information from top to bottom e Production name e Production description Publication Item Filter 2 O
17. to the other video assets of the publication item yet Procedure To add a video asset with media content from a recorder or ganged recorders proceed as follows 1 In the production timeline on the left select the publication item you want to add an asset to Press CJ to open the Content pane In the Content pane select the Request Video Asset button on the left of the toolbar Request Video Asset The Request Video Asset window opens and shows the recorders associated to the connected C Cast and not associated yet to a video asset of the publication item It also shows the gangs these recorders are part of Request Video Asset Gangs Special Cams Recorders Steadycam cam06 4 Managing Video Assets 57 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 4 2 58 4 Inthe Requeste Video Asset window click the requested priority level in the histogram of the gang or recorder for which you want to add the associated video assets Request Video Asset Gangs Special Cams Recorders Steadycam cam06 The window closes and a notification appears in the upper right part of the main window to inform you the requested video asset s are being added The video assets will soon appear in the Content pane Installing the Plugin for High Speed Transfers Before you upload an external file for the first time and want to use High Speed transfer a Download Aspera Connect dialog box will be di
18. 1 2 User Interface V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 2 4 2 2 User Interface Keywords Area Introduction The keywords associated to the selected publication item are displayed in the Keywords area in the Definition pane Each keyword value is associated to a keyword type The keyword types are configured in C Cast Administrator The keyword types make it possible to derive additional information and provide enhanced information to viewers and partners for example displaying icons or generating sentences based on keywords To be assigned to an existing keyword type the keywords need to be part of a keyword grid defined in C Cast Administrator You can add keywords to the list or remove them See section Adding Keywords to a Publication Item on page 45 The Keyword area is made up of the following zones Part Area Name T Keywords Search field 2 Associated Keywords Field Description Keywords Search Field 1 The Keywords Search field lets you search for and select the keyword s you want to assign to the selected publication item e When you do not enter a text string in the field the whole keyword list is displayed as a drop down list e When you enter a text string the list is dynamically filtered and displays only the keywords that include the text string 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Associated Keywords 2 When a keyword is selected and
19. C Cast Administrator you can set each video asset to Auto Publish in the production configuration The video asset s set to Auto Publish will automatically be set to Publish in all publication items where it is included in the given production 5 Publishing and Distributing Publication Items 61 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 0 2 62 The Auto Publish feature can obviously speed up the publication process and the media availability to viewers and partners Publish or Unpublish Status The publication process requires that you set the publication status of all publication items of a production and of its associated video assets e You will set to Publish the publication items and video assets you want to be available for the viewers and or partners e You will set to Unublish the publication items and video assets you do not want to be available for the viewers and or partners It is important you set each element you handle to Publish or Unpublish and not leave the initial pending status to easily identify the elements you still have to handle in the C Cast Publisher You can publish video assets first and then publication items or vice versa Publication Status Information A status bar and status icons in the Publication Item box as well as a status bar in the Video Asset box provide you more visual and summary information on the the publication status Refer to the sections mentioned below for a ful
20. C Cast URL ina Google Chrome web browser The Login dialog box opens Cast Central User Name Password Organisation amp Login Lost your password 2 Type the credentials you have received for username password and organization 3 Click Login Your are logged on to C Cast Central and the C Cast Operator window opens if you have the Publisher Operator user role Accessing C Cast Publisher from the C Cast Operator Window If you are a user with the Publisher Operator role the C Cast Operator window opens after you have logged in To access C Cast Publisher from the C Cast Operator window proceed as follows 1 Inthe C Cast Operator window click the Production menu to access the Production window 2 Click Future Productions or Past Productions on the left depending on whether your production is past more than 6 hours in the past or future future or less than 6 hours in the past The list of future or past productions opens on the right C Cast Central Production Channels Log out Future Productions 2 Date Production Action Past Productions 53 gt 2014 04 28 IPDLOADTEST C3 Open workspace gt 2014 05 12 ProdNCO Open workspace EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 1 4 3 Click the Open Publisher button corresponding to the production you want to work on The C Cast Publisher opens in a new window The production timeline on the left area is automatically populate
21. Channels area 5 Publishing and Distributing Publication Items 65 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Assignment Rules When a publication item is included manually in a publication channel and this publication channel was already present in the automatic links the publication channel is removed from the Automatic Links area and added to the Manual Links area Should the manual link to the publication channel be removed in a later stage the given channel would be added back to the automatic links e when the user applies the changes e if the publication item would still be associated to the publication channel based on the rules defined in the C Cast Administrator How to Add a Publication Item Manually to a Publication Channel To add a publication item to a publication channel proceed as follows 1 Inthe production timeline on the left select the publication item you want to associate to publication channels 6 2 Press LJ to open the Definition pane 3 Inthe Channels area in the Publication Channel Search field under Manual Link type a text string included or corresponding to a publication channel Manual Links goals_e foals esp goals esp foals eng goals_eng foals ecu goals_ecu The list of publication channels is dynamically updated to display only the publication channels matching the criteria entered 4 Select the requested publication channel from the list displayed
22. Default Thumbnail button allows you to use a thumbnail selected in the Thumbnail area as the reference thumbnail for the selected publication item Ea Set as default thumbnail Filter Buttons 2 On the Content pane a filter allows you to display the video assets based on their publication status Several filtering criteria can be selected at the same time and all video assets matching one of the filtering criteria are displayed By default the filtering is not active and all video assets are displayed 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Filter Icon Meaning To display the video assets set to Publish x To display the video assets set to Unpublish F To display the video assets that are still pending that means for which no publication button has been selected yet 2 5 3 Video Asset List Introduction On the left of the Content pane each video asset is represented by a Video Asset box similar to the following one displayed in the Video Asset list This area allows you among others to publish a video asset within a publication item and manually assign it a processing priority Main Camera carn The main window is made up of the following zones which are described in details below Part AreaName Status bar Video Asset Number Video Asset Metadata and commands Processing Priority icons Publication buttons OF eS E 36 2 User Interface V USER MANUAL C Cast
23. Inthe Thumbnail area click the image you want to use as a thumbnail Ea Set as default thumbnail l ICON Or PFESS te 5 Inthe toolbar click the The thumbnail is automatically updated in the publication item 48 3 Managing Publication Items a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 OO 3 9 How to Upload a User Defined Image as a Thumbnail To upload a user defined image as a thumbnail proceed as follows 1 Inthe production timeline on the left select the publication item you want to change the thumbnail of eJ to open the Definition pane In the General area roll over the thumbnail click Upload Image displayed on the thumbnail Press 4 Inthe Open window point and select the requested image and click Open to validate the requested image 5 Click Apply at the bottom of the window to validate the action The new thumbnail is associated to the publication item and displayed in the publication item in the production timeline Changing the Date and Time ofa Publication Item Introduction When a publication item is added to the production timeline it is assigned a date and time based on the following rules e Foraclip the date and time correspond to the clip TC IN e Foraplaylist the date and time correspond to date and time of the user s computer when the playlist was created The time zone initially specified next to the publication item date and time is the one of the computer on wh
24. Monocam Video Asset field select the video asset you want to keep in your monocam publication item Ciri Enter Press eJ at the bottom of the Definition pane to validate the changes How to Change a Publication Item from Monocam to Multicam To change a publication item from multicam to monocam proceed as follows iP Select the requested publication item in the production timeline on the left LJ to open the Definition pane In the General area select evs multicam from the Type field Press The Monocam Video Asset field disappears Ct Enter Press eJ at the bottom of the Definition pane to validate the changes 3 Managing Publication Items 51 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 7 52 Creating a Publication Item Introduction You can create new publication items from the Create Publication Item menu See section Create Publication Item Menu on page 18 You might want to add a publication item for different reasons You want to add a new publication item based on one or more recorders for a given timecode range you know Such a publication item created from content ingested to EVS servers and for a given timecode range can have a monocam or multicam type Usually you will not create such publication items manually during a production this operation is neither straightforward or rapid But this is useful when you have no IPDirector at hand and need to test
25. USER MANUAL Version 3 2 June 2015 ee ne V gt a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 OO Disclaimer This manual and the information contained herein are the sole property of EVS Broadcast Equipment SA and or its affiliates EVS and are provided as is without any expressed or implied warranties including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose In particular EVS makes no warranty regarding the use or the consequences of use of this manual and the information contained herein Furthermore EVS may not be held liable for any direct or indirect incidental punitive or consequential loss damage cost or expense of any kind whatsoever and howsoever resulting from the normal or abnormal use of this manual and the information contained herein even if advised of the possibility of such loss damage cost or expense While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS cannot be held liable for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication The information in this manual is furnished for informational purpose and use only and subject to change without notice This manual cancels and replaces any previous versions thereof Copyright Copyright 2014 2015 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced transcribed stored in a database o
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27. addensceoodvaoieuseussssauceebessivers 31 2 5 Content Pane __ 22 22 o cic lcee cee cece cee cee cece cece ee ceeceeceecceecceseeseesees 33 2 5 1 Overview of the Content Pane _ 2 0 22 lle e eee eee eee eee cee cess 33 2 9 2 Toolbar _ 2 0 ili cece eee ee eee cece ee cee cee eeeeeseeceseeseeees 35 2 5 3 Video Asset List cise sees Goeu vec eee tute sees soeewse se weceeesteaeencece 36 2 6 Monitoring Pane 0 2 2 2 e eee cee ce eee cee cee cee cece cece eee ceeeeees 39 2 6 1 Overview of the Monitoring Pane 0 20 0 022 c cece eee eee eee 39 2 6 2 Video Asset Monitoring Summary 22 222 222 eee eee eee ee eee 42 2 6 3 Video Asset Monitoring Details 000000 020022 e eee eee ee eee 43 3 MANAGING PUBLICATION ITEMS 0 0 00 00 45 3 1 Adding Keywords to a Publication Item _ 2 2 02 22 22 cece cece eee eee eee cess 45 3 2 Adding Keywords and Metadata From a Log 0 02 222 eee cece eee ee eee 46 3 3 Editing the Publication Item Metadata 00 0 0022 c cece eee ee cece eee eee ee 47 3 4 Changing the Thumbnail of a Publication Item _ 2 02 022 222 2 22222222 e ee 48 III EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 5 3 6 3 7 4 1 4 2 4 3 5 1 5 2 L3 Changing the Date and Time of a Publication Item _ 0 000 200 0022 2222222 49 Changing the Publication Item Mono
28. al video assets to it Such a publication item will include video assets with media content between the specified TC IN and TC OUT from the gang of recorders the selected recorder belongs to This allows creating a new publication item of monocam type without associating a video asset to it This allows creating a new publication item of multicam type without associating video assets to it This allows you to created a new publication item of one of the other available types C Note q No video assets will be associated to publication items created from scratch You have to add the requested video assets later via the Add Video Asset command in the Content pane Production Site Menu Introduction The Production Site menu allows you to view which C Cast Agents and C Cast IP Connects are connected and running on the C Cast workflow The Production Site menu lists all C Cast Agent and C Cast IP Connect defined in the production configuration in C Cast Central 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 The production sites can have he following statuses Connection Status Icon Meaning cy Never used A Not connected cy Connected The screenshot below shows an example of a Production Site menu Production Site CA C Cast Agent Studio CA C Cast Agent Truck CO IPDConnector Demo 2 4 Definition Pane 2 4 1 Overview of the Definition Pane Introduction The Definition pane allows you to perf
29. all channel names are displayed To filter the publication channel list enter a text string included or corresponding to the requested channel The list is dynamically filtered and displays only the publication channels matching the search criteria Manual Links Field W Goal When a publication channel is selected from the Publication Channel Search and associated to the publication item it is displayed as a box including e across in front of the channel that allows you to remove the publication channel e ablack box left corresponding to the name of the publication channel e agray box right corresponding to the short code of the publication channel The selected publication item will be distributed with all associated publication channels Automatic Links Area 2 The Automatic Links area lists the publication channel s the selected publication item automatically belongs to In C Cast Administrator administrators can associate one or more productions and or keyword sets to a publication channel The publication items will be included in a publication channel based on these associations The publication items belonging to at least one production and having at least one keyword in common with the criteria defined in the publication channel will automatically be linked to this publication channel In C Cast Publisher the association to the publication channel is recomputed each time the publication item is saved Autom
30. ally refreshed every few seconds It is only displayed if the Auto Refresh option has been activated in the C Cast Administrator 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Log Fields 2 foul committed 2010062 TAFT TS HOA The Log field acts as a button and allows you to apply the keywords and metadata from the corresponding log into the selected publication item The log data will only be applied if the name of the keywords or metadata fields in the log perfectly matches case sensitivity those in the publication item You can click anywhere in the Log field The following log information is displayed in each field corresponding to a log e Log title e Log date and time Info Button 3 A mouseover on the Info button opens a pop up window that displays the keywords and metadata associated to the log foul suffered 3 Keywords PLAYER KWS Javier Alejandro TIME 90 2 Metadata MATCH NUMBER 3 SCORE A 1 SCORE B 0 SCORE PENALTY A 0 SCORE PENALTY E 0 TEAM A ARG TEAM E NGA y p F yy 32 2 User Interface a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 2 9 2 5 1 2 User Interface Content Pane Overview of the Content Pane Introduction The Content pane mainly allows you to publish video assets included in the publication item selected in the production timeline The Content pane contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Marchisio Juve
31. and validate the C Cast workflow You want to add a new publication item with external media content Such a publication item created from scratch can belong to any type available in C Cast Publisher monocam multicam or custom type This allows you to address a lot of different use cases for example o Adding the mp4 mezzanine files of an existing publication available in the national language In this case you will create a new publication item with all requested video assets and upload the dubbed mezzanine file o Adding any other useful content that you want to link to a recorder in the client application monocam or multicam o Adding any other useful content such as weather forecasts specialist interviews statistics etc o gt Adding a publication item of News type for example How to Create a Monocam Multicam Publication Item Based on a Timecode To create amonocam or multicam publication item based on a timecode proceed as follows 1 From the Create Publication Item menu select one of the following menu options o gt From TC gt Monocam to create a monocam publication item o From TC gt Multicam to create a multicam publication item 3 Managing Publication Items V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Pe The Create Publication Item window opens Create Publication Item From TC Multicam IP Director Video Standard PAL NTSC drop frame NTSC non drop frame Recorder
32. anual Marchisio juventus commits a f yul ma Aaah ps y AEN EA MSNA Age ce o Ro The main window is made up of the following zones described in details below Part Area Name 1 Status bar Metadata Thumbnail Publication Item Properties 2 3 4 Publication Buttons 5 6 Publication Status Icons Field Description This section provides a description of all elements of the Publication Item box from top to bottom and from left to right EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Status Bar 1 The status bar provides information on the status of the publication item based on its color Color Meaning Gray Pending publication item This is the initial status of a new publication item Once the user has handled the publication item it can never come back to this status Red Unpublished publication item This status is assigned to the publication item when the user has selected the Unpublish icon Such a publication item will not be available to viewers or partners Orange Publishing in progress This status is assigned to the publication item when the user has selected the Publish icon v but not a single video asset included in the publication item is published and already available Green Published status This status is assigned to the publication item when the user has selected the Publish icon y and at least one video asset is published and available to viewers or partners q Note
33. atic Links Field The automatic links are displayed in the same way as manual links However no cross is displayed in front of the automatic link as you cannot exclude a publication item from a publication channel it is automatically included in 2 User Interface 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 2 4 5 28 General Area Introduction In the Definition pane the General area displays the information which characterizes the selected publication item gt General Display ID 17 Date Now 15 06 2015 04 15 19 02 00 ocal time Mon Jun 15 2075 0415 19 GMT 0200 Romance Daylight Time Type evs monocam Monocam Video l Asset Main Camera cam01 Thumbnail a N ES ie k asia feng See section Managing Publication Items on page 45 for specific actions performed in the General area Field Description Display ID The Display ID is the Publication Item ID It is an identifier assigned to each publication item in a given production It is unique in a given production It provides a reference when you work in the timeline Date Now 22 10 2014 10 05 11 02 00 BSP SR Ta PER em tn inte Aa NN ie Wed Oct 22 2014 10 05 11 GHT 0200 Romance Dayligzh n The Date field provides the date and time assigned to the publication item e Foraclip the date and time correspond to the clip TC IN e Foraplaylist the date and time correspond to date and time of the user s computer when the playlist was
34. ations relating to one player city type of actions e g goals etc A publication item has to be included into and published in a publication channel to be published to viewers and partners This inclusion can be either automatic based on rules or manual Rendition The renditions are the physical resources with a given format codec and resolution that include the media content defined in an video asset Different renditions are required to cover a variety of usages The renditions are the third level of building blocks in a production below the video asset A single video asset can have one or more renditions Accessing C Cast Publisher Introduction Before you access C Cast Publisher you need to log into C Cast Central via the general login window Once you are logged in to C Cast Central you will access C Cast Publisher for a given production in different ways depending on your user role e As a user with the Publisher Operator role you will access C Cast Publisher from the C Cast Operator window e As a user with the Administrator role you can access the C Cast Publisher from C Cast Administrator window G Note q C Cast Central has been validated and optimized for Google Chrome It is therefore recommended to use this web browser 1 Introduction V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 1 Introduction Logging in to C Cast Central To log into C Cast Central proceed as follows 1 Type the
35. blication item The monitoring information is displayed in a table layout described in this topic e Summary monitoring information on the video asset of the selected publication item is displayed as row of the table See section Video Asset Monitoring Summary on page 42 e Detailed monitoring information is available when you click anywhere in the row to expand it See section Video Asset Monitoring Details on page 43 The following screenshot shows the Monitoring pane with all collapsed rows as it is displayed when you open it THUMBS M Applica ANDROID CLIPS 4 iOS CUPS Applica 1OS CUPS LIGHT Applica 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 The Content pane is made up of the following zones described in details below Part Area Name T Edition tabs 2 Monitoring Fields 3 Video Asset Monitoring Summary 4 Video Asset Monitoring Details Area Description Edition Tabs 1 The Edition tabs allows you to select the requested tab Definition Content or Monitoring and display the related information in the Edition pane Monitoring Fields 2 The monitoring information on the individual video assets is displayed in a table structure with the following columns Column Name Description Rec ID Displays the following information on the video asset from left to right e video asset publication status The status is represented by the same colored status bar as in the Content pane See section
36. cam or Multicam Type 2 50 Creating a Publication Item 2 22 2 eee cece cee cece ccc ceeceeceeceeceecee 52 MANAGING VIDEO ASSETS l 00 0 55 Adding a Video Asset 0 00 2222 cece cee eee ee eee ee ee ee eee e eee 95 Editing a Video Asset 00 22 o ccc cee ccc cece cee cece cece eceeccecceccecececeeceeees 58 Managing the Processing Priority of a Video Asset 00 20222 022222222 59 PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTING PUBLICATION ITEMS 61 Overview of the Publishing Process 002 e cee cece cee cece cecceccceceecees 61 Publishing Video Assets and Publication Items 2 22 222222 22 62 Adding the Publication Items to a Publication Channel 222 222 2 65 APPENDIX 1 SHORTCUTS 0000o00oo ooo 68 Table of Contents a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 1 1 1 1 Introduction Introduction Product Description Description C Cast Publisher allows users to manage the distribution of media created on and or associated to a production in the C Cast workflow The C Cast Publisher is used in a distribution workflow to select and prepare publication items for distribution edit their metadata and publish them to viewers ready to consume or to partners ready to process C Cast Publisher Workflow With C Cast Publisher the operators select and publish the publication items which have to be delivered to vie
37. created The time zone initially specified next to the publication item date and time is the one of the computer on which the clips or playlists have been created The Local time specified is the one of the computer used to access C Cast Publisher 2 User Interface V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 2 4 6 2 User Interface The Now button makes it possible to assign the current date time and time zone of the user s computer to the publication item See section Changing the Date and Time of a Publication Item on page 49 Warning The Date field is taken into account to order the publication items in the production timeline in reverse chronological order Changing the date and time of a publication item will therefore change its position in the production timeline Type The Type field describes the type of publication item The following types are possible e evs multicam for a publication item featuring an action with multiple camera angles and therefore including several video assets e evs monocam for a publication item featuring an action with a single camera angle and therefore including a single video asset e other types defined in the C Cast Administrator such as Stats Weather etc In C Cast Publisher it is possible to change a multicam publication item to a monocam publication item or vice versa and to come back to the initial type of publication item See section Changing the Publicatio
38. d C Cast Agents 8 2 IE The To Do icon specifies the number of video assets in pending status in the Content pane That means you still need to review these video assets and decide whether to publish them or not 2 The Published icon is made up of two figures e The white figure corresponds to all published video assets including the ones which are still being processed and therefore not available yet e The green figure corresponds to the number of video assets published and available to viewers and partners The Clip Number icon specifies the total number of video assets published unpublished or pending 16 2 User Interface a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 as 2 3 Menu Bar 2 3 1 Overview of the Menu bar The menu bar in C Cast Publisher includes the following menus described in individual sections c Cast Publisher v Create Publication Item v Production Sites Menu Description Create Publication Item Allows users to create new publication items See section Create Publication Item Menu on page 18 Production Site Allows users to view which C Cast Agent and C Cast IP Connect applications are running on the setup See section Production Site Menu on page 19 The user name who is logged on is displayed on the right of the menu bar The down arrow on the right of the user name gives access to the following items amp Anne Delbruyere demostaging My profile Log out I
39. d of the production metadata profile displayed in the Metadata area Edition Tabs 2 The Edition tabs allows you to select the requested tab Definition Content or Monitoring and display the related information in the Edition pane Keywords Area 3 The Keywords area displays the keywords associated to the selected publication item See section Keywords Area on page 23 for a detailed description of this area Metadata Area 4 The Metadata area displays the metadata of the publication item selected in the production timeline See section Metadata Area on page 24 for a detailed description of this area Channel Area 5 The Channel area displays the publication channels the selected publication item belongs to The link s between a publication item and publication channel s can be defined automatically or manually See section Channels Area on page 26 General Area 6 The fields in the General area provide general information on the selected publication item See section General Area on page 28 General Commands 7 The general commands allow you to save apply cancel the modifications to a selected publication item or to archive the selected publication item See section General Commands on page 29 Logs Pane 8 The Logs pane allow you to associate a log to a publication item and therefore import the keywords and metadata from the log to the publication item See section Logs Pane on page 3
40. d with the publication items of the production selected in the C Cast Operator window Accessing C Cast Publisher from the C Cast Administrator Window If you are an administrator the C Cast Administrator application opens after you have logged in To access C Cast Publisher from C Cast Administrator proceed as follows 1 In C Cast Central select the Contribution tab 2 Select your production from the Production tree on the left The Production Configuration pane opens on the right 4 Open workspace 3 Click the Configuration pane button on the top right corner of the Production The C Cast Publisher opens in a new window The production timeline on the left area is automatically populated with the publication items of the production selected in the C Cast Operator window C Cast Operator Window Introduction The C Cast Operator window opens after logging in as a user with the Publisher Operator role It displays two different views based on the menu selected in the menu bar e Productions view when the Productions menu is selected The Productions view allows you to easily open a given production timeline in C Cast Publisher e Channels view when the Channels menu is selected The Channels view allows you to rapidly open a given publication item in C Cast Publisher 1 Introduction V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 a 1 Introduction Production Window When you select the Production
41. elect the initial publication status of your new video asset In the Create video asset window in the Recorder field select one of the following values o gt No Source if the video asset does not have to be available on the field display in the client application o Camera X if the video has to be matched to a given recorder on the field display in the client application The camera list includes only the cameras included in the production and not associated to a video asset in the selected publication item In the Create video asset window do one of the following to upload your mp4 file o Click the Select File button and point to the media file you want to include in the video asset gt Drag and drop the file directly to the Drop File area in the Create video asset window Click Create The new video asset is added to your video asset list 56 4 Managing Video Assets V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se How to Add A Video Asset With Media Content from a Recorder or Ganged Recorders Conditions It is possible to add a video asset including the content from one recorder not initially available in the publication item in the following conditions The publication item must have the multicam type assigned The C Cast Agent managing the recorder you want to add must be connected At least one recorder associated to the production and managed by the connected C Cast Agent has not been assigned
42. elected in the production timeline and the current Edition pane open When you apply changes to the publication items the list of manual links to publication channels associated to the publication item are recomputed to take into account possible changes in keywords 2 User Interface V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 2 4 7 2 User Interface Logs Pane Introduction When a log feed has been associated to the production in C Cast Administrator a Logs pane is displayed on the right of the C Cast Publisher user interface This pane displays all logs associated to the log feed configured in the production A log consists in a title a date and time as well as keywords and metadata fields In C Cast Publisher you can apply a log to a publication item which will add the log keywords and corresponding metadata fields to the publication item See section Adding Keywords and Metadata From a Log on page 46 for more information foul committed Foal foul suffered foul suffered foul committed foul committed The Logs pane is made up of the following fields Part Area Name 1 Refresh fields 2 Log fields 3 Info button Field Description Refresh Fields 1 In the upper area the following information is displayed e The figure on the left indicates the log feed index This information is not relevant for the Publisher operator e The k icon indicates that the log feed is automatic
43. g Rules Two information types are taken into account for C Cast to define which video assets to be processed first 1 The processing priority level is first taken into account 2 The video asset number displayed in the Video Asset box is taken into account to set the processing priority among several video assets with the same processing priority level How to Change the Processing Priority of a Video Asset To change the processing priority level of a video asset proceed as follows 1 Inthe production timeline on the left select the publication item including the video assets whose processing priority levels you want to review Press CJ to open the Content pane In the Content pane for each video asset of the Video Asset list change the processing priority level by clicking on the histogram bar corresponding to the requested priority See section Processing Priority Icons 4 on page 38 for a description of the four processing priority levels The priority level is taken into account as soon as it is modified even if the video asset has not yet been set to Publish 60 4 Managing Video Assets Z V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Pe 5 1 Publishing and Distributing Publication Items Overview of the Publishing Process Introduction This section explains the publication principles and explains how to publish a publication item and or video asset See section Publication Item Box on
44. ge 41 for more information Job Statuses In the Monitoring pane the following icons will be used to indicate the job statuses They are listed from the most severe 5 to the least severe 1 status The severity level is taken into account to display the overall status of a group of jobs Severity Level Status icon Description 5 Job failed Job canceled Job in progress Job scheduled Job successfully processed B OEG 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 2 6 2 42 Video Asset Monitoring Summary Introduction In the Monitoring tab the summary monitoring information on a video asset of the selected publication item is displayed as row in a table ec ID 1 Cam_00 Des 00 2 Cam_03 Des 03 Field Description The summary monitoring information for a video asset of the selected publication item is the following Column Name Description Rec ID This field displays the general information on the video asset from left to right e video asset publication status e video asset ID e video asset description e recorder short code System For the three job groups the field displays the following summary information on jobs from left to right e Processing status for the job group Contribution The status displayed is the most severe present in the group If for example one job has failed one job is scheduled and one job has been successfully processed in a group the status Failed will be
45. hed in the timeline Video Asset Number 2 The Video Asset Number field refers to the position of the video asset in the list The Video Asset Number is taken into account as secondary criteria to define the processing priority of video assets when several video assets have the same processing priority level It is assigned on the basis of the recorder profile defined in C Cast Administrator 37 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Video Asset Metadata and Commands 3 This area contains the following fields and commands mainly related to the video asset metadata Item Meaning Top Corresponds to the description of the video asset as defined in the recorder field profile in C Cast Administrator Bottom Corresponds to the Recorder Short Code of the video asset as defined in field the recorder profile in C Cast Administrator italic Opens the video asset in a player window and plays back the video content s Opens the Edit Video Asset window in which you can modify some metadata related to the video asset From the Edit Video Asset window you can perform the following actions e Changing the Recorder Short Code of the video asset e Uploading a another video content onto the video asset e Downloading the mezzanine file See section Editing a Video Asset on page 58 Processing Priority Icons 4 The Processing Priority icons consist in an histogram that allows you to see the default priority ranking
46. hould be initiated is not connected the jobs will performed as soon as the C Cast Agent will be connected again 3 Managing Publication Items 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 54 How to Create a Publication Item from Scratch To create a monocam multicam or other publication item from scratch proceed as follows e From the Create Publication Item menu select one of the following menu options o gt From Scratch gt Monocam to create a monocam publication item o gt From Scratch gt Multicam to create a multicam publication item o gt From Scratch gt XXX where XXX corresponds to a custom type of publication item A new publication item that does not include any video asset is added at the top of the production timeline In the Definition tab General section the publication item is assigned the type specified in the Create Publication Item window For monocam or multicam publication items you can then add video assets in the Content tab as explained in the following procedure Adding a Video Asset on page 55 3 Managing Publication Items V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 4 Managing Video Assets 4 1 Adding a Video Asset Introduction As you prepare the publication items for publishing you might want to add a video asset for different reasons e You have created a publication item from scratch and you want to add video assets including external media content e You want t
47. ich the clips or playlists have been created The Local time specified is the one of the computer used to access C Cast Publisher You can change the date time and time zone to e arequested value e the current date and time defined on your computer The date and time of a publication item are managed from the General area in the Definition pane Warning The Date field is taken into account to order the publication items in the production timeline in reverse chronological order Changing the date and time of a publication item will therefore change its position in the production timeline 3 Managing Publication Items 49 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 How to Change the Date and Time To change the date and time of a publication item proceed as follows 1 Select the requested publication item in the production timeline on the left L too initi 2 ba pen the Definition pane In the Definition pane General area do one of the following actions with the buttons next to the Date label Press o Click Now to set the date and time of the publication item to the current date time and time zone of your computer o gt Type or select the requested date from the calendar in the Date field type the requested time in the Time field and or select the time zone to be displayed 4 Press e kee or click Apply to validate the change 3 6 Changing the Publication Item Monocam or Multicam Type I
48. in the field e J to apply changes The publication item will be added to the selected publication channel 5 Press G Note q When you change the keywords of the selected publication item the list of manual links to publication channels is refreshed and updated once you have applied the changes 66 5 Publishing and Distributing Publication Items V gt USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 How to Remove the Association to a Publication Channel To remove a publication item from a publication channel manually assigned proceed as follows 1 Inthe Definition pane Channels area click the cross in front of the publication channel you want to remove 2 Press e ke to apply changes 5 Publishing and Distributing Publication Items 67 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 6 Appendix 1 Shortcuts Introduction This appendix gives an overview on all keyboard shortcuts you can use in C Cast Publisher They are accessible via the key when the cursor is located in the given window pane Shortcuts from the Production Timeline These keyboard shortcuts can be used from the production timeline Keyboard Shortcuts Show hide this help menu alt d Go to Definition alt c Go to Content alt m Goto Monitoring ctrl enter Apply changes ctrl 5 save and close pageup Select next Timeline event pagedown Select previous Timeline event Select first Timeline event Select
49. l description of these elements e Status bar in the Publication Item box See section Status Bar 1 on page 14 e Status icons in the Publication Item box See section Publication Status Icons 6 on page 16 e Status bar in the Video Asset box See section Status Bar 1 on page 37 Publishing Video Assets and Publication Items Warning Bear in mind that a publication item will only be available in the client application if at least one of its video assets has been published and has been fully processed How to Publish vs Unpublish Video Assets from the Content Pane You can publish vs unpublish the video assets from the Content pane when you only want to un publish some of the video assets and handle the other ones later on To manually publish unpublish video assets from the Content pane proceed as follows 1 Select the publication item you want to work on in the production timeline on the left 5 Publishing and Distributing Publication Items a V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 2 3 4 7 lc Press e a to open the Content pane In the Content pane identify the video asset you want to publish in the list and select the Publish or Unpublish button in the Video Asset box of the video asset NoSource NoSource Repeat step 3 for all requested video assets The video asset is set to Publish or Unpublish How to Publish vs Unpublish Video Assets from the Player You can p
50. last Timeline event 68 6 Appendix 1 Shortcuts a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Shortcuts from the Definition Pane These keyboard shortcuts can only be used in the Definition pane Keyboard Shortcuts Show hide this help menu alt d Go to Definition alt c Go to Content alt m Go to Monitoring Select next Timeline event pageup Biase Select previous Timeline event home Select first Timeline event end Select last Timeline event ctrl enter Apply changes ctrl s Save and close 6 Appendix 1 Shortcuts 69 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Shortcuts from the Content Pane These keyboard shortcuts can only be used in the Content pane Keyboard Shortcuts ul Show hide this help menu alt d Go to Definition eee Goto Content alt m Go to Monitoring pageup Select next Timeline event pagedown Select previous Timeline event home Select first Timeline event Select last Timeline event Select Next Thumbnail P EEE GEL gt Select Previous Thumbnail Select Last Thumbnail Select First Thumbnail Select Next Asset Select Previous Asset Select picture as default thumbnail Space Open Player Publish Unpublish ES a 70 6 Appendix 1 Shortcuts V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O Shortcuts from the Monitoring Pane These keyboard shortcuts can only be used in the Content pane Keyboard Shortcut
51. menu the Production window is displayed and features the following information described in the table below C Cast Central Production Channels Future Productions 2 Date Production Action Past Productions gt 2014 04 28 IPDLOADTEST C3 Open workspace gt 2014 05 12 ProdNCO C3 Open workspace Future vs Past Productions 1 On the left the production are divided into two categories e Future Productions Productions whose end date is either in the future or up to 6 hours in the past e Past Productions Productions whose end date is more than 6 hours in the past When you select one of the categories all productions included in the group display on the production list on the right Production List 2 The Production List displays the productions of the category selected on the left The past and future productions are listed from the closest to the farthest in time Each production is presented as a row including the following elements from left to right e production start date e production name 4 Open workspace button 4 Open workspace When you click the button C Cast Publisher opens and the production timeline is already filled in with the publication items of the selected production When you click the arrow on the left of a production row the row expands and displays additional information on the production EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Channel Window When you select
52. n Item Monocam or Multicam Type on page 50 Monocam Video Asset The Monocam Video Asset lets you select the camera angle you will retain when you change a publication item from type evs multicam to evs monocam The field only appears when the publication item type is set to evs monocam with the Type field Thumbnail The Thumbnail area lets you upload an external image you would like to assign as default thumbnail to the selected publication item See section Changing the Thumbnail of a Publication Item on page 48 General Commands Introduction The general commands allow you to perform general actions on the selected publication item among others to save or cancel the changes you have done in the Definition pane Archive Save Cancel Apply 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 30 Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Field Description The table below describes the possible actions T 3 Archive Save Description Archives the selected publication item in other words removes it from C Cast Publisher and other C Cast applications An archived publication item remains in the central C Cast database but can no longer be reactivated in C Cast Saves the changes to the selected publication item and closes the Edition pane Cancels the changes brought to the selected publication item since the last save action Applies the changes to the selected publication item and keeps the focus on the publication item s
53. n the Production Timeline pane This list makes it possible to publish only selected camera angles of a publication item See section Video Asset List on page 36 for more information on the information displayed in the Video Asset list Thumbnails Area 6 The Thumbnails Area makes it possible to view as thumbnails the content of the video included in each video asset of the selected publication item A thumbnail is available every second The duration of the video asset is specified on the first thumbnail 34 2 User Interface a V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 2 5 2 2 User Interface Toolbar Introduction In the Content pane the toolbar provides specific commands on video assets filter buttons El Create Video Asset Request Video Asset a Set as default thumbnail The main window is made up of the following zones which are described in details below Part Area Name ile Command buttons left 2 Filter buttons right Field Description Command Buttons 1 The table below describes the command buttons available on the left side of the toolbar Button Description The Create Video Asset button allows you to create a new video asset featuring external video content that will enrich your publication item The Request Video Asset button allows you to select and add a video asset not previously requested to be available in C Cast Publisher Request Video Asset The Set as
54. n the Production Timeline pane a filter allows you to display the publication items based on their publication status Several filtering criteria can be selected at the same time and all publication items matching one of the filtering criteria are displayed By default the filtering is not active and all publication items are displayed Filter Icon Meaning To display the publication items set to Publish x To display the publication items set to Unpublish B To display the publication items that are still pending that means for which no publication button has been selected yet Publication Item Box 3 Each publication item is represented by a publication item box that makes it possible to publish the publication item and provides metadata on the publication item and its publishing status See section Publication Item Box on page 13 2 User Interface V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se 2 2 2 2 User Interface Publication Item Box Introduction In the production timeline each publication item is represented by a publication item box similar to the following one When you click on a publication item all information displayed in the edition panes relate to the selected publication item and all general actions you can perform will be applied to the selected publication item The publication item selected in the production timeline is referred to as the selected publication item in this user m
55. n type the field value manually 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 2 4 4 26 Channels Area Introduction The Channels area allows users to include publication items in publication channels and therefore force the publication items to be published as part of a publication channel In the Definition Pane the Publication Channels area displays the publication channels the selected publication item belongs to Manual Links x G Che Automate LINKS Ewent See section Adding the Publication Items to a Publication Channel on page 65 for more information on publication channels The Publication Channels area is made up of the following elements which are described in details below Part Area Name 1 Manual Links area 2 Automatic Links area Field Description Manual Links Area 1 The Manual Links area lists the publication channels the Publisher users have manually associated to the selected publication item using the Publication Channel Search field By default a publication item has no manual links The Manual Links area contains the fields described below Publication Channel Search Field The Publication Channel Search field at the top of the area lets you search for and 2 User Interface V amp USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se select the publication channels you want to manually assign to the selected publication item If you do not enter any text string
56. ns several publication items but a publication item can only belong to one production A publication item can contain several video assets that correspond typically to a number of camera angles of an action on the venue A publication item can be included and published in one or more publication channels Video Asset The video assets are logical entities that contain a media part of the publication item ex thumb asset or video asset A video asset is characterized among others by a source an IN point an OUT point It does not contain any formatting information For example each camera of a multicamera publication item is a video asset The video assets are the second level of building blocks in a production below the publication item A publication item can include one or more video assets Production Timeline The production timeline is a list of publication items organized chronologically and related to a given production that the C Cast Publisher user has to process for publication to viewers and partners EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 1 3 Publication Channel A publication channel consists in an editorial selection of publications items grouped or filtered on various criteria that are distributed in a bundle to the viewers and or partners The publication channel may be an ongoing sport event e g A soccer game would be published in one channel or a topic based collection such as all public
57. ntroduction The publication items created on the event venue and generated from the camera feeds are usually added to the production timeline as multicam publications items Most of the time a publication item includes indeed several video assets from several ganged cameras When you want to keep a single video asset in a given publication item you need to change the type of publication item from multicam to monocam You may also want to change a publication item from monocam to multicam in order to add new camera angles to the publication item Principles The following principles apply to change the type of a publication item e Youcan only change the type of publication items which are initially multicam or monocam publication items e Youcan always revert back to the initial publication item type if it was monocam or multicam e When you revert back to an initial multicam type all the video assets in the gang defined in C Cast Central will be displayed again 50 3 Managing Publication Items V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 OO How to Change a Publication Item from Multicam to Monocam To change a publication item from multicam to monocam proceed as follows 1 Select the requested publication item in the production timeline on the left AiG CJ to open the Definition pane In the General area select evs monocam from the Type field Press The Monocam Video Asset field appears below In the
58. ntus commits a foul oo gs eee a ae nee crea x Shee R mt pat BER mn r The Content pane is made up of the following zones described in details below Part Area Name 1 Title bar Edition tabs Toolbar Timeline bar Video Asset list DIAJ V N Thumbnails area 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Area Description Title Bar 1 The Title Bar displays the value of the first metadata field of the production metadata profile displayed in the Metadata area Edition Tabs 2 The Edition tabs allows you to select the requested tab Definition Content or Monitoring and display the related information in the Edition pane Toolbar 3 The Toolbar allows you to add video assets or change the thumbnail of a video asset See section Toolbar on page 35 for a detailed information on the commands and options available in the toolbar Timeline Bar 4 The Timeline Bar allows you to navigate easily in the video assets and find back the thumbnail corresponding to a specific time It is graduated in seconds each second corresponding to a new set of thumbnails for each asset in the Thumbnail area The blue cursor can be dragged and placed at a requested position on the timeline bar Video Asset List 5 The Video Asset List lists all video assets included in the selected publication item It corresponds to the information provided with the Clip Number icon in the Publication Item box i
59. o add a video asset to a publication item that already contains some video assets This allows you to enrich the initial content from the recorders with external media content e You want to add a video asset with the media from a record channel not initially included in your publication item How to Add A Video Asset with External Media Content To add a video asset with external media proceed as follows 1 Inthe production timeline on the left select the publication item you want to add an asset to L to open the Content pane 2 Press 4 Managing Video Assets 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 8 Create Video Asset In the Content pane select the button on the left of the toolbar The Create video asset window opens Create video asset Status Pending Published Unpublished Recorder No Source Transfer High speed Transfer Standard Transfer Select File Cancel When you open the Create video asset window for the first time the high speed transfer type is selected by default A pop up window invites you to install the Aspera Connect plugin If you want to use high speed transfers refer to Installing the Plugin for High Speed Transfers on page 58 to install the Aspera Connect plugin If you do not want to use high speed transfers select directly Standard transfer in the Transfer field In the Create video asset window in the Status field s
60. orm the following actions e Modifying the keywords metadata and general parameters of the publication item selected in the production timeline e Managing links between the selected publication item and publication channels You can open the Definition pane by clicking on Definition in the Edition pane on the right of the Production Timeline pane 20 2 User Interface V gt The Definition pane contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Q 3 USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Marchisio juventus commits a foul eG Definition gt Metadat Metadata Profile General Title Marchisio juventus commits a foul Description IPD Logs gt C r 02 foul committed goal foul suffered foul suffered foul committed foul committed foul suffered Manual Links corner shots wide Automatic Links substitution out substitution in Q Display ID 17 _ shots wide Date Now 15 06 2015 04 15 19 02 00 Save Cancel Apply shots on tarvet The Definition pane is made up of the following zones which are described in details below Part Area Name 1 Title bar Edition tabs Keywords area Metadata area Channel area General area General commands NIDIA Re stl cy REDS Logs pane 2 User Interface 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 22 Area Description Title Bar 1 The Title Bar displays the value of the first metadata fiel
61. page 13 and Video Asset List on page 36 for detailed information on the publication buttons and publication statuses Basic Principle for the Publication Process The publication process includes two levels of publication e publication of the video assets included in the publication item e publication of the publication item itself As a consequence all conditions below need to be fulfilled for a publication item to be available to viewers and partners e The publication item has to be set to Publish in the C Cast Publisher e Atleast one video asset included in the publication item must have been set to Publish and must have been fully processed e A published publication item has to be included in a publication channel to be distributed and available to viewers and partners See section Adding the Publication Items to a Publication Channel on page 65 As a conclusion a video asset set to Publish and fully processed will only be available to users when the publication item it belongs to is set to Publish and included in a publication channel Automatic vs Manual Publication In C Cast Publisher you can manage the publication items and video assets manually by selecting Publish or Unpublish buttons In C Cast Administrator you can set a target of type Mezzanine to Auto Publish in the production configuration In this case each publication item of the production will automatically be set to Publish in C Cast Publisher In
62. r an retrieval system translated into any language computer language transmitted in any form or by any means electronically mechanically printed photocopied optically manually or otherwise in whole or in part without the prior written consent of EVS Trademarks All product and brand names are registered trademarks and trademarks of EVS or of their respective owners Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Please send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers on the following webpage http www evs com contacts EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 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 a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ooa 0000020000022222 2 22222 III 1 INTRODUCTION o oo cccccccnc cece ccececeeeee 1 1 1 Product Description 2 2 0 o cece cece eee cece eee ec ccc ceceececceceecereeeees 1 kee GONO oc sece eee ote eee ee es eee ee 3 1 3 Accessing C Cast Publisher 0 0 02 02 o ccc ccc cece eee c eee ceeceeeeeeeees 4 1 4 C Cast Operator
63. s Show hide this help menu alt d Go to Definition _alt c Go to Content alt m Go to Monitoring REGTE Select next Timeline event pagedown Select previous Timeline event Select first Timeline event ia w end Select last Timeline event 6 Appendix 1 Shortcuts 71 a i a V To learn more about EVS go to Www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Liege Science Park 852 2714 2501 13 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
64. shing and Distributing Publication Items on page 61 for full information on how to publish publication items Publication Item Properties 5 This area lists the following metadata on the publication item It is not possible to customize the displayed metadata The table below describes the fields from top to bottom and from left to right Field Description Publication Item Incremented identifier assigned to each publication item in a given ID production It is unique in a given production It provides a reference when you work in the timeline Publication Item Type of publication item Type The types evs multicam and evs monocam are built in C Cast Other types i e stats weather etc can be defined in C Cast Administrator Publication Item Date and time assigned to the publication item This is taken into Time account to list the publication items in reverse chronological order in the production timeline For evs multicam and evs monocam publication item types this is by default the TC IN You can modify this date and time information in the Definition pane General area 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Publication Status Icons 6 This area displays the following icons providing the infomation about the publication item status The table below describes the icons from left to right Description The In Progress icon specifies the number of video assets waiting or being processed in the connecte
65. splayed on the top of the Create video asset window Click the Download Aspera Connect button to download the plugin executable Then execute the Aspera plugin installer using the default installation When the plugin is installed the Select File button and Drop File area are available next to the File field Editing a Video Asset Introduction In the publication process you may want to modify the video assets included in a publication item for one of the following reasons for example e You want to associate to a video asset its mezzanine rendition i e the initial mp4 file generated from the OB truck e You want to associate to a video asset media not generated on the sport event by EVS video servers e You want to change the recorder of an existing video asset How to Edit a Video Asset To edit a video asset proceed as follows 1 Inthe production timeline on the left select the publication item for which you want to modify a video asset 4 Managing Video Assets a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 O 4 3 2 Inthe Content pane select the Edit icon a in the video asset box of the video asset you want to modify The Edit Video Asset window opens Edit PGM cam00 Published Unpublished Recorder PGM camo amp marketing_1_pgm mp4 Transter High speed Transfer Standard Transfer Select File FeUpdate Cancel 3 Inthe Video Asset window edit the requested fields See
66. stributing Publication Items a V USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 Se Status Bar of Publication Items Color Gray Red Orange Green Meaning Pending publication item This is the initial status of a new publication item Once the user has handled the publication item it can never come back to this status Unpublished publication item This status is assigned to the publication item when the user has selected the Unpublish icon Such a publication item will not be available to viewers or partners Publishing in progress This status is assigned to the publication item when the user has selected the Publish icon x but not a single video asset included in the publication item is published and already available Published status This status is assigned to the publication item when the user has selected the Publish icon and at least one video asset is published and available to viewers or partners Adding the Publication Items to a Publication Channel Introduction Publication items are distributed and made available to viewers and partners via publication channels Publication items are associated to publication channels thanks to the automatic links to publication channels based on rules defined in C Cast Administrator You can however include publication items in publication channels manually in the Definition tab Channels area See section Channels Area on page 26 for a description of the
67. t Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 o Ifthe field you want to modify is not followed by an Auto check box fill in the metadata field as requested 4 Press e to validate the changes in metadata fields Q Note q When a field is automatically completed and you have cleared the Auto check box you can select it again when you want The field value will automatically be regenerated based on the keywords associated to the publication item 3 4 Changing the Thumbnail of a Publication Item Introduction A thumbnail is automatically assigned to each publication item It is visible in the production timeline in C Cast Publisher This thumbnail will also be used in the client application You can change the thumbnail in one of the following ways e Selecting another image in one of the video assets of the publication item in the Content pane e Uploading a user defined thumbnail from the Definition pane The last thumbnail defined either in the Content tab or in the Definition tab will replace the former one How to Select an Image of a Video Asset as a Thumbnail To select an image of a video asset as a thumbnail proceed as follows 1 Inthe production timeline on the left select the publication item you want to change the thumbnail of LJ to open the Content pane In the Content pane drag the blue cursor in the timeline bar until the requested image is displayed in one of the video assets Press 4
68. tem Description My Profile Gives access to the Edit My Profile window which allows the logged on user to edit his her credentials Log out Allows users to log out from C Cast Publisher 2 User Interface 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 2 3 2 Create Publication Item Menu Introduction The Create Publication Item menu allows you to create new publications items The screenshot below shows an example of the possible menu items The menu items are described in the table below See section Creating a Publication Item on page 52 for more information on how to create publication items from timecode or from scratch Create Publication Item gt From TE Monocam Multicam gt From scratch LAS VW Monocam Multicam 18 2 User Interface USER MANUAL C Cast Publisher 3 2 2 3 3 2 User Interface V gt Menu Item Description The following table explains the various menu items Menu Item From TC gt Monocam From TC gt Multicam From Scratch gt Monocam From Scratch gt Multicam From Scratch gt Others Description This allows you to create a new publication item of monocam type and directly associate one video asset to it Such a publication item will include one video asset with media content between the specified TC IN and TC OUT from the recorder selected This allows you to create a new publication item of multicam type and directly associate sever
69. trator e The first metadata field of the production profile is displayed at the top of the publication items in the production timeline In C Cast Publisher you cannot change the metadata fields displayed in the Metadata area but you can change the field values When the field values are modified in the Metadata area they are dynamically updated in the production timeline Editing a metadata field of the publication item is very simple but depends on whether the field is automatically completed or not See section Metadata Area on page 24 for more information on the auto completion How to Edit the Publication Item Metadata To edit the publication metadata proceed as follows 1 Select the requested publication item in the production timeline on the left t to open the Definition pane In the Definition pane Metadata area do one of the following actions o Ifthe field you want to modify is followed by an Auto check box and you want to keep the automatic field completion enter or modify the keywords in the Keywords area The Metadata field is automatically filled in if the entered keyword s has have a corresponding text string in the auto completion dictionary associated to this field o Ifthe field you want to modify is followed by an Auto check box and you do not want to keep the automatic field completion deselect the Auto check box and fill in the Metadata field 3 Managing Publication Items 47 EVS Broadcas
70. ublish vs unpublish the video assets from the Player window when you want to set the publication status for all video assets one after the other To manually publish unpublish video assets from the player proceed as follows 1 5 Select the production item you want to work on in the production timeline on the left Eici Press C to open the Content pane In the Content pane identify the first video asset you want to publish in the list and select the Play button in the Video Asset box of the video asset NoSource NoSource The video asset is displayed in the Player In the Player do one of the following actions A o gt Select the Publish button or press a to request the video asset to be published Z o gt Select the Unpublish button or press a to request the video asset not to be published The next video asset with pending status in the active publication item opens in the Player Repeat step 4 for all video assets of the selected publication item When the last video asset has been set to Publish or Unpublish the Player window closes automatically 5 Publishing and Distributing Publication Items 63 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 How to Publish vs Unpublish Publication Items from the Publication Timeline To publish unpublish publication items from the production timeline proceed as follows e Inthe Production Timeline pane on the left select the Publish or Unpublish button
71. wers and partners This is explained in the following typical C Cast workflow and more especially in step 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 1 From the OB van on the venue the reference program feed is sent via satellite or landline to an EVS server in the broadcast center 2 Inthe broadcast center the operator accesses with PDirector the reference feed on which s he defines IN and OUT points to identify the media to be made available in C Cast Publisher 3 The media selection information IN and OUT points and metadata is transmitted to the C Cast Central via to the C Cast IPConnect 4 The C Cast Central requests the C Cast Agent to extract the media corresponding to the selection The C Cast Agent and the underlying Xsquare service extracts and transfers the preview files and mezzanine files to the C Cast Central Based on the configuration all camera angles associated to the selected media are also generated as preview and mezzanine files 5 Inthe broadcast center the operator browses the preview files of all requested camera angles video asset in C Cast Publisher The operator validates the publication items and video assets s he wants to publish to viewers 6 The C Cast Central requests the video transcoders to generate the requested output files 7 The C Cast Central exposes the output files to the viewers applications Communication BROADCAST CENTER SEI o C Cast Publisher Q
72. ywords area in the Definition pane To access the Keyword area proceed as follows 1 Select the requested publication item in the production timeline on the left to open the Definition pane How to Add Keywords to a Publication Item To add a keyword to a publication item proceed as follows 1 Inthe Definition pane in the top field in the Keywords area do one of the following o gt Todisplay the whole list without applying a filter click in the field o gt To display only the keywords that include a text string type the text you want to search for A list of keywords including the string typed is displayed 3 Managing Publication Items 45 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 2 46 How to Remove Keywords from a Publication Item To remove a keyword from a publication item proceed as follows 1 Inthe Definition pane Keyword area click the cross in front of the keyword you want to remove Ciri Enter eJ ke or click Apply to validate the change 2 Press Adding Keywords and Metadata From a Log Introduction When you apply a log to a publication item in C Cast Publisher the keywords and metadata field values from the log are imported into the publication item The metadata fields are only imported when they correspond to the metadata fields of the metadata profiles The matching of metadata fields is case sensitive The keywords from the log are only imported when they

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